General Knowledge Quiz 169

Questions

1. 'Sexboxes' are a feature of what in certain European cities?

   1. Cinemas
   2. Nightclubs
   3. Condom disposal
   4. Legalized prostitution

2. At 2013 what compensation had UK banks paid/set aside for the misselling of PPI (Payment Protection Insurance)?

   1. £4million
   2. £184million
   3. £84billion
   4. £4billion

3. At 2013 what compensation had UK banks paid/set aside for the misselling of PPI (Payment Protection Insurance)?

   1. £18.4million
   2. £184million
   3. £1.84billion
   4. £18.4billion

4. In the Bible, (Genesis 38:9), what did Onan spill on the ground, causing God to slay him for being evil, his?

   1. Wine
   2. Biscuits
   3. Papers
   4. Semen

5. What public service ceased in India in July 2013, having declined from a peak of 45,000 service points in the 1980s?

6. What offensive modern phenomenon - referenced by California US legislation to outlaw it in 2013 - refers to the unauthorised publication of private nude/sexual photographs of a person by his/her jilted lover?

7. Curve is a model name of which smartphone brand?

8. A Russian painting in a St Petersburg gallery was removed in 2013 due to controversially featuring?

   1. Stalin and Lenin in tutus
   2. Putin and Medvedev in female underwear
   3. Gorbechev and Yeltsin in wheelchairs
   4. Lenin and Trotsky in a bath

9. The chemical prefix glyco refers to what common desirable commodity?

10. Name the type of chemical compound which shrinks body tissues, whose properties are associated with the puckering mouth sensation from tannins and bitter berries?

11. The informal term nomophobia refers to anxiety from being without one's?

    1. Mother
    2. Money
    3. Mobile-phone
    4. Moped

12. What term for a sweet tasty liquid derives from Greek 'drink of the gods'?

13. ACH, BACS, and EFTPOS are international variations of systems handling the movement of what and how (two answers required)?

14. What was the approximate total global internet traffic volume per hour in 1997?

    1. 1gigabyte
    2. 100gb
    3. 1milliongb
    4. 100milliongb

15. Which vast fashion house has the sub-brands: Exchange, Collezioni, Emporio and Casa?

16. Which two (UK and US) newspapers collaborated in publishing leaked documents by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden?

17. The production of which popular foodstuff was banned by Germany in the 2nd World War because an ingredient was needed to make Zeppelins?

18. Name Google's music streaming service?

    1. Disc
    2. Play
    3. Rithm
    4. Play

19. What letters traditionally occupy the 6 button on a standard 'western' telephone keypad (no cheating)?

20. How many of these are flatfish (Pleuronectiformes) - flounder, sole, turbot, plaice, halibut - Two; Three; Four; or All five?

21. In African music an mbira is a (what?) piano?

    1. Thumb
    2. Foot
    3. Tongue
    4. Oil-drum