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General Knowledge Quiz 1182 (20 MCQs)

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1. What field of work is Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) best known for?
2. Which city in the Zou Department of The People's Republic of Benin was formerly the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dahomey?
3. The country renamed eSwatini in 2018 was known internationally as what before the change?
4. Which word means "to refuse to take part" ?
5. In some cases a katabatic, or catabatic, wind is called what?
6. The Council currently known as the International Cricket Council, or ICC, has been known as the ICC since it was founded in 1909 at Lord's in the UK but the "I" stood for something else:what was that?
7. What is the name for a group of badgers?
8. What were rioters in Panama protesting about on Martyr's Day, 9 January 1964?
9. The word "the" is what part of speech?
10. Who was the subject of an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt on Pall Mall, London, on 20 March 1974 by Ian Ball, who shot Inspector James Beaton (a bodyguard), Alex Callender (chauffeur), Brian McConnell (a passerby who intervened) and Police Constable Michael Hills?
11. What is the most publicly used method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets?
12. Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, a US federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May to commemorate US men and women who died while in the military service, was first commemorated to honour soldiers in which war?
13. Which of the original Star Wars trilogy cast believed that the films would be a box office hit and did a deal for two percent of the gross, but later proposed to George Lucas that his character be killed off because he "just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines" ?
14. Who began directing with "Grand Theft Auto" (1977) and won his first Best Director Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" (2001)?
15. What was a Roman road from York to Scotland near the Firth of Forth?
16. When did the first death happen as a result of a crash or other failure in a powered aircraft?
17. Which UK TV series dealt with middle class lifestyle and customs in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886, at sea and ashore?
18. Which car manufacturer produces a model called the "Vanquish" ?
19. Which of these is not a fish?
20. What film is the source of the phrase, "I'll get you, my pretty ..... and your little dog too!"
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