General Knowledge Quiz 213 (20 MCQs)

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1. Since 2002, the awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been broadcast from which venue?
2. Which of these is a sequel, written by Susan Hill, to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" ?
3. Which of these comes from the leaves of the sassafras?
4. The words of the national anthem for which country were written by Francis Scott Key?
5. What annual three day event held near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, was first organised by the 6th Marquess of Exeter in 1961?
6. What regular feature on page 3 of the Sun newspaper first appeared in November 1970?
7. How many countries in the European area does the United Nations include in its "Western European and Others" informal voting and regulations bloc?
8. What is the maximum number of individual players for Ludo?
9. Which animal has very low metabolic rates and a quarter of the muscle tissue of animals of similar size, and whose hair grows in a direction opposite to that of its extremities?
10. Which of these is a component of the Japanese writing system?
11. Australian Sidney Cotton was responsible for the development of which long-reaching facility, used first for the Allies in WW II?
12. What is the name for an artificial feature creating extra turns in a roadway, used in motor racing and on city streets, to slow cars?
13. Which of these is not an example of a "joint" ?
14. What is the meaning of the old English word "coomb" ?
15. Who regularly roams in the Hundred Acre Wood which features in the books by A.A.Milne?
16. Elton John co-wrote 5 songs with Tim Rice for which Walt Disney musical?
17. Who in 2011 won the unofficial event he has hosted, the Chevron World Challenge, his first professional golf tournament win since 2009?
18. Which capital city in Africa is built at the highest elevation?
19. Which of these is a herb?
20. The British television series "Vigil" starring Suranne Jones opens with an investigation of what?