General Knowledge Quiz #411
General Knowledge Quiz #411
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The international corporate brands Slacker, Rdio and Spotify deliver primarily what services/product: Dating; Music; Financial; or Sportswear?
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What iconic French handbags and scarves corporation achieved a remarkable 2011 market valuation of €28billion, equivalent to €3million per employee?
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What English expression for a long complex procedure derived from a old legal document called a ragman roll?
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What large corporation's annual conference is called 'f8'?
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In 2011 street thieves were filmed in Chinese cities using what innovative pickpocketing tools: Fishing rods; Barbecue tongs; Portable vacuum cleaners, or Chopsticks?
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Stately home Cliveden, now a hotel, was a pool party venue for characters involved in what famous political scandal, named after the Secretary of State for War at its centre?
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What Brazilian originating dance and music in Portuguese means loosely 'new trend'?
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What iconic French handbags and scarves corporation achieved a remarkable 2011 market valuation of €28billion, equivalent to €3.3million per employee?
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Yvonne, a runaway cow, evaded capture for three months during 2011 in which country?
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The Cromwell Road murders refer to what serial killer couple?
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In 2011 Ford announced the European launch of programmable options in its cars to protect against increased risks among what group of drivers: Drunks; Teenagers; Men; or Women?
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What is said to be the UK's loudest bird: Bittern; Magpie; Peacock; or Skylark?
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At what UK university was the country's first academic conference on heavy metal music: Cambridge; Oxford; Bath; or Wolverhampton?
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What common internet term is a loose portmanteau of two words broadly meaning internet and diary?
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What country connected the ironically named Bushehr plant, the first nuclear power station in the Middle East, to its national grid in Sep 2011?
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The remains of what late-1800s Australian folk hero were identified by DNA in 2011?
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What is the state capital and largest city of Victoria, Australia?
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What number is Jamie Oliver's charity restaurant concept?
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How many degrees are in a right-angle?
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What mythical paradise and expression was conceived in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon?
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In Judaism, loosely and originally what is a mitzvah: Commandment; Wedding; Celebration; or Drink?
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Which one of these is not a commonly described stroke/stage of a piston in a four-stroke internal combustion engine: Intake, Compression, Spin, Power, Exhaust?
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What Latin expression, meaning 'great work', described the search for the secret of alchemy?
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In 2011 the US National Research Council suggested a clean-up of what exponentially increasing debris problem, using magnets, nets, and giant umbrellas: Coins in sewers; Litter in oceans; Junk in space; or Cans in countryside?
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What is five-twelfths of seventy-two?
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What US city is called in Spanish 'The Meadows'?
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'Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation' is better known by what modern word?
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Name the successful travel and 'e-tailer' website founded Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998?
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The Hindi word campo, meaning press, is the origin of what word for a modern consumable product and related verb?
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What is the traditional name for a women's shoe held in place by a strap behind the ankle above the heel?
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Spell the expression: Slieght of hand; Slyte of hand; Sleight of hand; or Slight of hand?
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The international corporate brands Slacker, Rdio and Spotify deliver primarily what services/product: Dating; Music; Financial; or Sportswear?Music
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What iconic French handbags and scarves corporation achieved a remarkable 2011 market valuation of €28billion, equivalent to €3million per employee?Hermès
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What English expression for a long complex procedure derived from a old legal document called a ragman roll?Rigmarole
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What large corporation's annual conference is called 'f8'?Facebook
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In 2011 street thieves were filmed in Chinese cities using what innovative pickpocketing tools: Fishing rods; Barbecue tongs; Portable vacuum cleaners, or Chopsticks?Chopsticks
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Stately home Cliveden, now a hotel, was a pool party venue for characters involved in what famous political scandal, named after the Secretary of State for War at its centre?Profumo
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What Brazilian originating dance and music in Portuguese means loosely 'new trend'?Bossa Nova
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What iconic French handbags and scarves corporation achieved a remarkable 2011 market valuation of €28billion, equivalent to €3.3million per employee?Hermès
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Yvonne, a runaway cow, evaded capture for three months during 2011 in which country?Germany
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The Cromwell Road murders refer to what serial killer couple?Fred and Rosemary West
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In 2011 Ford announced the European launch of programmable options in its cars to protect against increased risks among what group of drivers: Drunks; Teenagers; Men; or Women?Teenagers
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What is said to be the UK's loudest bird: Bittern; Magpie; Peacock; or Skylark?Bittern
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At what UK university was the country's first academic conference on heavy metal music: Cambridge; Oxford; Bath; or Wolverhampton?Wolverhampton
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What common internet term is a loose portmanteau of two words broadly meaning internet and diary?Blog
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What country connected the ironically named Bushehr plant, the first nuclear power station in the Middle East, to its national grid in Sep 2011?Iran
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The remains of what late-1800s Australian folk hero were identified by DNA in 2011?Ned Kelly
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What is the state capital and largest city of Victoria, Australia?Melbourne
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What number is Jamie Oliver's charity restaurant concept?Fifteen
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How many degrees are in a right-angle?Ninety
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What mythical paradise and expression was conceived in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon?Shangri-La
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In Judaism, loosely and originally what is a mitzvah: Commandment; Wedding; Celebration; or Drink?Commandment
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Which one of these is not a commonly described stroke/stage of a piston in a four-stroke internal combustion engine: Intake, Compression, Spin, Power, Exhaust?Spin
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What Latin expression, meaning 'great work', described the search for the secret of alchemy?Magnum Opus
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In 2011 the US National Research Council suggested a clean-up of what exponentially increasing debris problem, using magnets, nets, and giant umbrellas: Coins in sewers; Litter in oceans; Junk in space; or Cans in countryside?Junk in space
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What is five-twelfths of seventy-two?Thirty
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What US city is called in Spanish 'The Meadows'?Las Vegas
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'Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation' is better known by what modern word?Laser
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Name the successful travel and 'e-tailer' website founded Martha Lane Fox and Brent Hoberman in 1998?Lastminute.com
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The Hindi word campo, meaning press, is the origin of what word for a modern consumable product and related verb?Shampoo
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What is the traditional name for a women's shoe held in place by a strap behind the ankle above the heel?Slingback
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Spell the expression: Slieght of hand; Slyte of hand; Sleight of hand; or Slight of hand?Sleight of hand
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