General Knowledge Quiz #277

General Knowledge Quiz #277

Questions

1. The enzyme pepsin enables human: 'Fight of flight'; Protein digestion; Sneezing; or Libido?
2. Noddy's hat is: Red; Yellow; Green; or Blue?
3. Omsk, Krakow and Hyderabad, are respectively past capitals of which three nations?
4. Phlebitis is inflammation of human: Fingers; Feet; Veins; or Ears?
5. The first Memphis was in ancient: Mexico; Egypt; Spain; or Norway?
6. Rubbery, red, c.14cms, and under the lower-left ribcage describes the human: Heart; Spleen; Bladder; or Appendix?
7. An indecisive 1950-53 war saw China/USSR and the UN/US respectively support North vs South: Vietnam; Korea; Africa; or Germany?
8. The protein constituent of hair, fingernails, horns and beaks is: Keratin; Ketamine; Kerosene; or Kettering?
9. The country whose first president and president son, subject to electoral victory challenge in 2017, share names in part is: Kenya; Uganda; Zambia; or Nigeria?
10. The fearsome 1940s Chindits British colonial infantry brigade was raised in: Australia; Burma; Ireland; or Canada?
11. In 1865 William Booth founded what Army organization: French Foreign Legion; KGB; SAS; or Salvation?
12. The Otto Cycle is the basic four-stroke theory for: Internal combustion engines; Cricket batting; Water-colour painting; or White water rafting?
13. In geometry, a surfance with no edges and a single side is a Klein: Bottle; Glass; Sheet; or Tube?
14. Kepler's Laws of the 1600s extended Copernicus's heliocentric theory of humankind's: Evolution; Agriculture; Languages; or Solar System?
15. What iconic Japanese warrior class rose to power in the 12th century, whose customs survive in martial arts?
16. The white soluble salt called soda ash and cleaning soda used in glass, paper, cleansing, etc., is Sodium: Chloride; Carbonate; Nitrite; or Hydroxide?
17. The 1920s-30s Vienna Circle that devised 'logical positivism' was a group of scientific: Musicians; Philosophers; Ice-skaters; or Bakers?
18. Which golf club has the highest loft and face angle (c58%): Driver; Sand wedge; No7 iron; or Putter?
19. What ancient sport now has a 300yard field and up to eight seven-minute 'chukkas'?
20. Pomegranates originated in: Alaska; Australia; West Asia; or a Swiss laboratory?
21. Britain gave the North Sea island of Heligoland to Germany in 1890 in exchange for: Gibraltar; Zanzibar; One pound; or Bayern Munich FC?
22. One knot of maritime/aviation speed equates to: 0.5mph; 0.9mph; 1.15mph; or 2.5mph?
23. What Anglo-French project was abandoned in 1883 due to English public outcry about security?
24. The Latin family 'Apoidea' has over 12,000 species of: Birds; Bees; Bears; or Bananas?
25. Kerela is a beautiful densely populated well-developed southern state of: Russia; Brazil; India; or China?

1. The enzyme pepsin enables human: 'Fight of flight'; Protein digestion; Sneezing; or Libido?

   Protein digestion
2. Noddy's hat is: Red; Yellow; Green; or Blue?

   Blue
3. Omsk, Krakow and Hyderabad, are respectively past capitals of which three nations?

   Russia, Poland, India
4. Phlebitis is inflammation of human: Fingers; Feet; Veins; or Ears?

   Veins
5. The first Memphis was in ancient: Mexico; Egypt; Spain; or Norway?

   Egypt
6. Rubbery, red, c.14cms, and under the lower-left ribcage describes the human: Heart; Spleen; Bladder; or Appendix?

   Spleen
7. An indecisive 1950-53 war saw China/USSR and the UN/US respectively support North vs South: Vietnam; Korea; Africa; or Germany?

   Korea
8. The protein constituent of hair, fingernails, horns and beaks is: Keratin; Ketamine; Kerosene; or Kettering?

   Keratin
9. The country whose first president and president son, subject to electoral victory challenge in 2017, share names in part is: Kenya; Uganda; Zambia; or Nigeria?

   Kenya 
10. The fearsome 1940s Chindits British colonial infantry brigade was raised in: Australia; Burma; Ireland; or Canada?

    Burma
11. In 1865 William Booth founded what Army organization: French Foreign Legion; KGB; SAS; or Salvation?

    Salvation
12. The Otto Cycle is the basic four-stroke theory for: Internal combustion engines; Cricket batting; Water-colour painting; or White water rafting?

    Internal combustion engines
13. In geometry, a surfance with no edges and a single side is a Klein: Bottle; Glass; Sheet; or Tube?

    Bottle
14. Kepler's Laws of the 1600s extended Copernicus's heliocentric theory of humankind's: Evolution; Agriculture; Languages; or Solar System?

    Solar System
15. What iconic Japanese warrior class rose to power in the 12th century, whose customs survive in martial arts?

    Samurai
16. The white soluble salt called soda ash and cleaning soda used in glass, paper, cleansing, etc., is Sodium: Chloride; Carbonate; Nitrite; or Hydroxide?

    Carbonate
17. The 1920s-30s Vienna Circle that devised 'logical positivism' was a group of scientific: Musicians; Philosophers; Ice-skaters; or Bakers?

    Philosophers
18. Which golf club has the highest loft and face angle (c58%): Driver; Sand wedge; No7 iron; or Putter?

    Sand wedge
19. What ancient sport now has a 300yard field and up to eight seven-minute 'chukkas'?

    Polo
20. Pomegranates originated in: Alaska; Australia; West Asia; or a Swiss laboratory?

    West Asia
21. Britain gave the North Sea island of Heligoland to Germany in 1890 in exchange for: Gibraltar; Zanzibar; One pound; or Bayern Munich FC?

    Zanzibar 
22. One knot of maritime/aviation speed equates to: 0.5mph; 0.9mph; 1.15mph; or 2.5mph?

    1.15mph 
23. What Anglo-French project was abandoned in 1883 due to English public outcry about security?

    The Channel Tunnel
24. The Latin family 'Apoidea' has over 12,000 species of: Birds; Bees; Bears; or Bananas?

    Bees
25. Kerela is a beautiful densely populated well-developed southern state of: Russia; Brazil; India; or China?

    India