General Knowledge Quiz 782 (20 MCQs)

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1. Theoretically, what is the minimum number of shots with which a tennis player can win a set?
2. Americans call it a hood. What do the British call it?
3. Which of these is a word for loss of memory as a result of, for example, concussion or psychological disorder?
4. In 1459, the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, 2 miles east of Market Drayton in Shropshire, was the first major battle of which campaign?
5. The Malagasy people form the main ethnic group of which country?
6. Which of these, a prominent American realist painter and printmaker, was known for reflecting his personal vision of modern American life?
7. What sport was Thierry Sabine, who founded the Paris-Dakar Rally in 1977, most involved with at the time?
8. What is the English translation of the title of Mozart's opera "Die Zauberflöte" ?
9. Portugal has been invaded and fought over since prehistoric times; however it fought and negotiated its way to independence in 1143, from what kingdom?
10. Where is the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro designed by Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli, and built in 1589?
11. In the popular telling of the tale, who or what is Snow White?
12. The national flag of which of these does not have a building on it?
13. By what name were Judith Keppel, Chris Hughes, Kevin Ashman, Daphne Fowler and CJ de Mooi known in a long-running British TV series?
14. Which of these Olympics races is the longest?
15. After Prime Minister Bishop had been executed by his Deputy, Bernard Coard, US President Reagan, publicly concerned for the security of 800 US students at St. George's School of Medicine, ordered the invasion of which British Commonwealth country?
16. Which of these countries shares a border with France?
17. What is the present name of the city founded in 1781 by Spanish settlers as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles?
18. What happened when James Manclark, one of the founders of the game of elephant polo, was asked to leave the Scotland team for the 2006 World Elephant Polo Championship because he was considered too old?
19. What is the name for the hair that surrounds a lion's neck?
20. Against which team did the new French national rugby team play its first official international test match in 1906?