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General Knowledge Quiz 887 (20 MCQs)

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1. Every year since 1947 which two countries have commemorated the support given by one of them to the other during Word War II, by the gift of a Christmas tree?
2. Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised since the 19th century?
3. What word was coined in the 20th century for persistent mishearing and/or misunderstanding of a commonly known group of words?
4. Where would you find the machair?
5. Since 1951, what is the maximum number of full consecutive terms to be filled by one US president?
6. Which of these can be a synonym for the Spanish American or southwestern US term "llano" ?
7. Tennis player Lleyton Hewitt married which actress?
8. The systems known as Gonin Gumi, in the Edo period in Japan, and Frankpledge, in mediaeval England, shared what?
9. Artist David Hockney was born in what country?
10. In 1947, Chuck Yeager was the first to do what in an aeroplane?
11. How is present "sea level", the base level for measuring elevation and depth, determined?
12. What author introduced the character of Oskar Matzerath with a piercing shriek?
13. Ade Adepitan, who reports and presents for the BBC, was part of a team which was successful in 2005 how?
14. Which author disappeared on a walk along the River Ouse near Monk's House, Rodmell, Sussex, England, in March 1941, leaving letters for her husband Leonard and her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell?
15. Where are the ancient hill fortifications called Masada?
16. In 1960, who co-founded Motor Racing Developments Ltd., a British racing car manufacturer and Formula One racing team, with designer Ron Tauranac?
17. Which epic poem follows a group of fighters and their adventures, individually and together, on a road trip towards home, together with its effect on the family of the leader?
18. Who became president of Afghanistan in December 2004?
19. In 2012 and again in 2015 the term Grexit became current. What country does it refer to?
20. What is a High German language of Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world, and conventionally written in the Hebrew alphabet?
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