General Knowledge Quiz 260

Questions

1. The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a 1960s-founded system for?

   1. Diplomacy
   2. Computing
   3. Interviewing
   4. Parenting

2. Put these brands to their products: Bryant & May, Gitanes, Shaeffer, Seagram - Writing instruments, Whiskey, Safety matches, Cigarettes?

3. The 1957 Treaty of Rome founded what became?

   1. NATO
   2. EU
   3. FIFA
   4. The Vatican

4. Secondary mineral formations called speleothems are found in?

   1. Cathedrals
   2. Caves
   3. Teeth
   4. Car-engines

5. A random signal, found in many communication types, e.g., a 'snow' picture on an untuned analogue TV, is generally called?

   1. Purple haze
   2. Red mist
   3. White noise
   4. Grey goose

6. CamelCase - alluding to humpy word shapes - has no?

   1. Capital letters
   2. Word spaces
   3. Vowels
   4. O and Z

7. Gaffer tape derives from which industry?

   1. Motion pictures
   2. Automotive
   3. Maritime
   4. Confectionery/bakery

8. A Lacuna is a?

   1. Shark, 1950s Ford, Asian dagger
   2. Gap in a manuscript

9. A vertical support or decoration in a window/door is called a?

   1. Scullion
   2. Mullion
   3. Bullion
   4. Yullion

10. Oseltamivir, sold under the brand name Tamiflu, is an antiviral flu medication made from synthesis using extract from?

    1. Star anise
    2. Garlic
    3. Mint
    4. Honey

11. Put these historical timescales into size order, biggest time first: Era Age Period Eon Epoch?

12. Which Shakespeare character said: "...'Cry havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war..." ?

13. In business the intangible value part (especially at acquisition) of a company such as brand/reputation/relationships is called?

    1. Goodwill
    2. Grace
    3. Leeway
    4. Kudos

14. The occupational surname Wainwright refers to a maker of what?

15. What important ingredient of houmous is made from toasted ground hulled sesame seeds?

16. Scapa Flow, a body of water in the Orkney Islands off Scotland is the derivation of a Cockney Rhyming Slang expression meaning to?

    1. Kiss
    2. Marry
    3. Make love
    4. Run away

17. Bismuth (Bi) is a?

    1. Metallic element
    2. Gas element
    3. Iron alloy
    4. Salt

18. What word prefixes ringer, metal, bottoms, and curve to make four different terms?

19. Mesocarp, albedo and medulla in plants/fruit are different words for (What?), used to make a type of helmet?

20. Name the famous English painter of The Hay Wain and landscapes of Dedham Vale, East Anglia, known as '(Who?) country'?

21. Doritos are mainly made from?

    1. Potato
    2. Soya
    3. Maize
    4. Rice

22. FBI, the US crime organization, is fully called what?

23. Swiss sociologist Bernard Crettaz founded the extraordinary international "(What?) Cafe" movement in Neuchâtel Switzerland in 2004, to promote understanding and dispel negativity and fear towards the subject?

24. Mount Teide in the Atlantic Ocean is the highest volcano of: which nation?

25. A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by what religion?