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General Knowledge 117406

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1   What sort of transport is Thunderbird 3?
A   Thunderbird 3 is International Rescue’s space rocket piloted by astronaut Alan Tracy

2   What loud contribution to popular culture was made by Rickenbacker, Barth and Beauchamp in 1931?
A   The electric guitar

3   What word can mean a type of fish and to glide on ice?
A   Skate

4   What word is used in international radio communications to denote the letter F?
A   Foxtrot

5   Electric shadows is the Chinese name for what?
A   Films (movies).

6   What is the collective term for a quantity of bread baked at the same time?
A   A batch (or “a bake”)

7   What word describes the degeneration of a nuclear reactor?
A   Meltdown.

8   Complete the proverb: ‘Spare the rod ‘
A   And spoil the child – The phrase “spare the rod and spoil the child”.

9   What are P’s and Q’s?
A   Pints and Quarts – Mind your Ps and Qs is an English language expression meaning “mind your manners”, “mind your language”, “be on your best behaviour”, “watch what you’re doing”.

10   How many wheels do a Reliant Robin and Thomas the Tank Engine have altogether?
A   Nine – The Reliant Robin is a small three-wheeled car. Thomas the Tank Engine, as depicted in the books and television series, has six small wheels.