General Knowledge Quiz 113 (20 MCQs)

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1. Its name means "Mother of the Gods" in the indigenous language of the area, it is home to the National Institute of Amazonian Research, it was a host city of the 2014 World Cup, as well as subsections of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Which city is it?
2. What is the name given to a distinguishing device stamped into the substance of a sheet of paper when it is wet?
3. Making a U-turn results in a change of direction of how many degrees?
4. What are the two holes called which are cut into the body of a violin, viola, cello, and double bass?
5. Which of these is a Mexican painter, many of whose works are self-portraits, who used vibrant colours in a style influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico with European influences including Realism, Symbolism and Surrealism?
6. When did St Francis of Assisi found the Order of the Friars Minor?
7. What film, sub-titled "The Story of Christy Brown", is a 1989 drama directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Julie Hale, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan, Declan Croghan, Eanna MacLiam, Marie Conmee and Cyril Cusack, that tells the true story of an Irishman born with cerebral palsy?
8. What is an essential ingredient in the dessert known as a Chantilly Basket?
9. Which of these structures is the most recent?
10. Who is most likely to edit the problem page in a magazine or newspaper?
11. What does Fermat's Last Theorem relate to?
12. What concept was described and highlighted in a 1983 book edited by European-British historian Eric Hobsbawm and British Africanist Terence Ranger?
13. The embroidered linen mural, the Bayeux Tapestry, tells one side of what military story?
14. Tinikling is a popular Philippine what?
15. For what was the first " ..... For Dummies" book, released in 1991, intended to provide beginner-friendly instruction?
16. Which outdoor game played by 2 to 4 persons with balls and mallets was introduced to England from France in the 1850s?
17. What is the colloquial name for the trefoil plant?
18. Who plays the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films?
19. Complete the title of this James Bond film: "From Russia With ..... ''
20. What is the greatest distance between the capitals of two sovereign countries that share a border?