Random Trivia Quiz No. 209

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Random Trivia Quiz No. 209

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  • 1. What is the corolla of a flower commonly known as ?
  • 2. For what is letour.fr the official website ?
  • 3. What make of Wellington boots did Samantha Cameron buy President Obama's children for the 2010 British Prime Ministerial visit to the USA ?
  • 4. What was the name of the refugee camp that was near Calais close to the French side of the Channel Tunnel ?
  • 5. A sequence of numbers beginning 0, 1, in which each number is the sum of the previous two numbers is named after what Italian mathematician who devised the system ?
  • 6. A nanosecond equates to what fraction of a second: Hundredth; Thousandth, Millionth; Billionth ?
  • 7. Fines of £5.3m, criticized as paltry and insulting, were imposed on Shell, Total and BP, five years after the huge 2005 explosion and fire at what UK oil storage depot ?
  • 8. Angelos Epithemiou ex-burger-van proprietor, replaced what quirky drumming baby character on the popular UK TV comedy quiz show Shooting Stars ?
  • 9. Name the UK budget holiday company specialising in Turkey and Greece which went bust in July 2010 ?
  • 10. If an atom were the size of a football pitch its nucleus would be approximately the size of a: Zeppelin; Olympic swimming pool; Squash court; or Football ?
  • 11. What is the name of the trimmed tree trunk tossed in competition in the Highland Games ?
  • 12. Who wrote the poem 'Jabberwocky', which originally featured in one of his novels ?
  • 13. Arrange these notes according to normal violin tuning, highest to lowest: D, A, G, and E ?
  • 14. The mnemonic 'Heaven Never Asked Kriegspiel's Extra Rent' helps people remember what chemical group of six elements - and what are they ?
  • 15. In July 2010 Amazon announced that their quarterly volume sales of digital books (ebooks) had exceeded their sales of what in the US for the first time: Hardback books; Paperback books; Large-print books; or Pop-up books ?

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2 Tour de France
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11. Caber
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ANSWERS
  • 1. What is the corolla of a flower commonly known as ? Petals
  • 2. For what is letour.fr the official website ? Tour de France
  • 3. What make of Wellington boots did Samantha Cameron buy President Obama's children for the 2010 British Prime Ministerial visit to the USA ? Hunters
  • 4. What was the name of the refugee camp that was near Calais close to the French side of the Channel Tunnel ? Sangatte
  • 5. A sequence of numbers beginning 0, 1, in which each number is the sum of the previous two numbers is named after what Italian mathematician who devised the system ? Fibonacci
  • 6. A nanosecond equates to what fraction of a second: Hundredth; Thousandth, Millionth; Billionth ? Billionth
  • 7. Fines of £5.3m, criticized as paltry and insulting, were imposed on Shell, Total and BP, five years after the huge 2005 explosion and fire at what UK oil storage depot ? Buncefield
  • 8. Angelos Epithemiou ex-burger-van proprietor, replaced what quirky drumming baby character on the popular UK TV comedy quiz show Shooting Stars ? George Dawes
  • 9. Name the UK budget holiday company specialising in Turkey and Greece which went bust in July 2010 ? Goldtrail
  • 10. If an atom were the size of a football pitch its nucleus would be approximately the size of a: Zeppelin; Olympic swimming pool; Squash court; or Football ? Football
  • 11. What is the name of the trimmed tree trunk tossed in competition in the Highland Games ? Caber
  • 12. Who wrote the poem 'Jabberwocky', which originally featured in one of his novels ? Lewis Carroll
  • 13. Arrange these notes according to normal violin tuning, highest to lowest: D, A, G, and E ? E, A, D and G
  • 14. The mnemonic 'Heaven Never Asked Kriegspiel's Extra Rent' helps people remember what chemical group of six elements - and what are they ? The Noble Gases - Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon and Radon
  • 15. In July 2010 Amazon announced that their quarterly volume sales of digital books (ebooks) had exceeded their sales of what in the US for the first time: Hardback books; Paperback books; Large-print books; or Pop-up books ? Hardback books

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