General Knowledge Quiz 684 (20 MCQs)

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1. How is Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated?
2. In musical notation, what is the name for the short lines drawn for notes that are too high or too low to fit on the stave?
3. Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon and Lorne Geene starred in what long running TV series?
4. Which part of the body would be treated if a patient was suffering from myopia?
5. In 2014 the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) at its Wales Summit officially affirmed what?
6. With resonances of "Moby Dick", which Netflix film was directed by Chris Williams and stars the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste?
7. Stratigraphy, in geologic terms, is the study of what?
8. What word is used as a synonym for "gourmet", one who appreciates the culinary arts of fine food and drink?
9. Which country was represented by Hanni Wenzel, who won the women's giant slalom and slalom at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in 1980?
10. English couple Fred and Rosemary West were famous as what?
11. In 1947 the United Nations granted which country the right to govern islands in Pacific as a Trust Territory?
12. In deciding the value of a hand in a card game of Bridge before a bid is made, what value does the Milton Work Point Count assign a Jack, or Knave?
13. Where did the name "soccer" originate?
14. Sir Richard Burton, English explorer, geographer, diplomat, soldier and general modern Renaissance man, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika but was also known for his enduring translation of what?
15. Which actor debuted in US slasher film "Halloween" (1978)?
16. Farthings were in use in England as coinage from the 13th century and ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 1960. How many of them were there in a pound (£1)?
17. The meat is raw in what dish?
18. What is the name of the prehistoric figure, of a man holding a club, that is carved into the chalk near Dorchester, England?
19. Which English computer scientist and MIT professor implemented the first successful communication between an HTTP client and server via the Internet on 25 December 1990 and is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
20. Jean Claude van Damme has which of these nicknames?