General Knowledge Quiz 242

Questions

1. The Sci-Fi device for attracting one object to another, typically in space, (and actually created microscopically in the 2010s) is called a (What?) beam?

   1. Projector
   2. Tractor
   3. Pulsar
   4. Laser

2. After more than 2,000 years of state control, in 2017 China allowed commercial distribution of?

   1. Rice
   2. Ice
   3. Salt
   4. Alcohol

3. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in?

   1. Discworld
   2. Dark Matter
   3. Middle Earth
   4. Russia

4. Agent Provocateur is a famous brand of?

   1. Cigars
   2. Ice-cream
   3. Lingerie
   4. Work-boots

5. The 12-14th century European order of powerful wealthy men, which developed from Christian pilgrimage is the "(What?) Templar"?

   1. Barons
   2. Lords
   3. Knights
   4. Monks

6. Telling half-truths or giving statements which evade the truth, as often practised by politicians and business-people, etc., is?

   1. Haltering
   2. Paltering
   3. Faltering
   4. Altering

7. Which one of these is not among the Chinese 'Five Elements' or forces of nature?

   1. Wood
   2. Fire
   3. Bone
   4. Water Earth
   5. Metal

8. What French fencing term acknowledges a good point made by an opponent in a one-to-one discussion?

   1. Allez
   2. Touché
   3. En garde
   4. Salute

9. Billie Holliday's haunting 1939 song about US racism and lynchings is Strange?

   1. World
   2. Ways
   3. Days
   4. Fruit

10. Who replaced Donald Trump on The Apprentice US TV show?

    1. Sylvester Stallone
    2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
    3. GW Bush
    4. Arianna Huffington

11. 'Ganbei' ('empty your glass') is which nation's equivalent to 'Cheers'?

    1. Germany
    2. Denmark
    3. China
    4. Australia

12. Hasidic, and the broader Haredi, refer to a strictly-orthodox type of?

    1. Catholicism
    2. Judaism
    3. Buddhism
    4. Vegetarianism

13. The Shawshank Redemption is a film adaptation of a story by?

    1. William Shakespeare
    2. Charles Dickens
    3. Jeffrey Archer
    4. Stephen King

14. A decoy, and a police informant, is called a Stool?

    1. Dog
    2. Cat
    3. Pigeon
    4. Turtle

15. The founding/owning family of the eponymous DC Comics publishers (eg The Beano) is?

    1. Johnson
    2. Davidson
    3. Thomson
    4. Dennison

16. The modern investment scam, outlawed in many countries, encouraging very fast all-or-nothing stock movement gambles is called (What?) Options Trading?

    1. Single
    2. Binary
    3. Tertiary
    4. Multiple

17. Kudos, as implied by its Anglicized meaning, is Greek for?

    1. Fame
    2. Money
    3. Praise
    4. Bravery

18. In 2017 a picture of Bologna's statue of Neptune was banned accidentally for sexual offensiveness by?

    1. The BBC
    2. The Vatican
    3. The EU
    4. Facebook

19. Nocturnal Hyperhidrosis is the clinical term for?

    1. Night sweats
    2. Nightmares
    3. Sleepwalking
    4. Bedwetting

20. The Nespresso coffee machine was 'spotted' and championed commercially by?

    1. Prince Charles
    2. Richard Branson
    3. James Dyson
    4. George Clooney