General Knowledge Quiz 904 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which 2014 play by American playwright and journalist Katori Hall deals with the ecstatic visions of Rwandan schoolgirls in 1981?
2. Which British athlete won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics in the T44 men's 100 metres?
3. In January 2006, what space probe was sent to investigate Pluto?
4. What qualifies as a "specialty vehicle" in a Put Foot Rally?
5. What is the largest city in the province of Ontario, Canada?
6. Which French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter and musical theatre composer, is best known for his collaborations with the lyricist Alain Boublil for the musicals "La Révolution Française", "Les Misérables", "Miss Saigon", "Martin Guerre", "The Pirate Queen" and "Marguerite" ?
7. The saying "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it" appears in one form or another in many places, including being mistakenly attributed to which US author?
8. If you do not have an instrument to measure angles, what are the most useful tools with which to draw a right angle?
9. Musician, DJ, producer, curator, activist, D.J. Rekha (or Rekha Malhotra) pioneered what dance form in North America?
10. Who wrote "In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking" ?
11. The author of "The Bottle Imp", a short story written for people of his adopted home, Samoa, took the name Tusitala. What does the name mean?
12. At which university on 4 May 1970 were 4 students killed and 9 wounded when an Army National Guard unit fired at students during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
13. Who premièred the role of Evita in the original studio recording of the musical?
14. A horse who completes a 12 furlong race has run how far?
15. In the musical "The Wiz" (1975), who is Addaperle?
16. A team from which of these countries competed in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1952 at Helsinki?
17. What is the term for someone a young woman will keep on good terms with so she will be bought presents?
18. In the UK TV series "Foyle's War" (2002-2015), what was Foyle's profession or occupation?
19. What is the first move in playing the game Catan?
20. Entomology is the study of what?