General Knowledge Quiz 340

Questions

1. Latin 'lardum' refers to?

   1. Beef
   2. Bacon
   3. Mutton
   4. Duck

2. The 17th century mythical French creature, the Hippogryph/Hippogriff is a hybrid of?

   1. Horse-Eagle
   2. Hippopotamus-Fish
   3. Man-machine
   4. Turtle-Dove

3. The long-standing flag of New Zealand (to 2015) has how many stars, based on Crux, the Southern Cross constellation?

   1. One
   2. Four
   3. Sixteen
   4. Thirty-nine

4. The British term 'The Gnomes of Zurich' originated in the 1960s to disparage?

   1. FIFA
   2. NATO
   3. Swiss financiers
   4. Eurovision Song Contest judges

5. What word, from a US dietary reformist, refers to unsifted wholewheat flour?

   1. Graham
   2. Peter
   3. Kenneth
   4. Nigel

6. What does the military abbreviation 'Gy Sgt' stand for?

7. What word meaning official procedure derives ultimately from Greek root words for first and glue?

8. The popular slogan, originating 1930s, for a persisting leading brand is "Don't say brown, say (What?)'?

9. What is a feature of wood, sand, cereal, and also 0.0648 grams?

10. What Latin-languages term informally refers to a chaplain in the armed services?

11. The cylindrical roller in a traditional typewriter is a?

    1. Typebar
    2. Shift
    3. Platen
    4. Carriage

12. The German Imannuel Kant, Englishman Bertrand Russell, and American John Dewey, were notable?

    1. Footballers
    2. Philosophers
    3. Generals
    4. Opera singers

13. What's the total score, and penalty, for this snooker break (succession of balls potted by one player): Red, Pink, Red, Brown, Red, Yellow, Red, White (having nominated Black)?

14. FAST is the very apt acronym for recognizing and reacting to what sort of medical emergency?

    1. Heart attack
    2. Stroke
    3. Concussion
    4. Hypothermia

15. Astronomers refer to a planetary position potentially enabling Earthlike conditions as the '(What?) Zone'?

    1. Goldilocks
    2. Snow White
    3. Sleeping Beauty
    4. Dumbo

16. Expressed traditionally as N s, what in physics is the product of mass and velocity?

17. The emblem of the Rainforest Alliance, which promotes and certifies sustainable rainforest business globally, is a green?

    1. Parrot
    2. Frog
    3. Spider
    4. Ant

18. Name the UK businessman who ruined his eponymous empire overnight by calling one of his products 'total crap'?

19. The Indian wind instrument, the pungi (also been or bin), is associated with what street activity?

20. What's the food 'head cheese' alternatively called, which separately refers to a man's physical strength?