General Knowledge Quiz #138

General Knowledge Quiz #138

Questions

1. Spell the word Sterilization; Sterylization; Sterilyzation; or Sterylyzation?
2. What term, for a standard section of pre-used text or clause in a contract, or an existing pre-used section of standard code in computing, derives from industrial sheet metal fabrication and labelling?
3. Which fish became subject to EU fishing quota arguments in 2013 due to its significant movement into Icelandic waters?
4. What are generally defined as 'the four big cats', and the only ones to roar (one point for three - bonus point for all four)?
5. Name the social news/entertainment website which saw massive growth and investment interest 2010-13: Whizbang; Buzzfeed; Humbug; or Boohiss?
6. In medicine a macule refers to a: Headache; Bone-break; Heart-attack; or Spot of discoloured/discolored skin?
7. Which global-reaching organization was revealed in 2013 to hold property investments exceeding £½bn derived from 'recognition' payments received in 1929 from Benito Mussolini?
8. The word éclat refers to a: Brilliant display; Cream cake; Victory; or King/Queen?
9. (When discovered Jan 2013) the largest known structure in the universe - a large quasar group named 'Huge-LQG' - would take how many years to cross if travelling at the speed of light: 23; 400; 1 million; or 4 billion?
10. In 2013 academics suggested what human feature evolved due to its benefits for prehistorical human life in water: Ear-wax; Eyelids; Greasy hair; or Wrinkly fingers and toes?
11. What is the modern-day name of the once colonial nation French Sudan?
12. The statue of which pioneering Baptist cabinet-making travel agent stands outside Leicester UK railway station, his original tour starting point?
13. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' (commonly 'Moho') is a boundary between: Weather systems; Earth layers; Chemical solutions; or Beer and froth?
14. Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty and Burpy were shortlisted to be what in the early 1930s?
15. What name is typically given to torpedo shaped cars and bikes used in land-speed records, and also to bullet trains?
16. The 1923 Great Kanto earthquake was until 2011 which nation's biggest?
17. The name of which sort of entertainment derives from old French/Picard meaning 'wooden structure'/'little room'?
18. Established in 1961 what does the major international economies organization name OECD stand for?
19. Beatrix became queen of which European nation in 1980?
20. A burning truckload of 'brunost' - brown (what?) - caused a 5-day fire in a Norwegian road tunnel in Jan 2013: Diesel; Sugar; Bread; or Cheese?

1. Spell the word Sterilization; Sterylization; Sterilyzation; or Sterylyzation?

   Sterilization 
2. What term, for a standard section of pre-used text or clause in a contract, or an existing pre-used section of standard code in computing, derives from industrial sheet metal fabrication and labelling?

   Boilerplate 
3. Which fish became subject to EU fishing quota arguments in 2013 due to its significant movement into Icelandic waters?

   Mackerel
4. What are generally defined as 'the four big cats', and the only ones to roar (one point for three - bonus point for all four)?

   Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Jaguar 
5. Name the social news/entertainment website which saw massive growth and investment interest 2010-13: Whizbang; Buzzfeed; Humbug; or Boohiss?

   Buzzfeed
6. In medicine a macule refers to a: Headache; Bone-break; Heart-attack; or Spot of discoloured/discolored skin?

   Spot of discoloured/discolored skin 
7. Which global-reaching organization was revealed in 2013 to hold property investments exceeding £½bn derived from 'recognition' payments received in 1929 from Benito Mussolini?

   The Vatican
8. The word éclat refers to a: Brilliant display; Cream cake; Victory; or King/Queen?

   Brilliant display
9. (When discovered Jan 2013) the largest known structure in the universe - a large quasar group named 'Huge-LQG' - would take how many years to cross if travelling at the speed of light: 23; 400; 1 million; or 4 billion?

   4 billion 
10. In 2013 academics suggested what human feature evolved due to its benefits for prehistorical human life in water: Ear-wax; Eyelids; Greasy hair; or Wrinkly fingers and toes?

    Wrinkly fingers and toes 
11. What is the modern-day name of the once colonial nation French Sudan?

    Mali 
12. The statue of which pioneering Baptist cabinet-making travel agent stands outside Leicester UK railway station, his original tour starting point?

    Thomas Cook 
13. The 'Mohorovicic discontinuity' (commonly 'Moho') is a boundary between: Weather systems; Earth layers; Chemical solutions; or Beer and froth?

    Earth layers 
14. Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty and Burpy were shortlisted to be what in the early 1930s?

    Dwarfs
15. What name is typically given to torpedo shaped cars and bikes used in land-speed records, and also to bullet trains?

    Streamliner
16. The 1923 Great Kanto earthquake was until 2011 which nation's biggest?

    Japan 
17. The name of which sort of entertainment derives from old French/Picard meaning 'wooden structure'/'little room'?

    Cabaret 
18. Established in 1961 what does the major international economies organization name OECD stand for?

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
19. Beatrix became queen of which European nation in 1980?

    The Netherlands 
20. A burning truckload of 'brunost' - brown (what?) - caused a 5-day fire in a Norwegian road tunnel in Jan 2013: Diesel; Sugar; Bread; or Cheese?

    Cheese