General Knowledge Quiz #295

General Knowledge Quiz #295

Questions

1. Deriving from, and in part meaning small, what is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?
2. In conventional chessboard layout denotion, where the white castle (rook) starts on square a1, what piece occupies e8?
3. Spell the name of the WWII Nazi concentration camp Ausvitcz/Auschwitz/Awsvitch/Auscwicz?
4. At what fret are found the same notes as the open strings, but an octave higher, on a standard guitar: 8th; 10th; 12th; or 14th?
5. What is the originally north African dish made of coursely ground wheat whose Arabic name, kaskasa, means 'to pound'?
6. 2011 is how many years' anniversary of the start of (what is conventionally referred to as) the US Civil War?
7. What UK event did protest group Animal Aid describe in 2011 as 'straightforward animal abuse on a par with Spanish Bullfighting'?
8. In relation to spiritual diety Pachamama, in 2011 Bolivia announced an new unusual Law of what?
9. Abidjan is the former capital and a major battleground of what civil-war-torn nation in 2011?
10. Bourse is a European word for what financial mechanism?
11. Which is the only country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonized by a European power?
12. Croquembouche is a dessert tower made of what: Fruit; Ice-cream; Profiteroles; or Meringue?
13. What is the name for mammals born incompletely developed and carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly?
14. Previously deemed too dangerous, what Winter Olympics event will be open to women for the first time in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi?
15. If something is piscivorous, what does it generally feed on?
16. Infrasound - sound lower than 20Hz (Hertz, or cycles per second) and typically undetectable by human hearing - is more commonly termed what?
17. Which US president popularised the term 'muckraking' (meaning investigative reporting, notably of politics and business) in a 1906 speech?
18. The enzyme pepsin is released by cells in which part of the human body?
19. Charmeuse, Noil and Shantung are all types of which fabric?
20. The moons of which planet are named after Shakespearian characters?
21. Which vegetable has the Latin name Allium Cepa?
22. Which canal is known as the 'Highway to India'?
23. Which playing card is known as the 'Beer Card?
24. Cryptozoology is the study of which type of creatures: Burrowing; Corpse-feeding; Mythical; or Church-dwelling?
25. Traditionally, oysters should be eaten when which letter of the alphabet is in the month?
26. What does the 'S' stand for in UNESCO?
27. Which country has the internet domain .pl?
28. Paques is the French term for which religious festival?
29. Which month was named after the Roman god of war?
30. Which Tropic divides Mexico into temperate and tropical zones?

1. Deriving from, and in part meaning small, what is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet?

   Omicron 
2. In conventional chessboard layout denotion, where the white castle (rook) starts on square a1, what piece occupies e8?

   Black King
3. Spell the name of the WWII Nazi concentration camp Ausvitcz/Auschwitz/Awsvitch/Auscwicz?

   Auschwitz
4. At what fret are found the same notes as the open strings, but an octave higher, on a standard guitar: 8th; 10th; 12th; or 14th?

   12th
5. What is the originally north African dish made of coursely ground wheat whose Arabic name, kaskasa, means 'to pound'?

   Couscous
6. 2011 is how many years' anniversary of the start of (what is conventionally referred to as) the US Civil War?

   150 
7. What UK event did protest group Animal Aid describe in 2011 as 'straightforward animal abuse on a par with Spanish Bullfighting'?

   The Grand National 
8. In relation to spiritual diety Pachamama, in 2011 Bolivia announced an new unusual Law of what?

   Mother Earth 
9. Abidjan is the former capital and a major battleground of what civil-war-torn nation in 2011?

   Ivory Coast 
10. Bourse is a European word for what financial mechanism?

    Stock exchange 
11. Which is the only country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonized by a European power?

    Thailand
12. Croquembouche is a dessert tower made of what: Fruit; Ice-cream; Profiteroles; or Meringue?

    Profiteroles 
13. What is the name for mammals born incompletely developed and carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly?

    Marsupials 
14. Previously deemed too dangerous, what Winter Olympics event will be open to women for the first time in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi?

    Ski jumping
15. If something is piscivorous, what does it generally feed on?

    Fish
16. Infrasound - sound lower than 20Hz (Hertz, or cycles per second) and typically undetectable by human hearing - is more commonly termed what?

    Subsonic
17. Which US president popularised the term 'muckraking' (meaning investigative reporting, notably of politics and business) in a 1906 speech?

    Theodore Roosevelt 
18. The enzyme pepsin is released by cells in which part of the human body?

    Stomach
19. Charmeuse, Noil and Shantung are all types of which fabric?

    Silk
20. The moons of which planet are named after Shakespearian characters?

    Uranus
21. Which vegetable has the Latin name Allium Cepa?

    Onion 
22. Which canal is known as the 'Highway to India'?

    Suez Canal
23. Which playing card is known as the 'Beer Card?

    Seven of Diamonds
24. Cryptozoology is the study of which type of creatures: Burrowing; Corpse-feeding; Mythical; or Church-dwelling?

    Mythical 
25. Traditionally, oysters should be eaten when which letter of the alphabet is in the month?

    R
26. What does the 'S' stand for in UNESCO?

    Scientific 
27. Which country has the internet domain .pl?

    Poland
28. Paques is the French term for which religious festival?

    Easter
29. Which month was named after the Roman god of war?

    March 
30. Which Tropic divides Mexico into temperate and tropical zones?

    Tropic of Cancer