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General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 18 Apr 2024 22:14
by Carl
- 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 ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 18 Apr 2024 22:52
by elcarretero
3 6d piece, a tanner
6 Minus 40
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 18 Apr 2024 23:36
by stowie39
12. Deja vu
15. Gerrymandering Rafferty
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 19 Apr 2024 08:23
by elcarretero
7 Rhino horn
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 21 Apr 2024 12:49
by gail
8. MMX1
10. Ampersand
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 21 Apr 2024 14:10
by freddo
1 Ballet
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 21 Apr 2024 17:28
by elcarretero
11 Hazelnut
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 22 Apr 2024 12:55
by gail
14. Gironde
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 22 Apr 2024 13:02
by elcarretero
13 5
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 226
Posted: 25 Apr 2024 22:39
by Carl
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