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General Knowledge Quiz 291

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Questions

  1. Spell the word meaning a big unnecessary discussion, fuss or process?

    1. Perlarva
    2. Palaver
    3. Pollavar
    4. Pilauva

  2. 25. What geographical feature do these 11 nations exclusively have in common: São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Indonesia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil?

  3. In 1992 'Merry Christmas' was the first?

    1. Computer game
    2. Text message
    3. Spice Girls' No 1
    4. Grand National winning mare

  4. What is the third inside angle of a somewhat flat isosceles triangle if the other two are one degree each?

  5. What major crop fruit, informally called a cherry, contains one or two seeds with outer 'parchment coat' and inner 'silver skin'?

    1. Cocoa
    2. Coffee
    3. Coconut
    4. Avocado

  6. What Latin abbreviation is used in quoted extracts to show that an apparent error was in the original text?

  7. The historic port of Macau in China has the highest revenue of any city globally for?

    1. Oil refining
    2. Shipbuilding
    3. Gambling
    4. Fishing

  8. Ethylene glycol is better known as a basic?

    1. Toothpaste
    2. Vinegar
    3. Antifreeze
    4. Cough sweet

  9. Euclidian, Differential, Topology and Algebraic are main types of?

    1. Geography
    2. Geology
    3. Geometry
    4. Archaeology

  10. Lusitania and Dalmatia were provinces of which empire?

    1. Roman
    2. Greek
    3. Ottoman
    4. British

  11. Industry-standard Tegic's T9 and Motorola's iTap, launched c.2000, enabled?

    1. Phone apps
    2. Predictive text
    3. Wi-Fi
    4. Bluetooth

  12. 24. Spumante, frizzante, and tranquillo refer to different types of what?

  13. In 2017 Paris Hilton claimed that she and Britney Spears invented?

    1. Texting
    2. Blogging
    3. Selfies
    4. Roller-blades

  14. In 1948 the UK nationalized what system?

    1. Telephone
    2. Television
    3. Motorway
    4. Canal

  15. What crocodile logo French company says it was the first to show a brandname on clothing as a design feature?

  16. The USA space agency NASA is an abbreviation for what?

  17. In chess 'en passant' capture is only performed by a?

    1. Pawn
    2. Knight
    3. King
    4. Queen

  18. 2 The strategy boardgame Go, zither-playing, calligraphy and painting were the essential 'four arts' of a learned person in the ancient culture of?

    1. China
    2. India
    3. Native American USA
    4. Aboriginal Australia

  19. 2 Spumante, frizzante, and tranquillo refer to different types of what?

  20. 2 What geographical feature do these 11 nations exclusively have in common: São Tomé and Príncipe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Indonesia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil?

  21. Cerberus in Greek mythology is a multi-(What?) (What?) guarding (What?)?

    1. Eyed
    2. Armed
    3. Headed
    4. Legged
    5. Dog
    6. Lion
    7. Bull
    8. Frog
    9. Heaven
    10. Hades (Hell)
    11. Olympus
    12. Heaven

  22. Cerberus in Greek mythology is a multi-(What?) (What?) guarding (What?)?

    1. Eyed
    2. Armed
    3. Headed
    4. Legged
    5. Dog
    6. Lion
    7. Bull
    8. Frog
    9. Heaven
    10. Hades (Hell)
    11. Olympus
    12. Heaven

  23. 13. Industry-standard Tegic's T9 and Motorola's iTap, launched c.2000, enabled?

    1. Phone apps
    2. Predictive text
    3. Wi-Fi
    4. Bluetooth

  24. 3. In 1992 'Merry Christmas' was the first?

    1. Computer game
    2. Text message
    3. Spice Girls' No 1
    4. Grand National winning mare

  25. 4. What is the third inside angle of a somewhat flat isosceles triangle if the other two are one degree each?

  26. 5. What major crop fruit, informally called a cherry, contains one or two seeds with outer 'parchment coat' and inner 'silver skin'?

    1. Cocoa
    2. Coffee
    3. Coconut
    4. Avocado

  27. 6. What Latin abbreviation is used in quoted extracts to show that an apparent error was in the original text?

  28. 7. What global affirmative derives from US president Martin Van Buren's (1782-1862) birthplace and nickname?

  29. 8. The historic port of Macau in China has the highest revenue of any city globally for?

    1. Oil refining
    2. Shipbuilding
    3. Gambling
    4. Fishing

  30. 9. Ethylene glycol is better known as a basic?

    1. Toothpaste
    2. Vinegar
    3. Antifreeze
    4. Cough sweet

  31. 10. Euclidian, Differential, Topology and Algebraic are main types of?

    1. Geography
    2. Geology
    3. Geometry
    4. Archaeology

  32. 11. Pak choi (US bok choi) is a Chinese?

    1. Board game
    2. Lunchbox
    3. Cycle lane
    4. Cabbage

  33. 12. Lusitania and Dalmatia were provinces of which empire?

    1. Roman
    2. Greek
    3. Ottoman
    4. British

  34. 2. According to Yahoo the top internet search of 2017 was “How to make (What?)”?

    1. Houmous
    2. Love
    3. Friends
    4. Slime

  35. 14. Spell the word meaning a big unnecessary discussion, fuss or process?

    1. Perlarva
    2. Palaver
    3. Pollavar
    4. Pilauva

  36. 15. Manana ('man-yaa-na') is Spanish for?

    1. Probably
    2. Maybe
    3. Tomorrow
    4. Wait and see

  37. 16. In 2017 Paris Hilton claimed that she and Britney Spears invented?

    1. Texting
    2. Blogging
    3. Selfies
    4. Roller-blades

  38. 17. In 1948 the UK nationalized what system?

    1. Telephone
    2. Television
    3. Motorway
    4. Canal

  39. 18. What crocodile logo French company says it was the first to show a brandname on clothing as a design feature?

  40. 19. The USA space agency NASA is an abbreviation for what?

  41. 20. In chess 'en passant' capture is only performed by a?

    1. Pawn
    2. Knight
    3. King
    4. Queen

  42. 21. Cerberus in Greek mythology is a multi-(What?) (What?) guarding (What?)?

    1. Eyed
    2. Armed
    3. Headed
    4. Legged
    5. Dog
    6. Lion
    7. Bull
    8. Frog
    9. Heaven
    10. Hades (Hell)
    11. Olympus
    12. Heaven

  43. 22. The first dinosaur bone to be identified (1676, the end of a megalosaurus thighbone) was named due to its shape?

    1. Armpitum camelum
    2. Moutham fishum
    3. Beakham cockum
    4. Scrotum humanum

  44. 23. The strategy boardgame Go, zither-playing, calligraphy and painting were the essential 'four arts' of a learned person in the ancient culture of?

    1. China
    2. India
    3. Native American USA
    4. Aboriginal Australia

Answers

  1. Palaver
  2. The Equator
  3. Text message
  4. 178
  5. Coffee
  6. Sic
  7. Gambling
  8. Antifreeze
  9. Geometry
  10. Roman
  11. Predictive text
  12. Wine
  13. Selfies
  14. Canal
  15. Lacoste
  16. —
  17. Pawn
  18. China
  19. Wine
  20. The Equator
  21. (Three
  22. (Three
  23. Predictive text
  24. Text message
  25. 178
  26. Coffee
  27. Sic
  28. OK
  29. Gambling
  30. Antifreeze
  31. Geometry
  32. Cabbage
  33. Roman
  34. Slime
  35. Palaver
  36. Tomorrow
  37. Selfies
  38. Canal
  39. Lacoste
  40. —
  41. Pawn
  42. —
  43. Scrotum humanum
  44. China