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General Knowledge Quiz 599 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which Scottish writer wrote "Prester John", "The Thirty Nine Steps" and "Witchwood" ?
2. What was the title of the 1974 true crime novel about the Charles Manson murders?
3. The area that was known as "Cimarron Territory" to 1890 is now known as what part of the USA?
4. Who first established the "V" sign, for victory, in World War II?
5. Which British awards for songwriting and composing, a solid bronze sculpture of Euterpe, the Muse of lyric poetry, are named after a Cardiff-born entertainer?
6. What was the name of the German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories, who died in 1918, from wounds sustained in combat?
7. What influential and at times highly controversial book was published in November 1859?
8. Which country has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and produces most of the world's emeralds?
9. The UK TV series "Time" (2021), starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham and written by Jimmy McGovern, centres on what people?
10. Who played the title role in the 2006 film "The Queen" ?
11. Which city, previously the Roman town of Vindobona, became the capital of the Duchy of Austria in 1156 and the capital of Hapsburg power base in the 13th century?
12. Which of these is a term in heraldry?
13. What is the name for the gaseous region of a star which emits light and which extends into a star's surface until the gas becomes opaque?
14. Which of these is a ship built for Henry VIII, that sank in 1545 and was recovered in 1982?
15. In 1780 Pennsylvania-although Vermont preceded it when it seceded from Britain, declared itself independent and wrote a new constitution in 1777-became the first American state to do what?
16. What word describes an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from a diversion dam or weir?
17. Instead of what, among other things, was the term "Anglican" in the name of the Church used?
18. How many official languages does South Africa have?
19. What was the first name of the opera composer Verdi?
20. Who wrote an autobiography called "Boy Wonder:My Life in Tights" ?
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