General 140107

General 140107 is a selection of 10 questions. General 140107 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   In Tudor England, what was a Gong Farmer employed to do?
A   Night soil man, someone who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits (they took it beyond city boundaries to spread on fields as fertiliser)

2   Revealed during the News of the World phone hacking trial, which two defendants had had a secret six-year affair?
A   Rebekah Brooks (was Rebekah Wade) and Andy Coulson

3   What type of club opened in the Vatican in the hope to broaden the appeal of the Catholic Church?
A   Cricket Club

4   According to Forbes magazine’s 2013 Rich List, who has been the longest-listed black billionaire?
A   Oprah Winfrey (for 10 years)

5   A booming international export demand for what Finnish foodstuff halted in 2013, because of stock depletion?
A   Reindeer meat

6   In which month of 2913 did Typhoon Haiyan devastate the parts of the Philippines?
A   November

7   What year, when written in Roman Numerals, contains all the characters used only once and in descending order?
A   1666 (MDCLXVI)

8   Name two of the three countries in the world that have yet to adopt the metric system.
A   Burma (Myanmar), Liberia, and the USA

9   Which is the only Welsh city that begins with the letter “B”?
A   Bangor in Gwynedd

10   In February 2013, which paying token did the Cat replace in new Monopoly sets?
A   The Flat Iron