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General Knowledge Quiz 967 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which Scottish biologist and pharmacologist who published many articles on bacteriology, immunology and chemotherapy, discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and an antibiotic substance from a fungus in 1928?
2. Which of these was an 18th century Scottish philosopher and economist who wrote "Theory of Moral Sentiments" and "The Wealth of Nations" ?
3. What ship, formerly called USS "Phoenix" which saw action in World War II, became the first to be sunk by a nuclear-powered submarine, in 1982?
4. Which infective disease caused by toxins is characterised by the violent and prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibres?
5. Among other advances, British surgeon Dr Sampson Gamgee developed what?
6. The fraction of the total incident solar radiation reflected by a planet back to space would be measured as its what?
7. What is the name for the indication that a group of 3 notes are to be performed in the time of 2 of equal value, which is shown by a "3" and a slur placed above or below the group?
8. Which red dwarf star, approximately 4.2 light-years distant in the constellation of Centaurus, is the nearest star to the Sun?
9. What does "Zorro" mean in Spanish?
10. What is the meaning of the word "jihad" ?
11. Radovan Karadzic is associated with genocide between 1992 and 1995 in which country?
12. How many US Presidents have been assassinated by being shot?
13. "The Spanish Tragedie, or Hieronimo is Mad Againe", written in the late 16th century, is a work by which playwright?
14. For which of these is a red cross a symbol?
15. Many of the religious dissenters who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 were known as what?
16. What is the name for the rocks deposited by a glacier after it has passed by?
17. What was the Judgement of Paris in 1976?
18. What is claustrophobia the fear of?
19. Which card game involves 2 teams of 2 players aiming to reach 7 points, with each trick taken above 6 counting as 1 point, using 52 cards, all dealt except the last, which is turned up as trumps?
20. What is a key source of energy in humans?
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