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quiz 1113 – general knowledge (QA)

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1 Created by cartoonist Robert Lips, cartoon character 'Globi' originated in which European country?
2 Acute Coryza is a medical term for which common complaint?
3 How many players are on the field in a team during a game of Canadian Box Lacrosse?
4 Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was elected Prime Minister of which country in March 2004?
5 Who recorded the 1965 song 'Eve of Destruction', a protest song against the Vietnam War?
6 In which English city did the Belgrade Theatre open in 1958?
7 Which Spice Girl took part in 'Dancing With the Stars', the US version of the UK television show 'Strictly Come Dancing'?
8 Which US highway is known as the 'Loneliest Road in America'?
9 In humans the atlas and axis bones are in which part of the body?
10 A polyglot is someone who uses or knows several what?
11 Sastrugi are parallel wave-like ridges caused by winds on the surface of what?
12 What is the name of the village druid in the comic strip 'Asterix'?
13 'Bankable Productions', an independent film and television production company, was founded by which former model?
14 'Podshaving' is the art of hand-making which piece of sports equipment?
15 In 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard became the first climbers to reach the summit of which European mountain?
16 Which female gymnast won Gold Medals in the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise events in the 1972 Summer Olympics?
17 In marketing, what does USP stand for?
18 Which Michelin star chef launched his own brand of beer called 'The Governor' in 2011?
19 According to the proverb 'People in glass houses shouldn't do what'?
20 How many ounces are in a US (short) ton?
21 On a QWERTY keyboard which letter lies between A and D?
22 Fictional character Cruella De Vil is associated with which breed of dog?
23 Eboracum was the Latin name for which English city?
24 Which fictional doctor lives in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh?
25 In sport, what is the informal name of the box or bench to which offending players be sent as a penalty during a game?
26 What is the name of the short, horizontal pole projecting from a wall on which scaffold floorboards rest?
27 In the Batman series of films, what is Alfred the butler's surname?
28 In which part of the human body are the metatarsus bones?
29 What breed of animal is a Chester White?
30 Boss, Flex, Vane and Nock are terms used in which sport?