General Knowledge Quiz #117

General Knowledge Quiz #117

Questions

1. The controversially named nation Myanmar is also called controversially what?
2. Kinesics is more commonly known as what form of communication?
3. A 3-seater tandem bicycle is called a: Tridem; Ridem; Random; or Tandem?
4. Which country gave diplomatic asylum/refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2012?
5. Labanotation is a system for coding/recording/analyzing what movement: Dressage; Human; Road traffic; or Bees?
6. What is a hole-punch waste dot, and also an African country?
7. The traditional 'badge of honour/honor' title for a fully qualified surgeon/medical consultant is: Professor; Doctor; Mr (Mrs/Ms/etc); or Right honorable?
8. What member of the Murdoch media family said in 2012, "Profit without purpose is a recipe for disaster"?
9. In Baptist religion, baptism is generally: Immersion for believers; Sprinkling on babies; Affusion at any age; or Ironically not required at all?
10. International dialling codes beginning with the number 2 are chiefly for which continent?
11. What four countries have the largest populations in the world?
12. Name the vast French multinational corporation which owns the drinks brands Jacobs Creek, Beefeater, Absolut and Mumm (at 2012)?
13. What sort of creature is a killdeer: Dog; Cat; Bat; or Bird?
14. With the symbol Wb what is the unit of magnetic flux?
15. What word forms new words when added as a prefix to the words Able, End, Hole, Ion, and Ray?
16. The Rochdale Principles guide the operation of what sort of organization?
17. What name is given to the age of human agricultural and technology revolution, from Greek 'new' and 'stone'?
18. In computer science the abbreviation hex refers to a number base of: Six; Ten; Sixteen; Sixty?
19. The title/position of Swami represents a religious teacher in: Buddhism; Hinduism; Islam; or Catholicism?
20. What nation has the country code internet top-level domain (TLD) .se?

1. The controversially named nation Myanmar is also called controversially what?

   Burma
2. Kinesics is more commonly known as what form of communication?

   Body language
3. A 3-seater tandem bicycle is called a: Tridem; Ridem; Random; or Tandem?

   Tandem 
4. Which country gave diplomatic asylum/refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2012?

   Ecuador
5. Labanotation is a system for coding/recording/analyzing what movement: Dressage; Human; Road traffic; or Bees?

   Human 
6. What is a hole-punch waste dot, and also an African country?

   Chad
7. The traditional 'badge of honour/honor' title for a fully qualified surgeon/medical consultant is: Professor; Doctor; Mr (Mrs/Ms/etc); or Right honorable?

   Mr 
8. What member of the Murdoch media family said in 2012, "Profit without purpose is a recipe for disaster"?

   Elisabeth 
9. In Baptist religion, baptism is generally: Immersion for believers; Sprinkling on babies; Affusion at any age; or Ironically not required at all?

   Immersion for believers 
10. International dialling codes beginning with the number 2 are chiefly for which continent?

    Africa
11. What four countries have the largest populations in the world?

    China, India, USA, Indonesia 
12. Name the vast French multinational corporation which owns the drinks brands Jacobs Creek, Beefeater, Absolut and Mumm (at 2012)?

    Pernod Ricard
13. What sort of creature is a killdeer: Dog; Cat; Bat; or Bird?

    Bird 
14. With the symbol Wb what is the unit of magnetic flux?

    Weber
15. What word forms new words when added as a prefix to the words Able, End, Hole, Ion, and Ray?

    Port
16. The Rochdale Principles guide the operation of what sort of organization?

    Cooperative
17. What name is given to the age of human agricultural and technology revolution, from Greek 'new' and 'stone'?

    Neolithic 
18. In computer science the abbreviation hex refers to a number base of: Six; Ten; Sixteen; Sixty?

    Sixteen 
19. The title/position of Swami represents a religious teacher in: Buddhism; Hinduism; Islam; or Catholicism?

    Hinduism
20. What nation has the country code internet top-level domain (TLD) .se?

    Sweden