General Knowledge Quiz 380

Questions

1. ZrO2 is the formula for what diamond substitute?

2. What popular 20thC movie franchise predicted life and technology at 21 Oct 2015?

3. What sports advantage/equalization term derives from an old process entailing money in a hat?

4. What nation is home to the Zanu-PF poltical body?

5. The prefix zetta denotes a quantity of 10 to the power of?

   1. 2
   2. 5
   3. 6
   4. 21

6. In 2015 Nasa discovered on the surface of Mars?

   1. Flowing water
   2. Trees
   3. Footprints
   4. Diamonds the size of footballs

7. What dramatically fictionalised king actually ruled the Scots 1040-57?

8. The 600th anniversary of what iconic Anglo-French battle is on St Crispin's Day, 25 Oct 2015?

9. What organization was revealed in Sep 2015 to have exposed itself to $billions in fines by cheating tests for nitrogen oxide emissions?

10. In Australia and New Zealand a charity shop or thrift store is also known as a (What?) shop?

    1. Chance
    2. Opportunity
    3. Lucky
    4. Top

11. 'Isolation' is a technical term referring to independent control of a body-part in?

    1. Neuro-surgery
    2. Film animation
    3. Dancing
    4. Robotics

12. The 'latte' coffee drink means in original Italian?

    1. Sugar
    2. Milk
    3. Mild
    4. Frothy

13. In business theory which one of these is not normally a 'profit lever'?

    1. Selling price
    2. Wastage/shrinkage
    3. Time
    4. Cost of sales
    5. Sales volume

14. The rotator cuff is a tough sheath of tendons and ligaments which supports the human?

    1. Knee
    2. Elbow
    3. Shoulder
    4. Brain

15. The predicted online connectivity of 50 billion smart gadgets by 2020 is called The Internet of?

    1. Life
    2. Everything
    3. Things
    4. Stuff

16. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling and Rawhide are mid-1900s theme songs in what TV/movie genre?

    1. Musical
    2. Romcom
    3. Wild West/Cowboy
    4. Fashion

17. The never-used internet top-level domain '.dd' was for which nation?

18. 'The Red Vineyards Near Arles' is the only compositional work sold in his lifetime by?

    1. Banksy
    2. Van Gogh
    3. Mozart
    4. Frank Sinatra

19. Caroline/Gothic, Humanist, Round, and Bastarda, are styles, called 'hands', in medieval?

    1. Clockmaking
    2. Calligraphy
    3. Poker
    4. Banana grading

20. Zarathustra, also called Zoroaster, is a Persian?

    1. Weather system
    2. Prophet
    3. Meat dish
    4. Cat