General Knowledge Quiz 547 (20 MCQs)

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1. Tijuana is nearest to which of these places?
2. Canberra is the capital of which country?
3. What is essential for the sport known as errekorteak in Basque and recortes in Spanish?
4. What unit of work represents the work done to overcome a force of 1 dyne through a distance of 1 centimetre?
5. To rush in without thinking carefully enough beforehand would be ..... ?
6. The Cultural Revolution was a period of widespread social and political upheaval between 1966 and 1976, resulting in nation-wide chaos and economic disarray in which country?
7. In the 11th century China issued the first state-backed and printed what?
8. Which is the country closest to Haiti?
9. What is a Russian name for a type of savoury pancakes?
10. Which of these people is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the UK, whose sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images?
11. In George Orwell's book "Animal Farm", "Boxer" was what kind of animal?
12. On the buttons of a tape, VCR or DVD player, what does the sign in the shape of a single right pointing arrow mean?
13. What is the main diet of the small mammal called an aardwolf?
14. The spiny leguminous plant called furze is also known as what?
15. Members of which Californian rock band formed the group known until 2001 as Kara's Flowers?
16. What name was given to a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and 1944?
17. How is the traditional Lao musical instrument the khene, or khaen, played?
18. When did Maori arrive in New Zealand?
19. Why was wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his rejected bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
20. The initial parts of which London building were built as a fortress by the Normans, had additions to become a palace and then was used primarily as a prison?