General Knowledge Quiz #402

General Knowledge Quiz #402

Questions

1. In Greek mythology, name the Gorgon monster with snakes for hair, slain by Perseus?
2. What elements are in the compound nitric acid?
3. What term for an unorthodox or crazy person is interpreted by some to refer instead to a viper in Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland?
4. What technical term refers to the minimum number of (voting) members, shareholders, directors, etc., required at a meeting to be able to make valid decisions, and therefore for the meeting to proceed?
5. Prior to 1968 it was illegal in the UK to impersonate a what on a theatrical stage: Living member of the Royal Family; Lesbian; Christian god; or Policeman?
6. South Korean Ban Ki-moon was reappointed unopposed in June 2011 as head (secretary-general) of what organization?
7. What is the mythical conjuring trick for which Lord Northbrook failed to find claim or demonstration on offering a £10,000 prize in 1875?
8. First named in French, Route du Roi (King's Highway) is the origin of the name of what London parkside track?
9. Bir, iki, uc, dort, bes (loosely westernised) are 1-5 in what language: Russian; Tibetan; Romanian; or Turkish?
10. What is an S-shaped roof tile, named after a cooking vessel?
11. What technical term, also slang for street, refers to the forces resisting the forward movement of an aircraft?
12. What traditional confectionary takes its name from Greek glukus, sweet, and rhiza, root?
13. The human disease dropsy involves the accumulation of what in body cavities and tissue: Blood; Watery fluid; Acid crystals; or Lice?
14. What is a big acoustic guitar, a type of old battleship, and a thick coat cloth, which means 'fear nothing'?
15. A dosimeter measures human absorption of what over a time period: Nicotine; Alcohol; Ionizing radiation; or Sunlight?
16. A famous 1979 comedy film line is "He's not the Messiah, he's a very (what two words?).." ?
17. The crossed-ropes acting as ladders to masts on old sailing ships are called: Catlines; Ratlines, Batlines, or Matlines?
18. It takes roughly how long for the Earth's rotating axis to complete a full circle (precession): 26,000 years; 365 days; 30 days; or one day?
19. In 1929 Edwin Hubble formulated a law in his name which states (among other complexities) that what recede from an observer at a rate proportional to their distance to that observer: Clouds; Sea-waves; Shotgun pellets; or Galaxies?
20. What is the chess playing robot called in TV's Thunderbirds?
21. The becquerel (Bq) is a unit of measurement of what?
22. Refraction is the change of direction of a wave such as light due to change of its what when passing from one medium to another: Speed; Temperature; Wavelength; or Humidity?
23. Spell the word: Cemetery; Cemetary; Cematery; or Cematory?
24. What is the cube root of 1728?
25. In geology, igneous refers to rock formed by what effect: Earthquake; Erosion; Volcanic; or Decay?
26. A cheap dangerous homemade heroin-substitute drug popular in Russia is nicknamed what, referring to its ruinous affect on users' skins?
27. How many dots make up the BlackBerry symbol logo?
28. Sukhoi and Tupolev are aircraft manufacturers of what nation?
29. Dyscalculia is less technically known as (what?)-blindness: Colour/color; Snow; Number; or Symbol?
30. Name the Trinidad and Tobago cabinet minister who resigned as vice president of FIFA in 2011 amid ongoing ethics investigations?

1. In Greek mythology, name the Gorgon monster with snakes for hair, slain by Perseus?

   Medusa
2. What elements are in the compound nitric acid?

   Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen 
3. What term for an unorthodox or crazy person is interpreted by some to refer instead to a viper in Lewis Carroll's Alices Adventures in Wonderland?

   Mad as a hatter 
4. What technical term refers to the minimum number of (voting) members, shareholders, directors, etc., required at a meeting to be able to make valid decisions, and therefore for the meeting to proceed?

   Quorum 
5. Prior to 1968 it was illegal in the UK to impersonate a what on a theatrical stage: Living member of the Royal Family; Lesbian; Christian god; or Policeman?

   Living member of the Royal Family
6. South Korean Ban Ki-moon was reappointed unopposed in June 2011 as head (secretary-general) of what organization?

   UN 
7. What is the mythical conjuring trick for which Lord Northbrook failed to find claim or demonstration on offering a £10,000 prize in 1875?

   Indian rope trick 
8. First named in French, Route du Roi (King's Highway) is the origin of the name of what London parkside track?

   Rotten Row 
9. Bir, iki, uc, dort, bes (loosely westernised) are 1-5 in what language: Russian; Tibetan; Romanian; or Turkish?

   Turkish
10. What is an S-shaped roof tile, named after a cooking vessel?

    Pantile
11. What technical term, also slang for street, refers to the forces resisting the forward movement of an aircraft?

    Drag
12. What traditional confectionary takes its name from Greek glukus, sweet, and rhiza, root?

    Liquorice 
13. The human disease dropsy involves the accumulation of what in body cavities and tissue: Blood; Watery fluid; Acid crystals; or Lice?

    Watery fluid 
14. What is a big acoustic guitar, a type of old battleship, and a thick coat cloth, which means 'fear nothing'?

    Dreadnought
15. A dosimeter measures human absorption of what over a time period: Nicotine; Alcohol; Ionizing radiation; or Sunlight?

    Ionizing radiation
16. A famous 1979 comedy film line is "He's not the Messiah, he's a very (what two words?).." ?
17. The crossed-ropes acting as ladders to masts on old sailing ships are called: Catlines; Ratlines, Batlines, or Matlines?

    Ratlines 
18. It takes roughly how long for the Earth's rotating axis to complete a full circle (precession): 26,000 years; 365 days; 30 days; or one day?

    26,000 years 
19. In 1929 Edwin Hubble formulated a law in his name which states (among other complexities) that what recede from an observer at a rate proportional to their distance to that observer: Clouds; Sea-waves; Shotgun pellets; or Galaxies?

    Galaxies
20. What is the chess playing robot called in TV's Thunderbirds?

    Braman
21. The becquerel (Bq) is a unit of measurement of what?

    Radioactivity 
22. Refraction is the change of direction of a wave such as light due to change of its what when passing from one medium to another: Speed; Temperature; Wavelength; or Humidity?

    Speed
23. Spell the word: Cemetery; Cemetary; Cematery; or Cematory?

    Cemetery 
24. What is the cube root of 1728?

    12
25. In geology, igneous refers to rock formed by what effect: Earthquake; Erosion; Volcanic; or Decay?

    Volcanic 
26. A cheap dangerous homemade heroin-substitute drug popular in Russia is nicknamed what, referring to its ruinous affect on users' skins?

    Crocodile 
27. How many dots make up the BlackBerry symbol logo?

    Seven
28. Sukhoi and Tupolev are aircraft manufacturers of what nation?

    Russia
29. Dyscalculia is less technically known as (what?)-blindness: Colour/color; Snow; Number; or Symbol?

    Number
30. Name the Trinidad and Tobago cabinet minister who resigned as vice president of FIFA in 2011 amid ongoing ethics investigations?

    Jack Warner