General Knowledge Quiz 346

Questions

1. Flint, the rock type, is believed formed from sea (What?)?

   1. Sponges
   2. Snails
   3. Weed
   4. Salt

2. The UK Women's Institutes (WI) organization was founded in 1915 in?

   1. London
   2. Manchester
   3. Oxford
   4. Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch

3. What marketing term derives from the centuries-old practice of burning an owner's mark on a beast?

4. Pernio (or perniosis), a human medical condition caused by exposure to cold and humidity, is commonly known as what?

5. In mechanical physics, which of these is not among the six basic types of machines: Lever, Wheel-and-axle, Pulley, Vacuum, Inclined plane, Wedge, Screw?

6. John Ambrose (Who?) devised his eponymous 'left/right hand rules' to deduce motion/current direction in electric motors/generators?

7. In physics/maths, density is defined as mass divided by?

   1. Volume
   2. Weight
   3. Energy
   4. Hardness

8. Geococcyx, a ground cuckoo of southern US and Mexico, is the basis of which popular cartoon, its common name?

9. Since ancient times what was considered the 'fifth element' after earth, fire, water, air, and also called quintessence?

10. What fundamental physics term derives from Greek 'not cut' (a temnein)?

11. What common product is named from Greek 'rock oil'?

12. The Gini coefficient (or index or ratio), devised by Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini in 1912, is a common measure of?

    1. Age distribution
    2. Wealth inequality
    3. Mental health
    4. Alcohol consumption

13. Pure water is what number in the pH acidity scale?

14. Oleic acid is in?

    1. Volcanic ash/steam
    2. Car Batteries
    3. Animal/vegetable fats
    4. Snow

15. Which famous vehicle has used licence plates SCV 00919 and SCV 1 (through to SCV 9)?

16. The colour/color dun is a shade of?

    1. Pink
    2. Green
    3. Brown
    4. Purple

17. Name the dwarf plant, bigger than Pluto, discovered in the Solar System in 2005?

18. Name the joint US/Europe orbiting telescope launched in 1990?

19. Which common element has the highest melting point of all elements?

20. What tennis score is called a 'triple-bagel'?