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General Knowledge Quiz 252 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the trucks on a skateboard?
2. The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), fought on 17 September 1862, the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil has what other distinction in US history?
3. Which of these instruments was a feature of spectating at the FIFA World Cup 2010?
4. Where has the international competition The Golden Shears been held since 1961?
5. Which was the first to be used as a visual personification of America?
6. The first Pantheon in Rome was commissioned by which Roman statesman?
7. Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, represented which country?
8. In social groups of clown fish reproduction is only by the leading male and female in the group, and the group itself is led by the most dominant and aggressive female. What happens when that female dies?
9. What chemical is responsible for the smell of rotten eggs in hot mud pools?
10. Which UK TV series (premièred in 2016) stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Sian Clifford and, later, Andrew Scott?
11. As an adverb what does "lief" mean?
12. Which soprano, born Margaret McEathron, has appeared with the NY Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, & the LSO, and whose voice can be heard coming from Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Deborah Kerr in "The King And I" and Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno in "West Side Story" ?
13. Actress Brooke Shields was married to whom for 2 years from April 1997?
14. A type of temporary bridge, invented during World War II, was designed by Sir Donald .....
15. What is the region covering most of the south of South America known as?
16. Mylar (biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate) is a current favourite material, replacing the original metal, for what fashion accessory?
17. What is the standard measure of quantity used in the oil production industry?
18. In 2009, Michael Perham, at the age of 17 years and 164 days, became the youngest person to do what?
19. Who or what is nikkei?
20. From which sport do we get the expression "thrown a curve ball" ?
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