General Knowledge Quiz 446 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is used on uniforms of some US military or paramilitary personnel to indicate number of years' service?
2. The seven brightest stars of which constellation form the asterism known as the Big Dipper in the United States and Canada, or the Plough in the United Kingdom and Ireland?
3. As what did "Vinicius and Tom" become a popular pairing in December 2014?
4. What is prussic acid, found in bitter almonds and laurel leaves, also known as?
5. What name is given to sympathetic pregnancy?
6. What is the prevailing climate in northern Mali?
7. Which of these US cities is the furthest north?
8. Which Italian painter contemporary with Caravaggio, celebrated at the time but neglected until recently (with many paintings attributed to others), is admired for work celebrating female strength and chiaroscuro techniques?
9. Which of these would be most involved with the preparation of Coq au Vin?
10. Who married Sarah Hugill in 1972, had two children, divorced in 1983, married Sarah Brightman in 1984, divorced in 1990, married Madeleine Gurdon in 1991, and had three children?
11. Racing what animal, other than a horse, is a popular sport in, for example, the USA, the UK and parts of Africa, often as part of a horse racing event?
12. Which of these is a Shakespearean character?
13. Where are the pyramids which include that of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty pharaoh Taharqa, the oldest and the largest of these?
14. What is the marine system called which circulates nutrients from the deep ocean to its surface?
15. Which writer is quoted as saying "The problem with fiction, it has to be plausible. That's not true with non-fiction." ?
16. In November 2010, who was widely quoted as saying it's "better to love beautiful girls than gays" ?
17. Which is the shortest distance to travel by water from Bahir Dar to Alexandria?
18. Which river, the longest in France, empties into the Atlantic at St. Nazaire?
19. A best-selling album by Bruce Springsteen was "Born in ..... " what?
20. The term "three in a bed" is used in which sport?