General Knowledge Quiz 895 (20 MCQs)

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1. In the acronym FMT applied to medical treatment, what does the "M" stand for?
2. Where is the Kruger National Park?
3. What sport uses the term "break point" ?
4. What role did John Flamsteed (1646-1719) fill in Great Britain?
5. What name is given to a class of functional mental disorders involving distress where behaviour is not outside socially acceptable norms?
6. In geometry, there is a name for convex polyhedrons that are regular, of which there are 5 types. Generically, what kind of solid are they called?
7. Under what name(s) did Britain's military air forces fly in World War I?
8. The American version of the TV series "The Office" is set in what city?
9. Toby Haynes who directed the acerbic British television drama "Brexit:the Uncivil War" in 2019, was also the director for which alternative television drama series?
10. The record for which sport was 15.54 metres in 1909 and 21.89 metres at the 2012 Olympics?
11. An election for which body, held on 29 May 2010 ended with a majority for the Best Party, whose manifesto included plans for a polar bear for the city's zoo, a local Disneyland, palm trees on the waterfront and free towels at swimming pools?
12. What was the married name of actor, playwright, novelist, and screenplay writer Mary Hayley Bell?
13. The Sargasso Sea, where ocean water is distinctive for its deep blue colour and exceptional clarity with underwater visibility of up to 200 feet, is in which ocean?
14. A study at the University of Portsmouth, England, by astrophysicist Dr Or Graur traces a relationship in human thought between the Milky Way and what?
15. When was the first institution of higher learning established in the USA?
16. Which cocktail has scotch whisky and vermouth as a base?
17. What French military unit was established in 1831 to enable people from other countries to serve in the French Armed Forces, commanded by French officers?
18. The groundhog that famously appears at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on 2 February annually is said to be able to predict what?
19. In which of these cities are June to August not summer months?
20. In 1953 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in the USA for spying for which country?