quiz 1090 – general knowledge

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1	Which US city is the setting for the 1987 film 'Robocop'?
2	The Karoo is a semi-desert region of which country?
3	Liberation Day is celebrated in Italy during which month of the year?
4	In the human body, the pollex is which part of the hand?
5	Which Austrian composer wrote the music for the German National Anthem?
6	Muharram is the first month in which religious calender?
7	A Scotch Argus is what type of creature?
8	Picholine, Gaeta and Kalamata are all varieties of which fruit?
9	How many edges does a cube have?
10	According to the Bible, Ham was the second son of who?
11	Oscar Wilde wrote about which English prison?
12	How many imperial gallons are in a firkin?
13	What is the national summer sport of Canada?
14	If something is preprandial, it is done or taken before what?
15	Stone Mountain Park is in which US state?
16	The substance propolis is also known as 'what' glue?
17	Which artist created the dream sequence in the Alfred Hitchcock film 'Spellbound'?
18	Which German-born physicist was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics?
19	Which river in Australia does the Narrows Bridge cross?
20	Los Pumas is the nickname of which country's national rugby union team?
21	What were the first names of 19th Century architect A.G.Eiffel who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris?
22	Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta played gangsters in which 1990 film?
23	The resort town of Whistler is in which Canadian province?
24	The meibomian gland is found in which part of the human body?
25	Which member of The Beatles appeared in a Japanese TV commercial for an apple drink?
26	Who played Bubble in the UK tv comedy series 'Absolutely Fabulous'?
27	Who invented the Miner's Safety Lamp?
28	Markswoman and entertainer Phoebe Anne Mozee (or Moses) was better known by what name?
29	'Operation Desert Storm' took place during which war?
30	On December 31st 1991 US based Time magazine named which animated tv show as 'The 20th Century's Best Television Series'?