General Knowledge Quiz 1135 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which film which stars John Hurt, Richard Burton (in his last film role) and Suzanna Hamilton is based on a book by George Orwell?
2. Riot Games hosts an annual esports World Championship for players of what?
3. What is the next in this series:Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and ..... ?
4. What discipline was sportsman Peyton Manning, who retired in 2016, best known for?
5. What is a guppy?
6. In Norse myths who or what is Baldur?
7. Which Scottish poet and novelist is famous for the poem "The Lady Of The Lake", and the novels "Heart of Midlothian", "Ivanhoe" and the "Waverley" novels?
8. What does the "R" stand for in the "RLIF" World Rankings?
9. Whose novel "Wives and Daughters", about Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a doctor in a provincial English town in the 1830s, was completed by Frederick Greenwood when the author died suddenly in 1865?
10. Founded in London in 1766, what activity are "Christie, Manson and Woods" involved in?
11. Who wrote "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" ?
12. Which of these is usually worn on the shoulders?
13. Who wrote "It Takes a Village:And Other Lessons Children Teach Us", a book published in 1996 that focuses on the impact individuals and groups outside the family have on a child's well-being?
14. How many degrees are in the internal angles of a regular hexagon?
15. The phrase "Mountain Standard Time" refers to what mountains?
16. Slogans such as "The Truth Is Out There", "Trust No One" and "I Want to Believe" that became part of pop culture in the 1990s were from which TV series?
17. According to John Aubrey in "Brief Lives", Sir Francis Bacon's death was caused after he contracted a fatal case of pneumonia after an experiment to do what?
18. Which of these is a position in netball?
19. What bodily process breaks food down into nutrients?
20. History can be called what?