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General Knowledge Quiz 1134 (20 MCQs)

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1. Serena Williams, who had not advanced past the quarterfinals at the French Open between 2003 and 2009, lost to whom in the quarterfinals 6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6, in 2010?
2. What are Argon, Helium, Radon, Neon and Xenon?
3. Damask is a variety of which of these?
4. The US Civil War was fought between the Union Army and which other?
5. What philosopher, sometimes known by the honorific of "K'ung Fu-tzu" and born in BCE 551, has recently had his name given to a Peace Prize?
6. What was the original name of the board game invented by Elliot Rudell, similar to Scrabble, whereby letters can be stacked on top of others to create new words?
7. Who became the King of Sweden on 15 September 1973?
8. Five new sports approved for inclusion in the Summer Olympics for 2020 were baseball/softball, karate, surfing, sport climbing and which other?
9. A zamboni is used to prepare the playing surface for which sport?
10. Which team won the inaugural tournament of the Rugby World Cup in 1987, which was hosted by both Australia and New Zealand?
11. Why was Tyson Fury stripped of his International Boxing Federation World Heavyweight title in 2015 just ten days after gaining it?
12. Which countries signed up to the Plaza Accord in the USA in November 1985?
13. Which company was ordered in 2000 (as it turned out, abortively) to split into two companies, one to own and market its operating system and another to control its other software and the company's Internet business?
14. Which grape is the source of most of the best known Argentina wines?
15. The angles of a triangle add up to how many degrees?
16. Who says "Is this a dagger that I see before me" in a Shakespearean play?
17. What is the name for the private office in the White House of the President of the USA?
18. What TV sitcom was originally intended to be called "The Fighting Tigers" ?
19. The narrative poem "The Gypsies" (1824) by Alexander Pushkin influenced a novella by Prosper Mérimée (1845), which was the basis for a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy for which opera that premiered at the Opéra-Comique of Paris in 1875?
20. The national coat of arms of Portugal consists basically of a shield in front of a sphere; what is the sphere called?
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