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General Knowledge Quiz 251 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where is the painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" (1871), known as "Whistler's Mother" ?
2. The Republic of China declared Taipei as the provisional capital of Taiwan in December of which year?
3. Where do the Rhône and Saône rivers meet?
4. What name was given to the loyal refugees that settled in Ontario after the American War of Independence?
5. In which present day country did Confucius grow up and teach?
6. Nephology is the study of what?
7. Which languages have been spoken, for at least 6, 000 years, by the peoples of an island forcibly colonised since 1895 by Japanese and then Chinese forces with programmes aimed (ultimately unsuccessfully) at eliminating the indigenous language and culture?
8. What was the "Lord of the Rings" character Gollum originally?
9. What is the nationality of the actor who played Rumpelstiltskin in the TV series Once Upon a Time?
10. Warren Beatty played what comic strip character in a 1990 film?
11. In what present country was the Kingdom of Kandy?
12. Where is the Langue de Barbarie?
13. Roughly where in the USA is the area called Tornado Alley?
14. The sum of the internal angles of a pentagon are how many degrees more than that of a triangle?
15. "Joltin' Joe" was the nickname of which American sportsman?
16. Which is easy to see from the top of Table Mountain?
17. The dish Apple Charlotte is said to be named after whose wife?
18. The line in Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus", "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium", is an example of which figure of speech?
19. In the 2009 FA Cup Chelsea v Everton which player received a record 5th winner's medal?
20. Which of these was a nickname for Elizabeth I?
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