General Knowledge Quiz 403 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these events happened after the birth of Princess Anne, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II?
2. The Central Criminal Court, London, which is also known as "The Old Bailey", stands on the site of what structure, now demolished?
3. At the end of the film "The Bridge On The River Kwai", who blew up the bridge?
4. Ecuador enacted what, as Objective 4 of its constitution, in 2008?
5. What is the name of the approach to music education that was devised by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in 1905 and is still being used?
6. Where are the palatine bones?
7. What was the first building in London to be erected on a steel frame, which was opened in 1904?
8. What term is used for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurised rock is violently ejected from a volcano, formed when lava and water are mixed, due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooling and rapid depressurisation?
9. British-born American film actor Archibald Alec Leach was better known by which stage name?
10. What is the word for a small amount of money?
11. The Cimbrian Peninsula known as Jutland contains land in which two countries?
12. The Executive Residence in the White House, Washington D.C., USA, has how many storeys above ground?
13. In which of these games or sports could the title of Grandmaster, or Grand Master, be achievable?
14. Who was the captain of "The Titanic" on its maiden voyage?
15. Argentinian David Nalbandian is a professional player of what sport?
16. In 1770, how many died in, or as a result of, what was labelled the Boston Massacre which fuelled the ferment that led to the American fight for independence from the British?
17. In the 19th century a French custom with books of erotic fiction was reportedly to do what?
18. In the Christian calendar, what is the name for the Sunday before Easter, the first Sunday of Holy Week?
19. Which late nineteenth-century municipality overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen and surrounded by mountains, hosted both the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics?
20. Which common and stable isotope is the standard against which the atomic weights of all other elements are measured?