General Knowledge Quiz 253

Questions

1. Which two of of these are not common 'Franglais' (English adopted into French language)?

   1. Le weekend
   2. Le jogging
   3. Le shopping
   4. L'underwear
   5. Les carpet slippers
   6. Les baked beans

2. Match these occupational surnames to their trades?

   1. Cooper
   2. Fletcher
   3. Ferrero
   4. Kramer - Arrows
   5. Merchant
   6. Barrels
   7. Ironsmith

3. The cover of Pink Floyd's 'Animals' album features what controversial building, and what giant inflatable (escaping during filming causing cancelled flights at Heathrow)?

   1. Battersea Power Station
   2. The Eiffel Tower
   3. The Kremlin
   4. Elephant
   5. Teddy bear
   6. Pig

4. Considered the finest maker in history, Italian Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) produced how many what?

   1. 12
   2. 960
   3. 14,000
   4. Penny-farthing bicycles
   5. Violins
   6. Fountain pens

5. Russian-American Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) eponymously and famously invented?

   1. Synthetic diamonds
   2. Circus entertainment
   3. Helicopters
   4. Ice-hockey

6. Long-standing international banking response to the 2008 financial collapse is called?

   1. Qualitative
   2. Quantitative
   3. Quaratined
   4. Funding
   5. Easing
   6. Pleasing

7. Since 1300s the traditional mustard of which nation is named/made from the town of Dijon?

   1. Spain
   2. France
   3. Germany
   4. USA

8. The biblical metaphor referring to something that covers or obscures a problem is a (What?) leaf?

   1. Clover
   2. Oak
   3. Fig
   4. Tea

9. The past French colony and 4th largest island in the world whose wildlife is 90% exclusive, is?

   1. Borneo
   2. Madagascar
   3. Greenland
   4. Honshu

10. The traditional/original Aldi supermarket logos do not contain?

    1. Red
    2. White
    3. Blue
    4. Green

11. The famous 1898 Neapolitan song/title "’O sole mio", adapted later as Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never", means?

    1. Now or never
    2. Never again
    3. My sunshine
    4. Just one Cornetto

12. Named after its designer, a Satoshi is 0.00000001 (a hundred-millionth) of a?

    1. US Dollar
    2. Japanese Yen
    3. Euro
    4. Bitcoin

13. The children's card game and exclamation of accidental duplication is?

    1. Snap
    2. Crackle
    3. Pop
    4. Flip

14. Pince-nez are a type of?

    1. Shoes
    2. Trousers
    3. Spectacles
    4. Bra

15. Who originated 'Casanova' to mean a womanizer or enthusiastic male lover?

    1. Charles Dickens
    2. William Shakespeare
    3. Jackie Collins
    4. Giacomo Casanova

16. An algorithm is a self-contained sequence of actions in?

    1. Fitness/gymn-work
    2. Mathematics/computing
    3. Geological decay
    4. Scary movies

17. Turbinado, Muscovado, Granulated, and Castor are types of culinary?

    1. Oil
    2. Salt
    3. Sugar
    4. Ice

18. The logo of the website WikiLeaks is an hourglass containing?

    1. 183 stick-people
    2. Two globes
    3. Dirty water
    4. Alphabet soup

19. By a considerable margin the biggest-selling album in history is?

    1. Thriller
    2. The Sound of Music
    3. Abba's Greatest Hits
    4. Oops!... I Did It Again

20. Spanish Cava equates to French?

    1. Caviar
    2. Snails
    3. Champagne
    4. Kissing