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Quiz about General Knowledge Mark 1
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General Knowledge Mark 1 Trivia Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by Eltonboy96. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Eltonboy96
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
368,275
Updated
Jan 09 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
667
Last 3 plays: Guest 176 (8/10), boombaby (8/10), Guest 41 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which mathematician developed an equation for predicting patterns in nature? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I was walking down Oxford Street in London when I was confronted with a big store named HMV. Naturally I wondered what HMV stood for. I couldn't stand the burden of not knowing what it stood for, so I asked a gentlemen walking towards me. What did the gentlemen correctly answer? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which '70s rock band performed the song "100,000 Years"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The binary number "001011" is equivalent to what? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of the following are names of Mexican revolutionaries? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the pilot of the Ryan NYP, called "Spirit of St. Louis", that flew the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the symbol commonly associated with the Nazi party? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the name of the property by which one sees stress distribution in a material, through which light can pass, by the difference in colour? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In 2013, who was the mayor of London, England? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of these flags has no swords on it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which mathematician developed an equation for predicting patterns in nature?

Answer: Alan Turing

Alan Turing of England is regarded as one of the greatest mathematical minds in history. Turing lived a life filled with prejudice because he was homosexual. Nevertheless, that didn't stop him from helping the Allies win in WWII by breaking the codes transmitted by Germans.
2. I was walking down Oxford Street in London when I was confronted with a big store named HMV. Naturally I wondered what HMV stood for. I couldn't stand the burden of not knowing what it stood for, so I asked a gentlemen walking towards me. What did the gentlemen correctly answer?

Answer: His Master's Voice

HMV is a British company that sells all sorts of media and technology. HMV also owns Waterstones, Fopp and selected Zavvi stores. Its logo consists of a dog looking into a phonograph. Some stores have signs with all letters in upper case (HMV), while some have signs in lower case (hmv).
3. Which '70s rock band performed the song "100,000 Years"?

Answer: Kiss

"You wanted the best, you got the best. The hottest band in the world, KISS" (from the album "Alive II") was the opening line at the beginning of every Kiss concert. Originally, "world" was "land", but then the band grew larger... Kiss released their first album in 1974; the album was called "Kiss". It included songs such as "100,000 years", "Strutter" and "Cold Gin", among others.
4. The binary number "001011" is equivalent to what?

Answer: 11

Binary numbers are the language that modern computers use. German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz improved the use of binary numbers in 1679. The way to read a binary number is this: the position that every "1" appears has a place from right to left, starting from 0. For every "1" you must calculate two to the power of that position, then add all the results you obtained, and there's your number!
5. Which of the following are names of Mexican revolutionaries?

Answer: Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa

Evita and Juan Perón were Argentinian politicians. Getúlio Vargas was a Brazilian president, while Carlos Lacerda was a Brazilian journalist. Daniel Ortega became the President of Nicaragua in 2007, and Hugo Chávez was a Venezuelan president.
6. Who was the pilot of the Ryan NYP, called "Spirit of St. Louis", that flew the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris?

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

The Spirit of St. Lewis took off from Roosevelt Airfield in New York on the 20th of May 1927 and landed at Aéroport Le Bourget in Paris at on the 21st. The flight took 33 hours and 30 minutes. His reward was the $25,000 Orteig Prize. NYP stands for "New York to Paris".
7. What is the symbol commonly associated with the Nazi party?

Answer: Swastika

The invention of the swastika has been erroneously attributed to the Nazis. The first sighting of a swastika dates back to roughly 3000 B.C.E. to the Indus Valley Civilization.
8. What is the name of the property by which one sees stress distribution in a material, through which light can pass, by the difference in colour?

Answer: Photoelasticity

Photoelasticity was first described by Scottish physicist David Brewster. This amazing phenomenon helps engineers calculate stress in any given area of materials which possess this property--rather than resort to painfully long analytic geometry and calculus, which still won't give the accurate result photoelasticity provides.
9. In 2013, who was the mayor of London, England?

Answer: Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson assumed office in 2008. David Cameron became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2010. John Major was Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997, before Tony Blair and after Margaret Thatcher. Clement Attlee was Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951.
10. Which of these flags has no swords on it?

Answer: flag of Bangladesh

The flag of Bangladesh is a green rectangle with a red circle to the left the middle. The Saudi Arabian flag is a green rectangle with a horizontal sword and Arab writing. The flag of Oman has white, red and green horizontal stripes with one vertical red stripe, which has two swords and a dagger at the top.

The flag of Guatemala has three vertical stripes (light blue and white), and features several images, including a bird, rifles, and swords.
Source: Author Eltonboy96

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