General Knowledge Quiz 297

Questions

1. Beehive, Chonmage and Hoxton Fin are types of what?

   1. Wrestling throws
   2. Cocktails
   3. Logburners
   4. Hairstyles

2. What is the chemical formula for laughing gas (nitrous oxide)?

3. What is the only country in the world not required to have its name on its postage stamps?

4. Andre Serrano's controversial 1987 artwork destroyed by 'anti-blasphemists' in 2011 in Avignon, France, was subtitled 'Immersion (what)'?

   1. Poo God
   2. Piss Christ
   3. Spit Mary
   4. Snot Pope

5. Winnie Madikizela are the first names of the ex-wife of which iconic leader?

6. Black, Green and Oolong are types of what?

7. Second only to the conductor, traditionally which instrument does the leader of an orchestra play?

8. Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) affects which insect?

9. Which North African country's flag is just the colour green?

10. How many cubic inches are in a cubic foot?

11. The classic 1892 comedy novel written by George and Weedon Grossmith is 'Diary of a 'what'?

    1. Somebody
    2. Nobody
    3. Bodyguard
    4. Dead body

12. The most northerly point of mainland Europe is in which country?

13. What is a plane figure with nine straight sides and nine angles?

14. In humans, alopecia is the loss of what?

    1. Memory
    2. Hair
    3. Eyesight
    4. Hearing

15. A codicil is a supplement to what sort of legal document?

16. Cosmology experts assert there are more stars in the universe than what?

    1. Hairs on a human's head
    2. Blades of grass on a football pitch
    3. People on Earth
    4. Sand grains on all Earth's beaches

17. Noi Boi International Airport serves (and rhymes with the second syllable of) which Asian city?

18. Which vast retail corporation blamed a 'cottage industry of profit seekers' for exploiting and causing the effective withdrawal in 2011 of its strongly promoted 'price-check and refund-the-difference' offer to shoppers?

19. According to a survey by the charity Sustain, what were respectively (at 2011) the most and least liked of insects in the UK?

20. Which composer (of the Barber of Sevllle and William Tell operas) said of which other composer (of the The Ring of the Nibelung operas) that he "... has wonderful moments and dreadful quarters of an hour..." ?

21. What corporation (as at 2011) owns and operates the Norton internet security product range?

22. Who or what is Goodluck Jonathan?

    1. Jonathan Ross's yacht
    2. An apple named after Jonathan Dimbleby
    3. Crufts Supreme Champion dog
    4. 14th President of Nigeria

23. Conkers are the fruit of which tree?

24. Emily Watson played which famous cellist in the film 'Hilary and Jackie'?

25. Latrodectism is a clinical syndrome caused by the bite of which creature?

26. In the Bible, which of the apostles refused to believe in the resurrection until he had seen and touched Christ?

27. Said by many to be his first and weakest play, Shakespeare's comedy was titled: The Two Gentlemen of?

    1. Verona
    2. Gerona
    3. Samoa
    4. Barcelona

28. A solution of magnesium hydroxide in water is better known by what name?

29. Penthesilea, Myrine and Hippolyte were queens of which legendary warrior people?

30. What iconic Wrigley brand, launched in 1893, is considered the first product bought using a barcode scanner?