General Knowledge Quiz 269

Questions

1. Golpe, Baile, Capo, Jale and Rasgueo are elements of?

   1. Dressage
   2. Flamenco
   3. Paella
   4. Kick-boxing

2. Name the nine 'Parts of Speech' typically defined in modern English grammar?

3. Where and when was the first 'emergency services' telephone call made?

   1. Dallas 1963
   2. London 1937
   3. RMS Titanic 1912
   4. Waterloo 1815

4. In Judaism, shiva/shivah is a period of mourning after a funeral lasting how many days?

5. A float chamber is found in what part of a car?

   1. Fuel tank
   2. Carburettor
   3. Steering wheel
   4. Air-bag

6. Citron, Pomelo, Mandarin and Papeda are the four original?

   1. Japanese Gods
   2. Chinese dynasties
   3. Citrus fruits
   4. Chupa Chups lollipops

7. What African geological feature exceeds 5 million square miles and is named from Arabic for desert?

8. Slazenger, Donnay, Lonsdale and Dunlop are part of controversial retail employer 'Sports (What?)'?

   1. Strip
   2. Rip
   3. Direct
   4. Zero

9. French friar François Leclerc du Tremblay, 1577-1638, powerful assistant of Cardinal Richelieu in the reign Louis XIII, was the original (as depicted in art/literature)?

   1. "Eminence Grise"
   2. "Man in Black"
   3. "Caped Crusader"
   4. "Zorro"

10. Whose 1889 birthplace in Braunau am Inn, Austria, was expropriated/converted by the state 2016/17 into a charity for disabilities?

11. Flocculant, floccule and similar terms refer to what substantial feature?

    1. Noisy
    2. Quick
    3. Hidden
    4. Clump-like

12. Shakudo (from 'red' and 'gold') is a copper-gold alloy originating in?

    1. Japan
    2. Mexico
    3. Ireland
    4. Sweden

13. What royal house became a word for an official stamp or seal, and open or honest?

14. (What creatures?) wear (What?) in their courtship displays?

    1. Elephants
    2. Monkeys
    3. Fig leaves
    4. Dolphins
    5. Sea sponges
    6. Prawns

15. In dictionaries words/names beginning with 'St.' (short for saint) are generally listed after?

    1. Saint
    2. SS
    3. Ry
    4. Sz

16. What round word prefixes the following to make six different words?

    1. Side
    2. Road
    3. Worm
    4. Main
    5. Let
    6. and Tone

17. The South African-born Canadian-American leader of Paypal, Tesla, and several vast environmental/space development projects is?

    1. Bill Gates
    2. Elon Musk
    3. Sergey Brin
    4. Richard Branson

18. Scientifically a pathogen is something that produces?

    1. Fear
    2. Disease
    3. Heat
    4. Climate change

19. Name the Qatar-based/founded TV station (literally in Arabic 'The Island') launched 1996, following/assisted by the closure/redundancies of BBC Arabic Language TV?

20. What sort of jacket is named after its flame red design originally for an 1800s Cambridge rowing club?

21. 'The Sweeney' is slang for a specialized unit in the?

    1. World Bank
    2. FIFA
    3. Red Cross
    4. London Metropolitan Police

22. What Ancient Roman formulation is more environmentally-friendly/effective than modern alternatives?

    1. Steel
    2. Glass
    3. Concrete
    4. Butter

23. Spell the cardiac arrest treatment equipment called a?

    1. Diffibulator
    2. Defibrelater
    3. Defibrillator
    4. Diffribulator

24. What is the only non-nation member of the G20 international finance forum?

25. What fruit is on the top of the Men's Wimbledon Tennis Championship trophy?

    1. Orange
    2. Pineapple
    3. Strawberry
    4. Banana