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General Knowledge Quiz 1162 (20 MCQs)

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1. When was the first season of rugby league played?
2. The Abominable Snowman, a mythological ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet, is also known as what?
3. Which of these was not a son of Noah, the chap in the Bible with the ark?
4. Daniel Craig played poet Ted Hughes in what 2003 film?
5. What is the line from Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" that follows "Actin' funny, but I don't know why" ?
6. Which of these is associated with boxing?
7. The USA purchased Alaska in 1867 from which country?
8. The American TV writer and producer Jenji Kohan is known for creating award-winning dramas one of which is the series ..... ?
9. The title of what song is on Dean Martin's gravestone?
10. The naval Battle of Trafalgar (1805) was part of the confrontation by Britain and its allies of the forces of which supreme military commander?
11. In 1803, part of which two Canadian provinces was bought by the USA from France with the Louisiana Purchase, and ceded to Great Britain in 1818?
12. Which of these was the last to become British Prime Minister?
13. On 30 August 2012 NASA launched Radiation Belt Storm probes to look at the two doughnut-shaped Van Allen radiation belts of high energy particles encircling the Earth. Three days after the launch they discovered what?
14. What is the name for a fictional murder mystery?
15. Hoylake Beach in the UK and St Peter Ording in Germany have been the venues for international championships since 2007 for which sport?
16. Who was the spouse of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark when she ascended to the throne on 14 January 1972?
17. Which one of these countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council, with the power to veto any substantive resolution?
18. What animal is native to Russia, the USA (especially Alaska), Canada, the Carpathian region (especially Romania), and Finland, where it is the national animal?
19. In 1967 during the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the American ship USS Liberty which was monitoring the conflict from international waters in the Mediterranean, was hit with rockets, cannon fire and napalm and then torpedoed. Whose forces carried out the attacks?
20. Which 1937 film, made with altered storylines in 1954 and 1976, tells the story of the rise of a woman star and the fall of her husband who discovered her, due to drink?
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