General Knowledge Quiz 720 (20 MCQs)

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1. What USA national championship game, played on a Sunday, is the second-largest US food consumption day, after Thanksgiving Day?
2. Where is the Laurentian Fan, or Abyss?
3. What was the first standardised system of measurement established in Mesopotamia?
4. Who referred to her quarter final match against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2009 Australian Open as "an out of body experience" ?
5. In 800 CE, who became the first Holy Roman Emperor?
6. What weight boot is prescribed by the International Boot-Throwing Association, Finland, for children of 10 or younger who compete in gumboot throwing?
7. "Massacre in Korea", a 1951 expressionistic painting by Pablo Picasso which is seen as a criticism of American intervention in the Korean war is drawn from the painting "The Third of May 1808", which shows Napoleon's soldiers executing Spanish civilians, by whom?
8. How many years did the musical "Cats" run for in London's West End after its première in 1991?
9. A 2017 satirical film awarded the 2017 Palme d'Or at Cannes, a Swedish co-production with Germany France and Denmark starring Claes Bang and Elisabeth Moss, is set against what background?
10. Which of these was a ruler of the Persian empire?
11. What band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth?
12. Michael Jordan was with which team when they won 6 National Basketball Association titles?
13. Who had hit records with "Tragedy" and "You Win Again" ?
14. Gabriele Susanne Kerner, singer-songwriter, actress, and comedienne, scored an international hit with what song in 1983?
15. With the history of which of these countries is El Cid associated?
16. At the Battle of Bannockburn, an army led by Robert the Bruce defeated troops led by whom?
17. In the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", who kissed the princess to wake her up?
18. What is the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania?
19. In April 2010, ash from the eruption of which mountain caused flights to be cancelled in Northern Europe?
20. The now-extinct Elephant Bird, believed to have been 3 metres tall and weigh 500 kg, was believed to have inhabited what area?