General Knowledge Quiz 642 (20 MCQs)

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1. What does the Bermuda Bowl, offered since 1950, take its name from?
2. Seborrhea is a medical problem that affects which part of the body?
3. Since 2005, of whom or what does the name "Katrina" most often remind people in New Orleans, USA?
4. Which merchant seaman wrote poems, novels, plays and critical essays and became Poet Laureate in 1930?
5. Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England in which century?
6. Who was the youngest player to appear in a major league game in the modern era, pitching 2/3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944 when not quite 16 years old?
7. The vernacular is what?
8. Which religious movement and belief developed in 16th century Poland and Transylvania, and spread world-wide by the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
9. What is a common name for the United Nations peacekeeping forces?
10. Who won the Hockey Champions Challenge for Women played in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009?
11. What was the tinned spiced ham made in the USA and imported to Britain during World War II?
12. Who was selected as Best Goalkeeper in the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships?
13. What is the term for intimate conversation in bed?
14. Who was appointed captain of Great Britain's Davis Cup team in 2006?
15. In Greek legend, which of these was Queen of the Amazons?
16. It has been ranked in the top 20 TV shows of all time in American pop culture, and ran in the US from 1987 to 1991, centring on a group of baby boomer yuppies. Which is it?
17. What was the first name of the painter Monet?
18. Who was the leader of the band playing at the Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles, in August 1935, when the "Jitterbug" became a new dance craze?
19. In 2016 Japan introduced legislation to allow camera monitor systems to replace a car's what?
20. Which of these is not an official language of Switzerland?