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General Knowledge Quiz 72 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who, in 1982, was arrested for drunkenly urinating on a cenotaph erected in honour of those who died at the Alamo in Texas, across the street from the actual building?
2. The Hanseatic League was a union of ports on which sea?
3. The city of Canton in China is now known as what?
4. Who created and hosts the TV series "America's Next Top Model" ?
5. The Mukden Incident in late 1931, provided an excuse for what Japanese action later that year?
6. The "Alexandra", "Empress of Australia", "Gothic" and "Britannia" were what kind of ship?
7. Although Chinese emperors had kept a fleet, when needed for waging coastal wars and invading neighbouring lands, when did they first establish a standing navy?
8. With what is the name of Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) associated?
9. Where is the area known as the Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland?
10. Which figure from Scottish history was played by Mel Gibson in a 1995 film?
11. How many Olympic Games has Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opened?
12. What is Archie Panjabi particularly known as?
13. Which of these was one of the most well known rapid-fire weapons to be used in the 1860s by the Union forces of the American Civil War?
14. Who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as US president in 1865?
15. "Afterlife", a critically acclaimed 2005 TV series, centred on what?
16. Who is next in the series Hugo Speer, Ben Miller, Kris Marshall, Ardal O'Hanlon ..... ?
17. In the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) Daisy and Benjamin Button were played by which actors?
18. In New Zealand, the word "moko" refers to a type of what?
19. What was the now-extinct New Zealand huia?
20. How many coronations had been held at Westminster Abbey before that of Queen Elizabeth II?
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