General Knowledge Quiz #309

General Knowledge Quiz #309

Questions

1. In 2014, Illinois University research found higher casualty rates from female-named (what?) due to victims' complacency, compared to having higher perceived fear of male names: Volcanoes; Mountains; Hurricanes; or Pet snakes?
2. Re-arrange these five legally established national sports to the correct nations: Ice hockey - Sri Lanka; Tejo - Canada; Volleyball - Colombia; Sloop sailing - Iran; Wrestling - Bahamas?
3. Who wrote 'This be the Verse', starting famously "They f*** you up, your Mum and Dad, They may not mean to, but they do...": Philip Larkin; Lord Byron; Mark Twain; or Jane Austen?
4. The convincing diamond substitute Zircon (zirconium silicate) is: From sea shell; Naturally occurring in rock; Made in a laboratory; or Waste from the double-glazing industry?
5. Egg corn, Oronym, Mondegreen, Dogberryism, and Malapropism are types of: Cattle diseases; Political ideologies; Language puns; or North Atlantic weather effects?
6. Cumulus humilis is commonly described as: Fair weather cloud; Storm cloud; Sandstorm; or Fog?
7. Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, mean (and represent in Greek mythology): Light and Dark; Sound and Vision; Fear and Terror; or Guns and Roses?
8. What historical region equating to NE Germany and N Poland, meaning 'by the coast', gave its name to local breeds of modern dog, goose and sheep?
9. Originating in Turkish cuisine terminology the 'shish' in a shish kebab refers to?
10. Unusually for a whale, the Arctic Ocean narwhal (or narwhale) possesses: Fur; One long straight spiral tusk; An extra brain in its tail; or Eyebrows?
11. The Latin word for pig is: Swinus; Boarus; Porcus; or Oincus?
12. The obsequious "ever so 'umble" money-lender in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, is: Wishbone Ash; Uriah Heep; Pink Floyd; or Axl Rose?
13. In many Asian/Eastern beliefs 'Naraka' is what?
14. What two-word slang is an open quarry, secondary glassblowing furnace, dam/reservoir spillway, and a small opening in a wall for anonymous sexual cooperation either side?
15. A naval orange is named after: Harvest festivals in church naves; Sailors ate them to combat scurvy; Navajo native American Indians grew them; or They have a 'belly-button'?
16. To which major biblical event did the 'burning bush' direct Moses?
17. 'Anima sana in corpore sano' (Latin for 'a healthy mind in a healthy body') is significant in which 1949-founded Japanese corporation's branding?
18. What modern popular pet population originated entirely from single female found in Syria in 1930?
19. A miasma is a: Deafening noise; Big crowd; Nasty smell; or Tiny fish-hook for catching prawns?
20. What is five-eighths of sixteen?

1. In 2014, Illinois University research found higher casualty rates from female-named (what?) due to victims' complacency, compared to having higher perceived fear of male names: Volcanoes; Mountains; Hurricanes; or Pet snakes?

   Hurricanes 
2. Re-arrange these five legally established national sports to the correct nations: Ice hockey - Sri Lanka; Tejo - Canada; Volleyball - Colombia; Sloop sailing - Iran; Wrestling - Bahamas?

   Ice hockey - Canada; Tejo - Colombia; Volleyball - Sri Lanka; Sloop sailing - Bahamas; Wrestling - Iran
3. Who wrote 'This be the Verse', starting famously "They f*** you up, your Mum and Dad, They may not mean to, but they do...": Philip Larkin; Lord Byron; Mark Twain; or Jane Austen?

   Philip Larkin 
4. The convincing diamond substitute Zircon (zirconium silicate) is: From sea shell; Naturally occurring in rock; Made in a laboratory; or Waste from the double-glazing industry?

   Naturally occurring in rock
5. Egg corn, Oronym, Mondegreen, Dogberryism, and Malapropism are types of: Cattle diseases; Political ideologies; Language puns; or North Atlantic weather effects?

   Language puns 
6. Cumulus humilis is commonly described as: Fair weather cloud; Storm cloud; Sandstorm; or Fog?

   Fair weather cloud
7. Phobos and Deimos, the two moons of Mars, mean (and represent in Greek mythology): Light and Dark; Sound and Vision; Fear and Terror; or Guns and Roses?

   Fear and Terror
8. What historical region equating to NE Germany and N Poland, meaning 'by the coast', gave its name to local breeds of modern dog, goose and sheep?

   Pomerania 
9. Originating in Turkish cuisine terminology the 'shish' in a shish kebab refers to?

   Lamb; Skewer; Spice; or the 'Sizzle' sound? Skewer 
10. Unusually for a whale, the Arctic Ocean narwhal (or narwhale) possesses: Fur; One long straight spiral tusk; An extra brain in its tail; or Eyebrows?

    One long straight spiral tusk
11. The Latin word for pig is: Swinus; Boarus; Porcus; or Oincus?

    Porcus
12. The obsequious "ever so 'umble" money-lender in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, is: Wishbone Ash; Uriah Heep; Pink Floyd; or Axl Rose?

    Uriah Heep 
13. In many Asian/Eastern beliefs 'Naraka' is what?

    Hell 
14. What two-word slang is an open quarry, secondary glassblowing furnace, dam/reservoir spillway, and a small opening in a wall for anonymous sexual cooperation either side?

    Glory hole
15. A naval orange is named after: Harvest festivals in church naves; Sailors ate them to combat scurvy; Navajo native American Indians grew them; or They have a 'belly-button'?

    They have a 'belly-button' 
16. To which major biblical event did the 'burning bush' direct Moses?

    The Sermon on the Mount; The Ten Commandments; Jesus' birth; or Noah's Ark? The Ten Commandments
17. 'Anima sana in corpore sano' (Latin for 'a healthy mind in a healthy body') is significant in which 1949-founded Japanese corporation's branding?

    ASICS 
18. What modern popular pet population originated entirely from single female found in Syria in 1930?

    Hamster 
19. A miasma is a: Deafening noise; Big crowd; Nasty smell; or Tiny fish-hook for catching prawns?

    Nasty smell
20. What is five-eighths of sixteen?

    Ten