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General Knowledge Quiz No. 212
Posted: 11 Jan 2024 21:03
by Carl
- 1. Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine) ?
- 2. According to Greek legend, the labyrinth built by architect Daedalus housed which monster ?
- 3. What 'z' is the activity where person is rolled down a hill inside a large plastic transparent ball ?
- 4. Sir Thomas Sopwith designed what famous British biplane fighter aircraft, whose name combined his own name with an animal ?
- 5. In the Mousetrap board game a swinging what overturns a bucket, releasing a marble down a zig-zag slope ?
- 6. What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice') meaning catapault ?
- 7. What is a brief period of time and a turning effect produced by a force ?
- 8. Permanent software programmed into a read-only memory is generally called what ' ...ware' ?
- 9. What colour/color normally follows orange moving up the scale, low to high, in judo belts ?
- 10. What gas, symbol F, is the most reactive of all chemical elements ?
- 11. 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 ?
- 12. David John Moore Cornwell is better known as what spy-story writer ?
- 13. Used especially in marketing and consumer profiling, what is the study of size, structure, development and dispersement of human populations ?
- 14. What animals does a mahout work with ?
- 15. What term, common in fantasy games, also refers to the three wise men in the Bible ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 212
Posted: 12 Jan 2024 00:29
by elcarretero
1 Facsimile
2 Minotaur
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 212
Posted: 12 Jan 2024 08:47
by stowie39
4. Sopwith Camel
13. Demographics
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 212
Posted: 12 Jan 2024 08:51
by elcarretero
5 Boot
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 212
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Meaning literally 'make like' what is the full Latin word from which 'fax' derives (as in fax machine) ? Facsimile
- 2. According to Greek legend, the labyrinth built by architect Daedalus housed which monster ? The Minotaur
- 3. What 'z' is the activity where person is rolled down a hill inside a large plastic transparent ball ? Zorbing
- 4. Sir Thomas Sopwith designed what famous British biplane fighter aircraft, whose name combined his own name with an animal ? Sopwith Camel
- 5. In the Mousetrap board game a swinging what overturns a bucket, releasing a marble down a zig-zag slope ? Boot
- 6. What type of wartime field gun took its name originally from the old Czech word (loosely 'houfnice') meaning catapault ? Howitzer
- 7. What is a brief period of time and a turning effect produced by a force ? Moment
- 8. Permanent software programmed into a read-only memory is generally called what ' ...ware' ? Firmware
- 9. What colour/color normally follows orange moving up the scale, low to high, in judo belts ? Green
- 10. What gas, symbol F, is the most reactive of all chemical elements ? Fluorine
- 11. 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
- 12. David John Moore Cornwell is better known as what spy-story writer ? John Le Carré
- 13. Used especially in marketing and consumer profiling, what is the study of size, structure, development and dispersement of human populations ? Demography
- 14. What animals does a mahout work with ? Elephants
- 15. What term, common in fantasy games, also refers to the three wise men in the Bible ? Magi