General Knowledge Quiz 433 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which country came first second and third in the golf teams event at the 1904 Olympic Games at St Louis?
2. What is the main mountain range which runs down the east coast of southern Brazil?
3. What was Lieut. C D Lucas, RN, the first to receive as a result of his involvement in the bombardment of a Russian fortress in the Baltic on 21 June 1854?
4. Cable News Network (CNN), the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, was founded by Ted Turner in what year?
5. When did kabaddi first appear as an event in the Asian Games?
6. Which German Nazi leader flew solo from Ausberg in 1941 and landed by parachute near Glasgow on a private peace mission?
7. What type of battle was the Battle of Trafalgar?
8. Where was the first disc recording studio in Europe set up?
9. Which of these wines comes from Italy?
10. Who was the head of Nazi propaganda during World War II who committed suicide with his family in 1945?
11. Which is the brightest object in the constellation of Leo?
12. The French bank and financial services company, BNP Paribas, holds an annual event giving awards in what field?
13. Which was not a medium used by British artist J.M.W.Turner to create his works?
14. What is the central theme of the 2003 film "The Big Fish" ?
15. What is always on the label of a bottle of the green liqueur "Bénédictine" ?
16. Which country is Amuay on the Paraguana Peninsula, the northernmost point in Venezuela, closest to?
17. Which of these is not native to New Zealand?
18. The Caesars ruled which ancient empire?
19. Which of these entertainments was introduced to the western world last?
20. What name is given to notes of the same pitch, in modern tuning but written differently, such as Db / C# and Gb / F#?