General Knowledge Quiz 181

Questions

1. Artichoke is a variety of?

   1. Rose
   2. Thistle
   3. Potato
   4. Pea

2. Alluding to remembering something, what was the standard form of quick recorded business communication before email?

3. The children's story/TV character Noddy was created in 1949 by which English author?

4. Medically which is deemed the most complete form of cleaning/hygiene?

   1. Disinfection
   2. Sterilisation
   3. Sanitisation

5. A polygraph is more popularly called a?

   1. Lie detector
   2. Phone call
   3. Postcard
   4. Public opinion survey

6. In Greek mythology when Pandora opened her box (actually jar), all the evil spirits escaped, and only Elpis, goddess/personification of (what?) remained?

7. What is the main nationality of the Yakuza (or gokudo/boryokudan/ninkyo dantai) said to be (at early 2000s) the world's largest criminal organization?

8. Who proposed the 'three basic activities of man': Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis (concerned respectively with the purposes of knowledge: Truth, Production, Action)?

   1. Leonardo da Vinci
   2. Sigmund Freud
   3. Aristotle
   4. Adolf Hitler

9. What are the two remaining 'living' Baltic languages (each of ex-Soviet Union republics)?

10. The term 'ignition' derives from which archaic 'element'?

    1. Fire
    2. Water
    3. Air
    4. Earth

11. In physics, what is a substance that continually deforms/flows under applied stress, including liquids, gases and plasmas?

12. The highest paved road in the world, the 1,300km Karakoram Highway, connects which two nations?

    1. USA-Russia
    2. Russia-China
    3. China-Pakistan
    4. Canada-USA

13. Which capital city is located at 64°08'N 21°56'W?

14. Super, Magic, Brønsted and Lewis are prefixes for chemical substance?

15. In the mechanics of gryoscopes and maritime compasses, etc., the inner/outer rings which form a self-levelling frame is called a?

    1. Thimble
    2. Tremble
    3. Gimbal
    4. Cymbal

16. What major group of organisms possess bodily features called operculum, caudal peduncle, and photophores?

17. What symbol appears on the German Euro Cent coins and pre-Euro pfennigs?

18. The 'Turing test' assesses whether a computer possesses what characteristic?

    1. Security
    2. Reliability
    3. Predictability
    4. Human

19. What was the Nintendo corporation's first main product line?

    1. TVs
    2. Cars
    3. Telephones
    4. Playing cards

20. What political philosophy is named after its Greek derivation 'one without rulers'?