General Knowledge Quiz 885 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which mystic symbol among Buddhists was adopted in its clockwise form by the Nazi party in Germany?
2. The family of games in which a ball is propelled into a table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest, is called what?
3. The asteroid 16 Psyche which orbits the sun between Mars and Jupiter is ..... (what)?
4. British novelist, playwright and poet Deborah Levy has received several honours for her work, including recognition in the Man Booker Prize awards; how many of her books were listed for a Man Booker Prize?
5. Which planet has 5 rings that are named for the astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, William Lassell, FranΓ§ois Arago and John Couch Adams?
6. What name is given to the age at the end of which the extinction event happened which saw the end of the dinosaur?
7. From which musical does the song "Maria" come?
8. Which of these is a popular theory for the reason for the existence of Stonehenge?
9. The narrator of which poem has to wear an albatross around his neck?
10. What numbers are on the two yellow pool balls?
11. Which country's air forces owned the two planes that fatally crashed in April and May 2009?
12. Who married film star Grace Kelly in April 1956?
13. Where is El Nino, a warm current that affects the world's weather?
14. When was the flight of the first Orbital Class Rocket, parts of which are capable of reflight?
15. A nobleman who spent at least 32 years in asylums and prison (10 in the Bastille), the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) was famous for a life preoccupation which led to famous (hopefully) fictional writings, of which kind?
16. What is the main material out of which a pool cue is usually made?
17. What game is played by usually 2 persons on a table 12' by 6' 1 1/2" and 6 pockets using 3 balls?
18. Which of these Italian places is on the coast?
19. Which film, using characters called Jason, Plato and Judy, dealt with the problems of urban, high school age children of well to do middle class parents?
20. Who was the wife of Richard I of England (the Lionheart)?