General Knowledge Quiz 427

Questions

1. What trade takes its name from the old word for twelve dozen?

2. Name Norwegian Evard Munch's famous painting of human outburst?

3. Argyle Pink Jubilee is a?

   1. Rose
   2. Champagne
   3. Diamond
   4. Racehorse

4. As at 2012 what nationality is the Brewery corporation Carlsberg?

5. What city opened the UK's largest city-centre water feature - the 'Mirror Pool' - in Spring 2012?

   1. London
   2. Birmingham
   3. Edinburgh
   4. Bradford

6. Who was the last head of state of the Soviet Union?

7. The initials of (what was) the major UK engineering/technology corporation GEC stand for what?

8. UK tabloid newspapers are commonly called?

   1. Blue-prints
   2. Red-tops
   3. Black-sheets
   4. Brown-bottoms

9. The 'doppelsigrune' or 'sig runes' was the symbol of what secretive and powerful organization?

10. What is the lowest note on a common traditional four-string mandolin?

11. In what country was the sports goods company Fila first established (1911) and owned?

12. Geir Haard (who in 2012 became the first politician to face court charges for negligence in contributing to the 2008 global financial crisis) led what country?

13. The business abbreviation SME usually refers to what?

14. What weekday is traditionally called 'Super...' in the election of US presidential candidates?

15. From Greek meaning within, what sort of gland secretes hormones, etc., directly into the blood?

16. Moishe Shagall, born 1887 in what is now Belarus, became famous under what other name?

17. Spell the word?

    1. Exagerrate
    2. Exagerate
    3. Exaggerate
    4. Exaggerrate

18. King Rama and Queen Sirikit rule which country (at 2012), bordered by Burma, Laos, and Cambodia?

19. The translation 'long chair' refers to what traditionally French named item of furniture?

20. What airport carries the most international passengers in the world (at 2012)?