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General Knowledge 120626 is a selection of 10 questions. General Knowledge 120626 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 name of the nine-branched candelabrum used by Jews on Hanukkah?
A Menorah (Hanukkah) (a.k.a. a ?anukkiyah, or chanukkiyah)
2 Which motorway would you use to travel from London to the Channel Tunnel terminal at Ashford?
A M20
3 Doctor Eggman a.k.a. Doctor Ivo Robotnik is the archenemy of which video game hero?
A Sonic the Hedgehog
4 What object is a ‘kylie’ in Australia?
A Boomerang (a non-returning type) (from the Nyungar aboriginal language)
5 What were the Allied aircraft pilots of WW II describing when using the term ‘foo fighter’?
A UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena
6 Which colour of blue gets its name from the Australian home of surfing?
A Bondi blue (a colour belonging to the cyan family of blues – Apple christened the colour of the exterior of its original iMac G3 personal computer “Bondi blue” in 1998)
7 In the RAF, which rank is next below Wing Commander?
A Squadron Leader (Group Captain is one up)
8 Which Political Party has its headquarters at One Brewer’s Green, London SW1?
A The Labour Party
9 How did Dr Levick of Captain Scott’s ill-fated expedition describe the penguin behaviour he witnessed?
A That they were sexually depraved “astonishing depravity” (they would engage in behaviour akin to rape, necrophilia and homosexuality – the long-forgotten documents have just been rediscovered)
10 What is the official standard pace used for calculating the time a pedestrian needs when using a pelican crossing [while the green man is steadily lit]?
A 1.2 metres a second (just under 4 feet)