General Knowledge Quiz 270

Questions

1. 21.American political activist Noam Chomsky was also a leading academic in?

   1. Chemistry
   2. Farming
   3. Linguistics
   4. Hairdressing

2. 7. What silver-white metalloid element, symbol Te, is named from Latin for earth?

3. 6. What is the multiplication product of the top three numbers on a traditional calculator/phone keypad?

4. 5. Blbically referenced Matzo (matza/matzah) is an important (What?) in Jewish passover cuisine?

   1. Wine
   2. Fish
   3. Stew
   4. Unleavened flatbread

5. 4. Japanese Kobe ('koby') from Tajima Wagyu cattle is highly prized finest quality?

   1. Leather
   2. Milk
   3. Beef
   4. Horn

6. 25.What is the tree-trunk called in the Highland Games tossing event?

7. 24.What country was once called Nueva Espana?

8. 23\. UK 4th Lent Sunday and US/Canada/Australia 2nd Sunday of May is what day?

   1. Mother’s
   2. Father’s
   3. Thanksgiving
   4. Christmas

9. 22.On a sailing vessel a mizzen is a?

   1. Flag
   2. Bell
   3. Mast
   4. Kitchen

10. 8. Hitchcock's thriller movie of John Buchan's book is 'The 39 (What?)' ?

11. 20.A chordophone is a musical instrument with?

    1. Skin
    2. Electricity
    3. Strings
    4. Water

12. 19.What significant war leader (1939-45) became First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911?

13. 18.The hot country night noise-making cicada is a?

    1. Bird
    2. Bat
    3. Frog
    4. Insect

14. 17.What name is shared by Bermuda’s capital and university cities of Canada and New Zealand?

    1. Bridgetown
    2. Jackson
    3. Hamilton
    4. Willams

15. 16.The late medieval Hanseatic League which dominated trade and war comprised c.150 towns of Northern?

    1. Spain
    2. Germany
    3. Denmark
    4. Malta

16. 15.Malin Head is the northern tip of?

    1. Japan
    2. Ireland
    3. Rhode Island
    4. Treasure Island

17. 14.French doctor Nostradamus is famous for his 1555-8 rhyming work ‘Centuries’ of?

    1. Proverbs
    2. Prayers
    3. Predictions
    4. Recipes

18. 13.Traditionally how many seconds is a US rodeo bull ride?

    1. 8
    2. 15
    3. 30
    4. 60

19. 17. Burj Khalifa, Tapei 101, Petronas 1 and 2, and KK100 are among the world's?

    1. Tallest buildings
    2. Highest mountains
    3. Biggest ships
    4. Longest bridges

20. 25. Russia borders with 14 nations; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and which four others?

21. 24. What three-letter word is Greek god of shepherds and meanings in cooking, film-making and gold propecting?

22. 23. Which modern city bridging Asia and Europe was called Byzantium?

23. 22. In birdwatching parlance, what is an LBJ, referring to an indistinguishable small brown bird?

24. 21. A bianca pizza is not?

    1. Leavened
    2. Topped
    3. Cooked
    4. Round

25. 20. The internet TLD (top level domain) .mc is reserved for?

    1. Mission Control NASA
    2. Monaco
    3. Scotland
    4. Mcdonald's Restaurants

26. 19. Characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone, a supercell is a type of?

    1. Ice age
    2. Jet engine
    3. Thunderstorm
    4. Hair dryer

27. 18. What is the cube root of a million?

28. 12.What is the national river of Russia and the longest in Europe?

29. 16. 2nd World War posters/publicity likened the smell of chemical gas weapon Lewisite to?

    1. Lavender
    2. Roses
    3. Geraniums
    4. Spearmint

30. 15. The popular 1990s Swedish band is called The?

    1. Cranberries
    2. Corrs
    3. Cardigans
    4. Jumpers

31. 14. Known as Land of the Gods for its many Hindu temples, Utterrakhand is a north-eastern state of Pakistan; Nepal; India; or China?

32. 13. The national 'Australia Day' is the 26th of?

    1. January
    2. February
    3. March or December

33. 12. Guacamole dip is made from which berry?

34. 11. The Limpopo river rises in central south (Where?) flowing to the Indian Ocean?

    1. Africa
    2. Australia
    3. India
    4. China

35. 10. US-Finnish Linus Torvalds devised what largely eponymous open source operating system, also central to Android and Chrome?

