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General Knowledge Quiz 891 (20 MCQs)

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1. What annual event, held on a Monday for children and their parents, that was started in 1814 by First Lady Dolley Madison in the grounds of the Capitol, Washington DC, USA, is now held on the White House lawn?
2. In 2014 where is artist Ai Weiwei based?
3. Which of these countries has the most time zones?
4. What colour or colours do the Vatican's Swiss Guards wear as the modern regular duty service dress uniform?
5. In which country, in June 2010, were there clashes between the two main ethnic groups, the Uzbeks and Kyrgyz, a state of emergency declared and troops deployed, inciting fears that the country could be heading towards a civil war?
6. He is credited with multiple advances in science, technology, engineering, anatomy, and the art of painting; who was he?
7. The film of Frank Herbert's "Dune" (1965) eventually released in 1984 was directed by whom?
8. How many decades are there in a millennium?
9. Full independence was granted by the UK to New Zealand by what?
10. In police-speak what is the "P" in the expression "POI" likely to stand for?
11. As well as being a spy, for which brief career she was both celebrated and then executed, in what other profession did Mata Hari engage?
12. Which of these is a song from the musical Oliver!?
13. What is the name of the desert basin in the Libyan Desert which, at 133 m below sea level, contains the second lowest point in Africa?
14. When they had hits with "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name", Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett were known as what?
15. Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Qatar, China, Azerbaijan and India are what?
16. Martin Esslin coined what term for particular plays written in the 1940 to 1960s, and to the style of theatre which has evolved from their work by, for example, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Fernando Arrabal, and Edward Albee?
17. Why did Canadian George Lyon refuse to accept his gold medal for golf at the 1908 Olympics?
18. During the 2006 FIFA World Cup fans at one of the games were displaying a logo of a beer which differed from the official sponsors of the Cup, which led to what?
19. Who sings the theme song to the UK TV series "One Foot in the Grave" ?
20. Which of these US states does not have an Atlantic coastline?
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