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General Knowledge Quiz 218 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of the UK TV series, first screened 2006, centred on a small computer maintenance department?
2. The Houston Ship Channel connects the city of Houston, Texas, to what body of water?
3. Who was the British Prime Minister during the Falklands War of 1982?
4. What was the name of the ship captained by Nemo in "20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea" ?
5. At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, who won back to back gold medals in the 5, 000 metres and 10, 000 metres, defeating American distance runner Steve Prefontaine in the former?
6. Which of these places is not one inhabited by dung beetles?
7. A languorous person is what?
8. Ananse the spider man, trickster, and entertainer is central to the play "The Marriage of Anansewa" (1975) written by Efua Sutherland, set where?
9. Who wrote under the pseudonym of "Elia" and, with his sister Mary, wrote "Tales From Shakespeare" ?
10. Playing squash involves ..... ?
11. Which is essential to the game of Kerplunk?
12. What was the name of the character played by Michael Caine in a 2009 film, an elderly former Royal Marine and Northern Ireland veteran who tries to be indifferent about his violent neighbourhood on an Elephant and Castle housing estate?
13. The theme tune of what TV show was Frank Sinatra's version of "Love and Marriage" ?
14. Who published his method of heating food to kill micro-organisms and sealing the container, in 1810?
15. Where is "The Royal Tennis Court", a "real tennis" court built originally for Cardinal Wolsey and favoured by Henry VIII of England who played there from 1528, that is still home to an active "real tennis" club?
16. What name is given to a young seal?
17. Which country has 6 time zones called Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland?
18. What cereal crop is used to make single malt whisky in Scotland?
19. Which of these is an Oscar-winning film from 1996?
20. What is the capital of Lebanon?
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