General Knowledge Quiz 553 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the TV series "The Flintstones", who were the parents of Pebbles and Bam Bam?
2. The plot of "The Nutcracker" ballet is an adaptation of a short story by whom?
3. What was the most typical subject of paintings by Dégas?
4. Who is the "moi" to whom the quote "Après moi, le déluge" is attributed?
5. Where do Aeolian forces have most impact?
6. What is another name for the larkspur?
7. Which of these is not a member of the dog family?
8. Mstislav Rostropovich is most associated with which musical instrument?
9. What was the name of Han Solo's spacecraft in the first "Star Wars" film to be released?
10. The warriors known as "berserkers" were legendary figures in which mythology?
11. What term is used to describe a wine with bold, brash and audacious flavours?
12. The French National Assembly is housed in which building?
13. In March 2009, 53rd Street in New York city was renamed what?
14. What do the Edwin Smith Papyrus and the Ebers Papyrus from the 16th century BCE record?
15. The girth goes on which part of the horse?
16. A child's skull found in 1829 in Engis, Belgium, (labelled Engis 2) was eventually recognised as the earliest remains of what to be found?
17. The 2017 films "Sandy Wexler" and "Win It All" are both what?
18. Which caricaturist, starting in 1778, went on to savage George III, major politicians, Napoléon Bonaparte, war, French Jacobins and debauched English gentlemen, and to establish the "honest" countryman John Bull as the epitome of Englishness?
19. Geoff Capes, twice the world's strongest man, won 2 Commonwealth Games gold medals in which sport?
20. What name was given to a group of racing drivers that included Woolf Barnato, Glen Kidston, Henry Birkin, Bernard Rubin, Dudley Benjafield & Sammy Davis, who were responsible for four consecutive victories at the Le Mans 24 hours from 1927 to 1930?