General Knowledge Quiz 403

Questions

1. What legal term equates to 'being caught red-handed' and translates as 'in blazing crime'?

2. What is an inch in centimetres?

   1. 38
   2. 75
   3. 54
   4. 93

3. What widely used solvent and compound with the symbol (CH3)2CO smells of pear-drops and is in nail polish remover?

4. According to official records what was the first song ever sung in space?

5. An integer is what sort of number?

   1. Decimal
   2. Fraction
   3. Odd
   4. Even
   5. Whole

6. What is the ancient process by which materials such as metal or glass are heated and then cooled slowly to ease forces produced by shaping?

7. A turbine is essentially a what, driven by water or gas, etc?

   1. Lever
   2. Piston
   3. Pump
   4. Wheel

8. What sort of lottery takes its name from a tumbling motion/device?

9. Toledo is a high quality what made in the Spanish town of that name?

   1. Bread
   2. Wine
   3. Sword
   4. Car

10. Laudanum is an old medicine made from which drug?

    1. Opium
    2. Cannabis
    3. Tobacco
    4. Aspirin

11. What is an inch in centimetres?

    1. 1.38
    2. 1.75
    3. 2.54
    4. 2.93

12. The Inca people lived in which continent before conquest by the Spanish?

13. Dextral refers to what?

    1. Right
    2. Left
    3. Both
    4. All

14. In cooking what is/are dhal?

15. Erratum is a list of what at the end of a publication?

16. What does not appear on a Southern Comfort whiskey liqueur label?

    1. Horse-drawn carriage
    2. Paddle-steamer
    3. Dog
    4. House

17. The word 'Torchwood' is what in relation to 'Doctor Who'?

    1. Acronym
    2. Palindrome
    3. Anagram
    4. Antithesis

18. What is a ghost, related to corrective lenses and the colours/colors of the rainbow?

19. Scuppernong, named after a N Carolina USA river, is a variety of what?

    1. Bean
    2. Melon
    3. Honey
    4. of Grape

20. A ploughman's lunch traditionally features what main foodstuff with bread?

21. Mackeson is a traditional bottled or canned beer of what sort?

    1. Bitter
    2. Lager
    3. Stout
    4. Shandy

22. What voltage is the common zinc-carbon or alkaline AAA battery (also coded LR03, E92, AM4 among others)?

23. Sibilance is what sort of sound?

    1. Thumping
    2. Hissing
    3. Wailing
    4. Scraping

24. Spell the word Privillege; Privelige; Privilege; Priviledge?

25. Lachryma Christi, an old Italian sweet red wine translates to mean 'whose what'?

26. What is the common name of aluminium/aluminum oxide crystals used in grinding?

27. Which pottery company originally developed the designs Kutani Crane, Wild Strawberry and Jasperware?

28. Alluding to Roget's Thesaurus, what is the 2002 rude dictionary named after Viz comic's 'Man on the Telly'?

29. 'Core' is a brand of which computer technology company?

30. The Grimaldi family has ruled which principality since 1297?

31. How many sides (different straight outer edges, excluding shadow) does each '2' have in the London 2012 Olympics logo?