General Knowledge Quiz #342

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  1. Which creature is mythically said to sing before it dies, hence an expression for a grand final performance before retirement?
  2. What media technique was first used successfully in a live CBS TV transmission of the 1963 US Army vs Navy football game?
  3. In corporate finance, 'gearing' refers to an organization's ratio of: Staff to Customers; Managers to Operatives; Debt to Equity; or Cars to Trucks?
  4. Oxbridge General Hospital featured in what famous UK TV medical series, 1957-67, regarded as a seminal soap opera?
  5. What's vitally missing from this typical list of bread-making ingredients: Flour, Yeast, Salt, Sugar, Oil?
  6. Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain... name the two which complete the membership of seven?
  7. German physicist Rudolf Mossbauer ('mossbower'), and the 'Mossbauer effect' named after him, are associated with the science of: Diet; Sound; Radioactivity; or Genetics?
  8. What's the surname of award-winning movie making brothers Joel and Ethan?
  9. What popular food takes its name from Italian for 'twine'?
  10. What quality management/measurement term completes this sequence: Omicron, Pi, Rho...?
  11. What fruit is named from medieval Latin meaning seeded apple?
  12. Protein RBM3, theorized to counter/resist human dementia, normally assists animal brain recovery from: Overheating; Impact/injury; Strees; or Cooling/hibernation?
  13. The price of which metal commodity is traditionally considered an indicator of global economic buoyancy: Mercury; Copper; Gold; or Lead?
  14. The main filling of a Scotch pie, (or shell pie) is traditionally: Cod; Eel; Mutton; or Brussels sprouts?
  15. The French trade 'plongeur' refers to a person whose job is: Plumbing; Deep-sea diving; Surgery; or Dish-washing?
  16. The Italian term 'Intermezzo' refers to a piece of (What?) between two larger related creations: Wood; Food; Music; or Jewellery/Jewelry?
  17. Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain are five members of which national collective?
  18. 'Little Briar Rose' (German, 'Dornroschen') by the Brothers Grimm is an early version of which popular 1959 and 2014 films?
  19. 'Mole' sauce originated in what modern nation's cuisine, originally of the Nahua people?
  20. Mathematically how easy is it to make a square of exactly the same area as any given circle: Very easy; A little difficult; Extremely difficult; Absolutely impossible?

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  1. Which creature is mythically said to sing before it dies, hence an expression for a grand final performance before retirement?
    Swan 
  2. What media technique was first used successfully in a live CBS TV transmission of the 1963 US Army vs Navy football game?
    Instant Replay 
  3. In corporate finance, 'gearing' refers to an organization's ratio of: Staff to Customers; Managers to Operatives; Debt to Equity; or Cars to Trucks?
    Debt to Equity 
  4. Oxbridge General Hospital featured in what famous UK TV medical series, 1957-67, regarded as a seminal soap opera?
    Emergency Ward 10
  5. What's vitally missing from this typical list of bread-making ingredients: Flour, Yeast, Salt, Sugar, Oil?
    Water
  6. Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain... name the two which complete the membership of seven?
    Abu Dhabi and Dubai 
  7. German physicist Rudolf Mossbauer ('mossbower'), and the 'Mossbauer effect' named after him, are associated with the science of: Diet; Sound; Radioactivity; or Genetics?
    Radioactivity 
  8. What's the surname of award-winning movie making brothers Joel and Ethan?
    Coen
  9. What popular food takes its name from Italian for 'twine'?
    Spaghetti 
  10. What quality management/measurement term completes this sequence: Omicron, Pi, Rho...?
    Sigma 
  11. What fruit is named from medieval Latin meaning seeded apple?
    Pomegranate 
  12. Protein RBM3, theorized to counter/resist human dementia, normally assists animal brain recovery from: Overheating; Impact/injury; Strees; or Cooling/hibernation?
    Cooling/hibernation
  13. The price of which metal commodity is traditionally considered an indicator of global economic buoyancy: Mercury; Copper; Gold; or Lead?
    Copper 
  14. The main filling of a Scotch pie, (or shell pie) is traditionally: Cod; Eel; Mutton; or Brussels sprouts?
    Mutton
  15. The French trade 'plongeur' refers to a person whose job is: Plumbing; Deep-sea diving; Surgery; or Dish-washing?
    Dish-washing 
  16. The Italian term 'Intermezzo' refers to a piece of (What?) between two larger related creations: Wood; Food; Music; or Jewellery/Jewelry?
    Music
  17. Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain are five members of which national collective?
    United Arab Emirates 
  18. 'Little Briar Rose' (German, 'Dornroschen') by the Brothers Grimm is an early version of which popular 1959 and 2014 films?
  19. 'Mole' sauce originated in what modern nation's cuisine, originally of the Nahua people?
    Mexico 
  20. Mathematically how easy is it to make a square of exactly the same area as any given circle: Very easy; A little difficult; Extremely difficult; Absolutely impossible?
    Absolutely impossible
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