General Knowledge Quiz 82 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Four Quartets", a set of four poems ("Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages" and "Little Gidding") published between 1936 and 1942, were written by whom?
2. In legal terms, the prohibition of the transport, sale, use and production of intoxicating drink in the USA was ended in December 1933; when did the legal changes to the USA Constitution which established Prohibition happen?
3. As listed by World Athletics, the official world marathon record set in 1908 (at 24 mile distance) was 2:55:18; in 2023 (at 26.219 miles (42.195 km)) it is what?
4. Which golfer was named as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1996?
5. The discovery of what possible Earth-like planet with the greatest potential for harbouring life found at that time, was announced in late September 2010?
6. Its capital city is Chișinău, and it is surrounded by the Ukraine and Romania; which country is it?
7. Goidelic is one type of the Celtic language. What is the other?
8. On 25 June 1991, Slovenia and Croatia became the first republics to declare independence from which country?
9. Which Italian writer, university professor, medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, and political and social commentator includes among his novels "The Prague Cemetery" and "Numero Zero" ?
10. Who painted the famous painting known as "The Blue Boy" ?
11. In 2008, who was nicknamed "The King of Clay" ?
12. In the UK, the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 and three other documents listed here are considered to be some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution. Which is NOT one of them?
13. Which of these is an alloy?
14. Which US TV show's theme song, by Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, performed by Portnoy, contained the line "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" ?
15. What is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases?
16. Why was Los Angeles selected as the host of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games by the IOC session at Athens, Greece, without a vote?
17. Cayenne, after which the spicy condiment is named, is a city in which country?
18. In what would a finesse be used?
19. What is a nematode?
20. Who wrote the song "I Get a Kick Out of You" ?