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Random Trivia Quiz No. 251
Posted: 19 Jun 2025 21:02
by Carl
- 1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo is better known by what brand name ?
- 2. What country's 1931 flood is considered to be the most fatal of all 1900s natural disasters ?
- 3. The Japanese word 'shonen' refers to what age group: Babies; Children up to 15 yrs; Twenty-somethings; or Pensioners ?
- 4. Pinniped refers to a mammal with feet which are what ?
- 5. Rosneftegaz and Gazprom are vast energy corporations of which nation ?
- 6. What single unit of measurement equates to 06×10-13 light-years ?
- 7. From Greek words for 'similar' and 'standing still' what term refers scientifically to self-balancing in chemical/biological systems, and generally to life where people/societies tend to adjust risk/consumption according to consequences, driven by avoidance of change ?
- 8. Ptosis refers medically normally to a drooping what ?
- 9. Extragalactic refers to beyond the: Speed of light; Year one-million; Observable universe; or Milky Way ?
- 10. Bead, Ball, Ribbon, Staccato and Sheet are types of what ?
- 11. Which of these countries was not in the region known as Prussia: Germany, Russia, Denmark, Italy, or Switzerland ?
- 12. Petite Sirah, Tempranillo, Vespolina, and Gamay are varieties of what ?
- 13. What external human feature is commonly described as having three parts: cuticle, cortex and medula ?
- 14. A myringotomy is an incision in what part of the human body ?
- 15. The slang, considered a offensive term, Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 251
Posted: 20 Jun 2025 08:06
by elcarretero
1 SEAT
5 Russia
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 251
Posted: 22 Jun 2025 15:46
by gail
12. Wine
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 251
Posted: 23 Jun 2025 15:59
by elcarretero
9 Milky Way
10 Lightning
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 251
Posted: 26 Jun 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo is better known by what brand name ? SEAT
- 2. What country's 1931 flood is considered to be the most fatal of all 1900s natural disasters ? China
- 3. The Japanese word 'shonen' refers to what age group: Babies; Children up to 15 yrs; Twenty-somethings; or Pensioners ? Children up to 15 yrs
- 4. Pinniped refers to a mammal with feet which are what ? Fins
- 5. Rosneftegaz and Gazprom are vast energy corporations of which nation ? Russia
- 6. What single unit of measurement equates to 06×10-13 light-years ? One kilometre
- 7. From Greek words for 'similar' and 'standing still' what term refers scientifically to self-balancing in chemical/biological systems, and generally to life where people/societies tend to adjust risk/consumption according to consequences, driven by avoidance of change ? Homeostasis
- 8. Ptosis refers medically normally to a drooping what ? Eyelid
- 9. Extragalactic refers to beyond the: Speed of light; Year one-million; Observable universe; or Milky Way ? Milky Way
- 10. Bead, Ball, Ribbon, Staccato and Sheet are types of what ? Lightning
- 11. Which of these countries was not in the region known as Prussia: Germany, Russia, Denmark, Italy, or Switzerland ? Italy
- 12. Petite Sirah, Tempranillo, Vespolina, and Gamay are varieties of what ? Grapes
- 13. What external human feature is commonly described as having three parts: cuticle, cortex and medula ? Hair
- 14. A myringotomy is an incision in what part of the human body ? Eardrum
- 15. The slang, considered a offensive term, Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ? SW Africa