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English 100 Public

General Knowledge

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What English writer coined ‘Yahoo’ in 1926 for Gulliver’s Travels?

Jonathan Swift

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Why did Steve Jobs named the company Apple?

Because at that time he was on “one of [his] fruitarian diets.”

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The smile in Amazon’s logo refers to the fact that …?

They sell everything from A to Z.

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Who’s the chief of Tesla and SpaceX?

Elon Musk

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Who ascended to the throne around 800 and set about reforming education?

Charlemagne

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What do you call a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved?

abacus

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In Romance languages, the name of Wednesday is derived from the Roman god …?

Mercury

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What Roman god was the messenger to the gods, along with being the patron of science, the arts, travellers, and athletes?

Mercury

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Starting around 1965, Wednesday began being referred to as …?

Hump day

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Wednesday was named for the Germanic god Woden/Wotan also known as …?

Odin

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The vulgar term asshole is first recorded in the …?

in the 1400s

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The F word was first recorded in…?

the 1500s

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What does ‘to pinpoint’ mean?

to locate exactly

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What is a misstep?

an error

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What does the “A” in the baseball team Oakland A’s stand for?

Athletics

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One of New York’s basketball teams, the Knicks, is shortened from the word “knickerbocker,” which means what?

A New Yorker

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