General Knowledge Quiz 189

Questions

1. Spanish-born Anne Hildago, proposed community redevelopment of Avenue Foch, the most affluent residential street of which city, in her 2014 mayoral election campaign?

   1. Paris
   2. London
   3. New York
   4. Buenos Aires

2. In Rastafari culture the term 'I and I' generally means?

   1. Me
   2. You
   3. We
   4. All

3. A swift strong shoreline current moving out to sea which can threaten bathers is a?

   1. Flip
   2. Rip
   3. Strip
   4. Blip

4. What prefix when added to the following makes five new words?

   1. Shave, Shock
   2. Sun
   3. Thought, Wards

5. If something is allegorical it is?

   1. Old
   2. Symbolic
   3. Untrue
   4. Religious

6. In physics the effect of the largest granules rising to the top of an agitated container of mixed granules is popularly called the (what?) effect?

   1. Coal truck
   2. Brazil nut
   3. Toffee penny
   4. Handbag

7. A silkworm/moth's (what?) is used to make silk?

   1. Wings
   2. Web
   3. Cocoon
   4. Droppings

8. In Spain 'chocolate a la taza' is a?

   1. Drink
   2. Cake
   3. Snack-bar
   4. Ice-cream

9. What common household product is used to protect premature babies and fresh tattoos?

   1. Aluminium/aluminum foil
   2. Clingfilm/foodwrap
   3. Greaseprooof paper
   4. Petroleum jelly

10. Meaning 'complete view', from Greek 'all-see', what BBC series (at 2014) is the world's longest-running public affairs TV show?

11. The suspension of a serving UK parliamentarian by his/her political party is called having the (what?) withdrawn?

    1. Wig
    2. Rod
    3. Whip
    4. Member

12. Alabama rot is an often terminal disease particularly afflicting?

    1. Cacti
    2. Greyhounds
    3. Bison
    4. Dolphins

13. Drax in Selby, Yorkshire UK, is at 2014 Europe's biggest (what?)-powered electricity generating station?

    1. Water
    2. Wind
    3. Solar
    4. Nuclear
    5. Coal

14. What treatment was endorsed in 2014 by Britain's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for migraine?

    1. Sauna
    2. Herbal
    3. Magnetic
    4. Cold-showers

15. Match the names/creatures?

    1. Godwit/Reptile
    2. Caribou/Fish
    3. Caiman/Deer
    4. Fugu/Bird

16. The acronym HDMI, a 21st century replacement connection technology for analogue video, stands for what?

17. Chrysí Avgí (Golden Dawn) is a far-right political party of which country?

18. The lachrymatory factor synthase (LFS) arises in preparing what foodstuff?

19. Sir Chris Chataway (1931-2014), a successful British broadcaster, politician and businessman, crucially assisted the first?

    1. Lunar landing
    2. Sub-4minute mile
    3. Everest ascent
    4. Mariana Trench descent

20. Viagra pills are traditionally what colour/color?