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Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 26 Oct 2023 21:20
by 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.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 26 Oct 2023 22:50
by elcarretero
1 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
3 Burma
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 27 Oct 2023 08:51
by gail
12. Oscar Wilde
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 28 Oct 2023 18:36
by LucindaC
11 challenger
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 29 Oct 2023 00:07
by elcarretero
9 Executor
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 02 Nov 2023 10:40
by elcarretero
6 Isotherm
7 Rugby
12 Mark Twain
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 165
Posted: 02 Nov 2023 21:02
by 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