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General 111115 is a selection of 10 questions. General 111115 is the filename to differentiate it from other general knowledge quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 What is the national flower of Scotland?
A Thistle
2 Which product is advertised with the slogan ‘Gives a Meal Man Appeal’?
A OXO
3 What was the theme of the designs that appeared on the reverse of £1 coins from 2004 – 2007?
A Bridges
4 What is the Chinese art of placement called?
A Feng Shuai (fung-shway)
5 On an Ordnance Survey map, what do the letters ‘FB’ represent?
A Footbridge
6 Which former MP caused outrage in 2009 after claiming £2,200 expenses for having his moat cleared?
A Douglas Hogg (3rd Viscount Hailsham, Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe – The Daily Telegraph in 2009 exposed Hogg for claiming upwards of £2,000 of taxpayers’ money for the purposes of “cleaning the moat” of his country estate, Kettlethorpe Hall)
7 What are the metal discs on a tambourine called?
A Jingles
8 The making of textiles by knotting string or thread is known as what?
A Macramé
9 An original what, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, stands outside the National Gallery and is designated ‘K2’?
A Telephone Box’
10 ‘Soft Ball’ and ‘Hard Crack’ are stages in the making of what?
A Sweets (such as toffee, butterscotch brittle, fudge etc) (Soft ball: A small amount of syrup at medium dropped into chilled water forms a soft, flexible ball) (Hard crack: syrup at high temperature dropped into ice water separates into hard, brittle threads that break when bent)