General Knowledge Quiz 862 (20 MCQs)

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1. In May 2009, publicist Raymone Bain announced that she was suing who for US$ 44 million for five years' work?
2. How many pins are there to a firkin?
3. The IWC, an international body established in 1946, is concerned with what activity?
4. Who was the only Chinese track and field athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta in 1996 (for the 5, 000m)?
5. "Superbad. Superdad." was the tagline for which 2010 film?
6. What was the name of the series of military campaigns between 1095 and 1291 sanctioned by the Roman Cathoilic Church and waged by much of Latin Christian Europe to seize Christian control of the Holy Land?
7. What did the ancient now-ruined Canal of the Pharaohs connect?
8. What is the alternative name for Pluto, the Greek God of the underworld, that has come to mean Hell?
9. Where is the International Handball Federation (IHF) headquartered?
10. What computer operating system that can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware (including mobile phones, smartphones, wristwatches, mainframes & supercomputers) is an example of free and open source software collaboration?
11. Where is the island of Tristan da Cunha?
12. What is the number of points required to win a game of Canasta?
13. Which of these are not allowed to be worn in Olympic boxing?
14. Which of these is not a fabric?
15. Which of these is a rodent?
16. Which of these is a song from the musical "42nd Street" ?
17. In an operation headed by Ali Hassan al-Majid (a cousin of then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein), Iraq used the deadly nerve gas Sarin against what minority in 1987 and 1988?
18. What type of bow is used in Olympics archery events?
19. Which film ended with the two main characters driving a car off a cliff?
20. Elephants (maximum weight around 6, 000 kg) have a gestation period of around 95 weeks; what is the gestation of the blue whale (maximum recorded weight around 173, 000 kg)?