General Knowledge Quiz No. 199

[Carl]

• 1. The initials BCC on a memo or email stand for a 'what' Carbon Copy ?

• 2. The meaning of B in the marketing abbreviation B2B ?

• 3. What addictive product was first produced in a British factory by Robert Gloag in 1856 ?

• 4. What was Sri Lanka previously called ?

• 5. What is the Spanish word for a hundred ?

• 6. With what is a 'carpetbag steak' stuffed ?

• 7. In language a paronomasia is more commonly known as what ?

• 8. Which early Charles Dickens novel features the characters Wackford and Fanny Squeers, Smike, Newman Noggs and the Cheeryble brothers ?

• 9. How many balls, including the white cue ball, are on a snooker table (before any are potted) ?

• 10. In Western ecclesiastical law a diriment impediment invalidates what ?

• 11. What colour is the letter L in the standard Google logo ?

• 12. How many stars are on the flag of the European Union ?

• 13. Tallinn is the capital of which country ?

• 14. Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of which African country ?

• 15. What is the common word for the monosaccharide substance found in certain fruit, flower nectar and honey, with the chemical formula C6H12O6 ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[elcarretero]

1 Blind
10 Marriage

[gail]

4. Ceylon
11. Green

[elcarretero]

5 Ciento

[stowie39]

9. 22
11. Green

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. The initials BCC on a memo or email stand for a 'what' Carbon Copy ? Blind

• 2. The meaning of B in the marketing abbreviation B2B ? Business

• 3. What addictive product was first produced in a British factory by Robert Gloag in 1856 ? Cigarettes

• 4. What was Sri Lanka previously called ? Ceylon

• 5. What is the Spanish word for a hundred ? Cien

• 6. With what is a 'carpetbag steak' stuffed ? Oysters

• 7. In language a paronomasia is more commonly known as what ? A pun

• 8. Which early Charles Dickens novel features the characters Wackford and Fanny Squeers, Smike, Newman Noggs and the Cheeryble brothers ? The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

• 9. How many balls, including the white cue ball, are on a snooker table (before any are potted) ? 22

• 10. In Western ecclesiastical law a diriment impediment invalidates what ? Marriage

• 11. What colour is the letter L in the standard Google logo ? Green

• 12. How many stars are on the flag of the European Union ? 12

• 13. Tallinn is the capital of which country ? Estonia

• 14. Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of which African country ? Zambia

• 15. What is the common word for the monosaccharide substance found in certain fruit, flower nectar and honey, with the chemical formula C6H12O6 ? Fructose