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General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 21:04
by Carl
- 1. 'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime ?
- 2. In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets ?
- 3. What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige ?
- 4. At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic ?
- 5. What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale ?
- 6. How many microns are in a metre ?
- 7. What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases ?
- 8. What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch ?
- 9. 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 ?
- 10. In Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets' what planet from the (our) Solar System is missing ?
- 11. In which country is Lake Banyoles, site of the 1992 Olympic rowing events ?
- 12. What chemical element is a pure diamond ?
- 13. Which character is the science officer of the Starship Enterprise (in the original Star Trek TV series) ?
- 14. What (aside from slight variation with temperature and air pressure) is the metric weight of a litre (1,000cc) of water ?
- 15. What (usually wooden item) securely holds a set of spirit decanters, and is named after a mythical Greek king, condemned to stand surrounded by unreachable water and fruit ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 18 Jan 2024 22:39
by elcarretero
10 Earth
12 Carbon
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 19 Jan 2024 08:48
by gail
3. Dark red
8. Two words shortened to make one
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 19 Jan 2024 08:52
by elcarretero
14 1 kilo
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 19 Jan 2024 10:18
by gail
11. Spain
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 19 Jan 2024 16:19
by elcarretero
1 Shoplifting
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 213
Posted: 25 Jan 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. 'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime ? Shoplifting
- 2. In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets ? Grasmere
- 3. What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige ? Dark red
- 4. At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic ? 12
- 5. What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale ? 7
- 6. How many microns are in a metre ? 1 million
- 7. What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases ? Compact Disc Digital Audio
- 8. What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch ? Portmanteau words
- 9. 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
- 10. In Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets' what planet from the (our) Solar System is missing ? Earth
- 11. In which country is Lake Banyoles, site of the 1992 Olympic rowing events ? Spain
- 12. What chemical element is a pure diamond ? Carbon
- 13. Which character is the science officer of the Starship Enterprise (in the original Star Trek TV series) ? Spock
- 14. What (aside from slight variation with temperature and air pressure) is the metric weight of a litre (1,000cc) of water ? 1kg
- 15. What (usually wooden item) securely holds a set of spirit decanters, and is named after a mythical Greek king, condemned to stand surrounded by unreachable water and fruit ? Tantalus