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General Knowledge Quiz 90 (20 MCQs)

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1. What was the name of the collection of Aubrey Beardsley's work published by Leonard Smithers in 1897?
2. Which of these is a song from the film musical Mary Poppins?
3. Which of these is a type of rice usually used to make risotto?
4. Who won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize?
5. Leonid Kravchuk, Leonid Kuchma, Viktor Yanukovych, Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Tymoshenko were political figures in which country?
6. Who was the bass guitarist who wrote the hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust", and "I Want to Break Free" ?
7. A map of the then known world in the 3rd century BCE, by Eratosthenes from Libya, includes Libya, Egypt and part of Europe, together with land as far east as India and Sri-Lanka (Ceylon) and as far west and north as what?
8. Which English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist is also a medical doctor?
9. Which British sculptor and artist of the 20th century, whose work was said to "exemplify Modernism" , was made a Dame in 1965 and died aged 72 in a fire in her studio at St Ives, Cornwall, in 1975?
10. Who assassinated Martin Luther King?
11. At the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, which Cuban was the second person in Olympic history to win three gold medals in Heavyweight boxing?
12. The counties of Alameda, El Dorado, Fresno, Marin, Mariposa, Nevada, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Sonoma and Ventura are in what state of the USA?
13. In classical music, what is the deepest female singing voice?
14. Johnny Weissmuller, the star of 12 "Tarzan" films between 1932 and 1948, won 5 Olympic gold medals in the 1920s in what sport?
15. What military conflict preceded the establishment of the military Kamakura shogunate that dominated Japan for 150 years, and the beginning of the dominance of the samurai over imperial rule in Japan for 650 years?
16. Comic actor Leslie Nielsen made huge sales with instructional videos for what activity?
17. Which of these venues is only open to women competitors in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, held in Hawai?
18. Which of these is a team sport played with sticks, where a ball called a sliotar is hit between the opponents' goalposts, either over the crossbar for 1 point, or under the crossbar past a goalkeeper into a net for 3 points?
19. Which of these was a leading figure in the Spanish Inquisition?
20. A brutal lightweight unification fight in 2005 (of the WBO and WBC titles), was won by Diego Corrales with a TKO in the tenth round, after what?
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