General Knowledge Quiz 112

Questions

1. What is India's national motto, appearing on its emblem and currency?

2. In the latter 1900s and early 2000s what five Asian nations are the world's biggest motorbike markets?

3. What two composers' names are used as slang meaning drunk?

4. Contrary to popular information there are actually four (not two) Olympic sports containing male vs female contest; what are they?

5. What sort of weapon is a shillelagh (pronounced 'shil-lay-lee')?

   1. Knife
   2. Cudgel
   3. Muskett
   4. Sword

6. Which of these words is spelled incorrectly?

   1. Rhinocerous
   2. Crocodile
   3. Hippopotamus
   4. Alligator

7. What is the more common name of the incendiary weapon formulated from naphthenic and palmitic acids?

8. What (main class of) musical instrument has a bell, bass/long joint, boot/butt; wing joint, bocal/crook, and reed?

9. Name the female alter-ego featured in the life and vase artworks of English transvestite artist Grayson Perry?

10. Apposite means?

    1. Fair
    2. Similar
    3. Agreeable
    4. Appropriate

11. What is a hundredth of a thousandth?

12. Medically, miosis/myosis normally refers to the narrowing or constriction of the what?

13. What artist uses a cake of rosin?

    1. Chef
    2. Violinist
    3. Theatrical makeup
    4. Magician

14. What state territory is named in Latin, meaning 'New Scotland'?

15. Brad, finish, clout, casing and horseshoe are types of what?

16. In mathematics, a Markov chain is a sequence in which each event is determined by the?

    1. Immediately preceding event
    2. Previous two events
    3. Previous total sequence
    4. Next event

17. The Kabbalah wristband, in Yiddish 'roite bindele', is normally what colour/color?

18. What creatures are T S Eliot's characters Mr Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer, and Bustopher Jones, and what musical was inspired by the poem book in which they feature?

19. In a block and tackle lifting system, what is a sheave?