General Knowledge Quiz 396 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these characters was created first?
2. Who is the lead character in the TV series "House" ?
3. Where is the only population of wild apes in Europe?
4. FINA announced in November 2008 that the cities that had expressed interest in hosting the 2013 World Aquatics Championships were Belgrade (Serbia), Budapest and Balatonfüred (Hungary), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Hamburg (Germany), Hong Kong (China), Madrid (Spain), and which other?
5. What is the force that causes unsupported objects to fall to the ground?
6. On 20 May 2002, which country gained independence from Indonesia?
7. Phobos and Deimos are the moons of which planet?
8. What is Kick 'em Jenny?
9. Which of these is a word for an educated, intellectual woman?
10. Lake Huron is connected by the Sault Ste. Marie Canal to which other lake?
11. Rhinitis is inflammation of the mucus membranes of what?
12. Who became the youngest actor to have 6 Oscar nominations with her Best Actress nomination for "The Reader" (which was her first win!)?
13. Which of these characters was not created by Mark Twain?
14. Where is the Ṣalālah coastal plain and the Al-Qarā Mountains?
15. What was the stage name of Bernard Jewry?
16. Set to poetry, owing much to fairy tales of the same kind as those used by Hans Christian Andersen, and an enduring Czech masterpiece this was first performed in 1901. What is the piece?
17. What is the standard length of the bars in the uneven parallel bars or asymmetric bars, an artistic gymnastics apparatus used only by female gymnasts?
18. When archery was included for the first time at the Summer Olympics, in 1900, how many nations competed?
19. In 2013 Bhutan pledged to become a 100% organic, the first sovereign country to do so, and alongside the developments by Vedic agriculture expert Dr. A. Thimmaiah invited international advisers one of whom is ..... ?
20. Before the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which of these countries did not have the franc as its basic currency unit?