General Knowledge Quiz 132

Questions

1. What rejection is shared by LS Lowry, John Lennon; Philip Larkin, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Danny Boyle?

2. The globally widely used Wechsler Scale assesses what in children?

   1. Genetic predisposition to disease
   2. Bone growth
   3. Intelligence
   4. Teeth formation

3. What expression referring to admitting a mistake, humility and shame, derives from an old English peasant dish made with the offal of a deer?

4. In what two modern countries was the Roman province of Lusitania?

5. Optics is a branch of physics specifically concerning?

   1. Waves
   2. Light
   3. Radiation
   4. Lenses

6. What is Mexico's largest state, and also a famously small dog breed?

7. Cosmetology refers to study/profession in what field?

   1. Space
   2. Puzzles/Games
   3. International Culture
   4. Beauty/Hair

8. The name Benedict, as used by popes, etc., is from the Latin meaning?

   1. The Blessed
   2. The Wise
   3. The Old
   4. The Wine-loving

9. Name Facebook's photo-app company which controversially announced it would begin commercially exploiting users' photos/content on a no-fee no-permission basis with effect from 16 Jan 2013?

10. Visceral refers to a human response of what sort?

    1. Intellectual
    2. Group
    3. Violent
    4. Internal

11. What internet/computing term derives from Old Norse hlekkr, related to Old German gelenk, meaning joint?

12. Name the famous guitarist whose collaboration with the Gibson company produced their first and eponymous solid electric guitar in 1952?

13. Eugenics refers to optimizing?

    1. Animal pedigree
    2. Human population genetics
    3. Plant disease resistance
    4. Anti-freeze technology

14. What, having extremes of 'thick' and 'thin', is the measure of a fluid's internal friction/resistance under stress?

15. PSV (Polished Stone Value) is a technical measurement term used by?

    1. Jewellers
    2. Architects
    3. Archaeologists
    4. Roadbuilders

16. In 2012 Shinzo Abe became which nation's eighth prime ministerial appointment in six years, 2006-12?

17. Banana Island is the most expensive property in a special edition of monopoly based on which Nigerian city?

18. The famous Castilian military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1043-99) is better known by what name?

19. What medical Latin term, literally means 'stiffness of death'?

20. What letter and colour/color denote the national motorway network roads/signs of Germany's Bundesautobahnen (BAB 'federal expressways') (two answers required)?