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General Knowledge Quiz 456 (20 MCQs)

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1. In 1991, Warner Bros was picketed by a major national organisation over the use of which cartoon character?
2. The sinking, approximately 200 miles off Hampton Roads, Virginia, of which steamship on 12 November 1928, with a loss of over 100 lives, particularly of women and children after it was abandoned, had a major impact on the second International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea in 1929?
3. What would be an internationally expected sight in Harbin in the province of Heilongjiang, north-eastern China, in January?
4. In the music industry, what does an A & R man do?
5. What YouTuber made a song called "Cookie Dance" in 2013 under the name ChipChocolate?
6. Where was the British ship Royal Oak sunk by German submarine U47 in October 1939?
7. What is the name for a raised block of the earth's crust thrown up between two faults?
8. Four countries have observer status to the Arab League, which entitles them to express their opinion and give advice but denies them voting rights. They are Eritrea, Brazil, Venezuela and which other?
9. What is the first on the list if these words are sorted based on the penultimate letter of each word?
10. From the 17th century to the early 20th century what was the main material used for billiard balls?
11. In 1291 a number of mainly alpine European communities formed a protective alliance which with the later addition of others became what is now known as what?
12. In World Surfing League regulations, what is the minimum age to compete in any event outside the competitor's region?
13. What is added to paella as a spice and to give it a golden colour?
14. Who made the first, in western countries, practical successful and widely usable vaccinations in 1796 against smallpox?
15. What is the name of the three bones that make up a human finger?
16. Which unstable, combustible material is used in the production of explosives, matches and electric batteries, as well as in etching copper, in manufacturing coloured glass, in the leather industry, in dyeing, and as an antiseptic?
17. The Soviet Union (USSR) hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics but declined to host the Paralympics which accompanied them. Which was a statement the USSR was reported to have made about the question?
18. An orchestra frequently tunes to an A provided by which instrument?
19. Which country has won the most medals at the European Beach Volleyball Championship (later known as the Nestea European Championship Final) between 2000 and 2008 inclusive?
20. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics in part honoured the discovery that a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity is what?
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