Random Trivia Quiz No. 256

[Carl]

• 1. The 1726 novel 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts' is better known by what subsequently amended title ?

• 2. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group) was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ?

• 3. In the musical story Brigadoon, the eponymous Scottish village appears one day every how many years: One; Ten; Hundred; or Thousand ?

• 4. What country was created in 1949 with the local abbreviated name DDR ?

• 5. The Periodic Table is a system for presenting what ?

• 6. The abbreviated bicycle term BMX stands for what ?

• 7. Spell the widely used thermoplastic polymer: Polypropolene; Polypropylline; Polypropeline; Polypropylene ?

• 8. Phonology refers to: Music recording; Human hearing; Telecommunications; or Linguistics ?

• 9. The terms digitigrade, plantigrade, unguligrade, refer to a detail of what animal function: Walking; Eating; Sleeping, or Temperature regulation ?

• 10. What word makes new words as a prefix with the words cover, line, code and ship ?

• 11. In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels what is Gulliver's first name: Lemuel; Teneile; Makepeace; or Gary ?

• 12. The term Ponzi Scheme refers to: Financial investing; Landscape gardening; Computer coding; or Military tactics ?

• 13. The medical condition Strabismus affects what part of the human body ?

• 14. Which city's metro system has lines including Pinar de Chamartín to Valdecarros and Villaverde Alto to Moncloa ?

• 15. What popular children's TV/toy character has a Mummy, Daddy, brother George, and cousins Chloé and Alexander ?

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

[elcarretero]

4 East Germany
5 Elements

[gail]

2. British Airways & Iberia
12. Financial investing

[elcarretero]

6 Bicycle motor cross
8 Linguistics

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. The 1726 novel 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts' is better known by what subsequently amended title ? Gulliver's Travels

• 2. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group) was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ? British Airways and Iberia

• 3. In the musical story Brigadoon, the eponymous Scottish village appears one day every how many years: One; Ten; Hundred; or Thousand ? Hundred

• 4. What country was created in 1949 with the local abbreviated name DDR ? East Germany

• 5. The Periodic Table is a system for presenting what ? Chemical Elements

• 6. The abbreviated bicycle term BMX stands for what ? Bicycle Motocross

• 7. Spell the widely used thermoplastic polymer: Polypropolene; Polypropylline; Polypropeline; Polypropylene ? Polypropylene

• 8. Phonology refers to: Music recording; Human hearing; Telecommunications; or Linguistics ? Linguistics

• 9. The terms digitigrade, plantigrade, unguligrade, refer to a detail of what animal function: Walking; Eating; Sleeping, or Temperature regulation ? Walking

• 10. What word makes new words as a prefix with the words cover, line, code and ship ? Hard

• 11. In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels what is Gulliver's first name: Lemuel; Teneile; Makepeace; or Gary ? Lemuel

• 12. The term Ponzi Scheme refers to: Financial investing; Landscape gardening; Computer coding; or Military tactics ? Financial investing

• 13. The medical condition Strabismus affects what part of the human body ? Eyes

• 14. Which city's metro system has lines including Pinar de Chamartín to Valdecarros and Villaverde Alto to Moncloa ? Madrid

• 15. What popular children's TV/toy character has a Mummy, Daddy, brother George, and cousins Chloé and Alexander ? Peppa Pig