General Knowledge Quiz 312 (20 MCQs)

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1. Brian Lara is associated with which sport?
2. Over several weeks after the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union agreed to give up its monopoly of power on February 7, 1990, the constituent republics of the USSR held their first competitive elections. How many republics were there?
3. What is the only venomous lizard native to the USA?
4. When did the Football Association in the UK present the FA Cup for competition?
5. The convention of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Olympia to the Olympic venue began with which Olympic Games?
6. Which English steeplechase is held annually at Aintree near Liverpool?
7. Clint Eastwood played the character of Rowdy Yates in which US TV series of the 1960s?
8. Which British ruler was nicknamed "The Merry Monarch" ?
9. Frida Kahlo, famous for her paintings, many of them self-portraits, was married to which other artist?
10. Where did the space probe New Horizons launched by NASA in 2006 aim to investigate?
11. Which musical with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot opened in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater?
12. If a painter is working in oils which of these would they be more likely to use?
13. George Washington became president of the USA in which century?
14. Who is popularly recognised as being the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
15. When the passage of a wave, such as light or sound, changes to a different density medium what is originating it can appear reversed, shifted, and magnified in a process known as what?
16. Where in Sochi were the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics held?
17. The first vice-president of the USA to be elected President, the father of a future President, assistant in drafting the Declaration of Independence and negotiating peace with Great Britain, and architect of vital government loans from the Netherlands, was who?
18. In which TV series did the characters Crockett and Tubbs appear?
19. Which of these was known as "Mellow Johnny" ?
20. A male horse four years and under is called what?