General Knowledge Quiz 715 (20 MCQs)

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1. The process by which various groups attempt to transfer their own interests to be the interests of public policymakers is known, as a formal theory, by what name?
2. Gloss is usually applied to what part of the body to provide a sheen?
3. Which is the southernmost capital city of the Americas?
4. Who wrote the operas "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" and "Cosi Fan Tutte" ?
5. Which of these is used to measure electric current?
6. In which US TV series would Dethklok and the characters Toki Wartooth, Vater Orlaag, Senator Stampingston, and Pickles the Drummer be found?
7. Jarlsberg cheese comes from which country?
8. Which of these places is closest to Chicago, Illinois, USA?
9. Who wrote the play "Still Life", on which the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" was based?
10. Suriname on the north-eastern coast of South America is one of the top producers in the world of what?
11. What does the "i" in "i-Pod" stand for?
12. Who is involved in a "curtain call" ?
13. William Gilbert Grace was a famous player of which sport?
14. Three great Siberian rivers are the Ob, Lena and which other?
15. What sport do players in the Super League compete in?
16. Who is the eponymous lead character in a British mystery series starring Alan Davies as an eccentric magician's assistant who also solves seemingly supernatural mysteries through his talent for logical deduction and knowledge of illusionism?
17. Grace Kelly made her last professional appearance in which 1956 musical film?
18. Alone among the top male tennis players (in 2020), Rafael Nadal is what?
19. Which character, who apparently was born in 1899 and still actively pursuing criminals in 1968, is the subject of 98 books by Captain W E Johns?
20. What name is given to the unit of electrical power represented by a current of 1 ampere flowing through a circuit whose potential difference is 1 volt?