General Knowledge Quiz 323

Questions

1. Dart, mushroom, grain, notions, and piping are terms used in what handicraft?

2. The latin term 'mutatis mutandis' is used when doing what to two basically similar things?

   1. Comparing
   2. Joining
   3. Destroying
   4. Separating

3. In 2010 which famous pedestrian 'zebra' crossing was the first to be given UK Heritage listed status, normally only given to buildings and monuments?

4. Name the vast Telefónica S.A. Spanish/Latin-American mobile phone corporation, whose name alludes to cinematic celebrity?

5. Brimstone is an old word for which chemical element?

6. What typically pluralized instrument is named from Spanish 'chestnut'?

7. In 2014 German coastal authorities reportedly introduced various bans and dimensional limits of max 4m x 0.5m for beach?

   1. Inflatables
   2. Goalposts
   3. Bar signs
   4. Sand castles

8. In rugby union, how many yards position is a team penalized for arguing with a referee's decision?

9. Haslet is a traditional (mostly UK) inexpensive chopped, pressed and cooked cold loaf of?

   1. Fruit
   2. Fish
   3. Offal
   4. Chocolate fudge with nuts and raisins

10. A nuclear reactor which produces more 'fissile' material (i.e., which sustains a chain reaction) than it consumes in fuel is known by what sexual term?

11. Which spice is named from Hungarian for pepper?

12. Related to voting/headcount, what technical term refers to the removal of a tree's top branches, usually to encourage new growth?

13. What technical Anglicized French word for a rank or level is from French for ladder?

14. What term refers to a fashion/lifestyle/music genre, and wood that is light and flaky due to rot or fungal attack?

15. In the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, the TT stands for what?

16. What refers to social service focused on an individual's situation/background, and also to certain furniture, especially ornate cabinets?

17. Brinjal is an Indian/S African word for what vegetable?

18. Which German rye bread is named, according to many reliable sources, from the original meaning 'Devil's fart'?

19. What medieval term for a knights' equestrian tournament is also a fairground ride and an airport mechanism?

20. Which two similar creatures, and the only major predators of mosquitos, are differentiated by their respective perpendicular and parallel resting wing positions?