General Knowledge Quiz 149

Questions

1. The terms Sic Bo, Tai Sai, Dai Siu, Big and Small, Hi-Lo, Grand Hazard, Birdcage, and Chuck-a-Luck all refer broadly to the same gambling game which uses what?

2. The 1940s-50s development names Whirlo-Way and Pluto Platter referred to and became what better known generic/brand name?

3. Which aptly named country boasts the capital city closest to the equator, also the highest capital, at 2013 (bonus point for the name of the city)?

4. What portmanteau demographics term is the lowest level in the BBC's survey/attempted redefining of social class published in 2013?

5. Corvine refers to resembling/belonging to what bird?

6. Derived from German bucht, in geography a bight refers to a?

   1. Curved feature or bay
   2. Rocky crag
   3. Marsh/bog
   4. Dry lake

7. The word putative means?

   1. Harsh
   2. Token
   3. Conditional
   4. Supposed

8. What word for a very bad incident derives from Italian meaning 'ill-starred'?

9. Aside from his usual name who is sometimes called the Bishop of Rome?

   1. Michelangelo
   2. Silvio Berlusconi
   3. Benito Mussolini
   4. The Pope

10. Named after US economist Arthur Laffer, his eponymous Curve refers graphically to notional/optimal government revenues according to levels of?

    1. Taxation
    2. Inflation
    3. Happiness
    4. Weather

11. Psilocybin refers to what commonly named natural recreational and anti-depressant drug?

12. The traditional logo of which famous pre-ground bean coffee is a white script lower-case four-letter name on a red square background?

13. Wampum refers to decorative/monetary shell-beads in which culture?

14. The abbreviation DDoS, referring to a data-flooding attack on a website to disrupt or close it, means what in full?

15. What does the French-English expression "C'est la vie!" mean?

16. A fire ant colony can join together as a self-transporting?

    1. Wing
    2. Raft
    3. Ball
    4. Wheel

17. The German/Jewish occupational surname Schneider referred to what sort of tradesman?

18. RB211, Trent, Tay, and Spey, are what, all manufactured by which corporation (two answers required)?

19. The Christian Eucharist ceremonial act is based on what event from religious scripture?

    1. Last Supper
    2. Turning Water into Wine
    3. Feeding the 5,000
    4. Cleansing Ten Lepers

20. The old maritime professional rank bosun is an abbreviation of what older full term?