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General Knowledge Quiz 1172 (20 MCQs)

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1. What links the artistic and political statement masterminded by, according to French tradition, the wife of William the Conqueror in the 11th century and those of mixed media artist Kirsty Whitlock, who features recycled and reclaimed materials, in the 21st?
2. From which sport do we get the expression "step up to the plate" ?
3. What is the Order of St. Gregory?
4. What is a word for a long piece of wood?
5. In trochaic metre what form do the words have?
6. What is mildew?
7. The ancient city of Carthage, one of the most important ancient trading hubs, one of the most affluent cities of the classical world, and much prized and repeatedly captured and sacked, lay on the Mediterranean coast near to where?
8. What are the only arteries in the adult human body to carry deoxygenated blood?
9. Which of these words is used to mean a descent using a rope around one's body?
10. The highest peak in Russia is in what mountain range?
11. Who of these musicians was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014?
12. How were the authors of the 19th century works, "Villette", "Remembrance" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", related?
13. In the UK television serial drama, "The Singing Detective" (1986), what disease has put the writer who is the central character into hospital?
14. The 1978 musical "Ain't Misbehavin" ' is named after an early swing song composed by whom?
15. Who is most likely to wear a tutu?
16. What landlocked, mountainous, Central Asian country is bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China?
17. Carlos Menem was the president of which country from 8 July 1989 to 10 December 1999?
18. What TV programme opens with the words "In the criminal justice system the people are represented by two separate but equally important groups" ?
19. Finishing in 2016 André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard from Switzerland were the first to do what?
20. Which football club, the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world, in 2023 won their first league title in 45 years and were promoted to the EFL League Two after a 15 year absence?
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