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General Knowledge Quiz 889 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the Halifax gibbet, used from at least the 13th to the 17th century in the town of Halifax in Yorkshire, England?
2. In which of these films did Clint Eastwood not play a character called Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan?
3. What caused the cancellation or postponement of multiple sporting events in 2020?
4. Which American author wrote "The Call Of The Wild", "White Fang", "The Sea Wolf" and "The Game" ?
5. In what field is Dr Anatoly Karpov best known internationally?
6. What was the favourite horse of Alexander the Great?
7. Which of these is a city on the Bosphorus that is considered to be part of both Asia and Europe?
8. What is the name of the area immediately surrounding a golf hole?
9. In music, what is the name given to 1/16th of the whole note or semibreve?
10. The borders of which European country that were set under the reign of Afonso III (1248 to 1279) are the same today?
11. Leighton Rees was the first world professional champion in what sport, in 1978?
12. In the original series which ran for over 15 years, from September 1998 to February 2014, how many contestants in the UK version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" won £1, 000, 000?
13. The Gregorian calendar was named after what public figure at the time?
14. What is frass?
15. In Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France, the famous French battleground of Alesia is remembered. The battle was 52 BCE and was the last great battle between Julius Caesar of Rome and whom?
16. What best describes the asteroid Cruithne's orbit around Earth?
17. Where is the world's largest underground natural chamber?
18. The Mohs scale measures what?
19. Until September 2004, how many members were there in the French upper house, the Senate?
20. What was the name of the river, 200 Roman miles (256 km) north of Rome, where returning generals disbanded their armies when returning from campaigns to keep order in or expand the Roman Empire?
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