General Knowledge Quiz 793 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who won the World Darts Championship 13 times between 1995 and 2010 inclusive?
2. Irving Berlin's 1911 hit, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", was a narrative sequel to what composition?
3. The arching several-tiered Ban Gioc Waterfalls sit on the border between which two countries?
4. Haemophilia is caused by a problem with what?
5. Which were the countries which were co-equal in number of gold medals won at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea?
6. What Olympic anthem was played at the opening ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics as well as the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics?
7. Which of these would most expect to use a Fourier analysis?
8. In which British sitcom does recently-widowed Audrey fforbes-Hamilton have to sell her manor house, which is bought by Richard DeVere, a nouveau riche millionaire supermarket owner?
9. The word "fornication" is derived from the Latin word "fornix" meaning, among other things, what?
10. Which river runs through the cities of Shanghai, Chongqing, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Nantong?
11. Finocchio is a type of what salad vegetable?
12. For what reason were Senegal and the Ivory Coast unique among African nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal?
13. Who was the cause of a political scandal after being allowed to stay in the USA in May 2010, despite a 2004 deportation order?
14. Between 1250 CE and 1500 CE a series of massive human-shaped carved monoliths were created and set up on what island?
15. What is a regatta?
16. Which of these is classed as a keyboard instrument?
17. In 2010, what North American horse broke the All-time North American female earnings record with over $ 6 million, broke two world records for Grade/Group I (for consecutive victories and the All-time North American record number of victories by a filly/mare), and tied the All-time North American record for the number of consecutive victories without defeat?
18. Once widely bred in south-east Asia for blood sport but now often kept instead domestically or as pets, what escaped in large numbers into the wild in Australia and was identified as a possible severe threat to natives?
19. How did the indebted East India Company gain the large amounts of money needed to buy tea from China, hugely popular in Britain in the 19th century?
20. Damascus is the capital of which country?