General Knowledge Quiz 108

Questions

1. The conium plant genus is better known as what poison?

2. The (commonly Greek/Turkish foodstuff tzatziki (or tzadziki comprises chiefly what two ingredients?

   1. Yoghurt and cucumber
   2. Cream and strawberries
   3. Chickpeas and onion
   4. Tomato and beans

3. The Millau Viaduct over the river Tarn valley near Millau in southern France holds what global bridge record (at 2012?

   1. Longest (span
   2. Most expensive
   3. Highest (deck
   4. Tallest (tower
   5. Oldest known

4. Name the famous mother, and probable famous father of (nominally Egypt's last pharaoh, Ptolemy XV (47-30BC?

5. What Shakespeare play features the line, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..."?

6. What word in technical statistics refers to a quarterly division, and in business and other disciplines to a quarterly part?

7. As at 2012 Nisiyama Onsen Keiunkan, a hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Yamanashi, Japan, is officially regarded as being what world-record-holding business?

   1. Highest above sea-level
   2. Lowest below sea-level
   3. Oldest
   4. Most energy-efficient

8. The French word 'peloton' usually refers to a bunched group of competitors in what sport?

9. Nexus is a brandname for a tablet computer belonging to which corporation?

10. Tuber aestivum is better known as a type of what foodstuff delicacy?

11. An 'R' in the educational abbreviation 'The three Rs' was historically alternatively and phonetically what, referring to 'making things'?

12. Spell the dessert of egg whites and sugar?

    1. Merangue
    2. Merringue
    3. Meringue
    4. Merang

13. Name the three colours of Norway's flag, in order of its background, cross, and cross outline?

14. Re-order these elements of the human digestive system according to the passage of food: small intestine, stomach, esophagus/oesophagus, large intestine?

15. The (commonly Greek/Turkish) foodstuff tzatziki (or tzadziki) comprises chiefly what two ingredients?

    1. Yoghurt and cucumber
    2. Cream and strawberries
    3. Chickpeas and onion
    4. Tomato and beans

16. Yaws is a?

    1. Tropical skin disease
    2. South American language
    3. Northern England pudding
    4. US Military ceremony

17. What prestigious learning institution is in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US?

18. The Latin term meaning 'among other things' is?

    1. Inter vivos
    2. Intra muros
    3. Inter alia
    4. Inter milan

19. The Millau Viaduct over the river Tarn valley near Millau in southern France holds what global bridge record (at 2012)?

    1. Longest (span)
    2. Most expensive
    3. Highest (deck)
    4. Tallest (tower)
    5. Oldest known

20. The word 'salubrious' means?

    1. Healthy
    2. Pornographic
    3. Secretive
    4. Cheap

21. What, alternatively called milk acid, is produced in the human body in power exercises?

22. Name the famous mother, and probable famous father of (nominally) Egypt's last pharaoh, Ptolemy XV (47-30BC)?

23. In the Christian Church of England, the title 'The Very Reverend' usually suggests what job title, also called a 'cathedral provost'?