General Knowledge Quiz 903 (20 MCQs)

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1. What strait is between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaidล?
2. Which of these was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American west, who was most active from the 1920s to 1950s?
3. What is the main unit of currency in Turkey?
4. In which game are the clues mimed?
5. Which of these lands are thought to have originated in the prehistoric supercontinent of Gondwana?
6. In Commonwealth countries sugar soap, used for cleaning greasy or tarry deposits from surfaces, contains what chemical(s)?
7. Which of these is a country in northern South America?
8. Ben Hollioake who with his brother Adam made his England Test debut in the 1997 One Day International (ODI), made two test appearances and earned 20 ODI caps before he died in 2002 at the age of 24 in Australia. How did he die?
9. In which city is the Imperial Spanish Riding School?
10. Who, aged 54, married 18 year old Oona O'Neill, the daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill, in June 1943?
11. What is the Louisiana Creole cuisine spice, gumbo filรฉ, made from?
12. Which were the first Summer Olympic Games in which more than 100 nations participated?
13. BAFTA winning film "The Theory of Everything" is adapted from which book?
14. What is a medical term referring to the presence of pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, leading to blood poisoning?
15. What is the capital of the province of Quebec, Canada?
16. Who was the composer behind the 2023 musical "The Little Big Things" ?
17. Emma Watson starred in what 2012 film, the year after the Harry Potter series and her role as Hermione Granger finished?
18. After his defeat at Waterloo, to where was Napoleon exiled?
19. Which British fashion designer spent his working life from 1934 to 1979 at 26 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, and designed for the Royal family, notably the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth in 1947 for her marriage to Prince Philip, the 1953 Coronation Dress of Queen Elizabeth II and those of all the major royal ladies, including the wedding dress of HRH Princess Margaret in 1960?
20. The Tower of Babel is mentioned in which book of the Bible?