Random Questions

1. What does the military abbreviation 'Gy Sgt' stand for?
   1. Gallop Sergeant
   2. Grip Sergeant
   3. Gunnery Sergeant
   4. Gun Sergeant
2. Expressed traditionally as N s, what in physics is the product of mass and velocity?
   1. Friction
   2. Momentum
   3. Velosity
   4. Form
3. The cylindrical roller in a traditional typewriter is a:
   1. Platen
   2. Typebar
   3. Shift
   4. Carriage
4. Name the UK businessman who ruined his eponymous empire overnight by calling one of his products 'total crap'?
   1. Sam Devlin
   2. Ken Rathers
   3. Gerald Ratner
   4. Bob Hope
5. The British term 'The Gnomes of Zurich' originated in the 1960s to disparage?
   1. UN
   2. NATO
   3. Swiss financiers
   4. FIFA
6. The Indian wind instrument, the pungi (also been or bin), is associated with what street activity?
   1. Basket Weaving
   2. Snake charming
   3. Firecracker
   4. Pottery Maker
7. What word, from a US dietary reformist, refers to unsifted wholewheat flour?
   1. Graham
   2. Sam
   3. Kyle
   4. Eric
8. The German Imannuel Kant, Englishman Bertrand Russell, and American John Dewey, were notable:
   1. Opera Singers
   2. Generals
   3. Footballers
   4. Philosophers
9. The 17th century mythical French creature, the Hippogryph/Hippogriff is a hybrid of?
   1. Cat-Dog
   2. Man-Horse
   3. Turtle-Dove
   4. Horse-Eagle
10. What's the food 'head cheese' alternatively called, which separately refers to a man's physical strength?
    1. Strong Man
    2. Jacked
    3. Manly
    4. Brawn

Answer Key

1. C) Gunnery Sergeant
2. B) Momentum
3. A) Platen
4. C) Gerald Ratner
5. C) Swiss financiers
6. B) Snake charming
7. A) Graham
8. D) Philosophers
9. D) Horse-Eagle
10. D) Brawn