General Knowledge Quiz No. 226

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  • 1. Battement tendu, Grand écart, Entrechat, Hortensia, and Sissonne are terms in what art form ?
  • 2. By which other name (alias) was the American outlaw Robert LeRoy Parker better known ?
  • 3. What British coin, whose nickname strangely alludes to the leather industry, ceased to be legal tender in June 1980 ?
  • 4. 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 ?
  • 5. Who was the first English professional cricketer to be knighted ?
  • 6. What degrees temperature is the same in Centigrade/Celsius as it is in Fahrenheit ?
  • 7. In what form does keratin, the substance human fingernails and hair are made from, sell for more than gold, and endanger a species ?
  • 8. What conventionally are the Roman numerals for the year 2011 ?
  • 9. The nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl is in which country ?
  • 10. What symbol commonly used in print, and titles especially, derives from a combination of the letters E and T ?
  • 11. What is a filbert nut more commonly called, from the name of the tree bearing it ?
  • 12. What French term is used in English when referring to a thought or experience that a person believes he/she has already seen before ?
  • 13. On a western-style Qwerty keyboard, what number shares the key with the % symbol ?
  • 14. 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 ?
  • 15. Name the Scottish singer-songwriter (notably of Baker Street and as co-writer of Stuck in the Middle with You) who died in 2011 aged 63 ?

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3 6d piece, a tanner
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12. Deja vu
15. Gerrymandering Rafferty
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7 Rhino horn
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8. MMX1
10. Ampersand
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1 Ballet
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11 Hazelnut
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14. Gironde
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ANSWERS
  • 1. Battement tendu, Grand écart, Entrechat, Hortensia, and Sissonne are terms in what art form ? Ballet
  • 2. By which other name (alias) was the American outlaw Robert LeRoy Parker better known ? Butch Cassidy
  • 3. What British coin, whose nickname strangely alludes to the leather industry, ceased to be legal tender in June 1980 ? Sixpence
  • 4. 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
  • 5. Who was the first English professional cricketer to be knighted ? Jack Hobbs
  • 6. What degrees temperature is the same in Centigrade/Celsius as it is in Fahrenheit ? -40
  • 7. 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
  • 8. What conventionally are the Roman numerals for the year 2011 ? MMXI
  • 9. The nuclear disaster site at Chernobyl is in which country ? Ukraine
  • 10. What symbol commonly used in print, and titles especially, derives from a combination of the letters E and T ? Ampersand
  • 11. What is a filbert nut more commonly called, from the name of the tree bearing it ? Hazlenut
  • 12. 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
  • 13. On a western-style Qwerty keyboard, what number shares the key with the % symbol ? 5
  • 14. 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
  • 15. Name the Scottish singer-songwriter (notably of Baker Street and as co-writer of Stuck in the Middle with You) who died in 2011 aged 63 ? Gerry Rafferty

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