General Knowledge Quiz 238

Questions

1. What traditionally characterizes the 'stout' variety of beer?

   1. Super-strength and yellow
   2. Dark and strong
   3. Headless and bubble-free
   4. Sweet and fruity

2. Dale Carnegie's 1936 best-selling book about business and life is called "How to (What?) and Influence People"?

   1. Make Money
   2. Be Happy
   3. Win Friends
   4. Bake Cakes

3. The popular recently Anglicized Danish/Norwegian word 'hygge' (pronounced roughly 'hew-gha') refers to a broad notion of?

   1. Love
   2. Comfort
   3. Dancing
   4. Extreme sports

4. German army veteran Eric Maria Remarque's brilliant 1928 book about the First World War, which in 1930 became a classic Best Picture Oscar film, is 'All (What?) on the Western Front"?

   1. Guns
   2. Men
   3. Quiet
   4. Over

5. A Victorian 'coupe', reportedly first moulded from Marie Antoinette's left breast for her husband Louis XVI's birthday, is a?

   1. Fruit bowl
   2. Champage glass
   3. Military helment
   4. Stiff beret

6. Originally from Greek 'bous' ox, and boukolos, herdsman, 'bucolic' refers to?

   1. Countryside
   2. Meat
   3. Milk
   4. Indigestion

7. Zhōngguó (meaning 'central nation-state') is the official name of?

   1. Japan
   2. China
   3. India
   4. Mexico

8. Named after an example corporation, a business model shift using internet technology to connect directly many suppliers with many customers is called?

   1. Uberisation
   2. Youtubation
   3. Amazation
   4. Googlation

9. Evaporation is the process in which a (What?) becomes a (What?) (two answers required)?

   1. Liquid
   2. Solid
   3. Gaseous substance
   4. Plasma

10. In communications science UHF and VHF stand respectively for Very and Ultra?

    1. Hygienic Framework
    2. High Frequency
    3. Hexagonal Form
    4. Happy Family

11. A murmuration refers to a flock of?

    1. Magpies
    2. Crows
    3. Starlings
    4. Seagulls

12. What famous snack foods brand was named acronimically from the National Biscuit Company?

13. The famous educational online TED talks that are 'independently organized TED events' are called?

    1. TEDi
    2. TEDe
    3. TEDx
    4. TEDbare

14. How many four-letter country names contain three dotted letters (i and j)?

    1. None
    2. One
    3. Five or or Twelve

15. Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick are?

    1. Manchester United footballers
    2. Australian prime ministers
    3. South Park cartoon characters
    4. American TV weather forecasters

16. Re-order these territories - earliest to last - in terms of European colonialization (14th-19th centuries): Asia, Africa,The Americas?

17. The word valediction equates to?

    1. Hello
    2. Goodbye
    3. Yes
    4. No

18. Bergamot, the oil from young Seville oranges, provides the distinctive taste/smell of?

    1. Lucozade
    2. Jaffa cakes
    3. Earl Grey tea
    4. Gin

19. Austrian Erwin Schrödinger and German Max Planck are notable scientists in?

    1. Anthropology
    2. Quantum mechanics
    3. Economics
    4. Cookery

20. Linn, Bose, Cyrus, and Bang & Olufsen are makers of equipment for?

    1. Kitchens
    2. Work-stations
    3. Hi-Fi
    4. Gardeners