General Knowledge Quiz No. 336

[Carl]

• 1. The shortest Greenland-to-Iceland sea-crossing is about how many miles: 180; 800; 1,800; or 8,000 ?

• 2. What Mexican Spanish dish means literally 'little strips' ?

• 3. What nation borders with the south of Syria and the west of Iraq ?

• 4. Spell the word: Innappropriate; Inapropriate; Innapropriate; Inappropriate ?

• 5. Aside from the Netherlands and Belgium what is the only country in which Dutch is an official language ?

• 6. What originally American familial term refers to a small shop or business run by a married couple ?

• 7. Particularly related to a controversial foodstuff, the bodily intervention device/process called 'gavage' refers to what ?

• 8. Dom Mintoff was prime minister of which country from 1955-8 and 1971-84 ?

• 9. According to Latin grammatical rules what is the singular of candelabra ?

• 10. From Dutch meaning 'foolish gull', the Australian word mollymawk refers to what sort of bird ?

• 11. Vuelta is a cycle race of which nation ?

• 12. The amplified sound system for a concert venue audience, abbreviated to FOH, stands for what ?

• 13. What nation has 27 states, most of which exceed the area of an entire moderately-sized country, and include Acre, Minas Gerais, Sergipe, and Amazonas ?

• 14. The word ephemeral means: Imaginative; Short-lived; Detached; or Ecstatic ?

• 15. What is Europe's largest island ?

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

[gail]

4. Inappropriate
8. Malta

[stowie39]

11. Spain

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. The shortest Greenland-to-Iceland sea-crossing is about how many miles: 180; 800; 1,800; or 8,000 ? 180

• 2. What Mexican Spanish dish means literally 'little strips' ? Fajitas

• 3. What nation borders with the south of Syria and the west of Iraq ? Jordan

• 4. Spell the word: Innappropriate; Inapropriate; Innapropriate; Inappropriate ? Inappropriate

• 5. Aside from the Netherlands and Belgium what is the only country in which Dutch is an official language ? Suriname

• 6. What originally American familial term refers to a small shop or business run by a married couple ? Mom-and-Pop

• 7. Particularly related to a controversial foodstuff, the bodily intervention device/process called 'gavage' refers to what ? Force-feeding

• 8. Dom Mintoff was prime minister of which country from 1955-8 and 1971-84 ? Malta

• 9. According to Latin grammatical rules what is the singular of candelabra ? Candelabrum

• 10. From Dutch meaning 'foolish gull', the Australian word mollymawk refers to what sort of bird ? Albatross

• 11. Vuelta is a cycle race of which nation ? Spain

• 12. The amplified sound system for a concert venue audience, abbreviated to FOH, stands for what ? Front Of House

• 13. What nation has 27 states, most of which exceed the area of an entire moderately-sized country, and include Acre, Minas Gerais, Sergipe, and Amazonas ? Brasil

• 14. The word ephemeral means: Imaginative; Short-lived; Detached; or Ecstatic ? Short-lived

• 15. What is Europe's largest island ? Great Britain