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Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 11 Apr 2024 21:03
by Carl
  • 1. What ball is worth three points in snooker ?
  • 2. Name Francis Drake's ship, in which he circumnavigated the globe, 1577-80 ?
  • 3. What skin and eye colouring is associated with jaundice ?
  • 4. What is Mick Hucknell's band ?
  • 5. Ireland is known as The 'what' Isle ?
  • 6. What term refers to a plan or template ?
  • 7. Name the renowned shirt maker in Jermyn Street, London ?
  • 8. What was mined extensively in Cyprus in Roman times, which took its name from the country ?
  • 9. Name Jepser Christiensen's character in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace ?
  • 10. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK) spring flowering plant ?
  • 11. If this were a cryptic crossword clue it could be 'Poetic Irish county' ?
  • 12. What is the common name of the Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages ?
  • 13. What is a tone of photography which results from or gives the effect of age ?
  • 14. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English) and Onega Bay ?
  • 15. What is the longest river in South Africa ?

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

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 11 Apr 2024 22:20
by stowie39
3. Yellow
4. Simply Red

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 11 Apr 2024 23:04
by elcarretero
1 Green
2 Golden Hind

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 12 Apr 2024 06:46
by stowie39
11. Limerick
13. Sepia

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 12 Apr 2024 08:12
by crummy
5 Emerald
12. Black death

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 12 Apr 2024 08:51
by elcarretero
15 Amazon

Whoops, I read South America

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 13 Apr 2024 08:19
by stowie39
6. Blueprint
9. Goldfinger

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 13 Apr 2024 08:41
by crummy
8. Copper

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 13 Apr 2024 10:08
by crummy
15. Limpopo

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 189

Posted: 18 Apr 2024 22:11
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. What ball is worth three points in snooker ? Green
  • 2. Name Francis Drake's ship, in which he circumnavigated the globe, 1577-80 ? Golden Hind
  • 3. What skin and eye colouring is associated with jaundice ? Yellow
  • 4. What is Mick Hucknell's band ? Simply Red
  • 5. Ireland is known as The 'what' Isle ? Emerald
  • 6. What term refers to a plan or template ? Blueprint
  • 7. Name the renowned shirt maker in Jermyn Street, London ? Thomas Pink
  • 8. What was mined extensively in Cyprus in Roman times, which took its name from the country ? Copper
  • 9. Name Jepser Christiensen's character in the James Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace ? Mr White
  • 10. Hyacinthoides is the scientific name for what protected (in the UK) spring flowering plant ? Bluebell
  • 11. If this were a cryptic crossword clue it could be 'Poetic Irish county' ? Limerick
  • 12. What is the common name of the Bubonic Plague in the Middle Ages ? The Black Death
  • 13. What is a tone of photography which results from or gives the effect of age ? Sepia
  • 14. What sea has the port city Arkhangelsk (Archangel in English) and Onega Bay ? White Sea
  • 15. What is the longest river in South Africa ? Orange River