General Knowledge Quiz #312
General Knowledge Quiz #312
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What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive?
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Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936?
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Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications?
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Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings?
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What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)?
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What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo?
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Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design?
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What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval?
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Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil?
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The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art?
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What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for?
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If a fifth of the charges in a £60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost?
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What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above?
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What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk?
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In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom?
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Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country?
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The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch?
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Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning?
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G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention?
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Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia?
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What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive?Dam/Damn
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Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936?Charlie Chaplin
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Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications?Lieu
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Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings?Birds
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What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)?Dill
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What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo?Average
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Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design?Advertising
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What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval?Deprecate
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Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil?Real
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The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art?Impressionism
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What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for?Time Off In Lieu
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If a fifth of the charges in a £60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost?£57
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What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above?Arriba
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What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk?Rubber
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In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom?Rhythm
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Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country?Italy
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The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch?Gibson
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Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning?Structural engineering
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G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention?Concorde
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Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia?Belgium
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