General Knowledge Quiz 176

Questions

1. What business model name derives from Old French 'free' and a late-Middle Ages English grant of legal immunity?

2. Monandry refers to having at any one time only one?

   1. Option
   2. Job
   3. Home
   4. Husband

3. What is the correct representation of the burger chain brand?

   1. MacDonald's
   2. McDonalds
   3. MacDonalds'
   4. McDonald's

4. A satisfying, balanced and nutritious meal is said to be what shape?

5. The popular UK 2010s acronymic 'Towie' fashion/lifestyle derives from what?

6. Which global confectioner started its business in 1920 making 'gummibärchen'?

7. The Decembrists unsuccessfully attempted a revolt against the monarch of which country in 1825?

8. What became known in the 1800s as 'the gay science'?

   1. Biology
   2. Cookery
   3. Poetry
   4. Astrology

9. What profession is shared by Joseph Stiglitz, Milton Friedman, Ken Galbraith, and Janet Yellen?

10. What is a PC's Alt key traditionally called on a MacIntosh computer?

11. What two-verb expression refers to a formal notification to stop an activity, prior to legal action?

    1. Stay and Suspend
    2. Defer and Delay
    3. Cease and Desist
    4. Waive and Adjourn

12. The German company Recaro famously produces what high-performance product?

13. The eponymous stairway to heaven dreamed by Joseph's father in Bible's book of Genesis is famously known as what?

14. The development of what sort of pumping engine in 1785 gave rise to the description 'draught/draft' for its pumped product?

15. The 'Tube' in the website name YouTube also refers informally to what traditional display technology, abbreviated to CRT?

16. Viewed from the front, the stripes (W=White, B=Black) of a European badger's head are, left to right?

    1. BWB
    2. WBW
    3. BWBWB
    4. WBWBW

17. What popular spirit drink brand includes a bat in its logo?

18. Hewer is an old occupational name for which trade?

19. Imperative, perfect, pluperfect, perfect, and infinitive are types of?

    1. Sentences
    2. Adjectives
    3. Verbs
    4. Prepositions

20. Largely abusing Catholic/Vatican connections, the 'Ratlines' of World War II enabled escape from Europe and resettlement for whom?