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- What term, traditionally relating to trains and slippery rails, and a children's play area, refers in computing to a secure area or function where code can be tested in safe isolation? Sandbox
- Who was the first English professional cricketer to be knighted? Jack Hobbs (in 1953 - Australian Don Bradman was the first professional cricketer in the world to be knighted, in 1949)
- What degrees temperature is the same in Centigrade/Celsius as it is in Fahrenheit? -40 (minus forty degrees)
- In what form does keratin, the substance human fingernails and hair are made from, sell for more than gold, and endanger a species? Rhino horn (at 2010 the rhino horn commands a value of up to £35,000/kilo due to its mythical healing properties)
- What conventionally are the Roman numerals for the year 2011? MMXI
- The nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl, to which tourist visits begin/began in 2011, is in which country? Ukraine
- What symbol commonly used in print, and titles especially, derives from a combination of the letters E and T? Ampersand (or the 'and' sign/symbol - & - see more about the ampersand)
- What is a filbert nut more commonly called, from the name of the tree bearing it? Hazelnut
- What French term is used in English when referring to a thought or experience that a person believes he/she has already seen before? Deja vu (correctly Déjà vu - meaning 'already seen')
- On a western-style Qwerty keyboard, what number shares the key with the % symbol? 5
- What important river in south-west France and north-west Spain gives access to Bordeaux, and links the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Biscay? Garonne
- Name the Scottish singer-songwriter (notably of Baker Street and as co-writer of Stuck in the Middle with You) who died early in 2011 age 63? Gerry Rafferty
- Which US president had the nickname 'King of Camelot'? John F Kennedy
- What is generally suggested to be the fourth spatial dimension in addition to the first three (of length, area and volume)? Time
- What German word refers to a 'double' of a living person, often an evil version? Doppelganger (properly Doppelgänger - from the German words doppel, double, and ganger, walker - apparently first coined by novelist Jean Paul in a 1796 book, Siebenkäs)
- Match these music/fashion styles (UK, and probably elsewhere) to their main decades of popularity, 1950s through to 2000s: New Romantics, Goths, Punks, Emo, Teddy Boys, Mods? 50s Teddy Boys; 60s Mods; 70s Punks; 80s New Romantics; 90s Goths; 2000s Emo
- UK HM Revenue and Customs reported that how many people had filled in their tax return online on Christmas Day 2010: 8; 85; 845; or 8,450? 845
- Aphasia is the medical term for the inability to use or understand what, resulting from damage to the brain: Pictures; Language; Numbers; or Time? Language
- What supposedly militarily-derived term refers informally to not wearing underwear? Commando ('going commando' - said, among other theories, to derive from an earlier term 'going regimental', a reference to kilt-wearing soldiers who traditionally did/do not wear underpants)
- What is iron pyrites (iron disulfide, FeS2) commonly called, because it resembles a precious metal? Fool's Gold
- Related to the early development and measurement of steam engines what traditional unit of energy equates typically to between 735-746 watts? Horsepower
- Which famous composer is on the back of the UK £20 banknote withdrawn in 2010? Edward Elgar
- What is the correct spelling of (the US state/river) Mississippi; Missisippi; Misissippi; or Mississipi? Mississippi
- Pony, seven and schooner are Australian terms for what? Beer glasses (pony is 5 fluid ounces, seven is 7 fl oz, and a schooner is 15 fl oz - in the UK a schooner traditionally refers to a large sherry glass)
- The Cass report published by London's Metropolitan Police after 31 years of public campaigning confirmed that police had killed what anti-racist protestor at Southall in 1979? Blair Peach
- In the conventional game of pool ('eight-ball', or 'spots and stripes') what colour are the 3 and 11 balls? Red
- Referring to a 1950s song what is the traditional bingo call for the number 76? Trombones (Seventy-six Trombones was the signature song from the 1957 musical play and 1962 film The Music Man, written by Meredith Willson)
- How many zeros are represented by the metric multiple prefix 'tera'? Twelve (1,000,000,000,000)
- On a chessboard what square (using modern letter and number reference) would the white king pawn occupy if its first move was two squares forward? E4 (black king pawn would be E5 - the rows or ranks of squares are numbered 1-8 from the white side; the columns or files of squares are denoted by the letters A-H starting from the white queen rook/castle, i.e., bottom left square seen from the white side)
- Abraham Maslow's fundamentally meaningful theory of motivation, popularly shown as a pyramid of motivational factors in a person's life, is known widely as Maslow's what? Hierarchy of Needs (see Maslow's Hierearchy of Needs)
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