General Knowledge Quiz 791 (20 MCQs)

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1. In snooker, what coloured ball scores 4 points?
2. What river, that passes through Turin, is the longest river in Italy?
3. What web series in the Star Wars franchise did Disney+ release, starting in 2019, starring Pedro Pascal with guesting roles from Werner Herzog, Nick Nolte and Taika Waititi?
4. What are tectonic plates?
5. Mrs Josephine Cochrane (1839-1913) in the USA is associated with which invention?
6. Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Despina and Don Alfonso are characters in which opera?
7. Which of these appeared in the 1965 film "Dr. Zhivago" ?
8. Which of these phrases describes part of a surgeon's preparation for performing an operation?
9. The "Maple Leaf Rag", an influential hit in the ragtime genre, was by whom?
10. What is the name given to the official residence provided for the Olympic athletes?
11. The Green March in 1975 was co-ordinated by what or whom?
12. The Guaraní are indigenous to Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and where else?
13. What name was given to the architectural style adopted in Britain from 1714 to 1820?
14. What do the South American cities of Asunción, Caracas, Paramaribo and Georgetown have in common?
15. Where was Eric "Butterbean" Esch's mixed martial arts bout with Mariusz Pudzianowski on 18 September 2010, where an incomplete rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner", with wrong and incomplete words, made news around the world?
16. Which Channel Island is divided by a causeway called the Coupee, and has one port, Croux?
17. Which of these might form part of a vegan dish?
18. Where was the first Padel World Championship in men's and women's singles held?
19. Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre in Azerbaijan, Riverside Museum in Glasgow, a series of fluid furniture, and a high fashion boot are among works by the Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid (1950-2016); which of these others are also her works?
20. What did the accord popularly known as the Good Friday Agreement, signed in April 1988 and ratified the next month, relate to?