General Knowledge Quiz 1179 (20 MCQs)

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1. A 2002 feature-length documentary film directed by David C. Thomas, that includes US government surveillance footage of a performance at the protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, is about which Detroit-based rock band?
2. Which of these lakes is not one of the 4 that borders the state of Michigan in the USA?
3. What rating indicates the anti-engine knocking properties of a fuel?
4. Which of these is a way to lose a point in tennis?
5. Which Czech composer studied his native folk music and incorporated it into his work, including the opera "Jenufa" ?
6. In the 12th century, who was the lover and then husband of Héloïse, celebrated as a writer and scholar and, later, a nun and abbess?
7. In which of these chemical formulae is oxygen NOT a part?
8. When world ranked No.2 Li Na retired from professional playing in 2014 what sport was she retiring from?
9. What can be inserted to provide for delivery or drawing off liquid into or from a blood vessel, or inserting a surgical instrument?
10. On 12 September 1995, the Belarusian air force shot down a gas balloon, killing two Americans, during a race for which trophy?
11. Aten, Ra, Amun and Ptah are what?
12. What is not true of a millipede, which distinguishes it from a centipede?
13. "Death of a Naturalist" (1966) is the first major published collection of poetry of what Nobel Prize-winning poet?
14. Who originated the "Mr. Men" series of books?
15. Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin" '?
16. Mozart wrote an opera about what kind of flute?
17. What is the name of the golf club at St Andrews, Scotland, founded in 1754, whose motto is "Far and Sure" ?
18. Which city, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022, is the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games?
19. Which of these deserts is in the USA?
20. In geographical terms what does Fretilin relate to?