General Knowledge Quiz 662 (20 MCQs)

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1. Doklam Plateau is disputed border territory between the Kingdom of Bhutan and which other country?
2. Sake is fermented from what?
3. What is a patella?
4. What is the "proper name" for the main character in a series of novels by John Updike, who is nicknamed "Rabbit" ?
5. Which of these plays by Shakespeare was set in Italy?
6. Which 17th century composer wrote the opera "L'Orfeo" ?
7. What was one of the ways in which Romulus established Rome?
8. Which building was attacked at the start of the French Revolution on 14 July 1789 because it was symbolic of injustice?
9. Where would you find the metatarsal bone?
10. Which Olympic sport is currently competed to represent skills needed by cavalry behind enemy lines?
11. The Zambezi River flows into the Indian Ocean from where?
12. What navigation canal, when it opened in 1894, was the world's largest, and, now the 8th longest in the world, is still operating?
13. The line of emperors on the throne of Ethiopia, the last of which was Haile Selassie, traced their descent from whom?
14. What Hollywood actor appeared as a child in Elvis Presley's film "It Happened at the World's Fair" in 1963, was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for the TV film "Elvis" (1979), provided Elvis's voice for a scene in "Forrest Gump" (1994) and was an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2001)?
15. What do mongers do?
16. Which team did Brett Favre play for in the NFL in 2010?
17. Which country has the same name as a state of the USA?
18. Which of these is not a surname of a member of the group "Peter, Paul, and Mary" ?
19. What playwright was jailed for stealing and defacing books from the Islington Library?
20. Which of these is a stadium in Washington DC?