Random Questions

1. Expressed traditionally as N s, what in physics is the product of mass and velocity?
   1. Momentum
   2. Velosity
   3. Friction
   4. Form
2. The Indian wind instrument, the pungi (also been or bin), is associated with what street activity?
   1. Basket Weaving
   2. Firecracker
   3. Pottery Maker
   4. Snake charming
3. The cylindrical roller in a traditional typewriter is a:
   1. Typebar
   2. Platen
   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. Swiss financiers
   3. NATO
   4. FIFA
6. The German Imannuel Kant, Englishman Bertrand Russell, and American John Dewey, were notable:
   1. Generals
   2. Philosophers
   3. Opera Singers
   4. Footballers
7. The 17th century mythical French creature, the Hippogryph/Hippogriff is a hybrid of?
   1. Turtle-Dove
   2. Man-Horse
   3. Cat-Dog
   4. Horse-Eagle
8. What does the military abbreviation 'Gy Sgt' stand for?
   1. Gunnery Sergeant
   2. Gun Sergeant
   3. Grip Sergeant
   4. Gallop Sergeant
9. 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
10. What word, from a US dietary reformist, refers to unsifted wholewheat flour?
    1. Kyle
    2. Sam
    3. Graham
    4. Eric

Answer Key

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