General Knowledge Quiz 1004 (20 MCQs)

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1. In which city was Tempelhof airport?
2. Which of these activities is assisted by having the art of legerdemain?
3. The SS Great Eastern which set sail on 13 July 1866 carrying the second (and the first successful) transatlantic telegraph cable, was under what kind of power?
4. Evel Knievel is mostly associated with which activity?
5. Which US doctor and poet wrote the "Breakfast Table" series, "Over The Teacups" and "Elsie Venner" ?
6. What was the stage name of Brenda Mae Tarpley, an American singer of rockabilly, pop and country music who had 37 US chart hits during the 1960s (a number surpassed only by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Ray Charles and Connie Francis) and was best known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry" ?
7. Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" is set in which country?
8. "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act" and "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind" is ascribed to which novelist and critic?
9. Artists Chuck Close, Henri-Edmond Cross, John Roy, Georges-Pierre Seurat, Paul Signac, Maximilien Luce and Vincent van Gogh painted in what style?
10. ETA, an armed nationalist and separatist organization, is based in which country?
11. What does the 13, 29 km (8.26 mi) President Costa e Silva Bridge cross?
12. What did the Treaty of Falaise in 1174 state explicitly for the first time?
13. What sport is featured in the musical "The Beautiful Game" by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton?
14. The musical "South Pacific" was based on the book "Tales of the South Pacific" by which author?
15. The Canadian animated educational children's television series (1997-2019) based on books by Hélène Desputeaux, focuses on the questions and imagination of a 4 year old boy named what?
16. If something is described in US politics as "gubernatorial" what or who does it refer to?
17. What direction does one travel to go from Antarctica to New Zealand?
18. What ocean borders the US state of Georgia?
19. Which mountain chain runs along the border between France and Spain?
20. Which one of these flightless birds would be most likely to be tall enough to be able to walk over the others?