General Knowledge Quiz 373

Questions

1. The Anglo-French court term meaning 'this action lies' gave rise to what word which means the essense of a communication/concept?

2. Smits and Lugs are Viking-originating (still used) painted marks and ear notches for identifying UK?

   1. Sheep
   2. Horses
   3. Rabbits
   4. Chickens

3. The 'Dames Pipi' are traditional Parisien?

   1. Plumbers
   2. Tobacconists
   3. Dancers
   4. Public toilet attendants

4. Spell the Saudia Arabian capital city?

   1. Riyadh
   2. Ryad
   3. Rhiyad
   4. Ryahd

5. The Australian wombat marsupial has what unusually adapted feature for burrow-digging?

   1. Metal claws
   2. Teflon fur
   3. Backwards-facing pouch
   4. Light-emitting ears

6. Monsanto is a globally dominant corporation in the sector of?

   1. Pharmaceuticals
   2. Agriculture
   3. Mining
   4. Taxidermy

7. What historic UK county part-comprises East Ridings and West Ridings?

8. 150 tonnes of (What?) are used by 20,000 people in a one hour event annually in Bunol, Spain?

9. A trug is used to hold/carry things when?

   1. Cooking
   2. Gardening
   3. Painting and decorating
   4. Grooming poodles

10. Xinhau is China's official state?

    1. Anthem
    2. Dance
    3. News agency
    4. Soup

11. The Anglicized Japanese word futon basically refers to a?

    1. Seat
    2. Mattress
    3. Salad
    4. Fighting stick

12. Name the two famous mutually combative British Liberal and Conservative prime ministers of the late 1800s: Wellington, Peel, Gladstone, Palmerston, Disraeli, Churchill?

13. The momentous Ali v Foreman world championship fight in Kinshasa, Zaire 1974 was dubbed '(What?) in the (What?)': Plunder, Stumble, Rumble, Fumble, Jungle, Thunder?

14. What informal boxing term arose from Muhammad Ali's defeat of George Foreman in 1974, in which Ali covered up against the ropes, causing Foreman's exhaustion from sustained ineffectual punching?

15. What Anglicized German Italian term for 'circulation of money' became a brand for electronic financial transfer, and UK slang for a state benefits payment?

16. The Virgin space tourism business is branded?

    1. Galactic
    2. Trek
    3. Odessey
    4. Titanic

17. What clothing-part metaphorically classifies workers/jobs according to white or blue?

18. What term was popularised by the eponymous 1979 film about a nuclear reactor meltdown hypothetically 'burning' from the US through Earth to other side?

19. The 18C legal term 'Ragman Roll', a record of crimes, originated what modern word for a long complex procedure?

20. Five ninths of three fifths is a?

    1. Quarter
    2. Third
    3. Half
    4. Whole