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QUIZ 40 – General Knowledge

1 Auguste Deter (1850–1906) was the first diagnosis of which disease?

2 Which soft drink was created in 1885 by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas?

3 Nectanebo II was the last native ruler of which ancient country?

4 The Morosini explosion of 1687 greatly damaged which temple?

5 Which species of fly has the Latin name Calliphora vomitoria?

6 Which Frenchman said: “England has 42 religions and only two sauces”?

7 Mojo (1995) and Jerusalem (2009) are plays by which English dramatist?

8 “Building Better Worlds”, Weyland-Yutani Corp features in which sci-fi film series?

9 Who is heir apparent to the Japanese throne?

10 Which Caribbean country’s flag features an open Bible?

11 Salvador Dali called which French city’s train station “the centre of the world”?

12 Richard Assmann and Léon Teisserenc de Bort discovered which layer of the atmosphere in 1902?

13 The acronym STEM refers to which four academic fields?

14 Launched in 1885, what was the world’s first packaged and branded soap?

15 The Edinburgh ornithologist George Waterston bought which remote island in 1948?

16 Josh Meyers, Reggie Brown and Bobby Murphy developed which photo messaging app?

17 Who might use a quickdraw, carabiner, cam and crampons?

18 The tienta is an aggression test for animals used in which spectacle?

19 Which international women’s rugby union team are known as the Nomads?

20 Which Edinburgh-born inventor is pictured?


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