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Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 12 Oct 2023 21:06
by 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.

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 12 Oct 2023 23:22
by elcarretero
2 Pubic wig
4 Corsica

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 13 Oct 2023 08:40
by gail
3. 5
12. Tobacco

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 13 Oct 2023 09:05
by elcarretero
5 Liberace

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 13 Oct 2023 18:22
by stowie39
8. Clearway
13. Citadel

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 163

Posted: 19 Oct 2023 21:03
by 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