General Knowledge Quiz 206 (20 MCQs)

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1. Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa & Andrea Dovizioso have competed in what sport?
2. Where is La Moneda Palace, the seat of the President of the country?
3. "Ode To Joy" is from the 9th Symphony by which composer?
4. Who wrote the music which inspired the theme tune for a slightly surreal British crime-solving and performance magic series, first released 1997?
5. Which country is made up of 176 islands, 36 of them inhabited, in 3 groups (called Vava'u, Ha'apai, and Tongatapu) which stretch north-south for 800 kilometers (500 miles)?
6. Which of these is part of the Indian Ocean?
7. What is American slang for a prison?
8. Where is Ho Chi Minh City?
9. What did the BALCO scandal, first investigated by the US federal government in 2002, involve?
10. The 1860 rediscovery by the West of what, is said to have led directly to France's adopting the whole area as a protectorate in 1863?
11. Which of these is a popular book by A A Milne?
12. The Thomas Cup, first offered in international competition in 1948-9, is awarded in which sport?
13. Which of these is another name for geranium?
14. The UK TV series "Doctor in the House", based on books by Richard Gordon, was set in which hospital?
15. In September 1912 what was declared the Australian national flower?
16. Which of these fish is the smallest?
17. Which of these was the last to come into effect?
18. What gives the fragrance to the traditional Mexican drink tejate's characteristic deep foam?
19. The plant called mallow is used as what?
20. What surface is tennis played on at The Australian Open at Melbourne Park?