General 120814

General 120814 is a selection of 10 questions. General 120814 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   How many fluid ounces make up one Imperial pint?
A   20 (twenty) (The American pint, by contrast, contains 16 US fluid oz)

2   What is the name for the art of clipping garden hedges into various ornamental shapes?
A   Topiary

3   What year, saw Britain’s first 999 Emergency Service launch?
A   30th June 1937 (launched in London, it was the world’s first emergency phone number – the US waited until 1968 to introduce its emergency number, 911)

4   What planet is both the morning star and the evening star?
A   Venus – Venus is one of the four terrestrial planets in the Solar System, meaning that it is a rocky body like Earth

5   Proverbially, what can you not do with a clenched fist?
A   Shake hands

6   Which was the year the halfpenny coin ceased to be legal tender?
A   1984

7   What was the name of the USA’s first crewed space station?
A   Skylab – occupied for about 24 weeks.

8   Where in New York City will you find Belvedere Castle, the Delacorte Theatre, the Cottage Marionette Theatre and two ice rinks among the attractions?
A   Central Park – Belvedere Castle is a miniature castle, Delacorte Theatre is an open-air venue

9   Which poisonous chemical element, common in semiconductor electronic devices, has the atomic number 33?
A   Arsenic, a metalloid, in semiconductors as gallium arsenide

10   In the USA, he is a longshoreman; what is he in the UK?
A   Docker or dockworker