General Knowledge Quiz 114

Questions

1. Spike, Dig, Set, and Block are found in which competitive sport?

2. The diagram format for showing guitar fretboard fingering positions is commonly known as a?

   1. Finger grid
   2. Fret table
   3. Chord window
   4. Strum chart

3. What single vowel letter symbol generally refers in science to 'any element'?

4. The acronym POTUS refers to what position?

5. Canada's busy Montreal metro trains run on wheels of?

   1. Steel
   2. Carbon-fibre
   3. Polypropylene
   4. Rubber

6. Yellow Fever is generally carried/transmitted by?

   1. Coughs/sneezes
   2. Infected water
   3. Mosquito bites
   4. Rats

7. As at 2012 how many chemical elements are known/listed officially?

   1. 58
   2. 78
   3. 108
   4. 118

8. Spell the medical condition?

   1. Eczema
   2. Eczmha
   3. Ecxma
   4. Ezcema

9. From the Greek words loosely meaning 'same' and 'idea' what term refers to an expression which contains unnecessary duplication?

10. Nuuk, population about 15,000, is the capital city of which country?

11. The Abraj Al-Bait Towers complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at 2012 the 2nd tallest building globally, also boasts what world-beating feature?

    1. Clocktower/face
    2. Belltower/bell
    3. Swimming pool
    4. Carpark

12. The local word 'Lei' refers to a garland of flowers or shells, etc., orginating in and associated iconically with which island?

13. The Sardinian sheep-milk cheese Casu Marzu is noted for what added element in its fermentation and presentation?

14. A missive is an official?

    1. Teaching/lesson
    2. Punishment/fine
    3. Letter/document
    4. Task/objective

15. Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab are the four provinces of which nation?

16. The metric prefix femto is shown as ten to the power of minus what?

17. Originally a physician to the gods, conceived by Greek poet Homer, what ancient word is a song of praise or triumph?

18. Colostrum, informally called beestings/bisnings, is a form of?

    1. Legal process
    2. Milk
    3. Offal
    4. Public disorder

19. With the symbol F, what is the unit of electrical capacitance?

20. A period of Northern Hemisphere climatic extremes occurring between 1350 and 1850 is loosely referred to as 'The Little (what)'?