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General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 09 Jan 2025 21:03
by Carl
- 1. Clio, typically holding a scroll, is the ancient Greek muse of: History; Poetry; Tragedy; or Comedy ?
- 2. The French-English word 'torchon' refers to what French-style household item: Fondue cooker; Candle-stick; Table-lamp; or Tea-towel ?
- 3. What word appears before tilt, flood, face, house, and length, to produce five different terms ?
- 4. The North Atlantic Drift ocean current over NW Europe starts as what at the US Florida Strait ?
- 5. What two-faced Roman god of beginnings and transitions is a name for a word which has two opposite meanings, and the derivation of the first month of the year ?
- 6. Serpula lacrymans is the technical name for what affliction of wood, notably in buildings ?
- 7. What gambling game is also a term for a perforating tool/process, e.g., to sheets of postage stamps ?
- 8. Lentils grow on: Trees; Bushes; Grasses; or Water ?
- 9. Which country since the late 1900s has governed/overseen the increasing independence of the New Caledonia archipelago, east of Australia ?
- 10. Chordata, Echinodermata, Anthropoda, and Anelida are four phyla (subgroups) of: Animals; Worms; Birds; or Plants ?
- 11. Cassia refers to variants of which spice ?
- 12. Which people originated the game lacrosse: Dutch; Scottish; Native Americans; or Chinese ?
- 13. The main purpose of a bowline knot is to produce a: Loop (at a rope-end); Join (to another rope); Join (to a ring or post); or Stop (in roller/retaining devices) ?
- 14. What British army bugle call used at funerals originally signalled the end of the military day after final inspection ?
- 15. Which word, broadly synonymous with 'typeface', derives from French 'to melt' ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 10 Jan 2025 09:14
by elcarretero
3 Full
4 Gulf stream
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 10 Jan 2025 10:32
by gail
2. Tea towel
14. Reveille
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 10 Jan 2025 15:04
by elcarretero
5 Janus
12 Native Americans
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 11 Jan 2025 10:35
by gail
15. Font?
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 11 Jan 2025 12:53
by elcarretero
13 To produce a loop
14 The last post
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 264
Posted: 16 Jan 2025 21:03
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Clio, typically holding a scroll, is the ancient Greek muse of: History; Poetry; Tragedy; or Comedy ? History
- 2. The French-English word 'torchon' refers to what French-style household item: Fondue cooker; Candle-stick; Table-lamp; or Tea-towel ? Tea-towel
- 3. What word appears before tilt, flood, face, house, and length, to produce five different terms ? Full
- 4. The North Atlantic Drift ocean current over NW Europe starts as what at the US Florida Strait ? Gulf Stream
- 5. What two-faced Roman god of beginnings and transitions is a name for a word which has two opposite meanings, and the derivation of the first month of the year ? Janus
- 6. Serpula lacrymans is the technical name for what affliction of wood, notably in buildings ? Dry rot
- 7. What gambling game is also a term for a perforating tool/process, e.g., to sheets of postage stamps ? Roulette
- 8. Lentils grow on: Trees; Bushes; Grasses; or Water ? Bushes
- 9. Which country since the late 1900s has governed/overseen the increasing independence of the New Caledonia archipelago, east of Australia ? France
- 10. Chordata, Echinodermata, Anthropoda, and Anelida are four phyla (subgroups) of: Animals; Worms; Birds; or Plants ? Animals
- 11. Cassia refers to variants of which spice ? Cinnamon
- 12. Which people originated the game lacrosse: Dutch; Scottish; Native Americans; or Chinese ? Native Americans
- 13. The main purpose of a bowline knot is to produce a: Loop (at a rope-end); Join (to another rope); Join (to a ring or post); or Stop (in roller/retaining devices) ? Loop
- 14. What British army bugle call used at funerals originally signalled the end of the military day after final inspection ? Last Post
- 15. Which word, broadly synonymous with 'typeface', derives from French 'to melt' ? Font