General Knowledge Quiz 902 (20 MCQs)

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1. The eco-region known as the Gissaro-Alai open woodlands covers western foothills in Tajikistan, parts of Uzbekistan and where else?
2. According to the Bible, who is the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth?
3. Of the many western series popular in the US in the 1960s and 70s, which one was renamed "The Men from Shiloh" in its final year on network TV?
4. When the UK and France joined the Crimean War in 1854 who was their opponent?
5. Which was the case for the major boxing matches at New York's Madison Square Garden on 30 April 2022 and at Glasgow's Hydro on 13 May 2022?
6. Whose record album, produced by Phil Spector, was released while he is in jail serving a 19 year sentence for murder?
7. Who wrote the 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow" ?
8. What is the name of the longest stretch of river in Poland?
9. An organisation formed in 1890 to promote cooperation across the countries of Latin America and the U.S was established under what name?
10. In the 1979 film "Alien" which of these actors plays a character that has an alien burst out of his body?
11. What nationality is the female lead in the role of the Jane Doe in US TV series "Blindspot" (2015)?
12. Which is the guillotine most popularly associated with?
13. Which of these religions is not founded on the teachings of a single person?
14. What winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting was called "military patrol" when it was contested at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924, and demonstrated in 1928, 1936, and 1948?
15. Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia and what other country are on the Horn of Africa?
16. What is someone waving in a well-known music hall song, "The boy I love is ..... a'wavin' of his ..... "?
17. The Great Falls of the Potomac River are located upstream (to the northwest) of which US city?
18. Which of these is an architect for supertall buildings, such as 10 Fleet Place, Ludgate, London (1992), AT & T Corporate Center, Chicago (1989), Jubilee Park Pavilion, London (2004) and the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago (2009)?
19. Who, in 2005 at the age of 24, a year after leaving university, joined her father's billion dollar global conglomerate Organisation (mainly in real estate) as Executive Vice-President of Development & Acquisitions?
20. In 2013 a new gene-editing system was discovered which offered an alternative to protein-based targeting. What was it called?