General Knowledge Quiz 130

Questions

1. Auger, reel, fan, sieves, stripper-beater, and cutter-bar are parts of what large piece of machinery?

2. What two expressions, each meaning an irreversible decision or 'no turning back', originate from a tactical river crossing by Julius Caesar's army in 49BC (two answers required, and a clue for one of them: the Latin is 'jacta alea est')?

3. A graviton is a term in?

   1. Physics
   2. Law
   3. Funeral services
   4. Winter sports

4. The New Model Army and The Levellers were groups in which war?

5. What branch of alternative medicine using natural oils derives its name from ancient Greek for spice?

6. The literary term 'graphic novel' refers to a novel characterized essentially by?

   1. Sex
   2. Pictures
   3. Handwriting
   4. Electronic display

7. The Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) is otherwise defined as the empire of what modern nationality?

8. What prefix joins with the following words, referring to different creatures: Lion, Cow, Horse, and Cucumber?

9. The Poise (pronounced 'pwahz', it's French) is a unit of measuring?

   1. Viscosity
   2. Purity
   3. Sweetness
   4. Stillness

10. Name the steel-driving railway worker from US folklore who raced and beat a newly introduced steam-powered hammer, but died after his efforts?

11. What is the common name of the plant, Nepeta cataria, which attracts cats?

12. What is the English name/translation of the 'cire purdue' process of bronze casting?

13. The terms: sine, cosine, tangent, hypotonuse, adjacent and opposite feature in which branch of mathematics?

14. The term Zealotry originally referred to people of which religion?

15. Litmus, used in acidity testing, is extracted from?

    1. Rock
    2. Insects
    3. Milk
    4. Lichen

16. In astronomy, the Ptolemaic system asserts that Earth is?

    1. Universally Central
    2. Stationary and Flat
    3. Spinning around the Moon
    4. Spinning around the Sun

17. In 1515 the Court of Aldermen of the City of London established what trade as top (based on economic/political power) of an enduring list of livery companies?

    1. Mercers
    2. Goldsmiths
    3. Drapers
    4. Vintners

18. What colour/color is a palamino horse?

    1. Black
    2. White
    3. Grey
    4. Gold with a white main/tail

19. What mythical god has a hammer called Miolnir (or Mjölnir, or other variants)?

20. Even-toed ungulates and odd-toed ungulates refer to animals whose feet usually are?

    1. Hoofed
    2. Webbed
    3. Clawed
    4. Padded