General Knowledge Quiz 358

Questions

1. The informal term referring to someone or a business seeking easy profit for poor quality provision is a 'Fly-by-(What?)'?

   1. Wire
   2. Treetops
   3. Numbers
   4. Night

2. 'God be with you' is the full original form of which common word?

3. A 'NiCad' electrical battery or cell is a portmanteau term referring to which two elemental components?

4. A car moving at 30 miles per hour will travel how far in 10 minutes?

5. The word 'quixotic', after Cervantes' 1605-15 novel Don Quixote, referring to planning/ideas, means?

   1. Brave
   2. Mysterious
   3. Unrealistic
   4. On horseback

6. The high plateau region of SW Brazil, 'Mato Grosso', a watershed between the Amazon and Plate River, means literally?

   1. Dense Forest
   2. Big Mountain
   3. Fast Water
   4. Heavy Rain

7. What first name name features prominently among Russian rulers from 1332-1547, ending with '(Who?) the Terrible'?

8. What weapon is named from the French word meaning scratch or graze?

9. Catarrhine and Platyrrhine differentiate respectively 'Old World' (Africa/Asia) and 'New World' (Central/S Americas)?

   1. Monkeys/Apes
   2. Horses
   3. Bees
   4. Cheese

10. The highly influential Giardino all'italiana (Italian garden) style of garden features?

    1. Symmetry and order
    2. Chaos and wilderness
    3. Fruit and Vegetables
    4. Hanging baskets

11. The open fourth string (4th highest) note of a conventionally tuned guitar is?

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C or D

12. What whole two-digit number is the square root of 1,369?

13. What is a female outer garment, a cut of meat; and a part of a hovercraft and saddle?

14. Hardpad disease, affecting dogs and other species, is more commonly known by what other name?

15. Relevé refers in ballet to standing while raising?

    1. Chin
    2. Heels
    3. Arms
    4. Hat

16. The occupational surname Fuller, referred to a worker (who used 'Fuller's Earth') of?

    1. Wool
    2. Ale
    3. Wood
    4. Gold

17. What insulting term for disreputable/undesirable/worthless people is from Old French meaning 'one and all, every scrap'?

18. A cube which measures 10 inches wide contains how many cubic inches?

19. The informal term for a gangster, especially belonging to the Mafia is?

    1. Oldbuddy
    2. Bestmate
    3. Goodfella
    4. Cheeky-chappie

20. What vast Japanese corporation, with a red initial logo, was founded in Hamamatsu in 1909?