General Knowledge Quiz 228

Questions

1. Alfred Adler, Albert Ellis, Carl Rogers, and Aaron Beck are famous experts/pioneers in?

   1. Architecture
   2. Orchestral conducting
   3. Psychology
   4. Dance choreography

2. Jamaican Cecil Bustamente Campbell (1938-2016), originator/writer of ska songs such as One Step Beyond, Madness, and Al Capone is better known as?

   1. King Basher
   2. Duke Beater
   3. Prince Buster
   4. Earl Poker

3. The German term 'deppenastroph' equates in English to the idiotic use of?

   1. Atomic weapons
   2. Pesticides
   3. Garlic
   4. Apostrophes

4. Name the British 'new romantic' band whose grim name referred to executions at a Berlin prison?

5. The Epistles of the New Testament in the Bible are considered to be originally?

   1. Letters
   2. Poems
   3. Stories
   4. Wills

6. In language a gerund is a verb, typically with 'ing' added, used as a?

   1. Noun
   2. Adjective
   3. Expletive/insult
   4. Question

7. What sort of roller/tube pump, common in precise timed dosing, is named from the scientific action of the human intestines?

   1. Diaphragm
   2. Peristaltic
   3. Archimedean screw
   4. Resonating joggle

8. Singlish refers to a variant English language spoken in?

   1. Spain
   2. Singapore
   3. The Vatican
   4. Prison

9. In tennis a legal serve which cannot be reached by the openent is called an?

   1. Jack
   2. Ace
   3. King
   4. Queen

10. Who allegedly leapt from his bathtub into the street shouting 'Ureka' (I've found it') seeing his body displace water of equivalent volume?

    1. Einstein
    2. Euler
    3. Archimedes
    4. Plato

11. What word is a prefix for Potato, Slug, Gooseberry, Horse, Cow, Cucumber, Lettuce, and Lion?

    1. Sky
    2. Sea
    3. Earth
    4. Wind
    5. Fire

12. What is the earliest form of digital electronic communication - originally for stock price telegraphy - also describing US celebrations/parades, from its use as confetti?

13. Masticate means?

    1. Argue
    2. Chew
    3. Give up
    4. Sneeze

14. Gerontology is the study of what age/development in people?

    1. Newborn
    2. Child
    3. Adult
    4. Old

15. Krav Maga, developed late-1940s by Hungarian-Jewish Emrich 'Imi' Lichtenfeld (1910-98) is a highly efficient system of?

    1. Self-defence/defense
    2. Origami
    3. Town planning
    4. Business accounting

16. Phoenicia, the 1500-300BC coastal civilisation and foundation of much modern trade/language was based around the?

    1. Red Sea
    2. Black Sea
    3. China Sea
    4. Mediterranean

17. In medicine, a lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid testing is called a?

    1. Cranium drain
    2. Back draw
    3. Small drip
    4. Spinal tap

18. Slub is bobbles or twists in?

    1. Toffee
    2. Cloth/Thread
    3. Ski-slopes
    4. Country dancing

19. What word for sadness is from the ancient 'Four Humours' personality model of black-/yellow-bile/phlegm/blood?

    1. Misery
    2. Depression
    3. Melancholy
    4. Woebegone

20. Author Chris Van Allsburg and actor Robin Williams asserted that (What?) 1981 book/1995 movie about a real-life/jungle-boardgame means 'many effects' in Zulu?