General Knowledge Quiz 126

Questions

1. What sort of musical instrument is a cabasa?

   1. Wind
   2. String
   3. Percussion
   4. Electronic

2. What word prefixes funding and sourcing in creating modern terms for extending ownership and responsibility to a 'user' community?

3. Lebanese-American professor/author Nassim Taleb coined the term '(What colour/color What creature?)' referring to an unpredictable random event that has a vast societal/political/economic impact?

4. What chemical elements occupy Atomic Numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the Periodic Table (1 point for each, and a bonus point for the correct order)?

5. The human brain represents roughly what percentage of the body's resting metabolic rate (energy expended)?

   1. 1
   2. 3, 5, or 20

6. What does HOV stand for in the context of road traffic/passenger/environmental-impact law?

7. In what sport do Indian states and city teams compete for the Ranji Trophy?

8. What creature is the 1940-50s TV puppet character Muffin?

9. The suffix 'itis' refers medically and etymologically from Greek to?

   1. Infection
   2. Inflammation
   3. Pain
   4. Illness

10. The 2,500th anniversary of whose birth was celebrated in China in 1949?

11. In terms of Skyfall product placement what watch brand does James Bond wear?

12. Joanna Shields, Facebook's Head of Europe Middle East and Africa, left in 2012 to work for?

    1. The CIA
    2. Google
    3. Microsoft
    4. The British Government

13. Spell the word?

    1. Peurile
    2. Puerile
    3. Pureile or Purile

14. What are the three most widely spoken Slavic languages (one point each)?

15. What sort of creature is a zorilla?

    1. Striped polecat
    2. Fish
    3. Parrot
    4. Domesticated gorilla

16. The word milieu refers to a person's?

    1. Size
    2. Social environment
    3. Mood
    4. Professional skills

17. Likud, meaning 'the consolidation', is the leading conservative political party (at 2012) of which country?

18. Which actress eclipsed Michael Jackson in 2011 as the world's highest-earning dead entertainer (largely due to an auction and a perfume)?

19. Totnes in Devon UK campaigned successfully in 2012 to repel what global beverage chain from establishing in its high street?

20. What is Africa's 2nd-largest country, often abbreviated to DRC?