36. 9. Canada's eastern region of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island is called The?

    1. Riptides
    2. Saltaires
    3. Maritimes
    4. Seaside

37. What ancient word for a crown refers to the gaseous outer envelope of a sun or planet?

38. What sort of image is recorded using a laser and semi-transparent mirror?

39. In botony a bract is a type of?

    1. Leaf
    2. Aroma
    3. Root
    4. Seed

40. What ailment is known in Cockney Rhyming Slang as 'Farmer Giles'?

41. On 1st July 2017 Canada celebrated its (What?) anniversary (of when Canadian Confederation was proclaimed)?

    1. 100th
    2. 150th
    3. 200th
    4. 300th

42. The surname Mercer refers to what trade?

    1. Textile fabrics
    2. Beer
    3. Weaponry
    4. Beekeeping

43. Omnivorous refers to what sort of diet?

    1. Meat
    2. Fish
    3. Vegetable
    4. Varied

44. A laparotomy or celiotomy refers to accessing what cavity?

    1. Clock/watch-case
    2. Building floor/ceiling
    3. Human abdomen
    4. Egyptian tomb

45. Hulianwang, diadiktyo, ipurangi, and y rhyngrwyd are Chinese, Greek, Maori and Welsh for?

    1. Water
    2. Hello
    3. Love
    4. Internet

46. Meissen in Germany is also the name of what high quality product from the city?

    1. Sausage
    2. Lager
    3. Porcelain
    4. Motorbike

47. What two-letter moving word prefixes these to make six new words?

    1. Din
    2. Car
    3. Man
    4. Tan
    5. Grin and For

48. What has a calyx (stem/leaf), and achenes (seeds) on the outside?

49. Turkey accounts for c.75% of the world's production of?

    1. Pinewood
    2. Hazelnuts
    3. Gold
    4. Rubber

50. A ring used in threaded plumbing joints is called an?

    1. Olive
    2. Orange
    3. Plum
    4. Banana

51. Hippocampus is the genus name for what species?

52. Whetting refers to doing (What?) to a (What?)?

    1. Sharpening
    2. Cleaning
    3. Building
    4. Blade
    5. Pipe
    6. Corner

53. What year was the 'Summer of Love', beginning among San Francisco hippies?

54. Richard Branson announced in 2017 that it would never be possible to build enough?

    1. Care homes
    2. Broadband capacity
    3. Motorways
    4. Spaceships

55. 3.Durian is considered King of?

    1. Fountain pens
    2. Sports cars
    3. Kitchen knives
    4. Fruits

56. 11.The historically common tuberculoisis called scrofula affected mainly a person's?

    1. Face
    2. Trunk
    3. Legs
    4. Neck

57. 10.US athletes/performers controversially 'took the.. (What?)' in 2017 human rights protests?

58. 9.What organization has the website jw.org?

59. 8.Gun-metal is traditionally mostly?

    1. Zinc
    2. Tin
    3. Copper
    4. Platinum

60. 7.What has the speed of 767mph?

    1. Earth's surface rotation
    2. Light
    3. Sound
    4. Rain

61. 6.The Tango was originally danced by two?

    1. Women
    2. Men
    3. Warriors
    4. Grandparents

62. 5.Jaggery is a form of non-centrifugal?

    1. Diamond
    2. Salt
    3. Sugar
    4. Petrol

63. 4.What navigational instrument and balancing toy has a spinning wheel in a tilting carrier?

64. Short-term/freelance work is popularly called the '(What?) Economy'?

    1. Big
    2. Wig
    3. Gig
    4. Fig

65. 2.What South American country between Venezuela and Suriname has the capital Georgetown?

    1. Uruguay
    2. Chile
    3. Guyana
    4. Peru

66. Roughly how many tennis balls are stocked for use at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship fortnight?

    1. 1,200
    2. 2,200
    3. 4,500
    4. 57,000

67. The Anglicized French term entrepôt refers to a significant?

    1. Mathematical theory
    2. Sea port
    3. Announcement
    4. Breakfast

68. What sort of giant (5m erect) creature is the extinct megatherium?

    1. Giraffe
    2. Elephant
    3. Sloth
    4. Penguin

69. In the musical treble clef what note is the bottom line?

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

70. 'o small' equates to what name for O in the Greek alphabet?

71. In what country is the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster?