General Knowledge Quiz 601 (20 MCQs)

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1. Aniseed is NOT the predominant flavouring of which of these drinks?
2. The song "Snoopy's Christmas" is set during what major period in history?
3. Who was the first General Secretary of the International Olympic Committee and later became its President, serving until 1924?
4. A "steamer", that covers the torso and the full length of the arms and legs, is a type of what?
5. What was the Pearl, created and first marketed by Peek Frean in 1865?
6. According to philosopher John Stuart Mill what " ..... is a machine for doing quickly and commodiously what would be done, though less quickly and commodiously, without it" ?
7. Curling stones are traditionally made of what?
8. Outside his professional life as a police detective, the character of Inspector Lynley in the UK series "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" is what?
9. Which of Queen Elizabeth II's children was last to leave the single state and get married?
10. What was Greta Garbo's first sound film (advertised as "Garbo speaks!"), in a filmed version of a play by Eugene O'Neill?
11. Which 2001 American black comedy film was based on a 1958 Friedrich DΓΌrrenmatt novel from his screenplay developed for the German film "It Happened in Broad Daylight" ?
12. Who is the nursery rhyme gardener?
13. Which of these cities has nicknames including the Granite City, the Grey City, the Silver City with the Golden Sands?
14. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" from the first ball in both innings?
15. What might a ferroequinologist observe or study?
16. Claire Foy and Sverrir Gudnason appeared in what 2018 film, replacing what was to be a follow up to a critically acclaimed 2011 film, using the same characters but not the same actors and based on a book by a different author?
17. In 1660, John Milton's books were burned in London because of his attacks on whom?
18. The episodes of which TV series ended with the family saying goodnight to each other?
19. What is the name given to copper bars arranged in a cylinder, insulated from each other which rotates to connect each section of the armature in turn (in a motor) or to the external current (in a dynamo)?
20. Which of these is the name of a World Heritage Site in Australia?