General Knowledge Quiz 672 (20 MCQs)

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1. In September 2022 two major gas-carrying pipes under the Baltic Sea did what?
2. Many of the characters' names in what 2014 UK TV crime drama, set in Northern Ireland, are inspired by brands of guitars?
3. What is the real first name of the pop star Madonna?
4. How many geographic Poles are there related to the planet Earth?
5. Where are the ski slopes of Cerro Castor (Castor Mount)?
6. What name is primarily used in British English for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France?
7. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, once managing director of the International Monetary Fund and a candidate for election as President of France, was dogged with accusations of what?
8. What is the highest mountain on the continent of Australia?
9. Altogether, how many strings are there on the four instruments in a traditional string quartet?
10. What is the family name of the North Korean head of state?
11. Which is the longest of these wild cats, measured from head to base of tail?
12. Where is the Rwenzori mountain range?
13. Which British Prime Minister introduced "the welfare state" to the UK?
14. Which of these was NOT a country that fought against Great Britain during the US War of Independence?
15. What was the occupation of Rick Grimes prior to the coma from which he wakes to find most of the world's people are now zombies, in the TV series "The Walking Dead" (2010-now)?
16. Piles is a familiar word for what medical condition?
17. What word describes the situation where someone has to choose between two difficulties, and to choose either would have an equally unpleasant outcome?
18. What are the first words of The Gettysburg Address, a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War?
19. What is the world's largest international hospitality education institution with 29 schools on 5 continents?
20. The national holiday celebrated in the USA on 4 July each year is to commemorate events surrounding which war?