General Knowledge Quiz 324

Questions

1. A single significant obstacle is figuratively called 'The Fly in the...'?

   1. Butter
   2. Eye
   3. Gravy
   4. Ointment

2. The inventors of Penicillin, Television, the Bank of England, the BBC, and the decimal point were?

   1. Scottish
   2. English
   3. American
   4. German

3. What silver-grey/gray metallic element used in high strength steels has the symbol Mo?

4. A mollymawk is an Australian/NZ word for what creature, strongly linked with maritime superstition?

5. A full moon which coincides with its closest proximity to Earth is called a '(What?) moon'?

   1. Blue
   2. Harvest
   3. Festival
   4. Cheese

6. Name the record-breaking $0.5bn development-cost computer game launched to massive publicity in 2014?

   1. Idiocy
   2. Banality
   3. Insanity
   4. Destiny

7. The significant Irish minister Ian Paisley, who died in 2014, was a?

   1. Protestant
   2. Catholic
   3. Mormon
   4. Jehova's Witness

8. What dangerous material occures in white, brown and blue forms respectively from Chrysotile, Amosite, and Crocidolite minerals?

9. To what very common consumer items do the IEC codes R6 and R03 and equivalent ANSI codes AA and AAA refer?

10. An oophorectomy is the removal of one or both of a woman's what?

11. In a musical work the term 'coda' refers to its?

    1. Introduction
    2. Chorus
    3. Ending
    4. Volume

12. Who painted The Starry Night, Sorrowing Old Man and Self-Portrait Without Beard?

13. Henry Poor's 1800s railroad manuals and Luther Blake's Standard Statistics Bureau of non-railroad corporate information merged in 1941 to become what famous two-letter US financial services/index brand?

14. The word/brand 'Ritz' was originally a?

    1. Biscuit
    2. Hotelier
    3. Dance
    4. German slang for bling

15. The expression 'Go West' originally (mid-1800s) encouraged people to move from/within?

    1. Europe
    2. America
    3. Russia
    4. Asia

16. A solenoid, featured in electromagnetic valves and switches of that name, is a?

    1. Helix
    2. Cube
    3. Sphere
    4. Lozenge

17. The cobalt salts of aluminium/aluminum oxide produce what colour/color in ceramics, glass, etc., notably ancient Chinese porcelain?

18. What term denoting a jointly won race originally meant it was void and required a re-run?

19. Mirage, Treasure Island, Paris, New York-New York, and Circus Circus are famous what, and where?

20. A nuclear component which emits radioactivity for an industrial/commercial purpose is called a?

    1. Core
    2. Nut
    3. Source
    4. Pip