General Knowledge Quiz 105

Questions

1. Barra island, Outer Hebrides, has at 2012 the world's only official beach-based what?

2. The (mainly London backslang 'ewif yenneps' refers to what monetary sum?

3. Spell (the heart-starting instrument?

   1. Defibulator
   2. Defibrillator
   3. Defibralater: Defibrulator

4. The (mainly London) backslang 'ewif yenneps' refers to what monetary sum?

5. The main feature of the human illness diabetes is the body's inability to produce what hormone?

6. What is/was the BBC's teletext information service called?

7. Facebook's 2011-12 smartphone development project is named after what vampire story character?

8. Name the Italian red wine from Tuscany traditionally available in a squat bottle in a straw basket, called a fiasco?

9. What is the US word for an automotive wheel nut or the brace used to loosen/tighten one?

10. As at 2012 an Olympic gold medal is mainly made of what metal?

11. Who wrote the erotic women's rights novel Lace and originated the quote, "Life's too short to stuff a mushroom"?

12. The Japanese condiment wasabi is produced from what part of the the wasabi plant?

    1. Seeds
    2. Roots
    3. Leaves
    4. Flowers

13. The term 'circadian rhythm' refers to a cycle of what length?

14. Spell (the heart-starting instrument)?

    1. Defibulator
    2. Defibrillator
    3. Defibralater: Defibrulator

15. The Italian words for 'three roads' provided the name for which famous Rome monument?

16. At 2012 what was the last manned mission to the moon?

17. The old unit of measurement, a league, was originally a distance typically?

    1. Walked in one hour
    2. To the visible horizon
    3. An arrow flies from a longbow
    4. Sailed in a day with a following wind

18. What possession of 'wild west' star Annie Oakley sold at a 2012 auction for $143,000?

19. Sicilian, Spanish and Ruy Lopez are types of tactical moves in what game?

20. How many 'eyes' does a coconut have at its base?

21. How wide is a regulation basketball hoop?

22. 100000 and 200000 are the postal codes for the two major cities of which nation?