General Knowledge Quiz 1046 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the name given to people who went to California to join in the goldrush in the mid 19th century?
2. In the United Kingdom, what is "The Solent" ?
3. What is the medical term for stuttering or stammering?
4. Which of these is the name of someone who has been the Archbishop of Cape Town?
5. What nationality is Richard O'Brien, the writer of the stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" ?
6. The highest peaks of the Atlas Mountains, the highest being 4, 167 metres (13, 671 ft), are in what country?
7. Formula One racing has officials called what?
8. A World Cup for which sport, which ran annually from 1979 to 1990 and occasionally from then on, featured teams of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places?
9. A species of gold marigold, with maroon accents radiating from the centre, is named for what musical?
10. Consecutive drought years in which of these countries is forecast to take global soybean stocks in 2022 down to levels not seen since 2015/16?
11. In which century was the prison fortress known as the Bastille stormed and taken by revolutionary Parisian crowds?
12. What name was given to the civil war in England during the reign of Stephen?
13. What is the traditional name for a Spanish white wine made near Cadiz, popular varieties of which are Manzanilla, Amontillado, Vino Fino, Olorosa and Montilla?
14. Cannes is a resort in which country?
15. What is the name for the fitting together of the masticating surfaces of the upper and lower teeth in biting?
16. Which of these is a name given to sheet metal that is stamped or rolled into parallel ridges and furrows?
17. British artist Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), history painter and sergeant painter to George I and George II, was related by marriage to which other artist?
18. Which of these is a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky?
19. What is the evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches?
20. Australian author, actor and journalist Helen Lyndon Goff, OBE, wrote a series of books centring round which character?