General Knowledge Quiz 870 (20 MCQs)

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1. In which country is the city of Kandahar?
2. What was the subject of the British TV programme "The South Bank Show" ?
3. A major fire in February and March 2015 threatened which Argentinian National Park in the Patagonia region, home to larch trees dating back more than 1, 000 years?
4. Despite being no longer generally considered a true planet Pluto has its own moons; which of these is not one of them?
5. What changed its name as a result of the Treaty of Maastricht signed in 1992?
6. Which automobile design has a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind by a single, top-hinged tailgate or large flip-up window, commonly with two rows of seats, with the rear seat able to fold down to increase cargo space?
7. Where the Brazilian state of Paraná borders Argentina, the area includes what National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986?
8. The weekly television programme "Hour of Power", first broadcast in 1970, is concerned with what?
9. Which of these scientists has been quoted as saying "God does not play dice" ?
10. Where is Singapore?
11. The game of Sudoku involves filling in squares with what numbers?
12. The singspiel "The Philosopher's Stone, or the Enchanted Isle" (1790) was composed jointly by Johann Baptist Henneberg, Benedikt Schack, Franz Xaver Gerl, and who else?
13. Midway between very steep rapids and a low waterfall, the largest by volume of annual flow rate in the world, these falls are where?
14. Which ocean is closest to the capital of the USA?
15. Which of these is the approximate temperature of the sun's surface in degrees Fahrenheit?
16. What is the name of the golf league set up in 2022 by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, rival to the western-backed PGA Tour?
17. San Antonio is the main port in which country?
18. When did the Japanese Emperor move his capital to Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto)?
19. In which 20th century conflict did the "Tet offensive" take place?
20. The Pilton Festival that started in 1970 and is held annually is now called what?