General Knowledge Quiz 282

Questions

1. A 'Warka Tower' is a modern air well invention that collects clean water from?

   1. Condensation
   2. Rainfall
   3. Evaporation
   4. Insects

2. Match these beers to the founding countries: Tiger, Carling, Efes, Carlsberg, Heineken, Stella, Harp, Lowenbrau, Corona, San Miguel, Kingfisher, Coors, Castlemaine, Kronenbourg, Sagres, Mythos - USA, Australia, Turkey, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Greece, Singapore, England, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, India, France?

3. What receptacle prefixes shop, load, and seat to make three different terms?

4. What word is commonly unnecessarily used before 'whence', 'hence' and 'thence', (because it already exists in those words)?

   1. To
   2. Again
   3. From
   4. Go

5. 1918 Nobel Prizewinner Max Planck (1858-947) was a German?

   1. Novelist
   2. Physicist
   3. Politician
   4. Sculptor

6. What is the medieval origin of chemistry, mainly aiming to convert base metal to gold?

7. The Anglicized-French term 'coup de foudre' refers to a?

   1. Poodle haircut
   2. Guillotine
   3. Thunderbolt
   4. Cup of tea

8. What 50,000 years old hunting tool is considered to be the first man-made aerofoil/airfoil?

9. In Tibetan Buddhism a dual state between death and rebirth is?

   1. Loren
   2. Novak
   3. Bardo
   4. Fonda

10. Which actress's personal script used in Breakfast at Tiffany's sold for a record £630k in London 2017?

11. Traveler's Cheques were launched globally in 1891 by?

    1. The Royal Mint
    2. American Express
    3. Hilton
    4. Boeing

12. The Spanish Main historically referred to the Eastern bay coasts formed by Central?

    1. Spain
    2. Italy
    3. Africa
    4. America

13. What is three-quarters divided by a half?

14. What Irish city name means 'Blackpool'?

15. The famous musical about a Jewish family in Imperial Russia is '(What?) on the Roof'?

    1. Cat
    2. Snow
    3. Fiddler
    4. Up

16. What style of meal is named from an 18th century sideboard and a French stool?

17. Spell the full name of USA's extreme right-wing secret society KKK?

18. Ethereum, Dash, Omni, Ripple and Monero are?

    1. Grand National winners
    2. Yoga positions
    3. Harry Potter ghosts
    4. Cryptocurrencies

19. Named after a Dutch city what is the most consumed cheese globally?

20. What folding furniture invented 5,000 years ago is named from use on cruise ships?

21. From June 2018 Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on women?

    1. Owning a business
    2. Wearing trousers
    3. Driving
    4. Using Facebook

22. What cooking item is named via French from Greek 'kaminos Marias' (furnace of Maria)?

23. What nation has counties called Flintshire, Monmouthshire, and Bridgend?

24. The eland, a large wild African (What?), is the only domesticated?

    1. Zebra
    2. Antelope
    3. Hippopotamus
    4. Wasp

25. An oystercatcher is a type of?

    1. Bird
    2. Fish
    3. Seal
    4. Crocodile