General Knowledge Quiz #96

General Knowledge Quiz #96

Questions

1. Who would use a maulstick, or mahlstick?
2. In the UK, the half-crown coin (2/6 - two-shillings and sixpence - equating to 12½ pence was demonetised on the last day of which year?
3. What is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of other words, such as NATO?
4. What is the highest US military award for bravery?
5. In which controversial novel and film does the Korova Milk Bar appear?
6. What type of insect is a devil's coach horse?
7. In the religious calendar, what are the last two weeks of Lent known as?
8. Which sportswear company was founded as 'Blue Ribbon Sports' by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964?
9. Which musical note has the same value as half a semibreve or two crochets?
10. 'The Landlord's Game', patented in the US by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, was a form of which now popular board game?
11. Which artist painted the 'Man in a Red Turban'?
12. Glyptogography, or glyptics, is the art of carving or engraving on what?
13. Which English king, who lived from about 988-993 to 1016, was nicknamed Ironside?
14. Who, having a name which brings to mind a children's game played all around the world, was appointed Home Secretary in Britain in May 1997?
15. An isohel is a line on a map connecting two points which have the same duration of what?
16. The Capuchin Catacombs are on which Mediterranean island?
17. What is the upright cylindrical apparatus on a ship around which cables or hawsers are wound for hoisting anchors and lifting sails, etc - and also a UK brand of unfiltered high-tar cigarette?
18. Astigmatism affects which part of the human body?
19. Which country is referred to as 'The Land of the Long White Cloud'?
20. In which country was astronomer and scientist Nicolaus Copernicus born?
21. What does the well known Latin phrase 'cogito, ergo sum', commonly attributed to René Descartes, translate as in English?
22. Which English poet is associated with Dove Cottage in Grasmere?
23. In the UK, the half-crown coin (2/6 - two-shillings and sixpence - equating to 12½ pence) was demonetised on the last day of which year?
24. The citrus fruit ortanique is a cross between which two fruits?
25. "This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries..." is attributed to which historical figure as he was about to be executed, in 1618?
26. Hyperion and Rhea are two moons of which planet in our solar system?
27. 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of which country?
28. What is measured in Hertz?
29. The disease beriberi is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
30. What is the vein running along the centre of a leaf called?
31. The Crimean Peninsula is part of which European country?

1. Who would use a maulstick, or mahlstick?

   Artist/painter 
2. In the UK, the half-crown coin (2/6 - two-shillings and sixpence - equating to 12½ pence was demonetised on the last day of which year?

   1969 
3. What is the term for a word formed from the initial letters of other words, such as NATO?

   Acronym 
4. What is the highest US military award for bravery?

   Medal of Honor
5. In which controversial novel and film does the Korova Milk Bar appear?

   A Clockwork Orange
6. What type of insect is a devil's coach horse?

   Beetle
7. In the religious calendar, what are the last two weeks of Lent known as?

   Passiontide
8. Which sportswear company was founded as 'Blue Ribbon Sports' by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964?

   Nike
9. Which musical note has the same value as half a semibreve or two crochets?

   Minim
10. 'The Landlord's Game', patented in the US by Elizabeth Magie in 1904, was a form of which now popular board game?

    Monopoly
11. Which artist painted the 'Man in a Red Turban'?

    Jan van Eyck
12. Glyptogography, or glyptics, is the art of carving or engraving on what?

    Gemstones
13. Which English king, who lived from about 988-993 to 1016, was nicknamed Ironside?

    Edmund II 
14. Who, having a name which brings to mind a children's game played all around the world, was appointed Home Secretary in Britain in May 1997?

    Jack Straw 
15. An isohel is a line on a map connecting two points which have the same duration of what?

    Sunshine 
16. The Capuchin Catacombs are on which Mediterranean island?

    Sicily
17. What is the upright cylindrical apparatus on a ship around which cables or hawsers are wound for hoisting anchors and lifting sails, etc - and also a UK brand of unfiltered high-tar cigarette?

    Capstan
18. Astigmatism affects which part of the human body?

    Eye 
19. Which country is referred to as 'The Land of the Long White Cloud'?

    New Zealand
20. In which country was astronomer and scientist Nicolaus Copernicus born?

    Poland
21. What does the well known Latin phrase 'cogito, ergo sum', commonly attributed to René Descartes, translate as in English?

    I think, therefore I am 
22. Which English poet is associated with Dove Cottage in Grasmere?

    William Wordsworth
23. In the UK, the half-crown coin (2/6 - two-shillings and sixpence - equating to 12½ pence) was demonetised on the last day of which year?

    1969 
24. The citrus fruit ortanique is a cross between which two fruits?

    Orange and Tangerine
25. "This is a sharp medicine, but it is a physician for all diseases and miseries..." is attributed to which historical figure as he was about to be executed, in 1618?

    Sir Walter Raleigh
26. Hyperion and Rhea are two moons of which planet in our solar system?

    Saturn
27. 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of which country?

    Canada
28. What is measured in Hertz?

    Frequency 
29. The disease beriberi is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?

    B1 
30. What is the vein running along the centre of a leaf called?

    Midrib
31. The Crimean Peninsula is part of which European country?

    Ukraine