General Knowledge Quiz 325 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who played mobster Henry Hill in the 1990 film "Goodfellas" ?
2. Research in the USA into safe distancing re the COVID-19 pandemic has involved ..... ?
3. When was the first Academy Awards ceremony held for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
4. Which pigment is named after an Italian city?
5. In which French colony was there a war of independence from 1954 to 1962?
6. Which TV series made in different countries typically includes characters such as Rebel, Hurricane, Laser, Phoenix, Destroyer, Rocket, Dynamite, Blaze, Nightshade, Olympia, Battleaxe, Predator, Glacier, Jet, Safiiri, Vulcan, Fox, Laser and Sheena?
7. Who formulated the "Law" that, in a paramagnetic material, the magnetization of the material is (approximately) directly proportional to an applied magnetic field, but if the material is heated, the magnetization is (approximately) inversely proportional to temperature?
8. What is a sternum?
9. A US TV series (1974 to 1982) was called "The Little House ..... '' where?
10. What is the name of the five horizontal lines on and between which musical notes are written?
11. Which is the smallest sovereign country in South America?
12. What is a variation of the standard card game of poker which consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then 5 community cards being placed by the dealer (3 as "the flop" then 1 called "the turn", then 1 called "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal?
13. What is "Hyperidosis" ?
14. Which country's national zoo quarantined its only pig for two months in case it spread swine flu?
15. What is labneh made from?
16. What is the official capital of Sri Lanka?
17. "Peggy" is a shortened version of what name?
18. Which Dickens character was visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley?
19. In which sea or ocean are the Chatham Islands, or Rekohu?
20. Which of these is a Spanish possession on the African continent?