General Knowledge Quiz 869 (20 MCQs)

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1. In what context would fougades be used?
2. What is the surname of the father and son actors Kirk and Michael?
3. Under a hire purchase agreement, whereby an item is purchased in installments, when do the goods in question become the property of the purchaser?
4. If Guy Berryman and Will Champion are the rhythm section, what is the band?
5. At the 1956 Olympic Games, an extremely violent semi-final match in what sport was played between Hungary and Russia?
6. Which sportsman appeared in the James Bond film "Octopussy" with Roger Moore?
7. The Anglo-Irish William Joyce (1906-1946), born in America and politically active in Ireland and England, was better known for his last five or six years as who or what?
8. Approximately when were the present-day universities of Al-Azhar in Egypt, al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco, Ez-Zitouna in Tunisia, and Hunan in China first established as recognised places of higher learning?
9. What is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time?
10. What word best describes a triangle where one angle is equal to 90 degrees?
11. The Priestley medal is awarded for excellence in what field?
12. Martha's Vineyard was home to one of the earliest known US communities of what kind?
13. Which of these is a woodwind instrument?
14. Which English golf player was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1997?
15. What does MUD stand for in contract bridge?
16. Zambia is neighbour to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia, and which other country?
17. What did the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 signify in British history?
18. Which of these is often written in a time signature similar to a waltz?
19. Which of these is food for a dragonfly?
20. In which 1994 Walt Disney animated film did the phrase "Hakuna matata" become famous?