General Knowledge Quiz 347 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which American superhero animated film featuring the voices of Aldis Hodge and Jimmi Simpson was released in 2022 direct to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K?
2. What is the largest and least populated state of the USA?
3. Which of these characters were seen on TV screens first?
4. Of the 16 states of Germany, 13 are termed area states (FlΓ€chenlΓ€nder). What are the other 3?
5. A lion called Lyo, a merlion called Merly, a chamois called Yoggi, a lynx called Sjogg and a young jaguar called Pandi are all connected with what?
6. What is the regulation size ratio for a pocket billiards table?
7. A spaceport known as CSG and used by the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency CNES (National Centre for Space Studies) and commercial companies, is built on an area previously famous as a harsh prison system, where?
8. The artist J.M.W. Turner is known for paintings of what?
9. The Treaty of Brussels, also referred to as the Brussels Pact, was the founding treaty of what?
10. What is the name for the dome or arched roof at the top of a building that is a distinctive part of Byzantine architecture and characteristic of mosques?
11. The 20th century programme known as Fount (or Spring) of Life, was under the personal direction of whom?
12. In 1998 the Austrian/British biographer, historian, and investigative journalist Gitta Sereny published a second, and controversial, piece of research (called "Cries Unheard") on which subject?
13. Which of these is a word meaning "free to go where or to act as one pleases" ?
14. Has there ever been a time in England when it was illegal to fly a kite, and if so when was the legislation passed?
15. Which group released a 1982 song which featured the repeated refrain "Hakuna matata", later made famous in a 1994 Walt Disney animated film and meaning "no problems, or worries" ?
16. The flatmates in the UK supernatural television series "Being Human" which first aired in 2008 are werewolves, vampires and which other?
17. Which South American country contains the lowest of the areas in the continent which lie below sea level?
18. The year 2018 marks what anniversary since the completion of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?
19. Which major contemporary art exhibition began in 1895 mainly for decorative arts, showed increasing interest in innovation from 1907, and added Festivals of Music in 1930, International Film in 1932, Theatre in 1934, and Contemporary Dance in 1999?
20. She is one of the best-selling female artists of all time in a career spanning over five decades, sings in more than 15 languages, performing jazz, pop, opera, cabaret, and folk. What is her name?