General Knowledge Quiz 161

Questions

1. A cittern is a?

   1. Carpentry tool
   2. Musical instrument
   3. Bird
   4. Five-wheeled cycle

2. According to legend, the Gordian Knot, cut by Alexander the Great, tethered a what?

3. The straight-legged high-kicking march used by many military forces, especially ceremonially, is popularly called the what?

4. US composer/artist John Cage's most famous and controversial 1952 work, called 4'33", requires the musician(s) to play for its entire three-movement 4mins 33secs duration?

   1. The same note
   2. As many notes as possible
   3. At maximum volume
   4. Nothing

5. The Renaissance (from French, 're-birth') was a European cultural movement spanning which centuries?

   1. 4-7th
   2. 7-10th
   3. 14-17th
   4. 15-18th

6. What Indian Hindi-Urdu-derived word, orginally a place of assembly, refers in English to a multi-event equestrian contest, and in India to various sporting facilities?

7. E20 and SW19 are codes famously associated with?

   1. Food
   2. Sport
   3. Aviation
   4. Cosmetics

8. Botija, udu, and ghatam are types of?

   1. Musical instruments
   2. Rice
   3. Vehicles
   4. Prayers

9. Name the CIA employee who famously became a whistleblower in 2013, revealing details of US/UK mass public surveillance?

10. What number features most prevalently internationally in toll-free or 'freefone' telephony?

    1. 600
    2. 700
    3. 800
    4. 900

11. What is the main ingredient of the modern breakfast food and energy bar called granola?

    1. Rice
    2. Potato
    3. Oats
    4. Coconut

12. The 'morna' is the national music and dance style of which central Atlantic archipelago island nation?

13. What is the traditional tradename for a person who works high up on church spires and chimneys?

14. The term forensic refers to investigative technologies and sciences in relation to?

    1. Law and crime
    2. Dead things
    3. Tiny details
    4. Laboratories

15. What work-related term popularly refers to loan companies which offer short-term unsecured personal loans at high interest rates?

16. The Bugatti car logo features which reversed capital letter in a ligature with B, standing for the founder (Bugatti's) first name?

17. The rights to which famous character were sold by creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster to Detective Comics for $130 in 1937?

18. London's aptly renamed 42-floor 'Tower 42' has a footprint equating to the triangulated-chevrons logo of which original owner?

19. What term refers to the off-putting banter directed by bowlers/fielders to opposing batsmen on a cricket pitch?

20. As at 2013 what country boasted the four most profitable banks in the world?