General Knowledge Quiz 764 (20 MCQs)

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1. Until Tony Blair's prime ministership, which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the longest continuous term?
2. In 1987, competing in "Star Search", a US talent competition on which she used the name Alanis Nadine, she lost after one round. She is now better known as Alanis who?
3. What is a kouseband?
4. Who was the first person to sign the American Declaration of Independence?
5. Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton and then Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620?
6. Which nation produces the most coffee beans?
7. In the nursery rhyme "sing a song of sixpence", what kind of bird plucked off a nose?
8. What is almost the only food eaten by blue whales?
9. Which of these is a fruit?
10. In golf, the Ryder Cup and the biennial Presidents Cup for teams representing the USA and International (non-European) players are unusual in that they use what scoring system?
11. In France, what would you buy in a fromagerie?
12. In which war was the napalm incendiary bomb first used?
13. As at May 2019, what officially defines a kilogram?
14. Which mountain range stretches from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west?
15. First published in 1764 under a pseudonym, which novel aimed "to blend the two kinds of romance:the ancient and the modern" and has been called the first of the gothic horror genre?
16. Who flew under the Queensboro, Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges along New York's East River on 21 October 1928?
17. In the industrial relations world, which of these could cause a "demarcation dispute" ?
18. Which European ruler reigned for the longest time?
19. The city of Venice is on which sea?
20. Which sovereign led Japan during World War II?