General Knowledge Quiz 393

Questions

1. Whose 'heroic' performance at the German Reichstag in 1987 is considered a catalyst for the fall of the Berlin Wall 1989/90?

2. Which three of these are not members of Disney's (Snow White) 'Seven Dwarfs': Happy, Smelly, Grumpy, Sleepy, Bashful, Wimpy, Doc, Sneezy, Dopey, or Greedy?

3. Considered the oldest living land animal at 183yrs in 2016, on St Helena island, Sth Atlantic, Jonathan is a Seychelles Giant?

   1. Elephant
   2. Crocodile
   3. Tortoise
   4. Snail

4. LNER Flying Scotsman, built in 1923, became in 1934 the first (What?) to attain 100mph?

   1. Jet plane
   2. Hovercraft
   3. Steam train
   4. Tricycle

5. The abbreviation NPS (Novel Psychoactive Substance) refers informally to a?

   1. Legal High
   2. Bitcoin
   3. E-Book
   4. E-number

6. Angiosperm (from Greek 'angeion', bottle) is a major scientific classification of land plants which have seeds and?

   1. Flowers
   2. Thorns
   3. Aroma
   4. Green leaves

7. The US 1899-founded Gideons International organization is famous for distributing to 200 countries free?

   1. Clothes
   2. Bibles
   3. Milk
   4. Contraceptives

8. What is 75% of three-quarters expressed as a fraction?

9. The UK state-subsidised 'e-Voke' is a hi-tech reduced risk alternative for?

   1. Cigarettes
   2. Alcohol
   3. Condoms
   4. Smacking children

10. According to Greek fable, someone who uses something to prevent others doing so is a 'Dog in a (What?)'?

    1. Toilet
    2. Catsuit
    3. Manger
    4. Dinner

11. What word is a flat-bottom boat, a football kick, a glassmaking tool, and a dented base of a wine bottle?

12. At 2015 the biggest cause of death among UK men under 50 is?

    1. Road accidents
    2. Cancer
    3. Suicide
    4. Heart attack

13. What is the sweet clear liquid by-product from soap manufacture, used in laxatives, explosives and antifreeze?

    1. Glycerine
    2. Trinitrotoluene(TNT)
    3. Gelignite
    4. Semtex

14. Put these countries in order of Northernmost first: Kenya, Chile, Syria?

15. 2015 scientific research 'proved' whose powers would not have been physically/technically possible?

    1. Batman
    2. Hulk
    3. Spider-Man
    4. Superman

16. Undiscovered for 100 years and published 2016, 'The Tale of Kitty-In-Boots' was written by?

    1. Shakespeare
    2. Byron
    3. Wordsworth
    4. Beatrix Potter

17. On a Bounty Bar wrapper (or other confection), 'Zartherb' (German) and 'Puur' (Dutch) refer to what sort of chocolate?

    1. Milk
    2. Plain/Dark
    3. Organic or Aerated

18. From commencement in 1929 roughly how many Oscar awards will have been awarded in total up to 2017?

    1. 200
    2. 400
    3. 750
    4. 3000

19. What popular orange-coloured citrus fruit is surprisingly a hybrid of the pomelo (25%) and mandarin (75%)?

20. Turkish Van, Chartreux, Scottish Fold and Ragdoll are types of?

    1. Malt Whiskies
    2. Cats
    3. Table-napkin folds
    4. National dances