General Knowledge Quiz 687 (20 MCQs)

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1. The London Marathon involves what?
2. Of those currently independent, which country was the first to give (and not subsequently revoke) full voting rights country-wide to women?
3. What is the chemical symbol for tin?
4. The names of how many US states begin with "M" ?
5. What name is given to the declaration of aims and policies of a political party before an election?
6. Who is the Egyptian princess, the competing love interest to Aida in the Verdi opera of that name?
7. Since the first World Championship for Golf Croquet (singles), in 1996, players from which country have been represented most as champions and runners-up?
8. Which of these are sacred Hindu books, of which there are around 160, wherein teachings are mostly in the form of conversations between Shiva and Durga?
9. To qualify for entry in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race a musher must have completed one of a number of stringent sled dog races or trials, and what else?
10. What term, used by US President George W. Bush in November 2002, came to refer to the countries who supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent military presence in post-invasion Iraq since 2003?
11. What object was unveiled outside John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, in 2005?
12. Before the capital of Japan was established in present day Kyoto by the Heian Emperor Kanmu in 794 CE, where was the previous capital?
13. Which is the youngest of these New Zealand actresses?
14. This actor left their country of birth at 4, won an Oscar at the age of 11 with a film from the country they moved to, moved to the USA at the age of 13 and continued to win awards in film or television. What was their country of birth?
15. The ship Andrea Gail features in which 1997 book and 2000 film?
16. Who perfected a process in 1880 for making sensitive gelatine dry plates for photography, and patented photographic roll film in 1884?
17. Which state of the USA is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states are divided into counties?
18. In what country is the Phinda Game Reserve, which includes some of the world's rare sand forest?
19. The song "Send In The Clowns" is from which musical?
20. In the second US series of "The Office", the boss says that New York is so great that they named it twice. What did he say was the other name?