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General Knowledge Quiz 249 (20 MCQs)

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1. The internal angles of a pentagon add up to how many degrees?
2. What was the name of the lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", a 2005 film based on the "Narnia" books by C S Lewis?
3. Tchoukball, created in Switzerland in the 1970s, combines elements of handball, volleyball and what other sport?
4. Which global charitable foundation, founded in 1936 and headquartered in London, works to improve health and support work in science, the humanities, the social sciences, education, public engagement and the application of research to medicine?
5. In South Slavic (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian) mythology, what is raskovnik?
6. Who, having been ranked in the top 10 women players and after her second Olympic Games, announced her retirement in 1996, and in 2008 returned to the women's pro. tour aged 37?
7. What boxer challenged Jack Dempsey in 1923 for the world heavyweight title, in what boxing historian Bert Sugar described as the greatest fight in the history of the sport?
8. What film starring Denis Quaid and Tyrese Gibson released in 2004 is a remake of one released in 1965 starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough?
9. What distinguishes the golden jellyfish of Palau from most other jellyfish?
10. Which UK television series starred Ross Kemp as a tough SAS officer?
11. Film actor Mel Gibson was born in which country?
12. Which country held the Rugby League World Cup from 1975 to 2000 (for 6 contests)?
13. When Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield competed in November 1999 what did they do to compete?
14. Hebrew Noah, Babylonian Atrahasis and Sumerian Ziusudra were all known in their respective Epics for having which common preoccupation?
15. Which long-standing ruler stood down in 2017 in Zimbabwe?
16. Conspirators famous for their deeds in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the early 19th century were Burke and who?
17. Lacrosse, thought to have been played by at least 1100 CE and originally a ceremonial ritual with up to 1, 000 people, currently (except in Box lacrosse) involves how many players in a game?
18. Which continent is the hoatzin native to?
19. What was the name of the official newspaper of the USSR before it broke up?
20. How many adverbs, or adverbial phrases, are in the following sentence: "Roger told his dog not to jump on the furniture with muddy feet" ?
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