General Knowledge Quiz #315

General Knowledge Quiz #315

Questions

1. Gargoyles on buildings traditionally support: Flags; Clocks; Guttering; or Flying buttresses?
2. Name the capital city - est 1913, designed by Chicago architects W & M Griffin, located 35°18'27"S 149°07'28"E, and home of ACT Brumbies rugby union club?
3. The 'Acts' book of the Bible is fully titled 'Acts of The (What?)'?
4. The varying effects within which 0-12 scale refer to movement of twigs, smoke, dust and telegraph wires?
5. What famous French 1970s-designed anti-ship missile means 'flying fish'?
6. Cockney rhyming slang 'bottle' traditionally means: Beer; Bravery; Medicine; or Blue?
7. What is a: cleaning brand, Dutch soccer club, web programming language, and greater and lesser mythological Greek hero?
8. A gazetteer offers indexed information mainly oriented by: Biography; Geography; History; or Auction values?
9. PCB refers to what component of most electrical items?
10. A longhorned grasshopper or bush cricket is also known as a: Marymay; Suzywill; Lizzycan; or Katydid?
11. A big problem that people avoid discussing is metaphorically called 'The (what?) ...in the room': Dinosaur; Elephant; Gorilla; or Ostrich?
12. The brands Daiwa, Drennan, Hardy, and Berkley famously involve: Formula 1 racing; Horse-riding; Ski-ing; or Fishing?
13. Boulevard Périphérique is the famous Paris: Park; Ring Road; Shopping Mall; or Mono-Rail?
14. What is the cube root of 216?
15. Match these jazz players to their main intruments: Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Gene Krupa, and Courtney Pine - Sax/Clarinet, Drums, Keyboards, Trumpet?
16. Created by marine biologist/animator Stephen Hillenburg, Nickelodeon's $8bn grossing and most distributed media property of MTV networks (at mid-2010s)?
17. Who conceived the effective communication theory 'Three Modes of Persuasion' (comprising Logos, Ethos and Pathos): Aristotle; Hitler; Jesus; or Napoleon?
18. 'Interlocution' refers to a person's involvement in: Crossword puzzles; Discussion; Electrical engineering; or Diesel railway engines?
19. The 1st World War Armistice was signed in 'Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits 2419', a: Hotel room; Bunker; Railway carriage; or Shipping container?
20. What 2001 Disney movie bockbuster is considered the first to successfully achieve CGI fur?

1. Gargoyles on buildings traditionally support: Flags; Clocks; Guttering; or Flying buttresses?

   Guttering 
2. Name the capital city - est 1913, designed by Chicago architects W & M Griffin, located 35°18'27"S 149°07'28"E, and home of ACT Brumbies rugby union club?

   Canberra
3. The 'Acts' book of the Bible is fully titled 'Acts of The (What?)'?

   Apostles
4. The varying effects within which 0-12 scale refer to movement of twigs, smoke, dust and telegraph wires?

   The Beaufort Scale 
5. What famous French 1970s-designed anti-ship missile means 'flying fish'?

   Exocet
6. Cockney rhyming slang 'bottle' traditionally means: Beer; Bravery; Medicine; or Blue?

   Bravery 
7. What is a: cleaning brand, Dutch soccer club, web programming language, and greater and lesser mythological Greek hero?

   Ajax
8. A gazetteer offers indexed information mainly oriented by: Biography; Geography; History; or Auction values?

   Geography
9. PCB refers to what component of most electrical items?

   Printed Circuit Board 
10. A longhorned grasshopper or bush cricket is also known as a: Marymay; Suzywill; Lizzycan; or Katydid?

    Katydid
11. A big problem that people avoid discussing is metaphorically called 'The (what?) ...in the room': Dinosaur; Elephant; Gorilla; or Ostrich?

    Elephant
12. The brands Daiwa, Drennan, Hardy, and Berkley famously involve: Formula 1 racing; Horse-riding; Ski-ing; or Fishing?

    Fishing
13. Boulevard Périphérique is the famous Paris: Park; Ring Road; Shopping Mall; or Mono-Rail?

    Ring Road
14. What is the cube root of 216?

    6 
15. Match these jazz players to their main intruments: Herbie Hancock, Chet Baker, Gene Krupa, and Courtney Pine - Sax/Clarinet, Drums, Keyboards, Trumpet?

    Herbie Hancock - Keyboards, Chet Baker - Trumpet, Gene Krupa - Drums, Courtney Pine - Sax/Clarinet
16. Created by marine biologist/animator Stephen Hillenburg, Nickelodeon's $8bn grossing and most distributed media property of MTV networks (at mid-2010s)?

    Spongebob Squarepants
17. Who conceived the effective communication theory 'Three Modes of Persuasion' (comprising Logos, Ethos and Pathos): Aristotle; Hitler; Jesus; or Napoleon?

    Aristotle
18. 'Interlocution' refers to a person's involvement in: Crossword puzzles; Discussion; Electrical engineering; or Diesel railway engines?

    Discussion 
19. The 1st World War Armistice was signed in 'Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits 2419', a: Hotel room; Bunker; Railway carriage; or Shipping container?

    Railway carriage 
20. What 2001 Disney movie bockbuster is considered the first to successfully achieve CGI fur?

    Monsters, Inc.