General Knowledge Quiz 382 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is British slang for someone from the Liverpool area?
2. The Queen of the Night appears in which of these operas?
3. Who was the British sugar merchant who donated his collection of 65 paintings to the nation in 1892, together with cash to provide a building to house them?
4. Who became the first king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel after the revolt of the ten northern Israelite tribes against Rehoboam, who reigned for twenty-two years in the 900sBCE?
5. Christiaan Huygens has been credited with inventing what in the 1650s?
6. What does the internationally prized "Wallace cut" refer to?
7. Who was killed when a helicopter crashed in dense fog on 27 August 1990 in East Troy, Wisconsin?
8. Charlie Sheen starred as which character in the TV series "Two and a Half Men" ?
9. When Britain fought the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the forces it opposed were from France and which other country?
10. Who did Roger Federer beat at Wimbledon in 2009 to gain the record number of Grand Slam tennis tournaments?
11. According to the Bible's Book of Genesis, the Five Cities of the Plain near the Dead Sea were Adimah, Zebolim, Zour, Gomorrah and which other?
12. Which of these is a heart muscle?
13. What is the meaning in the West African Manding languages of the name of the Nko, or N'Ko, alphabetic script devised by Solomana KantΓ© in 1949 as a modern writing system for those languages?
14. In Belgium, what are "polders" ?
15. Which of these painters was born first?
16. At the first World Karate Championships in 1970 in Japan which countries gained the greatest medal totals-Japan, USA, Canada and what other country?
17. Which of these is a resort town north-east of Paris that is known for its horse racing and lace production?
18. Which of these can be found in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia?
19. Alecia Beth Moore is better known by what stage name?
20. On 31 May 2010, the President of which country announced his resignation after local politicians criticised comments he made in relation to overseas military deployments?