General Knowledge Quiz 75

Questions

1. The spectacular historic Abbotsford House in Melrose, Scotland, was the home of which writer?

   1. Geoffrey Chaucer
   2. Samuel Pepys
   3. Sir Walter Scott
   4. William Shakespeare

2. The 'Conscious Competence' learning model is commonly represented by what four-stage process (upwards, from low to high based on this word pair combination and its opposites?

3. The 'Conscious Competence' learning model is commonly represented by what four-stage process (upwards, from low to high) based on this word pair combination and its opposites?

4. What naturally occurring common substance containing lactose may scientifically be described as an emulsion of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid?

5. The Royal Yacht Squadron Cup was the original name of which trophy?

6. Inferno, Paradiso and Purgatorio are sections of which epic poem by Italian Dante Alighieri?

7. In the Bible, who was the sister of Mary and Lazarus?

   1. Ruth
   2. Esther
   3. Martha
   4. Delilah

8. Which region and river in the north of South America, now part of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, gave its name to a sweetener produced from local crops?

9. Which phobia is colloquially associated with the disease rabies?

10. The lakes Van, Tuz, Uluabat, and Beysehir are among the largest in which country?

11. What is the surname of Truman, played by Jim Carrey, in the 1998 film The Truman Show?

12. What is the capital of Haiti?

13. In early UK beer production what is a kiln for drying hops popularly called?

14. Loosely translated to mean 'hollow bone' what is the Italian food made from veal shank?

    1. Focaccia
    2. Ossobucco
    3. Gnocchi
    4. Tiramisu

15. In the US and British military, what does DSC stand for?

16. In medicine, carditis is the inflammation of which organ of the human body?

17. Diastema is the medical term for the gap between what in the human body?

18. Ibiza is in which Mediterranean island group?

19. Which major UK racecourse is at Prestbury Park?

20. Milou is the French name of which cartoon character's dog?

21. Photophobia is extreme sensitivity to, or fear of, what?

    1. Paparazzi
    2. Light
    3. Memory loss
    4. Office equipment

22. Sir Edmund Barton became the first prime minister of which country in 1901?

23. As part of ongoing national renaming since India's 1947 independence, what were the previous city names of?

    1. Mumbai
    2. Chennai
    3. Bangaluru
    4. and Kolkata

24. Name Charles Dickens' first novel, featuring the characters Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass and 'the fat boy' Joe?

25. Which instrument was American bandleader Glenn Miller famous for playing?

    1. Trumpet
    2. Clarinet
    3. Trombone
    4. Drums

26. In which countries was political revolutionary Che Guevara born in 1928, and killed in 1967?

27. Who became Baron of Kington-upon-Hull when joining the House of Lords in July 2010?

28. Jibbons and scallions are alternative words for which vegetables?

29. What placename derives from the twelfth and last of the Eleanor Crosses, erected 1291-1294 by Edward I in memory of his wife Eleanor of Castille?

30. Devised 1853, revised 1879, and still used widely, a Campbell-Stokes Recorder measures what?

    1. Sunshine hours
    2. Air temperature
    3. Wind speed
    4. Customer complaints

31. A sophomore is a student in which year of a US college?