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General Knowledge Quiz 1167 (20 MCQs)

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1. A candela is a measure of what?
2. What term is used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece of music for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment, commonly in opera, although they also form movements of oratorios and cantatas?
3. Which of these is a species of Sequoia that is the tallest in the world?
4. What type of instrument can be played "pizzicato" ?
5. What important discovery was made in 1964 by radio astronomers Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson?
6. The film "My Happy Family" (2017), written by Nana Ekvtimishvili and directed by Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß, premièred in the USA at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. In what language was it filmed?
7. The name of which American surgeon and medical researcher is known for a technique for rescuing someone from severe choking?
8. The 2020 Netflix fantasy documentary "Dick Johnson is Dead" deals with the increasing onset of what?
9. British graphic designers and typographers Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir designed what?
10. Who had his first prize fight in 1914, became world heavyweight champion at Toledo in 1919 and was champion until defeated in 1926?
11. How did the Met Office in the UK select the names for storms in 2023/4?
12. In the 1988 Winter Olympics several days of opening events were disrupted and/or postponed; what was the reason?
13. In 1956 who wrote and introduced the song, ranked by the magazine Rolling Stone as #97 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, "Roll Over, Beethoven" ?
14. What name was given to groups of runaway slaves in Jamaica and Guiana in the 17th and 18th centuries?
15. Who was the last head of state of the USSR, serving from 1988 until 1991, and the only Soviet leader to have been born after the October Revolution of 1917?
16. Bob Judd who was previously a vice-president and creative director in advertising writes highly popular novels centring on what?
17. The word "algebra" comes from which language?
18. A series of paintings called "Kaleidoscope" was created from 2001 onwards by which artist?
19. What resin, drawn from a tree related to the pistachio, is used to flavour foods and drink including ice cream, cheeses, savoury sauces, pastries, chewing gum and coffee?
20. Riparian rights apply to what type of land?
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