General Knowledge Quiz 106

Questions

1. Name the chemical process for toughening rubber/polymer typically by adding sulphur (US, sulfur) using heat and pressure?

2. What sport dominated (with 30 of the top 100 the 2012 Forbes list of highest earning athletes?

3. Name the chemical process for toughening rubber/polymer typically by adding sulphur (US, sulfur using heat and pressure?

4. The medical term bariatric refers (increasingly politically correctly to what human condition?

5. Storing and processing data on a remote unspecified computer server is known as '(what weather feature computing'?

6. Andrew McDougall, whose injury decided a serious international sport championship final in 2012, was a?

   1. Goalkeeper
   2. Golfer
   3. Rower
   4. Linesman

7. The term geocentric places what as central?

8. What three letters did comedy writer Armando Iannucci amusingly tweet back to Tony Blair's ex-spin-doctor Alistair Campbell following Campbell's jibe about Iannucci's acceptance of his OBE award '... your wit a bit tired and blunt already. Three little letters can have more impact than you realise..' ?

9. What, from Latin 'to milk', is the technical name for a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally unblendable?

10. Which country's flag comprises a round blue starry sky in a yellow rhombus, on a green background?

11. The brand name 'Surface' was launched by what corporation in 2012 for its new tablet computers?

12. What sport dominated (with 30 of the top 100) the 2012 Forbes list of highest earning athletes?

13. Born George Jamieson in Liverpool 1935, name the 1960s model noted for her transgender equality campaigning?

14. What chemical element is named from the French for charcoal?

15. What 'royal' crop accounts for 70% of the agricultural revenue of the island of Jersey?

16. In copyright and trademark law the abbreviation IP stands for what?

17. In geometry, where every point of a shape is moved a constant distance and direction, this is called?

    1. Translation
    2. Mirroring
    3. Reflection
    4. Replication

18. The medical term bariatric refers (increasingly politically correctly) to what human condition?

19. In a Japanese restaurant an oshibori is a?

    1. Hand towel
    2. Waiter
    3. Waitress
    4. Griddle

20. What is the main cereal constituent of macaroni?

21. From the root Greek words 'against' and 'protection', what medical term refers to a serious human allergic reaction?

22. Spell the word?

    1. Greviance
    2. Greivance
    3. Grievence
    4. Grievance

23. The Syrah grape variety makes wine that is?

    1. Red
    2. White
    3. Sparkling
    4. Rosé

24. Storing and processing data on a remote unspecified computer server is known as '(what weather feature) computing'?