General Knowledge Pub Quiz 260509

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1. Q: What heavy substance stabilises a ship?
   A: Ballast. Usually, seawater is pumped into dedicated tanks in the lower hull.
2. Q: Hebrew and what other language are the official languages of Israel?
   A: Arabic. Used by the Arab minority (about 20% of the population) and maintains a special legal status, appearing on road signs and in official documents.
3. Q: How many buttons does a double-breasted jacket usually have?
   A: Modern styles often use 6 or 4. 6×2 Configuration (Six buttons, two to fasten): Fasten the top and middle-right buttons (if you are a man), or the middle-right button only, leaving the bottom row unfastened. 4×2 Configuration (Four buttons, two to fasten): Fasten the top functional button. Do not button the bottom row.
4. Q: Which bell at Lloyd’s of London did they ring to announce ship news?
   A: Lutine Bell. Divers recovered the Lutine Bell from the wreck of HMS Lutine in 1858. While Lloyd’s of London traditionally rang the bell to announce shipwrecks or safe arrivals, Lloyd’s now uses it primarily for ceremonial purposes.
5. Q: True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank were born in the same year.
   A: True. Both were born in 1929. Because we associate one with the Civil Rights movement of the 60s and the other with World War II in the 40s, we rarely realise they would have been in the same high school graduating class.
6. Q: Which Braille letter uses the least number of raised dots?
   A: Letter a: It consists of only 1 raised dot (Dot 1, located in the top-left corner).
7. Q: What is worth 10 points in English but only 1 in Polish?
   A: The letter Z. The letter Z is one of the most common letters in Polish.
8. Q: In Greek mythology, who ferries the souls of the deceased across the rivers Styx and Acheron to the underworld?
   A: Charon (or Kharon). Souls pay an obol (a coin) to cross the river. Charon forces those who cannot pay—or those whose families buried them improperly—to wander the shores for 100 years.
9. Q: On what does the Lord Speaker sit in the House of Lords?
   A: The Woolsack. A large, wool-stuffed cushion covered with a layer of red baize.
10. Q: In the International Code of Signals, what does the Oscar flag (a yellow and red diagonally split flag) signify?
    A: Man overboard. It is a critical, high-urgency signal used to alert nearby vessels of an emergency situation, demanding immediate assistance in search and rescue operations.