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General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 27 Nov 2025 21:02
by Carl
- 1. Vibrato in music is small rapid changes in: Tone; Pitch; Volume; or All three ?
- 2. Which modern city bridging Asia and Europe was called Byzantium ?
- 3. Russia borders with 14 nations; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and which four others ?
- 4. Praxis is the practical application of: Force; Learning; Maths; or Warfare ?
- 5. What brand and problem-solving verb is named from ten to the power of one hundred ?
- 6. What bird prefixes flesh, grass, berry and step ?
- 7. Pasteurization (of milk, beer, etc.) controls micro-organisms/fermentation using: Salt; Heat; Ultra-violet; or Atomic radiation ?
- 8. Potassium Nitrate, historically used in gunpowder, is better known as: TNT; Sugar; Saltpetre; or Salt ?
- 9. TEFL is a popular abbreviation in: Cookware; Hi-Fi; Wi-Fi; or Education ?
- 10. In birdwatching parlance, what is an LBJ, referring to an indistinguishable small brown bird ?
- 11. Traditional analogue tape-recording uses: Heat; Light; Magnetism; or Grooves ?
- 12. In accounting an allowance for lost asset value due to age or wear is: Projection; Depreciation; Appreciation; or Congratulation ?
- 13. A historic royal castle, and the Scottish Highland Games are in: Edinburgh; Glasgow; Braemar; or Inverness ?
- 14. Which one of these is not a basic ingredient of fudge confection: Sugar; Milk; Butter; or Eggs ?
- 15. Lobo refers (Spanish originating) to which creature ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 27 Nov 2025 22:22
by stowie39
11. Magnetism
12. Depreciation
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 28 Nov 2025 08:19
by gail
7. Heat
8. Saltpetre
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 28 Nov 2025 09:39
by elcarretero
1 Tone
2 Istanbul
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 28 Nov 2025 09:59
by gail
13. Braemar
14. Eggs
Re: General Knowledge Quiz No. 310
Posted: 04 Dec 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Vibrato in music is small rapid changes in: Tone; Pitch; Volume; or All three ? Pitch
- 2. Which modern city bridging Asia and Europe was called Byzantium ? Istanbul
- 3. Russia borders with 14 nations; Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus,Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North Korea and which four others ? China, Norway, Finland, Ukraine
- 4. Praxis is the practical application of: Force; Learning; Maths; or Warfare ? Learning
- 5. What brand and problem-solving verb is named from ten to the power of one hundred ? Google
- 6. What bird prefixes flesh, grass, berry and step ? Goose
- 7. Pasteurization (of milk, beer, etc.) controls micro-organisms/fermentation using: Salt; Heat; Ultra-violet; or Atomic radiation ? Heat
- 8. Potassium Nitrate, historically used in gunpowder, is better known as: TNT; Sugar; Saltpetre; or Salt ? Saltpetre
- 9. TEFL is a popular abbreviation in: Cookware; Hi-Fi; Wi-Fi; or Education ? Education
- 10. In birdwatching parlance, what is an LBJ, referring to an indistinguishable small brown bird ? Little Brown Job
- 11. Traditional analogue tape-recording uses: Heat; Light; Magnetism; or Grooves ? Magnetism
- 12. In accounting an allowance for lost asset value due to age or wear is: Projection; Depreciation; Appreciation; or Congratulation ? Depreciation
- 13. A historic royal castle, and the Scottish Highland Games are in: Edinburgh; Glasgow; Braemar; or Inverness ? Braemar
- 14. Which one of these is not a basic ingredient of fudge confection: Sugar; Milk; Butter; or Eggs ? Eggs
- 15. Lobo refers (Spanish originating) to which creature ? Wolf