General Knowledge Quiz 357 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where are the British Houses of Parliament?
2. American James Kent (1763-1847) was influential as a what?
3. In Greek legend, a woodland deity, half man, half goat, is called a ..... ?
4. Syracuse, New York, USA, banned what game during World War I?
5. Who is the mother of actors Oliver and Kate Hudson?
6. Of the colours yellow, red, purple, black and white, which is not in the name of one of the world's seas?
7. Torvill and Dean are famous in which winter activity?
8. What was the only combat medal created in the US, and subsequently cancelled in April 2013, for a military service member who is not physically in the geographic combat zone?
9. In what TV series was Oceanic Airlines flight 815 a critical factor?
10. What does "in vino veritas" mean?
11. In the TV series, what was Blackadder's first name?
12. Who is common to the films "Memento", "Inception", and "Interstellar" ?
13. Larry Hagman, the star of the TV drama that first ran from 1978 to 1991, "Dallas", is the son of which actress and singer who originated many roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific" and Maria in "The Sound of Music" ?
14. Named for its colour, originally called Greek and prized as a paint pigment, is the mixture of compounds of what?
15. When were fingerprints first accepted as evidence in an English court of law?
16. In the myths and legends of which country does Queen Maeve, or Medb, figure?
17. Which rock band's first drummer, Stumpy Pepys, was killed in an obscure gardening accident, their second, Eric Stumpy Joe Childs, died by choking on vomit, and their third died from spontaneous combustion during a concert?
18. Who was the youngest person at the time to be elected president of the USA?
19. Herbert Hoover and his wife Lou Henry Hoover often had public conversations in which language so that people could not eavesdrop on them?
20. In the late 19th and early 20th century Leo Baekeland and Alexander Parkes were involved in the development of what?