General Knowledge Quiz 802 (20 MCQs)

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1. What area became a country and independent from Australia in 1975?
2. With what art form is Isadora Duncan associated?
3. What name is given to the list of all the accounts contained in the ledger of a business and their values, from which most financial reports are produced?
4. A honey badger, or ratel, despite its name and black and white appearance is not anatomically as closely related to a badger as to which animal?
5. Which country was the first to win the Rugby World Cup other than its founders, New Zealand and Australia?
6. In the history of the Academy Awards, why do Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn stand out?
7. What does the word "Kendo", a modern Japanese martial art, mean?
8. From 1089 to 1125, David who became later known as "The Builder" or "The Restorer" was king of what territory?
9. Who was the guitarist for David Bowie's recording and performing band from 1970 to 1974?
10. What complex, once the residence of the Muslim rulers of Granada that became a Christian palace, was "rediscovered" in the 19th century and now exhibits Islamic architecture, together with Christian 16th century buildings and gardens?
11. What does a linguist study?
12. Where are the mountain ranges which are crossed by the Unai Pass, the Kaoshan Pass and the Salang Pass?
13. What is the popular name for the strip of land in France, Monaco and Italy that includes the cities of Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Antibes, Rapallo and Bordighera?
14. Which of these is a common bird which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe?
15. What is the gestation period of the African elephant?
16. Who entitled his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" ?
17. In 1903 American showman and aviation pioneer Samuel Cowdery (or Cody) did what?
18. The song "Sit down, you're rockin' the boat" is from which musical?
19. Which of these is not a Swedish tennis player who has held the world number 1 men's ranking?
20. Where are the annual wife-carrying World Championships held?