General Knowledge Quiz 144

Questions

1. In ancient Greek mythology and many later depictions, who was Psyche's lover and partner?

2. In physics which one of these is not one of the four fundamental states of matter: Solid, Liquid, Plasma, Light, or Gas?

3. What word technically refers to a micro-organism which produces benefits for a host organism (for example human consumption of certain yogurts)?

4. The handtool which may be struck or bowed as a musical instrument is a 'singing (what)'?

5. St Elmo's Fire originally referred to?

   1. A fierce sermon
   2. Atmospheric ionization
   3. The Sun
   4. A medieval catapult

6. Named Wallyn and Thych, what were 7ft 2ins and 5ft 6ins in London news reports on 4 Mar 2013?

   1. Eels caught in the Thames
   2. Meteor craters in Hyde Park
   3. Twin baby elephants born at London Zoo
   4. The Queen's two police guards outside King Edward VII hospital

7. The Innocent smoothie drinks business was wholly acquired by which more famous drinks corporation in 2013?

8. On traditional British silverware what does EPNS stand for?

9. The word bide means?

   1. Stay
   2. Measure
   3. Use
   4. Protect

10. Name the illness caused by a reaction to gliadin, a gluten protein in wheat, barley, rye, etc?

11. Weibo is a what in China?

    1. Thunderstorm
    2. Microblog
    3. Toy
    4. Political Party

12. Whose famous old Brown Ale (still made) was first brewed in Whitechapel, London, in 1902?

    1. Fuller's
    2. Young's
    3. Charrington's
    4. Mann's

13. What word was originally a sudden sound, later a flashing point on a radar screen, evolving in the 1970s to mean a trend deviation?

14. Name the vast global accountancy firm which effectively ceased after criminal involvement in the 2001 Enron corporate fraud?

15. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of?

    1. Iron
    2. Lead
    3. Hydrogen
    4. Cheese

16. Matriculate means?

    1. Become registered
    2. Calculate
    3. Balance
    4. Make complicated

17. What metaphorical torture chamber reference derives from George Orwell's 1949 book Nineteen Eighty-Four?

18. Poached eggs on muffins with hollandaise sauce, and ham or bacon are popularly called 'eggs (What?)'?

19. A 'sinkhole' is a collapse of the ground into a void below caused by?

    1. Water
    2. Volcano
    3. Earthquake
    4. Tunnelling creatures

20. What popular food comes from the Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima plants?