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Published 7th January 2021

 

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Questions

1) What is the name of the test that depends on a human being able to tell whether or not they are communicating with artificial intelligence or a human operator on a computer?

 

2) “Book ‘em Danno” was a catchphrase used by the character played by Jack Lord in which TV series?

 

3) Who was the lead singer of Nirvana who shot himself in 1994 aged 27?

 

4) The Canadian actress Kim Cattrall was in fact born in which country a) Australia, b) France c) England

 

5) Which department store was the first in the UK to have an escalator?

 

6) What type of work would a Farrier do?

 

7) Born Roberta Joan Anderson she became one of the world’s great songwriters, and whose best selling album was ‘Court and Spark’, but under what name is she known?

 

8) On which part of her body would a Russian peasant woman wear a Babushka?

 

9) Trevor Sorbie has been a major name in which personal care industry?

 

10) What do you call a sausage made from pig’s blood and fat and oatmeal and seasoning?

 

 

 

Answers

1) What is the name of the test that depends on a human being able to tell whether or not they are communicating with artificial intelligence or a human operator on a computer?

The Turing Test

 

2) “Book ‘em Danno” was a catchphrase used by the character played by Jack Lord in which TV series?

Hawaii Five 0

 

3) Who was the lead singer of Nirvana who shot himself in 1994 aged 27?

Kurt Cobain

 

4) The Canadian actress Kim Cattrall was in fact born in which country a) Australia, b) France c) England

c) England

 

5) Which department store was the first in the UK to have an escalator?

Harrods

 

6) What type of work would a Farrier do?

Shoe horses

 

7) Born Roberta Joan Anderson she became one of the world’s great songwriters, and whose best selling album was ‘Court and Spark’, but under what name is she known?

Joni Mitchell

 

8) On which part of her body would a Russian peasant woman wear a Babushka?

Head (Headscarf)

 

9) Trevor Sorbie has been a major name in which personal care industry?

Hairdressing

 

10) What do you call a sausage made from pig’s blood and fat and oatmeal and seasoning?

Black Pudding