General Knowledge Quiz 1073 (20 MCQs)

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1. In a film script, what do the letters MCU mean?
2. What is another name for "denatured alcohol", i.e. ethanol with additives (such as methanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone and denatonium), used as a solvent and as fuel for spirit burners and camping stoves?
3. What is the first name of Senor Domingo, one of the "Three Tenors" ?
4. Which of these is a TV police drama starring Helen Mirren?
5. What is the common name for London's Criminal Court?
6. Which group was the subject of the Microsoft Xbox 360 games Rock Band that premièred in June 2009 which is intended to be "a revolutionary tour" of their music and career?
7. Which year was the last in which the Summer and the Winter Olympics were held in the same year?
8. Where do tepals occur?
9. Which of these Englishmen runs a restaurant?
10. In literature, what is the word for the events that follow the climax of a drama, literally "the untying of the complexities of a plot" ?
11. What is a dropsonde?
12. Where does the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Grand Canal, the longest and oldest canal or artificial river in the world, flow from and to?
13. What is the name of the water sports that originated in Australia in the early 20th century, that has become popular in New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the USA?
14. What is the official distance for a marathon?
15. In the final of the Basketball competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the last 3 seconds of the game were ordered to be played again, which resulted in which team being awarded the gold medal?
16. Which April 2019 song, co-written and-produced by a USA singer-songwriter and a NZ producer and musician, debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 and jumped to number 2 in its second week becoming the biggest single-week jump in Hot 100's history?
17. Which one of these characters is from the TV series "ER" ?
18. In what is "foley" used?
19. Which of these is salmon fillet that has been cured?
20. What is the musical term for playing each note separated from the rest?