General Knowledge - Quiz Number 5

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Number of questions: 30

1 - What did the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia ban in 2010, that took effect in 2012?





2 - Albert Einstein had trouble with mathematics when he was in school.



3 - In what year was McDonald's founded?





4 - The scientific name for the Southern Lights is Aurora Australis?



5 - Which Italian automobile manufacturer gained majority control of U.S. automobile manufacturer Chrysler in 2011?





6 - On average, Americans consume 100 pounds of what per second?





7 - The US emergency hotline is 911 because of the September 11th terrorist attacks.



8 - Where did the pineapple plant originate?





9 - In the Morse code, which letter is indicated by 3 dots?





10 - What is the Portuguese word for "Brazil"?





11 - In a 1994 CBS interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates performed what unusual trick on camera?





12 - Who is a co-founder of music streaming service Spotify?





13 - What character was once considered to be the 27th letter of the alphabet?





14 - The French word to travel is "Travail"



15 - When did the website "Facebook" launch?





16 - What was the original name of the search engine "Google"?





17 - What is the unit of currency in Laos?





18 - Which of these is the name of a Japanese system of alternative medicine, literally meaning "finger pressure"?





19 - What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?





20 - Which river flows through the Scottish city of Glasgow?





21 - After how many years would you celebrate your crystal anniversary?





22 - There are 86400 seconds in a day.



23 - The average woman is 5 inches / 13 centimeters shorter than the average man.



24 - Which American manufactured submachine gun was informally known by the American soldiers that used it as "Grease Gun"?





25 - What is the Italian word for "tomato"?





26 - The website "Shut Up & Sit Down" reviews which form of media?





27 - Francis Bacon died from a fatal case of pneumonia while he was attempting to preserve meat by stuffing a chicken with snow.



28 - The bikini is named after the "Bikini Atoll", an island where the United States conducted tests on atomic bombs.



29 - Popcorn was invented in 1871 by Frederick W. Rueckheim in the USA where he sold the snack on the streets of Chicago.



30 - The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.




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