HARD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
QUESTIONS
1. Which two star signs are used during the month of August? One point for each.
2. In physics, the Higgs boson is commonly called what?
3. What must happen to grapes for them to be made into eiswein?
4. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1889, who was the pioneer of Soviet helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, all of which bore his name, before emigrating to the USA in 1919? Just the surname for a point
5. In the International System of Units (SI), what the base unit of luminous intensity called?
6. In which European country was the wholesale ‘cash n carry’ business, Makro, founded?
7. What UK car company was first established in 1952 and was founded by Englishman, Colin Chapman and Colin Dare?
8. If you were in Germany what would you do with the BILD?
9. In education what does STEM stand for?
10. If a box is 4 metres square and three metres in height, what is the cubic metres of volume inside the box?
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ANSWERS
1. Which two star signs are used during the month of August? One point for each.
LEO & VIRGO
2. In physics, the Higgs boson is commonly called what?
THE GOD PARTICLE
3. What must happen to grapes for them to be made into eiswein?
THEY MUST FREEZE ON THE VINE
4. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1889, who was the pioneer of Soviet helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, all of which bore his name, before emigrating to the USA in 1919? Just the surname for a point
IGOR SIKORSKY
5. In the International System of Units (SI), what the base unit of luminous intensity called?
CANDELA
6. In which European country was the wholesale ‘cash n carry’ business, Makro, founded?
THE NETHERLANDS
7. What UK car company was first established in 1952 and was founded by Englishman, Colin Chapman and Colin Dare?
LOTUS
8. If you were in Germany what would you do with the BILD?
READ IT (It’s a German tabloid newspaper)
9. In education what does STEM stand for?
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
10. If a box is 4 metres square and three metres in height, what is the cubic metres of volume inside the box?
48 (4x4x3=48)