Random Trivia Quiz No. 170

[Carl]

• 1. What type of food is linguine ?

• 2. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states that united in 1964 ?

• 3. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve ?

• 4. Who released a 1995 album called Stanley Road ?

• 5. In which decade did Queen Victoria's husband die ?

• 6. What is a female ferret called ?

• 7. What is an animal called whose diet consists mainly of leaves ?

• 8. Carceral relates to what type of building ?

• 9. How many vertebrae bones does a human usually have ?

• 10. What type of headwear is named after a hero in a Robert Burns poem ?

• 11. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time ?

• 12. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes) stand for ?

• 13. In which UK city was artist L S Lowry born ?

• 14. Chitterlings are the small intestines of which animal ?

• 15. Which 1950s - 60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one" ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Pasta
10 Tam O´Shanter

[LucindaC]

6 Jill

[elcarretero]

14 Pig

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What type of food is linguine ? Pasta

• 2. Tanzania is a portmanteau name (two-word combination) from which two states that united in 1964 ? Tanganyika and Zanzibar

• 3. The usual graph shape for product failure rate, starting and ending high with a long flat bottom in between, is known as what sort of curve ? Bathtub

• 4. Who released a 1995 album called Stanley Road ? Paul Weller

• 5. In which decade did Queen Victoria's husband die ? 1860s

• 6. What is a female ferret called ? Gill or Jill

• 7. What is an animal called whose diet consists mainly of leaves ? Folivore

• 8. Carceral relates to what type of building ? A prison

• 9. How many vertebrae bones does a human usually have ? 33

• 10. What type of headwear is named after a hero in a Robert Burns poem ? Tam O'Shanter

• 11. What official reporting statement shows a company's financial situation, notably assets, at a point in time ? Balance sheet

• 12. In telecommunications was does STD (as in STD area codes) stand for ? Subscriber Trunk Dialling

• 13. In which UK city was artist L S Lowry born ? Manchester

• 14. Chitterlings are the small intestines of which animal ? Pig

• 15. Which 1950s - 60s sex symbol is reputed to have said, "I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one" ? Brigette Bardot