General Knowledge Quiz 187

Questions

1. The abbreviation ECT (electric shock treatment of psychiatric illness) stands for what?

2. The MINT countries (an emerging tier of new economic powers after the BRIC group), are which four nations?

3. The cult 'Twilight' and 'Game of Thrones' TV/films popularized the ownership of what challenging pets?

   1. Eagle-like birds
   2. Wolf-like-dogs
   3. Dragon-like lizards
   4. Badger-like cats

4. According to the apochryphal quote, "The Battle of Waterloo was won on the (what?) of Eton"?

   1. Orders
   2. Horses
   3. Playing fields
   4. Croquet lawns

5. What Anglicized French term meaning 'in relation to' literally translates as 'face-to-face'?

6. The game of association football (soccer) has how many basic laws?

   1. 7
   2. 17
   3. 27
   4. 37

7. A Brazil nut is technically a?

   1. Fruit
   2. Seed
   3. Fungus
   4. Leaf

8. In many Arabic and Asian languages Memsab and Sahib (and variants) mean?

   1. Please/Thank-you
   2. Hello/Goodbye
   3. Madam/Mister
   4. Day/Night

9. The Attacama Desert in Chile is considered the planet's most (what?) place?

   1. Humid
   2. Dry
   3. Hot
   4. Noiseless

10. A Roman theatre exit passageway (also mistakenly believed to be where diners made themselves sick to enable more eating) is a?

    1. Nauseaum
    2. Evacuatium
    3. Exitorum
    4. Vomitorium

11. 'Normal School' traditionally refers to a college for students of which profession?

12. Satirical magazine Private Eye's nickname for Queen Elizabeth II, reportedly used by royal staff, family, etc., is?

    1. Pauline
    2. Pippa
    3. Brenda
    4. Keith

13. A rock which is foliated is?

    1. Layered
    2. Sparkly
    3. Holed
    4. Cracked

14. Cadbury Roses and Nestle Quality Street traditionally use which colour/color wrapper to denote a whole hazelnut filling?

    1. Silver
    2. Purple
    3. Green
    4. Blue

15. Who was a trade union/party founder (1980), prisoner (1981-2), Nobel Peace Prizewinner (1983), and president (1990-5)?

16. The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is noted for playing 'open-tuned' six-string electric guitars with how many strings?

    1. Three
    2. Four
    3. Five
    4. Seven

17. What was discovered and announced (UK Newcastle University, 2014) to reverse/cure obesity-induced Type-2 Diabetes?

    1. Hypnosis
    2. Honey
    3. Diet
    4. Cat-stroking

18. The sport of curling uses stones (or US 'rocks') conventionally made of what material?

    1. Rubber
    2. Steel
    3. Granite
    4. Acrylic

19. The Hay Wain featured in John Constable's so-named 1821 painting is a?

    1. Farmhouse
    2. Cart
    3. Meadow
    4. Cloud system

20. The terms bipin twistlock, Edison screw and bayonet are associated with what common items?