GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 16

[magpie in the 80's]

Q12. How long would an astronaut's footprints last for on the moon?
A) Longer than a month B) A day C) Less than an hour D) A week



Very interesting question, perhaps an E answer of no known time should have been added, have checked google and related sites and answers vary from a day to 100 years

I will take a punt and say D (a week)

INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Q20. In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, climbed Everest. What nationality, in 1975, was the first woman to climb Everest?


A20 Japanese

CORRECT

[Psyber]

Q12. How long would an astronaut's footprints last for on the moon?
A) Longer than a month B) A day C) Less than an hour D) A week

Very interesting question, perhaps an E answer of no known time should have been added, have checked google and related sites and answers vary from a day to 100 years

I will take a punt and say D (a week)

INCORRECT

Failing a nearby meteorite impact to disturb the dust, in the absence of an atmosphere I would have expected the footprint to stay almost indefinitely, given that I wouldn't expect solar radiation to have much effect. I have no idea of the conventionally approved answer, if there is a generally held one, but I would be intersted to hear the science based argument of any answer given.

Edit: typo fix.

[johntheclaret]

Q13 A

[johntheclaret]

MT, what is question 24? Sinclairs C5 ???

[magpie in the 80's]

Q13 A.............. i think you mean Q12..correct answer

[magpie in the 80's]

MT, what is question 24? Sinclairs C5 ???

Clive Sinclair's C5= a 3 wheeled sit down motor bike/ moped.
was launched in london's alexandra palace in 1985

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1. Who would use a metronome? MUSICIAN
Q2. What colour lies between red and yellow in the visible spectrum? ORANGE
Q3. What is a young swan called? CYGNET
Q4. What sort of scan builds up a three-dimensional 'map' of a patient's body as the X-rays pass through their body using a circular scanning machine? CAT SCAN
Q5. Dr. Crippen murdered his wife and tried to escape to Canada with his mistress in 1910. What was Crippen's first name? HAWLEY
Q6. Which of the following isn't a desert plant?
A) Joshua tree B) Prickly pear C) Saguaro D) Baobab tree D) BAOBARB TREE
Q7. Which ocean was formerly known as El Mar de Sur? PACIFIC
Q8. A movie is a long strip of thousands of still photographs projected so fast that they appear to the eye to make moving pictures. How many frames are used a second to make this animation?
A) 16 B) 12 C) 24 D) 32 A) 24
Q9. Which sign of the zodiac is the only one that doesn't feature an animal or person? LIBRA
Q10. How many of the following were Scottish inventors: David Brewster (kaleidoscope), James Watt (condensing steam engine), Charles Macintosh (waterproof macintosh) and John Logie Baird (television)?
A) None of them B) All were C) One D) Two B)ALL OF THEM
Q11. Who wrote 'Beau Geste'? P.C. WREN
Q12. How long would an astronaut's footprints last for on the moon?
A) Longer than a month B) A day C) Less than an hour D) A week A) LONGER THAN A MONTH
Q13. Name the author of 'The Prince and the Pauper'. MARK TWAIN
Q14. Where did Napoleon Bonaparte die? ST. HELENA
Q15. Which is the sixth letter in the Greek Alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, ... ? ZETA
Q16. The volcano on the uninhabited island of Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra, erupted in 1883 sending tidal waves to neighbouring islands. How many lives did this claim?
A) 36,000 B) 12 C) none D) 120 A) 36,000
Q17. The first ever 'assembly line' of workers were used to build which car? MODEL T FORD
Q18. According to legend, which Greek hero killed the half-man and half-bull monster called the Minotaur? THESEUS
Q19. The 'Jahre Viking' is the world's biggest "what" ? SHIP
Q20. In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, climbed Everest. What nationality, in 1975, was the first woman to climb Everest? JAPANESE
Q21. How did Polish-born scientist Marie Curie die? LEUKAEMIA
Q22. The first of its type was introduced in 1930 and called 'Baffle Ball'. What became an instant hit selling 50,000 of these? PINBALL MACHINE
Q23. Old Faithful, a geyser in Yellowstone National Park USA, has erupted roughly every "?" minutes for the last eighty years?
A) 76 B) 36 C) 16 D) 6 A) 76
Q24. What motor powered Clive Sinclair's electrically powered three-wheel vehicle, the C5? WASHING MACHINE
Q25. Name the mechanical model of the solar system in which the planets can be moved at the correct relative velocities
around the sun? ORRERY

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ

[JAS]

MT, what is question 24? Sinclairs C5 ???

They were supposed to be the answer to inner city traffic congestion IIRC they were found to be unstable and as you can see offer no protection from other traffic...labelled a death-trap in the press they never caught on. The picture is Sir Clive Sinclair himself...guess a guy who made his money in computers or calculators or something needs a hobby


Regards
JAS