General Knowledge Quiz 564 (20 MCQs)

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1. When did the first planes fly in a military offensive for Britain, for an organised body which later became the Royal Air Force?
2. In the southern hemisphere, the winds associated with a cyclone, a region of low pressure, blow in which direction?
3. Which city is capital of the Republic of Cรดte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)?
4. Horseshoe arches, or keyhole arches, are particularly characteristic of what kind of architecture?
5. Which UK television series features a character called Mrs Bucket?
6. Where is the UNESCO World Heritage site known as Los Glaciares National Park?
7. A game popular in a number of countries and known variously as Belote, Boeuf, Vida, and other names is played with what?
8. Which of these is in Nice?
9. The Altai Mountains for some of their range form part of the border between which two countries?
10. What is the name for a defect of vision caused by deviation of eyes from parallel courses, giving the impression that the person is looking in two directions at once and meaning that the eyes cannot focus on a single point?
11. What sign of the zodiac is represented by twins?
12. What name was given to the accidental destruction caused to British trawlers and fishermen by ships from the Russian navy on 21 October 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War?
13. Which of these was a dance popular in the 1920s?
14. During Norodom Sihanouk's term as Prime Minister of Cambodia beginning in 1955 (after abdicating as King) he did what?
15. From 2010 to 2019, Chile was the world's leading miner of ..... ?
16. What ore is the chief source of aluminium?
17. What is the James Webb, launched into space in 2021 by a partnership between the space agencies in the US, Europe and Canada?
18. What is the nearest still living relative of the giraffe?
19. In 1938 Orson Welles, who was 22 at the time, wrote, produced, and narrated a radio play adaptation of what work, the US broadcast of which sparked widespread upheaval and panic?
20. The naval base Pearl Harbour is in which US state?