General Knowledge Quiz #431

General Knowledge Quiz #431

Questions

1. Which country has (at 2012) the longest national highway in the world?
2. What traditionally mysterious, increasingly transparent organization is casually referred to as 'The Craft'?
3. What modern-day publishing corporation, owner of Penguin books, built the Blackwall Tunnel (under the River Thames in London)?
4. Carthage is a 3,000 year old urban settlement now part of what North African capital city?
5. What is the traditional name for a tradesman who makes things such as gates and furniture by forging iron/steel?
6. The word membranophone technically refers to a: Drum; Hearing aid; 78 RPM record-player; or Condom?
7. Which country's royal anthem is called 'Kongesangen'?
8. A medina is typically an Arabic city area characterized by: Waterways; Shopping malls; Huge market squares; or Walled narrow maze-like streets?
9. What is the only country whose homeland spans Africa and Asia?
10. Spell the country name: Kazakhstan; Kazahkstan; Kazhakstan; or Kahzakstan?
11. What religious code refers to 'the three poisons' (or 'unwholesome roots') of ignorance, attachment, aversion, as the roots of all suffering?
12. The army bugle call meaning get ready/mounted and into line/parade is traditionally called: Swords and Lances; Hats and Bayonets; Boots and Saddles; or Guns and Roses?
13. Which Greek hero killed the 'half-man/half-bull' Minotaur?
14. Lye is an old English word for: Caustic soda; Baking soda; Cream soda or Soda bread?
15. A dagga (duggi or dhama) is the bass element of what Indian percussion instrument?
16. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Sovient Union?
17. What organ of the body has a pericardium, pulmonary trunk, and superior vena cava?
18. Behind Wal-Mart, Carrefour, and Tesco, what corporation is the fourth largest retail group (by turnover, at 2012) in the world: Metro; Aldi; Sears; or IKEA?
19. As at at 2012 Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao are/were president and premier of which country?
20. Which of these towns lie(s) inside London's M25 orbital motorway: Watford; Biggin Hill; Harrow; Epsom; Dartford?

1. Which country has (at 2012) the longest national highway in the world?

   Australia
2. What traditionally mysterious, increasingly transparent organization is casually referred to as 'The Craft'?

   Freemasonry
3. What modern-day publishing corporation, owner of Penguin books, built the Blackwall Tunnel (under the River Thames in London)?

   Pearson 
4. Carthage is a 3,000 year old urban settlement now part of what North African capital city?

   Tunis 
5. What is the traditional name for a tradesman who makes things such as gates and furniture by forging iron/steel?

   Blacksmith
6. The word membranophone technically refers to a: Drum; Hearing aid; 78 RPM record-player; or Condom?

   Drum 
7. Which country's royal anthem is called 'Kongesangen'?

   Norway 
8. A medina is typically an Arabic city area characterized by: Waterways; Shopping malls; Huge market squares; or Walled narrow maze-like streets?

   Walled narrow maze-like streets 
9. What is the only country whose homeland spans Africa and Asia?

   Egypt
10. Spell the country name: Kazakhstan; Kazahkstan; Kazhakstan; or Kahzakstan?

    Kazakhstan - Bonus points - Kazakhstan is one of five countries whose homeland spans Europe and Asia - what are the other four? Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey
11. What religious code refers to 'the three poisons' (or 'unwholesome roots') of ignorance, attachment, aversion, as the roots of all suffering?

    Islam; Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism? Buddhism
12. The army bugle call meaning get ready/mounted and into line/parade is traditionally called: Swords and Lances; Hats and Bayonets; Boots and Saddles; or Guns and Roses?

    Boots and Saddles
13. Which Greek hero killed the 'half-man/half-bull' Minotaur?

    Theseus
14. Lye is an old English word for: Caustic soda; Baking soda; Cream soda or Soda bread?

    Caustic soda 
15. A dagga (duggi or dhama) is the bass element of what Indian percussion instrument?

    Tabla
16. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Sovient Union?

    Nikita Khrushchev
17. What organ of the body has a pericardium, pulmonary trunk, and superior vena cava?

    Heart
18. Behind Wal-Mart, Carrefour, and Tesco, what corporation is the fourth largest retail group (by turnover, at 2012) in the world: Metro; Aldi; Sears; or IKEA?

    Metro 
19. As at at 2012 Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao are/were president and premier of which country?

    China
20. Which of these towns lie(s) inside London's M25 orbital motorway: Watford; Biggin Hill; Harrow; Epsom; Dartford?

    All of them