General Knowledge Quiz 931 (20 MCQs)

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1. What does the US institute, NARAS founded in 1957, hand out annually?
2. A famous, now infamous, Australian entertainer known for rapid paintings is who?
3. The Iguazu Falls are on the border of which two countries?
4. Which Austrian, the brother of Franz Joseph, was crowned Emperor of Mexico in 1864, and shot in 1867?
5. Which is a watered-looking textile finish, usually on a fabric with defined ribs including grosgrain, taffeta, some silk, wool, cotton and rayon?
6. Which of these is a port in Norway?
7. Where is the only wild population of the Saimaa ringed seal?
8. Ulfberht was a mediaeval luxury what?
9. What is historiography?
10. Who was the first person from the USA to win the Nobel Prize for literature?
11. At the end of 2016 the Bayern Munich and Real Madrid football teams used kits with what unusual quality?
12. In fairy tales, black cats are associated with what people?
13. The 2003 film "What A Girl Wants", with Amanda Bynes as the illegitimate daughter of a British politician played by Colin Firth, was a remake of which 1958 film starring Rex Harrison and Sandra Dee?
14. What does Thomas, chief minister for King Henry VIII of England 1532-1540 and powerful advocate for the religious Reformation, have in common with Oliver, leader of the government which in its early days beheaded King Charles I of England?
15. Who was Oliver's mentor, appointed by Fagin?
16. Which of these is not a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?
17. Which of these actresses was born in Australia?
18. In 2004, who released his long awaited album, "Smile" ?
19. In France, which of these establishments specialises in selling bread?
20. Which word can serve as a prefix or a suffix, or on its own as an adjective, to mean chief or leader?