General Knowledge Quiz 118

Questions

1. What ubiquitous instrument makes a sound technically called a 'chick' when played closed?

2. Micturate is a medical term for expelling what from the human body?

3. Put these ages of human history in correct order, oldest first: Neolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic?

4. What word is used on Wikipedia referring to its pages which list and resolve "...conflicts in article titles that occur when a single term can be associated with more than one topic..." (as at 2012)?

5. What was the first internet top-level domain?

   1. .net
   2. .mil
   3. .com
   4. .arpa
   5. .lee

6. The binary number symbols 100 equate to what conventional number?

7. Karanga is a ritual welcome chant of what people?

8. How many years is a megaannum?

9. Mintonette was the original name of which sport?

10. Ubiquitous means seen?

    1. Often
    2. Rarely
    3. Seasonally
    4. Historically

11. What word prefix makes new words when added to: pet, meter, graph, mount and site?

12. What is the modern common name of the Northernmost European people historically called Lapps?

13. An irreversible freedom of capability or knowledge, typically liberating/changing behaviour of large groups, is described metaphorically, alluding to stories such as Aladdin, as "...the 'what' is out of the 'what'.." ?

14. What thickening agent found in gummy confectionery etc., defined as a food and produced from animal by-products, has the E Number 441?

15. Rumtopf is a traditional Danish/German dish comprising rum and?

    1. Fruit
    2. Potato
    3. Sausage
    4. Fish

16. Nollywood refers informally to the huge cinema industry of which nation?

17. What prestige car marque has a trident emblem design influenced by the Fountain of Neptune, Bologna?

18. What is the common alternative abbreviated name for a Cannon plug/connector used in professional audio systems?

19. Name the vast French multi-national contractor-sponsor of the 2012 Paralympics criticized for its work in assessing claimants of UK state disability benefits?