General Knowledge Quiz 984 (20 MCQs)

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1. After stints backing Little Richard and the Isley Brothers, who was discovered leading "Jimmy James and the Blue Flames" at the Café Wha? in New York and taken to London on 26 September 1966 to make hit records?
2. When the USSR dissolved in 1991, which Russian territory became an exclave?
3. Which of these was an explorer of Australia who led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, from Sydney and Adelaide?
4. Where did biltong originate?
5. In the Greek pantheon, whose daughter was Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy)?
6. For what situation did the term "cabotage" originate?
7. On 15 May 2002, FIFA announced that which nation would host the Football (soccer) World Cup in 2010?
8. Josephus who lived in the 1st century AD was a military commander and scholar but is now known more for his work as what?
9. Which is a distinguishing feature of Lake Balkash in Kazakhstan, one of the longest lakes in the world?
10. In 1949 the inaugural tournament of the Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world, was won by competitors from which country?
11. Which place has the longest history of continuous women's suffrage?
12. Which of these is a form of alternative medicine, first proposed by German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796, which uses reference books known as "repertories" ?
13. A British expression sometimes used for "goodbye" is "toodle ..... " what?
14. What is the last book of the Christian Bible's New Testament?
15. What is the name for the chemical signals that trigger a natural response in another member of the same species that affect behaviour or physiology?
16. Which mystery, and sometimes sci-fi, UK series screening from November 2001 to June 2003 follows people in six fictional families in a street in Greenwich, UK?
17. The title of the 2021 film "CODA" refers to what?
18. Which of these was a concept album released by The Who?
19. Which of these mountain ranges in North America is the furthest west?
20. Which of these is an opera by Richard Wagner?