General Knowledge Quiz 158

Questions

1. Muscovite, used in electrical capacitors, is a processed form of what geological mineral?

2. The common vocal sound produced by blocking exhaled airflow (when voicing a vowel) by suddenly closing the vocal tract is called a '(what?) stop'?

3. Where is the Barbary Coast?

   1. Mexico
   2. Spain and Portugal
   3. India
   4. North Africa

4. In 17th century England what were Happy, Useless, Addled, Short, Long, Rump and Barebones?

5. What Olympic event entails disqualification if both feet of a competitor are seen to be off the ground at the same time?

6. What popular Australian bird is named after an ancient stringed instrument?

7. A sarcophagus traditionally contains a?

   1. Telescope
   2. Compass
   3. Corpse
   4. Fine brandy

8. Which nation's 'national anthem' is known as 'Qaumi Tarana' and alternatively 'Pak Sarzamin' (sacred land)?

9. In Indian cuisine, the term pakora refers to what aspect of meat/vegetable cooking?

   1. Deep-fried in batter
   2. Griddle
   3. Clay oven
   4. Kebab

10. What French word, for 'little bed', refers to a railcar adaptable for sleeping?

11. A ewer is a large?

    1. Knife
    2. Spoon
    3. Fork
    4. Jug

12. The human brain's frontal lobe, chiefly processing cognitive functions relating to reward, attention, short-term memory tasks, planning, motivation, etc., is fully mature at (very) approximately what age?

    1. Five
    2. Ten
    3. Fifteen
    4. Thirty

13. Which country's name, existing 1929-2003, meant 'South Slavs'?

14. The Bagua (meaning 'eight symbols') is a symbolic/diagrammatic system in which belief?

    1. Taoism
    2. Catholicism
    3. Hinduism
    4. Islam

15. Which country, the world's fifth-largest, is named after its first export?

16. What plant, named Olea europaea, is an ancient widely used metaphor for peace?

17. (Meaning continuing unpleasantly), spell the word?

    1. Insessant
    2. Inscesant
    3. Incescant
    4. Incessant

18. Static electricity is fundamentally produced by?

    1. Magnetism
    2. Humidity
    3. Friction
    4. Heat

19. What intangible communication aid did Dr Ludwig Zamenhof create c.1880, 'to foster harmony between people of different nations'?

20. What note is produced at the twelfth fret of the top (highest pitched) string on a conventionally tuned guitar?

    1. E
    2. G
    3. A or Bb