General Knowledge Quiz 32 (20 MCQs)

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1. Busby Berkeley was famous for his contribution to elaborately staged extravagant scenes in film musicals, mainly between the 1920s to 1940s, as what?
2. What is a basis of the theory of Universal Grammar, as proposed by Noam Chomsky?
3. Where are the headquarters of the intergovernmental body known as the Arctic Council?
4. What is "mightier than the sword" in the old saying?
5. On October 24, 1901, 63-year-old Michigan school teacher Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to go where in a barrel?
6. Mount Etna and the Plain of Catania are on which island?
7. Which of these countries is on the Balkan Peninsula?
8. One of the forms of music usually sung a capella is ..... ?
9. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" on the first ball of the match?
10. Which cross has the upright longer than the transverse piece, and has a circle around the head / join?
11. Which 16th century German physician and botanist is also remembered in the name of a small flowering shrub, with flowers usually of vivid purple-red petals and deep red sepals?
12. What does the "F" stand for in the acronym "FBI" ?
13. When was the Guillain-Barré syndrome first recognised and described?
14. Who was Madonna's first husband?
15. What is a Kindle DX, that in early 2009 was priced at around US$ 489?
16. What do the letters GF mean on a menu?
17. Of what descent was singer Bobby Darin?
18. Myalgic pain affects which part of the body?
19. Which poet, professor and novelist, whose first novel is considered the most widely read in modern African literature, died in Boston, USA, in 2013 at the age of 82?
20. What is a "briard" ?