General Knowledge Quiz 372

Questions

1. The slogan of the controversial infidelity dating website Ashley Madison, whose users' personal details were hacked and published in 2015 is?

   1. "Life is short - Have an affair"
   2. "Broken Hearts R Us"
   3. "Do it - Your Partner does"
   4. "Your Privacy is our Business"

2. The Hundred Years War (inappropriately c.1337-1453) was between which two of these: Spain, England, China, France, Japan?

3. The Cantonese/Chinese dish 'foo yong' (also 'fu young') is similar to?

   1. Fish and chips
   2. Omelette
   3. Jacket potato
   4. Beans on toast

4. Ilya (pronounced 'eelya') Kuryakin is a?

   1. Russian weightlifter
   2. Raspberry meringue souffle
   3. Comet
   4. Man from UNCLE

5. The American Mastodon is an ancient long-extinct relative of the?

   1. Horse
   2. Tiger
   3. Elephant
   4. Badger

6. The element Silcon is vaguely yet generally categorized as?

   1. Gas
   2. Metal
   3. Non-metal/metalloid
   4. Rubber

7. What is a quarter multiplied by a quarter?

8. Renaissance is an Anglicized-French word meaning?

   1. High quality
   2. Rebirth/revival
   3. Old-fashioned
   4. Lots of gold decoration

9. The ancient Silk Road caravan/trade route connected which two of these regions: Central China, Southern Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Western Sahara?

10. The extreme sport of 'BASE jumping' is named acronymically from which four of these: Building, Bungee, Antenna, Acrobatics, Span, Self, Earth, Edge?

11. What colour/color is produced by mixing equal amounts of red and green paint?

    1. Blue
    2. Yellow
    3. Brown
    4. Pink

12. A 2015 study by China's Dalian University found that owls fly silently because their feathers convert a biproduct of mechanical energy into (What?) instead of noise?

    1. Light
    2. Heat
    3. Radioactivity
    4. Sugar

13. London's 'pedicabs', which came under new regulatory controls in 2015, are?

    1. Horse-drawn carriages
    2. Cycle-rickshaw taxis
    3. Street chiropodists/podiactrics
    4. Pigeons

14. The iconic protected scientifically studied Zimbabwean lion killed by a US recreational hunter in 2015 was?

    1. Leo
    2. Aslan
    3. Cecil
    4. Walter

15. The comic book franchise behind Spiderman, Hulk, X-Men, and Fantastic Four is?

    1. Marvel
    2. DC Comics
    3. Action Comics
    4. The Beano

16. Which modern nation was home to the Aztec people, notably 14-16th centuries?

    1. Mexico
    2. Peru
    3. Spain
    4. China

17. The Sandals corporation headquartered in Montego Bay is famous in the industry of?

    1. Fishing
    2. Shipping
    3. Holiday resorts
    4. Footwear

18. In August 2015 Hamas claimed to have intercepted an Israeli (What?) equipped for spying and armed attack?

    1. Solar-powered drone
    2. Hot-dog stall
    3. Cheerleader dance-group
    4. Dolphin

19. The Elvis Presley song Hound Dog was originally written about a?

    1. Dog
    2. Cat
    3. Girlfriend
    4. Gigolo

20. In Germany a gessellschaft is a?

    1. Coalmine
    2. Helicopter
    3. Company
    4. Idiot