General Knowledge Quiz #197
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General Knowledge Quiz #197
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A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface: Golf putting green; Football (soccer) pitch; Cricket outfield; or Pinball table?
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Which long-standing cartoon characters made their debut in 'Puss Gets The Boot' in February 1940, called originally Jasper and Jinx?
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The 'cardinal points' are the four main points on what?
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Which US president in office 1945-53, is said to have coined the phrase 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' ?
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Strangely derived from Latin meaning ship, relating to maritime/direction, what is the central area of a church called?
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Which is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas?
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Anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans?
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The initials of French company LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods business, stand for what three famous brands?
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Alberto Grando, who died in 2011 aged 88, was whose motorcycle companion in the 1950s?
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The poems (English titles) The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1821), The Bronze Horseman (1833) and the play Boris Godunov (published 1831) were written by which Russian writer: Nabokov; Dostoyevsky; Pushkin; or Solzhenitsyn?
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Eutrophication is the addition of natural or artificial nutrients to what, causing plant growth?
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The Japanese musical instrument the shamisen (or samisen or sangen) has traditionally how many strings (the answer, in Japanese and the earlier Chinese, is in the name): One; Three; Twelve; or Twenty-four?
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The Scoville Scale is used to measure the heat of what?
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Name the excessively cheerful optimistic heroine created by American author Eleanor H Porter in the famous 1913 eponymously titled book, and subsequent series, which became a term for someone of such attitude?
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Following a violent 'domestic incident', which European country did Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi want to abolish in 2009?
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What is Uganda's staple crop, of which each adult consumes over three-times bodyweight annually?
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The liqueur sambuca originates from which European country?
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What 1986 disaster caused pollution across Europe by the radioactive isotope caesium-137, which at least 25 years later still required livestock to be scanned on some UK upland farms?
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The Hallé Orchestra, named after its Anglo-German founder (born Karl Halle) is based in which city?
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The Tinikling, a dance using bamboo poles, is the (or a) main national dance of which 7,000-island nation?
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Which Jewish holiday is also known as the Day of Atonement?
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In which European city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank?
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Mattel Inc closed its vast flagship retail store for what iconic product/brand in Shanghai, China, two years after its launch in 2009?
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Which British crime writer helped clean and preserve thousands of 3,000 year-old carved ivory pieces, found in the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, 1949-63, in excavations led by her then husband Sir Max Mallowen?
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Which online music service announced in March 2011 achieving one million paying subscribers across Europe, of a total exceeding 10 million users?
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What former president of a European country was charged in 2011 with misusing public funds while mayor of his country's capital city?
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100 degrees Celsius is how many degrees Fahrenheit?
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Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire?
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Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89?
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The mummified ancient man, thought killed by an arrow 5,300 years ago, is known as '(who?).. the Iceman' ?
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Interactive Quiz
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A stimpmeter measures the speed of a ball over what surface: Golf putting green; Football (soccer) pitch; Cricket outfield; or Pinball table?Golf putting green
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Which long-standing cartoon characters made their debut in 'Puss Gets The Boot' in February 1940, called originally Jasper and Jinx?Tom and Jerry
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The 'cardinal points' are the four main points on what?Compass
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Which US president in office 1945-53, is said to have coined the phrase 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' ?Harry S Truman
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Strangely derived from Latin meaning ship, relating to maritime/direction, what is the central area of a church called?Nave
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Which is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas?Brazil
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Anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans?Smell
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The initials of French company LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods business, stand for what three famous brands?Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy
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Alberto Grando, who died in 2011 aged 88, was whose motorcycle companion in the 1950s?Che Guevara
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The poems (English titles) The Prisoner of the Caucasus (1821), The Bronze Horseman (1833) and the play Boris Godunov (published 1831) were written by which Russian writer: Nabokov; Dostoyevsky; Pushkin; or Solzhenitsyn?Pushkin
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Eutrophication is the addition of natural or artificial nutrients to what, causing plant growth?Water
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The Japanese musical instrument the shamisen (or samisen or sangen) has traditionally how many strings (the answer, in Japanese and the earlier Chinese, is in the name): One; Three; Twelve; or Twenty-four?Three
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The Scoville Scale is used to measure the heat of what?Chili peppers
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Name the excessively cheerful optimistic heroine created by American author Eleanor H Porter in the famous 1913 eponymously titled book, and subsequent series, which became a term for someone of such attitude?Pollyanna
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Following a violent 'domestic incident', which European country did Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi want to abolish in 2009?Switzerland
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What is Uganda's staple crop, of which each adult consumes over three-times bodyweight annually?Bananas
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The liqueur sambuca originates from which European country?Italy
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What 1986 disaster caused pollution across Europe by the radioactive isotope caesium-137, which at least 25 years later still required livestock to be scanned on some UK upland farms?Chernobyl
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The Hallé Orchestra, named after its Anglo-German founder (born Karl Halle) is based in which city?Manchester
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The Tinikling, a dance using bamboo poles, is the (or a) main national dance of which 7,000-island nation?Philippines
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Which Jewish holiday is also known as the Day of Atonement?Yom Kippur
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In which European city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank?Frankfurt
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Mattel Inc closed its vast flagship retail store for what iconic product/brand in Shanghai, China, two years after its launch in 2009?Barbie
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Which British crime writer helped clean and preserve thousands of 3,000 year-old carved ivory pieces, found in the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, 1949-63, in excavations led by her then husband Sir Max Mallowen?Dame Agatha Christie
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Which online music service announced in March 2011 achieving one million paying subscribers across Europe, of a total exceeding 10 million users?Spotify
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What former president of a European country was charged in 2011 with misusing public funds while mayor of his country's capital city?Jacques Chirac
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100 degrees Celsius is how many degrees Fahrenheit?212
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Which two significant European rivers formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire?Rhine and Danube
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Which hollywood sex symbol, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, died in 2011, aged 89?Jane Russell
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The mummified ancient man, thought killed by an arrow 5,300 years ago, is known as '(who?).. the Iceman' ?Otzi
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