General 120918

General 120918 is a selection of 10 questions. General 120918 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   According to the Highway Code, when should a vehicle’s horn not be sounded?
A   11.30 pm – 7 am

2   According to legend, what did the Lady of the Lake give to King Arthur?
A   The sword Excalibur.

3   What financially significant place is at Llantrisant (clan-tris-ant, which translates as ‘Parish of the Three Saints’) in Wales?
A   The Royal Mint (it produces all British coins)

4   What does the abbreviation IQ stand for when describing someone’s brainpower?
A   Intelligence Quotient (a score of 116 or more is considered above average)

5   What is the highest decoration for civilian gallantry awarded in the United Kingdom?
A   The George Cross (Victoria Cross is the military equivalent)

6   What would a soldier keep in his frog?
A   A Bayonet (a sheath which their bayonet fits into)

7   Which phobia is a dislike or fear of people from other countries or, of that which is foreign or strange?
A   Xenophobia

8   Who is the nation that set its clock back 30 minutes on August 15th, 2015, to establish its own time zone?
A   North Korea.

9   What is heavier – 20 stone or 100 Kg
A   20 stone = 280 lb (100kg = 220.462262 lb)

10   Whose warehouse at Heathrow Airport did robbers break into in 1983, in what was then called “the crime of the century”?
A   Brink’s-MAT – the disposal of the bullion led to a huge international money laundering operation and provided the dirty money that helped fuel the London Docklands property boom