General Knowledge Quiz 285

Questions

1. Which of these musical notes is technically a misnomer?

   1. C flat
   2. E flat
   3. F sharp
   4. B

2. 24. Rheasilvia, considered the tallest mountain in the Solar System, is on?

   1. Mars
   2. The Moon
   3. Vesta asteroid
   4. The Sun

3. 25. What item of clothing is named after an atoll site of US nuclear testing, originally meaning 'surface of coconuts'?

4. Which one of these originally meant a discipline requiring much work and practice?

   1. Kung Fu
   2. Reiki
   3. Origami
   4. Feng Shui

5. Chechnya has been in conflict with which governing nation since a vast dissolution in 1991?

6. Theakston's Old Peculiar is a traditional English dark brown?

   1. Body rub gel
   2. Real ale
   3. Pipe tobacco
   4. Boot polish

7. What Unilever brand dropped a Facebook advert in 2017 because it showed “a black woman turning white after using the soap”?

8. Jacinda Arden became the world's youngest female prime minister when elected as which nation's leader in 2017?

9. Britain's second biggest land-owner after the Forestry Commission is the?

   1. National Trust
   2. Queen
   3. Church of England
   4. Google

10. The guava fruit is native to central?

    1. Americas
    2. Africa
    3. Europe
    4. China

11. Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo is a 1950s?

    1. Winter Olympics venue
    2. Sports car
    3. Opera
    4. Pyramid scheme

12. 23. The NATO flag/emblem is what icon?

13. The 1521 assembly/reaction to Martin Luther's challenge to Catholic policies is called the?

    1. Imbibing of Eels
    2. Consumption of Ants
    3. Gorging of Frogs
    4. Diet of Worms

14. The modern replacement term for 'manic depression' is?

    1. Asperger's
    2. Bipolar disorder
    3. Autism
    4. PTSD

15. What Belgian cartoon characters created in 1958 wear Phrygian caps, historically worn to represent central European freedom from Roman slavery?

16. The 22km Cook Strait is a dangerous sea passage between north and south islands of which nation?

17. 2 The perigee and apogee refer to the distances/movement between?

    1. Deadline and forecast
    2. Golfer and ball
    3. Earth and Satellite
    4. Divorcing couples

18. 2 Hegemony is a form of?

    1. Card game
    2. Dominant leadership
    3. Gardening
    4. Money laundering

19. 2 The NATO flag/emblem is what icon?

20. 2 Rheasilvia, considered the tallest mountain in the Solar System, is on?

    1. Mars
    2. The Moon
    3. Vesta asteroid
    4. The Sun

21. 2 What item of clothing is named after an atoll site of US nuclear testing, originally meaning 'surface of coconuts'?

22. 13. Italy's Cortina d'Ampezzo is a 1950s?

    1. Winter Olympics venue
    2. Sports car
    3. Opera
    4. Pyramid scheme

23. 3. A 2017 MORI survey found which one of these cities' apartment rents to be just a fifth (20%) of the others?

    1. London, NYC, Paris
    2. Berlin

24. 4. Chechnya has been in conflict with which governing nation since a vast dissolution in 1991?

25. 5. Theakston's Old Peculiar is a traditional English dark brown?

    1. Body rub gel
    2. Real ale
    3. Pipe tobacco
    4. Boot polish

26. 6. What Unilever brand dropped a Facebook advert in 2017 because it showed “a black woman turning white after using the soap”?

27. 7. Jacinda Arden became the world's youngest female prime minister when elected as which nation's leader in 2017?

28. 8. Which major holiday company was rebranded TUI ('too-ee') in 2017?

    1. Thomson
    2. Thomas Cook
    3. 18-30
    4. Virgin

29. 9. Toulouse in France is called the (What?) city due to its architecture?

    1. Blue
    2. Pink
    3. Orange
    4. Zebra

30. 10. Britain's second biggest land-owner after the Forestry Commission is the?

    1. National Trust
    2. Queen
    3. Church of England
    4. Google

31. 11. What is the vast animal taxonomy classification, including humans, referring to the female milk gland?

32. 12. The guava fruit is native to central?

    1. Americas
    2. Africa
    3. Europe
    4. China

33. 2. Which one of these originally meant a discipline requiring much work and practice?

    1. Kung Fu
    2. Reiki
    3. Origami
    4. Feng Shui

34. 14. Which of these musical notes is technically a misnomer?

    1. C flat
    2. E flat
    3. F sharp
    4. B

35. 15. The 1521 assembly/reaction to Martin Luther's challenge to Catholic policies is called the?

    1. Imbibing of Eels
    2. Consumption of Ants
    3. Gorging of Frogs
    4. Diet of Worms

36. 16. What iconic monument (translation 'Crown of the Palace') was built as a Muslim mausoleum for the wife of 1700s emperor Shah Jahan?

37. 17. The modern replacement term for 'manic depression' is?

    1. Asperger's
    2. Bipolar disorder
    3. Autism
    4. PTSD

38. 18. Quotidian refers to (What?) frequency?

    1. Three-monthly
    2. Fortnightly
    3. Daily
    4. Mistakenly

39. 19. What Belgian cartoon characters created in 1958 wear Phrygian caps, historically worn to represent central European freedom from Roman slavery?

40. 20. The 22km Cook Strait is a dangerous sea passage between north and south islands of which nation?

41. 21. The perigee and apogee refer to the distances/movement between?

    1. Deadline and forecast
    2. Golfer and ball
    3. Earth and Satellite
    4. Divorcing couples

42. 22. Hegemony is a form of?

    1. Card game
    2. Dominant leadership
    3. Gardening
    4. Money laundering