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General Knowledge Quiz 829 (20 MCQs)

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1. Sean Connery won his only Academy Award (for Best Supporting Actor) in what 1987 film?
2. New Zealand celebrates Matariki, Maori New Year in late May or early June, marking the rising in the southern hemisphere of the seven stars of what?
3. When Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman sailed from Batavia in the Heemskerck and the Zeehaen in 1642 which of these was one of the countries (new to Europeans) he sighted and very briefly explored?
4. The Mekong River rises in the Tibetan plateau and runs through or between six countries-China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and which other?
5. Where in South America is the torrent duck a resident breed?
6. Which of these instruments belongs to the percussion family?
7. Which Prince appears in the title of an opera by Borodin?
8. Which of these would not be acceptable to a vegetarian in their diet?
9. In the US election held on 7 November 2000, court cases over the results from which state delayed the announcement of results for over a month?
10. What is the overall term for the gases which surround a planet?
11. Which ancient strategy board game is associated with Madagascar?
12. In 1964, who became the first male to appear on the cover of "Playboy" magazine?
13. "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives", which won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, was made where?
14. The geographic region of Patagonia, so called because Magellan described the native people whom his expedition thought to be giants as "patagón", is where?
15. Which is the plant, a member of the Amaranth family, native to the Andes in South America, the seeds of which are a staple food crop in parts of South America and are now grown around the world?
16. What name is given to the product of mass and velocity?
17. How many spokes are there in a Trivial Pursuit wheel?
18. George Fox, a shoemaker born at Penny Drayton Leicestershire, founded which religious group in the 17th century?
19. What is one of the characteristics of the epipelagic zone of an ocean?
20. What is a more formal name for ear wax?
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