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General Knowledge Quiz 845 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a word for a romantic meeting?
2. As a first step to manufacturing steel, iron is extracted from ore by removing oxygen and combining it with what element?
3. Who changed his name to Engelbert Humperdinck in 1965 and in 1967 had a top ten hit on both sides of the Atlantic with "Release Me" ?
4. Which harbour, a US naval base, was attacked by Japanese aeroplanes on 7 December 1941?
5. One couple won the World Figure Skating Championships for Ice Dancing for four successive years 1981-1984. Who were they?
6. What does "VCR" stand for?
7. Which of these is a French company founded in 1948 by Émile Camuset that produces sports equipment such as shoes, shorts, and T-shirts?
8. In the USA there is a national holiday annually on the third Monday in January, in honour of whom?
9. Miso soup originated in which country?
10. What was the name of the last Ptolemaic Pharaoh of Egypt?
11. What characterises a Garibaldi biscuit?
12. What is a plisson, a speciality of Poitou in France?
13. What is the name for the infection of living tissues such as skin, lung or bowel by bacteria?
14. Who was made an honorary citizen of Haslach, Austria, in 1938, an honour withdrawn in 2004?
15. Which film was notable for the legal battle that ensued when first Madonna then Kim Basinger backed out of the title role, and for winning a "Worst Director" award for David Lynch at the Golden Raspberry Awards?
16. Which of these is the name of a belt worn by police and military personnel?
17. When was the legislation passed in France which specifically barred Latin and established clearly written French as the only language to be used in legal and official documents?
18. Which one of these co-wrote with David Bowie, to a guitar riff written by Carlos Alomar, the song "Fame", which was released by Bowie in 1975 on his "Young Americans" album?
19. Which of these is a traditional English word for someone who makes shoes?
20. The group of 48 of the United States that are between Canada and Mexico is referred to as the continental or ..... what ..... United States?
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