General Knowledge Quiz 989 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a geological description of the land under Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama?
2. Where the ancient route known as the Silk Road passed through modern day Uzbekistan which of these cities was in its path?
3. What were the tools of a retiarius?
4. Which of these would not be a number of holes usually found at a golf course?
5. Which country used to be called Southern Rhodesia?
6. How is mustard "gas" absorbed into the body?
7. Who was best known for his role as Dracula, a role he first took on in film in 1931?
8. The escaped prisoner "Angelotti" appears in which opera?
9. Where is the W.M. Keck Observatory, a two-telescope astronomical observatory whose telescopes are among the largest optical/near-infrared instruments currently in use around the world?
10. What still-famous child character was first introduced by his author in his 1902 novel "The Little White Bird" ?
11. What indicates the legal limit to which a ship may be loaded?
12. Which of these is a landlocked principality in the Pyrenees?
13. Which of these is one of the definitions for the Japanese word "obi" ?
14. Who played the longest tennis match at Wimbledon?
15. By what name were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale collectively known when they appeared before Judge Julius Hoffman in 1969?
16. The Great Fire of London swept through the central parts of the English city of London in 1666 for about how long?
17. Which ocean is on the shores of the eastern part of the Horn of Africa?
18. Which of these is a French impressionist painter?
19. Michael Caine appeared as which character in 5 films?
20. March 2015 marked what Commonwealth first?