Friday 20 Question Quiz – 01/11/2024

Welcome to your Friday 20 Question Quiz – 01/11/2024

Located about 20 kilometres southwest of the centre of Paris, what European Palace was built by The Sun King, Louis XIV?

What paint removing fluid is obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines?

What name is given to any of various scientific recording devices designed to register a person's bodily responses to being questioned?

Used as the scent on an artificial hare at greyhound tracks, the herb fennel has what flavour?

Which 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott, won the 1979 Oscar for best visual effects?

The "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland", who was hanged and decapitated two years after he had died?

In Greek mythology, which monster had the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird?

What is the unit of length approximately equal to 3.26 light-years used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System?

What name is given to the transformation of inhospitable planets into hospitable ones?

Popularised in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, what drinks are made with fresh fruit pureed with milk, yoghurt, or ice cream?

In which U.S. state are both Mount Vernon and the Pentagon located?

Who plays Captain Jean Luc Picard in the series Star Trek, The Next Generation?

What is the medical term given to the study of the brain and nervous system?

Which island country to the South of Malaysia has a flag with a which crescent and stars, on a red background?

What name is given to a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point?

What is the name for the cutting and training of shrubs into decorative shapes?

Often served with fried fish, which sauce is made with mayonnaise and chopped pickled gherkin?

According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman on Earth, created by Hephaestus at the request of Zeus?

In Scandinavian mythology, Yggdrasil, which was the 'Tree of Life', was what type of tree?

Which band had the following four members – Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham?