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General Knowledge Quiz No. 267
Posted: 30 Jan 2025 21:03
by Carl
- 1. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies ?
- 2. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis' ?
- 3. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?): Soldiers; Sailors; Tailors; or Detectives ?
- 4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen ?
- 5. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s ?
- 6. From what fruit is perry traditionally made ?
- 7. What homonymic word refers both to a pit and a hunted animal ?
- 8. The Japanese food word sushi referred originally to: Raw; Rice; Cold; or Conveyor-belt ?
- 9. In motion-detection and automated lighting sensors what does PIR mean ?
- 10. What creatures were trained by Croatia's Zagreb university in 2013 to detect landmines: Pigs; Bees; Cats; Rats, or Bats ?
- 11. The term 'cytoplasm' originated in: Star Wars; Dr Who; Batman; or Biology ?
- 12. The expression 'sour grapes', from one of Aesop's Fables, involves which creature ?
- 13. The AZERTY keyboard layout is standard in: France; Germany; Denmark; or Wales ?
- 14. The term 'mondegreen' refers to: Gardening; Climate change; Cooking; or Misheard lyrics ?
- 15. The terms crutching, wigging and ringing refer to elements of which animal process, prevalent in Australia and New Zealand ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 267
Posted: 30 Jan 2025 23:49
by elcarretero
2 Brussels
4 Peoples car
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 267
Posted: 31 Jan 2025 10:18
by gail
6. Pears
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 267
Posted: 31 Jan 2025 22:04
by elcarretero
7 Quarry
9 Passive Infra Red
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 267
Posted: 06 Feb 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What heteronymic word has different meanings associated with court process, cricket, and boating or flying emergencies ? Bail
- 2. What Belgian city boasts the famous urinating boy fountain called 'Manneken Pis' ? Brussels
- 3. Erich Kästner's famous 1929 children's novel set in Berlin is called 'Emil and the (What?): Soldiers; Sailors; Tailors; or Detectives ? Detectives
- 4. What is the English translation of the German carmaker's name Volkswagen ? People's car
- 5. In which decade was Mount Everest first climbed: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; or 1950s ? 1950s
- 6. From what fruit is perry traditionally made ? Pears
- 7. What homonymic word refers both to a pit and a hunted animal ? Quarry
- 8. The Japanese food word sushi referred originally to: Raw; Rice; Cold; or Conveyor-belt ? Rice
- 9. In motion-detection and automated lighting sensors what does PIR mean ? Passive Infrared
- 10. What creatures were trained by Croatia's Zagreb university in 2013 to detect landmines: Pigs; Bees; Cats; Rats, or Bats ? Bees
- 11. The term 'cytoplasm' originated in: Star Wars; Dr Who; Batman; or Biology ? Biology
- 12. The expression 'sour grapes', from one of Aesop's Fables, involves which creature ? Fox
- 13. The AZERTY keyboard layout is standard in: France; Germany; Denmark; or Wales ? France
- 14. The term 'mondegreen' refers to: Gardening; Climate change; Cooking; or Misheard lyrics ? Misheard lyrics
- 15. The terms crutching, wigging and ringing refer to elements of which animal process, prevalent in Australia and New Zealand ? Sheep shearing