General Knowledge Quiz 258

Questions

1. Middlemarch author Mary Ann Evans is better known as?

   1. Jane Austen
   2. Jackie Collins
   3. Mary Shelley
   4. George Eliot

2. Put these Australian cities in clockwise geographical order, starting with Sydney: Darwin, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide?

3. What three-letter prefix makes new words with Rhythm, Sphere, Technology, Logical and Fuel?

4. A cryometer measures?

   1. Mood
   2. Liquid flow
   3. Salinity (salt content)
   4. Very low temperatures

5. Cutaneous refers/relates to?

   1. Babies
   2. Blades
   3. Skin
   4. Price discounting

6. A feature of the Coriolis Effect in meteorological cyclones and anti-cyclones is?

   1. Clouds
   2. Rain
   3. Snow
   4. Spinning

7. In 2017 Crayola announced controversially the discontinuation of (What?) crayon?

   1. Dandelion
   2. Sunflower
   3. Daffodil
   4. Canary

8. Mesozoic, Permian and Tertiary are?

   1. House bricks
   2. Legal qualifications
   3. Prehistoric timespans
   4. Geometric triangles

9. What coastal flatfish also means to clumsily achieve balance or control?

10. The 1982 book by Thomas Kenneally and its 1993 film, about escape in wartime, are respectively which two words with the protagonist's name?

    1. Redemption
    2. Ark
    3. List
    4. Choice
    5. Escape

11. What very alcoholic popular French aniseed drink is widely outlawed and named (from Greek)/made from wormwood?

12. What communication method (from Latin 'thing to be remembered') was universal in organizations before email?

13. What is iconic US sportsman George Herman Ruth's nickname?

14. What ignites diesel fuel in a combustion engine?

    1. Sparks
    2. Electricity
    3. Compression
    4. Petrol

15. The Norse-Anglicized word 'Leister' is a?

    1. Camp fire
    2. Gold coin
    3. Three-pronged fish spear
    4. English city

16. What often-traumatized island nation, whose capital is Port au Prince, adjoins Dominican Republic to the west?

17. Izaak Walton's significant 1653 social/country life book is the Compleat?

    1. Hunter
    2. Farmer
    3. Angler
    4. Poacher

18. Anhydrous compounds contain (What?) water?

    1. Heavy
    2. Frozen
    3. Zero
    4. Dirty

19. The Argyle clothing pattern features?

    1. Circles
    2. Diamonds
    3. Animals
    4. Glitter

20. A soothsayer's trade is?

    1. Judging
    2. Healing
    3. Singing
    4. Predicting

21. Rubber is made from tree?

    1. Bark
    2. Sap
    3. Seeds
    4. Flowers

22. Which one of these is a compound not an element?

    1. Manganese
    2. Magnesium
    3. Magnetite

23. What famous website is also the world's 2nd longest river?

24. Musically, arpeggio (Latin derived from harp) means play the notes of a chord?

    1. Loud
    2. Soft
    3. Slow
    4. In quick succession

25. Corinthian refers to an ancient city of?

    1. Italy
    2. Greece
    3. Israel
    4. Scotland