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General Knowledge Quiz 133 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where or when is Joseph Heller's novel, "Catch-22" (1961), set?
2. Which of these cities is the southern-most?
3. What does V-J Day celebrate for USA and the UK?
4. Goose bumps (also called goose flesh or goose pimples), which may involuntarily develop when a person experiences cold or strong emotions is known as what?
5. A number of sports have been demonstrated at Winter Olympic Games and never included on the official programme. Which of these has become an Olympic sport without demonstration?
6. What has the transdermal biosensor been particularly developed to detect?
7. Where in London would you find an aluminium statue that is a memorial to the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury?
8. Public attendance was particularly sparse, virtually non-existent, at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. What was the reason?
9. When did the US TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, begin its six years of seasons?
10. What 1980s TV programme starred Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless?
11. From the 15th century onward, which country took control of Ceuta (North Africa), Madeira, the Azores, Goa (India), Brazil, Ormuz (in the Persian Strait), Malacca (now part of Malaysia) and Macau (China)?
12. When the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan mounted an invasion of the archipelago of Japan in 1274 and again in 1281, his forces far outnumbered those of Japan and had far more destructive military hardware; what happened on each occasion which defeated them?
13. Which of these is one of the 5 British classic horse races, first run in 1809, that is for 3 year olds at Newmarket in late April or early May?
14. Who, with more than 70 million records sold worldwide during a career in seven decades, was the most successful British female solo recording artist until 2010 according to the Guinness Book of World Records?
15. What type of vessel is named for the handles that it has on both sides?
16. Biomimetics have influenced which of these?
17. What similarity was there in the 19th century between Valentia Island in Ireland, Darwin in Australia, Heart's Content in Newfoundland, and Cap Gris-Nez in France?
18. What opened to the public in 1779 next to the Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria?
19. John Frieda is associated with which of these professions?
20. In the USA, what does Memorial Day commemorate?
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