General Knowledge Quiz #274

General Knowledge Quiz #274

Questions

1. Bimalleolar and Triplane fractures are types of broken: Ankle; Crockery; Promise; or Heart?
2. Match the main ingredient each for: Taramasalata; Dolmades; Houmous - Vine leaves; Chick peas; Cod roe?
3. The Greek goddess of love (meaning 'foam risen') who grew from the castrated genitals of Uranus thrown into the sea, is: Aphrodite; Eros; Venus; or Diana?
4. A tonearm is found on a: Sitar; Archer; Record-player; or Yacht?
5. Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to Lakota/other Plains American Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass is commonly called 'Whose What'?
6. Snell's Law (after 1600s Dutch astronomer/mathematician Willebrord Snellius) concerns: Light; Gas; Electricity; or Personality?
7. Where now is the ancient civilisation region of Lydia: Mediterranean Europe; Siberian Russia; Asian Turkey; or Central America?
8. Helmut Kohl and Erich Honecker led which divided nation(s) in the 1980s: Yugoslavia; Germany; Cyprus; or Russia?
9. What famous toxic oily addictive liquid (C10H14N2) turns brown on exposure to air?
10. What is a popular suffix for a scandal or cover-up, originating in 1974 USA?
11. Drapery, columns, straw, and flowstone are natural mineral features of: Volcanoes; Caves; Mountains; or Glaciers?
12. The disease diptheria affects the: Nose and throat; Stomach; Nervous system; or Skin?
13. A skink is a: Bird; Lizard; Insect; or All-black skunk?
14. Floccinauccinihilipilification means 'estimating something as (What?)': Very big; Very old; Worthless; or Indescernable gender?
15. Removing the husk/pod/calyx from a fruit is called: Hulling; Skulling; Pulling; or Bulling?
16. What word means complex administration and systemic governance, from French 'office'?
17. Krill is/are: Fish; Crustaceans; Seaweed; or Eggs?
18. The global non-profit organization founded by lawyer Clive Stafford Smith that fights extreme human rights abuse and the death penalty is called: Release; Review; Relieve; or Reprieve?
19. Name the Cypriot mythological sculptor (and famous George Bernard Shaw play) who fell in love with a statue he carved?
20. The New Model Army was led by: Oliver Cromwell; Adolf Hitler; Naomi Campbell; or Elvis Costello?
21. The Lux is the SI Unit of intensity of: Air-pressure; Sterility; Illumination; or Softness?
22. Our hepatic portal vein connects which two of: Legs; Intestines; Liver; Brain; or Eyes?
23. The gravitational effect of (What?) determines Earth's maritime high/low/neap tides: Sun; Moon; Mars; or Clouds?
24. Phloem, rays, and cork cambrian are features of a tree's: Leaves; Fruit; Trunk; or Roots?

1. Bimalleolar and Triplane fractures are types of broken: Ankle; Crockery; Promise; or Heart?

   Ankle
2. Match the main ingredient each for: Taramasalata; Dolmades; Houmous - Vine leaves; Chick peas; Cod roe?

   Taramasalata=Cod roe, Dolmades=Vine leaves
3. The Greek goddess of love (meaning 'foam risen') who grew from the castrated genitals of Uranus thrown into the sea, is: Aphrodite; Eros; Venus; or Diana?

   Aphrodite
4. A tonearm is found on a: Sitar; Archer; Record-player; or Yacht?

   Record-player
5. Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to Lakota/other Plains American Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass is commonly called 'Whose What'?
6. Snell's Law (after 1600s Dutch astronomer/mathematician Willebrord Snellius) concerns: Light; Gas; Electricity; or Personality?

   Light 
7. Where now is the ancient civilisation region of Lydia: Mediterranean Europe; Siberian Russia; Asian Turkey; or Central America?

   Asian Turkey
8. Helmut Kohl and Erich Honecker led which divided nation(s) in the 1980s: Yugoslavia; Germany; Cyprus; or Russia?

   Germany
9. What famous toxic oily addictive liquid (C10H14N2) turns brown on exposure to air?

   Nicotine
10. What is a popular suffix for a scandal or cover-up, originating in 1974 USA?

    Gate 
11. Drapery, columns, straw, and flowstone are natural mineral features of: Volcanoes; Caves; Mountains; or Glaciers?

    Caves
12. The disease diptheria affects the: Nose and throat; Stomach; Nervous system; or Skin?

    Nose and throat
13. A skink is a: Bird; Lizard; Insect; or All-black skunk?

    Lizard
14. Floccinauccinihilipilification means 'estimating something as (What?)': Very big; Very old; Worthless; or Indescernable gender?

    Worthless 
15. Removing the husk/pod/calyx from a fruit is called: Hulling; Skulling; Pulling; or Bulling?

    Hulling
16. What word means complex administration and systemic governance, from French 'office'?

    Bureaucracy 
17. Krill is/are: Fish; Crustaceans; Seaweed; or Eggs?

    Crustaceans
18. The global non-profit organization founded by lawyer Clive Stafford Smith that fights extreme human rights abuse and the death penalty is called: Release; Review; Relieve; or Reprieve?

    Reprieve
19. Name the Cypriot mythological sculptor (and famous George Bernard Shaw play) who fell in love with a statue he carved?

    Pygamalion
20. The New Model Army was led by: Oliver Cromwell; Adolf Hitler; Naomi Campbell; or Elvis Costello?

    Oliver Cromwell
21. The Lux is the SI Unit of intensity of: Air-pressure; Sterility; Illumination; or Softness?

    Illumination
22. Our hepatic portal vein connects which two of: Legs; Intestines; Liver; Brain; or Eyes?

    Intestines and Liver
23. The gravitational effect of (What?) determines Earth's maritime high/low/neap tides: Sun; Moon; Mars; or Clouds?

    Moon
24. Phloem, rays, and cork cambrian are features of a tree's: Leaves; Fruit; Trunk; or Roots?

    Trunk