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General Knowledge Quiz 608 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the original nationality of the Nobel Prize-winning author of "Mario and the Magician", "Joseph and His Brothers", "Buddenbrooks" and "The Magic Mountain" ?
2. When Pixar executives John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich were presented with the Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Film Festival in 2009, who was the award physically presented to?
3. Which of these was an English actor who featured in several Ealing Comedies, including "The Lavender Hill Mob", "The Ladykillers", "The Man in the White Suit" and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (in which he played 8 characters)?
4. British actor Malcolm McDowell featured in which 1971 film, hailed as brilliant and dangerous, a landmark in the relaxation of control on violence in the cinema, a dystopian nightmare, and a hit in the USA and France, but was withdrawn in the UK in 1973 because of copycat violence?
5. Where was the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the first World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system, held?
6. Who has been quoted as saying "Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen ..... I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen" ?
7. What kind of bird is a guillemot?
8. Where is the traditional home of balsamic vinegar?
9. Collard plants are closely related to which of these?
10. What best selling novel begins "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail" ?
11. The eponymous leads in the US TV series "Rizzoli and Isles", which began in 2010, are what?
12. Which of these countries was officially neutral during both World War I and World War II?
13. The Joad family appear in which novel and 1940 film directed by John Ford?
14. Who was the Roman god of the sea?
15. Lalophobia is the irrational fear of what?
16. Who was the Roman god of the underworld?
17. Which country has won the most Football (Soccer) World Cups?
18. Who wrote the series of books revolving round Victorian era teenager Sally Lockhart?
19. In 1821 which of these countries declared independence from Spain?
20. To investigate his theories of the diaspora of South American peoples, who sailed in a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean in 1947?
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