General Knowledge Quiz. cassell123. 26-1-2012.

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General Knowledge Quiz.            cassell123.         26-1-2012.

 

1.                   What does parboil mean?          TO COOK OR BOIL THOROUGHLY.

2.                   Of which of the five classic orders of architecture is the Parthenon built?                             DORIC.

3.                   What did Sir Francis Drake call that portion of the west coast of the United States on which he landed in the 16^th century?   NEW ALBION.

4.                   What is the name of the Jewish candelabrum, representing the seven days of creation?                          MENORAH.

5.                   What was the Christian name of Mr Micawber, a character in Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield’        WILKINS.

6.                   What name is given to a dictionary of place names?       GAZETTEER.

7.                   What name is given to a very small painting, especially a portrait, as on ivory or metal? MINATURE.

8.                   How is Mistletoe propagated?   THROUGH BIRD’S DROPPINGS.

9.                   To who is it attributed the first translation of the Bible into English?              JOHN WYCLIFFE.

10.               What Latin phrase is used to describe the manner or method of working? The police would use it to describe an habitual thief’s speciality.              MODUS OPERANDI.