General Knowledge Quiz 170

Questions

1. What is the Japanese Abashiri brewery's beer, a portmanteau from its ingredients?

   1. Beat (meat)
   2. Begg (egg)
   3. Bilk (milk)
   4. Bash (cannabis)

2. The Cadbury Report of 1992 established the first major code for what regulatory aspect of business/economics?

3. Meccanica Verghera prefixes which famous motorcycle maker's name?

4. In 2013 Birmingham UK opened Europe's biggest?

   1. Skating-rink
   2. Zoo
   3. Public library
   4. Doctor's surgery

5. Elisabeth Beresford devised what fancifully famous litter recycling franchise in 1968?

6. Satellite is a computer notebook/tablet model brand of which corporation?

7. Named from Greek 'earth' what traditional anti-itching lotion is made from zinc oxide and tiny part of ferric oxide?

8. What is the common name of the frottoir percusssion instrument (from Cajun French 'frotter', rub)?

9. What 'First' was French (1792-1804), Austrian (1919-34), Portuguese (1910-26) and Roman c.508BC?

10. Campylobacter bacteria is commonly associated with?

    1. Tooth decay
    2. Food poisoning
    3. Tuberculosis
    4. Yoghurt

11. Coach, Hex cap, Lag, and Machine are types of what?

12. A season in which woodland trees produce extraordinarily big volumes of fruit/nuts/seeds is called a '(What?) Year'?

    1. Most
    2. Mist
    3. Must
    4. Mast

13. What word prefixes the following words to make five new words: Call, Kin, Nip, Suit, Walk?

14. The site/name of which Napoleonic victory gave its name to a chicken/veal dish served with tomato, egg and crayfish?

15. What body-part and lubricant are a traditional metaphor for physical effort such as scrubbing and polishing?

16. Millefiore is a highly detailed and colourful decorative art of what material?

17. What army rank (English/US/etc) equates to the naval Lieutenant Commander?

18. A pipistrelle is a type of?

    1. Bat
    2. Cat
    3. Rat
    4. Gnat

19. In what modern country substantially were the Hittite people?

20. A sous-chef is what sort of chef?

    1. Pastry
    2. Trainee
    3. Deputy
    4. Breakfast