General Knowledge Quiz #54

General Knowledge Quiz #54

Questions

1. Which city in the UK has the oldest Chamber of Commerce?
   

2. Katakana is a symbol system of which language?
   

3. Which Tsar of Russia ruled from 1682-1725?
   

4. In which African country is Lake Turkana?
   

5. What poem contains the words, "...Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink..." ?
   

6. Miliaria is the medical name for what condition?
   

7. The Ansoff Matrix tool for assessing strategic risk concerns what two aspects of business, from a new and existing perspective?
   

8. Which British school holds its annual Wall Game on the 30th of November?
   

9. What colour are the flowers of the various plants known as Celandines?
   

10. The Swiss Re Tower in London is commonly known by what name?
    

11. Dom Mintoff was the prime minister of which country?
    

12. What is the profession of Peter Kingdom in the UK TV series 'Kingdom'?
    

13. The Babbington Plot was devised to kill which English monarch?
    

14. What type of food is linguine?
    

15. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states that united in 1964?
    

16. What Mexican duo are famous for their high energy classical guitar music, including a version of Stairway to Heaven?
    

17. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve?
    

18. Who released a 1995 album called Stanley Road?
    

19. In which decade did Queen Victoria's husband die?
    

20. Which writer created the fictional detective Auguste Dupin?
    

21. What is a female ferret called?
    

22. What is an animal called whose diet consists mainly of leaves?
    

23. What satirical US tabloid magazine closed in 2007 after 28 years of publishing?
    

24. Carceral relates to what type of building?
    

25. How many vertebrae bones does a human usually have?
    

26. What type of headwear is named after a hero in a Robert Burns poem?
    

27. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time?
    

28. What island was previously called Formosa?
    

29. American Jazz musician John Coltrane is famous for playing which instrument?
    

30. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes) stand for?
    

31. In which UK city was artist L S Lowry born?
    

32. Chitterlings are the small intestines of which animal?
    

33. In which century was the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race first held?
    

34. Which 1950s-60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one"?
    

35. Whose enormous yacht Eclipse launched in June 2009?
    

36. Which singer was born Steven Demetre Georgiou?
    

37. The AIDA advertising and selling model refers to the sequence of what four stages in the process buying something?
    

38. What is the capital of Ecuador?
    

39. What is a theodolite: an angle measuring tool; a Greek caveman; a 1970s car model; or a scented lamp?
    

40. The initials SKILL are an aid to remembering what five excretory organs of the human body (in order)?
    

41. What poem contains the words, "...Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink..." ?
42. The Ansoff Matrix tool for assessing strategic risk concerns what two aspects of business, from a new and existing perspective?
43. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination from which two states which united in 1964?
44. What Mexican duo are famous for their high energy classical guitar music, including a version of Stairway to Heaven?
45. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve?
46. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time?
47. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes stand for?
48. Which 1950s-60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one"?
49. The AIDA advertising and selling model refers to the sequence of what four stages in the process buying something?
50. What is a theodolite: an angle measuring tool; a Greek caveman; a 1970s car model; or a scented lamp?
51. The initials SKILL are an aid to remembering what five excretory organs of the human body?
52. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states which united in 1964?

1. Which city in the UK has the oldest Chamber of Commerce?
   

   Glasgow
2. Katakana is a symbol system of which language?
   

   Japanese
3. Which Tsar of Russia ruled from 1682-1725?
   

   Peter the Great
4. In which African country is Lake Turkana?
   

   Kenya
5. What poem contains the words, "...Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink..." ?
   

   The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
6. Miliaria is the medical name for what condition?
   

   Prickly heat
7. The Ansoff Matrix tool for assessing strategic risk concerns what two aspects of business, from a new and existing perspective?
   

   Markets and Products
8. Which British school holds its annual Wall Game on the 30th of November?
   

   Eton
9. What colour are the flowers of the various plants known as Celandines?
   

   Yellow
10. The Swiss Re Tower in London is commonly known by what name?
    

    The Gherkin
11. Dom Mintoff was the prime minister of which country?
    

    Malta
12. What is the profession of Peter Kingdom in the UK TV series 'Kingdom'?
    

    Solicitor
13. The Babbington Plot was devised to kill which English monarch?
    

    Queen Elizabeth the First
14. What type of food is linguine?
    

    Pasta
15. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states that united in 1964?
    

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar
16. What Mexican duo are famous for their high energy classical guitar music, including a version of Stairway to Heaven?
    

    Rodrigo y Gabriela
17. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve?
    

    Bathtub
18. Who released a 1995 album called Stanley Road?
    

    Paul Weller
19. In which decade did Queen Victoria's husband die?
    

    1860s
20. Which writer created the fictional detective Auguste Dupin?
    

    Edgar Allen Poe
21. What is a female ferret called?
    

    Gill (or Jill)
22. What is an animal called whose diet consists mainly of leaves?
    

    Folivore
23. What satirical US tabloid magazine closed in 2007 after 28 years of publishing?
    

    The Weekly World News
24. Carceral relates to what type of building?
    

    A prison
25. How many vertebrae bones does a human usually have?
    

    Thirty three
26. What type of headwear is named after a hero in a Robert Burns poem?
    

    Tam O'Shanter
27. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time?
    

    Balance Sheet
28. What island was previously called Formosa?
    

    Taiwan
29. American Jazz musician John Coltrane is famous for playing which instrument?
    

    Saxophone
30. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes) stand for?
    

    Subscriber Trunk Dialling
31. In which UK city was artist L S Lowry born?
    

    Manchester
32. Chitterlings are the small intestines of which animal?
    

    Pig
33. In which century was the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race first held?
    

    1800s
34. Which 1950s-60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one"?
    

    Brigitte Bardot
35. Whose enormous yacht Eclipse launched in June 2009?
    

    Roman Abramovich
36. Which singer was born Steven Demetre Georgiou?
    

    Yusuf Islam
37. The AIDA advertising and selling model refers to the sequence of what four stages in the process buying something?
    

    Attention, Interest, Desire, Action
38. What is the capital of Ecuador?
    

    San Francisco de Quito
39. What is a theodolite: an angle measuring tool; a Greek caveman; a 1970s car model; or a scented lamp?
    

    An angle measuring tool
40. The initials SKILL are an aid to remembering what five excretory organs of the human body (in order)?
    

    Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver, Lungs
41. What poem contains the words, "...Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink..." ?

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 
42. The Ansoff Matrix tool for assessing strategic risk concerns what two aspects of business, from a new and existing perspective?

    Markets and Products 
43. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination from which two states which united in 1964?

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar
44. What Mexican duo are famous for their high energy classical guitar music, including a version of Stairway to Heaven?

    Rodrigo y Gabriela 
45. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve?

    Bathtub
46. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time?

    Balance sheet 
47. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes stand for?

    Subscriber Trunk Dialling
48. Which 1950s-60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one"?

    Brigitte Bardot
49. The AIDA advertising and selling model refers to the sequence of what four stages in the process buying something?

    Attention, Interest, Desire, Action 
50. What is a theodolite: an angle measuring tool; a Greek caveman; a 1970s car model; or a scented lamp?

    An angle measuring tool
51. The initials SKILL are an aid to remembering what five excretory organs of the human body?

    Skin, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver, Lungs
52. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states which united in 1964?

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar