General Knowledge Quiz 197 (20 MCQs)

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1. The "New Model Army" was formed to fight in which war?
2. Mary Baker Eddy founded which religion?
3. Where is the Yenisei one of the major rivers?
4. What is the southernmost point of the African continent?
5. Who, when he took on the position, was the second-youngest US president to take office, the first US president born in the 20th century and, at age 43, the youngest elected to the office?
6. Who was a member of the band Buffalo Springfield, and formed his own backing band called Crazy Horse?
7. Which 2001 horror film, written, scored and directed by Spanish and Chilean director Alejandro Amenábar, was given the Best Film Award at the Goyas (Spain's national film awards) despite containing no Spanish dialogue?
8. As at 2017 what time is the men's wheelchair marathon world record (the ablebodied record holder's time is 2h 02m 57s, average 5.72 metres per second)?
9. What is something Abelard and Héloïse, Oscar Wilde, Sarah Bernhardt, Honoré de Balzac, Georges Bizet and Jim Morrison have in common?
10. In 1992 Bratislava become the capital of which country?
11. In 1949 the first what was brought to New York, USA, but failed to attract interest and was labelled by the chairman of the company which made it as not having a future in the country?
12. What language does "kayak" come from?
13. Dr Dian Fossey, Dame Jane Goodall and Dr Birutė Galdikas are known for study of what?
14. A commercial power plant which opened in late 2015 in Albertville, Savoie, France uses what as a fuel?
15. Who has won the Women's Singles title at Australia's premier tennis tournament, with 10 wins?
16. The terms systolic and diastolic are used in the measurement of which of these?
17. Which conductor of the Worcester Glee Club from 1879 to 1889, went on to write "The Enigma Variations" and "The Dream of Gerontius" ?
18. The leaf of what tree appears on the Canadian national flag?
19. In the course of which hostilities did Rome suffer what is seen as its greatest defeat?
20. Which of these is a Russian billionaire living in the UK, who, in March 2009, had a net worth of US$ 8.5 billion, and is the owner of Chelsea Football Club?