General Knowledge Quiz 443 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these characters drives around in the "Mystery Machine" ?
2. Where was the city Thonis-Heracleion?
3. When did freestyle skiing first become a sport contested at the Winter Olympics?
4. Who appeared briefly but spectacularly at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics as Super Mario?
5. Burning methane in the presence of oxygen produces water and what gas?
6. What was Maria Callas?
7. At which Winter Olympics did a drug scandal lead to Russia being excluded as a competing country from some of the next Summer Olympics and all of the next Winter Olympics?
8. "Two to the power of five" means what?
9. Which of these is a keyboard instrument?
10. How many volumes are there in Spike Milligan's autobiography, the last volume of which was entitled "PeaceWork" ?
11. What nationality was Abel Janszoon Tasman the voyager, explorer and map maker?
12. Dr Benjamin Spock wrote books on what subject?
13. In 2009 Terry Herbert found a hoard of Saxon warrior metal artefacts on land owned by Fred Johnson, which has become known as the Staffordshire Hoard. Which ancient kingdom do the objects come from?
14. The video game "The Legend of Zelda" (originally released in 1986) was inspired by the experiences of the designer as a child in where?
15. What modern sport can trace its origin back to a Scramble that took place at Camberley, Surrey England in 1924?
16. Which of these is not a play by Oscar Wilde?
17. London bridges-Battersea, Albert, Putney, Hammersmith-were built, re-built or substantially altered into their present-day form following what other major building project?
18. Which of these is a hoofed mammal with a partly leopard-spotted coat, developed in the current form of the breed in north-west America?
19. How many carats is pure gold?
20. A find in January 1848 by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in the USA, started what?