General Knowledge Quiz 1009 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye, and most often paint, by a process of nebulization?
2. How did the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the Crystal Palace in the UK differ from the French Industrial Exposition of 1844 which is said to have inspired it?
3. The first championship known as the Championship of the Internationale Eislauf-Vereingung, held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1896 was a competition in what discipline?
4. "The course of true love never did run smooth" is a line from which play?
5. What fictional village was the setting for a 1963 novel by Spike Milligan?
6. Which is part of a drilling tool?
7. What word is used to describe a grotesque stone carving with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building?
8. What is the main characteristic of twill cloth?
9. Which country became independent from imperial China in 938 AD in the Battle of Bạch Đằng River?
10. Which of these is not a lifeline in the standard format of the TV game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" ?
11. In the USA between 1852 and 1883, who were Reelfoot Williams, Tom Bell, Rattlesnake Dick and Charles Bolles (a.k.a. "Black Bart")?
12. The 2019 film "Joker", directed and co-written by Todd Philips, is a prequel to what series of films?
13. New York City is due south of which of these cities?
14. What album did American rapper Tupac Shakur, or 2Pac, release under the pseudonym Makaveli?
15. Who released the album "Rockferry" in 2008, that contained the singles "Mercy", "Warwick Avenue" and "Rain on Your Parade" ?
16. Which of these leads to Westminster Abbey in London?
17. In astronomy, what is the next letter in the sequence O, B, A, F, G, K .....
18. The Nazca Plate, part of the earth's lithosphere, lies under which ocean?
19. Which of these, whose coat is more or less constant in colour, is native to South America?
20. Which of these fashion designers was born in the USA?