General Knowledge Quiz #256

General Knowledge Quiz #256

Questions

1. Which month is named in English after Latin for door?
2. What religious word makes five new words when suffixed (added last) to: Repel, Condo, Si, Re, and Ta?
3. Mongolia and Ivory Coast were the first countries to adopt a radical postal address system using (How many?) random words for every (How many?) square yards of Earth: (two answers required) 3; 9; 20; 50; 400?
4. In popular culture and literature Utopia (an ideal beautiful world) is opposite to: Dystopia; Sinopia; Subtopia; or Myopia?
5. Match these birds with their metaphorical/fabled associations: Albatross, Dove, Stork, Magpie, Ostrich - Curse, Peace, Birth/baby, Denial, Theft?
6. Whose best-selling 2016 autobiography is called Born to Run: Usain Bolt; Sebastian Coe; Mo Farah; or Bruce Sprinsteen?
7. The dye henna is made from a: Beetle; Tree; Clay; or Fish?
8. The magazine of the Jehovah's Witness religion is The: Spotlight; Watchtower; Lighthouse; or Microscope?
9. 2017 Eurovision controversy entailed which host nation's ban of which nation's contestant?
10. Match the Roman and modern names: Hafnia, Lutetia, Eblana, Ezelinga - Dublin, Zurich, Copenhagen, Paris?
11. In US-English a sports knockout tournament is called a: Dash; Bracket; Guillemet; or Colon?
12. From c.4000BC, 'Proto-Indo-European' is a fundamental: Bronze; Language; Vegetable; or Horse?
13. A popular childlike metaphor for being punished or excluded is being on the: Bad bench; Naughty step; Culpable couch; or Silly stool?
14. Beg or Bey and Begum refer to a chief or high official and female equivalent originating from/in which culture: Mexican; Turkish; Maori; or Russian?
15. Axiomatic means: Breathless; Self-evident; Inflated; or Confusingly angry?
16. Diazepam was first marketed as: Amphetamine; Valium; Anadin; or Lucozade?
17. What 'greenhouse gas' is increasing most significantly in the 21st century: Methane; CO2; Ozone; or Nitrous Oxide?
18. Beginning 2018, the first direct UK-Australia flights are roughly what miles/hours: 5000m/5hrs; 9000/17; 14,000/36; 20,000/20?
19. 'Stuttgart pitch', standard musical tuning/calibration, is 440Hz frequency at the note: A; B; C; or D?
20. The likely extinct Thylacine, largest ever carnivorous marsupial, is commonly called the: Tasmanian Tiger; African Kangaroo; Brazilian Wombat; or Piccadily Lion?
21. Oliver Mellors is better known as what DH Lawrence creation: Biggles; Batman; Winnie the Pooh; or Lady Chatterley's Lover?
22. 'Sky peer-to-peer' is the origin of what famous revolutionary Estonian/Danish development?

1. Which month is named in English after Latin for door?

   January 
2. What religious word makes five new words when suffixed (added last) to: Repel, Condo, Si, Re, and Ta?

   Lent
3. Mongolia and Ivory Coast were the first countries to adopt a radical postal address system using (How many?) random words for every (How many?) square yards of Earth: (two answers required) 3; 9; 20; 50; 400?

   3 random words and 9 square yards (for example the Ivory Coast postal service La Poste's address changed from BP641, Cidex 3, Abidjan, Abidjan Plateau, Avenue Blvd Mitterand, Ivory Coast, to simply 'toned.witty.lion'.. it's the future... the system called What3words [a UK company] is already used by the Red Cross and USA disaster relief agencies)
4. In popular culture and literature Utopia (an ideal beautiful world) is opposite to: Dystopia; Sinopia; Subtopia; or Myopia?

   Dystopia
5. Match these birds with their metaphorical/fabled associations: Albatross, Dove, Stork, Magpie, Ostrich - Curse, Peace, Birth/baby, Denial, Theft?

   Albatross - Curse; Dove - Peace; Stork - Birth/baby; Magpie - Theft; Ostrich - Denial
6. Whose best-selling 2016 autobiography is called Born to Run: Usain Bolt; Sebastian Coe; Mo Farah; or Bruce Sprinsteen?

   Bruce Spingsteen
7. The dye henna is made from a: Beetle; Tree; Clay; or Fish?

   Tree 
8. The magazine of the Jehovah's Witness religion is The: Spotlight; Watchtower; Lighthouse; or Microscope?

   Watchtower
9. 2017 Eurovision controversy entailed which host nation's ban of which nation's contestant?
10. Match the Roman and modern names: Hafnia, Lutetia, Eblana, Ezelinga - Dublin, Zurich, Copenhagen, Paris?

    Hafnia - Copenhagen; Lutetia - Paris; Eblana - Dublin; Ezelinga - Zurich
11. In US-English a sports knockout tournament is called a: Dash; Bracket; Guillemet; or Colon?

    Bracket
12. From c.4000BC, 'Proto-Indo-European' is a fundamental: Bronze; Language; Vegetable; or Horse?

    Language
13. A popular childlike metaphor for being punished or excluded is being on the: Bad bench; Naughty step; Culpable couch; or Silly stool?

    Naughty step
14. Beg or Bey and Begum refer to a chief or high official and female equivalent originating from/in which culture: Mexican; Turkish; Maori; or Russian?

    Turkish 
15. Axiomatic means: Breathless; Self-evident; Inflated; or Confusingly angry?

    Self-evident 
16. Diazepam was first marketed as: Amphetamine; Valium; Anadin; or Lucozade?

    Valium
17. What 'greenhouse gas' is increasing most significantly in the 21st century: Methane; CO2; Ozone; or Nitrous Oxide?

    Methane
18. Beginning 2018, the first direct UK-Australia flights are roughly what miles/hours: 5000m/5hrs; 9000/17; 14,000/36; 20,000/20?

    9000miles/17hrs
19. 'Stuttgart pitch', standard musical tuning/calibration, is 440Hz frequency at the note: A; B; C; or D?

    A 
20. The likely extinct Thylacine, largest ever carnivorous marsupial, is commonly called the: Tasmanian Tiger; African Kangaroo; Brazilian Wombat; or Piccadily Lion?

    Tasmanian Tiger 
21. Oliver Mellors is better known as what DH Lawrence creation: Biggles; Batman; Winnie the Pooh; or Lady Chatterley's Lover?

    Lady Chatterley's Lover 
22. 'Sky peer-to-peer' is the origin of what famous revolutionary Estonian/Danish development?

    Skype