General Knowledge Quiz No. 331

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 331

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  • 1. The local word 'Lei' refers to a garland of flowers or shells, etc., orginating in and associated iconically with which island ?
  • 2. The Sardinian sheep-milk cheese Casu Marzu is noted for what added element in its fermentation and presentation ?
  • 3. A missive is an official: Teaching/lesson; Punishment/fine; Letter/document; or Task/objective ?
  • 4. Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Punjab are the four provinces of which nation ?
  • 5. The metric prefix femto is shown as ten to the power of minus what ?
  • 6. Originally a physician to the gods, conceived by Greek poet Homer, what ancient word is a song of praise or triumph ?
  • 7. Colostrum, informally called beestings/bisnings, is a form of: Legal process; Milk; Offal; or Public disorder ?
  • 8. With the symbol F, what is the unit of electrical capacitance ?
  • 9. A period of Northern Hemisphere climatic extremes occurring between 1350 and 1850 is loosely referred to as 'The Little .... ....' ?
  • 10. With the symbol Sv what is the unit of ionizing radiation ?
  • 11. Coulomb is a unit of measurement of electrical: Charge; Resistance; Current; or Potential ?
  • 12. Thought to have lived in the 6th century BC, name the first recognised actor, after whom the profession is termed ?
  • 13. What metric prefix, denoting ten to the power of minus twelve, is named from Spanish meaning 'little bit' ?
  • 14. Name the NASA Mars mission rover which landed on the planet in 2012 ?
  • 15. What sort of sportsman/woman is a pugilist ?

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

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