General Knowledge Quiz 203 (20 MCQs)

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1. Series I to V of which video game takes place on the planet of Enroth and its southern continent, Antagarich, and other worlds, Axeoth and Ashan?
2. What does the "u" in "U-boat" stand for?
3. An unexpected event is described as being "out of the ..... '' what?
4. What was the official date of the formation of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland" ?
5. What is the next in this series:Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts ..... ?
6. How did Italian dictator Benito Mussolini die in 1945?
7. In what country is South Tarawa the capital city?
8. Who played Billie Holiday in the 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues" ?
9. By what name is the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who lived near Coventry in the 11th century, better known?
10. Who wrote the music for the song "Smile", a hit for Nat King Cole in 1954 that was recorded by Michael Jackson for his 1995 double album "HIStory:Past, Present and Future, Book I" ?
11. Which of these models was born in Germany?
12. Who became president of Iraq in May 2005?
13. Which department store headquartered in Piccadilly, London was founded as a grocery store in 1707?
14. Who, when Secretary-General of the U.N., was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961?
15. What are the structures known in Lindisfarne in the UK as St Cuthbert's beads, or in Germany as St Boniface's pennies?
16. Which of these is the 1995 WBC Heavyweight champion who wrote the autobiography "Frank:Fighting Back" with the assistance of Kevin Mitchell?
17. What sport is a fletcher essential to?
18. What is aspic?
19. Which of these is a non-venomous snake from Asia, Africa and Australia, that grows on average 15 feet long and sometimes up to 30 feet?
20. In what word game do two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a grid, the words formed across and down in crossword fashion?