General Knowledge Quiz 671 (20 MCQs)

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1. In a film script, what do the letters ECU mean?
2. To end The War of 1812, the USA and Great Britain signed which treaty on 24 December 1814?
3. Soccer player Dennis Bergkamp was well known for his fear of what?
4. Which of these is an element, the chemical symbol for which is "O" ?
5. What relationship was Icarus to Daedalus?
6. What is a name applied to the four archipelagos of Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores?
7. Among the hyped contests in world boxing was the match in October 2021 between heavyweight WBC ex-champion (2015-2020) Diontay Wilder and whom?
8. Which is the participle in the sentence "he brought the required documents" ?
9. What is the more common name of the disease called consumption?
10. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) was fought between which two countries?
11. In BASE jumping what words does the acronym stand for?
12. LeBron James has won how many Olympic medals in basketball?
13. What invention in the 17th century revolutionized mathematics by providing the first systematic link between Euclidean geometry and algebra, describing geometric shapes as algebraic equations involving the coordinates of the points lying on it?
14. What character was played by Ronnie Barker in the TV series "Open All Hours" ?
15. In 1976 or 1977, John Carpenter and Debra Hill began drafting a story titled "The Babysitter Murders", which eventually became what film?
16. What festival is known as Yom Kippur?
17. When was the first (and so far only) time a whole season of a sport in the USA was cancelled because of a labour dispute?
18. In 1935 and 1937, Danish-Norwegian Caroline Mikkelsen and Norwegian Ingrid Christensen became the first women to do what?
19. Where did retired three-time World Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali light the Olympic flame?
20. What is the name of the stretch of water between India and Sri Lanka?