General Knowledge Quiz 235

Questions

1. The symbol for latitude (an upside-down 'y') for Earth and planets etc, is the Greek letter?

   1. Beta
   2. Gamma
   3. Omega
   4. Lambda

2. The Hubble Telescope recently proved an old theory that the sky is dark at night because?

   1. Black holes emit darkness
   2. Hydrogen absorbs light
   3. Vacuum is black
   4. The sky is actually light, but our eyes are de-sensitized by daylight

3. Which modern leadership methodology is mainly associated with Gandhi and Nelson Mandela?

   1. Servant
   2. Situational
   3. Narcissistic
   4. Autocratic

4. The hugely popular annual Hindu Festival of Lights is?

   1. Radhastami
   2. Yatra
   3. Diwali
   4. Ganesh Chaturthi

5. Stenography (Greek stenos, narrow), Brachygraphy (brachys, short), and Tachygraphy (tachys, swift) are better known as?

   1. Finger-print analysis
   2. Shorthand
   3. Dashboard instrumentation
   4. Fast-food

6. Fundamental binary systems in maths and computing are named after English mathematician George Boole (1816-64), whose theory was based on?

   1. Alpha-numerics
   2. True/False
   3. Decimals
   4. Artificial Intelligence

7. The maximum effort expression 'Pull out all the stops' derives from?

   1. Newspaper editing
   2. Bus driving
   3. Commodity trading
   4. Organ playing

8. Double-eye, Sharp, Between, Chenille, and Bodkin are types of?

   1. Sewing needles
   2. Lizards
   3. Radio antennae
   4. Archery longbows

9. Slow Loris, Slender Loris, Potto, and False Potto are?

   1. Jeweller's solder
   2. Nocturnal primates
   3. Harry Potter elves
   4. Professional hair gels

10. Who in 2016 became the first singer-songwriter to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature?

    1. Paul McCartney
    2. Bob Dylan
    3. Leonard Cohen
    4. Howlin' Wolf

11. The stirrup bone is in the human?

    1. Toe
    2. Ankle
    3. Ribcage
    4. Ear

12. What file extension abbreviation is traditionally used for a 'read-only' Adobe Acrobat document, generally of high reproduction/printing quality?

    1. PPT
    2. DOC
    3. PDF
    4. GIF

13. Based on the German legend of Dr Faustus, a Faustian Bargain is alternatively called?

    1. A Shotgun Wedding
    2. A Deal with the Devil
    3. Too Good to be True
    4. Supermarket Own-Label

14. The word Muscovite is a?

    1. Moroccan desert rat
    2. Mexican taxi
    3. Moscow citizen
    4. Body-building protein drink

15. What three letter prefix (Latin 'under/close to') makes new words when added to?

    1. Due
    2. Urban, Marine, Traction, and Way

16. Parsing or 'syntactic analysis' is the process of analysing?

    1. Molecular structures
    2. Recyclable waste
    3. Language
    4. Human genetics

17. Among other works Dutch artist M C Escher is especially famous for pictures of impossible?

    1. Ships
    2. Staircases
    3. Animals
    4. Food

18. The global spate of clown hoaxers in 2016 was said to be a PR stunt organized for the remake of the film?

    1. UP
    2. IT
    3. ET
    4. AT

19. Calypso music is a combination of?

    1. Latin-American
    2. Afro-Caribbean
    3. Tex-Mex
    4. Bohemian-Romany

20. Enriched by eggs, butter and milk, Brioche is a French?

    1. Chocolate
    2. Porridge
    3. Game pie
    4. Bread