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and the answers
1. Viticulture refers to the cultivation of what fruit? Grapes
2. What ancient seminal Palestinian city is 'house of meat' in Arabic, and 'house of bread' in Hebrew? Bethlehem
3. 'Die Adler', nickname of the German national soccer team, means 'The (What)'? Eagles
4. What did 'Pole', meaning leading contender, in 'pole-position', originally refer to? A wooden pole at the start of a horse race (at the inside boundary fence of the track, being the best starting position, given to the fastest horse for certain events)
5. What rum-based cocktail is named from Spanish 'little wet thing'? Mojito
6. In the the expression 'whet your appetite', what does the old word 'whet' technically mean? Sharpen (originally referring to sharp/sharpening a blade, related to German 'wetzen')
7. Petroliam Nasional Berhad, the huge Malaysian gas/oil corporation gave its abbreviated name to what world-leading Kuala Lumpa landmark? Petronas Towers (Kulala Lumpa's twin towers, the tallest twin towers globally at 2014, and tallest buildings 1998-2004)
8. In Australian slang, what is someone called a 'mollydooker'? Left-handed (here 'dooker' refers to 'duke', meaning hand/fist, from Cockney Rhyming slang: 'Duke of Yorks' = 'forks', which is older English slang for fingers or hand, hence the expressions 'duke it out' = fight, 'put your dukes up' = put your fists up in preparing to fight - and a root of the expression 'fork-out' meaning pay for something)
9. What were Olivetti, Olympia, Underwood, Smith Corona, and Remington were famous makers of in the 1900's? Typewriters
10. The famous 'Kitemark' quality symbol, registered in England in 1903, one of the world's oldest trademarks still in use, contains which two letters (besides the 'V' shape)? B and S (for British Standards Institution)
11. Bosintang/Boshintang (or Gaejangguk) is a Korean soup of declining popularity made chiefly of what meat? Dog
12. Name the Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran's famous 1923 philosophical collection of verses, with sales of over 100m copies? The Prophet
13. Anopheles and Aedes, which indirectly kill millions of people every year, are what? Mosquitos (malaria notably is transmitted by certain Anopheles species)
14. What central European bread supposedly originated in monasteries and represents praying hands? Pretzel
15. The 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge internet phenomenon originally promoted awareness and fundraising for which disease? ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - or Motor Neurone Disease, as more commonly known in the UK)
16. What word meaning 'misbehaved' evolved through 'wicked' from originally 'possessing nothing'? Naughty (literally from 'naught' + y)
17. What is the 'hull' of a seed? Shell (or husk)
18. Which spice is named from Hungarian for pepper? Paprika
19. Which two similar creatures, and the only major predators of mosquitos, are differentiated by their respective perpendicular and parallel resting wing positions? Dragonfly and Damselfly
20. What medieval term for a knights' equestrian tournament is also a fairground ride and an airport mechanism? Carousel
21. Which German rye bread is named, according to many reliable sources, from the original meaning 'Devil's fart'? Pumpernickel
22. Brinjal is an Indian/S African word for what vegetable? Aubergine (or USA Eggplant)
23. In the Isle of Man TT motorcycle race, the TT stands for what? Tourist Trophy
24. What term refers to a fashion/lifestyle/music genre, and wood that is light and flaky due to rot or fungal attack? Punk
25. What technical Anglicized French word for a rank or level is from French for ladder? Echelon (from echelle)
26. Related to voting/headcount, what technical term refers to the removal of a tree's top branches, usually to encourage new growth? Pollard/Pollarding (from the old meaning of poll, head)
27. Dart, mushroom, grain, notions, and piping are terms used in what handicraft? Sewing (or equivalent)
28. A nuclear reactor which produces more 'fissile' material (i.e., which sustains a chain reaction) than it consumes in fuel is known by what sexual term? Breeder
29. Haslet is a traditional (mostly UK) inexpensive chopped, pressed and cooked cold loaf of: Fruit; Fish; Offal; or Chocolate fudge with nuts and raisins? Offal
30. In rugby union, how many meters is a team penalized for arguing with a referee's decision? 10
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