quiz 1034 – general knowledge

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1	In medicine, what is the name of the hollow flexible tube inserted into the human body to withdraw or introduce fluids?
2	Borah Peak is the highest mountain in which US state?
3	What was the nickname of Unit Galahad, the 1940's US Army Special Operations Light Infantry Unit commanded by Frank Merrill?
4	How many people are in the painting 'The Last Supper' by Leonardo DaVinci?
5	The Biebrza and the Warta are rivers in which European country?
6	Which country has the internet domain .es?
7	Sir Humphrey Davy, the inventor of the miners safety lamp, was born in which English county?
8	US singer Aliane Thiam is better known by what name?
9	What are the two ingredients of a Mimosa cocktail?
10	In religion, Copts are native Christians of which country?
11	Which playing card is known as 'Helen of Troy'?
12	Cobweb is a fairy in which Shakespeare play?
13	Danish Navigator, Vitus Bearing, discovered which US state in 1741?
14	In the US television industry, what did CBS stand for?
15	Carlos Menem was made president of which South American country in July 1989?
16	Solyanka is what type of cooked food dish?
17	In Norse mythology, what type of tree was Yggdrasil, also known as the World Tree, which was thought to have linked and sheltered all the worlds?
18	Myxomatosis is a viral disease affecting which creatures?
19	Which British sports commentator famously said 'He looks about as happy as a penguin in a microwave'?
20	The Mosul Dam is in which country?
21	What is a line on a map called that connects two points which have the same average summer temperature?
22	How many stars are on the new national flag of Libya?
23	How many gold medals did the USA win in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games?
24	Chiswick Eyot is a small island in which body of water in England?
25	What does Italian company Aprilia manufacture?
26	Who wrote the novel 'The Mayor of Castorbridge'?
27	Pitch and Putt is a form of which game?
28	Which coastal town in North Yorkshire, England, is twinned with Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands?
29	How many commandments does the Jewish Torah contain?
30	Apimania is an obsession with which creatures?