General Knowledge Quiz 237

Questions

1. Adobe's computer file format PDF stands for '(What?) Document Format'?

   1. Portable
   2. Perfect
   3. Printable
   4. Parent

2. What universal building block is defined (early 21stC) as "...having isotopes with a lifetime longer than the 10−14 seconds it takes the nucleus to form an electronic cloud..."?

   1. Gas
   2. Electricity
   3. An element
   4. Light

3. What 1600s English invention enabled a vast French industry?

   1. Pig-truffling
   2. Snail domestication
   3. Frog-genetics
   4. Pressure-resistant glass bottles

4. Elohim (also El Shaddai and El Elyon) and Krishna, are Hebrew-Christian/Hindu for?

   1. Life
   2. Death
   3. God
   4. Soul

5. A spiritualist meeting especially seeking to contact the deceased is spelled?

   1. Sayance
   2. Seyance
   3. Saence
   4. Seance

6. Which two of these is the word 'radar'?

   1. Alliteration
   2. Palindrome
   3. Acronym
   4. Conjunction
   5. Euphemism

7. What, containing organosulfur acid, famously often causes human urine to smell bad?

   1. Asparagus
   2. Rhubarb
   3. Olives
   4. KFC

8. Put these styles/periods of art/design in order, oldest first: Art Nouveau, Pop Art, Surrealism, Baroque?

9. Assassinated in Broadway, Manhattan, NYC, Malcolm X (Malcolm Little, 1925-65) was a famous Afro-American?

   1. Singer
   2. Businessman
   3. Human rights activist
   4. Footballer

10. "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche," wongly attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette before the French Revolution, is translated to mean?

    1. "Eat, drink and be merry"
    2. "An army marches on its stomach"
    3. "Then let them eat cake"
    4. "The peasants are revolting"

11. The 'Periodic Table' helps our understanding of?

    1. Dining etiquette
    2. Traditional carpentry
    3. Chemical elements
    4. Seasonal Affective Disorder

12. A Spork and a Foon are?

    1. Large birds
    2. Tropical storms
    3. Lofted golf clubs
    4. Cutlery

13. 'Quoth' is an old English word for?

    1. Linen
    2. Total
    3. Hair
    4. Said

14. Put these geological/time classifications in order of largest to smallest: Period, Epoch, Era, Eon?

15. Mike Pence and Tim Kaine were?

    1. Simon and Garfunkel
    2. Homer and Marge Simpson's voices
    3. 2016 US Vice-President candidates
    4. Madonna's choreographer and hair-stylist

16. Congenital Talipes Equinovarus (CTEV) is better known as?

    1. Hunchback
    2. Clubfoot
    3. Cleft palate
    4. Ingrowing toenail

17. Rhizoids found on certain plants are best described as?

    1. Leaves
    2. Petals
    3. Hairlike roots
    4. Bees

18. Thermodynamics is a particular scientific study of?

    1. Heat
    2. Vacuum
    3. Movement
    4. Power

19. What number on physical square keypads (e.g., non-touch-screen phones) generally has a raised dot or dash to help with impaired vision or in darkness?

    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 6

20. King, Emperor, Gentoo, Chinstrap, and Rockhopper are types of?

    1. Seal
    2. Crab
    3. Penguin
    4. Monkey