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General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 02 Oct 2025 21:02
by Carl
  • 1. In the Netherlands in 1932 Adriaan Van Well founded which acronymic international grocery chain business, represented by a fir-tree logo ?
  • 2. Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest ?
  • 3. The Turbine Hall, which hosts artwork of vast scale, is in which London art gallery ?
  • 4. The Narcissus plant is otherwise known by which popular name ?
  • 5. A Novocastrian, is a native of which English and Australian cities ?
  • 6. Podagra is the technical term for which medical condition in humans, often associated with heavy drinking ?
  • 7. The Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service is commonly known outside Japan by what name ?
  • 8. 18 year-old Fiona Butler, in an unpaid photoshoot, featured in Athena's iconic 1970's bare-bottom poster of what sport ?
  • 9. In chess how many pieces on the board may pass over squares occupied by other pieces ?
  • 10. Four generations of the Aquino family, including Benigno Aquino III who became president in 2010, have featured strongly in the governance of which country ?
  • 11. Europe's largest solar power plant is at Sanlucar la Mayor in which country: Portugal; Spain; France; or Romania ?
  • 12. A 'boxcar' is a term for rolling which number on the dice in a game of craps ?
  • 13. Endemic means: Contagious; Geographically native/unique; Historically significant; or Final/fatal ?
  • 14. The area of a circle with a radius of 55cms is approximately how many square metres: 1; 3; 5; or 10 ?
  • 15. The Arabic word 'al' (AL) roughly translates in English to mean: Go; The; Me; or You ?

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

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 03 Oct 2025 08:05
by elcarretero
4 Daffodil
6 Gout

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 03 Oct 2025 08:30
by gail
2. Oscar Wilde
7. Bullet train

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 03 Oct 2025 13:18
by elcarretero
8 Tennis
9 Two, knight and rook during a castling move

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 03 Oct 2025 17:01
by gail
5. Newcastle

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 04 Oct 2025 08:22
by elcarretero
11 Spain
14 1

Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 302

Posted: 09 Oct 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. In the Netherlands in 1932 Adriaan Van Well founded which acronymic international grocery chain business, represented by a fir-tree logo ? SPAR
  • 2. Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest ? Oscar Wilde
  • 3. The Turbine Hall, which hosts artwork of vast scale, is in which London art gallery ? The Tate Modern
  • 4. The Narcissus plant is otherwise known by which popular name ? Daffodil
  • 5. A Novocastrian, is a native of which English and Australian cities ? Newcastle
  • 6. Podagra is the technical term for which medical condition in humans, often associated with heavy drinking ? Gout
  • 7. The Japanese high-speed Shinkansen train service is commonly known outside Japan by what name ? Bullet Train
  • 8. 18 year-old Fiona Butler, in an unpaid photoshoot, featured in Athena's iconic 1970's bare-bottom poster of what sport ? Tennis
  • 9. In chess how many pieces on the board may pass over squares occupied by other pieces ? 4
  • 10. Four generations of the Aquino family, including Benigno Aquino III who became president in 2010, have featured strongly in the governance of which country ? The Philippines
  • 11. Europe's largest solar power plant is at Sanlucar la Mayor in which country: Portugal; Spain; France; or Romania ? Spain
  • 12. A 'boxcar' is a term for rolling which number on the dice in a game of craps ? 12
  • 13. Endemic means: Contagious; Geographically native/unique; Historically significant; or Final/fatal ? Geographically native/unique
  • 14. The area of a circle with a radius of 55cms is approximately how many square metres: 1; 3; 5; or 10 ? 1
  • 15. The Arabic word 'al' (AL) roughly translates in English to mean: Go; The; Me; or You ? The