General Knowledge Quiz 950 (20 MCQs)

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1. Something formed to resemble glass is known as what?
2. The Chuckchi Sea washes the shores of which two countries?
3. For a scholar studying in the centres of learning in 15th or 16th century Timbuktu, which of these would be the nearest body of water?
4. Who played gangster Don Logan in the 2000 film "Sexy Beast" ?
5. Which of these is the capital of Egypt?
6. Where is the geographic centre of South America?
7. What government system is in place in Lesotho, an enclaved country in the Republic of South Africa?
8. The third series of which drama was commissioned by the online company Netflix, to stream in October 2016?
9. Who fell out of favour with Queen Elizabeth I over his intrigue with Elizabeth Throgmorton, was imprisoned and eventually beheaded?
10. What award is the equivalent of the Oscars for British industries involved in film, television, video games and forms of animation?
11. The film "Mortal Kombat Legends:Snow Blind" (2022) mainly follows which character?
12. Triathlon has been an Olympic sport since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Which country has won the most medals in the men's event in the first 3 Olympiads to 2008?
13. Apart from the name's being linked to advertising campaigns, what are gitanes?
14. Where is Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" set?
15. A cornea is found in what part of the body?
16. On a standard dartboard, what is immediately to the right of the number 20?
17. What is blanching?
18. Chelsy Davy has been romantically linked to whom?
19. What is a "carillon" ?
20. The makers of M & Ms refused to allow the sweet to be associated with what 1982 US film, because they believed one of the characters was so ugly that children, who were the film's intended main audience, would be terrified?