General Knowledge Quiz 255

Questions

1. What creature is thought named from Australian Aboriginal, meaning (leading to) 'good food'?

   1. Wombat
   2. Koala
   3. Budgerigar
   4. Kangaroo

2. The first Ebay business to exceed five million positive feedbacks was?

   1. Book Banana
   2. Music Magpie
   3. Lip Stick
   4. Toy Tomato

3. What is Vladimir Nabokov's controversial 1955 novel, which originated the also controversial term for a promiscuous young woman?

4. Nixdorf, Tulip, Sinclair and AST were early brands in?

   1. Package holidays
   2. Computing
   3. Electric cars
   4. SLR cameras

5. What car make has 2010s models including 108, 208, 301, 408, 508, and Bippo van?

   1. Citroen
   2. Peugeot
   3. Renault
   4. Maserati

6. Geert Wilders emerged as a controversial extreme Dutch (What?) in the 2000s?

   1. Naked hockey
   2. 90% alcohol liqueur
   3. Right-wing politician
   4. Canal flu

7. Named after an Illinois factory, what motivational 'Effect' was interpreted by psychologist Elton Mayo in the 1920s?

   1. Laurel
   2. Hawthorne
   3. Rosebush
   4. Cactus

8. What sort of leaf from the Bible metaphorically obscures a problem?

   1. Vine
   2. Olive
   3. Fig
   4. Raspberry

9. The most reliable form of timekeeping until the 1930s was?

   1. Water
   2. Sand
   3. Pendulums
   4. Sunlight

10. The original short term for the EU (European Union) was?

    1. EIC
    2. EUC
    3. EEC
    4. NATO

11. Helix pomatia is otherwise known as edible?

    1. Snail
    2. Seaweed
    3. Sand
    4. Coal

12. Which two months of the year are named after Roman Emperors?

13. Spell the word meaning a rebound of a bullet/projectile?

    1. Riccochet
    2. Ricochet
    3. Richoshe
    4. Rickershay

14. The technical word for the side-arms of spectacles is?

    1. Temples
    2. Churches
    3. Cathedrals
    4. Synagogues

15. Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach's eponymous psychological test uses?

    1. Handwriting
    2. Inkblots
    3. Star-signs
    4. Tea-leaves

16. An example of the human condition 'Paresthesia' is?

    1. Sleepwalking
    2. Forgetfulness
    3. Laziness
    4. Pins and needles

17. What famous banking family's surname is from German 'red sign'?

18. Codeine painkiller is classified as?

    1. Opiate
    2. Paracetamol
    3. Anti-inflammatory
    4. Medical cannabis

19. Which capital city building name means "city fortress"?

    1. Colosseum
    2. Louvre
    3. Kremlin
    4. Taj Mahal

20. What word prefixes: Shed, Sport, and Stock?