General Knowledge Quiz 755 (20 MCQs)

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1. Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Maine are collectively known as what?
2. When was the Chinese New Year, and the Spring Festival, for 2015 as dated in the western Gregorian Calendar?
3. The humans related to Neanderthals and known as Denisovans have been identified only from a handful of remains. In 2019 where was the largest fossil so far found?
4. What name was given to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France from the 16th to the 18th centuries, many of whom emigrated in the late 17th century, who were inspired by the writings of John Calvin in the 1530s?
5. In 47 BC, after the war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela (now known as Zile, in Turkey), who is credited with saying "Veni, vidi, vici" ?
6. How is a door that is slightly open described?
7. What is the atomic symbol for the element tungsten?
8. What is known as historical materialism?
9. Who collaborated with Tim Rice to write songs for the film "The Lion King" ?
10. What sits on top of the World Snooker Championship cup?
11. Which of these rivers does not flow through New Hampshire?
12. What is an example of a non-Newtonian fluid?
13. According to the proverb, people who sup with whom should use a long spoon?
14. What does the Indian company MX Player specialise in?
15. Which is a place claimed to be the site of the first church St Patrick established in Ireland?
16. What does anosmia indicate?
17. La Plata is the capital city of which province of Argentina?
18. According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010, what is the most watched TV series, ever?
19. The term "Gallic" means relating to what country?
20. What kind of contestant would be most likely to enter the lists in the Middle Ages?