General Knowledge Quiz #236

General Knowledge Quiz #236

Questions

1. What changed shape in 2016, having remained the same since its inception in 1908: The human DNA model; The official rugby ball; UK £5 note; or Toblerone?
2.   Deism is belief in a: Political doctrine; Flat Earth; Heaven; or Supreme being?
3.   Spell the temperature measurement unit: Farenheit; Fahrenheit; Farhenheit; or Farenheight?
4.   Taphonomy is the study within palaeontology of: Plants; Fossilization; Gas; or Water?
5.   The famous eponymous quantum physics conundrum is Schrodinger's: Cat; Dog; Mouse; or Shrew?
6.   Burlap (USA) and Crocus (Jamaica) equate in UK English to: Hessian; Tweed; Tartan; or Vinyl?
7. Much the Miller's Son, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale are characters from: Treasure Island; Robin Hood: The Canterbury Tales; or A Midsummer Night's Dream?
8. Haruki Murakami is a world-renowned Franz Kafka Prize-winning Japanese: Mountain trail; Tokyo Restaurant; Acrobat; or Novelist?
9. What is a million divided by 40: 16,000, 72,000, 25,000, or 250,000?
10. The African evergreen Rooibos (red bush) plant is used for making: Rum; Tea; Canoes; or Horses jump better?
11. Dowsing rods are used for: Parliamentary ceremonies; Drain clearance; Divination; or Making little glass ornaments and animals?
12. Trudeau is a leading political and business family name in: France; Canada; Morocco; or Brazil?
13. The letter D turns what fruit into something wearable: Kiwi; Plum; Grape; or Banana?
14. Township Jazz is a major musical style from: Mexico; South Africa; Poland; or Belgium?
15. Dukakis, Bush, Dole, and Kerry are all: African teas; Irish counties; Australia's highest mountains; or US Presidential election losers?
16. A cantilever is a horizontally extending construction that is supported: From above; At one end only; At the middle; or By air pressure?
17. British poet Lord Byron famously had a deformity of the: Spine; Left hand; Right foot; or Nose?
18. Considered a healthy 'superfood', edamame (pronounced 'ed-er-marmi'), are immature: Chickens; Coconuts; Soya beans; or Ants?
19. The letter W is unique in the periodic table, for (What metal element?) from the mineral Wolfram, whose name is 'heavy stone' in Swedish: Ytterbium; Krypton; Tungsten; or Bismuth?
20. The hugely popular Chinese website Taobao.com equates to a western combination of: Wikipedia/Craigslist; Ebay/Amazon; Twitter/Facebook; or Youtube/Snapchat?
21. A modern term for marketing that is probably too good to be true (e.g., many 'get rich quick' schemes) is: Pretty twinkling stars; Bright shiny objects; Brilliant sparkly things; or Super furry animals?
22. The famous Russian 3-stringed triangular bodied musical instrument is a: Bouzouki; Saz; Balalaika; or Ukulele?
23. The four pieces that start on a chessboard at A1, A8, H1 and H8 are all: Pawns; Castles; Knights; or Queens?
24. A geometric two-dimensional shape with straight sides connecting as a continuous edge is a: Paragon; Tarragon; Polygon; or Flagon?
25. The popular Spanish native black wine-grape variety Tempranillo typically makes: Valpolicella; Rioja; Burgundy; or Beaujolais?

1. What changed shape in 2016, having remained the same since its inception in 1908: The human DNA model; The official rugby ball; UK £5 note; or Toblerone?

   Toblerone(the iconic chocolate bar increased the spacing between its triangular blocks)
2.   Deism is belief in a: Political doctrine; Flat Earth; Heaven; or Supreme being?

   Supreme being (a non-interventionalist creator)
3.   Spell the temperature measurement unit: Farenheit; Fahrenheit; Farhenheit; or Farenheight?

   Fahrenheit
4.   Taphonomy is the study within palaeontology of: Plants; Fossilization; Gas; or Water?

