General Knowledge Quiz 381

Questions

1. Roughly what are the beats per minute of a hummingbird's wings?

   1. 300
   2. 700
   3. 1200
   4. 3000

2. The lollipop brandname Chupa Chups comes from Spanish 'chupar' meaning?

   1. Sugar
   2. Suck/Lick
   3. Ball
   4. Choke

3. The Baden Aniline and Soda Factory is more commonly known as what world-leading brand?

4. In 2015 Volvo developed an automatic detection/braking system for what in its Australian cars?

5. Obelix and Dogmatix are companions of which eponymous Frenco-Belgian comic book character?

6. What is the common name for the inflammatory arthritis called podagra when frequently affecting the big toe joint?

7. Ephemera/ephemeral refers to a quality of?

   1. Long-life
   2. Short-life
   3. Mixed parts
   4. Sweet smelling

8. What 'lifestyle' magazine/brand announced in 2015 its cessation of full female nudity after 52 years of advocacy?

9. Name the town in the city district of Milan which gave its name to a famously strong blue-veined cow's-milk cheese?

10. What currency is abbreviated to SAR, and contains 100 Halalas and 20 Qirsh?

11. In the standard English Scrabble game, what are the only two letters worth the maximum 10 points?

    1. Z
    2. X
    3. J
    4. Q
    5. W
    6. Y

12. Six inches equates to how many millimetres?

    1. 75
    2. 96
    3. 152
    4. 235

13. What is the common name of Chinese parsley or dhania, also called 'the devil's herb'?

14. Technically called the masseter, what is the common name of the human muscle able to exert the most force?

    1. Jaw
    2. Thigh
    3. Tongue
    4. Heart

15. Named after a Briton who helped modernise a much bigger country in the 1800s, 'The Glover' is a joint whisky brand of which two nations?

    1. Ireland
    2. Scotland
    3. USA
    4. Japan
    5. Wales
    6. Germany

16. Technically lugumes/beans, cereals and nuts are defined as what category of foodstuff?

    1. Edible seeds
    2. Fruits
    3. Flowers
    4. Leaves

17. A standard guitar commonly has fretboard markers for the octave (ie half string length) at what fret?

    1. 6th
    2. 8th
    3. 12th or 15th

18. Misheard/called 'Pizza Marines' when founded in 1965 and renamed in 1968, what restaurant chain claims most outlets globally (since 2011)?

19. The Oompa-Loompas feature in?

    1. Tellytubbies
    2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    3. Alice in Wonderland
    4. Star Wars

20. Oyster, Portobello, Button, Chestnut and Flat are varieties of what?