Random Trivia Quiz No. 156

[Carl]

• 1. A hendecagon is a plane figure with how many straight sides ?

• 2. The Stasi were the secret police of which country ?

• 3. In which English county is Windsor Castle ?

• 4. Which two pre-decimal coins remained longest in valid circulation after British currency decimalisation in 1971 ?

• 5. La Brabanconne is the national anthem of which European country ?

• 6. What date is St Swithin's Day ?

• 7. What was the Italian cruise liner hijacked by terrorists in October 1985 ?

• 8. Which Shakespeare play features in the Cole Porter musical 'Kiss Me, Kate' ?

• 9. In which country is the port of Dakar ?

• 10. Which English cartoonist created the St Trinian schoolgirls ?

• 11. What can sufferers of prosopagnosia not recognize ?

• 12. Which World War Two leader was nicknamed the Desert Fox ?

• 13. Who was the first socialist President of France ?

• 14. Grenache is a variety of which fruit ?

• 15. What is the state capital of New South Wales, Australia ?

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

[elcarretero]

4 Shillings and florins
8 Taming of the shrew

[gail]

3. Berkshire
14. Grape

[elcarretero]

15 Sydney

[LucindaC]

6 July 14th

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. A hendecagon is a plane figure with how many straight sides ? 11

• 2. The Stasi were the secret police of which country ? East Germany

• 3. In which English county is Windsor Castle ? Berkshire

• 4. Which two pre-decimal coins remained longest in valid circulation after British currency decimalisation in 1971 ? Shilling and Florin

• 5. La Brabanconne is the national anthem of which European country ? Belgium

• 6. What date is St Swithin's Day ? 15th July

• 7. What was the Italian cruise liner hijacked by terrorists in October 1985 ? Achille Lauro

• 8. Which Shakespeare play features in the Cole Porter musical 'Kiss Me, Kate' ? Taming of the Shrew

• 9. In which country is the port of Dakar ? Senegal

• 10. Which English cartoonist created the St Trinian schoolgirls ? Ronald Searle

• 11. What can sufferers of prosopagnosia not recognize ? Faces

• 12. Which World War Two leader was nicknamed the Desert Fox ? Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

• 13. Who was the first socialist President of France ? Francois Mitterrand

• 14. Grenache is a variety of which fruit ? Grape

• 15. What is the state capital of New South Wales, Australia ? Sydney