General Knowledge Quiz 1124 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the traditional design on a convict's uniform?
2. Who was the first and only British Prime Minister to be assassinated in office?
3. Which Strait lies between Malaysia and Indonesia?
4. What professional world sporting promotion was run in Australia from 1964-78?
5. In NFL American football how far, as at 2021, is the longest ever successful field kick in yards?
6. Who was the last English king from the House of Normandy, succeeded by Henry II in 1154, the first of the Plantagenets?
7. Which song was sung by Aretha Franklin just before Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the USA in 2009?
8. Which of these is a spirit distilled from cane sugar molasses, fermented with yeast?
9. In 1963 Canadian Jacques Ferron started what, the guiding principle of which was "a promise to keep none of our promises" ?
10. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of World War I, against a fleet from which country?
11. The Triple Entente in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century was an understanding between which three countries?
12. In December 1981 an estimated 35 million watched a live satellite transmission of a Rod Stewart concert at the Los Angeles Forum; this was the first broadcast of its kind for how many years?
13. Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Williams, Zoë Chao, Wesley Kimmel, Griffin Matthews, Rachel Bloom, Shiri Appleby, Vella Lovell, with Tig Notaro and Steve Zahn starred in which Netflix series in 2023?
14. What is the word for the point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the point where an earthquake or underground explosion originates?
15. What is oud (or oudh), or an oud?
16. When did Henry the Young King reign in England?
17. What is an angiosperm?
18. For what activity is Sir Anthony Caro famous?
19. What was the preoccupation of John Nash Jr, the subject of the 2001 film "A Beautiful Mind" starring Russell Crowe?
20. Where is the British TV series "Doc Martin" set?