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General Knowledge Quiz 861 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which country ended the USA's 132 year hold on the America's Cup?
2. Miners trapped underground in Chile in August 2010 received help and advice from which of these organisations?
3. What describes a variable signal that is continuous in time and amplitude, that can be seen as the opposite of "digital" ?
4. What is an alcoholic apéritif, a type of bitters, obtained from the infusion of bitter herbs, aromatic plants and fruit in alcohol and water?
5. What 3-D puzzle was invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture?
6. What mythical creature is a symbol of Wales?
7. Which of these, an actor and a vaudeville, jazz and blues singer, was the first African-American artist to make a commercial vocal blues recording?
8. What are the young of a frog called?
9. What is the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a calendar year?
10. The Kiel Canal links which 2 seas?
11. What name is given to poetry written in lines of 12 syllables in 6 metrical feet?
12. In which Shakespeare play does the character Autolycus appear?
13. The composer of the music for "Blue Eyes", "Three Sisters" and "The Cat and the Fiddle" also composed the music for which of these other musicals?
14. Whose career was re-ignited with the release of his album "American Recordings", which included songs written by Tom Waits, Nick Lowe and Leonard Cohen, when it won the 1994 Contemporary Folk Album Grammy Award?
15. In the 1994 Winter Olympics what ancient tradition was revived and, for the first time in the modern Games, formally put in place?
16. What is the Abilene paradox?
17. What organisation was founded in London in July 1961 by English labour lawyer Peter Benenson?
18. What film did Vittorio de Sica direct in 1946 about two innocent boys in Rome who commit a crime to buy a horse?
19. What did Elvis Presley tell people not to step on in 1956?
20. In a 1989 American drama film, the semi-autobiographical script and the screenplay for which was written by Thomas Schulmann and inspired by a teacher of his and by his experiences at school, what are the people referred to in its title?
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