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General Knowledge 120221 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 120221 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 What is the American English word used for what we call a coffin?
A A casket
2 Magnus hitch, cowboy bowline, sheepshank and granny are all examples of what?
A Knot
3 According to popular legend, which hymn did the orchestra play as the Titanic sank?
A Abide with Me
4 Opened on the 27th of April 1828 and still open today, in which city was the world’s first scientific zoo located?
A London (Regent’s Park)
5 Which car company makes a model named the ‘X-Trail’?
A Nissan
6 What in English corresponds to the colloquial Welsh word ‘Popty Ping’?
A Microwave oven (no, really, it is; I haven’t made this one up)
7 In October 2010, three Fénix capsules were used in the rescue of what, while the world’s media watched?
A The trapped Chilean Miners (33 of them – what happened down the mine, stays down the mine!)
8 What would you be doing if you were using the Stanislavski Method?
A Acting (techniques used to train actors to draw believable emotions to their performances)
9 Which landmark building now stands on the site of the original New York luxury hotel, the Waldorf-Astoria?
A The Empire State Building
10 The ‘Inverted Jenny’, ‘The Three Skilling Yellow’ and ‘Hawaiian Missionaries’ are all examples of what?
A Postage stamps (rare stamps or some of the most expensive stamps in the world)