General Knowledge Quiz 72

Questions

1. In male nobility what title is conventionally regarded to be the next level below that of Emperor?

   1. King
   2. Archduke
   3. Grand Duke

2. Al Maghrib - a common shortening of al-Mamlaka al-Magribiyya ('The Western Kingdom' - is the local name for which country?

   1. Morocco
   2. Egypt
   3. Senegal
   4. Cuba

3. In bullfighting, what is the specific name of the horseman who jabs the bull with a lance, mainly to weaken it?

   1. Picador
   2. Toreador (or Torero
   3. Matador

4. What is the chemical compound C6H12O6 better known as?

   1. Salt
   2. Glucose
   3. Vinegar
   4. Human hair

5. Crepuscular refers to what?

   1. Snow
   2. Twilight
   3. Fog

6. Estima is the UK's second-most popularly planted variety of which vegetable?

   1. Carrot
   2. Swede
   3. Cabbage
   4. Potato

7. Speleology is the study of what?

   1. Language
   2. Caves
   3. Witchcraft

8. Which British politician was formerly known as 2nd Viscount Stansgate?

   1. Michael Heseltine
   2. Tony Benn
   3. Jeffrey Archer
   4. John Prescott

9. Which war artist, and later a famous sculptor, produced a notable series of drawings depicting people sheltering in London Underground railway stations during the Blitz bombings of 1940-41?

   1. L S Lowry
   2. Paul Nash
   3. Henry Moore
   4. John Piper

10. What number is between 9 and 11 on a regulation dartboard?

    1. 14
    2. 16
    3. 13
    4. 12

11. Which UK TV series featured the fictional relocation of the Middlesborough Transporter Bridge to Arizona, prompting worried phone calls to the local council and forcing the broadcaster to clarify that the storyline was not real?

    1. That's Life
    2. Candid Camera
    3. Auf Wiedersehen Pet
    4. Crossroads

12. In Greek mythology, who did Leander fall in love with and swim every night across the Hellespont to be with?

    1. Hero
    2. Leda
    3. Dido

13. What is a loom mechanism for weaving small patterns, and also a character in the Harry Potter series?

    1. Jugson
    2. Voldemort
    3. Dobby
    4. Zograf

14. Al Maghrib - a common shortening of al-Mamlaka al-Magribiyya ('The Western Kingdom') - is the local name for which country?

    1. Morocco
    2. Egypt
    3. Senegal
    4. Cuba

15. The label on a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle refers to "Old No. 'what number' Brand"?

    1. 5
    2. 7
    3. 9
    4. 63

16. What is the name of the outer plasma atmosphere of the sun, visible with the naked eye during an eclipse?

    1. Cornea
    2. Cortex
    3. Corona
    4. Fanta

17. What modern technology term derives from the Czechoslovakian word for 'forced labour'?

    1. Android
    2. Robot
    3. Computer
    4. Monitor

18. How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of a game of Blackjack or Pontoon?

    1. One
    2. Two
    3. Three
    4. Four

19. The Red Lake Mine, said to produce the richest gold ore in the world is in which country?

    1. Canada
    2. South Africa
    3. Australia
    4. Wales

20. Miss Rosa Dartle is a character in which Charles Dickens novel?

    1. Bleak House
    2. David Copperfield
    3. Pickwick Papers

21. In June 2010 the US army announced the partial replacement of what, invented by George de Mestrel in 1941, by much older technology (nearly 5,000 years older actually)?

    1. Velcro
    2. Binoculars
    3. Bayonets

22. In which year was the Suez Canal opened?

    1. 1829
    2. 1849
    3. 1869

23. How many stars in total are on the national flags of Australia, China, and Pakistan?

    1. Seven
    2. Nine
    3. Twelve
    4. Twenty-three

24. What is the plug of tobacco ash left in a pipe after it has been smoked?

    1. Rattle
    2. Whittle
    3. Shuttle
    4. Dottle

25. In which country is the spectacular 1650 stone-built 23-arch Khaju Bridge?

    1. Iran
    2. Iraq
    3. Kuwait
    4. Ethiopia

26. What album title does England footballer Wayne Rooney have tattooed on his right forearm?

    1. Just Enough Education To Perform
    2. Strangeways Here We Come
    3. Abbey Road
    4. Bad

27. Used in cause-and-effect analysis, due to its structure the Ishikawa diagram is more commonly called a 'what' diagram?

    1. Ladder
    2. Fishbone
    3. Corkscrew
    4. Bathtub

28. What does a charcutier sell?

    1. Meat
    2. Coal
    3. Clothes
    4. Sanitaryware

29. Exophthalmic Goitre is the medical term for which disease?

    1. Dent's Disease
    2. Graves' Disease
    3. Mad Cow Disease

30. In which James Bond film did the character Francisco Scaramanga appear?

    1. Live And Let Die
    2. The Man With The Golden Gun
    3. The Spy Who Loved Me

31. In bullfighting, what is the specific name of the horseman who jabs the bull with a lance, mainly to weaken it?

    1. Picador
    2. Toreador (or Torero)
    3. Matador

32. The term perciforme, representing the largest order of vertebrates, refers to which backboned creatures?

    1. Fish
    2. Birds
    3. Reptiles
    4. Mammals