General Knowledge Quiz 1143 (20 MCQs)

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1. Hydrogen and oxygen and what other element make up the formula for salicylic acid?
2. Who discovered, in 1895, that X Rays could be applied to medicine?
3. Where in northern China does its second longest river, and the sixth longest river system in the world, rise?
4. Which of these is a wine from the USA?
5. Who famously gatecrashed a state dinner for Indian President Manmohan Singh at the White House on 24 November 2009?
6. Which French composer's works include the opera "Samson et Dalila" and the orchestral work "Carnaval des Animaux" ?
7. What did the ringing of bells throughout the US's National Park Service areas on 19 August 2019 mark?
8. What position represents the head of government in Germany?
9. In what English city is the TV series "Endeavour" (first screened in 2013) set?
10. Which film contained advice to the eponymous hero to "phone home", which then became the 15th best known quote in AFI list of top 100 quotes?
11. Who wrote "The Water Babies" ?
12. What country hosted the inaugural World Cup tournament in 1930 organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), in which 13 nations took part:7 from South America, 4 from Europe and 2 from North America?
13. The White Horse Temple, established in Luoyang in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han capital Luoyang is, according to tradition, the first temple in China, of what religion?
14. Which of these is an American basketball player?
15. What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century, had its headquarters in Lübeck?
16. How many white stripes are there on the flag of the USA?
17. What is the second largest organ of the human body, located under the diaphragm on the right hand side?
18. Bigfoot, a supposedly large, hairy, bipedal humanoid which lives in forests in the Northwest of North America, is also known as what?
19. Which American television sitcom that ran for 7 years from 19 September 1970 spun-off three television series:Rhoda (1974-1978), Phyllis (1975-1977) and Lou Grant (1977-1982)?
20. Carl Lewis won Olympic gold medals at 4 Olympic Games in 4 different events, including the 4x100m relay. He did not win gold for one of these sports. Which one?