General Knowledge Quiz 82

Questions

1. Evo Morales became president of which country in 2006?

   1. Bolivia
   2. Argentina
   3. Ecuador
   4. Peru

2. Who dueted with Harry Nilsson on the 1975 Phil Spectre song 'A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day'?

   1. Dusty Springfield
   2. Barbra Streisand
   3. Diana Ross
   4. Cher

3. In summer 2010 Ofcom (regulatory/complaints body for UK communications industries found that broadband service providers were on average giving customers what percentage of the connection speeds they had contracted to receive?

   1. 46%
   2. 75%
   3. 98% or 120%

4. Melanophobia is the irrational fear of what?

   1. The colour black
   2. Punishment
   3. Fruit
   4. Children

5. In the UK in the 1930s, what was named after the Minister of Transport?

   1. Pelican Crossing
   2. Shadwell Station
   3. Belisha Beacon
   4. Ashgrove College

6. Catalonia, the Spanish Autonomous Community region comprising provinces Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona, banned what in 2010 with effect from 2012?

   1. Lap-dancing
   2. Bullfighting
   3. Smoking in public outdoors
   4. Door-to-door selling

7. Which of the Rolling Stones has a cameo role as Captain Jack Teague, father of Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End'?

   1. Mick Jagger
   2. Charlie Watts, Keith Richards
   3. Ronnie Wood

8. London's city bike rental scheme, which launched in 2010, is based on the Bixi project which introduced bike rental to which city?

   1. Paris
   2. Montreal
   3. Venice
   4. New York

9. An anemometer is a guage used for recording the speed of what?

   1. Light
   2. Spacecraft
   3. Wind
   4. Athletes

10. In a summer 2010 market trial, UK pub-chain Brakspear's launched free in-pub what?

    1. Breath tests
    2. Massage
    3. Tarot-card readings
    4. Dogs' dinners

11. Literally meaning repentance in Italian, what is the visible trace of an earlier painting beneath newer artwork on canvas?

    1. Pimento
    2. Paliamento
    3. Pinto
    4. Pentimento

12. A Munro, of which there are 283, is a Scottish mountain which is over how many feet high?

    1. 1,000
    2. 2,000
    3. 3,000
    4. 4,000

13. A nide is a brood or nest of which type of birds?

    1. Emus
    2. Sparrows
    3. Swans
    4. Pheasants

14. In Dubai, Palm Judmeirah is a what?

    1. Artificial island development
    2. Camel-meat curry
    3. Scented aphrodisiac soap
    4. Public holiday

15. Which religion emerged from the Bible Student movement, founded in 1872 by Charles Taze Russell?

    1. Jehovah's Witness
    2. Quakers
    3. Mormons
    4. Baha'i

16. The port of Mocha is in which country?

    1. Somalia
    2. Oman
    3. Iran
    4. Yemen

17. Samite is a type of what?

    1. Fabric
    2. Stone
    3. Dog
    4. Cake

18. If something coruscates, what does it do?

    1. Expands
    2. Fades
    3. Sparkles
    4. Shrinks

19. Who dueted with Harry Nilsson on the 1975 Phil Spectre song 'A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)'?

    1. Dusty Springfield
    2. Barbra Streisand
    3. Diana Ross
    4. Cher

20. If you dropped three solid steel spheres, weighing 1kg, 2kg and 3kg, at the same time from a height of ten metres, in what order would they hit the floor?

    1. 1kg 2kg 3kg
    2. 3kg 2kg 1kg
    3. All at the same time
    4. Some other order

21. Sprinter Merlene Ottey, age 50, was a member of which nation's 4 x 100 metres relay squad at the 2010 European Championships?

    1. Bermuda
    2. Slovenia
    3. Jamaica
    4. Bahrain

22. In summer 2010 Ofcom (regulatory/complaints body for UK communications industries) found that broadband service providers were on average giving customers what percentage of the connection speeds they had contracted to receive?

    1. 46%
    2. 75%
    3. 98% or 120%

23. Sfumato is a technique in what?

    1. Painting
    2. Cooking
    3. Martial Arts
    4. Meditation

24. Something annular is in the shape of a what?

    1. Leaf
    2. Ring
    3. Brick
    4. Pyramid

25. Which English royal house held the throne between 1154 and 1485?

    1. Stewart
    2. Tudor
    3. Plantagenet
    4. Lancaster

26. A 2010 publicity-driven competition called the Carbuncle Cup focused on unpopular British what?

    1. Architecture
    2. Politicians
    3. Corporations
    4. Law

27. In anatomy, 'plantar' relates to which part of the human body?

    1. Foot
    2. Stomach
    3. Head
    4. Hand

28. Which 1920s film star's third husband was Henri Le Bailly de la Falaise, Marquis de la Coudraye?

    1. Clara Bow
    2. Lillian Gish
    3. Mae West
    4. Gloria Swanson

29. In which famous building are rooms named Vermeil, China, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow Oval?

    1. Buckingham Palace
    2. The Whitehouse
    3. Palace of Versailles
    4. Westminster Abbey

30. A caparison is an ornamental cloth used to cover a what?

    1. Alter
    2. Horse
    3. Bed
    4. Window

31. In summer 2010 what species produced offspring in the wild in the UK for the first time in around 400 years after reintroduction to Scotland?

    1. Beaver, Bear
    2. Wolf
    3. Reindeer

32. Vermillion is a shade of which colour?

    1. Green
    2. Blue
    3. Red
    4. Yellow