General Knowledge Quiz 424

Questions

1. As at 2012 what 115-island Indian Ocean nation has the smallest population (about 86,000) of any African country?

2. What psychological condition was named after Greek legend of a beautiful hunter who fell in love with his own reflection?

3. Spell the Russian composer's name Pyotr Ilyich ...?

   1. Tchaichovsky
   2. Tschaikofsky
   3. Tchaikovsky
   4. Tchaikovski

4. What connects the terms Parliament, Murder, Exaltation, and Unkindness?

5. How many cross-stars feature in the Subaru automotive badge logo?

6. The Turbans, The Five Satins, and The Diamonds helped establish what musical style?

   1. Glitter-rock
   2. Doo-wop
   3. Reggae
   4. Heavy metal

7. A framework beam - a fink - that supports a wide-spanning roof is also known as a '(what nationality) truss'?

8. What length is the shortest side of a right-angled triangle whose longest sides are 4cm and 5cm?

9. A TRS connector (tip, ring, sleeve) is more commonly known as a (what) plug?

10. Which country has the international telephone dialling code 27?

11. 'Liquor amnii' is normally found in?

    1. Pregnant women
    2. Cuban bars
    3. East-London pie shops
    4. Catholic churches

12. The Kowloon Peninsula forms the southern part of what 'special administrative' territory?

13. What factual UK radio show at 2012 is the world's longest running and has featured guests' choices including a blow-up doll, suicide pill, and (misheard), 'a penis'?

14. A phot is a unit of measurement of?

    1. Camera shutter-speed
    2. Light brightness
    3. Radioactivity
    4. Colour/color intensity

15. A Pelton wheel converts what power into usable energy?

16. How many square feet is a full sized (doubles) regulation tennis court (excluding the space around the marked lines to run about)?

    1. 1,104
    2. 1,456
    3. 1,728
    4. 2,808

17. Plovers or dotterels are a type of birds classed as a?

    1. Hawks
    2. Waders
    3. Ducks
    4. Cranes

18. The fuel injection system replaced what traditional device for blending air and fuel in car combustion engines?

19. Spell?

    1. Seperater
    2. Separator
    3. Separater
    4. Seperator (meaning a thing that separates other things)

20. What colour/color is the second 'O' in the standard original Google logo?

    1. Blue
    2. Green
    3. Red
    4. Yellow