General Knowledge Quiz. cassell123. 28-1-2012.

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ.    cassell123.         28-1-2012.

 

1.                   What name is given to a combination of contradictory words in a sentence, eg, ‘beautiful tyrant’ ‘laborious idleness’?       OXYMORON.

2.                   What is the name of the thick brown, dark coloured viscid liquid that drains from sugar in the process of manufacture?           MOLASSES.

3.                   What has a mean period of 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes and 2.8 seconds?            PERIOD OF ONE NEW MOON TO THE NEXT NEW MOON. (NOT A LUNAR MONTH)

4.                   Name the accumulation of earth, stones etc carried and finally deposited by a glacier.       MORAINE.

5.                   Mrs is the shortened form of which word?         MISTRESS.

6.                   What is the name of the small piece of plain or embroidered cloth formerly placed on the back of an armchair to protect it from a gentleman’s hair oil? (Still seen today on some airline or train seats)              ANTIMACASSAR.

7.                   Mother Carey’s Chickens refers to several species of petrels, especially the storm petrel. But who is Mother Carey an epithet of?    VIRGIN MARY. (MATA CARA)

8.                   On which Sunday in Lent, eg, 1^st 2^nd 3^rd etc does Mothering Sunday occur?              4^th.

9.                   Marmalade is now made from oranges, lemons, grapefruits etc, but what was the fruit from which it was initially made?                 QUINCE.

10.               Name the common bird allied to the starlings of South East Asia prized for being able to be taught to talk and sometimes called a Grackle.               MYNAH OR MYNA.