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General Knowledge Quiz 996 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which object in the Earth's solar system is the reason, apart from the Earth itself, for the spring and autumn equinoxes?
2. What was invented by Elias Howe in 1846 and improved by Isaac Merritt Singer?
3. When did the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) first lay down the laws of cricket?
4. The last beheading after death carried out in Britain (which was part of the penalty of "hanging, drawing and quartering"), followed conviction for treason of whom?
5. What was Operation Barbarossa in 1941 during World War II?
6. Who inspired Louise Erdrich's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Night Watchman" (2020)?
7. Dr Kay Scarpetta was invented by which author?
8. Who is the last person to die on stage in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" ?
9. For administrative purposes, France is subdivided into 100 areas which are called ..... what?
10. Of these long-established and still active film studios-Ealing, Gaumont, Nordisk Film, Paramount and Nikkatsu-which was the first to produce films for the public?
11. What is an Italianate resort village on the coast of Snowdonia in Wales, near Penrhyndeudraeth, two miles southeast of Porthmadog?
12. What is one of the fictional languages spoken by the Elves in the fantasy works of J R R Tolkien?
13. Egg and spoon races were staged as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. When was the earliest recorded reference in the Oxford English Dictionary to an egg and spoon race?
14. K. d. lang is best known in what occupation?
15. According to the English nursery rhyme, what clothes was Wee Willie Winkie wearing when he ran through the town?
16. The song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" was famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in which 1953 film?
17. On May 21, 2009, Apa Sherpa set a new record for the most ascents of Mt Everest. How many times had he reached the top?
18. How does a scorpion produce its young?
19. Copacabana Beach is close to which city?
20. The flag of which of these countries is not red, white and blue?
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