General Knowledge Quiz #420

General Knowledge Quiz #420

Questions

1. What among these are the UK-English and US-English spellings of the word: Maneuver; Manuevre; Manoeuvre; Manouver; or Manoova?
2. The term 'flotsam and jetsam' technically and originally refers to what: Marine wreckage; Plant matter; Animal matter; or Litter?
3. A rising or resurgence of the hydrosphere is more commonly known as what?
4. Ipanema and Copacabana beach are parts of what famous city?
5. In his seminally optimistic 1734 poem, An Essay on Man, Alexander Pope wrote the famous line, "Hope springs eternal in the (what)"?
6. In medicine, the word styptic refers to something that stops what?
7. Name the humanitarian and ex-special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, held hostage in Lebanon from 1987-1991?
8. What is conventionally regarded to be the opposite of Utopia?
9. What is the colourful nickname of the International Business Machines (IBM) corporation?
10. What in 1911 became the replacement alliterative title of US writer Ambrose Bierce's mischievously amusing reference work 'The Cynics Word Book'?
11. Name artist Damien Hirst's famous (supposedly £50m) diamond and platinum encrusted skull artwork?
12. Name the focus of the UK Leveson inquiry: Press standards; Political lobbying; MP's expenses; or The Iraq War?
13. In Cable Street East London, 1936, thousands of ordinary people famously stopped a march by what uniformly nicknamed organization?
14. What sort of well is named after a former French province, where Carthusian monks first drilled them in the 12th century?
15. What is the common name for the round skullcap worn by Jewish males?
16. What small ex-Soviet nation between Turkey and Iran was World Team Chess Champion in 2011 and subsequently made the game compulsory in primary school education?
17. What animal name is given to the type of investment fund which buys large distressed debts especially of war/chaos-torn countries, aiming later to demand and sue for extortionate interest payments?
18. In Native American ceremonial custom what is a calumet: Peace pipe; Headdress; Chant; or Spear?
19. What seasonal name is most commonly given to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, which began in Tunisia, December 2010?
20. What notable businessman is known as the Sage of Omaha?

1. What among these are the UK-English and US-English spellings of the word: Maneuver; Manuevre; Manoeuvre; Manouver; or Manoova?
2. The term 'flotsam and jetsam' technically and originally refers to what: Marine wreckage; Plant matter; Animal matter; or Litter?

   Marine wreckage 
3. A rising or resurgence of the hydrosphere is more commonly known as what?

   Spring 
4. Ipanema and Copacabana beach are parts of what famous city?

   Rio de Janeiro 
5. In his seminally optimistic 1734 poem, An Essay on Man, Alexander Pope wrote the famous line, "Hope springs eternal in the (what)"?

   Human breast
6. In medicine, the word styptic refers to something that stops what?

   Bleeding 
7. Name the humanitarian and ex-special envoy to the Archbishop of Canterbury, held hostage in Lebanon from 1987-1991?

   Terry Waite
8. What is conventionally regarded to be the opposite of Utopia?

   Dystopia 
9. What is the colourful nickname of the International Business Machines (IBM) corporation?

   Big Blue 
10. What in 1911 became the replacement alliterative title of US writer Ambrose Bierce's mischievously amusing reference work 'The Cynics Word Book'?

    The Devil's Dictionary 
11. Name artist Damien Hirst's famous (supposedly £50m) diamond and platinum encrusted skull artwork?

    For the Love of God
12. Name the focus of the UK Leveson inquiry: Press standards; Political lobbying; MP's expenses; or The Iraq War?

    Press standards 
13. In Cable Street East London, 1936, thousands of ordinary people famously stopped a march by what uniformly nicknamed organization?

    The Blackshirts 
14. What sort of well is named after a former French province, where Carthusian monks first drilled them in the 12th century?

    Artesian 
15. What is the common name for the round skullcap worn by Jewish males?

    Kippa 
16. What small ex-Soviet nation between Turkey and Iran was World Team Chess Champion in 2011 and subsequently made the game compulsory in primary school education?

    Armenia 
17. What animal name is given to the type of investment fund which buys large distressed debts especially of war/chaos-torn countries, aiming later to demand and sue for extortionate interest payments?

    Vulture 
18. In Native American ceremonial custom what is a calumet: Peace pipe; Headdress; Chant; or Spear?

    Peace pipe 
19. What seasonal name is most commonly given to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, which began in Tunisia, December 2010?

    Arab Spring
20. What notable businessman is known as the Sage of Omaha?

    Warren Buffett