General Knowledge Quiz 345 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who wrote the opera "Pagliacci" ?
2. Whose version of the song from the musical Carousel, "You'll Never Walk Alone", became popular from the 1960s as an anthem for the city of Liverpool and with audiences and fans of Liverpool's soccer (football) team at games?
3. What was the reason for the collapse in March 2024 of several sections of the 52 year old Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, USA?
4. Over two days in 1921 a lynch mob destroyed 35 blocks of thriving businesses and homes, and between 30 and 300 people were killed and 10, 000 left homeless. For more than 70 years it was barely mentioned and multiple records of the disaster were destroyed. Where?
5. Who holds the record for being the world heavyweight boxing champion?
6. Motorcycle riders attempt to impress judges with routines on a course consisting of multiple jumps of varying lengths and angles that generally occupy one to two acres (.4 to .8 hectares) in what sport?
7. Which of these is on Spain's north coast?
8. Glencoe, Praga, Peterloo, Waterloo Creek, and Hue are names given to what?
9. In the film "The Yellow Submarine" (1968) what was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band there to do?
10. What association, currently of 27 members, holds over just 7% (in 2011) of the global population and generates approximately 20% of global GDP when thought of in terms of purchasing power parity?
11. What shape hole is found in the resonating chamber of a banjo?
12. Which of these is not a real element on the periodic table?
13. For what is "Halliwell's" is a reference book?
14. What colour is the medal presented for winning an event at the Olympic Games from 1904 onwards?
15. Which best characterises deep sleep?
16. Where are the Straits of Mackinac?
17. Brian Cox, who is known among other things for presenting science TV programmes in the UK, is a professor at the University of Manchester in what field?
18. Who sang and performed at the 2017 Superbowl in the USA?
19. The peace treaty, the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I, was signed between the Allied Powers and which nation?
20. Which of these is a percussion instrument?