General Knowledge Quiz 1007 (20 MCQs)

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1. The name of which cheese describes its method of manufacture, of being "cooked again" ?
2. Prior to the coming of William the Conqueror in 1066 where was the capital of England situated?
3. What is a Russian Blue?
4. Which music magazine edited by Geoff Barton, first published in 1981 as a one-off supplement to "Sounds" newspaper, was devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of other hard rock acts such as AC/DC, who appeared on its first cover?
5. In the term "taxi-cab", the word cab" is an abbreviated form of what word?
6. The Japanese Koto is what type of musical instrument?
7. Which of these was written by Anthony Powell?
8. Which US President spent his term of office in a wheelchair?
9. The modern British period of history called "The Winter of Discontent" began when?
10. Since 1947 the FIVB has been engaged in governing what sport?
11. The chemical messenger that transports signals from one cell to another, called phytohormone in plants, is called what in animals?
12. What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival?
13. What does the "U" stand for in "UEFA" ?
14. Which piece of music was composed by Tchaikovsky to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon I?
15. Who created the comic strip "The Far Side" ?
16. In the early 1960s, Albert DeSalvo was given what nickname by the media?
17. Which of these was an 18th century English furniture maker?
18. Which of these countries has land lying on the equator?
19. In October 2018 a tomos was signed, and then formalised three months later in Istanbul, to do what?
20. Who identified and named alpha, beta and gamma radiation?