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Random Trivia Quiz No. 229
Posted: 16 Jan 2025 21:04
by Carl
- 1. What's the world's oldest amateur rowing club named after the Greek mythological lover of the priestess Hero, who drowned swimming the Hellespont to visit her ?
- 2. What traditional item of apparel is named after an old French word for a head covering ?
- 3. The word scrutiny derives from the Latin 'scruta', a 'mixed uncertain lot' of what ?: Trash/old things; Legal papers; Gold/jewels; or People ?
- 4. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography is used in what field: Medicine; Geology; Engineering; or Archaeology ?
- 5. The term 'chamois' informally known as 'shammy', a soft leather for cleaning/wiping/gloves/etc, is named after, and originally made from what sort of creature: Pig/boar; Mountain goat/antelope; River eel; or Cow ?
- 6. The historic three-branch-line San Francisco cable car system comprises how many actual cables in total: Four; Forty; Four hundred; or Four thousand ?
- 7. Daniel Hooper, a famous British protestor, is better known by what nickname, earned during his underground resistance to the Newbury bypass in 1996 ? Was it: Muddy; Boggy; Swampy; or Dirty ?
- 8. What model number Boeing plane is called the Dreamliner ?
- 9. Frettabladid is the leading newspaper of which island nation ?
- 10. ENSA referred to what type of support organization for British armed forces during the 2nd World War ?
- 11. An adult oyster can filter up to what volume of water per day: Two pints; Ten pints; Ten litres; or Fifty gallons ?
- 12. London's Savoy Hotel entrance roundabout provided the 25ft (8m) basis for a standard UK: Mini-roundabout; Black Cab turning-circle; Bus length; or Helipad ?
- 13. The Republic of Upper Volta was renamed what in 1984, meaning respectively 'men of integrity' and 'fatherland' in its two native languages ?
- 14. The six soft alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium) react with water to produce what gas ?
- 15. Italian Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1633) is regarded as the inventor of: Ice-cream; Pizza; Sparkling Water; or Opera ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 229
Posted: 16 Jan 2025 22:40
by elcarretero
4 Medicine
5 Mountain goat/antelope
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 229
Posted: 17 Jan 2025 10:22
by gail
7. Swampy
8. 787
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 229
Posted: 17 Jan 2025 17:23
by elcarretero
10 Entertainment
11 Fifty gallons
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 229
Posted: 23 Jan 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What's the world's oldest amateur rowing club named after the Greek mythological lover of the priestess Hero, who drowned swimming the Hellespont to visit her ? Leander
- 2. What traditional item of apparel is named after an old French word for a head covering ? Handkerchief
- 3. The word scrutiny derives from the Latin 'scruta', a 'mixed uncertain lot' of what ?: Trash/old things; Legal papers; Gold/jewels; or People ? Trash/old things
- 4. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography is used in what field: Medicine; Geology; Engineering; or Archaeology ? Medicine
- 5. The term 'chamois' informally known as 'shammy', a soft leather for cleaning/wiping/gloves/etc, is named after, and originally made from what sort of creature: Pig/boar; Mountain goat/antelope; River eel; or Cow ? Mountain goat/antelope
- 6. The historic three-branch-line San Francisco cable car system comprises how many actual cables in total: Four; Forty; Four hundred; or Four thousand ? Four
- 7. Daniel Hooper, a famous British protestor, is better known by what nickname, earned during his underground resistance to the Newbury bypass in 1996 ? Was it: Muddy; Boggy; Swampy; or Dirty ? Swampy
- 8. What model number Boeing plane is called the Dreamliner ? 787
- 9. Frettabladid is the leading newspaper of which island nation ? Iceland
- 10. ENSA referred to what type of support organization for British armed forces during the 2nd World War ? Entertainment
- 11. An adult oyster can filter up to what volume of water per day: Two pints; Ten pints; Ten litres; or Fifty gallons ? Fifty gallons
- 12. London's Savoy Hotel entrance roundabout provided the 25ft (8m) basis for a standard UK: Mini-roundabout; Black Cab turning-circle; Bus length; or Helipad ? Black cab turning-circle
- 13. The Republic of Upper Volta was renamed what in 1984, meaning respectively 'men of integrity' and 'fatherland' in its two native languages ? Burkina Faso
- 14. The six soft alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium) react with water to produce what gas ? Hydrogen
- 15. Italian Jacopo Peri (1561 - 1633) is regarded as the inventor of: Ice-cream; Pizza; Sparkling Water; or Opera ? Opera