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General Knowledge Quiz 922 (20 MCQs)

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1. The element cobalt gets its name from the German word for what?
2. Which American medical doctor, professor, and molecular biologist was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins (water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane)?
3. Who would use a "huehuetl" ?
4. What is a term for the flora and fauna at the bottom of a sea or lake?
5. In 938 CE, the Vietnamese lord Ngรด Quyแปn did what for his country?
6. When was the first Juneteenth marked in the US?
7. Inspector Morse of the TV series (1987-2000) of the same name was very reticent about his first name; the name eventually revealed then became the title of a prequel, but what was it?
8. Who won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest?
9. Which of these became an independent country in 1948?
10. Where was the Clivus Multrum patented in 1969?
11. The Corfu Incident in 1923 involved Greece and what other country?
12. What is the word for a mat placed under a glass or cup to protect a surface?
13. What was the former name of Iran?
14. Who is a central figure in Homer's "Iliad" ?
15. In what medium did Michelangelo create the Sistine chapel ceiling work for which he is known?
16. Which 1961 film, originally designed to star Marilyn Monroe, then Shirley MacLaine, then Kim Novak, eventually went on to be nominated for 5 Oscars (including Best Actress) and won two:Best Original Score and Best Original Song?
17. With which of these record labels was choral conductor, record producer, record-industry executive, and professional oboist Mitch Miller associated in the 1950s and 1960s?
18. Which author, two of whose works are "Sketches by Boz" and "Little Dorrit", spent some months as a boy with his father in Marshalsea debtors' prison in England?
19. Which medical tool has relied on mercury?
20. During her early television career, Australian actor, comedian, writer, singer, and producer Rebel Wilson graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts and what else?
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