General Knowledge Quiz 244

Questions

1. What metal, whose modern production is exceeded only by iron, was more expensive than gold until the 1880s, and is named fom Latin 'bitter salt'?

   1. Copper
   2. Aluminium
   3. Zinc
   4. Silver

2. Which two of these are not among the 'Seven Deadly Sins' (derived from Christian tradition)?

   1. Pride
   2. Greed
   3. Lust
   4. Envy
   5. Dishonesty
   6. Gluttony
   7. Wrath (anger)
   8. Sloth
   9. Wastage

3. The BBC stopped using (What?) in 2006, a main feature of its TV broadcast branding since 1953?

   1. Sea
   2. Globe
   3. Transmission tower
   4. Big Ben

4. Turkish-Cypriot tycoon Asil Nadir's vast corporation which crashed after fraud investigation in 1990 was?

   1. Top Deck
   2. Stiff Neck
   3. Polly Peck
   4. Ship Wreck

5. Elisabeth Beresford's series of children's novels from 1968 is?

   1. The Wombles
   2. The Magic Roundabout
   3. Thomas the Tank Engine
   4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

6. The biggest grossing musical movie ever (at 2016) is?

   1. West Side Story
   2. Grease
   3. The Sound of Music
   4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

7. After typhoon Nock-ten/Nina (25 Dec 2016), which nation's President Rodgrigo Duterte reportedly threatened to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter?

   1. Malta
   2. Mexico
   3. The Philippines
   4. Spain

8. The emblem of four arrowhead 'V' shapes joined at their points is known as a (What?) cross?

   1. Celtic
   2. Iron
   3. St George's
   4. Maltese

9. What rhesus-negative blood type is traditionally considered a universal replacement for all other types?

   1. A
   2. B
   3. O
   4. AB

10. An autoclave typically uses (What?) for (What purpose?)?

    1. Human breath
    2. Sunlight
    3. Pressurized steam
    4. Sterilization
    5. Music amplification
    6. Plant cultivation

11. Over 90% of the world's fishery and aquaculture workers are in?

    1. Africa
    2. The Caribbean
    3. Asia
    4. Iceland

12. What nation in 2016 began offering payment to soccer players more than double European rates?

    1. USA
    2. China
    3. India
    4. Russia

13. Alluding to early-1900s cost of a UK marriage licence, what bingo call number is traditionally "Was she worth it?

14. Gala pie, a variation of traditional British pork pie, includes a (typically long) hard boiled?

    1. Carrot
    2. Banana
    3. Egg
    4. Eel

15. The Centre Block (French: Édifice du Centre) is the main parliamentary building of?

    1. Canada
    2. France
    3. Switzerland
    4. Argentina

16. The famous royal photographer Anthony Armstrong Jones (1930-2017) is better known as Lord?

    1. Byron
    2. Haw-Haw
    3. Snooty
    4. Snowdon

17. Lebanese-American Kahlil Gibran's remarkable best-selling 1923 book of 26 'life-guiding' fables is called The?

    1. Sun
    2. Tree
    3. Prophet
    4. Answer

18. Brass is an alloy of which two of?

    1. Copper
    2. Iron
    3. Zinc
    4. Lead
    5. Tin

19. Which profession takes the Hyppocratic Oath?

    1. Lawyers
    2. Accountants
    3. Medical doctors
    4. Policemen/women

20. In December 2016 Bill English became the 39th Prime Minister of?

    1. Ireland
    2. Canada
    3. New Zealand
    4. France