General Knowledge Quiz 172

Questions

1. What is the traditional English word best describing Gnocchi in Italian cuisine?

2. What is the common name of the lighter/fuel gas, formula C4H10?

3. Which famous old UK three-letter bank brand relaunched via divestment from Lloyds in Sep 2013?

4. The word 'disgust' derives from the Latin meaning of the human sense to?

   1. See
   2. Hear
   3. Touch
   4. Taste
   5. Smell

5. What is a rock containing a mineral/element, and is also a sub-unit of Scandinavian currencies?

6. Which Spanish corporation bought the UK O2 phone corporation in 2005?

7. Telltale, Mainsheet, Crosstree, Shroud and Forestay are parts of what?

8. What common word in human body enhancement shares its root meaning with a word for the universe?

9. The music genre 'Musique d'Ameublement' originated by Erik Satie in 1917 is commonly called '(What?) music' in English?

   1. Wallpaper
   2. Furniture
   3. Carpet
   4. Sofa

10. What traditional 'comic book' expression of annoyance is an adapted contraction of the pre-1800s oath 'God rot'?

11. The following words are each the suffix of which word in making five new words: Fat, Fly, Milk, Nut, and Scotch?

12. The human throat consists of which two main rhyming parts?

13. What shape is a sea urchin?

    1. Disc
    2. Star
    3. Sphere
    4. Horse

14. The German surname Müller refers to what occupation?

15. The 1950-60s French-developed 'Séquentiel couleur à mémoire' was the first format for what in Europe?

16. Semiotics is the study of what?

17. Obsidian is a form of?

    1. Rock
    2. Metal
    3. Gas
    4. Liquid

18. What tool has a grind, spine, fuller and ricasso?

19. An oligarchy describes a leadership group comprising people who are?

    1. Few
    2. Wealthy
    3. Old
    4. New

20. In music the term descant (or discant) normally refers to a melody or instrument in what range?

    1. High
    2. Low
    3. Middle
    4. Varying