General Knowledge Quiz 304

Questions

1. What medieval defensive feature is named from the French for sliding door?

2. The official Astronomical length of a ('Julian') year is how many days?

   1. 365
   2. 366
   3. 365
   4. 3625

3. 30 St Mary Axe is better known as The?

   1. Bird's Nest
   2. Gherkin
   3. Calabash
   4. Beehive

4. A 'tell' refers to a clue in which activity, which in turn refers metaphorically to an intentionally blank facial expression?

5. What word suffixes the following words to make five new words?

   1. Rasp
   2. Whortle
   3. Goose
   4. Blue
   5. and Straw

6. Most commonly how many bits are in a byte, and how many bytes are in a kilobyte (two answers required)?

   1. 10 and 1,000
   2. 1,000 and 1,000
   3. 10 and 100
   4. 8 and 1,024

7. The ancient symbol the fylfot, is more controversially commonly known as (what?), derived from Sanskrit 'wellbeing', from 'su' (good) and 'asti' (being)?

8. The old trades: tanner, currier, cordwainer, and girdler worked primarily with?

   1. Wax
   2. Leather
   3. Copper
   4. Stone

9. A 'strawberry nevus' is a?

   1. Cocktail drink
   2. Benign skin-growth
   3. Tropical algae bloom
   4. Cheerleader stunt move

10. Agulhas, Kuroshio, Benguela, Canary and Humboldt are?

    1. Salads
    2. Ocean currents
    3. Architects
    4. Fashion houses

11. What weighs approximately 2.7 x 10-23 grams (that's 2.7 multiplied by 10 to the power of minus 23, or more simply 0.000000000000000000000027gms)?

    1. A breath of fresh air
    2. A handclap
    3. An atom of oxygen
    4. a Fly's eyelash

12. What is two-thirds of three-quarters?

13. Everlast, Winning, and Grant are famous equipment brands for?

    1. Angling
    2. Ice-skating
    3. Boxing
    4. Scuba-diving

14. In which competitive activity did the WBF strip its 2013 Bali World Championship from two German doctors for coded coughing?

15. Which major African institution has the website www.cbn.gov.ng?

16. Anaximander (c.600-550BC), Tabula Rogeriana (1154), Waldseemüller (1507) and Mercator (1569) are notable?

    1. Bible translations
    2. World maps
    3. Calendars
    4. Taxonomies of organisms

17. The abbreviation OIEO in small private advertisements means what?

18. The ancient Greek portmanteau word 'necropolis' refers to?

    1. Public baths
    2. Cemetery
    3. Police station
    4. Ice-cream

19. The official Astronomical length of a ('Julian') year is how many days?

    1. 365
    2. 366
    3. 365.5
    4. 365.25

20. The creamy cherimoya/chirimoya fruit with a soft cactus-like skin is also known as the '(what?) apple'?

    1. Honey
    2. Custard
    3. Butter
    4. Sugar

21. Stadium, French's, Händlmaier, and Maille make what, commonly from the Sinapis alba and Brassica juncea plants?