GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 41
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:56 pm1. The toe of Italy's boot, which appears to be kicking Sicily, is made up of what region? CALABRIA
2. Which of these early church fathers was the biographer of Roman emperor Constantine the Great?
A) Boethius B) Plotinus C) Eusebius D) Macrobius C) EUSEBIUS
3. Ben Jonson said of this man's work, when told that he had boasted of never correcting a single line, 'Would he had blotted out a thousand.' To whom was Jonson referring? SHAKESPEARE
4. By what name did John Milton call the capital of hell in his 'Paradise Lost'? PANDERMONIUM
5. Whose house in Coyoacan, Mexico was opened up as a museum in 1958? FRIDA KAHLO
6. The Latin name for which order of insects means 'scaly wings'? BUTTERFLIES
7. Which was the first Celine Dion hit to reach number 1 on the billboard dance chart? MISLED
8. The Greek term for the Jewish dispersion from the holy land is 'diaspora', but what is the Hebrew term which means 'exile'? GALUT
9. Which name of myth links Sophocles, Stravinsky and Freud? OEDIPUS
10. Anthropologists: Which of the following anthropologists would best be classified as a 'structural anthropologist'?
A) Michel Foucault B) Bronislav Malinowsky C) Pierre Bourdeau D) Claude Levi-Strauss
11. Which of the following countries is considered to be a 'perforated' state?
A) Angola B) Mongolia C) India D) South Africa D) SOUTH AFRICA
12. During which Roman emperor's reign was citizenship offered to all subjects of the empire? CARACALLA
13. We all know that Michelangelo was the painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The walls of the Sistine Chapel were also painted by a number of Renaissance masters, including all but which of the following?
A) Perugino B) Ghirlandaio C) Leonardo D) Botticelli C) LEONARDO
14. 'Xibalba' was the underworld (hell) in the myth system of which of the following ancient cultures?
A) Sumerian B) Mayan C) Chinese D) Khmer B) MAYAN
15. The 'click languages' associated with the Bushmen of Southern Africa are part of which language family? KHOISAN
16. What is the term for the men who summon Muslims to prayer in the cities of the Islamic world? MUEZZIN
17. The first enzyme to be discovered was diastase, but which French chemist made this fortunate discovery? ANSELME PAYEN
18. What is the term for a plant that grows upon another plant but does not act as a parasite? EPIPHYTE
19. Which part of the ear derives its name from the Latin word for 'wing'? PINNA
20. During which geological period of the Palaeozoic Era did the first vertebrates begin to appear? ORDOVICIAN
21. In a Slovak car licence plate, which two letters indicate Bratislava? BA
22. The extinct 'aurochs' is the ancestor of what modern domesticated farm animal? COW
23. Which of the following languages is most closely related to English in terms of language origins?
A) Turkish B) Finnish C) Hindi D) Hebrew C) HINDI
24. Who was the oldest poet to be appointed poet laureate of England? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
25. Chandigarh, the joint capital of the Haryana and Punjab states of India, was laid out by what world famous architect in the 1950s? LE CORBUSIER
26. Which of these is a figure of the Islamic belief system that corresponds with the Christian Satan?
A) Beelzebub B) Iblis C) Pazuzu D) Yama B) IBLIS
27. What Hindu bathing festival is held every 12 years on the banks of the Godavari River? PUSHKARAM
28. One of the members of the Surrealist art movement was also the most well-known artist ever to come out of Cuba, but who? WILFREDO LAM
29. The words 'physiology' and 'pathology' were introduced in the medical sciences by which of the following individuals?
A) Jean Helmont B) Visalius C) Jean Fernel D) William Harvey C) JEAN FERNEL
30. Which of these chemical elements was named for a city in Asia Minor (now Turkey)?
A) Niobium B) Promethium C) Phosphorous D) Magnesium D) MAGNESIUM
2. Which of these early church fathers was the biographer of Roman emperor Constantine the Great?
A) Boethius B) Plotinus C) Eusebius D) Macrobius C) EUSEBIUS
3. Ben Jonson said of this man's work, when told that he had boasted of never correcting a single line, 'Would he had blotted out a thousand.' To whom was Jonson referring? SHAKESPEARE
4. By what name did John Milton call the capital of hell in his 'Paradise Lost'? PANDERMONIUM
5. Whose house in Coyoacan, Mexico was opened up as a museum in 1958? FRIDA KAHLO
6. The Latin name for which order of insects means 'scaly wings'? BUTTERFLIES
7. Which was the first Celine Dion hit to reach number 1 on the billboard dance chart? MISLED
8. The Greek term for the Jewish dispersion from the holy land is 'diaspora', but what is the Hebrew term which means 'exile'? GALUT
9. Which name of myth links Sophocles, Stravinsky and Freud? OEDIPUS
10. Anthropologists: Which of the following anthropologists would best be classified as a 'structural anthropologist'?
A) Michel Foucault B) Bronislav Malinowsky C) Pierre Bourdeau D) Claude Levi-Strauss
11. Which of the following countries is considered to be a 'perforated' state?
A) Angola B) Mongolia C) India D) South Africa D) SOUTH AFRICA
12. During which Roman emperor's reign was citizenship offered to all subjects of the empire? CARACALLA
13. We all know that Michelangelo was the painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. The walls of the Sistine Chapel were also painted by a number of Renaissance masters, including all but which of the following?
A) Perugino B) Ghirlandaio C) Leonardo D) Botticelli C) LEONARDO
14. 'Xibalba' was the underworld (hell) in the myth system of which of the following ancient cultures?
A) Sumerian B) Mayan C) Chinese D) Khmer B) MAYAN
15. The 'click languages' associated with the Bushmen of Southern Africa are part of which language family? KHOISAN
16. What is the term for the men who summon Muslims to prayer in the cities of the Islamic world? MUEZZIN
17. The first enzyme to be discovered was diastase, but which French chemist made this fortunate discovery? ANSELME PAYEN
18. What is the term for a plant that grows upon another plant but does not act as a parasite? EPIPHYTE
19. Which part of the ear derives its name from the Latin word for 'wing'? PINNA
20. During which geological period of the Palaeozoic Era did the first vertebrates begin to appear? ORDOVICIAN
21. In a Slovak car licence plate, which two letters indicate Bratislava? BA
22. The extinct 'aurochs' is the ancestor of what modern domesticated farm animal? COW
23. Which of the following languages is most closely related to English in terms of language origins?
A) Turkish B) Finnish C) Hindi D) Hebrew C) HINDI
24. Who was the oldest poet to be appointed poet laureate of England? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
25. Chandigarh, the joint capital of the Haryana and Punjab states of India, was laid out by what world famous architect in the 1950s? LE CORBUSIER
26. Which of these is a figure of the Islamic belief system that corresponds with the Christian Satan?
A) Beelzebub B) Iblis C) Pazuzu D) Yama B) IBLIS
27. What Hindu bathing festival is held every 12 years on the banks of the Godavari River? PUSHKARAM
28. One of the members of the Surrealist art movement was also the most well-known artist ever to come out of Cuba, but who? WILFREDO LAM
29. The words 'physiology' and 'pathology' were introduced in the medical sciences by which of the following individuals?
A) Jean Helmont B) Visalius C) Jean Fernel D) William Harvey C) JEAN FERNEL
30. Which of these chemical elements was named for a city in Asia Minor (now Turkey)?
A) Niobium B) Promethium C) Phosphorous D) Magnesium D) MAGNESIUM
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