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1 Which multinational corporation did Sergey Brin and Larry Page set-up in 1998 while students at Stanford University?
A Google. They met at Stanford in 1995, and by 1998, they had developed a search engine called “BackRub” (later renamed Google).
2 What does the acronym SIM stand for, as in a mobile phone’s SIM card?
A Subscriber Identification (Identity) Module
3 In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for?
A Universal Serial Bus
4 What is the English phrase equivalent to the French pret-a-porter?
A Ready to wear
5 What is the name of the alternative medicine involving the application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb and finger techniques?
A Reflexology (sometimes called zone therapy – it’s a Pseudoscience)
6 In which year did ‘single’ replace ‘Bachelor’ and ‘Spinster’ on English marriage certificates?
A 2005 (the Registrar General officially abolished these traditional terms for a politically correct ‘single’, to coincide with the reform that introduced civil partnerships)
7 What type of gemstone is the ‘Graff Pink’?
A Diamond (24.78-carat pink diamond, in 2010 it sold for £29 million)
8 What is the name of the curved moveable clasp of a padlock?
A Shackle
9 From which prison did 38 inmates escape in September 1983; which still is the largest prison break in British history?
A Maze Prison
10 Which rank of the peerage lies directly below a duke?
A Marquess