General Knowledge Quiz 348 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the name of the uprising in Rhode Island that attempted to extend voting rights because, by 1829, only landowners could vote, and thus 60% of the state's free white men could not (as well as non-whites and women)?
2. The words "taonga", "kaitiaki" and "whānau" have all entered the English language spoken in what country or area, from that of the people indigenous to it?
3. In what language did Pliny the Elder write?
4. What event near Bucharest, Romania, in March 1977 led to 1, 578 deaths, 11, 221 injured, and estimated losses of about US$ 2 billion?
5. Who composed the operas "The Mask of Orpheus" (1986) and "Gawain" (1991)?
6. A "beat" is a physical area allocated to whom?
7. In the final Test match of his career, international cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets. What nation did he represent?
8. Who was the first British monarch of the House of Windsor?
9. The Champagne area of France is nearest to which of these countries?
10. What is a common feature of komodo dragons, aphids, and whiptail lizards?
11. In May 2009, suspected NAZI death camp guard John Demjanjuk was deported from where to Germany?
12. Which of these is a small deciduous tree?
13. Who or what lives in a vespiary?
14. The Jordan, Bear and Weber Rivers empty into which major lake in central USA?
15. What area does the only floating zip code in the US cover?
16. In Star Wars, what is the name of Han Solo's spacecraft?
17. Which is the third in what the American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak describes as a trilogy of books based on psychological development, starting with "In the Night Kitchen" ?
18. What is unusual about the feet of people who have "Morton's toe" ?
19. Which was the first Olympic Games in which athletes from Kosovo were able to compete under the flag of their own country?
20. In signing the Concordat of Worms in 1122, Henry V of Germany and the Holy Roman Emperor resigned the right of the Emperor to do what?