General Knowledge Quiz 724 (20 MCQs)

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1. What language or languages are the roots of the two parts of the name of the phobia, intense fear of something not usually harmful, which became current in the early 20th century called nyctophobia?
2. Who was Tycho Brahe?
3. Who commissioned film-maker Leni Riefenstahl to make "Olympia" , the first documentary film on the Olympic Games at the 1936 Berlin Games?
4. What were the family of Chinese Communist leader, Chiang Kai Shek, known as?
5. Visors, gloves and finger spikes are worn in which Olympic sport?
6. Who starred as John McClane in the "Die Hard" series of films (1988-2007)?
7. What is an essential ingredient of Bouillabaisse?
8. What is the name for the massacre of the French ruling class while in church by local people at Palermo in 1282 that started a revolution that spread to other parts of the country?
9. What is the oldest city of European origin, established in 1565 by Pedro Menedesto, that still exists in what is now the USA?
10. The lights were turned off in the Empire State Building for 15 minutes in August 2004 to mark the death of whom?
11. The Great Mosque considered by many to be the burial place of John the Baptist's head, is a landmark of which city?
12. Which would you have to cross in order to reach Mozambique from Madagascar?
13. Where is the stratovolcano called Ojos del Salado, the highest historically active volcano in the world [6, 893 m (22, 614 ft)] and the second highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere?
14. In traditional English pantomime, which shrewd, witty, light-hearted character vied with Pierrot for the affection of Columbine, and was based on the Commedia Dell'Arte character Arlecchino?
15. What animal sometimes displays a dulla?
16. The juvenile form of crane flies are called what?
17. On the Christian calendar, what is the name for the Sunday before Easter?
18. Which of these fictional characters lived at Greenbow, Alabama?
19. If the numbers from 1 to 10 are multiplied by each other, what is the last number of the result?
20. Who beat Roger Federer in the men's Wimbledon final in 2008?