General Knowledge Quiz 278

Questions

1. What's the cube root of 512?

2. A quire is a variously interpreted measure of sheet?

   1. Metal
   2. Paper
   3. Lightening
   4. Music

3. In mathematics, infinity is actually?

   1. Circular
   2. Endless
   3. A negative
   4. A determined number

4. Chiasmus is a dramatic literary/spoken device where a phrase is repeated?

   1. Louder
   2. Quieter
   3. Inverted
   4. Translated

5. What is a box in a table or spreadsheet for a data entry commonly called?

6. "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations," wrote Isaac Newton about what 'two-letter' number?

7. Elemental sulfur/sulphur is?

   1. Blue
   2. Green
   3. Yellow
   4. Red

8. What beverage brand was named in the 1940s from 'Pre-Gestee', a digestion aid?

9. The Greek goddess representing emptiness, which produced dark, night, the underworld and desire is?

   1. Void
   2. Vacuum
   3. Chaos
   4. Zero

10. The pith of what wetland sedge plant was an ancient paper and Latin word-root for paper?

11. What is the Amazonian/Colombian mythical city and emperor named in Spanish 'The Golden One'?

12. The old expression of surprise 'Gordon Bennett' (euphemism for 'Gor Blimey') is said based on a real American?

    1. Footballer
    2. Singer
    3. President
    4. Publisher

13. Nickel silver, soft solder, and commercial bronze all contain?

    1. Gold
    2. Sodium
    3. Zinc
    4. Sugar

14. What bathing/spa trademark originates from its 1920s footbath radiated oxygen portmanteau?

15. What does the media corporation name AOL stand for?

16. Which one of these is not a cruciferous vegetable?

    1. Brussels sprouts
    2. Bok choy
    3. Cauliflower
    4. Green beans

17. What's the longest river in Asia?

18. The cassowary, rhea, and moa are/were (What?) birds?

    1. Sea
    2. Flightless
    3. Humming
    4. Mythical

19. Which city is generally considered to host the largest carnival?

    1. London
    2. New York
    3. Paris
    4. Rio de Janeiro

20. Human hair with low eumelanin and high pheomelanin is generally?

    1. Black
    2. Grey
    3. Blond
    4. Red

21. A semiconductor to amplify/switch signals and power is a?

    1. Capacitor
    2. Transistor
    3. Diode: or Battery

22. The maths symbol for 'therefore' is how many dots arranged as a triangle?

23. A paradiddle is a technique for what musical instrument?

24. Which of the 'four temperaments', secreted by mucous membrane, represents/refers to calmness?

25. What word refers separately to mineral extraction and a hunted creature?

26. What word prefixes arcade, black, farthing, whistle and pinching to make five new terms?