General Knowledge Quiz 200

Questions

1. What is the correct spelling of the word?

   1. Reminisance
   2. Reminiscence
   3. Remanisense
   4. Remenissance

2. Where mega means a million (106) what commonly used prefix means a millionth (10-6)?

3. Who wrote the poems If, Gunga Din, Mandalay, and The Female of the Species?

4. Dating back to 1801, what is the more common name for a circle graph, said to be the most commonly used graph in business and media?

5. Which international statesman was voted 'Left-Hander of the Year' in 2008 by the Left-Handers Club?

6. Ganesh, Murugan and their father Shiva feature in which religion?

   1. Hindu
   2. Islam
   3. Christianity
   4. Shinto

7. In motoring in the UK, when road tax is not required for a vehicle because it is not in use, what does SORN stand for?

8. In the children's stories of Thomas the Tank Engine, what is the name of the Fat Controller?

9. What is both an ancient twisted metal necklace and a force causing rotation?

10. What type of creature is a Storm-petrel?

11. Podophobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?

12. Mento, a style of folk music similar to Calypso which has influnced ska and reggae, originated in which country?

13. In the Netherlands in 1932 Adriaan Van Well founded which acronymic international grocery chain business, represented by a fir-tree logo?

14. Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest?

15. The Turbine Hall, which hosts artwork of vast scale, is in which London art gallery?

16. The Narcissus plant is otherwise known by which popular name?

17. A Novocastrian, is a native of which English and Australian cities?

18. How many senators make up the US Senate?

19. Elizabeth Taylor made a fortune from what business aside from acting?

    1. Horse breeding
    2. Limousine hire
    3. Perfume
    4. Vegetarian cookbooks

20. Thomas Seymour married the widow of which monarch in 1547, previously his brother-in-law?

21. Podagra is the technical term for which medical condition in humans, often associated with heavy drinking?

22. The Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service is commonly known outside Japan by what name?

23. 18 year-old Fiona Butler, in an unpaid photoshoot, featured in Athena's iconic 1970's bare-bottom poster of what sport?

24. In chess how many pieces on the board may pass over squares occupied by other pieces?

25. What UK-based organisation is (at 2011) the world's largest insurance market?

26. Mexican artist Diego Rivera painted the 'Man at the Crossroads' mural on which vast building complex in New York City named after a famous oil and banking family?

27. Four generations of the Aquino family, including Benigno Aquino III who became president in 2010, have featured strongly in the governance of which country?

28. Europe's largest solar power plant is at Sanlucar la Mayor in which country?

    1. Portugal
    2. Spain
    3. France
    4. Romania

29. Ganymede is the largest moon of which planet?

30. A 'boxcar' is a term for rolling which number on the dice in a game of craps?