Random Questions

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

Answer Key

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