General 119157

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1   What is Hara Kiri?
A   Japanese Ritual Suicide, also called Seppuku (a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment)

2   What was the gift on the fifth day of Christmas according to the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas?
A   Five gold rings – In the earliest versions, the word on is not present at the beginning of each verse—for example, the first verse begins simply “The first day of Christmas”. On was added in Austin’s 1909 version

3   What was the name of Apollo 11’s landing module?
A   Eagle

4   In ancient Greece, what was the name of Jason’s ship?
A   The Argo

5   What was the name of the anti-smoking organisation founded in 1971 by the Royal College of Physicians?
A   ASH

6   What country do the International motor vehicle Identification letters PY represent?
A   Paraguay

7   Which biscuit was named after Queen Victoria’s home on the Isle of Wight?
A   Osborne – Digestive biscuits were invented to cure an ‘epidemic’ of flatulence

8   Which day’s child has far to go?
A   Thursday (Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for a living And the child born on the Sabbath day is bonny and blithe, good and gay)

9   Which American company produced the world’s first word processor?
A   IBM

10   For which sporting body is IOC an abbreviation?
A   The International Olympic Committee