General Knowledge Quiz 147

Questions

1. Warning symbols for radioactivity and biological hazards employ a three-part icon called a what, originally referring to a three-leaved plant?

2. ALMA, in Chile, cost $4bn, 10 years to build, became the largest operating what in 2013?

3. What volatile metallic element forms the nitrate compound Sr(NO3)2 commonly used in red fireworks?

4. To what English business abbreviation does the German 'mittlestand' equate?

   1. LTD
   2. PLC
   3. CO-OP
   4. SME

5. Where is the coastal village of Pugwash, famous for thought leadership and peace conferences?

   1. Canada
   2. Ireland
   3. Scotland
   4. Denmark

6. Phlebitis refers to inflammation of what part of the human body?

7. What term is given in the science of perception (used for example in road safety distance gauging) for the expansion of size of an image/object indicating speed and movement towards the observer?

8. Which travel guide publisher was acquired by the BBC's commercial division BBC Worldwide Ltd for £130m in 2007, and sold for £51m in 2013?

9. Made by Paramount Group of South Africa what are Marauder, Mbombe, Matador and Maverick?

   1. Sci-fi movies
   2. Military vehicles
   3. Lager beers
   4. Communications satellites

10. The word 'haram' refers to both a sanctuary and a forbidden act in which religion?

    1. Islam, Buddhism
    2. Hinduism
    3. Judaism

11. Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio made the news in 2013 as a?

    1. Bullfighter
    2. Bank-robber
    3. Footballer
    4. Pope

12. Vogue magazine's front cover featured for the first time a model wearing what in November 1988?

    1. Jeans, Tattoos
    2. Spectacles
    3. Nothing

13. In Manhattan, NYC, what is famously the oldest public hospital in the US?

14. What religion takes its name from the Greek for 'universal', from the root words meaning 'in respect of \[the\] whole'?

15. Afghanistan's controversial Parwan Detention Facility is better known in the 'western world' by what name?

16. ALMA, in Chile, cost $1.4bn, 10 years to build, became the largest operating what in 2013?

17. The 'radical symbol' in mathematics denotes what?

18. What word for a surprise attack originally referred to hiding in the woods?

19. Whose brands are: Picassa, Panoramio, Trends, and Scholar?

20. Turgescence or tumefaction, affecting parts of the human body, is more commonly called what?

21. A birthstone of March, the mineral heliotrope is commonly called what, due to its red inclusions?