General Knowledge Quiz No. 322

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Carl
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General Knowledge Quiz No. 322

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  • 1. Assassinated in Broadway, Manhattan, NYC, Malcolm X (Malcolm Little, 1925-65 was a famous Afro-American: Singer; Businessman; Human rights activist; or Footballer ?
  • 2. Elohim (also El Shaddai and El Elyon and Krishna), are Hebrew-Christian/Hindu for: Life; Death; God; or Soul ?
  • 3. Re-order these territories - earliest to last - in terms of European colonialization (14th-19th centuries): Asia, Africa, The Americas
  • 4. How many four-letter country names contain three dotted letters (i and j): None; One; Five; or Twelve ?
  • 5. Evaporation is the process in which a what becomes a what (two answers required): Liquid; Solid; Gaseous substance; or Plasma ?
  • 6. The German term 'Struw-Welpeter' (Shock-Headed Peter) refers to: Surprise; Headache; ECT (Electro-Convulsive Therapy; or Uncombable frizzy hair ?
  • 7. Cuban nationalist leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was a: Social-Democrat; Conservative-Capitalist; Marxist-Leninist; or Buddhist-Environmentalist ?
  • 8. A griffin or gryphon is a mythical hybrid 'king of the beasts' respectively consisting of a top and bottom of (two answers required): Eagle; Dragon; Man; Lion; or Elephant ?
  • 9. 'Romanization' and 'Latinization' refer to the conversion of what to a 'western' system: Dance; Language and alphabet; Horse-riding; or Cooking ?
  • 10. The words 'ute' (Australia/NZ) and 'bakkie' (South Africa) mean: Foreigner; Pick-up truck; Cigarette; or Two people on one bicycle ?
  • 11. A Conestoga is a heavy 1700-1800s what used by Eastern US pioneers: Shotgun; Wagon; Building sand; or Flour ?
  • 12. Sonar (originally an acronym) commonly refers to detection using: Light; Sound; X-Ray; or Nuclear fission ?
  • 13. 'Ganbei' (meaning 'empty your glass') is which nation's equivalent to 'Cheers': Germany; Denmark; China; or Australia ?
  • 14. The modern investment scam, outlawed in many countries, encouraging very fast all-or-nothing stock movement gambles is called what Options Trading: Single; Binary; Tertiary; or Multiple ?
  • 15. The Sci-Fi device for attracting one object to another, typically in space, and actually created microscopically in the 2010s is called a what beam: Projector; Tractor; Pulsar; or Laser ?

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

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1. Human rights activist
5. Liquid to Gas
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10. Pick up truck
12. Sound
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7. Marxist Lenninist
12. Sound
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2 GOD
15 Tractor
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