General Knowledge Quiz 300

Questions

1. The team sport Bandy (or Russian Hockey) is played on what surface?

2. To what countries do these two-letter country-code domains belong?

   1. .AU
   2. .ES
   3. .SE
   4. .TR
   5. .ZA

3. What animal normally represents the box of low market share and low market growth in the Boston Matrix (or 'BSG Matrix' or 'Growth-Share Matrix') marketing model?

   1. Bull
   2. Dog
   3. Bear
   4. Elephant

4. The early 18th century testing and stamping of precious metals at Goldsmith's Hall in London gave rise to the name of what global quality system and more loosely a sign of quality?

5. The traditionally shaped sound-holes in instruments such as violins and cellos are referred to by what letter of the alphabet?

6. The terms: Mollweide's Homolographic, Interrupted, Mercator's, and Polar Zenithal refer to different what?

7. What is the approximate speed of sound through seawater?

   1. 45 metres per second
   2. 525m/s
   3. 1560m/s
   4. 7,200m/s

8. Absinthe, Raki, Ouzo, and Sambuca are liqueurs/liquors chiefly flavoured with what?

9. In Western Christianity what is the first day of Lent?

   1. Easter Monday
   2. Shrove Tuesday (or Mardi Gras)
   3. Ash Wednesday
   4. Palm Sunday

10. Traditionally the largest book publishers trade show in the world, where in Germany is the (city name) Book Fair held each October?

11. What is Tesco's US 'neighborhood' grocery chain brand, founded in 2007 with HQ in California?

12. The Han ethnic group of people, the largest in the world, is native to which country?

13. Stephen Covey's first hugely popular guide to business and life is called The Seven 'what' of Highly Successful People?

    1. Secrets
    2. Habits
    3. Lessons
    4. Teachings

14. Known also in the US and elswhere as President, what traditionally and descriptively is the most senior position in a company and other hierarchical organizations?

15. A popular 1960s TV cowboy series, what is a cutaneous covering that has not been tanned?

16. A cachalot - an old French word for tooth - is better known as what creature, the largest living toothed animal?

17. What is the odd one out: Katana, Tamino, Pamina, Papageno?

18. In 1968 the Treaty of Tlatelolco was drafted by the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean to keep their region of the world free of what?

19. Name the founder of psychoanalysis who wrote the The Interpretation of Dreams, and Beyond the Pleasure Principle?

20. Which planet (in terms of its orbit) is between Saturn and Neptune?

21. As at 2011 what four countries have the world's largest railway networks?

22. How many litres (or liters) are in a cubic metre?

23. Where are the Carnac Stones, the largest megalithic site of its kind anywhere, containing over 3,000 huge rocks erected by pre-Celtic people c.4,000-3,300BC?

    1. Anglesey
    2. Cornwall
    3. Brittany
    4. Glasgow

24. Whose outburst, (paraphrased as) "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?

25. Greek jeweller Sotirio Voulgaris founded which luxury goods brand, noted for its capitalized branding including Latin-style V for a U?

26. Rathlin Island, off the Northern Ireland coast, was refuge to which Scottish King in 1306?

27. In geometry and mathematics, what is an angle of less than 90 degrees?

    1. Obtuse
    2. Acute
    3. Vulgar
    4. Mean

28. From the Greek word sphygmós, meaning pulse, what is the inflatable cuff pressure meter called which measures human blood pressure?

29. Created by the Hoover Dam, what is the largest manmade lake/reservoir in the US?

30. What do the 'Int' and 'el' stand for in the computer chip manufacturer Intel Coporation name?