General Knowledge Quiz 1, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 1, 2010

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General Knowledge Quiz for Current Affairs Wikispaces
Hwa Chong Institution (High School)
Done by Timothy Ng, 2010

  1. 1

    The Israeli ambassador to this country was expelled, following the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in end-2008.

  2. 2

    Which of the following is not true of the new Icelandic cabinet appointed on 1 February 2009?

  3. 3

    US Olympic star swimmer Michael Phelps was embarrassed in January 2009 after being caught using this drug.

  4. 4

    The British Medical Journal published a paper showing that playing this sport can damage a person’s hearing.

  5. 5

    This endemic Australian animal is being threatened with extinction following the rapid spread of an aggressive cancer among its population.

  6. 6

    US President Barack Obama retraced the steps of this other US President in traveling from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. by train ahead of his inauguration.

  7. 7

    The Khmer Rouge regime was finally overthrown on 7 January 1979 when the army of this nation invaded Cambodia.

  8. 8

    Liberia and Guinea in Africa have been struck by a massive outbreak of this pest that has devoured cash crops and polluted drinking water with their faeces, forcing 20 000 to evacuate

  9. 9

    The US House of Representatives passed a US$825 billion economic stimulus package, comprising tax rebates, infrastructure, unemployment benefits etc. No representative from this group supported this.

  10. 10

    Countries in the European Union suffered gas shortages after Russia turned off gas supplies due to disputes with this country through which 80% of gas flows.

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