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General Knowledge Quiz 551 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who sang on the 1987 album "Famous Blue Raincoat", a tribute to Leonard Cohen, that contained the song "First We Take Manhattan" ?
2. What is an open plane curve formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its side, resembling the path of a projectile under the action of gravity?
3. What was the name of the scheme approved by U S Congress in 1948 for the long term financing of the reconstruction of Europe following World War II?
4. What does "URL" stand for in the internet?
5. Noisette chocolate tastes of what kind of nut?
6. What was the initial cause of a major nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, in March 2011?
7. Which of these cities does not have an obelisk popularly called "Cleopatra's Needle" ?
8. When was the first Great Reno Balloon Race held?
9. Louis B Meyer is associated with what activity?
10. Which country, after 500 years of Ottoman domination, became independent in 1912, adopted a republican form of government in 1920, became a kingdom in 1928, came under Italian control in 1939, became a Communist state after World War II, and is now a parliamentary democracy established under a constitution renewed in 1998?
11. What colour jersey are the winners of the three disciplines in the annual UCI Mountain Bike World Championships entitled to wear in events of the same discipline?
12. In terms of physics, what is nutation?
13. The 1983 film "Staying Alive" was the sequel to what film?
14. Who co-founded the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada, and then the American Federation of Labor which replaced it when it dissolved?
15. Which actress has a tattoo showing the co-ordinates of the birthplaces of her children?
16. The Caroline Norton court case highlighted the injustice of what British law?
17. In soil layers what is the zone above the phreatic zone?
18. What does the expression "e and oe" mean?
19. Designer Karl Lagerfeld is famous for carrying what as a fashion accessory?
20. A black widow is a type of what?
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