General Knowledge Quiz 561 (20 MCQs)

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1. The cochlea is part of which part of the body?
2. Who plays Gail Platt in the British TV soap opera "Coronation Street" ?
3. Which village, now a suburb of Dublin, was famed for an annual rowdy fair that was held between 1204 and 1855?
4. The lead singer of which band is known as Suggs?
5. What phrase refers to someone who is between two people or groups who are arguing but who does not want to agree with either of them?
6. What date in the western Gregorian Calendar is currently the date for the Russian Orthodox Church Christian New Year?
7. Which 1967 film ended with the deaths of the characters played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty?
8. Who of these was a musician and dancer?
9. The two goal posts, located at the same end of the field, are the furthest apart in which of the following sports?
10. What is an American food made from small pieces of cornmeal bread that are deep fried or baked, the ingredients of which include cornmeal, flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk, and water, and sometimes kernel corn, onion, spring onion and peppers?
11. In 1918, when did the armistice take effect at the end of World War I?
12. Which New York Yankees baseball identity is credited with coining the phrase "It's deja vu all over again" ?
13. Which of these is a contagious disease, an upper respiratory tract illness characterised by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity, once common, that has largely been eradicated in industrialised nations through widespread vaccination?
14. What name is given to the earth's crust?
15. The name of the city of Firenze in Italy is usually anglicised to what?
16. What is fundamental to the common methods used in cryptography?
17. What is the word for the weight on a line of a fishing rod?
18. What fraction, having 10 or a multiple thereof as the denominator, is represented by a full stop?
19. Which is (very) slightly acid forming?
20. Quakers are also known by what name?