General Knowledge Quiz 375 (20 MCQs)

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1. How long is a year on the planet Mercury?
2. What is an expression used to describe across a number of different sports the apparent loss of certain fine motor skills seemingly without explanation?
3. In 1978, Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found dead where?
4. Which of these countries fought on Germany's side in World War II?
5. Who, styling himself "Witch-Finder General" conducted witch-hunts mainly in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and occasionally in other eastern counties of England during the English Civil War?
6. September 1999 marked the formal end of what in Canada?
7. In "The Merchant of Venice", what is demanded by Shylock?
8. Who was or were baptised into the Christian Church, in "the Baptism of Poland" in 966?
9. In November 1963, a place called Dealey Plaza become famous for what event?
10. Which railway, covering 9, 289 km (5, 772 miles) from Moscow to Vladivostok, was officially opened in July 1904?
11. Where did the Simon Commission start sitting in 1928 to consider constitutional reform in that country?
12. What everyday items are graded on "B" and "H" scales?
13. Where is the 337, 000 km2 Taklamakan Desert?
14. John Sholto Douglas sponsored the rules for which sport in the 19th century?
15. Mikhail Baryshnikov who starred in the HBO series, "Sex and the City", has a long and illustrious career as what?
16. Which of these words means "a military display" ?
17. Who became president of Syria in July 2000?
18. What do the US Declaration of Independence, Captain Cook's sailing to discover the North-West Passage, the publication of economist Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, and the first St Leger Stakes horse race at Doncaster, UK, have in common?
19. A royal edict and a set of 17 laws emancipated Russian serfs in 1861; when were the last provisions made in order to put the freedom fully in place?
20. The source of what river did Scottish physician and explorer Dr David Livingstone set out to find in 1866?