Random Trivia Quiz No. 160

[Carl]

• 1. Who was the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (for Britain) ?

• 2. What gas is in the bubbles of sparkling drinks such as fizzy lemonade and champagne ?

• 3. Hepatic relates to which organ of the human body ?

• 4. The Bay of Plenty is on the coast of which country ?

• 5. Who played Louise Sawyer in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise ?

• 6. What name for a temple derives from the ancient Greek meaning 'to all gods' ?

• 7. The corporate computer brand HP stands for what name ?

• 8. What is commonly produced by pouring water into a pan of boiling cooking oil - an indoor rainbow, dry ice, popcorn, or a fierce kitchen fire ?

• 9. What is the gambling system called in which stakes are continually doubled ?

• 10. The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock ?

• 11. What does the c stand for in the equation E=mc2 ?

• 12. The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902 ?

• 13. Mount Ararat is in which country ?

• 14. How many strings does a mandolin commonly have ?

• 15. What three-letter brand meaning 'flight' is the Polish national airline ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Carbon Dioxide
3 Liver

[stowie39]

7. Hewlard Packard

[elcarretero]

5 Susan Sarandon

[LucindaC]

8 a fierce kitchen fire

[gail]

12 King Edward potato
15 LOT Polish airline

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who was the first British black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (for Britain) ? Tessa Sanderson

• 2. What gas is in the bubbles of sparkling drinks such as fizzy lemonade and champagne ? Carbon Dioxide

• 3. Hepatic relates to which organ of the human body ? Liver

• 4. The Bay of Plenty is on the coast of which country ? New Zealand

• 5. Who played Louise Sawyer in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise ? Susan Sarandon

• 6. What name for a temple derives from the ancient Greek meaning 'to all gods' ? Pantheon

• 7. The corporate computer brand HP stands for what name ? Hewlett-Packard

• 8. What is commonly produced by pouring water into a pan of boiling cooking oil - an indoor rainbow, dry ice, popcorn, or a fierce kitchen fire ? A fierce kitchen fire

• 9. What is the gambling system called in which stakes are continually doubled ? Martingale

• 10. The natural geological columns of Fingal's Cave and the Giant's Causeway are formed of which rock ? Basalt

• 11. What does the c stand for in the equation E=mc2 ? The speed of light

• 12. The introduction of what vegetable coincided with the coronation of the British monarch in 1902 ? King Edward potato

• 13. Mount Ararat is in which country ? Turkey

• 14. How many strings does a mandolin commonly have ? 8

• 15. What three-letter brand meaning 'flight' is the Polish national airline ? LOT