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General Knowledge 117818

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1   The name of which month is derived from the seventh month of the Roman calendar?
A   September

2   Which country has the airline Aeroflot?
A   USSR – transl. ”air fleet”

3   In the phonetic alphabet, what word represents the letter N?
A   November

4   Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit Earth, but in which year?
A   1961 – Gagarin’s 4 3/4-ton Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched at 9:07am Moscow time on 12th April, orbited Earth once in 1 hour 29 minutes at a maximum altitude of 187 miles (301 km), and landed at 10:55am in the Soviet Union

5   Name the Simpson’s cat?
A   Snowball – There have been five cats in the Simpson’s family and the current cat is named Snowball V (later renamed Snowball II). The first version of Snowball was killed when it was run over by a Chrysler.

6   In Monopoly, what is the cost of Marylebone Station?
A   200

7   After how many years of marriage is a tin anniversary?
A   10 years

8   What does a geologist study?
A   Study rocks in the earths crust

9   What is the common name for sodium chloride?
A   salt, common salt, table salt or halite

10   Who invented the sewing machine?
A   Thomas Saint – Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. He received a patent in 1790