General Knowledge Quiz No. 295

[Carl]

• 1. Yuma in Arizona is considered the world's most ....... place: Humid; Hot; Dry; or Sunny ?

• 2. What religion is represented by the 'Om' symbol (ॐ ) ?

• 3. Meaning diligence, spell: Concientousness; Concientiousness; Concienciousness; or Conscientiousness ?

• 4. Which of these football games has the longest maximum pitch dimensions: American; Rugby Union; Association (Football); or Australian ?

• 5. What 'oronymic' word is a killing and also male mirth ?

• 6. The prefix tacho specifically refers to: Speed; Time; Weight; or Light ?

• 7. What is the the sum of ten consecutive prime numbers starting with 13 ?

• 8. Which real music-related English town has according to legend hosted King Arthur and Guinevere in death, Lancelot in penance, the Holy Grail in hiding ?

• 9. Xmas as an alternative to Christmas derives from: Atheism/secularization; Greek X meaning Christ; X meaning love/kiss; or Typographical error in early bibles ?

• 10. The typical maximum permissable velocity of a paintball pellet is how many feet per second: 50; 300; 1,000; or 3,000 ?

• 11. What is the square root of a quarter ?

• 12. What alliterative and reduplicative term for cheap ornaments, as in rummage sales and charity shops, is from old French meaning 'at random' ?

• 13. What is the maximum 'perfect' score in ten-pin bowling by rolling 'strikes' in all ten frames ?

• 14. The silk thread of a silkworm cocoon can be up to how many meteres long: 9; 90; 900; or 9,000 ?

• 15. According to a 2014 Time Magazine report what 'fingered' chocolate confectionery bar became the first to be sold in every market of the world ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Dry
3 Conscientiousness

[gail]

6. Speed
15. Kit Kat

[elcarretero]

7 300
8 Glastonbury

[gail]

12. Bric-a-brac?

[elcarretero]

9 Greek X meaning Christ
11 A half

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Yuma in Arizona is considered the world's most ....... place: Humid; Hot; Dry; or Sunny ? Sunny

• 2. What religion is represented by the 'Om' symbol (ॐ ) ? Hinduism

• 3. Meaning diligence, spell: Concientousness; Concientiousness; Concienciousness; or Conscientiousness ? Conscientiousness

• 4. Which of these football games has the longest maximum pitch dimensions: American; Rugby Union; Association (Football); or Australian ? Australian

• 5. What 'oronymic' word is a killing and also male mirth ? Manslaughter

• 6. The prefix tacho specifically refers to: Speed; Time; Weight; or Light ? Speed

• 7. What is the the sum of ten consecutive prime numbers starting with 13 ? 300

• 8. Which real music-related English town has according to legend hosted King Arthur and Guinevere in death, Lancelot in penance, the Holy Grail in hiding ? Glastonbury

• 9. Xmas as an alternative to Christmas derives from: Atheism/secularization; Greek X meaning Christ; X meaning love/kiss; or Typographical error in early bibles ? Greek X meaning Christ

• 10. The typical maximum permissable velocity of a paintball pellet is how many feet per second: 50; 300; 1,000; or 3,000 ? 300

• 11. What is the square root of a quarter ? A half

• 12. What alliterative and reduplicative term for cheap ornaments, as in rummage sales and charity shops, is from old French meaning 'at random' ? Bric a brac

• 13. What is the maximum 'perfect' score in ten-pin bowling by rolling 'strikes' in all ten frames ? 300

• 14. The silk thread of a silkworm cocoon can be up to how many meteres long: 9; 90; 900; or 9,000 ? 900

• 15. According to a 2014 Time Magazine report what 'fingered' chocolate confectionery bar became the first to be sold in every market of the world ? KitKat