General Knowledge Quiz 596 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is used in the film industry?
2. What arcade game, based on the concept of eating, was developed primarily by Tōru Iwatani over the course of a year in 1979/80, with a nine-man team?
3. The mnemonic Roy G. Biv is an aid to remembering what?
4. What made Superman weak?
5. Over how many holes is The British Open (golfing championship) played?
6. The Sunda Strait lies between which two islands?
7. Which of these Beatrix Potter characters is a cat?
8. Where was Expo 2010 held from 1 May to 31 October 2010, the most expensive Expo in the history of world's fairs with the largest site (5.28 square km), with more than 190 countries and over 50 international organisations participating?
9. Between which countries was the War of the Pacific fought?
10. Blue Mountain Coffee, noted for its mild flavour and lack of bitterness (the beans of which are the flavour base of Tia Maria coffee liqueur), is grown in which country?
11. Work published by English scientist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855 and 1858 proposed what?
12. Dust carried in winds from the Bodélé Depression, an ancient desiccated lake bed in the south-west corner of the central African country of Chad, has been identified as a key source of phosphorus-a vital nutrient for plant growth-in what area?
13. What is the favourite drink of a vampire?
14. As at 2 February 2015, when she won No 1 ranking in women's professional golf, what age was Lydia Ko?
15. In which country does over half of the population live on reclaimed land?
16. What are raced in the Iditarod, held annually since 1973 in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome?
17. What is a boson?
18. The names of how many continents end with the same letter that they started with?
19. Who is the person, or are the people, who in 1920 formed the company which eventually became Columbia Pictures?
20. Opinion polls in Japan just over two months before the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (opening delayed until July 2021 in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic raging in 2020), estimated what percentage of people were in favour of continuing to hold the Games at that date?