General Knowledge Quiz 932 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of these is a type of cotton fabric?
2. Which of these is closest to London?
3. Which pantomime is about a boy who discovers a magic lamp?
4. In which series are FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) the investigators of cases involving paranormal phenomena?
5. Which Olympic gold medallist rowed across the Atlantic with UK TV presenter Ben Fogle?
6. Cerro Aconcagua in the Andes, the highest mountain in the Americas and the highest mountain outside Asia, is 112 km (70 miles) from which closest city?
7. Small coloured dots on a squash ball indicate its "bounciness" . Which colour, introduced in 2000, is the international competition standard?
8. Which of these words is not a conjunction?
9. He is an American artist whose work is characterised by astonishing geometrics and distortions, and brilliant deep vivid colours. What is his name?
10. Gynophobia is an abnormal fear of what?
11. On 16 January 1991 all major TV networks in the USA were pre-empted directly after the evening news broadcast to allow for what?
12. What chemical, found in many living organisms, is this compound of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen, C5H9N3?
13. What is a cedilla?
14. Which medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal, native to Africa, is the sole representative of the mammalian order Tubulidentata?
15. When the women's 5000 m world record was broken by a 17 year old in 1984 (with a time of 15:01.83), why was the new record not accepted by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF)?
16. What was the nickname of the character played by Jeff Bridges in the 1998 film "The Big Lebowski" ?
17. Who would be expected to use a swizzle stick?
18. What is scabies?
19. Which of these is a unit of measurement of luminous intensity?
20. In Greek mythology, who was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope, murdered by his wife Clytemnestra on his return home from the Trojan War?