General Knowledge Quiz 744 (20 MCQs)

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1. What body did the National Assembly of Venezuela, first elected in 2000 under President Hugo ChΓ‘vez, replace?
2. Which Greek philosopher and mathematician, born on Samos around 582BC, established a school at Crotana?
3. What small, oily fish, of which there are 15 species, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Pacific, and the Mediterranean, move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America?
4. During lockdowns designed to halt the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 in 2020, several studios chose to release films online instead of waiting for theatres to open. Which was one of these?
5. Which of these phrases is traditionally associated with a highwayman?
6. Which legendary couple are said to be buried at Glastonbury, Somerset, England?
7. If a criticism or a satire is described as mordant what does that mean about it?
8. What is pognophobia the fear of?
9. Who wrote the memoirs "'Tis" and "Teacher Man" ?
10. "Silks" is the name used to describe the uniform of a competitor in which sport?
11. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, the first female mayor in Britain, and the first ..... ?
12. The boundary of which territory, disputed by the USA and Canada, that had started between the Russian and British Empire in 1821, was resolved by arbitration in 1903?
13. What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's Republic of China in 1997?
14. A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?
15. Which is the nearest neighbour of the island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States?
16. Where are the Yoruk people native?
17. Which of these is a short coat, either sleeveless, or with short sleeves or shoulder pieces, which was a common item of men's clothing in the Middle Ages?
18. The first concrete-steel composite arch bridge in the USA that links the states of Nevada and Arizona by spanning the Colorado River is near which other man-made construction?
19. The federal government of Australia moved to what new, purpose-built, planned, capital city in 1927?
20. Which film featured the voices of Hugh Grant in his animated feature film debut, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, and David Tennant?