Random Questions

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

Answer Key

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