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quiz 1010 – general knowledge (QA)

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1 The Anatolian Peninsula comprises most of which modern day country?
2 What type of creature is an arapaima?
3 Which US soap opera, which started on radio and moved to tv in 1952, ran for 72 years before ending in 2009?
4 Which country hosted the second modern Olympic Games in 1900?
5 Which bodily fluid is collected in a lachrymatory?
6 Which British singer played Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 film 'Labyrinth'?
7 Spa is a resort town in which European country?
8 In Greek mythology, who was the father of Achilles?
9 Presented by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern, What did the UK children's tv programme M.O.M. Stand for?
10 Sugar Loaf Mountain is in which country of the UK?
11 In which US city are the Academy Awards held?
12 Golfer Ernie Els was born in which country?
13 Which British model was named 'The Face of '66' by the Daily Express newspaper?
14 Bobby Cox was manager of which US professional baseball team before his retirement in 2010?
15 Ian Stewart was known as the sixth member of which British rock group?
16 Aconcagua is the highest mountain in which mountain range?
17 In the game of bridge, what is the term for bidding and winning a contract of thirteen tricks?
18 What colours are on the national flag of Belgium?
19 Who wrote the crime novel 'The Godfather'?
20 Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa became President of which country in December 2006?
21 The 1987 film 'Cry Freedom' is a biographical drama about which South African civil rights leader?
22 One minute of longitude at the equator is equal to how many nautical miles?
23 Cuevo de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), famous for the paintings of hands made around 9,000 years ago, is in which Spanish-speaking country?
24 What were the first names of writer C.S.Lewis?
25 In the film Casablanca, how many times does Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, say the words 'Here's looking at you kid'?
26 What was the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship, launched in 1858?
27 Which evergreen flowering climbing plant is said to be associated with Jesus Christ?
28 The present Speaker's Chair in the House of Commons in the UK was given by which country in 1951?
29 On a standard violin, to which notes are the four strings normally tuned?
30 British aviator J.C. Savage started the craze for which aerial art in 1922?