General Knowledge Quiz 192 (20 MCQs)

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1. From 1925 to 1935, what did the letters "MG" on a make of English sports car signify?
2. The largest river by discharge of water in the Americas, and the world, flows mainly through which country?
3. Over the course of 17 years from 1985 to 2002 what did actor Whoopi Goldberg complete, one of only twelve people to do so?
4. Which of these is a Pacific Island that is famous for its large statues?
5. Who was told by the Oracle at Delphi to perform 12 tasks after killing his own children in a mad fury?
6. What describes the relationship of e.g. "draggle" to "drag", or "topple" to "top" ?
7. What is wrong with someone who suffers from anaemia?
8. The statue called "Manneken Pis", of a small boy relieving himself, is in which city?
9. The mouthfeel of food is what kind of property?
10. Which organisation runs the annual championships for football teams in Europe?
11. What is the common name for Chorea, a disease characterised by irregular involuntary movements, commonly found in children?
12. Queen Anne of Great Britain suffered for many years from what ailment(s)?
13. What did the Romans call Scotland?
14. If the squares of the numbers 1 to 10 are added together, what is the result?
15. The young of what is called a squab?
16. Constance Heward and Joyce Lankester Brinsley are known for what?
17. Beginning in 1966 and proposed formally in 1980, Britain and Argentina looked at a "lease-back" deal over the Falkland Islands / Islas Malvinas. What brought this to an abrupt halt?
18. The Za Qu River, later the Lancang, and eventually the Mekong flows through or beside six countries before it flows into the sea from Vietnam; where does it rise?
19. The Royal Lichtenstein Quarter-Ring Sidewalk Circus, a street theatre troupe that toured the USA between 1971 and 1993 as the self-described "world's smallest circus" was a ministry of what religious order?
20. Who was the last monarch in the recently reunified kingdom of Italy?