General Knowledge Quiz #332

General Knowledge Quiz #332

Questions

1. UX is a modern phonetic abbreviation and design consideration of what human effect when using a product/system/service, especially computerized?
2. The words lyceum and academy referred originally to the garden 'schools' of respectively which two great seminal thinkers?
3. Name the mothership and lander craft which achieved the first ever comet landing, on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014?
4. Put these biological taxonomical classes in order of high to low: Genus Family Species Order?
5. What's the English translation of the religious Latin abbreviation AMDG ('Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam')?
6. In the longstanding Samsung logo which letter has a missing major part?
7. The word porous literally refers to what characteristic in a substance: Air; Dryness; Holes; or Water?
8. The architectural term colonnade refers to a series of what features?
9. Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, based on biblical account refers metaphorically also to a: Miser; Fraud; Outcast; or Multi-talented entertainer?
10. What controversial process uses a 'proppant' with 'slickwater' or gel/foam including additives such as hydrochloric acid, guar gum, radioactive tracers?
11. Based on an old metaphor, a song about unrequited (unreturned) love is called a '(What?) song': Heart; Flame; Arrow; or Torch?
12. Name Bette Midler's early-career pianist and co-producer of The Divine Miss M debut album, who became a major star in his own right?
13. Glycyrrhizin, from the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant, used in medicine, is more generally known for the distinctive sweet characteristic of what confection, famously produced (among other varieties/sources) in Pontefract, W Yorkshire?
14. Sound reflected back within c.50 milliseconds is technically called what, commonly abbreviated as a sound production effect?
15. Technically a shoal of fish becomes a school of fish when it is: In the Northern not Southern hemisphere; In fresh water not salt water; More than c.1,000 fish; or Swimming in the same direction?
16. Named after a distinctively shaped musical instrument, and Stockholm's Hasselbacken Restaurant/Hotel, 'Hasselback' potatoes are almost wholly (What?) before baking: Skewered with cinnamon sticks; Wrapped in smoked herring; Thin-sliced and cheese-covered; or Diced with honey and schnapps?
17. The ischium, related to 'sciatic', is the lower part of which human bone?
18. If an invoice for $90 includes tax of 20% on the pre-tax cost, what was the cost before tax?
19. An offence in sport intended to stop a threatening move or gain other advantage is misleadingly and euphemistically called a '(What?) foul': Technical; Professional; Free; or Fair?
20. Edema (or oedema, or dropsy) refers to body tissue: Swelling; Reddening; Throbbing; or Hardening?

1. UX is a modern phonetic abbreviation and design consideration of what human effect when using a product/system/service, especially computerized?

   User Experience
2. The words lyceum and academy referred originally to the garden 'schools' of respectively which two great seminal thinkers?

   Aristotle and Plato 
3. Name the mothership and lander craft which achieved the first ever comet landing, on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014?

   Rosetta and Philae 
4. Put these biological taxonomical classes in order of high to low: Genus Family Species Order?

   Order Family Genus Species 
5. What's the English translation of the religious Latin abbreviation AMDG ('Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam')?

   To the Greater Glory of God 
6. In the longstanding Samsung logo which letter has a missing major part?

   A 
7. The word porous literally refers to what characteristic in a substance: Air; Dryness; Holes; or Water?

   Holes 
8. The architectural term colonnade refers to a series of what features?

   Columns 
9. Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, based on biblical account refers metaphorically also to a: Miser; Fraud; Outcast; or Multi-talented entertainer?

   Outcast
10. What controversial process uses a 'proppant' with 'slickwater' or gel/foam including additives such as hydrochloric acid, guar gum, radioactive tracers?

    Fracking 
11. Based on an old metaphor, a song about unrequited (unreturned) love is called a '(What?) song': Heart; Flame; Arrow; or Torch?

    Torch song
12. Name Bette Midler's early-career pianist and co-producer of The Divine Miss M debut album, who became a major star in his own right?

    Barry Manilow
13. Glycyrrhizin, from the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant, used in medicine, is more generally known for the distinctive sweet characteristic of what confection, famously produced (among other varieties/sources) in Pontefract, W Yorkshire?

    Liquorice 
14. Sound reflected back within c.50 milliseconds is technically called what, commonly abbreviated as a sound production effect?

    Reverberation 
15. Technically a shoal of fish becomes a school of fish when it is: In the Northern not Southern hemisphere; In fresh water not salt water; More than c.1,000 fish; or Swimming in the same direction?

    Swimming in the same direction
16. Named after a distinctively shaped musical instrument, and Stockholm's Hasselbacken Restaurant/Hotel, 'Hasselback' potatoes are almost wholly (What?) before baking: Skewered with cinnamon sticks; Wrapped in smoked herring; Thin-sliced and cheese-covered; or Diced with honey and schnapps?

    Thin-sliced and cheese-covered 
17. The ischium, related to 'sciatic', is the lower part of which human bone?

    Pelvis 
18. If an invoice for $90 includes tax of 20% on the pre-tax cost, what was the cost before tax?

    $75
19. An offence in sport intended to stop a threatening move or gain other advantage is misleadingly and euphemistically called a '(What?) foul': Technical; Professional; Free; or Fair?

    Professional foul
20. Edema (or oedema, or dropsy) refers to body tissue: Swelling; Reddening; Throbbing; or Hardening?

    Swelling