General Knowledge Quiz 185

Questions

1. Which corporation has developed and made the World Cup (soccer) footballs since 1966?

2. Brackish refers to water that is?

   1. Fresh
   2. Warm
   3. Salty
   4. Frozen

3. Originating in Saxon England, amounting to c.$70-100m annually in the 2000s, a global collection by the Catholic Church given directly to the Vatican is called?

   1. Peter's Pence
   2. Paul's Pounds
   3. Benny's Booty
   4. Gregory's Groats

4. What word refers to excessive ingratiating/flattering, derived from its original Latin 'oily' sense of annointing?

   1. Unctuous
   2. Bilious
   3. Mendacious
   4. Salacious

5. The website www.sis.gov.uk represents a state operation traditionally called?

   1. Customs & Excise
   2. Number 10
   3. MI6
   4. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

6. Niagara Falls are between which two Great Lakes?

   1. Erie/Ontario
   2. Huron/Erie
   3. Michigan/Huron
   4. Superior/Michigan

7. What legendary Arthurian item of furniture refers metaphorically to negotions/dicusssions by people of different views?

   1. Sacrificial altar
   2. Bar stool
   3. Round table
   4. Work bench

8. The nickname of the US-based Industrial Workers of the World international industrial/trade union is the?

   1. Wonkies
   2. Winkies
   3. Wobblies
   4. Wibblies

9. Castel Gandolfo in Italy is a summer residence of the?

   1. Pope
   2. EU President
   3. Beckhams
   4. Murdochs

10. Lingettes, feuchttucher, and babydoekjes are known in English as 'Baby... (what?)'?

    1. Carrots
    2. Steps
    3. Teeth
    4. Wipes

11. The Hudl tablet is a?

    1. Low-cost computer
    2. Body-warming drug
    3. Waterless soap
    4. Diagram of Noah's Ark

12. Heidelbergensis is an early form of?

    1. Rose
    2. Cow
    3. Cabbage
    4. Human

13. Commonwealth Bay in Antarctica is the site of what global extreme?

    1. Windiest weather
    2. Thickest ice
    3. Coldest water
    4. Brightest landscape

14. The US expression referring to a critic who offers late unhelpful opinion is a 'Monday Morning (What?)?

    1. Pitcher
    2. Point guard
    3. Quarterback
    4. Muppet

15. Name the patented globally popular 'celebratory' worm drive hose clip, registered in 1921 by its inventor Commander Lumley Robinson?

    1. Jubilee
    2. Birthday
    3. Anniversary
    4. Christmas

16. A pimpernel is a?

    1. Cape
    2. Bird
    3. Flower
    4. Soldier

17. What word prefixes the following words to create five different terms: Arms, Charge, Blade, Pad, Strap?

18. The marathon race event derives its name from a Greek?

    1. Dance
    2. Town
    3. Athlete
    4. Chocolate

19. What sort of sausage derives its name from a condiment?

    1. Bratwurst
    2. Salami
    3. Haggis
    4. Wiener

20. Vancouver, Oxford, Harvard/Parenthetical, ASA, and APA are major protocols for?

    1. Intelligence (IQ) testing
    2. Citing/referencing document sources
    3. Air traffic control
    4. Rose cultivation