Random Questions

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

Answer Key

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