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General Knowledge Quiz 57 (20 MCQs)

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1. The harsh Yuma Desert lies to the east of which river?
2. What was the setting for the novel "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery?
3. The people of which extremely wealthy city in what is now southern Italy became a byword for people living in opulent luxury and for outrageous pleasure-seeking?
4. Dick Turpin was famous as what sort of criminal?
5. What is unusual in the bird world about the mating dance of some species of manakin birds?
6. What is the name for the use of X Rays in medicine?
7. What name was given to the left-leaning military coup that started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a democracy?
8. In ballet, what is the name for a "dance duet" in which ballet steps are performed together?
9. The Stool of Repentance was used in what practice?
10. What are nudibranchs?
11. Which folk band formed by Randy Sparks in 1961 had several Top 40 hits, including "This Land Is Your Land", "Green, Green", "Today" and "Ramblin" '?
12. Louis Comfort Tiffany was particularly well-known for his work in what?
13. Over one third of which state of the USA is in the Arctic Circle?
14. Who played the part of the Stig, the incognito expert driver for BBC's programme "Top Gear", on just one occasion on 22 June 2009?
15. Which of these are associated with influence stemming from activities in the 16th century?
16. Who appeared in the films "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007), "Burn After Reading" (2008), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) and "Inglourious Basterds" (2009)?
17. What music was commissioned for George II's coronation in 1727, and has featured in every British coronation since?
18. Which of these animals is native to Asia but not to Africa, South America or North America?
19. What type of building in the Roman forum, the largest of its type there, was called "Julia" ?
20. For which sport, now banned in Britain by the Hunting Act 2004, was the "Waterloo Cup" 3 day event run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, England from 1836 to 2005?
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