General Knowledge Quiz 180 (20 MCQs)

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1. In billiards, 2 points are awarded for potting the white ball. How many points are awarded for potting the red ball?
2. In 2003, a congestion charge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in which city centre?
3. Black pepper, coriander, vinegar and salt are common ingredients of what?
4. Why were the Crusades from 1095-1291 waged by European forces in the Middle East so called?
5. What tree is mentioned in the Christmas song 'Twelve Days of Christmas'?
6. To an imaginary observer above the North Pole, which way would the earth appear to rotate?
7. What was the title of Good Charlotte's 2010 album?
8. Where is the scaphoid bone in the human body?
9. In the 18th century, Capability Brown popularised the naturalistic style of what?
10. What is the "national" and "first official" language of The Republic of Ireland?
11. What was the name of the paranoid android in the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams?
12. In annual regattas held on Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia (since 1999), on Lake Mendota, Wisconsin (since 2005) and in Kasterlee near Antwerp in Belgium (since 2008), what craft are used?
13. For whom was the role of the exceptional AmΓ©lie in the 2001 film of the same name, which starred Audrey Tatou, originally written?
14. What is an Alexandrine?
15. What satellite, launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on 10 July 1962, was built as part of a multi-national agreement between AT & T, Bell Telephone Laboratories, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National PTT (Post, Telegraph & Telecom Office)?
16. Which double bass player played with Dizzy Gillespie, was married to Ella Fitzgerald (1947-1952), won a Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1964, and died aged 75 while taking a nap before a show in Indianapolis?
17. The filings of wood or metal are referred to as ..... ?
18. Phlebitis is a condition that affects what part of the body?
19. Who wrote the historical romances "The White Company" and "Brigadier Gerard" ?
20. "Pruritus" is a medical word for what?