Friday 20 Question Quiz – 28/06/2024

Round 1: Geography – Rivers

10 questions all about rivers.

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The second-longest in China, which river carries coloured sediments downstream from the Loess Plateau?

Which U.S. river originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb?

The world's longest single span suspension bridge from 1981 until the completion of the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in 1998 crosses which UK river?

Flowing through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea, what is the longest river in Europe?

Which major river of Central Europe rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic traverses much of Bohemia, then Germany?

Which transboundary river of Asia flows through Pakistan, before emptying into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi?

Flowing through Oxford, Reading, and Windsor, what is the longest river entirely in England?

Which river in the Levant flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea?

Beginning in the southeastern Swiss Alps and defining much of the Franco-German border, there are two German states named after which river?

With its many tributaries, which rivers watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces?

Round 2: General Knowledge

10 General Knowledge questions with no theme or connection.

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Barbara Streisand was the female lead in "Hello, Dolly!", a 1969 American musical romantic comedy. Who was the male lead?

From around 1910 what element was commonly used to make the filaments in incandescent light bulbs?

Formerly Rhodesia , which African country achieved internationally recognised independence in April 1980?

In art what word is used to describe the visual and tactile quality of a work based on the particular way the materials are handled?

In tennis, what is the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year?

Canadian Joseph-Armand Bombardier invented the Ski-Doo® in 1959, it was the first mass produced example of what type of vehicle?

The Beaufort scale was devised in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer and a Royal Navy officer. What was the highest rank he held in the Navy?

If the letters V.S.O.P. were on a brandy bottle what would the P stand for?

Mary Ann Nichols, known as Polly Nichols, was the first canonical victim of which unidentified serial killer?

In which country was the author J.R.R Tolkien born?

Time’s up