General Knowledge Quiz 263

Questions

1. Ex-boss of RBS, stripped of knighthood 2012 for his part in the 2008 global crash, in court 2017, is Fred 'the Shred' who?

2. Malagasy is an Austronesian language spoken by natives of which large island nation?

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

4. The extraordinary authors/humanitarians Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, and Viktor Frankl were survivors of the?

   1. Russian Great Purge
   2. Holocaust death camps
   3. Siege of Sidney Street
   4. Titanic disaster

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

6. From Greek 'image' and 'break' what word describes someone who attacks or seeks to undermine a popular belief or system?

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

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

8. Hobart is the capital of which major Australian island state?

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

10. What nation dropped its charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017, and in what nation's London embassy did he take refuge?

11. What elemental word prefixes these words to form five new terms: Standard, Tongue, Birch, Solder, and Service?

12. P A - referring to a sound system, stands for what?

13. Respectively representing 'soul' and 'love', which two of these were sacred lovers in classical mythology?

    1. Cupid
    2. Aphrodite
    3. Zeus
    4. Psyche
    5. Apollo

14. According to Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc., the third son of Adam and Eve was?

    1. Joseph
    2. Noah
    3. Seth
    4. Ben

15. The surname Miller traditionally attracts what nickname?

16. Which two of these notes are not in the common tuning of both violin and mandolin?

    1. G
    2. D
    3. A
    4. E
    5. B
    6. C

17. Who in 1917 became the first communist leader of Russia?

    1. Stalin
    2. Lenin
    3. Trotsky
    4. Nijinsky

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

19. Pesty, Mort, Hungry Herman and Jane are in whose gang and small cartoon strip in a confection of the same name?

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

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

21. Which two of these words formed the slogan for the UK Conservative Party's 2017 general election campaign?

    1. Change
    2. Tough
    3. Strong
    4. Stable
    5. Able
    6. Crime
    7. Hope
    8. Love
    9. Trust

22. What metal element is the fifth most abundant in Earth's crust and oceans, and crucially important in teeth, bones and shells?

23. In which city is the UN's International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court and the Dutch Parliament?

24. 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

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

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

26. The profession of lexicographer produces what end-product?