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General Knowledge Quiz 130 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these was a siege gun used in European warfare during the 16th and 17th centuries which had a calibre of 8 inches (200 mm), weighed about 8, 000 pounds (3, 600 kg), and was designed to fire cannon balls weighing up to 52 pounds (24 kg)?
2. What is the name of the reverse image on film, from which a photograph is printed?
3. What currency is used in Thailand?
4. At which Olympic Games were some events held close to a major monument to a country-defining civil war and a site remembered for a racial oppression movement?
5. Actress, model and journalist Hailey Gates fronts a series called "States of Undress" on what cable TV channel?
6. A pangolin can extend its long narrow tongue over half the length of its head and body; where in the body is its tongue attached?
7. In Greek mythology, who was the multi-headed dog, encircled by a serpent, that guarded the portal to the underworld?
8. Which of these is an Italian town or city on the coast?
9. Which of these is important for the performance of lithium ion batteries?
10. Which is the nearest star to Earth which could collapse into a white dwarf?
11. Laurence Olivier directed and starred in a 1944 film, which began in the Globe Theatre and then gradually shifted to a realistic evocation of the Battle of Agincourt, which was adapted from which one of Shakespeare's plays?
12. How is the Russian musical instrument, the balalaika, usually played?
13. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, why did the Russian Federation file an (unsuccessful) protest over the women's 100m hurdles, delaying the medal ceremony by a day?
14. What protein in the blood carries oxygen around the body?
15. Dominic Cummings is a well-known name in what?
16. Which singer-songwriter, who won 2 BRIT Awards and 2 Ivor Novello Awards and was nominated for 5 Grammy Awards in 2006, was an officer in a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and served under NATO in Kosovo in 1999?
17. There are a number of sand dunes systems in Europe, not just in coastal areas but also inland; where is the largest?
18. Bing Crosby died shortly after playing which sport?
19. Where are the Sof Omar Caves?
20. "Shake and turn" and "last shedding" are terms used in what?
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