General Knowledge Quiz 339

Questions

1. The Erythraean Sea, lying between Africa and Asia is more commonly called the (What?) Sea?

2. Name the only five nations which (to 2012) have participated at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era (since 1896)?

3. What modern word for careless writing derives via its Latin meaning, to write?

4. The cabasa, used especially in Latin music, is what sort of instrument?

   1. Percusssion
   2. String
   3. Horn/brass
   4. Woodwind

5. The surname Sawyer referred to a?

   1. Clerk
   2. Cook
   3. Poet
   4. Wood/stone-worker

6. Author Malcolm Gladwell popularized the notion (2000s) that to become truly expert at something a minimum of how many hours practice is required?

   1. 1,000
   2. 10,000, 50,000
   3. a million

7. What abbreviated company/brand stands for, translated: Spanish Touring Car Company?

8. Vande Mataram (I praise thee, Mother) is the national song of which BRIC nation?

9. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are collectively known as (What?) religions, referring to their founding biblical character?

10. What (at 2015) is the only major nation of the world which charges income tax on its citizens working overseas?

11. The lowest pitch string on a conventionally tuned violin is?

    1. G
    2. D
    3. A
    4. E

12. Satin is traditionally/originally made from what fibre?

13. In categorizing workplace skills, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) typically represents (What?) skill?

    1. Hard
    2. Soft
    3. Labor/Labour
    4. Life

14. The original meaning of capital (financial/money) referred to 'caput', head, specifically head of?

    1. Company
    2. Table
    3. Cattle
    4. Steam

15. Who wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867)?

16. In maths/logic, the process of using one or more statements/facts to achieve a logical conclusion is known as?

    1. Reduction
    2. Deduction
    3. Induction
    4. Long division

17. The variously-used brandname Trocadero, is from a 19th century European?

    1. Battle
    2. King
    3. Weapon
    4. Chocolate drink

18. Named after a German physicist, what is the international (SI) unit of frequency, defined as one cycle per second?

19. A pointe shoe is worn in?

    1. Military parade
    2. Ballet
    3. Rock-climbing
    4. Horse-racing