General Knowledge Quiz 522 (20 MCQs)

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1. What did the Walt Disney Company buy most of the rights and assets to in February 2004?
2. Which of these was a nickname for professional golfer Jack Nicklaus who was competitive internationally from 1962 to 1980?
3. Which of these flags does not have an eagle on it?
4. Who created the framework for the Virginia Plan, that structured the US Government into three branches?
5. What are ratites?
6. The islands of Tristan da Cunha are 2, 816 kilometres (1, 750 miles) from the nearest land. What country is closest to them?
7. Who wrote the 19th century "Castle of Otranto", seen as the first gothic horror novel?
8. What is the Solid project, led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, designed to do?
9. What does the Water Festival mark in Burma/Myanmar?
10. In the film "Rocky Balboa", what was the outcome of his last fight?
11. When an electron in a higher-than-normal orbit falls back to its normal orbit, what is one of the results?
12. Which of these is an award-winning film about a literary critic, author and Oxford professor, the celebrated author to whom he was married, and their last years together as her dementia takes her?
13. Which of these is a comic book character who, born James Howlett in the 1880s and known as Logan, is a mutant, possessing keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, retracting bone claws, and an ability to quickly recover from virtually any injury or sickness?
14. What song was adopted by the US Civil Rights movement in the 1960s?
15. What is the name for a poem of 14 lines that first appeared when written by Giacomo da Lentini in 1220, for which various rhyme schemes were developed?
16. Under what label was the first album released in 1998 by the newly renamed group Destiny's Child?
17. The America's Cup trophy was held by America from 1852 until 1983 when the Cup was won by which challenger?
18. In 2011 the capture and killing of Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi changed the political landscape in which country?
19. What is the name of the revised version of the game Cluedo, with changes to board, gameplay and characters, created in 2008?
20. Where is a sepal found?