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General Knowledge Quiz 105 (20 MCQs)

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1. It was inspired by an Ingmar Bergman film, has had Glynis Johns, Judi Dench and Catherine Zeta-Jones as leading actress, all of whom have won major awards in the role, and has contributed a haunting and enduring song to the popular canon. Which is it?
2. Which author won "The Best of the Booker", a special prize awarded in commemoration of the Booker Prize's 40th anniversary, for his novel "Midnight's Children" ?
3. What is the popular name for Beethoven's piano sonata in C Sharp Minor?
4. What does the "A" stand for in the acronym VAR for the system used in football games?
5. Who played James Herriot in the British TV series (1978-1990) "All Creatures Great and Small" ?
6. What is the name of the days on the Roman Catholic and Anglican calendars that are the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day?
7. In Star Wars, what is the name of Han Solo's companion?
8. Scribes from Roman times to the Middle Ages and later used a technique to maximise the use of precious writing material. Which of these describes one result?
9. Which is Australia's closest southern island or islands?
10. In the top 10 wine producing countries in the world as ranked by Forbes, which South American country or countries is/are included?
11. What is the name for the open areas of country in South Africa?
12. What was the central theme of a ten-play cycle (1982 to 2005) by American playwright and poet, August Wilson?
13. Bob Hoskins, an English actor awarded and acclaimed for roles in TV and film ranging from gangsters to playing opposite a cartoon, died in April 2014 at 71; he also, at the age of over 60, played something very close to a romantic interest in which film?
14. What is the name of the test cricket venue in Nottingham, England?
15. Where would one find a favela?
16. On the Isle of Man, the "House of Keys" is concerned with what?
17. What sport is competed in the Giro d'Italia?
18. Originally a criticism, what does the term "gunzel" mean now?
19. Who is credited with the invention of the rotary internal combustion engine, introduced by NSU in their "Ro 80" in 1967 and used by Mazda in their "RX"models, the first of which, the RX-2, was introduced in 1970?
20. Kenneth Cobonpue from the Philippines is world famous in what?
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