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General Knowledge Quiz 305 (20 MCQs)

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1. According to Ovid, a giant called Argus had his hundred what preserved forever in a peacock's tail, by the goddess Hera?
2. The international body called "FIFA" administers which sport?
3. What secret organisation of Irishmen in the Scranton Anthracite Mining district of Pennsylvania 1865-1875, was in violent conflict with the mine owners?
4. What word can, depending on context, mean white, reddish, or black and blue
5. Which of these is "low back pain" ?
6. What is the word for an oblique-angled parallelogram with 4 equal sides?
7. When the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe was declared in 1975, from what country did it declare independence?
8. What historical period in Europe is commonly dated from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the 15th or early 16th century, marked by the rise of nation-states and the beginnings of European overseas expansion?
9. Which golfer released the song "All My Exes Wear Rolexes" in 2002?
10. What was the name of George Stephenson's first steam engine, which first ran on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway in 1830?
11. What measure is used to measure the warmth of a duvet?
12. Anton Geesink represented which country in Judo between 1951 and 1967, winning 21 European titles, was World Champion in 1961 in the open class, and won gold in the open weight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics?
13. According to tradition who, at their trial for heresy by the Catholic Christian Church, said "Here I stand, I can do no other. May God help me. Amen." ?
14. The distance of the first modern Olympic Marathon in 1896 was 40 km (24 miles 85 yards), so why, at the 1908 London Olympic Games, was it run over its now-standard distance of 42.195 km (26 miles 385 yards)?
15. A case resolved in 2022 was between chess grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, together with chess.com, and whom?
16. What were some of the December, 1773, Boston "tea tossers" wearing when they made their protest?
17. What is alluvium?
18. What is an inflamed swelling on the skin?
19. Where are the tonsils?
20. Which 1998 film, starring Robin Williams, Annabella Sciorra and Cuba Gooding Jr, won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, was nominated for another, won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, but had a very mixed reception from audiences?
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