General Knowledge Quiz 1185 (20 MCQs)

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1. Designed for use in 2022, what are Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon?
2. Where did the Chrysanthemum, or Aster, Revolution happen in October/November 1918?
3. Which place, used by Russians in 1814 to bombard Paris, became a popular entertainment area in the 19th and 20th centuries, outside the city limits, free of Paris taxes (and where the local nuns made wine)?
4. Which country hosted the first women's judo World Championships?
5. The shores of the African continent are variously on the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and which other body of water?
6. Complete Joseph Stalin's famous quotation "One death is a tragedy, one million deaths is a ..... ''
7. The villages of Javouhey, Cacao, Regina, Saรผl and Iracabou in French Guiana are almost exclusively peopled by refugees resettled in 1977 mainly from where?
8. In the 1920s an Oxford Professor of Anglo-Saxon wrote "The Cat and the Fiddle:A Nursery Rhyme Undone and its Scandalous Secret Unlocked", and followed it by other works including what?
9. Singer Avril Lavigne was born in which country?
10. What chain of islands stretches from the Netherlands to Denmark?
11. In video broadcast terms which of these is the odd one out?
12. The areas of Putumayo, Caquetรก, Meta, Guaviare, Nariรฑo, Antioquia, and Vichada in Colombia are particularly well-known for what?
13. Which American comedian who died on 4 May 2009 became famous as an inept magician on Dean Martin's TV show in the 1960s and appeared in "Cannonball Run", "Blazing Saddles" and "The Muppet Movie" ?
14. Where is the area seen as one of the most outstanding volcanic regions in the world, with a high density of active volcanoes, a variety of types, and a wide range of related features?
15. If a solution of H2O and NaCl is heated what is the result?
16. What nation's boat "Black Magic I" won five races to nil in the America's Cup in 1995?
17. Who played Frank Spencer in the British TV series "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" ?
18. Who was expelled from school, owned two failed businesses, worked for the Northampton Repertory Company and appeared in the film "Murder at Monte Carlo", where he was discovered by a Warner Brothers executive and went on to make 58 films?
19. Which sportswear brand produced protest "toned down" strips for Denmark in the World Cup in Qatar in 2022?
20. At which Olympiad did the Olympic symbol of five rings officially debut?