General Knowledge Quiz 257 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a goby?
2. Big Ben is in which London building?
3. Where was Meredith Hunter killed by a group of Hell's Angels on 6 December 1969 during a performance by the Rolling Stones?
4. Where would a huntaway and a header be likely to compete?
5. What was QR-code labelling first developed for?
6. Where does a shark carry denticles?
7. Which of these is a legendary creature, supposedly with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle?
8. What sportsman would perform a triple salchow?
9. What name is given to English comedies written from 1660 to 1700 which signalled the rebirth of English drama after public stage performances had been banned for 18 years?
10. What is the name for the shape of a proscenium in a theatre?
11. Which US river ends up at the Chesapeake Bay?
12. In 1998, who was the oldest woman to have a #1 hit single in the UK?
13. In December 2010, who apologised to his former groupies (over 1, 000 over 3 years) for taking advantage of his privileged position as an object of adoration?
14. The many times operated on, and many times recovered, golfer Tiger Woods had another occasion for major surgery in February 2021 when he did what?
15. David Gest, a concert promoter, was the fourth husband of whom from March 2002 until their divorce in April 2007?
16. Who married Taylor Hackford (the director of "White Nights", in which she appeared), her partner since 1986, on 31 December 1997?
17. What was the first name of the political cartoonist known as Hogarth?
18. What is the name of a small lift used to convey food, china etc in a restaurant?
19. Felipe Calderón became President of which country on 1 December 2006?
20. The line "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse" is from which play?