General Knowledge Quiz No. 335

[Carl]

• 1. What word is used on Wikipedia referring to its pages which list and resolve "...conflicts in article titles that occur when a single term can be associated with more than one topic..." ?

• 2. What was the first internet top-level domain: .net; .mil; .com; .arpa; or .lee ?

• 3. The binary number symbols 100 equate to what conventional number ?

• 4. Karanga is a ritual welcome chant of what people ?

• 5. How many years is a megaannum ?

• 6. Mintonette was the original name of which sport ?

• 7. Ubiquitous means seen: Often; Rarely; Seasonally; or Historically ?

• 8. What word prefix makes new words when added to: pet, meter, graph, mount and site ?

• 9. What is the modern common name of the Northernmost European people historically called Lapps ?

• 10. An irreversible freedom of capability or knowledge, typically liberating/changing behaviour of large groups, is described metaphorically, alluding to stories such as Aladdin, as "the ....... is out of the ........' (two answers requried)" ?

• 11. What thickening agent found in gummy confectionery etc., defined as a food and produced from animal by-products, has the E Number 441 ?

• 12. Rumtopf is a traditional Danish/German dish comprising rum and: Fruit; Potato; Sausage; or Fish ?

• 13. What prestige car marque has a trident emblem design influenced by the Fountain of Neptune, Bologna ?

• 14. What is the common alternative abbreviated name for a Cannon plug/connector used in professional audio systems ?

• 15. What 20th century musical entertainment machine derived its name from the West African word Gullah, meaning disorderly, or 'zigzag' ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

10. Gennie Bottle
11. Gelatine

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What word is used on Wikipedia referring to its pages which list and resolve "...conflicts in article titles that occur when a single term can be associated with more than one topic..." ? Disambiguation

• 2. What was the first internet top-level domain: .net; .mil; .com; .arpa; or .lee ? .arpa

• 3. The binary number symbols 100 equate to what conventional number ? Four

• 4. Karanga is a ritual welcome chant of what people ? Maori

• 5. How many years is a megaannum ? One million

• 6. Mintonette was the original name of which sport ? Volleyball

• 7. Ubiquitous means seen: Often; Rarely; Seasonally; or Historically ? Often

• 8. What word prefix makes new words when added to: pet, meter, graph, mount and site ? Para

• 9. What is the modern common name of the Northernmost European people historically called Lapps ? Sami

• 10. An irreversible freedom of capability or knowledge, typically liberating/changing behaviour of large groups, is described metaphorically, alluding to stories such as Aladdin, as "the ....... is out of the ........' (two answers requried)" ? Genie and bottle

• 11. What thickening agent found in gummy confectionery etc., defined as a food and produced from animal by-products, has the E Number 441 ? Gelatin

• 12. Rumtopf is a traditional Danish/German dish comprising rum and: Fruit; Potato; Sausage; or Fish ? Fruit

• 13. What prestige car marque has a trident emblem design influenced by the Fountain of Neptune, Bologna ? Maserati

• 14. What is the common alternative abbreviated name for a Cannon plug/connector used in professional audio systems ? XLR

• 15. What 20th century musical entertainment machine derived its name from the West African word Gullah, meaning disorderly, or 'zigzag' ? Jukebox