General Knowledge Quiz #355
General Knowledge Quiz #355
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Maltese physician Edward de Bono is noted for his pioneering work on: Childbirth; Heart Transplants; Lateral Thinking; or Escapology?
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What process improvement method, pioneered by Motorola Corp in the 1980s, is named after a number and the Greek letter 's'?
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In the 1970s Kevin Donovan, aka Afrika Bambaataa, pioneered the development of: Hang-gliding; Volleyball; The Frisbee; or Hip-hop and Breakdancing?
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Name the live video streaming app bought by Twitter for $100m in 2015?
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What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrong-doing?
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Sergio Leone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang and Fred Zinnemann are famous 20thC: Chefs; Film directors; Racing drivers; or National leaders?
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The first independent credit payment card, inspired in 1949 by a particular service, was called '(What?) Club International': Diners; Flyers; Golfers; or Barbers?
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A patten was a medieval version of what modern fashionwear?
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What takes roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds: The Moon's rotation; The Moon's orbit; The Sun's rotation; or Earth's rotation?
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The Latin zoological name 'Chaos chaos' is a: Monkey; Elephant; Bull; or Amoeba?
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What modern term for the avoidance of discriminatory language/action first emerged to describe communist beliefs in the Russian Revolution in 1917?
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Which nation has the coastal state of Tabasco?
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If a charge includes 20% added tax, the original tax-exclusive figure is calculated by multiplying the tax-inclusive total by: 0.6666; 0.75; 0.83333; or 80%?
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What US popular culture magazine title, founded 1967 by Jann Wenner, was inspired by three so-named 1950s/60s musical sources?
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US mathematician Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow referred to a seagull, which he subsequently changed to (What creature?), representing his chaos theory observation?
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What pluralised food term and allusion to Hansel and Gretel refers to a website navigation feature?
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What ancient instrument did Orpheus play to charm creatures, rivers, and Hades in the Underworld: Harp; Zither; Lyre; or Banjo?
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What Swahili word became the South African humanist philosophy popularised by Desmond Tutu in SA's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and adopted widely elsewhere?
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'bir iki üç dört beş altı yedi sekiz dokuz on' means (What?) in (Which major language?)?
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's famous 1969 personal change concept is called the Five Stages of: Man; Life; Joy; or Grief?
Questions & Answers
Interactive Quiz
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Maltese physician Edward de Bono is noted for his pioneering work on: Childbirth; Heart Transplants; Lateral Thinking; or Escapology?Lateral Thinking
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What process improvement method, pioneered by Motorola Corp in the 1980s, is named after a number and the Greek letter 's'?Six Sigma
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In the 1970s Kevin Donovan, aka Afrika Bambaataa, pioneered the development of: Hang-gliding; Volleyball; The Frisbee; or Hip-hop and Breakdancing?Hip-hop and Breakdancing
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Name the live video streaming app bought by Twitter for $100m in 2015?Periscope
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What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrong-doing?Impeachment
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Sergio Leone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang and Fred Zinnemann are famous 20thC: Chefs; Film directors; Racing drivers; or National leaders?Film directors
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The first independent credit payment card, inspired in 1949 by a particular service, was called '(What?) Club International': Diners; Flyers; Golfers; or Barbers?Diners
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A patten was a medieval version of what modern fashionwear?Platform shoe
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What takes roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds: The Moon's rotation; The Moon's orbit; The Sun's rotation; or Earth's rotation?Earth's rotation
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The Latin zoological name 'Chaos chaos' is a: Monkey; Elephant; Bull; or Amoeba?Amoeba
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What modern term for the avoidance of discriminatory language/action first emerged to describe communist beliefs in the Russian Revolution in 1917?Political Correctness
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Which nation has the coastal state of Tabasco?Mexico
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If a charge includes 20% added tax, the original tax-exclusive figure is calculated by multiplying the tax-inclusive total by: 0.6666; 0.75; 0.83333; or 80%?0.83333
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What US popular culture magazine title, founded 1967 by Jann Wenner, was inspired by three so-named 1950s/60s musical sources?Rolling Stone
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US mathematician Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow referred to a seagull, which he subsequently changed to (What creature?), representing his chaos theory observation?Butterfly
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What pluralised food term and allusion to Hansel and Gretel refers to a website navigation feature?Breadcrumbs
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What ancient instrument did Orpheus play to charm creatures, rivers, and Hades in the Underworld: Harp; Zither; Lyre; or Banjo?Lyre
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What Swahili word became the South African humanist philosophy popularised by Desmond Tutu in SA's post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and adopted widely elsewhere?Ubuntu
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'bir iki üç dört beş altı yedi sekiz dokuz on' means (What?) in (Which major language?)?One two three four five six seven eight nine ten in Turkish
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's famous 1969 personal change concept is called the Five Stages of: Man; Life; Joy; or Grief?Grief
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