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Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 21:03
by Carl
- 1. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what ?
- 2. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship ?
- 3. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud ?
- 4. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II ?
- 5. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus ?
- 6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force ?
- 7. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number ?
- 8. What event attracted the highest UK TV audience of the 1990s ?
- 9. The Chapman Root Glass Company was responsible for what 1915 iconic design nicknamed the 'hobble skirt' and 'Mae West' ?
- 10. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote the novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' ?
- 11. A clowder is a collective term for which creatures: dogs; cats; horses; or sheep ?
- 12. Which early British rock'n'roll star was Og the leprechaun in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow ?
- 13. Which British football team is nicknamed the Blades ?
- 14. The colour of the moon's sky, seen from the moon, is always the same, what is it: blue; black; white; or pink ?
- 15. What is the name of the gland in the human body attached to the base of the brain important in controlling growth ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 23:19
by elcarretero
4 Lumberjill
5 Athens
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 15 Mar 2024 08:35
by gail
7. 666
13. Sheffield United
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 15 Mar 2024 16:45
by elcarretero
15 Pituitary
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 16 Mar 2024 08:49
by gail
1. Information Commissioners Office
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 16 Mar 2024 19:34
by elcarretero
3 Iceland volcano
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 185
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. ICO - the UK agency responsible for data protection, privacy and freedom of information - stands for what ? Information Commissioner's Office
- 2. Who against huge odds knocked defending champion John Higgins out of the 2010 World Snooker Championship ? Steve Davis
- 3. Eyjafjallajokull is what: a Norwegian football club; an Alaskan horse; a disease of the feet; or Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud ? Iceland's volcano responsible for the air-traffic paralysing ash cloud
- 4. What name, adapted from the male term, refers to a female tree-feller, popularised in Britain during World War II ? Lumberjill
- 5. In what European city is the historic port of Piraeus ? Athens
- 6. Nicholas Briggs is the long-time voice of which TV evil force ? The Daleks
- 7. The Roman numerals DCLXVI equate to what number ? 666
- 8. What event attracted the highest UK TV audience of the 1990s ? Princess Diana's Funeral
- 9. The Chapman Root Glass Company was responsible for what 1915 iconic design nicknamed the 'hobble skirt' and 'Mae West' ? Coca-Cola bottle
- 10. Which of the Brontë sisters wrote the novel 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' ? Anne Brontë
- 11. A clowder is a collective term for which creatures: dogs; cats; horses; or sheep ? Cats
- 12. Which early British rock'n'roll star was Og the leprechaun in the 1968 film Finian's Rainbow ? Tommy Steele
- 13. Which British football team is nicknamed the Blades ? Sheffield United
- 14. The colour of the moon's sky, seen from the moon, is always the same, what is it: blue; black; white; or pink ? Black
- 15. What is the name of the gland in the human body attached to the base of the brain important in controlling growth ? Pituitary gland