Random Trivia Quiz No. 198

[Carl]

• 1. Exophthalmic Goitre is the medical term for which disease: Dent's Disease; Graves' Disease; or Mad Cow Disease ?

• 2. What does a charcutier sell: Meat; Coal; Clothes; or Sanitaryware ?

• 3. Used in cause-and-effect analysis, due to its structure the Ishikawa diagram is more commonly called a 'what' diagram: Ladder; Fishbone; Corkscrew; or Bathtub ?

• 4. What album title does former England footballer Wayne Rooney have tattooed on his right forearm: Just Enough Education To Perform; Strangeways Here We Come; Abbey Road; or Bad ?

• 5. In which country is the spectacular 1650 stone-built 23-arch Khaju Bridge: Iran; Iraq; Kuwait; or Ethiopia ?

• 6. What is the plug of tobacco ash left in a pipe after it has been smoked: Rattle; Whittle; Shuttle; or Dottle ?

• 7. How many stars in total are on the national flags of Australia, China, and Pakistan: 7; 9; 12; or 23 ?

• 8. In which year was the Suez Canal opened: 1829; 1849; or 1869 ?

• 9. In June 2010 the US army announced the partial replacement of what, invented by George de Mestrel in 1941, by much older technology (nearly 5,000 years older actually): Velcro; Binoculars; or Bayonets ?

• 10. Miss Rosa Dartle is a character in which Charles Dickens novel: Bleak House; David Copperfield; or Pickwick Papers ?

• 11. The Red Lake Mine, said to produce the richest gold ore in the world is in which country: Canada; South Africa; Australia; or Wales ?

• 12. How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of a game of Blackjack or Pontoon: 1; 2; 3; or 4 ?

• 13. In male nobility what title is conventionally regarded to be the next level below that of Emperor: King; Archduke; or Grand Duke ?

• 14. The label on a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle refers to "Old No. 'what number' Brand": 5; 7; 9; or 63 ?

• 15. Al Maghrib - a common shortening of al-Mamlaka al-Magribiyya ('The Western Kingdom') - is the local name for which country: Morocco; Egypt; Senegal; or Cuba ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Graves disease
2 Meat

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Exophthalmic Goitre is the medical term for which disease: Dent's Disease; Graves' Disease; or Mad Cow Disease ? Graves Disease

• 2. What does a charcutier sell: Meat; Coal; Clothes; or Sanitaryware ? Meat

• 3. Used in cause-and-effect analysis, due to its structure the Ishikawa diagram is more commonly called a 'what' diagram: Ladder; Fishbone; Corkscrew; or Bathtub ? Fishbone

• 4. What album title does former England footballer Wayne Rooney have tattooed on his right forearm: Just Enough Education To Perform; Strangeways Here We Come; Abbey Road; or Bad ? Just Enough Education To Perform

• 5. In which country is the spectacular 1650 stone-built 23-arch Khaju Bridge: Iran; Iraq; Kuwait; or Ethiopia ? Iran

• 6. What is the plug of tobacco ash left in a pipe after it has been smoked: Rattle; Whittle; Shuttle; or Dottle ? Dottle

• 7. How many stars in total are on the national flags of Australia, China, and Pakistan: 7; 9; 12; or 23 ? 12

• 8. In which year was the Suez Canal opened: 1829; 1849; or 1869 ? 1869

• 9. In June 2010 the US army announced the partial replacement of what, invented by George de Mestrel in 1941, by much older technology (nearly 5,000 years older actually): Velcro; Binoculars; or Bayonets ? Velcro

• 10. Miss Rosa Dartle is a character in which Charles Dickens novel: Bleak House; David Copperfield; or Pickwick Papers ? David Copperfield

• 11. The Red Lake Mine, said to produce the richest gold ore in the world is in which country: Canada; South Africa; Australia; or Wales ? Canada

• 12. How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of a game of Blackjack or Pontoon: 1; 2; 3; or 4 ? 2

• 13. In male nobility what title is conventionally regarded to be the next level below that of Emperor: King; Archduke; or Grand Duke ? King

• 14. The label on a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle refers to "Old No. 'what number' Brand": 5; 7; 9; or 63 ? 7

• 15. Al Maghrib - a common shortening of al-Mamlaka al-Magribiyya ('The Western Kingdom') - is the local name for which country: Morocco; Egypt; Senegal; or Cuba ? Morocco