General Knowledge Quiz 16 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who was the great great great grand uncle of the singer/composer known as "Moby" ?
2. For which 1949 American film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte, did Robinson receive the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival?
3. What is the early English name for the road that went from London through Lincoln and York to Hadrian's Wall?
4. In 1992, Vitaly Scherbo (USSR/BLR) broke the record for being awarded the most Olympic gold medals in one day (4) for which discipline?
5. Which year did the International Association of Athletics Federations first recognise a women's record in pole vault?
6. Where was Tempelhof airport?
7. On 3 June 1844, which bird became extinct when the last two were killed by hunters?
8. "Just So Stories for Little Children" (1902) is concerned with what?
9. People who speak Magyar are likely to be or have been native to what country?
10. Which of these is half a semi-breve?
11. Which of these would be involved in prestidigitation?
12. What year did the cable television network ESPN made its debut broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day?
13. Which of these books was written first?
14. Why did the MS Achille Lauro become internationally well-known in 1985?
15. Which British-Australian actor, voice-artist, political activist, Dickens aficionado, is the long-term partner of retired Australian professor of Indonesian Studies, Heather Sunderland?
16. The painting that has the words "ceci n'est pas une pipe" written on it, is by which artist?
17. Which sewing machine company has held a patent on the mechanism that creates the blanket stitch since its introduction in 1877 (the most recent patent renewal was in 2007), and is involved in litigation with several Chinese firms who are accused of violating their intellectual property rights?
18. What is the name of the small red oval mark painted on the face, common in Hinduism?
19. Which of these is used by a photographer to develop and print film?
20. Who is the Hamilton of the 2015 musical of the same name?