General Knowledge Quiz 1177 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the setting for George Orwell's book "Animal Farm" ?
2. In which 1988 film does a weapons expert eat a jewel thief's favourite pet to force him to tell him where the jewels are?
3. In the 1960s Raymond Davis Jr. set up a deep underground laboratory. Under what was the laboratory built?
4. What is equivalent to 4 quavers?
5. For the type of bet called a "Trifecta", how many horses are picked?
6. Who was the British engineer who designed and in 1926 publicly demonstrated the first television system suitable for broadcast transmission?
7. What was the expressed purpose of the law Russia enacted in 2013, which caused concern in relation to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Sochi?
8. Which of these is the eastern part of a non-collegiate Christian church, sometimes known as the choir, usually separated from the nave by a screen or railing?
9. British actor and award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti OBE-as well as writing the lauded play version of the 2020 film "The Life of Pi" among her many other works-is married to which decorated and award-winning actor, writer and director?
10. Which sport, that involves running through an obstacle track 253.5 metres long, has major competitions held in SonkajΓ€rvi (Finland) and in the USA in Monona and Minocqua (both in Wisconsin) and Marquette (Michigan)?
11. Which of these means "that is" ?
12. Which city or cites have hosted both a Winter Olympic Games and a Winter Youth Olympic Games?
13. Who shot the most famous film of the assassination of John F Kennedy?
14. Where were the first Winter Youth Olympic Games held?
15. In Olympic archery, the outer 2 circles on the target (called 1 ring and 2 ring) are what colour?
16. What does the informal and dangerous sport of tombstoning involve?
17. What is the formation of vapour bubbles of a flowing liquid in a region where its pressure falls below its vapour pressure?
18. Which state of the USA, initially called New Connecticut, declared independence in 1777, issued its own coinage 1785-1788, exchanged ambassadors with France, the Netherlands and the USA, and in 1791 joined the US Federal union as the 14th state?
19. Which bridge across the Thames is closest to the Houses of Parliament in London?
20. Where did the Bataan Death March, which started in April 1942, take place?