General Knowledge Quiz 284

Questions

1. 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

2. Kerning refers to the spacing between characters in?

   1. War games
   2. Stage plays
   3. Typography
   4. Queuing at supermarket tills

3. Commonly in churchards, Latin 'Hic Jacet Sepultus' means what?

4. VTOL and HOTOL refer to?

   1. Trains
   2. Boats
   3. Aircraft
   4. Bicycles

5. The Isle of Man parliament is The House of?

   1. Windows
   2. Floors
   3. Doors
   4. Keys

6. In grammar what has become more acceptable to do to 'the infinitive'?

   1. Negate
   2. Pluralize
   3. Split
   4. Bend

7. What is the third ingredient allowed at Scotland's annual Golden Spurtle World Porridge-making Championships besides Water and Oatmeal?

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

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

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

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

12. A bianca pizza is not?

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is the cube root of a million?

16. Karōshi/Guolaosi (Japanese/Chinese) refer to death from?

    1. Grief
    2. Old-age
    3. Overwork
    4. Christmas

17. 2nd World War posters/publicity likened the smell of chemical gas weapon Lewisite to?

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

18. The popular 1990s Swedish band is called The?

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

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

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

    1. January
    2. February
    3. March or December

21. Guacamole dip is made from which berry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. From Greek blastos (sprout) and kystis (bladder), the blastocyst directly precedes what in human reproduction?

    1. Embryo
    2. Ovum
    3. Sperm
    4. Baby