General Knowledge Quiz 338

Questions

1. Anser is the genus name for which family of creatures whose fat is traditional in cooking?

2. The 'Last Adam' is an alternative name for whom or what?

3. What creature is Equus africanus asinus?

4. Name Tchaikovsky's famous ballet which begins on Christmas Eve?

5. What's the traditional name for a cockerel or rooster that's been castrated, to improve the quality of its meat?

6. What is an interface, a side, a logistics facility, and a geographically protected drink name?

7. The equatorial Republic of Kiribati's 'Kiritimati' (Christmas) Island, among the first land to see each new day/year, is in which ocean?

8. According to biblical tradition the three 'magi' (wise men or kings) came from the?

   1. North
   2. South
   3. East
   4. West

9. In the Christian calendar the 1st of January is traditionally a feast celebrating Christ's what?

10. The notable drinks brands/makers Warninks, De Kuyper and Bols all originated in what country?

11. The long 'lost' 1927 Walt Disney animated Christmas film, found in a Norwegian archive in 2014 is called Empty?

    1. Nest
    2. Pudding
    3. Socks
    4. Heads

12. What sort of song takes its name from old French for a circle dance?

13. In Austria and Germany an Eierpunsch is a?

    1. New Year holiday
    2. Santa's helper
    3. Egg drink
    4. Slap to the side of the head

14. Salvia is the genus name for what vast and useful plant family, associated with wisdom?

15. Latin 'Aurum' refers to which precious commodity?

16. The Geminids of December are a?

    1. Christmas house-plant
    2. Seasonal flu variety
    3. Meteor shower
    4. Region of the brain

17. What's the only major traditional British pantomime based on a real life person?

18. A square grid of square cells, with five cells in each of its longest diagonals, contains how many cells in total?

19. The big-selling country and western hit song, notably by Elvis Presley in 1957, is '(What?) Christmas'?

20. A Weihnachtsbaum or Tannenbaum in Germany is a Christmas?

    1. Carol
    2. Pudding
    3. Tree
    4. Party