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General Knowledge Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. What British sitcom features Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone, immature, prosperous, preposterous, substance-abusing fashion obsessed Londoners who value fame and style over substance?
2. The form of meditation where practitioners slowly twirl, or whirl, is a part of what faith?
3. The storyline of Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" inspired which of these?
4. What is the title given to the widow of the holder of a title which has been passed on to another?
5. Except for a brief competition at Helsinki in 1952, the People's Republic of China (PRC) did not attend Olympic Games for some time because of the status of The Republic of China (ROC) within the IOC. When did they next compete in an Olympics?
6. What links the US, 2 May 2011 and Abbottabad in Pakistan?
7. What is used to find the pitch of a note?
8. Where is intaglio used?
9. According to the Old Testament Moses as a baby was found in a basket floating down which river?
10. The Irishmen William Burke and William Hare were famous for doing what in the early 19th century?
11. Bamboo is the main diet of which of these animals?
12. The surrounds of the village of Avebury, Wiltshire, UK, contain what?
13. Where did France begin its acquisitions in its first French Colonial Empire?
14. What music, recorded in 1986 in the Church of St John-at-Hackney, London, and released in 1989, became one of the best-selling classical albums?
15. What does the Greek word "electron" mean?
16. Since 1965, where has the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) been located?
17. What card game, also known as Trente-et-Quarante, is played with 6 packs of cards, some of which are dealt in two rows?
18. What nationality is tennis player Roger Federer?
19. The London production of which play by acclaimed Australian playwright, David Williamson, won him the George Devine Award, the first time for a non-UK writer?
20. Who did the British fight at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879?
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