General Knowledge Quiz 209

Questions

1. Due to water-saving laws, a siphon features uniquely in what UK equipment, (ie generally not in other nations)?

   1. Water-dispensers
   2. Fridge-freezers
   3. Washing machines
   4. Flushing toilets

2. Tera, Peta, Exa, Zetta, Yotta are?

   1. Star Wars characters
   2. Metric prefixes
   3. Earth-orbiting comets
   4. Carrot varieties

3. The legal validation of a will is called?

   1. Probation
   2. Propoganda
   3. Probate
   4. Prolapse

4. Large lightweight bricks called 'breeze blocks' (also CMUs - concrete masonry units) were traditionally made/named from?

   1. Ash/cinders
   2. Bones
   3. Wood
   4. Broken crockery

5. What word makes five new words when prefixing: Wind, Or, Coat, End and Gate?

6. Where on a knife is the tang?

   1. Point
   2. Blunt edge
   3. Sharp edge
   4. Handgrip

7. Pigs blood, fat, pearl barley, wheat, and oatmeal are ingredients of what recently proposed 'superfood'?

   1. Scotch pie
   2. Brussels pate
   3. Black pudding
   4. A Big Mac

8. Malenkov, Bulganin, Khrushchev, and Kosygin are names of 1950-60s USSR (Soviet Union)?

   1. Soccer World Cup winners
   2. Cosmonauts
   3. National leaders
   4. Ballet dancers

9. The 1950s Looney Tunes cartoon Mexican mouse and term for someone acting very quickly is?

   1. Rapid Roberto
   2. Fast Francisco
   3. Speedy Gonzalez
   4. Jumping Jesus

10. A 'backhoe' (or rear/back actor) is normally found on?

    1. Theatrical stages
    2. Construction sites
    3. Sea beds
    4. Hospital wards

11. The drink Tequila is made from?

    1. Sugar-cane
    2. Aloe vera
    3. Blue Agave
    4. Cactus

12. The US-originating term 'prom' (school dance) is an informal abbreviation of?

    1. Promotion
    2. Promenade
    3. Promise
    4. Promiscuous

13. Nacreous means?

    1. Hot
    2. Dull
    3. Pearlescent
    4. Smelly

14. Letter, Legal, Executive, Ledger/Tabloid are N American?

    1. Lawyer grades
    2. Paper sizes
    3. Postal delivery classes
    4. Official shades of black inks

15. De La Rue is a famous international maker of?

    1. Cigars
    2. Pens
    3. Saddles
    4. Banknotes

16. The Cockney rhyming slang 'Bread', meaning money, is fully 'Bread and...' what?

17. Which one of the following does not apply to stingray creatures?

    1. Edible
    2. Venomous
    3. Fish
    4. Tree-climbing

18. The Latin terms '(summa/magna) cum laude' refer to levels of distinction for?

    1. Academic degrees
    2. N American driving licences
    3. Champagne quality
    4. Cheese curing certification

19. Saponification produces?

    1. Rubber
    2. Soap
    3. Tomato ketchup
    4. Human babies

20. Which one of these is not a record-player speed?