General Knowledge #09

Muscovite is the name given to someone from which city?

The Davis Cup is an international team event for men in which sport?

Which Whitney Houston film’s soundtrack album sold over 25 million copies?

In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of which country?

What is considered the largest, thickest and strongest bone in the human body?

La Scala, inaugurated in 1778, is an opera house in which European city?

On which date does France celebrate its national day (AKA Bastille Day)?

Which US President said 7th Dec 1941 was "a date which will live in infamy"?

What colour is the leather on the benches in the UK House of Lords?

Jacqueline Du Pré is most associated with which musical instrument?

In the stories by PG Wodehouse, what was the name of Bertie Wooster's valet?

In regular chess, which is the only piece able to 'jump' over other pieces?

Which US TV show, often known as SNL, celebrated its 45th birthday in 2020?

Which spirit, whose spelling generally contains an 'e' in the US and Ireland, but not elsewhere, derives its name from the Classical Gaelic word for 'water'?