General Knowledge Quiz 107 (20 MCQs)

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1. Kazakhstan was the home country of which fictional eponymous film character?
2. By the 15th century, coffee was known in the Middle East, Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. It first arrived in Europe in the area covered by what modern day country?
3. Who is the king of the title of "The Return of the King" ?
4. Which of these is a daily British newspaper?
5. "The Fighting 69th" (1940) starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and George Brent centres on a regiment in which war?
6. In what number system would the statement "1 + 1 = 10" be true?
7. What mythical monster in Greek mythology with the face of a woman and the body of a vulture stole food and was an agent of punishment, abducted people and tortured them?
8. The 300 strong Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite force in the 4th century BCE Theban army, was composed of what or whom?
9. What is the capital of Mongolia, on the Tuul River?
10. When in trouble, which of these characters might successfully make a hypnotic gesture?
11. What were Operation Plumbbob, Operation Nougat, Operation Plowshare, Operation Sunbeam and Operation Dominic II?
12. Which of these words means a style of ornamentation prevailing in France during the first half of the reign of Louis XV?
13. Who voiced E.T. in the 1982 film of the same name?
14. What is a unit of spatial measurement that is 10 to the power of-9 of a meter, or one billionth of a meter?
15. Which of these was a British-born American costume designer who had a career as costumier for the Dallas Opera, and worked for Covent Garden, La Scala, the Old Vic, the Vienna State Opera, the American Ballet Theater, the Metropolitan Opera & the New York City Opera?
16. What is the name of Janet Jackson's (deceased) superstar brother?
17. According to Greek legend, which of the 9 Muses was the muse of Choral poetry?
18. What species does the orf virus commonly affect?
19. In music, which of these is the name for the fourth note of the ascending major or minor scale?
20. How is a Venetian gondola propelled?