General Knowledge Quiz 175

Questions

1. What term referring (in the northern hemisphere) to something/someone of Australia/NZ derives from Greek 'those who have their feet opposite'?

2. What US corporation originated and became a genericized trademark for the common cylindrical lock?

3. Revolutionary Che Geuvara (1928-67) was born and killed respectively in?

   1. Cuba and Mexico
   2. Chile and USA
   3. Paraguay and Venezuela
   4. Argentina and Bolivia

4. In 2013 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjayu controversially made the news for reportedly suggesting what could not be worn freely in Iran?

   1. Jewellery
   2. Jeans
   3. Leather Jackets
   4. Jodhpurs

5. What profession uses a sangar (probably from Persian for stone)?

   1. Dentist
   2. Soldier
   3. Pilot
   4. Sculptor

6. English physicist Nicholas Culpeper's famous 1653 human healthcare book was the 'Complete (What?)'?

   1. Herbal
   2. Astrology
   3. Athlete
   4. Barber

7. Gustatory perception refers to which of the five traditional human senses?

8. Sassafras, a traditional aromatic ingredient of perfume and medicine, is a?

   1. Tree
   2. Seaweed
   3. Insect
   4. Pig-gland

9. Spell the word?

   1. Acomodate
   2. Acommodate
   3. Accomodate
   4. Accommodate

10. What was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, the French Colonies in 1848, and the USA in 1865?

11. Which country borders Finland, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia?

12. Name the organizational exception in this group, and the differentiating organizational feature it does not share with the others (two answers required): McDonald's, Avis Rent a Car, Hilton Hotels, Snap-on Tools, HSBC?

13. What (originally US) slang for earthly deposits worth mining is a metaphorical term for a potentially profitable/useful discovery or idea?

14. Informally called the 'three-fingered salute', what bizarre enduring Microsoft keypad command interrupts a pc operation and opens a task manager?

15. What French term refers to the standing on 'tip-toes' position in ballet?

16. A burgh in Scotland (as in Edinburgh) originally meant a?

    1. Hill
    2. Port
    3. River
    4. Corporate entity

17. Beers called Budweiser are named after a city of which modern nation?

    1. Germany
    2. USA
    3. Czech Republic
    4. Canada

18. The devastating water-borne disease Schistosomiasis, or Snail Fever, is more commonly called what?

19. What analytical field is traditionally called 'the dismal science'?

20. What is the fourth root of 625 (i.e., what number multiplied by itself four times is 625)?