Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

[Carl]

• 1. What commonly occurring gas has the chemical formula CH4 ?

• 2. What is a merkin ?

• 3. What character normally appears with the % (percentage) symbol on its key of a QWERTY keyboard ?

• 4. On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born in 1769 ?

• 5. Which late ostentatious US pianist's first names were Wladziu Valentino ?

• 6. What type of dangerous creature is a massasauga ?

• 7. In medicine what is the tube implanted in the eardrum to drain the middle ear ?

• 8. Generally the road sign of a red diagonal cross on a blue background in a red circle means what ?

• 9. What was the only painting Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold in his lifetime ?

• 10. What is the fourth root of 81 ?

• 11. Which English rock band were originally called the Spectres ?

• 12. The plant Nicotiana tabacum is more commonly known by what name ?

• 13. What is a meeting hall of the Salvation Army called ?

• 14. Uxoricide is the killing of one's what ?

• 15. Mr Wopsle is a character in which Charles Dickens novel ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Pubic wig
4 Corsica

[gail]

3. 5
12. Tobacco

[elcarretero]

5 Liberace

[stowie39]

8. Clearway
13. Citadel

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What commonly occurring gas has the chemical formula CH4 ? Methane

• 2. What is a merkin ? A pubic wig

• 3. What character normally appears with the % (percentage) symbol on its key of a QWERTY keyboard ? 5

• 4. On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born in 1769 ? Corsica

• 5. Which late ostentatious US pianist's first names were Wladziu Valentino ? Liberace

• 6. What type of dangerous creature is a massasauga ? A snake

• 7. In medicine what is the tube implanted in the eardrum to drain the middle ear ? Grommet

• 8. Generally the road sign of a red diagonal cross on a blue background in a red circle means what ? No stopping

• 9. What was the only painting Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold in his lifetime ? Red Vineyards at Arles

• 10. What is the fourth root of 81 ? 3

• 11. Which English rock band were originally called the Spectres ? Status Quo

• 12. The plant Nicotiana tabacum is more commonly known by what name ? Tobacco

• 13. What is a meeting hall of the Salvation Army called ? Citadel

• 14. Uxoricide is the killing of one's what ? Wife

• 15. Mr Wopsle is a character in which Charles Dickens novel ? Great Expectations