General Knowledge Quiz 141

Questions

1. The Manganese Bronze company took over production of what famous vehicle from 1973-2012, first made in 1948?

2. What is the female equivalent of the Oedipus complex in Jungian/Freudian psychosexual theory?

   1. Aphrodite
   2. Athena
   3. Electra
   4. Venus

3. White Burley, Y1, Perique, Brightleaf and Criollo are types of what?

4. The term volte-face is alternatively informally called a?

   1. Dead-end
   2. One-way street
   3. Green light
   4. U-turn

5. The technical euphemism for the insemination of a mare by a stallion is?

   1. Cover
   2. Discover
   3. Uncover
   4. Kiss

6. What sort of implement has a heel and toe and is characterized by variable features including kerf, gullet, fleam, rake, and points per inch?

7. What singing voice originally held the melody in choral music?

   1. Soprano
   2. Alto
   3. Tenor
   4. Bass

8. Ikebana, English Garden, and High Style are styles of what?

9. What single iconic name is associated with a fried sandwich of peanut butter, banana and bacon?

10. What is the extremely strong natural glucose-derived polymer of fungi cell walls, crustacean/insect exoskeletons, etc., also used in pharmacy and industry?

11. What Rome-founded fashion house and handbag specialist sponsored a 2m euro restoration of the Trevi Fountain in 2013?

12. What chocolate, biscuit and raisin confection, otherwise known as 'fridge cake', is named after an Indian-English word for a light snack?

13. What is confit meat cooked and preserved in?

14. Italian Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is regarded as the inventor of?

    1. Ice-cream
    2. Pizza
    3. Sparkling Water
    4. Opera

15. What did the Twitter bird logo lose when updated in 2012 from the original 2010 design?

    1. Crest and a wing feather
    2. Eye
    3. Tail feather
    4. Tweet-bubble

16. Scoliosis affects which part of the body?

    1. Eyes
    2. Spine
    3. Skin
    4. Brain

17. The word apostle is derived from Greek 'apostolos' meaning?

    1. Servant
    2. Messenger
    3. Friend
    4. Soldier

18. The geographical terms motu (Polynesia), skerry (Ireland, Scotland), holme (Scandinavia), and cay (tropical Pacific/Atlantic/Indian oceans) each refers to a small?

    1. Waterfall
    2. Lake
    3. Inlet
    4. Island

19. Bardiche, Bill, Glaive, Halberd, and Voulge are types of?

    1. Weaponry
    2. Architectural stone feature
    3. Country dance
    4. Cake decoration

20. What famous line follows: "I think there be six Richmonds in the field. Five I have slain today, instead of him.."?