General Knowledge Quiz 790 (20 MCQs)

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1. The Sphinx is in which country?
2. Martini & Rossi is a brand of what drink?
3. What distinguished the ship known as a clipper?
4. What was the subject of "The Knowledge" (1979), a film written by Jack Rosenthal for UK TV?
5. At the death of the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who was the heir to the British throne?
6. The film actor Maurice Micklewhite is better known by what name?
7. What is the name of the hand signalling system used by bookmakers to convey horses' odds?
8. Dancer and actress Josie Marcus was the third wife of whom?
9. Which beef cut is the Argentine delicacy known as chinchulin, or chunchullo?
10. What is the media nickname of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was said to be the inspiration for Nicolas Cage's character in the 2005 film "Lord of War" ?
11. Who is a Greek god of gambling?
12. The medical specialty called obstetrics is to do with what?
13. What is the name for the 225 million years that it takes the sun to go around the galaxy?
14. What type of play did William Shakespeare never write?
15. What is a common name for flying insects known for their extremely short life spans-one day in the adult winged stage-and emergence in large numbers in the summer months?
16. Which of these could be needed to groom a horse?
17. What 3-wheeled microcar manufactured in 1962 and 1965 on the Isle of Man retailed for £199, and holds the record for the smallest-ever automobile to go into production?
18. How many states of the USA begin with the letter "M" ?
19. Which is not one of the quarter days in Scotland, and (until the 18th century) northern England?
20. In sport, what is the next country in the sequence China, Sweden, USA, USA, China, Germany, Canada ..... ?