General Knowledge Quiz 394 (20 MCQs)

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1. What can be done to water to make it freeze at a lower temperature than normal?
2. What is the "Ishihara test" for?
3. What was the main theme for the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" ?
4. Completed in 1607, Pont Neuf spans what river?
5. Which of these scientists became an international name in 2020?
6. Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland pioneered and were the first, in 1952, to patent what?
7. Which 19th century German composer, who wrote piano music, songs, a piano quintet, a piano concerto and 4 symphonies, attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine?
8. Which studio released the top (and the 9th) highest grossing films in 1983?
9. If Charlie Watts is playing drums, who is most likely to be singing?
10. What was the name of the taxi company in the US TV series "Taxi" ?
11. A pugilist is a competitor in which sport?
12. Which prominent British architect worked in all of the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and the Commonwealth of England?
13. In 1962, retired American racing driver Carroll Shelby got a licence to import a British sports car made by AC Motors of England and installed an American Ford engine rather than its original Bristol engine. He introduced the car to the American public as what model of car?
14. Where are the headwaters of the Orinoco River?
15. Kōhei Uchimura from Japan was the gold medallist at the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics in what?
16. The Manchu dynasty ceased to rule China in what year?
17. In which decade was Barack Obama born?
18. A magpie is a member of which of these bird families?
19. What shape is a standard backgammon board?
20. Who had her first major movie role in "Crossroads" (2002), a comedy-drama film that also starred Dan Aykroyd and Kim Cattrall?