General Knowledge Quiz 213

Questions

1. The old weight 'dram' or 'drachm' equates to?

   1. 1.772 grams
   2. One ounce
   3. One kilogram
   4. One ton

2. The old weight 'dram' or 'drachm' equates to?

   1. 772 grams
   2. One ounce
   3. One kilogram
   4. One ton

3. What is the bingo nickname and the number that is the square root of 484, a rifle calibre, and puzzle or 'catch' (two answers required)?

4. Machiavellian/Machiavellianism, after Renaisance philosopher/writer/political scientist Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), refers to?

   1. Joyful
   2. Clumsy
   3. Cunning
   4. Energetic

5. Latin deus (god) and Javanese dejos became what Chinese pidgin English word for an incense stick?

6. From the Greek god of love what term refers to a part of the human body that is especially responsive to touch/stimulation?

7. What astrological star sign is represented by the scales?

8. What French word refers to a terracotta dish and a pâté typically made in one?

   1. Tajine
   2. Terrine
   3. Ramekin
   4. Karahi

9. What word makes five new words when prefixing?

   1. Go
   2. Ding
   3. Ocular
   4. Man
   5. and Liner

10. Monophthongs, dyphthongs and triphthongs are types of?

    1. Vowel sounds
    2. Teeth
    3. Cabbages
    4. Coin edging

11. What is the popular Tex-Mex and Mexican dish known in Spanish as 'frijoles refritos'?

12. A warm sunny period in Autumn (Fall) in the northern hemisphere is called an?

    1. African Spring
    2. Australian Winter
    3. Indian Summer
    4. Baked Alaska

13. Zugzwang is a globalized German term for an obligatory disadvantageous?

    1. Chess move
    2. Tax payment
    3. Blood transfusion
    4. Give-way to a cyclist

14. The US Hillerich & Bradsby company's 'Louisville Slugger' is a?

    1. Garden pesticide
    2. Baseball bat
    3. Earth-digger/mover
    4. Saxophone

15. Name the ancient Greek slave/storyteller to whom many fables are attributed in an eponymous collection?

16. In yoga, 'asana' is?

    1. Breath
    2. Place/position of pose
    3. Meditation
    4. Incense smoke

17. French writer/philosopher Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) inspired which behavioural term?

18. Vaseline is a genericized brandname for what sort of 'Jelly'?

19. 0.6214 mile is how many metres?

    1. 200
    2. 1000
    3. 1500
    4. 5000

20. What kitchen/restaurant appliance is named in French, deriving from Latin 'bath of Maria'?

21. A business constituted as a 'cooperative' is owned and managed by its?

    1. Founders
    2. Staff/customers
    3. Venture capitalist investors
    4. National government