General Knowledge Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Colombia's principal river rises just north of the country's border with Ecuador, between which two mountain ranges?
2. What famous detective is played by Robert Downey, Jr.?
3. Where are boto found?
4. A mallet is used to hit the ball in which of these sports?
5. What launcher was used by the European Space Agency, the first of which was successfully launched in 1979?
6. "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!" is an example of what?
7. What monochrome painting by Pablo Picasso, painted during the Spanish Civil War, is 3.5m by 7.8m?
8. What is Canada's largest province by area?
9. Which car maker has a trident as its symbol?
10. In 1562 a law passed in Venice limited the colour of gondolas used there to what colour?
11. In 1692, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Sarah Wildes, Rebecca Nurse, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., George Burroughs, John Willard, John Procter and others were executed in connection with what?
12. Mercury and Venus are known as the two what?
13. In which decade was Elvis Presley born?
14. Where would you find a eustachian tube?
15. Jean de Ockeghem, composer of sacred and secular music, wrote in which century?
16. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg was invited to be the first king of what country in 1831 after it gained independence from the Dutch?
17. Where was the World Netball Series held in October 2009?
18. According to the Bible, who was told by God to build an ark to escape the Great Flood?
19. According to the Bible, which Moabitess married Boaz in Jerusalem and had two sons, Jesse and David?
20. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana, what is the name for the day called Shrove Tuesday in Ireland and the UK where it is celebrated with pancakes?