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General Knowledge Quiz 248 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which railway, started in 1937, partly completed in 1949, fully completed in 1956, runs approximately 1, 110 km (690 mi) north-south from border to border across its country?
2. When was the NHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy first awarded?
3. Who was an R & B musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California, who, in addition to his successful Grammy Award-winning career as a solo artist, collaborated with many musicians including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash?
4. Mickey Mantle was a star of which sport?
5. The iron pillar of Delhi, India, a 7.21 m (23.7 ft) high pillar that is 98% pure wrought iron, has withstood corrosion in the open air for how long?
6. What was the largest empire in history, that began with maritime exploration in the 15th century, and by 1921 governed about 458 million people and covered about 36.6 million km² (14.2 million square miles), about a quarter of the world's population and of the Earth's area?
7. The Persian Gulf runs between Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the south and what country to the north?
8. Who was Governor of South Australia 1841-1845, Governor of New Zealand 1845-1854 & 1861-1868, Governor of Cape Colony 1854-1861 and Premier of New Zealand 1877-1879?
9. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, was formed by doctors and journalists in 1971 in response to what?
10. What is the name of the measure, by law or usage established in most of the United States, which is contained in a cylindrical vessel eighteen and a half inches in diameter and eight inches deep inside?
11. Which of these is native to North America?
12. What is credited in Western media with having caused the political downfall in 2012 of Bo Xilai, a senior Chinese leader and party chief in the south-western metropolis of Chongqing?
13. Who is Basil, who features in a 2021 animated direct-to-video mystery film by Walt Disney Pictures (a follow up to a 1986 animated film of his adventures)?
14. How many ethnic groups does the Constitution of Afghanistan recognise?
15. Which 1952 film, directed by Vittorio de Sica, was about a penniless old man (played by Carlo Battisti) and his dog, Flick?
16. What is the star sign of someone born on Christmas Day?
17. What happened to William Tyndale, who translated much of the Bible into English and published it between 1525 and 1530, in Antwerp in 1536?
18. What is the base of the cocktail Margarita?
19. Which of these cities is not the capital of its country?
20. Which wonder of the ancient world was in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes?
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