General Knowledge Quiz 215

Questions

1. Which nation's tax authorities raided Google's offices in its capital city in 2016 citing tax evasion?

2. A pantechnicon (from Greek, for 'all' and 'piece of art') is a?

   1. Sports car
   2. Bicycle
   3. Skateboard
   4. Furniture removal van

3. Batman's gadget-loaded super-powered road vehicle, appearing in the very first Batman comic story 1937, is called the Bat?

   1. Car
   2. Wagon
   3. Mobile
   4. Pantechnicon

4. Which small English Midlands county is home to the eponymous '(What?) Water' (named after the county) - the nation's largest reservoir by area?

5. Originating in ancient India, 'ghee' is a popular modern?

   1. Rice wine
   2. Barbecued crab
   3. Clarified butter
   4. Edible sand

6. Roland Garros is home to the Open (What?) Championships of (Where?) (two answers required)?

   1. Darts
   2. Golf
   3. Tennis
   4. France
   5. Australia
   6. USA

7. The UK state tax authority HMRC stands for Her Majesty's Revenue and?

   1. Costs
   2. Corporations
   3. Customs
   4. Crowns

8. The Greek word petro/petros, as in petroleum and petrochemicals, etc, means?

   1. Rock
   2. Fire
   3. Oil
   4. Expensive

9. Match these words to their meanings?

   1. Visceral
   2. Ethereal
   3. Ephemeral - Very short-lived
   4. Deeply felt
   5. Spiritual/delicate

10. Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona.. are at 2016?

    1. Atlantic hurricanes
    2. Next in line to the Danish throne
    3. Australian battleships
    4. Characters in a blockbuster 2000s Disney movie called Fruit

11. Common in 1920-30s UK, what were popularised again 2015/16 by TV's Peaky Blinders, David Beckham and One Direction?

    1. Plus-fours trousers
    2. Hobnail boots
    3. Flat caps
    4. Handlebar moustaches

12. Reflexology therapy primarily involves touching a patient's?

    1. Head
    2. Shoulders
    3. Feet
    4. Knees

13. Oats are considered to be mainly a healthy source of?

    1. Carbohydrates
    2. Sugar
    3. Vitamins
    4. Iron

14. Prior to his criminal infamy, OJ Simpson was originally a famous American?

    1. Baseball player
    2. Footballer
    3. Rapper
    4. Senator

15. Haiku, traditionally comprising 17 'morae' and a juxta-position, is a short form of Japanese?

    1. Judo
    2. Government
    3. Poetry
    4. Breakfast

16. Latin confectum, and the plural of Italian confetto, small sweet, is the word/tradition origin of what celebratory material?

17. Cilantro or Chinese parsley is better known as?

    1. Oregano
    2. Coriander
    3. Dill
    4. Mixed herbs

18. The premature same-age deaths of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse prompted the popular '(What number?) Club' theory?

    1. 25
    2. 26
    3. 27
    4. 28

19. The Tahitian/Tongan/Samoan word and tradition 'ta-tau' became what in English?

20. The Taoiseach ('teashockh'), Enda Kenny, in office 2011, re-elected 2016, is/was Prime Minister of?

    1. Sweden
    2. Ireland
    3. Scotland
    4. Canada