General 141021

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1   What does the B stand for in the acronym USB?
A   Bus (Universal Serial Bus)

2   Which Cambridgeshire town shares its name with a month of the year?
A   March

3   EDF is one of the six big energy companies in the United Kingdom: what does the F stand for in EDF?
A   France (Électricité de France, which is largely owned by the French government)

4   Nomophobia, we are told, is the fear of being without or losing what?
A   Mobile phone (coined following a YouGov survey in 2013, results of which showed that 57% of mobile phone owners feared losing or being without their phone – it’s an abbreviation for “no-mobile-phone phobia” in Greek however, nomos means “law”

5   Which town in Britain is the most easterly directly connected to the motorway network?
A   Folkestone (M20)

6   What is the minimum age a candidate must be to stand for the office of President of the United States?
A   Thirty-five

7   How many time zones are there in the People’s Republic of China?
A   One (GMT+8 and it’s called Beijing Time)

8   To what did Battersea Dogs Home change its name in 2002?
A   Battersea Dogs and Cats Home

9   What creature appears on the logo of Alfa Romeo cars?
A   A snake

10   What is the common name for Vitamin B9, which many women take during pregnancy?
A   Folic Acid