General Knowledge Quiz 398 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ïn which song does the singer say "I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you", "High as a mountain, deep as a river" ?
2. What palace / monastery covering 10 acres (4.05 hectares), in the shape of a grid iron as a monument to St Lawrence, was built 20 miles (32 kilometres) south of Madrid by Philip II?
3. Someone with whom one used to be in love is "an old ..... " what?
4. Which of these was invented by French physician RenΓ© Laennec early in the 19th century?
5. Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist Buffy Sainte-Marie won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for what album?
6. In 2016 UNESCO marked a four-cave complex in the sheer limestone cliffs of eastern Gibraltar as a World Heritage Site for its place in preserving and demonstrating what?
7. A Hellenist is an expert on subjects pertaining to what?
8. This plant is the only genus in its family, native to Asia, Europe and Western North America, usually 0.25-1 m (1-3 ft) tall but some plants reach 3.5 m (11 ft) tall, with large, often fragrant flowers, purple, pink, red, white or yellow. What is it?
9. If palmistry uses the features of the hand and palm to predict a person's future, what is the name for the same process using feet?
10. What is a synonym for "irritable" ?
11. The white ball in snooker is called the what ball?
12. What type of speech includes the words "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so" ?
13. Vermont, USA, is known as which of these?
14. What does the Scottish dish bridie most resemble?
15. In what year did clubs in the first division of the English Football League, founded in 1888, break away and found the Premier League?
16. When is Γ–tzi the Iceman, discovered in the Alps between Austria and Italy, believed to have lived?
17. The popular UK TV series "Mapp and Lucia" (2014) and "Sherlock" (2010-now) share the talents of which of these people?
18. The Hay Wain is a painting by which of these artists?
19. In chess, castling involves the rook and which other piece?
20. What facial feature is missing from the Mona Lisa?