General Knowledge Quiz 318

Questions

1. US engineer/industrialist George Pullman (1831-1897) is eponymously associated with travel by?

   1. Air
   2. Sea
   3. Rail
   4. Road

2. Name the two opposing campaign organizations featured in the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum?

3. Name the trademarked bass-frequency cinematic effect developed by Cerwin-Vega and Universal Studios initially for the 1974 film Earthquake?

4. Ragú refers originally in Italian to a?

   1. Pasta
   2. Tomato
   3. Meat-based sauce
   4. Cooking pan

5. 'Every good boy deserves favour' is a mnemonic in?

   1. Chemistry
   2. Geology
   3. Music
   4. Baking

6. CN and CP are the official marks/logos of which nation's two major railway corporations?

7. What literally connects Vikramshila Setu, Rajendra Setu, Mahatma Gandhi Setu and Farakka Barrage?

8. The main part of what musical instrument, commonly available in chromatic and diatonic forms, is called a 'comb'?

9. Acetylsalicylic Acid is better known by what Bayer trademark?

10. In card gambling games such as poker, an 'ante' refers to a betting stake which is?

    1. Lost
    2. Compulsory
    3. Higher than the previous one
    4. Borrowed

11. On Apple Inc's apple logo the leaf and bite-out are respectively positioned?

    1. Left and Left
    2. Left and Right
    3. Right and Left
    4. Right and Right

12. The term 'Standard', a traditional name of some newspapers, derives in this sense from the meaning of a?

    1. Quality measure
    2. Flag
    3. Tree/plant
    4. Newsstand/booth

13. The word scourge - 'a cause of suffering' - is metaphorically derived from what instrument of punishment?

14. In the English language a 'perfect pangram' contains how many letters?

    1. 1
    2. 3
    3. 15
    4. 26

15. Which 1947-originated DeBeers slogan is according to Advertising Age magazine the best advertising slogan of the 20th century (perhaps aided by a 1956 Fleming creation)?

16. A 'night glow' features in which sort of festival?

17. The works of which dramatic writer feature at least 64 bird species including all seven British crows?

18. The US-originating slang 'wallwart' is used in which connection?

    1. Horticultural
    2. Achitectural
    3. Electrical
    4. Legal

19. A payment or loss representing a tiny fraction of the payee's wealth is metaphorically called 'Small (What?)', actually made in medieval times for children and poor folk?

    1. Wine
    2. Beer
    3. Cake
    4. Trousers

20. In biochemistry the suffix '-ose' usually denotes what common sort of substance?