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Random Trivia Quiz No. 209
Posted: 29 Aug 2024 21:03
by Carl
- 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 ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 209
Posted: 30 Aug 2024 00:39
by elcarretero
2 Tour de France
4 The Jungle
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 209
Posted: 30 Aug 2024 08:51
by gail
11. Caber
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 209
Posted: 05 Sep 2024 21:01
by Carl
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