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General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 29 May 2025 21:02
by Carl
- 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.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 30 May 2025 08:45
by gail
2. Six
4. Hawaii
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 31 May 2025 21:10
by elcarretero
3 Roman Empire
7 Turbines
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 01 Jun 2025 07:09
by gail
10. Enid Blyton
9. Telegram?
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 01 Jun 2025 12:31
by elcarretero
11 Sterilisation
12 Lie detector
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 284
Posted: 05 Jun 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 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