General Knowledge Quiz 320

Questions

1. What is the traditional technical term for a road/paving granite block, alternatively called a Belgian block, and incorrectly a cobble or cobblestone?

2. What must be no smaller than 68 inches (467mm), weigh no more than 62oz (493g) and be symmetrically dimpled?

3. In proofreading what amendment does the mark 'NP' instruct?

4. In music, what term refers to a measure of sound over time?

5. What name is given to human intolerance of gliadin, a gluten protein in wheat, barley and rye?

6. Psychological tests which ask standardized questions, whose answers are assessed according to fixed measures are called?

   1. Reactive
   2. Objective
   3. Projective
   4. Subjective

7. Psychological tests which invite responses to vague stimuli ('random' words, images, etc) and whose answers are analysed expertly are called?

   1. Reactive
   2. Objective
   3. Projective
   4. Subjective

8. Propensity means?

   1. Fear
   2. Tendency
   3. Resistance
   4. Risk

9. Paupiette, roulade and involtini refer to meat/fish that is which two of these?

   1. Rolled
   2. Raw
   3. Filled
   4. Grilled
   5. Wrapped in pastry

10. Which corporation operates the $multi-billion two-sided advertising service branded AdSense and AdWords?

11. What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381?

12. What maritime exclamation did Alexander Graham Bell suggest be the standard telephone answering greeting before Edison's 'Hello'?

13. The old French term 'eshec mat' is terminology in which game?

14. What is the more common English/Western biblical name of Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion?

15. The Afrikaans word 'pronk' refers to the distinctive arch-backed stiff-legged leap of a?

    1. Lion
    2. Giraffe
    3. Springbok
    4. Elephant

16. Roughly how many different girls' names were registered in the UK for newborn females in 2013?

    1. 500
    2. 3,500
    3. 5,000
    4. 35,000

17. What remarkable world-changing South American engineering project celebrated its centenary in August 2014?

18. A 'lustrum' refers to a period of how many years?

19. What French term traditionally seeks to convey a product/service's extra comfort/elegance, ironically from the Latin origin 'excess'?

20. Meissen and Dresden of Germany, and Spode of England made high-quality?

    1. Motorbikes
    2. Porcelain
    3. Fishing tackle
    4. Shoes

21. What must be no smaller than 1.68 inches (42.67mm), weigh no more than 1.62oz (45.93g) and be symmetrically dimpled?