General Knowledge Quiz 228 (20 MCQs)

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1. NFL in the USA terminated its contract with one of its players in 2014 for what?
2. "It was a dark and stormy night", the "standard" for hackneyed writing, was the opening line of a novel by whom?
3. In many countries, the Second Sunday of May is dedicated to which group?
4. Which four-film British/American horror series released its final (so far) part in 1991?
5. Generally Eskimo cuisine does not feature what?
6. Unguja and Pemba Islands are the two main islands of a semi-autonomous archipelago in which country?
7. Who became the youngest winner of the TV show "American Idol" when she won season 6?
8. One of the simplest animals, Trichoplax, made up of only six different cell types is found where?
9. The TV series Stargate SG-1 draws mainly on mythologies from Norse, Egyptian and what other?
10. Which of these is a personification of Death?
11. In which country is the city of Dundee?
12. Who commanded the Spartan fleet in the Hellespont, which defeated the Athenians at Aegospotami in 405 BC?
13. Which of the hurricanes that devastated areas in the west Atlantic in 2017 had the strongest wind speed?
14. What does moxibustion involve?
15. Which of these people was not one of "the three musketeers" ?
16. What is true of Pope Francis, ordained as head of the Catholic Church in 2013?
17. How many legs do most crabs have?
18. The format called "Test Match" is found in several sports, which of these is not one of them?
19. "The Hunting of the Snark (an Agony in 8 Fits)", published in 1876, followed which other work by the same author?
20. What is the stage name of Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, who was born on Christmas Day 1971?