General Knowledge Quiz 421

Questions

1. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) was first president and is regarded as founder of which republic?

2. Name the seven base measurement units of the International System of Units (SI system)?

3. The word 'inveterate' means?

   1. Sober
   2. Habitual
   3. Upside-down
   4. Old
   5. Spineless

4. The naturalized American writer Lana Peters (1936-2011) was the daughter of which tyrannical leader?

5. A kytoon is a?

   1. Japanese animated film
   2. Group of five soldiers
   3. Lunar satellite
   4. Kite which stays up without wind

6. In physics, what is the opposite of Tension?

   1. Vacuum
   2. Pressure
   3. Compression
   4. Leverage

7. Name the Ukrainian/Russian American engineer who was first to viably manufacture and sell helicopters?

8. What is the Muslim nations' equivalent of the Red Cross co-ordination body for the relief of human suffering?

9. Using conventional tunings, what is the lowest note a symphonic orchestra can produce by bowing a stringed instrument?

10. What is the singular term for one piece of data?

11. A human baby's response to sudden loss of physical support (as if falling) is technically called the (What) reflex?

12. In 2011, Bristol's 1000-seater Za Za Bazaar opened as the UK's largest?

    1. Restaurant
    2. Casino
    3. Video gaming hall
    4. Nursery School, or Hairdressers

13. The Great Purge, known locally as Yezhovshchina, happened in which country?

14. Eiswein is wine made from grapes that have been what on the vine?

15. The Hindustani Indian instrument the dilruba, meaning 'robber of the heart', is used by a?

    1. Musician
    2. Surgeon
    3. Goldsmith
    4. Cook
    5. Tailor

16. What is the mathematical name, and otherwise very common word, for the space inside a sphere?

17. What anciently originating term refers to a degree and other types of qualification, deriving from the word bachelor and a punning reference to early leafy awards?

18. The 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran overthrew a?

    1. King
    2. Shah
    3. General
    4. President

19. In medicine and biological science, what is the opposite and usual alternative to 'in vitro'?

20. What Italian-originating word means vivacity or vigour/vigor, and is also an infant toy brand?

21. The 'God particle' is more technically called what, after two (English and Indian) physicists?

22. What is the very old (English from c.1440) traditional name for the typographical paragraph or 'blind P' mark ¶ ?

23. What medical/scientific term refers to an abnormal sac of liquid on a plant or animal, derived from Greek kustis, meaning bladder?

24. Wildfowl such as ducks, geese, swans, etc., have a nail on which part of the body?

    1. Foot
    2. Wingtip
    3. Beak
    4. Breast

25. What feature in clothing such as trousers and skirts has variations called box, fluted, accordion, knife and honeycombe?

26. What soft gray alkaline earth metal is the fifth most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust?

27. The rivers Brahmaputra, Ganges, Meghna and Krishna flow into the Bay of (What)?

28. Mammoths became largely extinct on Earth roughly how many years ago?

    1. 400-500
    2. 5,000-20,000
    3. 100,000-500,000
    4. 5-10 million

29. Roger 'Race' Bannon, Hadji, and a dog called Bandit are leading characters in what 1960s TV cartoon, now media franchise?

30. What do people normally do in a refectory?

    1. Eat
    2. Sleep
    3. Study
    4. Grow vegetables