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General Knowledge Quiz No. 247
Posted: 12 Sep 2024 21:03
by Carl
- 1. What word in technical statistics refers to a quarterly division, and in business and other disciplines to a quarterly part ?
- 2. What Shakespeare play features the line, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." ?
- 3. The traditional curly twisted Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced by drying in the sun is called: Uulung; Oolong; Aalang; Eeleng or Iiling ?
- 4. What note is played on a guitar at the fifth fret of the first (highest pitch string) conventional six-string guitar with standard tuning ?
- 5. The slang (now considered offensive term Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ?
- 6. What Japanese family name (and famous guitar company) means 'high ridge' or 'high peak' ?
- 7. What sort of weapon is a shillelagh (pronounced 'shil-lay-lee'): Knife; Cudgel; Muskett; or Sword ?
- 8. Contrary to popular information there are actually four (not two Olympic sports containing male vs female contest; what are they ?
- 9. Normal or Gaussian distribution in a graph is informally called a what shape (two word answer) ?
- 10. A period of Northern Hemisphere climatic extremes occurring between 1350 and 1850 is loosely referred to as 'The Little (what)' ?
- 11. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ?
- 12. Name the vast French multinational corporation which owns the drinks brands Jacobs Creek, Beefeater, Absolut and Mumm
- 13. A geis (plural geasa) is a curse or taboo in which national mythology/language ?
- 14. A study published in 2012 (by the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence found that prolonged use of what tended to produce chronic ongoing tension headaches in sufferers: Earphones; Electric toothbrushes; Mobile phones; or Painkillers ?
- 15. Mount Danxia, the World Heritage Site containing spectacular red-striped sandstone landscape, including two bizarrely realistic male and female phallic rock formations, is in which country ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 247
Posted: 12 Sep 2024 22:57
by elcarretero
1 Quartile
7 Cudgel
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 247
Posted: 19 Sep 2024 21:01
by Carl
- 1. What word in technical statistics refers to a quarterly division, and in business and other disciplines to a quarterly part ? Quartile
- 2. What Shakespeare play features the line, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..." ? Henry V
- 3. The traditional curly twisted Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced by drying in the sun is called: Uulung; Oolong; Aalang; Eeleng or Iiling ? Oolong
- 4. What note is played on a guitar at the fifth fret of the first (highest pitch string) conventional six-string guitar with standard tuning ? A
- 5. The slang (now considered offensive term Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ? SW Africa
- 6. What Japanese family name (and famous guitar company) means 'high ridge' or 'high peak' ? Takamine
- 7. What sort of weapon is a shillelagh (pronounced 'shil-lay-lee'): Knife; Cudgel; Muskett; or Sword ? Cudgel
- 8. Contrary to popular information there are actually four (not two Olympic sports containing male vs female contest; what are they ? Equestrian, Sailing, Tennis and Badminton
- 9. Normal or Gaussian distribution in a graph is informally called a what shape (two word answer) ? Bell curve
- 10. A period of Northern Hemisphere climatic extremes occurring between 1350 and 1850 is loosely referred to as 'The Little (what)' ? Ice Age
- 11. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ? British Airways and Iberia
- 12. Name the vast French multinational corporation which owns the drinks brands Jacobs Creek, Beefeater, Absolut and Mumm Pernod Ricard
- 13. A geis (plural geasa) is a curse or taboo in which national mythology/language ? Irish
- 14. A study published in 2012 (by the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence found that prolonged use of what tended to produce chronic ongoing tension headaches in sufferers: Earphones; Electric toothbrushes; Mobile phones; or Painkillers ? Painkillers
- 15. Mount Danxia, the World Heritage Site containing spectacular red-striped sandstone landscape, including two bizarrely realistic male and female phallic rock formations, is in which country ? China