General Knowledge Quiz 186

Questions

1. A 'tokal' in Kazakhstan is a second?

   1. Home
   2. Child
   3. Car
   4. Wife

2. Who originally won the 1936 Berlin gold medal bought for a record $47m in 2013?

3. What shoemaking tools term is cockney rhyming slang for testicles or nonsense?

4. Corinthian, a term for sporting prowess, relates/refers to the ancient city Corinth, in which country?

5. A Mafia extortion racket in late 2013 encouraged Naples shopkeepers to buy what seasonal red and green plants at grossly inflated prices?

6. Discovery Day, Fiesta Nacional, and Día de las Américas are among various national versions of what US holiday celebrating 12 October 1492?

7. Which landlocked country, independent of France since 1960, has the initials CAR?

8. The major river of Rome, 'crossing the (What?)' refers informally to conversion from Protestant to Catholic?

9. What was Swiss designer Adrian Frutiger's eponymous creation, originally for France's Charles de Gaulle airport signage in 1975?

10. Promoted globally in turn from 1970-2006, what were Telstar, Tango, Azteca, Questra, Tricolore, Fevernova and Teamgeist?

11. Which of these twin factors differentiate the UK secret services MI6 and MI5?

    1. Overseas/Domestic
    2. Army/Police
    3. Secret/Open
    4. Weaponry/Communications

12. A clinical lipectomy removes what from the body?

13. The licensed sale of what was legalized in Colorado state, for the first time in the USA on 1 Jan 2014?

    1. Sex
    2. Marijuana
    3. Human organs
    4. Absinthe liquor

14. Who originally won the 1936 Berlin gold medal bought for a record $1.47m in 2013?

15. Oculus Rift is a virtual reality?

    1. Chef
    2. College
    3. Headset
    4. Lap-dance Club

16. Which one of these is not a typical ingredient of 'five spice' powder used in Chinese/eastern cuisine: Pepper, Fennel, Wasabi, Cinnamon, Cloves, Star Anise?

17. Attracting 7million visitors a year, what World Heritage Site at Bennelong Point/Tubowghule was designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon and opened in 1973?

18. What is the chemical name of the highly poisonous Prussic Acid (formula HCN), which in part reflects its discovery in blue paint pigment?

19. Vostok Station, the coldest place on Earth (-89.2C recorded 1983) is in?

    1. Siberia
    2. The North Pole
    3. Tibet
    4. Antarctica

20. Which two characters always appeared together in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit because Warner Brothers and Disney agreed equal visibility for their respective biggest stars?

21. A temporary electrical connector is known as a (what?) clip?

    1. Lion
    2. Tiger
    3. Hippo
    4. Alligator/Crocodile