General Knowledge Quiz No. 267

[Carl]

• 1. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies ?

• 2. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis' ?

• 3. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?): Soldiers; Sailors; Tailors; or Detectives ?

• 4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen ?

• 5. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s ?

• 6. From what fruit is perry traditionally made ?

• 7. What homonymic word refers both to a pit and a hunted animal ?

• 8. The Japanese food word sushi referred originally to: Raw; Rice; Cold; or Conveyor-belt ?

• 9. In motion-detection and automated lighting sensors what does PIR mean ?

• 10. What creatures were trained by Croatia's Zagreb university in 2013 to detect landmines: Pigs; Bees; Cats; Rats, or Bats ?

• 11. The term 'cytoplasm' originated in: Star Wars; Dr Who; Batman; or Biology ?

• 12. The expression 'sour grapes', from one of Aesop's Fables, involves which creature ?

• 13. The AZERTY keyboard layout is standard in: France; Germany; Denmark; or Wales ?

• 14. The term 'mondegreen' refers to: Gardening; Climate change; Cooking; or Misheard lyrics ?

• 15. The terms crutching, wigging and ringing refer to elements of which animal process, prevalent in Australia and New Zealand ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Brussels
4 Peoples car

[gail]

6. Pears

[elcarretero]

7 Quarry
9 Passive Infra Red

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies ? Bail

• 2. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis' ? Brussels

• 3. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?): Soldiers; Sailors; Tailors; or Detectives ? Detectives

• 4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen ? People's car

• 5. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s ? 1950s

• 6. From what fruit is perry traditionally made ? Pears

• 7. What homonymic word refers both to a pit and a hunted animal ? Quarry

• 8. The Japanese food word sushi referred originally to: Raw; Rice; Cold; or Conveyor-belt ? Rice

• 9. In motion-detection and automated lighting sensors what does PIR mean ? Passive Infrared

• 10. What creatures were trained by Croatia's Zagreb university in 2013 to detect landmines: Pigs; Bees; Cats; Rats, or Bats ? Bees

• 11. The term 'cytoplasm' originated in: Star Wars; Dr Who; Batman; or Biology ? Biology

• 12. The expression 'sour grapes', from one of Aesop's Fables, involves which creature ? Fox

• 13. The AZERTY keyboard layout is standard in: France; Germany; Denmark; or Wales ? France

• 14. The term 'mondegreen' refers to: Gardening; Climate change; Cooking; or Misheard lyrics ? Misheard lyrics

• 15. The terms crutching, wigging and ringing refer to elements of which animal process, prevalent in Australia and New Zealand ? Sheep shearing