General Knowledge Quiz 370 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which country, after its Act of Union agreement expired, held a four-day plebiscite in 1944 and became an independent republic on 17 June 1944, with Sveinn Björnsson as the first President?
2. Which of these is a composer, best known for writing hymns?
3. Ben Hogan, Sam Snead and Byron Nelson competed against each other in the 1940s in which sport?
4. Why were the fossilised remains of an extinct race, discovered in 1856, called "Neanderthal man" ?
5. What caused a major oil spill in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA in August 1993?
6. Which of these people was a co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine?
7. Périgordins are what or who?
8. Meryl Streep plays which American chef, author and television personality in a 2009 film written and directed by Nora Ephron?
9. Sputnik Planum, near to Tombaugh Regio, is found where?
10. An arm of which ocean lies to the east of the island which was for a time called Formosa?
11. Which of these is a theory about the creation of the universe?
12. What is another name for the Southern Boobook owl, also called the Mopoke or Ruru?
13. Who was vice president to George H W Bush?
14. Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes developed what online computer application?
15. A hi-hat, jam block, octoban, rototom and trigger pad are all parts of what?
16. The Iron Cross was awarded to soldiers in World Wars I and II by which country?
17. What are alternative names for "typhus" ?
18. The longest-running speech radio show in the world (58 years) that was discontinued in March 2004, was Alistair Cooke's "Letter from ..... " where?
19. The character Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) featured in his own successful spin-off ("Frasier") from which US TV series?
20. Which of these is meat that comes from a pig?