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General Knowledge Quiz 591 (20 MCQs)

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1. According to William Congreve's play "The Mourning Bride" (1697) what "has charms to soothe a savage breast" ?
2. What is a connection between Phillip Hughes (1988-2014), Australian cricketer, and Roy McBridie, (1915 1960), New Zealand cricketer?
3. A "marlin" is a type of what?
4. How does the game of Upwords differ from Scrabble?
5. In the late 1940s, a soldier named Constantin Esmont made detailed records of the various types of dog known as borzoi, concerned that the breed was degenerating. Where did the breed originate?
6. What does the "C" in LUCA as an evolutionary term stand for?
7. The mind sports included the first World Games in 2008 were chess, draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), xiangqi (Chinese chess) and which other?
8. What year did South African golfer Gary Player first win the PGA Championship?
9. England and Scotland both formed national football teams in 1872, but for over 30 years played only within the UK. Where, in 1908, were the first games played by England outside British territory?
10. When cooking a ragout using pluck, what would somebody be using?
11. Guru Nanak was the founder of the faith followed by whom?
12. Which river runs through the city of Paris, France?
13. Which saint founded a monastery in 563 on the island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland?
14. With which of these is Bernard Leach most associated?
15. What region lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders?
16. In the TV series "Thunderbirds", Parker was chauffeur to whom?
17. What was Natalie Imbruglia's debut single?
18. He was of Huguenot descent, lost sight in one eye in a practice fencing bout with his father, was knighted in 1893 for artistic achievement, and was renowned for a long career of biting, sarcastic, often radical political and social comment. Who was he?
19. What was the Musée d'Orsay in Paris used for before it was an art gallery?
20. In 1943, Joan Barry, an actress in her early 20s, accused which 54 year old of fathering her child, resulting in a paternity suit in which he was ordered to pay child support although blood tests proved he was not the father?
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