General Knowledge Quiz 901 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who was the fourth (and the first female) Prime Minister of the State of Israel, who was described as the "Iron Lady" (before Margaret Thatcher), "the best man in the government" and the "strong-willed, straight-talking, grey-bunned grandmother of the Jewish people" ?
2. Which blood vessel supplies blood to the brain?
3. What are some of the main tools of synthetic geometry?
4. What is the name for monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base, that include cereals, bamboo, turf, sedges and rushes?
5. The character who declares "Sam I am" features in which children's book?
6. What is the name for the movement of water across a partially permeable membrane from an area of high water potential (low solute concentration) to an area of low water potential (high solute concentration)?
7. What was the most immediate trigger for the ending of the French Fourth Republic in 1958?
8. What does the Greek word "Eureka" mean?
9. In 2011 in response to prolonged allegations by Republican Donald Trump that President Barack Obama was not qualified to be president because he was not American, Obama published what?
10. Anonymous street artist Banksy opened a hotel in March 2017 in Palestine next to the Israeli wall which runs along much of the Israeli-declared border in the West Bank; what was one of its characteristics?
11. What is the word for bending at least one knee to the ground, a gesture of deep respect for a superior that was introduced in 328 BC by Alexander the Great into his court, a practice then already followed in Persia?
12. Which of these is not a dance?
13. Which of these deserts is in Africa?
14. Sandcrack is a damage in an animal's what?
15. Which is a traditional topping for lasagne?
16. Who called the first of what became three general elections in the UK between 2015 and 2019?
17. What is the rich soil known as loess?
18. What is another name for "mother of pearl" ?
19. What is the setting for the 1993 film "Alive", which stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano and Josh Hamiltonset and is narrated by John Malkovich?
20. What is the height of a triangle with an area of 16 square metres and a base 4 metres long?