HOT SEAT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2 – 7 JUNE 2010

1. In the US TV drama series ‘24’, who plays Jack Bauer?

1) Matthew Perry

2) Rob Lowe

3) Martin Sheen

4) Kiefer Sutherland *

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2. What word means ‘a non-standard language’?

1) Patois *

2) Chamois

3) Avoirdupois

4) Bourgeois

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3.Tuscany is a region in which country?

1)Spain

2)France

3)Italy *

4)Germany

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4. In the US TV musical comedy series ‘Glee’, which character is a guidance counselor?

1) Rachel Berry

2) Quinn Fabray

3) Emma Pillsbury *

4) Tina Cohen-Chang

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5. The US Permanent Resident Card for aliens is popularly known as the what Card?

1) White

2) Blue

3) Red

4) Green *

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6. According to the consultancy Mercer, what city has the world’s highest quality of living?

1)Sydney

2)Vienna *

3)Port-au-Prince

4) Teheran

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7. What fictional airline features in the US TV drama series ‘Lost’?

1)Oceanic *

2) Seven Seas

3)World

4)Inter-Continental

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8. The Maine Coon is a breed of which animal?

1) Dog

2) Cat *

3) Horse

4) Rabbit

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9. Which 1969 movie was directed by the late Dennis Hopper?

1)Patton

2)Five Easy Pieces

3) Easy Rider *

4)Woodstock

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10. Which of these is a species of penguin?

1) Arabella

2) Abigail

3) Avril

4) Adelie *

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11. The medical condition hydrocephalus is also known as ‘water on the what’?

1) Knee

2) Brain *

3) Toe

4) Liver

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12. Mark Zuckerberg was a co-founder of which website?

1) Facebook *

2) Google

3) Wikipedia

4) MySpace

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13. A parsec is a unit of what?

1) Time

2) Length *

3) Mass

4) Temperature

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14. The English city of Liverpool is on the estuary of which river?

1) Thames

2)Severn

3)Mersey *

4)Tyne

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15. What word means ‘having more than one spouse at a time’?

1) Polytechnic

2)Polynesia

3) Polydactyly

4) Polygamy *

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16. ‘Bocca’ is Italian for what part of the body?

1) Eye

2) Mouth *

3) Foot

4) Hand

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17. What word means a word that imitates the sound of what it is describing?

1)Cassiopeia

2)Mythopoeia

3)Onomatopoeia *

4)Pharmacopoeia

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18. In May 2010 at least 60 people were killed in battles between troops and gangsters where?

1)Jamaica *

2)Barbados

3)Dominican Republic

4)Bahamas

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19. What is the name of NASA’s space telescope, launched in 1990?

1)Hobbs

2) Hubble *

3) Hillary

4) Herbert

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20. Which children’s book character was created by English author Enid Blyton?

1) Andy Pandy

2) Angelina Ballerina

3) Peter Rabbit

4) Noddy *

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21. What kind of animal is an armadillo?

1) Reptile

2) Mammal *

3) Insect

4) Fish

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22.Which English Test cricket ground is dominated by gasometers?

1)The Oval *

2)Lord’s

3) Headingley

4) Old Trafford

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23. Vexillology is the study of which subject?

1) Flags *

2) Coins

3) Stamps

4) Clothes

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24. Heather Mills was formerly married to which ex-Beatle?

1) John Lennon

2) Paul McCartney *

3) George Harrison

4) Ringo Starr

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25. Kiwi Ernest Rutherford won the 1908 Nobel Prize in what field?

1)Peace

2) Medicine

3)Chemistry *

4) Literature

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26.The Hang Seng is the stock market index for which city’s Stock Exchange?

1)Tokyo

2)Hong Kong *

3)Shanghai

4)Singapore

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27. A cob is an adult male of which bird?

1) Duck

2) Goose

3) Swan *

4) Chicken

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28.Where in the human body will you find the pineal gland?

1) Brain *

2) Heart

3) Lungs

4) Kidneys

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29. What is the name of the murderous doll in the ‘Child’s Play’ horror movie series?

1) Bucky

2)Plucky

3) Ducky

4)Chucky *

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30. Tux the penguin is the symbol of what open source software?

1) Haiku

2)Darwin

3) Linux *

4) Mozilla

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31.Where on or in an airplane would you commonly find the ailerons?

1) Tail

2) Wings *

3) Cockpit

4) Undercarriage

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32.Pap smears help to prevent cancer – what is ‘Pap’ short for?

1)Papanicolaou *

2)Papandreou

3)Papagallo

4)Papadopoulos

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33. When is Halley’s Comet next due to be seen with the naked eye from Earth?

1) 2031

2) 2041

3) 2051

4) 2061 *

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34. Which of these was one of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War?

1)Vermont

2)North Carolina *

3)Oregon

4)Idaho

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35.A gunman shot and killed 12 people on 2 June 2010 in which English county?

1)Devon

2)Cornwall

3)Cumbria *

4)Kent

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36. Giving their name to a popular domestic bird, the Canary Islands are in which ocean?

1) Pacific

2) Atlantic *

3) Indian

4)Arctic

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37.Piraeus is the port of which city?

1)Athens *

2)Berlin

3)Rome

4)Istanbul

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38. Who is the voice of Princess Fiona in the ‘Shrek’ movies?

1) Jodie Foster

2) Renee Zellweger

3) Drew Barrymore

4) Cameron Diaz *

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39.What kind of animal is a vervet?

1) Wasp

2)Monkey *

3)Whale

4)Spider

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40. The word ‘boycott’ comes from a 19th century incident in which country?

1)Ireland *

2)USA

3)New Zealand

4)India

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