   Fossilization
5.   The famous eponymous quantum physics conundrum is Schrodinger's: Cat; Dog; Mouse; or Shrew?

   Cat (in which a cat in a box is may be alive or dead, until the intervention to open the box and look, which is a gross over-simplification of Austrian Erwin Schrodinger's Nobel Prize-winning work)
6.   Burlap (USA) and Crocus (Jamaica) equate in UK English to: Hessian; Tweed; Tartan; or Vinyl?

   Hessian
7. Much the Miller's Son, Will Scarlet, and Alan-a-Dale are characters from: Treasure Island; Robin Hood: The Canterbury Tales; or A Midsummer Night's Dream?

   Robin Hood
8. Haruki Murakami is a world-renowned Franz Kafka Prize-winning Japanese: Mountain trail; Tokyo Restaurant; Acrobat; or Novelist?

   Novelist
9. What is a million divided by 40: 16,000, 72,000, 25,000, or 250,000?

   25,000
10. The African evergreen Rooibos (red bush) plant is used for making: Rum; Tea; Canoes; or Horses jump better?

    Tea (Red Bush Tea)
11. Dowsing rods are used for: Parliamentary ceremonies; Drain clearance; Divination; or Making little glass ornaments and animals?

    Divination (especially finding water or minerals underground - dowsing is the hypothesized use of extrasensory perception, and usually a pair of L-shaped rods or a Y-shaped twig, which are suggested to move when 'reacting' to water or some other presence being detected by the user, or 'dowser')
12. Trudeau is a leading political and business family name in: France; Canada; Morocco; or Brazil?

    Canada
13. The letter D turns what fruit into something wearable: Kiwi; Plum; Grape; or Banana?

    Banana (into bandana, a neckerchief, often worn on the head, alternatively spelled bandanna)
14. Township Jazz is a major musical style from: Mexico; South Africa; Poland; or Belgium?

    South Africa
15. Dukakis, Bush, Dole, and Kerry are all: African teas; Irish counties; Australia's highest mountains; or US Presidential election losers?

    US Presidential election losers
16. A cantilever is a horizontally extending construction that is supported: From above; At one end only; At the middle; or By air pressure?

    At one end only
17. British poet Lord Byron famously had a deformity of the: Spine; Left hand; Right foot; or Nose?

    Right foot (historically but not necessarily accurately interpreted as a club foot, or technically Congenital Talipes Equinovarus)
18. Considered a healthy 'superfood', edamame (pronounced 'ed-er-marmi'), are immature: Chickens; Coconuts; Soya beans; or Ants?

    Soya beans (in pods)
19. The letter W is unique in the periodic table, for (What metal element?) from the mineral Wolfram, whose name is 'heavy stone' in Swedish: Ytterbium; Krypton; Tungsten; or Bismuth?

    Tungsten
20. The hugely popular Chinese website Taobao.com equates to a western combination of: Wikipedia/Craigslist; Ebay/Amazon; Twitter/Facebook; or Youtube/Snapchat?

    Ebay/Amazon
21. A modern term for marketing that is probably too good to be true (e.g., many 'get rich quick' schemes) is: Pretty twinkling stars; Bright shiny objects; Brilliant sparkly things; or Super furry animals?

    Bright shiny objects
22. The famous Russian 3-stringed triangular bodied musical instrument is a: Bouzouki; Saz; Balalaika; or Ukulele?

    Balalaika
23. The four pieces that start on a chessboard at A1, A8, H1 and H8 are all: Pawns; Castles; Knights; or Queens?

    Castles (also called Rooks)
24. A geometric two-dimensional shape with straight sides connecting as a continuous edge is a: Paragon; Tarragon; Polygon; or Flagon?

    Polygon
25. The popular Spanish native black wine-grape variety Tempranillo typically makes: Valpolicella; Rioja; Burgundy; or Beaujolais?

    Rioja