General Knowledge Quiz 1149 (20 MCQs)

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1. In which city did Rosa Parks refuse to obey a bus driver's order to give up her seat for a white passenger on December 1, 1955, becoming an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement?
2. Tejate, a traditional non-alcoholic Mexican drink, is made mainly from cocoa and what?
3. What is the name for the range of limestone hills south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England which run east to west between Weston-super-Mare and Frome, and overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Avon valley to the north?
4. What was the occupation of the character called Ross Geller in the TV series "Friends" ?
5. Where did the name of the 1986 tile matching computer game "Tetris" come from?
6. In 1896 French engineer and scientist Henri Becquerel identified radioactivity while observing what?
7. Which of these is a type of butterfly?
8. Which of these is a bowed string musical instrument with three strings, played on the arm or under the chin that was particularly popular in the 15th and 16th centuries?
9. The 2011 US crime drama TV series "The Killing" was based on a work created by whom?
10. Susan, Lucy, Edmund and Peter Pevensie are children who appear in what 2005 film, based on the novel by C. S. Lewis?
11. Which of these cities is on Chesapeake Bay?
12. What did Chuck Yeager accomplish in a Bell XI in October 1947?
13. The 2019 horror film "Midsommar" is set in Sweden and shot where?
14. Which of these is a fragrant climbing shrub?
15. Which of these was an ex-pop star responsible for creating and directing a TV series called "Metal Mickey" ?
16. The photosphere, chromosphere and corona are terms used for aspects of what?
17. Who moved to New York City in 1977 where she worked as a waitress in Dunkin' Donuts, performed as a dancer for French disco artist Patrick Hernandez on a world tour, formed the band "The Breakfast Club" with Dan Gilroy, and the band "Emmy" with Stephen Bray, and has been described as "a woman who pulled herself up by her bra straps?"
18. What 2002 novel was made into a film starring Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah 6 years later?
19. According to a 2009 adventure family film starring Ashley Tisdale, Carter Jenkins, Robert Hoffman, Henri Young, Regan Young and Austin Butler, "The aliens are" where?
20. Where are the Indy 500 races held?