General Knowledge Quiz 975 (20 MCQs)

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1. Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood is best known for what activity in 1671?
2. Middelburg is the capital of which province in the South West of The Netherlands?
3. Where, since 1903, has been the headquarters of British polo, where polo is no longer staged since the polo fields were compulsorily purchased to build council housing?
4. It is thought to have been first played in the early 1940s by Americans in the wartime military, and was called at that time "Touch and Tail football" . What name is it now known by?
5. A teaching technique invented by Sarah Ann Glover (who adapted it from a number of earlier systems) and popularised by John Curwen in the 19th century is associated with what activity?
6. In the Scripps National Spelling Bee, each competitor in rounds one and two receives points to eliminate all but the top-scoring spellers. How many go into round three?
7. When was the American group, The Lincoln Project, formed?
8. Which of these countries does not have an Atlantic coastline?
9. If you were watching a contest in the first century AD and heard the phrase "morituri te salutant" where would you be?
10. Which is the southernmost point to which Argentina lays claim?
11. What is a group of lions called?
12. What does a tennis player score when he has no points?
13. Kelly Slater and Layne Beachley are multi world champions in which sport?
14. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1789?
15. What area of Paris is served by the metro stations of Anvers, Blanche, Pigalle, Abbesses, Lamarck-Caulaincourt and Jules Joffrin?
16. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are the moons of which planet?
17. Which cartoon series relies on the voices of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis & Mike Henry?
18. Which Irish dramatist wrote "The Rivals" and "The School for Scandal" ?
19. Lactose is found in which of these?
20. Which American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler has won 26 Grammy Awards, making her the most awarded female artist (and the third most awarded artist overall) in Grammy history since she recorded for the first time at the age of 14?