General Knowledge Quiz No. 299

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 299

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  • 1. The 'cardinal points' are the four main points on what ?
  • 2. Which US president in office 1945 - 1953, is said to have coined the phrase 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' ?
  • 3. Strangely derived from Latin meaning ship, relating to maritime/direction, what is the central area of a church called ?
  • 4. Which is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas ?
  • 5. Anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans ?
  • 6. The initials of French company LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods business, stand for what three famous brands ?
  • 7. Eutrophication is the addition of natural or artificial nutrients to what, causing plant growth ?
  • 8. The Scoville Scale is used to measure the heat of what ?
  • 9. Name the excessively cheerful optimistic heroine created by American author Eleanor H Porter in the famous 1913 eponymously titled book, and subsequent series, which became a term for someone of such attitude ?
  • 10. What is Uganda's staple crop, of which each adult consumes over three-times bodyweight annually ?
  • 11. The liqueur sambuca originates from which European country ?
  • 12. Which Jewish holiday is also known as the Day of Atonement ?
  • 13. In which European city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank ?
  • 14. Which British crime writer helped clean and preserve thousands of 3,000 year-old carved ivory pieces, found in the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, 1949 - 1963, in excavations led by her then husband Sir Max Mallowen ?
  • 15. 100 degrees Celsius is how many degrees Fahrenheit ?

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3. Nave
8. Chillis/peppers
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1 Compass
4 Brazil
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ANSWERS
  • 1. The 'cardinal points' are the four main points on what ? Compass
  • 2. Which US president in office 1945 - 1953, is said to have coined the phrase 'If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen' ? Harry S Truman
  • 3. Strangely derived from Latin meaning ship, relating to maritime/direction, what is the central area of a church called ? Nave
  • 4. Which is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas ? Brazil
  • 5. Anosmia is the lack of which of the senses in humans ? Smell
  • 6. The initials of French company LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods business, stand for what three famous brands ? Louis Vuitton, Moet, Hennessy
  • 7. Eutrophication is the addition of natural or artificial nutrients to what, causing plant growth ? Water
  • 8. The Scoville Scale is used to measure the heat of what ? Chilli peppers
  • 9. Name the excessively cheerful optimistic heroine created by American author Eleanor H Porter in the famous 1913 eponymously titled book, and subsequent series, which became a term for someone of such attitude ? Pollyanna
  • 10. What is Uganda's staple crop, of which each adult consumes over three-times bodyweight annually ? Bananas
  • 11. The liqueur sambuca originates from which European country ? Italy
  • 12. Which Jewish holiday is also known as the Day of Atonement ? Yom Kipper
  • 13. In which European city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank ? Frankfurt
  • 14. Which British crime writer helped clean and preserve thousands of 3,000 year-old carved ivory pieces, found in the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, 1949 - 1963, in excavations led by her then husband Sir Max Mallowen ? Dame Agatha Christie
  • 15. 100 degrees Celsius is how many degrees Fahrenheit ? 212

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