General Knowledge Quiz #364

General Knowledge Quiz #364

Questions

1. What is produced by asexual reproduction from mycelium: Wasps; Fungus; Bread; or Butter?
2.   What item of clothing is named after an atoll site of US nuclear testing, originally meaning 'surface of coconuts'?
3.   Rheasilvia, considered the tallest mountain in the Solar System, is on: Mars; The Moon; Vesta asteroid; or The Sun?
4.   The NATO flag/emblem is what icon?
5.   Hegemony is a form of: Card game; Dominant leadership; Gardening; or Money laundering?
6.   The perigee and apogee refer to the distances/movement between: Deadline and forecast; Golfer and ball; Earth and Satellite; or Divorcing couples?
7.   What is the vast animal taxonomy classification, including humans, referring to the female milk gland?
8. 12 inches or a foot equates to roughly how many centimetres: 16; 5; 5; or 40?
9. A sudden unofficial walkout or industrial action by workers is called informally a (What?) strike: Cobra; Scorpion; Wildcat; or Meerkat?
10. What two letters do not feature in the periodic table of chemical element symbols?
11. Which European nation's flag has nine horizontal blue and white stripes, and top-left a white cross on a blue square?
12. The popular website Pinterest was founded basically for: Dating; Photo-sharing; Music-sharing; or Fashion/dressmaking?
13. What Anglicized French word for an outdoor shelter or camp likely derives from Swiss-German 'biwacht' for night patrol?
14. The Ross Sea is a bay of which continent?
15. The rhea is a large South American species of: Cactus; Mountain Lion; Flightless Bird; or Rabbit?
16. The famous tea brandname Typhoo, created c.1903 by the Sumner pharmacy/grocers in Birmingham UK, is from the Chinese word for: Doctor; Drink; Tea; or Coffee?
17. A loofah (or luffa) bath sponge is previously a sort of: Sea creature; Recycled plastic; Insect nest; or Cucumber?
18. What is the famous scenic wooded area of SW Germany which gave its name to a locally originating chocolate and cherry cake?
19. What controversial American emblem had three different versions, 1861-65, called The.. 'Stars and Bars', 'Stainless Banner' and 'Blood-Stained Banner'?
20. UPC and EAN refer to what common feature on retailed product packaging?
21. What was the location of London's famous 17th century 'Frost Fairs': Covent Garden; Petticoat Lane; Blackheath Common; or The River Thames?
22. What is 11,000 divided by 440: 25; 35; 45; or 55?
23. The Defender is a longstanding model of which automotive company?
24. Noted for cameos in The Simpsons and other TV/music, name the only person (at 2015) ever to act as himself in Star Trek?
25. On which Mediterranean island was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled in 1814 prior to his resurgence and subsequent defeat at Waterloo a year later?
26. Orson Welles' iconic character in the film The Third Man is: Fred Plum; Jason Orange; Harry Lime; or Harry Berry?
27. What is the English meaning of the African nation's name Sierra Leone?

1. What is produced by asexual reproduction from mycelium: Wasps; Fungus; Bread; or Butter?

   Fungus
2.   What item of clothing is named after an atoll site of US nuclear testing, originally meaning 'surface of coconuts'?

   Bikini
3.   Rheasilvia, considered the tallest mountain in the Solar System, is on: Mars; The Moon; Vesta asteroid; or The Sun?

   Vesta asteroid
4.   The NATO flag/emblem is what icon?

   Bird; Compass; Sun; or Fish? Compass
5.   Hegemony is a form of: Card game; Dominant leadership; Gardening; or Money laundering?

   Dominant leadership (typically by a state or group using force or threat against others)
6.   The perigee and apogee refer to the distances/movement between: Deadline and forecast; Golfer and ball; Earth and Satellite; or Divorcing couples?

   Earth and Satellite (perigee = nearest point in orbit; apogee = farthest distance in orbit, given that orbits are elliptical)
7.   What is the vast animal taxonomy classification, including humans, referring to the female milk gland?

   Mammal (mammary gland)
8. 12 inches or a foot equates to roughly how many centimetres: 16; 5; 5; or 40?

   30.5cm
9. A sudden unofficial walkout or industrial action by workers is called informally a (What?) strike: Cobra; Scorpion; Wildcat; or Meerkat?

   Wildcat
10. What two letters do not feature in the periodic table of chemical element symbols?

    Jand Q
11. Which European nation's flag has nine horizontal blue and white stripes, and top-left a white cross on a blue square?

    Greece
12. The popular website Pinterest was founded basically for: Dating; Photo-sharing; Music-sharing; or Fashion/dressmaking?

    Photo-sharing
13. What Anglicized French word for an outdoor shelter or camp likely derives from Swiss-German 'biwacht' for night patrol?

    Bivouac
14. The Ross Sea is a bay of which continent?

    Antarctica (or more loosely The South Pole)
15. The rhea is a large South American species of: Cactus; Mountain Lion; Flightless Bird; or Rabbit?

    Flightless bird
16. The famous tea brandname Typhoo, created c.1903 by the Sumner pharmacy/grocers in Birmingham UK, is from the Chinese word for: Doctor; Drink; Tea; or Coffee?

    Doctor(the Sumners initially saw the tea as a health drink)
17. A loofah (or luffa) bath sponge is previously a sort of: Sea creature; Recycled plastic; Insect nest; or Cucumber?

    Cucumber
18. What is the famous scenic wooded area of SW Germany which gave its name to a locally originating chocolate and cherry cake?

    Black Forest
19. What controversial American emblem had three different versions, 1861-65, called The.. 'Stars and Bars', 'Stainless Banner' and 'Blood-Stained Banner'?

    Confederate Flag (or fully the flags of the Confederate States of America, or equivalent - for some nowadays strongly representing ideologies of the Confederacy times - the flag was changed again after the American civil war to resemble its modern design - it was changed twice during the war for battlefield recognition reasons)
20. UPC and EAN refer to what common feature on retailed product packaging?

    Barcode(or technically and also correctly, Universal Product Code, and European Article Number, now International Article Number although abbreviation EAN is retained)
21. What was the location of London's famous 17th century 'Frost Fairs': Covent Garden; Petticoat Lane; Blackheath Common; or The River Thames?

    The River Thames(frozen)
22. What is 11,000 divided by 440: 25; 35; 45; or 55?

    25
23. The Defender is a longstanding model of which automotive company?

    Landrover; Lotus; Toyota; or Bentley? Landrover
24. Noted for cameos in The Simpsons and other TV/music, name the only person (at 2015) ever to act as himself in Star Trek?

    Professor Stephen Hawking (the term 'act as himself' effectively excludes 'stock' film of other real people shown in Star Trek, who have not actually acted as such)
25. On which Mediterranean island was Napoleon Bonaparte exiled in 1814 prior to his resurgence and subsequent defeat at Waterloo a year later?

    Elba
26. Orson Welles' iconic character in the film The Third Man is: Fred Plum; Jason Orange; Harry Lime; or Harry Berry?

    Harry Lime
27. What is the English meaning of the African nation's name Sierra Leone?

    Lion Mountains (or very similar variations)