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General Knowledge 140225 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 140225 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 name for a twisting groove down the inside of the barrel of some guns?
A Rifle or rifling
2 The Ford Mondeo replaced the Sierra in the early 1990s, which model had the Sierra replaced in 1982?
A Cortina
3 Which company first developed and marketed Blue Jasperware?
A Wedgwood (in the 1770s)
4 Which car manufacturer makes the models Note and Juke?
A Nissan
5 On display in the British Museum, what has been the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs?
A The Rosetta Stone
6 How many letters are there in the Hebrew alphabet?
A 22 (written Hebrew is from right to left)
7 Who would wear a garment called a chasuble?
A Priest (it is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy)
8 Awarded each year, how many categories of Nobel Prize are there?
A Six (Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic sciences. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, while a memorial prize in economic sciences was added in 1968.)
9 What started out as 8 inches then was 5¼ inch, and finally becoming 3½ inch before fizzling out altogether?
A Floppy disks
10 What was the 1957 treaty that established the European Economic Community (EEC)?
A The Treaty of Rome