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General Knowledge Quiz 589 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which band, which at the time comprised Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Mel Gaynor and John Giblin, had hit records with "Alive & Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", "Ghostdancing" and "All the Things She Said" ?
2. Where is the world's oldest surviving bowling green, with the first recorded use being in 1299?
3. In snooker, what colour ball scores 7 points?
4. In 711 AD, the Moors invaded part of Europe that is now part of what country?
5. Traditionally, what is shouted by a town crier?
6. Teams from how many countries have competed teams in the Olympic Rugby Union competitions until 2016?
7. What is the main seed used in the traditional British seed cake?
8. What is the mathematical result of dividing any real number other than zero, by zero?
9. The Basque country is centred mainly around which mountain range?
10. Which of these animals cannot retract its claws fully?
11. Which of these is a breed of dog?
12. Which African kingdom, founded by Osei Tutu in the 1670s fought 4 wars against Britain between 1823 and 1896 until, in 1900, it was incorporated into the Gold Coast colony as a protectorate?
13. It has excellent electric insulating and arc-quenching capacity, and is widely used in electronics, laser, medical, meteorological, freezing, fire-fighting, chemical, military, space aviation, non-ferrous metallurgy and physical research. What is it?
14. Which 1967 film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy, was about the fate of a man sent to prison for vandalising parking meters?
15. What word is used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds in words?
16. The coldest temperature recorded in Canada was-63 $^\circ$C (-81.4 F) on 3 February 1947; where was it?
17. From 12 internationally nominated dancers at the end of 2022, readers of the international dance magazine "Dance Europe" voted which person Dancer of the Year?
18. Which film actor and winemaker won his first César Award for his role in "The Last Metro" (1980), was nominated for an Academy Award for the title role in "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990) and won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in "Green Card" in 1990?
19. What part of the body removes old red blood cells, holds a reserve of blood in case of haemorrhagic shock and recycles iron?
20. Where would one find the Swiss Guard on duty?
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