General Knowledge Quiz 436 (20 MCQs)

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1. Mastitis is a complaint affecting what?
2. Swiss legendary hero William Tell was instrumental in rescuing his land from the tyranny of which country in 1307?
3. The score for the Broadway musical "Kismet" was adapted from the music of which composer?
4. What does a ceilometer measure?
5. In what sport would one use a jigger board?
6. The enclosed inland saltwater body of water, the Caspian Sea is estimated to contain what proportion of the world's inland surface water?
7. What is the term for playing a piece of music in a key other that in which it is written?
8. What word is traditionally applied to clothes and linen collected by a woman before her marriage?
9. What contest, held between 24 teams, was played in Dubai between 5 and 7 March 2009, and was won by Wales?
10. Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of World War I?
11. Lake Neuchatel is in which country?
12. What word best describes the form of government in which all power is vested in one person?
13. Which recording plays as the first song of the new year in Times Square?
14. Ayahuasca, a tea prepared from a flowering vine in the Amazon and used for healing ceremonies, contains which of these?
15. Erik Satie's three Gymnopédies were written in 1888 for which musical instrument?
16. Only certain cheeses can be called "Stilton"; one of the factors is in which English counties it is made. Which of these is NOT one of them?
17. The character created by O. Henry in his 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way" formed the basis, although considerably softened, for the main character in what 1950s US TV series?
18. Which English all-female pop trio based in London, consisting of Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen, was formed in 1998 by original members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan?
19. What is the name of Morocco's capital, which is 60 miles north of Casablanca?
20. During a speech in January 1992, then-president George H. W. Bush mentioned that he wanted to "make American families a lot more like ..... which family? ..... and a lot less like the Simpsons" .