General Knowledge Quiz 202 (20 MCQs)

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1. What name were the treaties of:1763, France ceded all territories in America east of Mississippi (except New Orleans) and India to Britain; 1783, recognised USA's independence from Britain; 1898, Spain relinquished all remaining overseas territories?
2. Where is the headquarters of the international broadcasting network CNN, "the CNN Center" ?
3. What river or rivers are the main contributors to the 220 miles (355 km) coastal delta in Bangladesh?
4. Who "is watching you" in George Orwell's book "Nineteen Eighty-Four" ?
5. The main publicity image for which Alfred Hitchcock film featured Cary Grant being chased by a bi-plane?
6. An ostrich is said to bury what in the sand in time of danger?
7. Club Atlético Boca Juniors, known simply as Boca Juniors or Boca, a sports club best known for its football team, is based in which country?
8. The "venae cavae" are found in what part of the body?
9. Which of these islands is not Danish territory?
10. In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where he did what?
11. Who created the gardens at Biddulph Grange, now a National Trust property?
12. What would you expect something to be if it is on a menu as "Julienne" ?
13. Which of these, described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" is notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals, and whose business owns 7 London theatres?
14. Anti-retroviral drugs are used to treat what disease?
15. The Orinoco Delta in eastern Venezuela includes a number of what kind of volcano?
16. What weapon is traditionally held in a quiver?
17. What 2002 film, an adaptation of stage musical that explores the themes of 'celebrity' and 'scandal', starred Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, and Richard Gere?
18. The first public what, was established by George Jennings at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 in London, UK?
19. The NBA team, the Supersonics, was based in which US city?
20. The Northern Society, based in St Petersburg, Russia, and the Southern Society, based in Kiev, Ukraine, were part of what 19th century movement?