General Knowledge Quiz #87
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General Knowledge Quiz #87
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What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale?
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Used especially in marketing and consumer profiling, what is the study of size, structure, development and dispersement of human populations?
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What animals does a mahout work with?
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What term, common in fantasy games, also refers to the three wise men in the Bible?
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In which city is the new 27-storey $1bn residential property 'Antilla', home to the 4th richest person in the world, and (as at 2010) reportedly the most expensive home anywhere?
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'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime?
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In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets?
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What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige?
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At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic?
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David John Moore Cornwell is better known as what spy-story writer?
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How many microns are in a metre?
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What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases?
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What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch?
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What name (in English was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010?
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Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine?
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What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice' meaning catapault?
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Sometimes called Echo Boomers, people born between around 1980 to the mid-1990s (or later depending on interpretation, are more commonly referred to as Generation what?
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In which city is the new 27-storey $1bn residential property 'Antilla', home to the 4th richest person in the world, and (as at 2010 reportedly the most expensive home anywhere?
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Sir Thomas Sopwith designed what famous British biplane fighter aircraft, whose name combined his own name with an animal?
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What characterised the Neolithic age: Dinosaurs; Stone tools; The Ancient Greeks; or The Renaissance?
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What British institution, originating in the 12th century, is to be turned into a mutual or cooperative, according to government plans announced in 2010?
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What name (in English) was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010?
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According to Forbes magazine's 2010 listings, who was the highest earning dead celebrity?
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What is harvested from Hevea brasiliensis, whose other plant names separately feature the words Para and India?
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Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine)?
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According to Greek legend, the labyrinth built by architect Daedalus housed which monster?
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What 'z' is the activity where person is rolled down a hill inside a large plastic transparent ball?
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What element, with zirconium, forms the compound zirconia, which is used to make synthetic diamonds?
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In the Mousetrap board game a swinging what overturns a bucket, releasing a marble down a zig-zag slope?
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What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice') meaning catapault?
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What is a brief period of time and a turning effect produced by a force?
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Permanent software programmed into a read-only memory is generally called what ' ...ware'?
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What colour/color normally follows orange moving up the scale, low to high, in judo belts?
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What gas, symbol F, is the most reactive of all chemical elements?
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Sometimes called Echo Boomers, people born between around 1980 to the mid-1990s (or later depending on interpretation), are more commonly referred to as Generation what?
Questions & Answers
Interactive Quiz
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What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale?7
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Used especially in marketing and consumer profiling, what is the study of size, structure, development and dispersement of human populations?Demography
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What animals does a mahout work with?Elephants
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What term, common in fantasy games, also refers to the three wise men in the Bible?Magi
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In which city is the new 27-storey $1bn residential property 'Antilla', home to the 4th richest person in the world, and (as at 2010) reportedly the most expensive home anywhere?Mumbai
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'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime?Shoplifting
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In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets?Grasmere
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What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige?Dark red
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At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic?12
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David John Moore Cornwell is better known as what spy-story writer?John Le Carré
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How many microns are in a metre?One million
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What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases?Compact Disc Digital Audio
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What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch?Portmanteau words
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What name (in English was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010?Phoenix
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Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine?Facsimile
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What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice' meaning catapault?Howitzer
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Sometimes called Echo Boomers, people born between around 1980 to the mid-1990s (or later depending on interpretation, are more commonly referred to as Generation what?Y
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In which city is the new 27-storey $1bn residential property 'Antilla', home to the 4th richest person in the world, and (as at 2010 reportedly the most expensive home anywhere?Mumbai
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Sir Thomas Sopwith designed what famous British biplane fighter aircraft, whose name combined his own name with an animal?Sopwith Camel
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What characterised the Neolithic age: Dinosaurs; Stone tools; The Ancient Greeks; or The Renaissance?Stone tools
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What British institution, originating in the 12th century, is to be turned into a mutual or cooperative, according to government plans announced in 2010?The Post Office
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What name (in English) was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010?Phoenix
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According to Forbes magazine's 2010 listings, who was the highest earning dead celebrity?Yves Saint Laurent
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What is harvested from Hevea brasiliensis, whose other plant names separately feature the words Para and India?Latex
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Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine)?Facsimile
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According to Greek legend, the labyrinth built by architect Daedalus housed which monster?The Minotaur
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What 'z' is the activity where person is rolled down a hill inside a large plastic transparent ball?Zorbing
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What element, with zirconium, forms the compound zirconia, which is used to make synthetic diamonds?Oxygen
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In the Mousetrap board game a swinging what overturns a bucket, releasing a marble down a zig-zag slope?Boot
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What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice') meaning catapault?Howitzer
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What is a brief period of time and a turning effect produced by a force?Moment
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Permanent software programmed into a read-only memory is generally called what ' ...ware'?Firmware
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What colour/color normally follows orange moving up the scale, low to high, in judo belts?Green
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What gas, symbol F, is the most reactive of all chemical elements?Fluorine
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Sometimes called Echo Boomers, people born between around 1980 to the mid-1990s (or later depending on interpretation), are more commonly referred to as Generation what?Y
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