General Knowledge Quiz 182

Questions

1. Which best-selling 2008/9 book, whose concepts were adopted by political leaders, was written by Thaler and Sunstein?

2. Name the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5)?

3. Referring to a warning or stipulation, spell the word?

   1. Caviot
   2. Caviat
   3. Caveot
   4. Caveat

4. The ancient Greek term/goddess 'Sophrosyne' represents?

   1. Love
   2. War
   3. Moderation
   4. Wine

5. What new word was added to dictionaries in 2013 referring to sexually provocative dancing (especially by female pop singers)?

6. Name the online messaging application founded by Evan Spiegel and fellow Stanford University students which reportedly rejected two $multibillion acquisition offers in 2013?

7. How many points are on the maple leaf of the Canadian flag?

8. A carnival traditionally/literally represents the start of a religious period during which what is avoided?

9. What mammalian hormone is associated with birthing, milk ejection, and the refractory period?

10. What is the biggest selling music album never to have achieved top chart position?

11. Name the online market for illicit and contraband goods, notably drugs, founded by 'Dread Pirate Roberts'?

12. What word prefixes the following words to form three different two-word terms: Drop, Rain, Test?

13. What sort of architectural ironmongery has variations including barrel, pivot, butterfly, flag, and strap?

14. The 'International Boundary', the longest international border between two countries, is shared by which two nations?

15. Who is the patron saint of miners, mathematicians, architects and military engineers?

    1. Vincent
    2. Christopher
    3. Barbara
    4. Kylie

16. What is the chemical group name for 'legal high' recreational drugs known as 'poppers', originally and still a medical inhaler for angina?

17. What 2015/19 transport link connects the UK towns Maidenhead, Shenfield and Abbey Wood?

18. Which multinational corporation (at 2013) owns the brands Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Mother's Cookies, and Pringles?

19. The obverse (front) of the Great Seal (coat of arms) of the USA features a (what?) clasping (what two things?) (three answers required)?

20. What was a KC in the UK until becoming a QC in 1952?