Random Trivia Quiz No. 82

[Carl]

• 1. What are the substances in the saliva of vampire bats, leeches and mosquitoes that prevents clotting ?

• 2. Of what is Bamboo the tallest variety in the world ?

• 3. What 'S' are ruminant woolly mammals ?

• 4. Which river originates in a glacier in Switzerland, flows through Lake Geneva and the city of Geneva and in Arles divides into two branches forming the Camargue Delta ?

• 5. Shovelhead, Knucklehead, Panhead types of what ?

• 6. What 'G' was cup-bearer to the Greek Gods ?

• 7. Which instrument did bandleader Phil Harris play ?

• 8. Who managed Glenn Hoddle when he played at Monaco ?

• 9. What were the stripes on the old-fashioned barber shop poles meant to represent ?

• 10. August 28th is the feast day of whom ?

• 11. The electric chair, for capital punishment, is only used in two countries, True or False ?

• 12. Which 1979 film starred Clint Eastwood as a prison inmate in San Francisco Bay ?

• 13. In what year was "Come On You Reds" a No. 1 single for Manchester United ?

• 14. What is the medical condition Herpes Zoster commonly called ?

• 15. Clue: Anything that may be possible

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[reddragon]

6 Ganymede
14 Shingles

[elcarretero]

2 Grass
3 Sheep

[LucindaC]

5 motorbikes
9 red stripe I think is blood

[elcarretero]

5 motorbikes
9 red stripe I think is blood

Blood and bandages as the barbers shop was the place to go for medicinal bloodletting.

[elcarretero]

1 anticoagulants

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What are the substances in the saliva of vampire bats, leeches and mosquitoes that prevents clotting ? Anti-coagulants

• 2. Of what is Bamboo the tallest variety in the world ? Grass

• 3. What 'S' are ruminant woolly mammals ? Sheep

• 4. Which river originates in a glacier in Switzerland, flows through Lake Geneva and the city of Geneva and in Arles divides into two branches forming the Camargue Delta ? The Rhone

• 5. Shovelhead, Knucklehead, Panhead types of what ? Harley Davidson motorbikes

• 6. What 'G' was cup-bearer to the Greek Gods ? Ganymede

• 7. Which instrument did bandleader Phil Harris play ? Drums

• 8. Who managed Glenn Hoddle when he played at Monaco ? Arsene Wenger

• 9. What were the stripes on the old-fashioned barber shop poles meant to represent ? Red for blood and white for bandages

• 10. August 28th is the feast day of whom ? Ezekiel

• 11. The electric chair, for capital punishment, is only used in two countries, True or False ? True (USA and the Philippines)

• 12. Which 1979 film starred Clint Eastwood as a prison inmate in San Francisco Bay ? Escape From Alcatraz

• 13. In what year was "Come On You Reds" a No. 1 single for Manchester United ? 1994

• 14. What is the medical condition Herpes Zoster commonly called ? Shingles

• 15. Clue: Anything that may be possible Potential