General Knowledge Quiz 406

Questions

1. Talaq is a form of what under Islamic (sharia) law?

   1. Punishment
   2. Mourning
   3. Marriage
   4. Divorce

2. What country controversially won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup?

3. What symbol(s) does the comic book hero Captain America have on his shield and chest?

   1. Star
   2. Eagle
   3. Lightning flash
   4. Cross

4. On a conventionally tuned guitar, what chord is made by fretting just the fifth (A) string on its 2nd fret?

5. What folktale runaway slave character removed a thorn from a lion's paw, which subsequently spared him in the arena, resulting in a pardon from the emperor?

6. Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is profoundly deaf, is a world-renowned what?

   1. Athlete
   2. Novelist
   3. Artist
   4. Percussionist

7. What old English portmanteau word is formed from two words meaning 'occur' and 'situation'?

8. What is the popular technical term for a speech sound or letter 'articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract'?

9. What sort of weapon did the historical 'fusilier' soldier carry?

   1. Sword
   2. Musket
   3. Pike
   4. Crossbow

10. What corporation acquired the major UK-based online retailer, The Book Depository, in 2011?

11. What (degrees measurement) is the third (inner) angle of a triangle if the other two are 25 and 18 degrees?

12. What is the Latin term for a reigning queen, often shown after first name as a formal title?

13. Founded in 1853 by London tailor John Emary, what famous raincoat/trenchcoat brand was popularised in the mid-1900s by film stars such as Humphrey Bogart and Sophia Loren?

14. What is the full name of the illness known commonly by its abbreviation SARS?

15. Spell the word?

    1. Milennium
    2. Millenium
    3. Milenium
    4. Millennium

16. What European country's name means 'black mountain'?

17. Associated with tailoring and elegance, what long narrow muscle runs across the front of the thigh, from the hip to the leg below the inside of the knee?

18. What popular soft drink of the mid 1900s took its name from the Jamaican/Spanish word zarza, a bramble from whose root it was flavoured?

19. The Levant, (deriving from 15th century French, lever, 'rising', relating to the Eastern sunrise) refers to what part of the world?

    1. Eastern Mediterranean
    2. China
    3. Scandinavia
    4. Australia

20. What Italian term, adopted into English, refers to a mixed language enabling communication between different national groups?

21. Chutzpah is Yiddish slang for?

    1. Money
    2. Audacity
    3. Jewellery (US Jewelry)
    4. Nonsense

22. Arthroscopy refers to surgery performed on what parts of the human body?

    1. Organs
    2. Nerves
    3. Joints
    4. Muscles

23. Swiss cheese Emmenthal (or Emmental) takes is name from?

    1. Its inventor
    2. Its town of origin, 'Goats milk'
    3. 'Many holes'

24. Who led the Muslim army to victory against the Meccans in the Battle of Badr, 624AD?

25. Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox are among the most globally popular what (in early 2000s)?

26. 'Spaseebo' (loose westernised spelling) means what in Russian?

    1. Hello
    2. Thank you
    3. Goodbye
    4. Sorry

27. University of Portsmouth (UK) psychologists researching the quality of juries determined what to be the optimum number of people for effective debate?

    1. Four
    2. Five
    3. Six
    4. Seven

28. The name of what baby creature is given to a stilleto heel design of two inches or less?

29. What on a bird has a calamus, rachis and barbs?

30. What Japanese word meaning 'person born before another' refers to a teacher or master of a subject, for example martial arts?