General Knowledge Quiz 287

Questions

1. Developed by Pfizer as cardiovascular treatment, Sildenafill launched in 1998 as?

   1. Nicorette
   2. Piriton
   3. Viagra
   4. Tamiflu

2. 23. Spell the temperature measurement unit?

   1. Farenheit
   2. Fahrenheit
   3. Farhenheit
   4. Farenheight

3. 24. Deism is belief in a?

   1. Political doctrine
   2. Flat Earth
   3. Heaven
   4. Supreme being

4. Exodontics is the extraction of?

   1. Gold
   2. Oil
   3. Gas
   4. Teeth

5. Related to Qi, the universal principal underlying Yin and Yang in Chinese philosphy is?

   1. Kung-Fu
   2. Tao
   3. Judo
   4. Fengshui

6. A tape streamer is an early device for?

   1. City parades
   2. Floor gymnastics
   3. Computer data back-up
   4. Fishing

7. The saxophone is what instrument classification?

   1. Brass
   2. Woodwind
   3. Keyboard
   4. Percussion

8. What creature prefixes Wash, Skin, Shank, Dog and Dip?

9. Named from a vegetable, what chemical substance causes flamingoes to be pink?

10. What is the third inside angle of a triangle whose other two are 60 degrees each?

11. 22. Taphonomy is the study within palaeontology of?

    1. Plants
    2. Fossilization
    3. Gas
    4. Water

12. Loosely interpreted as heaven, the Buddhist concept of spiritual liberation by ending the cycle of rebirthing is?

    1. Prajna
    2. Chakra
    3. Nirvana
    4. Karma

13. In relation to aviation/maritime vertical axis travel, yaw is?

    1. Lift
    2. Dip
    3. Turn
    4. Wobble

14. The Protestant religion began in the 1600s as a protest against the leadership of?

    1. Buddhism
    2. Catholicism
    3. Paganism
    4. Communism

15. What archaic English two-letter word means 'you' and 'the'?

16. In the 2010s decade, by a vast margin the world's biggest selling newspapers are in?

    1. Japan
    2. USA
    3. India
    4. Russa

17. 2 The famous eponymous quantum physics conundrum is Schrodinger's?

    1. Cat
    2. Dog
    3. Mouse
    4. Shrew

18. 2 Taphonomy is the study within palaeontology of?

    1. Plants
    2. Fossilization
    3. Gas
    4. Water

19. 2 Spell the temperature measurement unit?

    1. Farenheit
    2. Fahrenheit
    3. Farhenheit
    4. Farenheight

20. 2 Deism is belief in a?

    1. Political doctrine
    2. Flat Earth
    3. Heaven
    4. Supreme being

21. 12. Developed by Pfizer as cardiovascular treatment, Sildenafill launched in 1998 as?

    1. Nicorette
    2. Piriton
    3. Viagra
    4. Tamiflu

22. 3. Exodontics is the extraction of?

    1. Gold
    2. Oil
    3. Gas
    4. Teeth

23. 4. Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev devised the first popularized (What?) table in 1869?

    1. Operating
    2. Periodic
    3. Drop-leaf
    4. Times

24. 5. Related to Qi, the universal principal underlying Yin and Yang in Chinese philosphy is?

    1. Kung-Fu
    2. Tao
    3. Judo
    4. Fengshui

25. 6. A tape streamer is an early device for?

    1. City parades
    2. Floor gymnastics
    3. Computer data back-up
    4. Fishing

26. 7. The saxophone is what instrument classification?

    1. Brass
    2. Woodwind
    3. Keyboard
    4. Percussion

27. 8. What creature prefixes Wash, Skin, Shank, Dog and Dip?

28. 9. Named from a vegetable, what chemical substance causes flamingoes to be pink?

29. 10. What is the third inside angle of a triangle whose other two are 60 degrees each?

30. 11. Burlap (USA) and Crocus (Jamaica) equate in UK English to?

    1. Hessian
    2. Tweed
    3. Tartan
    4. Vinyl

31. 2. Vanadium is the only (What?) beginning with V?

    1. Chemical element
    2. American city
    3. Roman god
    4. Plant genus

32. 13. German scientist Carl August Steinheil introduced (What?) in replacing the return-current telegraph wire in 1836/7?

    1. AC
    2. DC
    3. Wi-Fi
    4. Earth/Ground

33. 14. The oldest operating McDonald's restaurant (Downey, California) opened in?

    1. 1953
    2. 1964
    3. 1970
    4. 1985

34. 15. Loosely interpreted as heaven, the Buddhist concept of spiritual liberation by ending the cycle of rebirthing is?

    1. Prajna
    2. Chakra
    3. Nirvana
    4. Karma

35. 16. The natural mineral Kieserite (magnesium sulphate/sulfate) is better known as (What?) salt, from the UK spring and horse-racing town?

36. 17. In relation to aviation/maritime vertical axis travel, yaw is?

    1. Lift
    2. Dip
    3. Turn
    4. Wobble

37. 18. The Protestant religion began in the 1600s as a protest against the leadership of?

    1. Buddhism
    2. Catholicism
    3. Paganism
    4. Communism

38. 19. What archaic English two-letter word means 'you' and 'the'?

39. 20. In the 2010s decade, by a vast margin the world's biggest selling newspapers are in?

    1. Japan
    2. USA
    3. India
    4. Russa

40. 21. The famous eponymous quantum physics conundrum is Schrodinger's?

    1. Cat
    2. Dog
    3. Mouse
    4. Shrew