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General Knowledge Quiz 952 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the Schmalkaldic League, formed during the mid-16th century?
2. In Greek mythology who was the father of the god Zeus?
3. Which establishment owes much to the offer by Sir Hans Sloane in 1758 for England to purchase his collections?
4. What was the name of the man and his adopted son who were Roman military leaders between 216 BC (the invasion of Italy by Hannibal) and 147 BC ( the destruction of Carthage)?
5. Who were the USA fighting a war against in 1812 when the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814 inspired the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" ?
6. G. H. Armauer Hansen discovered the cause of what disease in 1873?
7. The Formosan Black Bear is indigenous to where?
8. Which of these is a type of 16th and 17th century drama?
9. Which film, released at the end of 2008, starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio?
10. Where is it thought that the ancient dead who were preserved in what are known as the Tarim Mummies lived?
11. Why was an item at the Slimbridge Wetland Centre in the UK, put under round-the-clock guard in 2013?
12. Who painted "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" ?
13. What has been the longest-running comedy in US TV history?
14. Tansu Ciller became the first female Prime Minister of which Muslim country in 1993?
15. Which of these is a book of Rabbinical writings and teachings?
16. With what art form is Frenchman Paul Cézanne associated?
17. What is the road featured in the "Wizard of Oz" ?
18. What island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, comprising 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3, 500, 000 square kilometres, (1, 351, 000 square miles) was formerly called the Gilbert Islands?
19. Who said that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun?
20. Which of these airlines is based in Ireland?
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