General Knowledge Quiz 388

Questions

1. The anthemic Liverpool Football Club song You'll Never Walk Alone is originally from?

   1. A Cumbrian Christmas carol
   2. An 1800s school playground chant
   3. A Gerry and the Pacemakers' 1960s hit pop song
   4. The Rodgers & Hammerstein's 1945 musical Carousel

2. Which five of these are not original reindeer from the poem 'Twas the night before Christmas'?

   1. Comet, Venado, Cupid, Crinkle, Dasher, Slasher
   2. Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Geoff, Donner, Blitzen, Bugle

3. What word prefixes the following to make five new words?

   1. Back, Card
   2. Flow, Mere, and Point

4. Bengal gram, Garbanzo, and Kabuli chana are all better known as what legume?

   1. Lentil
   2. Chickpea
   3. Mung bean
   4. Kidney bean

5. Erlang (after Danish engineer Agner Erlang and/or a portmanteau of 'Ericsson Language') is used for?

   1. Computer programming
   2. Signing for deafness
   3. NATO communication/translation
   4. Bee breeding/analysis

6. The popular geeky children's TV series about an anthropomorphic aardvark whose theme song was sung by Ziggy Marley is?

   1. Arthur
   2. Hey Arnold
   3. Winston
   4. Think you're Aardvark

7. Put these types of iron in order of most to least tensile strength (ie most brittle last): Cast, Wrought, Pig or Steel?

8. Numerology refers to what aspect of numbers?

   1. Logical
   2. Historical
   3. Mystical
   4. Shape

9. In human childbirth cervical dilation is considered complete at how many centimetres?

   1. 6
   2. 10
   3. 15
   4. 22

10. What were Victorian English postmen called because of their uniforms?

    1. Peacocks
    2. Robins
    3. Flamingoes
    4. Blue tits

11. From Latin, casein is the main protein in?

    1. Milk/cheese
    2. Fish
    3. Bananas
    4. Christmas pudding

12. The fictional character Norville Rogers is better known by the nickname?

    1. Salem Saberhagen
    2. Shaggy
    3. Count Duckula
    4. Agent Dana Scully

13. What spooky TV series was originally titled 'Too Much', and had a nicknamed character whose fictional 'real name' was Norville Rogers?

14. Hogmanay in Scotland is?

    1. Christmas Day
    2. New Year's Eve
    3. A pig roast
    4. Drink-driving

15. What word makes six new words when suffixing: Pig, Leaf, Eye, Out, Book, and Brace?

16. American Paul Winchell (1922-2005) is famous for which two of these?

    1. The voices of Dick Dastardly and Tigger
    2. Being the last official King of Germany
    3. World record non-stop Charleston dancing (15days:16hrs:37mins)
    4. Inventor of the first mechanical human heart
    5. Ate a three-berth tent including poles and pegs in 34mins:12seconds

17. Walt Disney drew Mickey Mouse with white gloves fearing audience sensitivity towards?

    1. Black hands
    2. Mouse claws
    3. Thumb stumps
    4. Personal hygiene

18. What deceptively challenging culinary dish is named from French 'lemele' (knife blade - alluding to shape)?

19. American Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Prizewinner, conceived a helical structure fundamental to?

    1. Modern sculpture
    2. Shakepearean analysis
    3. Solar study
    4. DNA

20. The main character in the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas is?

    1. Bob Bones
    2. Captain Finger
    3. Jack Skellington
    4. Mary Christmas

21. What instant messaging service was acquired in 2014 for $16bn by Facebook?

22. What snack food and oil crop grows in pods underground and belongs to the bean/pea family?

    1. Wotsit
    2. Hula Hoop
    3. Peanut
    4. Popcorn
    5. Twiglet

23. A rivulet is a miniature?

    1. Review
    2. Rivet
    3. Stageshow
    4. Stream/river

24. The highest grossing hand-drawn animated film in history is?

    1. Snow White
    2. The Snowman
    3. The Lion King
    4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

25. How many cathedrals are in mainland UK (at early 2000s)?

    1. 5
    2. 11
    3. 42
    4. 281