General Knowledge Quiz 918 (20 MCQs)

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1. The root of the word "carotid", as used for arteries carrying blood to the head, is the Greek for what?
2. What are the Roaring Twenties, also known as Années Folles and Golden Twenties?
3. "Aegrotocatellus jaggeri", an extinct marine arthropod which disappeared about 250 million years ago, is named after whom?
4. What is the capital of the province of Manitoba, Canada?
5. A July 2016 Oxford University study as well as a 2021 study for the Council of Foreign Relations focussed on the costs, or the cost/benefit, of what international enterprise?
6. How many members are there in the German Federal Council, the Bundesrat?
7. Where are the Wahibah Sands?
8. Which African country is the largest in area?
9. What is the capital of Malta?
10. A "Howitzer" is a type of what?
11. Which lake, the largest in Central Europe, is sometimes referred to as the "Hungarian Sea" ?
12. According to the Bible's old testament, what was deciphered by Daniel?
13. During 2017 and 2018 there were tit-for-tat expulsions of large numbers of diplomats between, on the one hand, the USA and later the UK and 20 other countries, and on the other hand which country?
14. Who is the outspoken English judge on "American Idol" ?
15. A type of simple gentle profile portrait popular in the 18th century in Europe was called a silhouette, deriving the name from what?
16. What pollinates the tubular, bright red flowers of the Salvia coccinea (known as Texas Sage, Scarlet Sage, or Blood Sage), a species of flowering plant native to the south of North America, the Caribbean, and the north of South America?
17. Living examples of one of the rarest and most primitive flowering plants, the Idiot Tree, are found where?
18. During WW II German official policy was developed to eliminate all Jews and all Gypsies, as well as actively eliminate homosexuals and those deemed mentally defective. As well as 6 million Jews it is generally accepted that the Nazi regime was responsible for a further how many deaths under these policies?
19. A major canal link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was named what?
20. Kyūdō is the Japanese martial art of what?