General Knowledge: Law, Geography & Music

Ron Geesin collaborated with Pink Floyd on their 1970 album 'Atom Heart Mother,' which featured their first full orchestral arrangements. Geesin co-composed the title suite and arranged the orchestral parts, making it a landmark experimental album in Pink Floyd's discography.

The Beatles were denied meeting the England football team because coach Alf Ramsey was concerned their famous long hair would distract the players and affect their discipline. This incident in the 1960s reflects the cultural generation gap between the establishment and rock musicians of that era.

On January 26, 2000, Rage Against the Machine performed an unauthorized concert on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange to protest corporate influence in politics. The performance forced the NYSE to close security gates and suspend trading for the entire day, making it a landmark protest in rock history.

The Who's 1969 album 'Tommy' was the first work explicitly billed as a 'rock opera'. It tells a cohesive story through songs and pioneered the rock opera format. Melody Maker is a music magazine, not a musical work. Going Mobile and Bargain are individual songs, not complete rock operas.

Cuttlefish, like other cephalopods, have three hearts - two branchial hearts that pump blood through the gills, and one systemic heart that pumps blood to the rest of the body. This makes them unique among the options listed, as emus, eels, and dogs all have single hearts.

The 79th Academy Awards ceremony honored the best films of 2006 and was held in 2007. 'The Departed' directed by Martin Scorsese won the Best Picture award. 'No Country for Old Men' won in later years (80th Oscars), while 'The Exorcist' and '12 Monkeys' are from different decades entirely.

South Africa has historically been the world's largest gold producer, with the Witwatersrand Basin containing the world's largest gold reserves. While production has declined and other countries like China and Australia have increased production, South Africa remains historically significant and is the correct answer in this context. Brazil, Canada, and USA are not the largest producers.

The oldest known flag in recorded history is attributed to China, with evidence of flag-like objects used during the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BCE). Ancient flags were primarily used for military purposes and ceremonial displays. Modern national flag concepts developed much later in other countries.

Habeas corpus is a writ (court order) that requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court. It's a legal instrument to protect individual freedom against arbitrary detention by the state. It's specifically classified as a 'writ' in legal terminology, not merely an order, law, or rule.