General Knowledge Quiz 1063 (20 MCQs)

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1. Gough Whitlam was Prime Minister of what country from 1972 to 1975?
2. By the end of the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships which country held the top all-time Championships medal count?
3. The professional basketball team which started in 1961 as the Chicago Packers is called what in 2022?
4. What building, built between 1754 and 1790 as a church to St Genevieve, was set aside as a mausoleum for famous Frenchmen in 1792?
5. Which of these is a plant cultivated for its flowers, which are often tinted with purple, maroon, cerise, pink or red, that attaches itself to structures by tendrils?
6. What 1983 Scottish film, starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi and Burt Lancaster, was directed by Bill Forsyth with music by Mark Knopfler?
7. In the term "CE", for years called "AD" in Christian terminology, what does the "C" stand for?
8. In the English legal system, what does a lawyer become when he or she "takes silk" ?
9. If competitors are told to "nock", what sport are they competing in?
10. In the 19th century, in 1831-2, 1848-9 and 1853-4, London in the UK suffered major epidemics of what disease?
11. Which Irish philanthropist founded houses for destitute children in Stepney in 1870?
12. In 1933 Richard Hollingshead in the USA patented what idea?
13. "Service" is the way the ball is put into play in which game?
14. Which of these is a port on Cyprus?
15. Which country decided to switch to driving on the left from mid September 2009?
16. Whose top hat and other belongings fetched nearly half a million euros at auction in May 2009?
17. Hudson Bay, Canada, is directly north of which other bodies of water?
18. What colour is the alb worn by some Christian clerics?
19. What items are in lots of 52 as standard, each with a unique combination of numbers and symbols?
20. According to Greek legend, which sorceress helped Jason to find the golden fleece and became his wife?