Random Trivia Quiz No. 278

[Carl]

• 1. What war produced the most fatalities ?

• 2. The French word 'derailleur' is also used in English referring to a mechanism on what sort of machine ?

• 3. Provenance, originally relating to an artwork, now extending widely to other created or collectible works, refers specifically to: Value; History; Rarity; or Popularity ?

• 4. What weather metaphor is given to the TV/video equivalent of acoustic 'noise' in audio signals: Fog; Snow; Mist; or Drizzle ?

• 5. The name Mercator is historically associated with: Cooking/baking; Globes/maps; Circus/acrobatics; or Ballooning ?

• 6. What is the popular old name for a dog's thumb; the obsolete inner toe on some dogs's legs; also a false hoof of deer ?

• 7. In physics a tachyon is a hypothetical particle which has what characteristic ?

• 8. Spell the word: Obsolescance; Obsolecence; Obsolescence; or Obsolesense

• 9. Generally the standard steps per minute for a military 'quick march' pace is: 60; 90; 120; or 180 ?

• 10. What dangerous festive annual event was popularized by Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises ?

• 11. What country was first to experience the Renaissance period in Europe ?

• 12. Spell the word Dilerious; Delirious; Delirius; Dellirious ?

• 13. A plantar wart is more commonly known as a what ?

• 14. What was salvaged from HMS Lutine after it sank in 1799 and is still used on the main underwriting floor at Lloyd's of London: Compass; Captain's desk; Bell; or Globe ?

• 15. What virtual digital currency, divided into 100 million units called satoshis, was created by the pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto ?

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

[stowie39]

2. Bicycle
14. Bell

[gail]

6. Dewclaw
13. Verruca

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What war produced the most fatalities ? World War II

• 2. The French word 'derailleur' is also used in English referring to a mechanism on what sort of machine ? Bicycle

• 3. Provenance, originally relating to an artwork, now extending widely to other created or collectible works, refers specifically to: Value; History; Rarity; or Popularity ? History

• 4. What weather metaphor is given to the TV/video equivalent of acoustic 'noise' in audio signals: Fog; Snow; Mist; or Drizzle ? Snow

• 5. The name Mercator is historically associated with: Cooking/baking; Globes/maps; Circus/acrobatics; or Ballooning ? Globes/maps

• 6. What is the popular old name for a dog's thumb; the obsolete inner toe on some dogs's legs; also a false hoof of deer ? Dewclaw

• 7. In physics a tachyon is a hypothetical particle which has what characteristic ? Faster than light

• 8. Spell the word: Obsolescance; Obsolecence; Obsolescence; or Obsolesense Obsolescence

• 9. Generally the standard steps per minute for a military 'quick march' pace is: 60; 90; 120; or 180 ? 120

• 10. What dangerous festive annual event was popularized by Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises ? Pamplona Bull Run

• 11. What country was first to experience the Renaissance period in Europe ? Italy

• 12. Spell the word Dilerious; Delirious; Delirius; Dellirious Delirious

• 13. A plantar wart is more commonly known as a what ? Verruca

• 14. What was salvaged from HMS Lutine after it sank in 1799 and is still used on the main underwriting floor at Lloyd's of London: Compass; Captain's desk; Bell; or Globe ? Bell

• 15. What virtual digital currency, divided into 100 million units called satoshis, was created by the pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto ? Bitcoin