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General Knowledge Quiz 270 (20 MCQs)

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1. She discovered that in a particular type of variable star known as a Cepheid fluctuation in brightness is highly regular and is determined by the actual luminosity of the star, which meant they could be used as a distance marker, making it possible to determine astronomical distances to objects; who was she?
2. "Van" does not mean which of these?
3. What Scottish patriotic song, used frequently at special occasions and sporting events, was written by a member of the folk group The Corries in 1967?
4. Which traditional game is played on the fingers with string?
5. What strike of 1, 400 women and girls was caused by poor working conditions in the Bryant & May factory in 1888?
6. If your team is playing for the Grey Cup, first offered in 1909, for a national championship, what sport are you playing?
7. What term is used in opera and musical theatre to describe a seated rehearsal where the singers sing with the orchestra, focusing attention on integrating the two groups?
8. Which soprano, who had a highly successful opera career between 1968 and 2004, starred as Maria in the "operatic version" of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" ?
9. Which 20th century playwright wrote "Mourning Becomes Electra" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ?
10. What are Curtana, Durendal and Joyeuse?
11. Which of these is an evergreen shrub with leathery lance-shaped leaves?
12. What country is the origin of the wine tokay?
13. The accused in the 2020 film, "The Trial of the Chicago 7", were indicted for conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots to protest what?
14. UEFA made international news in September 2010 when it banned Bayern Munich from displaying a banner at a Championship League game against Roma, but approved another. What film were the banner slogans taken from?
15. In 1952 Britain tested its first atomic weapon. Where was this done?
16. Where are Müllerian ducts found?
17. EGM is the usual term for what?
18. Which Olympic Games was the most northerly to be held?
19. She has figured in plays by John Lyly, Sir W.S. Gilbert, Lawrence Aronovitch, and George Bernard Shaw as well as in novels, opera, painting, and a video game as well as in place and ship names. Who is she?
20. During centuries of popularity of the game of football in British countries there were no nationally agreed rules; the first nationally agreed code was in 1863, which was influenced by the Sheffield Rules (1857) and which other?
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