General Knowledge Quiz 262

Questions

1. What word refers to a range of fish and musical instruments, and was the largest international brewery (late 1800s-early 1900s?

2. Arabica is the most widely grown and best quality source of what hugely popular seed?

3. Name the oceanic area between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico notorious for lost shipping?

4. Bordering Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan name the strategically important hills largely annexed by Israel in 1981?

5. Order these creatures from deepest to shallowest ocean dwellers: Giant squid, Anchovy, Diving petrel, Anglerfish?

6. Using similar principles to acupuncture, the Japanese therapy (meaning 'finger pressure' is called?

   1. Reiki
   2. Shiatsu
   3. Feng Shui
   4. Kung Fu

7. Schabziger (or sapsago, made of cows milk and blue fenugreek, in the Swiss canton (state Glarus, first by monks in the 8th century, and later named/specified in 1463 thus becoming one of the earliest brands, is?

   1. Ice-cream
   2. Cheese
   3. Chocolate
   4. Toffee liqueur

8. A large ocean system of circulating currents (there are five main ones is called a?

   1. Gyre
   2. Wyre
   3. Flyre
   4. Dyre

9. What name for a royalist opponent of a 'Roundhead' in the English Civil War (1642-1651 became an adjective meaning arrogant?

10. In politics what Anglicized-French term (from 'bring together' refers to the re-establishment of cordial relations between two nations?

11. Emily Dickinson's famous poem is 'Hope is the thing with (What?'?

    1. Fur
    2. Feathers
    3. Skin
    4. Bones

12. Executed in 1880, which iconic villain is reportedly the subject of more biographical works than any other Australian?

13. What do the first letters stand for in each of these chivalric orders (awarded titles of the British Empire: KBE, OBE, MBE, CBE?

14. The 12th Earl of (Where? gave his name to an equine event in 1780 and now any local contest between nearby clubs?

15. In what German city was the 2-5% perfume formulation (now generic eponymously devised/named, in 1709?

16. A tagine (meaning 'frying pan' is a stew and earthenware pot originating in?

    1. South America
    2. North Africa
    3. Mexico
    4. Scotland

17. Meaning a (typically shameful secret, a (What? is said to be in the closet/cupboard?

18. Jean François Gravelet (1824-97 was famously better known as?

    1. Tom Thumb
    2. The Elephant Man
    3. Charles Blondin
    4. Harry Houdini

19. The California Wham-O-Production Co launched (What? c.1957 after Yale students' use of a Connecticut pie product?

20. In heraldry (medieval shield designs) what colour/color is sable?

21. The ransomware cyber attack of May 2017, which paralysed computer systems around the world was named 'Wanna(what?)'?

    1. Die
    2. Cry
    3. Be
    4. Dance

22. Bilabial, Dental, Palatal and Alveolar, Uvular, and Glottal refer to types of?

    1. Breathing
    2. Smiling
    3. Sleeping
    4. Speech consonants

23. What did Rev John Russell (1795-1883, vicar of Swimbridge, and keen fox-hunter, originate?

24. What triangular bone at the base of the human spine is named from the Latin allusion that the soul resides in it?

25. Girder, arch, cantilever and suspension are major types of?

    1. Churches
    2. Bridges
    3. Dentures
    4. McDonald's logo styles

26. "A small piece of hardware that connects to another device to provide it with additional functionality" is a?

    1. Dongle
    2. Dangle Dingle
    3. Jingle

27. What term for a hydrocarbon popularly refers to a standard measure/rating of engine or aviation fuel performance?

28. In heraldry (medieval shield designs what colour/color is sable?

29. What mechanism features in a socket wrench and cable tie that allows movement in one direction only?

30. Emmanuel Macron became president of which nation in May 2017?

    1. Spain
    2. Brazil
    3. France
    4. Canada

31. The ransomware cyber attack of May 2017, which paralysed computer systems around the world was named 'Wanna(what?'?

    1. Die
    2. Cry
    3. Be
    4. Dance

32. 'Pastel de nata' refers to what confection in English?

    1. Portuguese tart
    2. Spanish fudge
    3. Maltese loaf
    4. Belgian chocolate sausage

33. Chateaubriand is a type of?

    1. Onion
    2. Beef steak
    3. Wine
    4. Housebrick

34. Which country originated the Fez felt hat named after the city?

35. In which country is the world's oldest continuously surviving university - University of Al Quaraouiyine?

36. What nation has the internet top level domain .ma?

37. The 400 mile Po Valley is a major geographical feature of?

    1. Italy
    2. China
    3. Brazil
    4. Cyprus

38. From Latin meaning a heel/ankle bone, what is the claw of a bird of prey?

39. What word for a cradle song is an old portmanteau combining the meanings calm and farewell?

40. Damascus steel is found in fine quality?

    1. Skyscrapers
    2. Car engines
    3. Sword/knife blades
    4. Saucepans

41. Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960 established the?

    1. World Wide Web
    2. Post Office
    3. National Health Service
    4. BBC