General Knowledge Quiz #357

General Knowledge Quiz #357

Questions

1. Which nation boasts the world's longest running TV sports show, Hockey Night, first aired 1952?
2. The main asteroid belt in the Solar System lies directly between which two of these planets: Mercury; Jupiter; Mars; Neptune?
3. The Latin 'Tabula Rasa' (a term covering various philosophical concepts, e.g., humans minds are 'empty' at birth) translates literally to mean what?
4. What is the biggest country by area in Africa: Kenya; Algeria; Ethiopia; or South Africa?
5. Which 12-15C royal household was named after French Geoffrey d'Anjou's association with the broom shrub, medieval Latin 'planta genista'?
6. What is a quarter of a third?
7. According to legend, the sheltering of a Spanish ship in Dundee, late-1700s, prompted James and Janet Keiller to buy its cargo of (What?), thus founding a major new product/business?
8. Named after a Scottish village near where it was discovered in 1790, what soft metal element, symbol Sr, was used to make cathode ray TV tubes?
9. The international network for banking communications is known by its acronym: SWAN; SWIFT; SWALLOW; or SPARROW?
10. To what does the portmanteau word Grexit refer?
11. What is Australia's national bird: Kiwi; Emu; Ostrich; or Kookaburra?
12. Which iconic 'hippie' fragrance, from the Pogostemon cablin plant, did Mattel use in making the 1985 'Stinkor' Masters of the Universe toy action figure?
13. Name the mountains across north-western Africa ranging c.1,600miles through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia?
14. Sterlet, Ossetra, Sevruga and Beluga are main types of what?
15. Italian Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) was a composer and virtuoso player of the: Tuba; Guitar; Violin; or Harp?
16. What does the 'Real' mean in the names of Real Madrid and Real Sociedad Spanish footbal clubs?
17. What instrument was originally called the trompette-saicueboute?
18. At 1900 the largest fishing port in the world was: Oslo; Hamburg; Cadiz; or Grimsby?
19. Plaid Cymru (roughly pronounced 'plied cumrie') is the nationalist poltitical party of which nation?
20. The famously rebuilt Shakespeare's theatre on London's River Thames South Bank is the: Crucible; Globe; Palladium; or Haymarket?

1. Which nation boasts the world's longest running TV sports show, Hockey Night, first aired 1952?

   Canada
2. The main asteroid belt in the Solar System lies directly between which two of these planets: Mercury; Jupiter; Mars; Neptune?

   Jupiter and Mars
3. The Latin 'Tabula Rasa' (a term covering various philosophical concepts, e.g., humans minds are 'empty' at birth) translates literally to mean what?

   Blank Slate 
4. What is the biggest country by area in Africa: Kenya; Algeria; Ethiopia; or South Africa?

   Algeria
5. Which 12-15C royal household was named after French Geoffrey d'Anjou's association with the broom shrub, medieval Latin 'planta genista'?

   Plantagenet 
6. What is a quarter of a third?

   A twelfth 
7. According to legend, the sheltering of a Spanish ship in Dundee, late-1700s, prompted James and Janet Keiller to buy its cargo of (What?), thus founding a major new product/business?

   Oranges 
8. Named after a Scottish village near where it was discovered in 1790, what soft metal element, symbol Sr, was used to make cathode ray TV tubes?

   Strontium
9. The international network for banking communications is known by its acronym: SWAN; SWIFT; SWALLOW; or SPARROW?

   SWIFT 
10. To what does the portmanteau word Grexit refer?

    Greece Exit 
11. What is Australia's national bird: Kiwi; Emu; Ostrich; or Kookaburra?

    Emu
12. Which iconic 'hippie' fragrance, from the Pogostemon cablin plant, did Mattel use in making the 1985 'Stinkor' Masters of the Universe toy action figure?

    Patchouli
13. Name the mountains across north-western Africa ranging c.1,600miles through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia?

    Atlas Mountains
14. Sterlet, Ossetra, Sevruga and Beluga are main types of what?

    Caviar 
15. Italian Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) was a composer and virtuoso player of the: Tuba; Guitar; Violin; or Harp?

    Violin
16. What does the 'Real' mean in the names of Real Madrid and Real Sociedad Spanish footbal clubs?

    Royal
17. What instrument was originally called the trompette-saicueboute?

    Trombone
18. At 1900 the largest fishing port in the world was: Oslo; Hamburg; Cadiz; or Grimsby?

    Grimsby 
19. Plaid Cymru (roughly pronounced 'plied cumrie') is the nationalist poltitical party of which nation?

    Wales
20. The famously rebuilt Shakespeare's theatre on London's River Thames South Bank is the: Crucible; Globe; Palladium; or Haymarket?

    Globe