General Knowledge Quiz 59

Questions

1. Where in the human body are the metacarpals?

2. What is the German equivalent of the British 'Ltd' and the American 'LLC' company designations (meaning Limited Company)?

3. What unusual and distinctive item of apparel does the Bazooka Joe bubblegum character wear?

4. How many modern pence are in a guinea?

5. What health-related metaphor refers to a form of internet marketing which spreads from user to user on a wide scale?

6. The reforms known as Perestroika were introduced into Russia by which Soviet leader?

7. The colour printing model CMYK stands for what?

8. The word piste, referring to a ski-run, means literally what in French?

   1. fast
   2. jelly-legged
   3. track
   4. snow

9. Pentatonic, hexatonic, and heptatonic are types of what?

10. What is the website address of the United Nations?

11. What is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, and also a terrorist organization?

12. Sunningdale golf club is in which county of the UK?

13. What is the expression of final victory, originally French, referring to the killing of a badly wounded enemy soldier or animal?

14. What country comprises the peninsula of Jutland and over 400 islands including Zealand and Funen?

15. ISO 9000 and its series of international quality management system standards used in industry and commerce, effectively superseded what British Standard number?

16. What building in Pall Mall, commissioned by Henry VIII around 1532, is the administrative centre of the British monarchy?

17. What one of these is a metallic chemical element?

18. Often called 'The Lost City of the Incas', the 15th century ruins of Machu Picchu are in which country?

19. What organization famously distributes bibles to hotel rooms?

20. Valentine and Proteus are the central characters in what Shakespeare play?

21. The 6th century book attributed to Sun Tzu often appied to leadership is called The Art of... what?

    1. War
    2. Peace
    3. Kung-Fu
    4. Poppy-Farming

22. In Rugby Union what position does the number 15 play?

23. What trade union was deplored by Gordon Brown for its actions in the 2010 British Airways cabin staff dispute?

24. The Followill brothers and cousin, known by their middle names Nathan, Caleb, Jared and Matthew, are members of which rock band?

25. What is the German equivalent of the British 'Ltd' and the American 'LLC' company designations (meaning Limited Company?

26. What flower is the national emblem of Wales?

27. At a 2010 Cheltenham festival Katie Walsh received a four day ban for excessive use of what?

    1. a car-horn
    2. offensive language
    3. artificial flavouring
    4. the whip

28. The city of Vienna in Austria lies on which river?

29. The analytical model acronym SLEPT refers to what traditional external areas of influence on a business?

30. The energy of what is measured by the Richter magnitude scale?

31. From what language does the phrase Kia Ora come?