General Knowledge Quiz No. 248

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General Knowledge Quiz No. 248

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  • 1. The preparation of what entails scoring or slashing or docking it with a 'lame' (pronounced 'lahm') before baking ?
  • 2. What SI unit (International System of Units of measurement is defined as "The amount of substance that contains an equal number of elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012kg of the isotope carbon-12": Mole; Mare; Man; or Mule ?
  • 3. Scientists announced in 2012 that more than 1,000 of what creatures had been fitted with tiny radio transmitters to study the species: Rats, Bats; Cats; or Ants ?
  • 4. In writing or speech the Latin term 'non sequitur' means 'It does not (what) ?': Matter; Count; Follow; or End ?
  • 5. What global brand withdrew ('rested') its old red-jacketed striding man 104 years after its first appearance in 1908 ?
  • 6. Put these art-forms in order of oldest (evidence based) found first: Textiles, Painting, Ceramics, Mosaic
  • 7. What two countries share administrative responsibility for Tierra del Fuego ?
  • 8. Google's prior name while under development was 'Back (what)' ?
  • 9. What nationality was the founding modernist and realism playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) ?
  • 10. The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 -1919) pioneered and made his vast fortune in which industry in late 1800s USA ?
  • 11. What are the three most widely spoken Slavic languages ?
  • 12. What chemical elements occupy Atomic Numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the Periodic Table ?
  • 13. Lebanese-American professor/author Nassim Taleb coined the term '(What ? colour What ? creature)' referring to an unpredictable random event that has a vast societal/political/economic impact ?
  • 14. What was ex-Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi's first criminal conviction (October 2012): Soliciting minors for sex; Tax evasion; Bribery; or Abuse of office ?
  • 15. The US dollar sign ($) derives from the abbreviation of which other currency ?

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  • 1. The preparation of what entails scoring or slashing or docking it with a 'lame' (pronounced 'lahm') before baking ? Bread
  • 2. What SI unit (International System of Units of measurement is defined as "The amount of substance that contains an equal number of elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012kg of the isotope carbon-12": Mole; Mare; Man; or Mule ? Mole
  • 3. Scientists announced in 2012 that more than 1,000 of what creatures had been fitted with tiny radio transmitters to study the species: Rats, Bats; Cats; or Ants ? Ants
  • 4. In writing or speech the Latin term 'non sequitur' means 'It does not (what) ?': Matter; Count; Follow; or End ? Follow
  • 5. What global brand withdrew ('rested') its old red-jacketed striding man 104 years after its first appearance in 1908 ? Johnnie Walker
  • 6. Put these art-forms in order of oldest (evidence based) found first: Textiles, Painting, Ceramics, Mosaic Painting, Textiles, Ceramics and Mosaic
  • 7. What two countries share administrative responsibility for Tierra del Fuego ? Argentina and Chile
  • 8. Google's prior name while under development was 'Back (what)' ? Rub
  • 9. What nationality was the founding modernist and realism playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906) ? Norwegian
  • 10. The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835 -1919) pioneered and made his vast fortune in which industry in late 1800s USA ? Steel
  • 11. What are the three most widely spoken Slavic languages ? Russian, Polish and Ukranian
  • 12. What chemical elements occupy Atomic Numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the Periodic Table ? Hydrogen, Helium and Lithium
  • 13. Lebanese-American professor/author Nassim Taleb coined the term '(What? colour What? creature)' referring to an unpredictable random event that has a vast societal/political/economic impact ? Black Swan
  • 14. What was ex-Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi's first criminal conviction (October 2012): Soliciting minors for sex; Tax evasion; Bribery; or Abuse of office ? Tax evasion
  • 15. The US dollar sign ($) derives from the abbreviation of which other currency ? Spanish Dollar (also referred to a Peso)

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