Random Questions

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

Answer Key

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