General Knowledge Quiz #369

General Knowledge Quiz #369

Questions

1. What's the Anglicized-Spanish plural noun referring to a particular male facial hair style?
2. Phylum porifera is the technical name for what organic cleaning device: Soap; Sponge; Tea towel; or Feather duster?
3. Poplin is a type of 18th-century-originating: Drug; Cotton fabric; Alcoholic drink; or Skin disease?
4. Spell the word: Spontenaity; Spontinaity; Spontoneity; Spontaneity?
5. Germination refers technically to: Contamination; Relevance/connection; Prussian empire building; or Seed/spore growth after dormancy?
6. Olibanum is the medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin?
7. Chrysanthemum means originally which two of these: Red; Blue; Gold; Flower; Star; or Sun?
8. Neolithic refers to which age: Stone; Agricultural; Renaissance; or Industrial?
9. The literary/dramatic description 'redivivus' (emphasis on the 'div') refers to someone who comes back: Home; To life; To haunt; or Drunk?
10. An opsimath is a person who begins to do what later in life: Have children; Study; Go bald; or Understand arithmetic?
11. What Eurasian winged-fruit maple tree is named after the Greek words sukon (fig) and moron (mulberry)?
12. What word makes new words when prefixing: Rule, Projection, Guitar, Valve and Fastener?
13. Le Coq Sportif is a famous French corporation/brand for: Fried chicken takeaway; Healthfoods; Sportswear/goods; or Erectile dysfunction?
14. Strongly scented toilet water is named after which city of its origination?
15. IPO - referring to the flotation of a company - stands for what?
16. The old English tithe, was a tax taken for the church/clergy equating to a: Quarter; Tenth; Twentieth; or Three-Nineteenths?
17. Which old English King is associated with having burned cakes: William; Harold; Alfred; or Kevin?
18. In physics, the motions of particles within matter is understood by (What?) theory: Kinetic; Atomic; Existential; or Chaos?
19. What note is produced at the 5th fret of the 5th string (ie the 2nd lowest pitched) of a conventionally tuned guitar: A; B; C; or D?
20. What Native American Apache Indian chief's name became an exclamation of exhilaration?

1. What's the Anglicized-Spanish plural noun referring to a particular male facial hair style?

   Mustachios (plural noun of mustache/moustache - given that a moustache has two parts)
2. Phylum porifera is the technical name for what organic cleaning device: Soap; Sponge; Tea towel; or Feather duster?

   Sponge
3. Poplin is a type of 18th-century-originating: Drug; Cotton fabric; Alcoholic drink; or Skin disease?

   Cotton fabric (likely named after papal reference to Avignon, where exiled popes lived, and where the fabric was first made)
4. Spell the word: Spontenaity; Spontinaity; Spontoneity; Spontaneity?

   Spontaneity
5. Germination refers technically to: Contamination; Relevance/connection; Prussian empire building; or Seed/spore growth after dormancy?

   Seed/spore growth after dormancy
6. Olibanum is the medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin?

   Frankincense
7. Chrysanthemum means originally which two of these: Red; Blue; Gold; Flower; Star; or Sun?

   Gold Flower (Greek khrusos and anthemon)
8. Neolithic refers to which age: Stone; Agricultural; Renaissance; or Industrial?

   Stone(actually the late stone age - neo 'new' and Greek lithos 'stone')
9. The literary/dramatic description 'redivivus' (emphasis on the 'div') refers to someone who comes back: Home; To life; To haunt; or Drunk?

   To life (or reborn - from re, again, and vivus, living)
10. An opsimath is a person who begins to do what later in life: Have children; Study; Go bald; or Understand arithmetic?

    Study (Greek opse, late, and math, study)
11. What Eurasian winged-fruit maple tree is named after the Greek words sukon (fig) and moron (mulberry)?

    Sycamore
12. What word makes new words when prefixing: Rule, Projection, Guitar, Valve and Fastener?

    Slide
13. Le Coq Sportif is a famous French corporation/brand for: Fried chicken takeaway; Healthfoods; Sportswear/goods; or Erectile dysfunction?

    Sportswear/goods (it means the athletic rooster)
14. Strongly scented toilet water is named after which city of its origination?

    Cologne (as in eau de Cologne)
15. IPO - referring to the flotation of a company - stands for what?

    Initial Public Offering
16. The old English tithe, was a tax taken for the church/clergy equating to a: Quarter; Tenth; Twentieth; or Three-Nineteenths?

    Tenth (from teotha, tenth)
17. Which old English King is associated with having burned cakes: William; Harold; Alfred; or Kevin?

    Alfred
18. In physics, the motions of particles within matter is understood by (What?) theory: Kinetic; Atomic; Existential; or Chaos?

    Kinetic
19. What note is produced at the 5th fret of the 5th string (ie the 2nd lowest pitched) of a conventionally tuned guitar: A; B; C; or D?

    D
20. What Native American Apache Indian chief's name became an exclamation of exhilaration?

    Geronimo