Random Trivia Quiz No. 26

[Carl]

• 1. How many times did Formula One motor racing driver Graham Hill win at Monaco ?

• 2. Who had a UK number one with "Those Were the Days" in 1968 ?

• 3. What 'V' were Odin's handmaidens ?

• 4. What letter and number is given to the leading Western economic powers ?

• 5. Who had a UK number one with "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" in 2012 ?

• 6. The energy of the sun is produced by which kind of reaction ?

• 7. Which Arabic word literally translates to 'submission' or 'surrender' ?

• 8. What 'C' is a measure of radioactivity ?

• 9. Why could we call William Stewart Halsted the "Mr. Clean" of medicine ?

• 10. Which 'MB' were credited with the invention of the hot air balloon ?

• 11. What is a Christmas disease ?

• 12. Translate from Cockney slang: West End Thespian

• 13. What type of animal lives in a sett ?

• 14. Where did Saul rule Israel from ?

• 15. What is the name of the father of Homer Simpson ?

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

[stowie39]

2. Mary Hopkins
13. Badger

[LucindaC]

4 G8/G7
15 Grampa

[freddo]

3 Valkyries
8 Curie

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. How many times did Formula One motor racing driver Graham Hill win at Monaco ? 5 (1963,1964,1965,1968,1969)

• 2. Who had a UK number one with "Those Were the Days" in 1968 ? Mary Hopkin

• 3. What 'V' were Odin's handmaidens ? Valkyries

• 4. What letter and number is given to the leading Western economic powers ? G8

• 5. Who had a UK number one with "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" in 2012 ? Ne-Yo

• 6. The energy of the sun is produced by which kind of reaction ? Fusion

• 7. Which Arabic word literally translates to 'submission' or 'surrender' ? Islam (or Aslama)

• 8. What 'C' is a measure of radioactivity ? Curie

• 9. Why could we call William Stewart Halsted the "Mr. Clean" of medicine ? Halstead, developer of local anesthesia, was the first doctor to wear rubber gloves in surgery in 1890

• 10. Which 'MB' were credited with the invention of the hot air balloon ? Montgolfier Brothers

• 11. What is a Christmas disease ? Mild Haemophilia

• 12. Translate from Cockney slang: West End Thespian Lesbian

• 13. What type of animal lives in a sett ? Badger

• 14. Where did Saul rule Israel from ? Gibeah

• 15. What is the name of the father of Homer Simpson ? Abe or Abraham