General Knowledge Quiz 42 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Battle of Balaclava was in which war?
2. What character was the child of the character played by Tom Hanks in the film "Sleepless in Seattle" ?
3. Prints of which 1927 silent German expressionist science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang were discovered in Australia, the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the National Film Archive of New Zealand, to become the basis for a restoration project for a DVD/BD?
4. According to Greek legend, who ferried the souls of the dead across the river that divided the world of the living from that of the dead?
5. If you sailed directly East from New York, which of these harbours would be nearest your landfall on the other side of the Atlantic?
6. What is the function of the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body
7. Which of these is a style of music?
8. Ultrasonic sound is what?
9. Which pop group, initially a studio only band for Tony Burrows and songwriter/record producers Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason, are best known for their 1970 record, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" ?
10. In the 13th century BCE, as recorded in the Jewish Torah (in the book of "Names", or "Exodus"), Moses was commanded on Mount Sinai to do many things, one of which was to ..... ?
11. What is the highest value card after the ace in the game of pinochle?
12. What play does the character Blanche Dubois appear in?
13. What are a pony, a jigger and a jackpot?
14. Which of these countries does not use the euro as standard currency?
15. Canada contains much of the world's fresh water, including approximately how many large lakes?
16. In the 6th century BC, where was the empire of Cyrus the Great?
17. What fate made Spencer Perceval unique among British Prime Ministers?
18. The air we breathe is made up of 78.09% of what gas?
19. The head of state of Jersey and Guernsey, which are both Crown dependencies and not part of the United Kingdom, is the monarch of Great Britain. They rule there because they hold what title?
20. Where are fluid catalytic cracking units likely to be used?