General Knowledge Quiz 992 (20 MCQs)

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1. In 1903, Maurice Garin was the first winner of which event?
2. In what sport would you find a beltman?
3. In what kind of establishment was the TV series Fawlty Towers set?
4. What does a norovirus cause in people?
5. The name of what American music group originally formed in 1967 in New York City, was possibly indirectly inspired by a line from Winston Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister of Great Britain?
6. Artists Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Frederic Edwin Church, Jane Frank and Thomas Cole painted in what style or genre?
7. Which item of clothing was named after an American women's rights and temperance advocate?
8. Which were the first Olympic Games held under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Jacques Rogge, Count Rogge?
9. Who is the central character in the 2008 film "The Dark Knight" ?
10. The fifteen elements with atomic numbers 57 to 71, which includes Lanthanum (La), Cerium (Ce), Praseodymium (Pr), Neodymium (Nd), Promethium (Pm), Europium (Eu), Erbium (Er), Thulium (Tm), Ytterbium (Yb) and Lutetium (Lu), are known as what?
11. Which of these is the shortest?
12. An investigation by the Roman Inquisition in 1615, which concluded that heliocentrism was foolish, absurd, and heretical since it contradicted Holy Scripture, was responding to statements by whom?
13. What is disrupted when "Jet lag" occurs?
14. Which character in "Friends" had a mother who wrote romance novels and a father who performed in a drag act?
15. Who founded the Prince's Trust in 1976 to give special help to Britain's youth, especially those who are unemployed?
16. Which of these is an alternative name for Santa Claus?
17. The rafflesia, a parasitic plant which has no leaves or stems but the largest flower in the world, is native to which area?
18. According to Greek mythology, who spent eternity in the underworld with food and drink just out of reach?
19. The book (and later a 1981 film) called "Mommie Dearest" published in 1978 was about which actress who appeared in films and on television from 1925 to 1975?
20. What is the occupation of the serial killer hero of the TV series "Dexter" ?