General Knowledge Quiz 735 (20 MCQs)

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1. The main ingredient of what dish is potato?
2. What is a ribosome?
3. Who was IBF Light Welterweight Champion from 4 March 1987 until he retired in December 1987, and was accused of being the masked gunman who shot Frank Warren, his former manager, twice in the chest in November 1989 outside the Broadway Theatre, Barking, England?
4. In Greek mythology Autolycus, a gifted, cunning and prolific trickster and robber, was the grandfather of Odysseus and which other Greek hero (making them first cousins)?
5. What book, written by Sun Tzu in the 6th century BC, has become so popular in modern business corporations that many Japanese companies make it required reading for key executives?
6. In the James Bond film "Goldfinger" who played Bond girl Pussy Galore?
7. If you sailed directly West from Perth, Australia, which of these harbours would be nearest your landfall on the other side of the Indian Ocean?
8. Which of these is a problem that a hairdresser would deal with?
9. Which 2001 film follows a US operation in Somalia to capture a militia leader and self-elected President, in the course of which a helicopter crashes?
10. How many US presidents were named Franklin?
11. Part or all of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are claimed by how many different countries?
12. What is the driest region of the USA?
13. What name did Andy Warhol give to his original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968 in premises on the 5th floor of 231 East 47th Street, Madison Avenue?
14. John and David Lloyd represented Great Britain in the early 1970s at what sport?
15. John F Kennedy is widely rumoured to have had an affair with which of these?
16. Where is "The White House" ?
17. In 1895, William G Morgan, a YMCA physical education director in Massachusetts, USA, created "Mintonette", a game for older people as an indoor sport less rough than basketball. What is it called now?
18. Three racing trophies were established in the 20th century by James Gordon Bennett, Jr, for automobiles, aeroplanes and which other?
19. What is the name of the branch of the Pacific Ocean between China and Korea?
20. Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Op. 125) is known as what?