General Knowledge Quiz 242 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who starred in the film "Coquette" (released in 1929)?
2. What is a femicide?
3. What is shodō or shūji?
4. Where is myelin found?
5. "Silverside" is a cut of what?
6. What nationality was the first golfer to win the United States Open Championship, known as the U.S. Open?
7. The last edition of which British music chart television programme was broadcast on 30 July 2006 after running for 41 1/2 years?
8. What is the next in the series:Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Gambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius
9. From 2008 Ferrari provided cars (a modification of the F1 Ferrari F2004 chassis) with a V8 engine for which 'single make' motor racing series?
10. Which film is the story of Willie Stark (played by Broderick Crawford) who starts with well meaning ambition to enter politics, is corrupted by power on his way to becoming a US state governor, and is assassinated?
11. On the Jewish calendar, what is Rosh Hashanah?
12. Block, Fan, Horsetail, Plunge, Punchbowl and Segmented are types of what?
13. The Hudson River forms the boundary between the states of New York and what other?
14. In what were the Umayyad and Abbāsid dynasties early leaders?
15. Which group of 6 women in ancient Rome each had a term of office of 30 years (10 to be trained, 10 to work, including keeping a flame alive, and 10 to educate others)?
16. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA?
17. Whose song inspired the classic Australian line dance known as the Nutbush?
18. When did cheerleading become eligible to be included in Olympic Games?
19. Who is quoted as writing "Hell is other people" ?
20. Who wrote the book "Studies in Hysteria" and "Interpretation of Dreams" ?