1. A company has a turnover of 11m. Its 'cost of sales' or 'cost of goods sold' (COGS) is 3m. Its overheads including fixed costs, depreciation (write-down of capital items) and any interest charges (on borrowings) are 5m. What is the company's percentage gross profit and percentage net profit before tax, and is this profit % for a company very high, very low or somewhat typical?
2. Which type of poem is created by taking words and phrases from other sources and reframing them - comedian Dave Gorman features such a poem in each episode of his seriesModern Life is Goodish?
3. Which type of edible fish, found on the coasts of Africa and Australasia, is often called a Peter's Fish and has a compressed olive-yellow body with a large dark spot?
4. Which cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock and also the best surviving copy of the four originalMagna Cartas?
5. In the southern hemisphere, moss mostly grows on which side of trees - the north, south, west, or east side?
6. Which code word in the phonetic alphabet is also a capital city?
7. How many red stripes are there on the American flag?
8. Which actor played the fictional character, Egghead, in the 1960sBatmantelevision series?
9. Who made the famous "Ich bin ein berliner" speech in 1963?
10. The first modern hand grenade became available to British troops in 1915 - what was it called?
11. Which hobby or craft uses knotting techniques to produce useful or decorative items such as wall hangings, tablecloths, and plant hangers?
12. Which explorer was the first European to reach India by sea?
13. What is vitamin riboflavin also known as?
14. In 1960, which country experienced the most powerful earthquake ever recorded at magnitude 9.5?
15. Which animals have similar sized hearts and the same pumping capacity of humans, so much so that they are sometimes called 'horizontal humans'?