General Knowledge Quiz 392 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the title of the most famous painting by Franz Hals?
2. Which of these is part of a computer?
3. What is a Quagga?
4. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is famous for leading resistance to the invasion of Britain by whom?
5. If someone in Ancient Greece wanted to be in the presence of, or look for interpretation of, sacred mysteries or arcana which of these would they be most likely to deal with?
6. What is another name for "lateral epicondylitis" ?
7. Following the abdication in February 1873 of the Spanish monarch, King Amadeo, the only Spanish king from the Italian House of Savoy, what happened immediately afterwards in Spain?
8. Who were the first recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize?
9. Which tale forms the basis of the film "Ever After" starring Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Jeanne Moreau, Megan Dodds and Melanie Lynskey?
10. The main aims of which society in Great Britain between 1838 and 1850 were, basically:a vote for every man 21 years of age, a secret ballot, no property qualification for Members of Parliament, payment of MPs, equal Constituencies, and annual parliaments?
11. Who was president of the USA when South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union on 20 December 1860, the first step towards Civil War?
12. Why could a missing "ha'porth of tar", in the phrase "to spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar", cause a problem?
13. The songs "Almost Like Being In Love" and "Come To Me, Bend To Me" are from which musical?
14. Sherry was first associated with which country?
15. The Gobi Desert lies in which area?
16. What is the fastest time to date, set in 2016, for completing the annual 1, 000 mi (1, 600 km) Iditarod Trail sled dog race across Alaska?
17. What word is applied to a Muslim devotee, usually a monk or wandering mendicant?
18. Which of these is a type of somersault in gymnastics?
19. If the length of two sides of a right angled triangle measured in inches are prime numbers, and it has two adjacent sides of 12 and 13 inches long, how long must the third side be?
20. An interactive agency from which country, together with one of its websites, was named in three prestigious European awards in 2007?