General Knowledge Quiz 96 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a social movement against the use of alcohol, criticising excessive alcohol use, promoting complete abstinence, or pressuring the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation?
2. What is the main ingredient of pilau?
3. How many faces are there on a cube?
4. The Soviet Union did not participate in the Olympics until 1952, and from 1928 organised an alternative international sports event. What were these games called?
5. Which of these is not a creature if the word "red" is placed in front of it?
6. Where is Tipperary?
7. With what is the international partnership ALMA, based in Chile, concerned?
8. What are the official languages of the Kingdom of Morocco?
9. Chaim Weizmann was the first president of which country?
10. What are the words called in crosswords that appear under the headings "Across" and "Down" ?
11. It has been used to give life to wall surfaces, stained glass, Chinese carved lacquer, heraldry, silverwork and fabrics; it uses a repeated pattern, generally squares, lozenges or other simple shapes. What is it called?
12. Which American scientist from the Scripps Research Institute shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001?
13. The word "Honcho" comes from what language?
14. What objects feature in the game "Ker-Plunk!" ?
15. If a player calls "aboard", "fly", or "airmail" which sport would they be playing?
16. In which city would you find Victoria Peak, Victoria Harbour, Tai Mo Shan, Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi Island?
17. Who created the Book of Kells?
18. In 1906, Lee de Forest developed a "triode" to amplify and convert alternating current to direct current, which played a major role in the development of which invention?
19. What in the plant known as monkshood, devil's helmet or blue rocket is sometimes used medicinally?
20. What city is divided into 20 administrative areas which include Louvre, Temple, Hôtel-de-Ville, Panthéon, Luxembourg, Elysée, Opéra, Popincourt, Gobelins, Observatoire and Ménilmontant?