General Knowledge Quiz 858 (20 MCQs)

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1. The city of Cologne is situated on which river?
2. What was the name of the group formed in London in February 1944 to plan the invasion of Europe under General Dwight D Eisenhower?
3. The comic actor Josh Widdicombe co-created which 2019 comedy panel show?
4. The screenplay for which 2000 film, set against the UK miners' strike in County Durham in 1984 & 1985, was inspired in part by A. J. Cronin's novel "The Stars Look Down" ?
5. If you were on the Great Slave Lake where would you be?
6. Shah Jahan directed the construction of which from 1632 to 1648?
7. Which of these is a character in "David Copperfield" ?
8. What phrase indicates an instruction to hold mail until it is collected?
9. What do myrmecologists study?
10. What is the main commercial flatfish in Europe?
11. According to legend, who was the sweetheart of Robin Hood?
12. Which of these was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician who represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo?
13. She was as gentle as a lamb is an example of what?
14. Which of these is the name of the president of Egypt from 1956 to 1970?
15. Which country is the world's largest producer of rice?
16. Who won the gold medal for the 100m at the 1992 Olympics at 32 years of age and became the oldest Olympic 100 m champion by four years?
17. What was the winning team in the Formula One Championship 2011?
18. Who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, which he proposed in "Stenographic Soundhand" in 1837?
19. The music soundscape of three out of the four "Dirty Harry" films is associated with what Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor?
20. A 1987 film starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann, described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films", is what '' ..... and I" ?