General Knowledge Quiz 380 (20 MCQs)

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1. What term is applied to a left-handed boxer?
2. Diapause is an ability in animals to achieve what?
3. In the nursery rhyme, who sat on a wall and had a great fall?
4. In the IT field, with what are the names "Lisa" and "Twiggy" associated?
5. Which company established the TV series "SmackDown" in 1999?
6. In what sport would one "bully off" ?
7. The city of Las Vegas is in which US state?
8. The Chicago White Sox won the baseball World Series in 2005. When had they last won it?
9. Which of these was never a member of the Rolling Stones?
10. Who was the elected President of Mexico from 1877 after the overthrow and execution of Emperor Maximilian until, with a gap from 1880 to 1884, a rebellion in 1911?
11. Who created the character of Dame Edna Everage?
12. Who called foxhunting "The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable" ?
13. John Cleese played what character in the film "The World is not Enough" ?
14. Bayer A.G., which was the first company to market aspirin, and heroin (as a non-addictive cough suppressant), originally manufactured what?
15. What is the longest river in the world?
16. If Andrew ran 72 miles in 16 hours, on average how many miles did he run per hour?
17. What is the formal title of Guernsey, the British Crown Dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy?
18. Where did Princess Diana, ex-wife of the Prince of Wales, UK, die?
19. To which city would you go to see "Grant's Tomb", a memorial to Ulysses S Grant, once President of the USA?
20. The French Academy of Sciences was founded, Shah Jahan (the builder of the Taj Mahal) died, and the Great Fire of London burnt in what year?