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General Knowledge Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which television series is named for the street address of the broadcasting institution in which it is set?
2. "Everything's All Right" and "Heaven on Their Minds" are songs from which musical?
3. Which is the only regatta cancelled because it rained and there was water in the river, as happened in 1993 when it was cancelled due to flooding?
4. What is the unofficial name for the 'crisis' that arose after the resignation of Lord Melbourne in 1838, when Robert Peel was offered the opportunity of forming a government but resigned as Prime Minister, resulting in the return of Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister until the 1841 General Election?
5. What term is used to describe an argument or fight?
6. Which Soviet gymnast won the most Olympic medals in her career, and the most gold of any female?
7. Artemisinin and derivatives are drugs found to act especially well on which disease?
8. Which Noble Order of Knighthood, whose motto is "honi soit qui mal y pense" was founded in 1348 in England by King Edward III?
9. If someone is on their high horse what could be said of them?
10. Anousheh Ansari is the first Iranian, and the first Iranian woman, to do what?
11. What word is used to refer to someone who is given boring and menial tasks?
12. In the final episode of the TV series "M*A*S*H", which of the main characters did not return to the U S A?
13. Italian brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari play what sport?
14. Which English sculptor's famous works in London are the lions at the British Museum, "Peter Pan" in Kensington Gardens and "Edith Cavell Memorial" outside the National Portrait Gallery?
15. What is the name of the mascot for the cereal Cocoa Puffs?
16. Who is the traditional pantomime dame in "Aladdin" ?
17. A group of young early 20th century composers working in Montparnasse who became known as Les Six, included Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
18. The þorn/thorn character, originally from the runic alphabet and still part of the Icelandic alphabet, used to be part of what other alphabet?
19. Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "Quel dommage" ?
20. The Dragon's Breath, or Algamas, Cave holds a vast underground lake stretching under which land feature?
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