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General Knowledge Quiz 544 (20 MCQs)

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1. What English pop band, formed in Manchester in 1990 with Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen, achieved major success in the early to mid 1990s, split up in 1996, and in 2006 released the album "Beautiful World" ?
2. Until 2019 the mass which equals a kilogram was defined in the International System of Units by an object consisting of 90% what?
3. The miners affected by a 2012 strike and massacre in Marikana, South Africa, were workers from what type of mine?
4. Over the period 2010-2019 what was the average number of unprovoked and fatal shark attacks worldwide in a year?
5. Which of these is a burrowing insectivorous animal with small eyes and close fur?
6. What town in South Australia has served as a weapons-testing range since the 1950s, was the site of a detention facility for asylum seekers and refugees from 1999 to 2003, and was home to the Nurrungar satellite ground station until 1999?
7. If someone takes a person for a ride what could they be said to do?
8. What was the name of the house where William Wordsworth and his sister lived in Grasmere in the Lake District?
9. Who's leigh is a vehicle that will travel fastest on snow?
10. What word's original meaning was to do with the laying of granite chips on the ground and then making it into a hard and smooth surface using a roller?
11. Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, was launched when?
12. Why was Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of 2, 000 abandoned from 1981 on and has been largely demolished?
13. What was the title of Gary Barlow's autobiography, released in 2006?
14. The refraction phenomenon known as "looming" can result in seeing what?
15. Who was given a personalised iPod by Barack Obama when he visited in April 2009?
16. Which is a sports scientist and biomechanist known for working with Evander Holyfield, Dianne DeNecochea, Jose Luiz Barbosa, the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Raiders professional football teams, as well as Team USA Volleyball?
17. What is the name of the British annual pop music awards, that are held in February each year?
18. What DVD region covers Australia and New Zealand?
19. Where was the Almohad Caliphate, from around 1120 to 1269?
20. Which country is divided into thirteen administrative districts (Lautém, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto, Dili, Aileu, Manufahi, Liquiçá, Ermera, Ainaro, Bobonaro, Cova Lima and Oecusse Ambeno), one of which is separated from the rest by part of Indonesia?
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