General Knowledge Quiz 896 (20 MCQs)

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1. After twelve men met in his bedroom in 1844, what was founded by Sir George Williams?
2. The Ländler is a traditional dance from where?
3. Actress Nicole Kidman married which country singer in 2006?
4. What is the Chinese name for the Yellow River?
5. Which Russian-born ballet choreographer co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948?
6. Idris el Senussi, Emir or Cyrenu, was made the first king of what "United Kingdom" on 24 December 1951?
7. Which song, published in 1915 by Francis, Day & Hunter, and popularised by Marie Lloyd, became one of the best-known of its era?
8. There have been many peace walls built in Northern Ireland, some 60 of which remain in the 2020s; when were most of them built?
9. The Grand Canyon is in which US state?
10. In books by A A Milne, which of the main characters was usually depressed?
11. What is the result of the calculation (a + b)(a-b), if a=7 and b = 7?
12. What is a term for an event where a body of water contained in a glacier overflows its bounds?
13. A deficiency of iodine in the human body is likely to cause what?
14. What was the first name of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes's assistant?
15. On 2 February 2015 who became the youngest person to be ranked No 1 in professional golf?
16. "Trigger" was the name of the horse belonging to which film cowboy?
17. In 1982 which group had a hit with music designed as the theme to a Yorkshire Television production depicting The Troubles in Northern Ireland?
18. The annual Roskilde Festival, first held in 1971, takes place in what country?
19. Which 2018 American murder-mystery novel entwines two storylines, one from the marsh, one from the swamp?
20. Vert skating, included in X Games, uses what equipment?