General Knowledge Quiz 883 (20 MCQs)

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1. Looking at distances averaged over time, which is the planet closest to the Earth?
2. The song "Whatever Lola Wants" is from which musical?
3. What does Monarch Initiative focus on?
4. Which of these historical figures is most associated with the year 1605?
5. Where was Daniel arap Moi a leader?
6. What stands at the west end of the Champs Élysées?
7. What is a Saanen?
8. Which HBO Max sci-fi series set on the real planet Kepler-22b centres on artificial intelligence and religious belief?
9. What game is one of the inspirations for the video game, "The Witness" ?
10. African nations boycotted the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, as a protest against a recent tour of South Africa by a rugby team from which country?
11. Tableland, large flat elevated areas sitting above cliffs, is sometimes called what?
12. In 1921 Sir Arnold Lunn organised the first British national ski championship which included, as well as jumping and cross-country, a speed version of what other style?
13. Where are the Kasubi Tombs, also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, the burial grounds for four kings, which were badly damaged by fire on 16 March 2010?
14. Which of these animals is native to Africa?
15. The continent, or micro-continent, of Zealandia broke away from what land mass an estimated 83-79 million years ago?
16. Rapidly boiling a liquid to make it thicker and more concentrated is called what?
17. Which US President resigned on 9 August 1974?
18. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, who set a new record for the most wins by a female artist in one night, winning six?
19. How could the majority of the land in Laos be described?
20. What were reportedly the last words of Ned Kelly when he was hanged on 11 November 1880 at the Melbourne Gaol?