General Knowledge Quiz #198

General Knowledge Quiz #198

Questions

1. In the 2001 official UK national census what religion did 390,000 people incredibly claim to be?
2. Prunes are dried what?
3. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world?
4. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 of which war-torn African country, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire?
5. In what 'royal' village was Princess Diana born?
6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 (2011 serves still) as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia?
7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011?
8. Olympic cycling (as at 2012) is divided into what four sections?
9. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA?
10. Nate Dogg who died age 41 in 2011 found fame in what performance genre?
11. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour/color?
12. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour/color?
13. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what?
14. What, that you might wear, may be welted?
15. Name the US soldier arrested and imprisoned in 2010 in relation to Wikileaks' publication of thousands of secret US Defense documents, and subject to humanitarian protests about his treatment?
16. Butoh, a ritualistic emotional dance involving extreme movement and stillness is from which country?
17. The word quibble is said (by the OED and other sources) to have originated probably as a term in what type of professional documents?
18. The iconic freedom-fighting political heroine Aung San Suu Kyi is what nationality?
19. Name Garry Trudeau's army-related cartoon strip?
20. Who wrote the opera Aida?
21. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard?
22. Name the UK's greatest Paralympic medal winner (as at 2011)?
23. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what?
24. The huge American springtime festival of film, music and technology SXSW is held where?
25. What is the correct spelling of a Cadbury Cream/Creme/Creem/Creame Egg?
26. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called?
27. Asha Bhosle is a star and vocal artist of what film type?
28. The popularly used drug Simvastatin is prescribed to counter what human condition?
29. What is the substance made from petroleum used for road surfacing, whose name derives from Greek meaning 'of foreign origin'?
30. The Law of Large Numbers is a principle which seeks to explain what, commonly considered inexplicable?

1. In the 2001 official UK national census what religion did 390,000 people incredibly claim to be?

   Jedi 
2. Prunes are dried what?

   Plums
3. What city, named after a month of the year, claims in recent tradition to host the largest street carnival in the world?

   Rio de Janeiro 
4. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 of which war-torn African country, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire?

   Liberia 
5. In what 'royal' village was Princess Diana born?

   Sandringham 
6. Recep Tayyip Erdogan took office in 2003 (2011 serves still) as prime minister of which country, connecting Europe and Asia?

   Turkey
7. What nation ended conscription to its Bundeswehr in 2011?

   Germany 
8. Olympic cycling (as at 2012) is divided into what four sections?

   Road, Track, Mountain Biking, BMX 
9. What is the main cereal component of UK flapjacks, known as Hudson Bay Bars in the USA?

   Oats
10. Nate Dogg who died age 41 in 2011 found fame in what performance genre?

    Rap 
11. Mixing blue, red, and green light produces what colour/color?

    White
12. Mixing blue, red and yellow paint produces what colour/color?

    Brown
13. Printer paper typically graded at 90 or 100 refers to 90 or 100 what?

    GSM 
14. What, that you might wear, may be welted?

    Shoes 
15. Name the US soldier arrested and imprisoned in 2010 in relation to Wikileaks' publication of thousands of secret US Defense documents, and subject to humanitarian protests about his treatment?

    Bradley Manning
16. Butoh, a ritualistic emotional dance involving extreme movement and stillness is from which country?

    Japan
17. The word quibble is said (by the OED and other sources) to have originated probably as a term in what type of professional documents?

    Legal/Law 
18. The iconic freedom-fighting political heroine Aung San Suu Kyi is what nationality?

    Burmese
19. Name Garry Trudeau's army-related cartoon strip?

    Doonesbury
20. Who wrote the opera Aida?

    Giuseppe Verdi
21. What piece starts at square A1 on a chessboard?

    White Castle 
22. Name the UK's greatest Paralympic medal winner (as at 2011)?

    Tanni Grey-Thompson
23. Cheese is said to combat tooth erosion because it contains what?

    Alkali 
24. The huge American springtime festival of film, music and technology SXSW is held where?

    Austin, Texas
25. What is the correct spelling of a Cadbury Cream/Creme/Creem/Creame Egg?

    Creme
26. What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called?

    Dry ice
27. Asha Bhosle is a star and vocal artist of what film type?

    Bollywood/Hindi; Cookery; Horror; News/Documentary? Bollywood/Hindi
28. The popularly used drug Simvastatin is prescribed to counter what human condition?

    High cholesterol
29. What is the substance made from petroleum used for road surfacing, whose name derives from Greek meaning 'of foreign origin'?

    Asphalt 
30. The Law of Large Numbers is a principle which seeks to explain what, commonly considered inexplicable?

    Coincidences