General Knowledge Quiz 321

Questions

1. Which multi-award-winning 1982s movie is considered to have included the biggest ever crowd of extras?

2. The old English profession 'cofferer', typically employed in a royal household, equates nowadays to a?

   1. Gardener
   2. Tea-maid
   3. Accountant
   4. Hairdresser

3. The fin whale, second largest animal after the blue whale, excretes approximately how many litres per day?

   1. 3
   2. 15
   3. 100
   4. 1,000

4. In 2014 Russia closed branches of what global brand amidst East-West sanction?

5. In 2014 the EU introduced a maximum 1600watt power rating for?

   1. Vacuum cleaners
   2. Mobility scooters
   3. Buskers
   4. Residential Xmas lights

6. Appearing in many food/drink names, what is produced when cereal grain germination is halted by hot air drying?

7. What community-support focused branch of Christianity grew from the work of brothers John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield?

8. In constitutional terminology, put these structures in order of power-centralization, most to least?

   1. Confederation
   2. Unitary
   3. Federation

9. Burlap is an old material traditionally used in making?

   1. Hats
   2. Scarves
   3. Sacks
   4. Socks

10. What potent plant is called technically Papaver somniferum?

11. Al Jazeera means 'The (What?)'?

12. In 1849 US mechanic Walter Hunt patented what multi-billion-selling and punk rock device?

13. What Anglicized Italian term from Latin 'not known' refers to a person's having a concealed or false identity?

14. Which punningly alliteratively named professor drove the No3 Convert-a-Car in Wacky Races?

15. Bundes in the German 'Bundesliga' soccer league refers to?

    1. Old
    2. Federal
    3. Competition
    4. Professional

16. Brahmanism is an ancient formative religion of?

    1. Hinduism
    2. Islam
    3. Catholicism
    4. Mormonism

17. Runway selection for aircraft take-off and landing is generally?

    1. Into headwind
    2. With tailwind
    3. With a crosswind
    4. Sun behind

18. What was a originally an ancient Greek post-banquet drinking party, and nowadays refers to a researchers/academic conference?

19. Chatsworth House gardener, engineer and greenhouse expert, Joseph Paxton, created which iconic 1851 London building?

20. PDF, Adobe's universal computer document format, stands for what?