General Knowledge Quiz 292

Questions

1. 1000% is how many times more?

   1. 5
   2. 10
   3. 100
   4. 1000

2. 24. What Anglicized-French word, from Latin for birth, is a synonym for Christmas?

3. 25. What metal is unusually insoluble in nitric acid, hence the term 'acid test'?

4. Concurrently ice-cream is?

   1. Solid
   2. Liquid
   3. Gas
   4. All three

5. What creamy beverage is named from Dutch 'lawyer's drink'?

6. What does the WD stand for in the spray oil WD40?

7. What natural form of water is popular slang for people said to be spoilt, over-protected and emotionally special or fragile?

8. Smartphone users touch their screens typically how many times per day?

   1. 400
   2. 800
   3. 1100
   4. 2700

9. The precious metal purity grade of 3N5 is an abbreviation of what percentage?

10. What sport traditionally uses goose feathers of the left wing?

    1. Fishing
    2. Hang-gliding
    3. Boxing
    4. Badminton

11. Futsal, devised by Uruguan teacher Juan Carlos Ceriani, is the global official indoor form of?

    1. Polo
    2. The Marathon
    3. Association Football
    4. Rowing

12. 23. Established first in London in 1828, what was the full term for the modern abbreviation 'zoo'?

13. In telephony what does SMS stand for?

14. The gums of the Boswellia and Commiphora plants are more commonly known as which two aromatic resins?

15. What famous city means 'house of meat/bread' in Arabic/Hebrew?

16. Name the first modular space station, built in orbit, meaning world and peace in Russian?

17. What is the traditional mulled wine called in Germany, meaning 'burning wine'?

18. Etruria and the Etruscan people were originally in?

    1. Italy
    2. Ireland
    3. Russia
    4. USA

19. Abraham Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' theory seeks to explain?

    1. Warfare
    2. Communism
    3. Human motivation
    4. Christmas shopping

20. 2 Established first in London in 1828, what was the full term for the modern abbreviation 'zoo'?

21. 2 What Anglicized-French word, from Latin for birth, is a synonym for Christmas?

22. 2 What metal is unusually insoluble in nitric acid, hence the term 'acid test'?

23. 13. In telephony what does SMS stand for?

24. 3. What creamy beverage is named from Dutch 'lawyer's drink'?

25. 4. What does the WD stand for in the spray oil WD40?

26. 5. What natural form of water is popular slang for people said to be spoilt, over-protected and emotionally special or fragile?

27. 6. Smartphone users touch their screens typically how many times per day?

    1. 400
    2. 800
    3. 1100
    4. 2700

28. 7. The precious metal purity grade of 3N5 is an abbreviation of what percentage?

29. 8. What sport traditionally uses goose feathers of the left wing?

    1. Fishing
    2. Hang-gliding
    3. Boxing
    4. Badminton

30. 9. In Dutch tradition the controversial Spanish Moor character Black Pete (Zwarte Piet) is whose companion?

31. 10. Futsal, devised by Uruguan teacher Juan Carlos Ceriani, is the global official indoor form of?

    1. Polo
    2. The Marathon
    3. Association Football
    4. Rowing

32. 11. What anxiety disorder is named from Greek meaning fear of the public/market square?

33. 12. 1000% is how many times more?

    1. 5
    2. 10
    3. 100
    4. 1000

34. 2. Concurrently ice-cream is?

    1. Solid
    2. Liquid
    3. Gas
    4. All three

35. 14. The gums of the Boswellia and Commiphora plants are more commonly known as which two aromatic resins?

36. 15. What famous city means 'house of meat/bread' in Arabic/Hebrew?

37. 16. Name the first modular space station, built in orbit, meaning world and peace in Russian?

38. 17. Volcán Cayambe volcano in Ecuador is the only place where (What?) (What?) exists naturally (two answers required)?

    1. Digestible
    2. Snow
    3. Grass
    4. Seawater
    5. Equatorial
    6. Llamas

39. 18. What is the traditional mulled wine called in Germany, meaning 'burning wine'?

40. 19. Etruria and the Etruscan people were originally in?

    1. Italy
    2. Ireland
    3. Russia
    4. USA

41. 20. Abraham Maslow's 'Hierarchy of Needs' theory seeks to explain?

    1. Warfare
    2. Communism
    3. Human motivation
    4. Christmas shopping

42. 21. Chinese people increasingly give (What?) called 'pingguo' at (When?) called 'pinganye'?

    1. Soap
    2. Apples
    3. Rice
    4. Weddings
    5. Christenings
    6. Christmas Eve

43. 22. The enduring Classical Ballet feet positioning defined by Pierre Beauchamps in the late 1600s is the '(How many?) Positions'?

    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four or Five