General Knowledge Quiz #294

General Knowledge Quiz #294

Questions

1. The communist government of which country was overthrown during the Velvet Revolution in 1989?
2. The so-called 'spade hacker' - a 75 year-old Georgian woman digging for copper scrap - accidentally cut off the internet connection for five hours in April 2011 for the entire 2m population of which bordering nation?
3. The pungent essential oil eugenol comprises about 70-90% of the oil from which spice?
4. Dr Harry Coover and Fred Joyner accidentally discovered what popular and generically named adhesive while working for Eastman Kodak on a gunsight project in the mid-1900s?
5. How tall is the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai (at Apr 2011 the tallest building in the world): 828m; 628m, 428m or 228m?
6. Name the pop star, the football club and its businessman-owner, linked by an unpopular statue unveiled in 2011 at the Craven Cottage stadium in London?
7. Over several years from the late 1900s to the early 2000s, plant breeders succeeded in optimising all but which one of the following appealing characteristics of cut roses, which consequently reduced: Colour/color; Shape; Shelf-life; or Scent?
8. 'The Troubles' is a euphemistic term for the long-running civil/terrorist conflicts in which country notably in the late 1900s?
9. What are the three main colours/colors of the national flag of India (bonus point for the fourth minor colour and icon)?
10. Which river flows over the Victoria Falls?
11. Native to Mediterranean countries the ground beans and pod of the carob tree/shrub are used as a substitute for what?
12. What is a traditional fastener which prevents a wheel from coming off its axle, and refers metaphorically to a crucial person or part?
13. The BSE SENSEX is the stock exchange in which city?
14. Which famous movie car was made from the chassis of two 1968 Chevrolet Impalas and a Chevy V8 engine?
15. On what form of transport would you find a pelorus, said to be named after Hannibal's pilot, c.200BC?
16. Hippocampus is the Latin name for which emblematic marine creature?
17. The Bodleian Library is part of which highly regarded universtity?
18. The Marble Mountains (locally, Ngu Hành Son) are five marble/limestone hills, Kim, Thuy, Moc, Hoa and Tho, in which country?
19. German physicist Max Planck is regarded as the founder of which theory, for which he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1918?
20. A banderillero is a member of a team called a cuadrilla, in which controversial activity?
21. The white pinwheel shaped Tiare is the national flower of which South Pacific island group?
22. Alt, Bock, Dunkel and Helles are German varieties of what?
23. The Roscher System and the Henry Classification System are used by the police for what?
24. When an orchestra tunes up before playing, what instrument conventionally provides the initial 'A' guide note?
25. Which professional undertaking begins with the words "I swear by Apollo..."?
26. In which country is the Vatnajokull Glacier, covering 8% of its land, and the largest ice cap by volume in Europe?
27. Porifera, meaning 'pore bearer' is a marine life form better known by what name, now strongly associated with its traditional human use?
28. Kebero, tabor, bodhran and cajon (pronounced cahon) are types of which musical instruments?
29. The so-called 'spade hacker' - a 75 year-old Georgian woman digging for copper scrap - accidentally cut off the internet connection for five hours in April 2011 for the entire 3.2m population of which bordering nation?
30. What alcoholic drink whose name means 'little water' was first distilled from grain in the 8-9th centuries in NE Europe?
31. The British Assured Food Standards scheme for food and farm quality is represented in its branding and website name by a: Knife and fork; Red tractor; Bull's head; or String of onions?

1. The communist government of which country was overthrown during the Velvet Revolution in 1989?

   Czechoslovakia
2. The so-called 'spade hacker' - a 75 year-old Georgian woman digging for copper scrap - accidentally cut off the internet connection for five hours in April 2011 for the entire 2m population of which bordering nation?
3. The pungent essential oil eugenol comprises about 70-90% of the oil from which spice?

   Cloves 
4. Dr Harry Coover and Fred Joyner accidentally discovered what popular and generically named adhesive while working for Eastman Kodak on a gunsight project in the mid-1900s?

   Super Glue 
5. How tall is the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai (at Apr 2011 the tallest building in the world): 828m; 628m, 428m or 228m?

   828m 
6. Name the pop star, the football club and its businessman-owner, linked by an unpopular statue unveiled in 2011 at the Craven Cottage stadium in London?

   Michael Jackson, Fulham FC, Mohamed Al Fayed 
7. Over several years from the late 1900s to the early 2000s, plant breeders succeeded in optimising all but which one of the following appealing characteristics of cut roses, which consequently reduced: Colour/color; Shape; Shelf-life; or Scent?

   Scent 
8. 'The Troubles' is a euphemistic term for the long-running civil/terrorist conflicts in which country notably in the late 1900s?

   Northern Ireland
9. What are the three main colours/colors of the national flag of India (bonus point for the fourth minor colour and icon)?

   Orange, White, Green 
10. Which river flows over the Victoria Falls?

    Zambezi 
11. Native to Mediterranean countries the ground beans and pod of the carob tree/shrub are used as a substitute for what?

    Chocolate
12. What is a traditional fastener which prevents a wheel from coming off its axle, and refers metaphorically to a crucial person or part?

    Linchpin
13. The BSE SENSEX is the stock exchange in which city?

    Bombay 
14. Which famous movie car was made from the chassis of two 1968 Chevrolet Impalas and a Chevy V8 engine?

    Batmobile
15. On what form of transport would you find a pelorus, said to be named after Hannibal's pilot, c.200BC?

    Ship 
16. Hippocampus is the Latin name for which emblematic marine creature?

    Seahorse
17. The Bodleian Library is part of which highly regarded universtity?

    Oxford
18. The Marble Mountains (locally, Ngu Hành Son) are five marble/limestone hills, Kim, Thuy, Moc, Hoa and Tho, in which country?

    Vietnam 
19. German physicist Max Planck is regarded as the founder of which theory, for which he won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1918?

    Quantum Theory
20. A banderillero is a member of a team called a cuadrilla, in which controversial activity?

    Bullfighting 
21. The white pinwheel shaped Tiare is the national flower of which South Pacific island group?

    French Polynesia 
22. Alt, Bock, Dunkel and Helles are German varieties of what?

    Beer 
23. The Roscher System and the Henry Classification System are used by the police for what?

    Fingerprinting
24. When an orchestra tunes up before playing, what instrument conventionally provides the initial 'A' guide note?

    Oboe
25. Which professional undertaking begins with the words "I swear by Apollo..."?

    Hippocratic Oath 
26. In which country is the Vatnajokull Glacier, covering 8% of its land, and the largest ice cap by volume in Europe?

    Iceland
27. Porifera, meaning 'pore bearer' is a marine life form better known by what name, now strongly associated with its traditional human use?

    Sponge
28. Kebero, tabor, bodhran and cajon (pronounced cahon) are types of which musical instruments?

    Drums
29. The so-called 'spade hacker' - a 75 year-old Georgian woman digging for copper scrap - accidentally cut off the internet connection for five hours in April 2011 for the entire 3.2m population of which bordering nation?

    Armenia
30. What alcoholic drink whose name means 'little water' was first distilled from grain in the 8-9th centuries in NE Europe?

    Vodka
31. The British Assured Food Standards scheme for food and farm quality is represented in its branding and website name by a: Knife and fork; Red tractor; Bull's head; or String of onions?

    Red tractor