General Knowledge Quiz 1213 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who succeeded Prince Rainier of Monaco?
2. What cooking measure represents the amount that one can hold between thumb and forefinger?
3. Ali and Robin Campbell, Jimmy Brown, Earl Falconer, Astro, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers and Michael Virtue were members of which band from 1979 to 2008?
4. What is the last name of "Dr. Phil" ?
5. Which of these is a genus of sauropod dinosaur, fossils first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston, that lived in western North America at the end of the Jurassic Period?
6. What was the title of Lily Allen's first full single release?
7. Near what French town did Marie-Bernarde (Bernadette) Soubirous reportedly see visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858?
8. On the Western Christian calendar, when is Trinity Sunday?
9. What novel was published by Bob Dylan in 1971?
10. In which famous piece of music by Tchaikovsky does the French national anthem appear?
11. What film, released in 2000, is the story of Gilbert and Sullivan's first production of "The Mikado" ?
12. Spain's war in 1898 with which power resulted in its loss of sovereignty over Cuba and the Philippine Islands?
13. Who is the city of Charleston, the largest city in South Carolina, named after?
14. In the USA, what was significant about The Long Island Motor Parkway built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II which opened on 10 October 1908?
15. Who directed the 1998 film "Celebrity", shot in black-and-white on location in New York City featuring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Leonardo DiCaprio and Melanie Griffith?
16. What is the nickname of the Australian national rugby union team?
17. An informal name for the British flag is the Union what?
18. These are the first lines from what song: "I was a humdrum person, leading a life apart, when love flew in through my window wide, and quickened my humdrum heart" ?
19. Which was the first book for which the Australian author, academic and feminist Germaine Greer became famous?
20. What element has the symbol "P" ?