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1. What was the Twix chocolate bar called in mainland Europe pre-1991 (Scandinavia pre-2000) ?
2. A butterfly has how many legs ?
3. The abbreviation SPQR featured notably in the statutory and military conventions of which civilization ?
4. The word 'Aloha', a friendly greeting, is originally from what Island's language ?
5. What sort of alcoholic drink is made from the blue agave plant ?
6. What is the most heavily populated river basin in the world ?
7. What main category of machines 'produce continuous power from a wheel/rotor, usually with vanes, revolved by fast flowing fluid' ?
8. Artichoke is a variety of: Rose; Thistle; Potato; or Pea ?
9. Alluding to remembering something, what was the standard form of quick recorded business communication before email ?
10. The children's story/TV character Noddy was created in 1949 by which English author ?
11. Medically which is deemed the most complete form of cleaning/hygiene: Disinfection; Sterilisation; or Sanitisation ?
12. A polygraph is more popularly called a: Lie detector; Phone call; Postcard; or Public opinion survey ?
13. In Greek mythology when Pandora opened her box (actually jar), all the evil spirits escaped, and only Elpis, goddess/personification of what remained ?
14. What is the main nationality of the Yakuza (or gokudo/boryokudan/ninkyo dantai) said to be (at early 2000s) the world's largest criminal organization ?
15. Who proposed the 'three basic activities of man': Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis (concerned respectively with the purposes of knowledge: Truth, Production, Action): Leonardo da Vinci; Sigmund Freud; Aristotle; or Adolf Hitler ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. What was the Twix chocolate bar called in mainland Europe pre-1991 (Scandinavia pre-2000) ? Raider
2. A butterfly has how many legs ? 6
3. The abbreviation SPQR featured notably in the statutory and military conventions of which civilization ? Roman
4. The word 'Aloha', a friendly greeting, is originally from what Island's language ? Hawaii
5. What sort of alcoholic drink is made from the blue agave plant ? Tequila
6. What is the most heavily populated river basin in the world ? The Ganges
7. What main category of machines 'produce continuous power from a wheel/rotor, usually with vanes, revolved by fast flowing fluid' ? Turbine
8. Artichoke is a variety of: Rose; Thistle; Potato; or Pea ? Thistle
9. Alluding to remembering something, what was the standard form of quick recorded business communication before email ? Memo
10. The children's story/TV character Noddy was created in 1949 by which English author ? Enid Blyton
11. Medically which is deemed the most complete form of cleaning/hygiene: Disinfection; Sterilisation; or Sanitisation ? Sterilisation
12. A polygraph is more popularly called a: Lie detector; Phone call; Postcard; or Public opinion survey ? Lie detector
13. In Greek mythology when Pandora opened her box (actually jar), all the evil spirits escaped, and only Elpis, goddess/personification of what remained ? Hope
14. What is the main nationality of the Yakuza (or gokudo/boryokudan/ninkyo dantai) said to be (at early 2000s) the world's largest criminal organization ? Japanese
15. Who proposed the 'three basic activities of man': Theoria, Poiesis and Praxis (concerned respectively with the purposes of knowledge: Truth, Production, Action): Leonardo da Vinci; Sigmund Freud; Aristotle; or Adolf Hitler ? Aristotle
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