Random Trivia Quiz No. 165

[Carl]

• 1. Which organisation retains copyright ownership of the laws of cricket ?

• 2. MICEX is the major stock exchange of which country ?

• 3. The country Myanmar is still known in many parts of the world by what prior name ?

• 4. Who was the target of an assassination plot in the 1978 film Foul Play ?

• 5. A logophile is a lover of what ?

• 6. What is a line on a map called which connects points of equal temperature ?

• 7. Loosehead is a position in which sport ?

• 8. Which country had the Roman name Cambria ?

• 9. What word, meaning something left in a will, refers to an old and incompatible organisational computing system ?

• 10. Alpha, Nevada and Snow Crown are types of which vegetable ?

• 11. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which exploded after take-off in January 1986 ?

• 12. Which American writer said of golf, 'a good walk spoiled' ?

• 13. What is the medical condition Herpes Zoster commonly called ?

• 14. What breed of dog is known as the Carriage Dog (because they were trained to run with horse-drawn carriages as guard dogs) ?

• 15. In which country is Timbuktu ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
3 Burma

[gail]

12. Oscar Wilde

[LucindaC]

11 challenger

[elcarretero]

9 Executor

[elcarretero]

6 Isotherm
7 Rugby
12 Mark Twain

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which organisation retains copyright ownership of the laws of cricket ? MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club)

• 2. MICEX is the major stock exchange of which country ? Russia

• 3. The country Myanmar is still known in many parts of the world by what prior name ? Burma

• 4. Who was the target of an assassination plot in the 1978 film Foul Play ? The Pope

• 5. A logophile is a lover of what ? Words

• 6. What is a line on a map called which connects points of equal temperature ? Isotherm

• 7. Loosehead is a position in which sport ? Rugby

• 8. Which country had the Roman name Cambria ? Wales

• 9. What word, meaning something left in a will, refers to an old and incompatible organisational computing system ? Legacy

• 10. Alpha, Nevada and Snow Crown are types of which vegetable ? Cauliflower

• 11. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which exploded after take-off in January 1986 ? Challenger

• 12. Which American writer said of golf, 'a good walk spoiled' ? Mark Twain

• 13. What is the medical condition Herpes Zoster commonly called ? Shingles

• 14. What breed of dog is known as the Carriage Dog (because they were trained to run with horse-drawn carriages as guard dogs) ? Dalmatian

• 15. In which country is Timbuktu ? Mali