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General Knowledge 140902 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 140902 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 nursery rhyme, where did the Muffin Man live?
A In Drury Lane, which is right next to Covent Garden in London. In the 18th century, it was a very poor area and had a terrible reputation.
2 What kind of room are you about to enter if its door has the chemical symbol for tungsten carbide written on it?
A Toilet (WC)
3 Which car manufacturer advertises with the slogan “Vorsprung durch Technik”?
A Audi (it roughly means “Advancement through technology”)
4 Which celebrity has perfumes called Heat and Pulse?
A Beyoncé Knowles
5 What did Apple launch first, the iPod or iTunes?
A iTunes – 9 January, 2001 (iPod 23 October, 2001)
6 What does the R stand for in RCA Records?
A Radio (Corporation of America)
7 Where is the HQ of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution?
A Poole (Dorset)
8 According to the nursery rhyme, who said ‘What a good boy am I’?
A Little Jack Horner
9 What sort of worker would once have used tenterhooks?
A Weavers (newly woven woollen cloth was hung from them for cleaning and drying so that it didn’t shrink)
10 Relative to health and safety, what do the initials COSHH stand for?
A Control of Substances Hazardous to Health