General Knowledge Quiz 673 (20 MCQs)

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1. The hero of which film starring Alec Guinness was a mousy bank clerk with steel-rimmed glasses and bowler hat who devised a plan to smuggle gold bars out of England disguised as small souvenir replicas of the Eiffel Tower?
2. How many tusks does a typical adult male walrus have?
3. The capital of the U S A, Washington, DC, is bordered by Maryland and which other state?
4. During the period from the 12th to 15th centuries CE, what was the land from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east (including the Lake Ladoga regions of modern Russia) known as?
5. Which of these is a musical that tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance with farm girl Laurey Williams?
6. Which American comedy TV series that ran for eleven seasons to 1993 and was set in a Boston bar, was created by James Burrows, Glen Charles and Les Charles?
7. Which of these is a jumping toy for children?
8. Which state did the first African American elected to the US Senate serve?
9. Where do the Berg winds blow?
10. What does the Federation Internationale de Natation administer?
11. What is the name for a device that measures the rate of rotation of a revolving shaft?
12. Which hormone controls the female reproductive cycle?
13. A word opposite in meaning to another in the same language is called what?
14. In 2011 the Classic Brit Awards named who as "Artist of the Decade" ?
15. The initials "FDC" are connected with what activity?
16. Who recorded the theme songs for three James Bond films?
17. Which of these British Prime Ministers was the oldest when first elected?
18. After about eight centuries of occupation by various countries Latvia declared independence, just after the World War I armistice in 1918, from what country?
19. In mediaeval western Europe what did the term "villein" mean?
20. At what were the Allies and the US aiming in their Operation Market Garden in 1944 in World War II?