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1 Which car maker’s logo is shaped like a letter ‘C’ followed by a yellow triangle?
A Smart Car
2 What disease has the older name of Hydrophobia?
A Rabies (hydrophobia = fear of water – many people think that rabies makes one afraid of water, but animals and people with rabies get painful spasms in their throat muscles, and so will refuse water in spite of being very thirsty)
3 Now a global corporation, which company changed its name from the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in 1924?
A IBM (International Business machines)
4 What ambitious idea did engineer Albert Mathieu present to Napoleon Bonaparte as a way for him to invade England?
A Cross-channel tunnel
5 How many species of domestic dog are there known to be?
A One (lots of breeds though)
6 What is the favourite food of the Dandy’s Desperate Dan?
A Cow pie (an enormous meat pie with the horns sticking out)
7 What is the name of a device that converts the acoustic energy of sound waves into waves of electrical energy?
A Microphone
8 In the US, it is a cell; in the UK, we call it a mobile; what do the Germans call it?
A A handy (US cellular telephone; UK mobile telephone)
9 What word describes a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as in pretty ugly, or seriously funny?
A Oxymoron
10 How many carats are there in pure gold?
A 24