General Knowledge Quiz 2, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 2, 2010

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

  1. 1

    Western Burma suffered from a severe famine in 2008, caused by a massive infestation of rats that destroyed crops. The rat infestation was caused by this once-in-50-year natural phenomenon.

  2. 2

    The “Venus de Milo”, an ancient Greek sculpture depicting a human form, is missing which part of its body?

  3. 3

    Bluegrass music, which has its origins in Anglo-Celtic and Country music styles, originates from this country.

  4. 4

    In early 2009, Thai authorities were accused of setting hundreds of illegal immigrants adrift at sea, leaving them to die. The illegal immigrants were trying to reach Thailand by sea from this country

  5. 5

    Former US Senator Tom Daschle withdrew his nomination as the United States health and human services security following a controversy that he had done what?

  6. 6

    The removal of cats from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, an important breeding site for seabirds, has led to an explosion of these animals that have caused extreme defoliation.

  7. 7

    This medical condition was revealed to be a hoax in 2009, 34 years after it was first described in the British Medical Journal when the writer of the paper confessed to making it up.

  8. 8

    The Rainbow Warrior, a ship owned by Greenpeace, was sunk in Auckland harbour in 1985. It was on its way to protest against nuclear testing in the Polynesian islands. Who sank the ship?

  9. 9

    In 2008, the MV Sirius Star was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia while carrying a cargo worth US$100 million. It is the largest vessel to have ever been hijacked. What was its cargo?

  10. 10

    Hamas is an acronym for an Arabic phrase meaning:

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