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Random Trivia Quiz No. 256
Posted: 24 Jul 2025 21:02
by Carl
- 1. The 1726 novel 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts' is better known by what subsequently amended title ?
- 2. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group) was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ?
- 3. In the musical story Brigadoon, the eponymous Scottish village appears one day every how many years: One; Ten; Hundred; or Thousand ?
- 4. What country was created in 1949 with the local abbreviated name DDR ?
- 5. The Periodic Table is a system for presenting what ?
- 6. The abbreviated bicycle term BMX stands for what ?
- 7. Spell the widely used thermoplastic polymer: Polypropolene; Polypropylline; Polypropeline; Polypropylene ?
- 8. Phonology refers to: Music recording; Human hearing; Telecommunications; or Linguistics ?
- 9. The terms digitigrade, plantigrade, unguligrade, refer to a detail of what animal function: Walking; Eating; Sleeping, or Temperature regulation ?
- 10. What word makes new words as a prefix with the words cover, line, code and ship ?
- 11. In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels what is Gulliver's first name: Lemuel; Teneile; Makepeace; or Gary ?
- 12. The term Ponzi Scheme refers to: Financial investing; Landscape gardening; Computer coding; or Military tactics ?
- 13. The medical condition Strabismus affects what part of the human body ?
- 14. Which city's metro system has lines including Pinar de Chamartín to Valdecarros and Villaverde Alto to Moncloa ?
- 15. What popular children's TV/toy character has a Mummy, Daddy, brother George, and cousins Chloé and Alexander ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 256
Posted: 25 Jul 2025 08:07
by elcarretero
4 East Germany
5 Elements
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 256
Posted: 25 Jul 2025 08:21
by gail
2. British Airways & Iberia
12. Financial investing
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 256
Posted: 26 Jul 2025 09:03
by elcarretero
6 Bicycle motor cross
8 Linguistics
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 256
Posted: 31 Jul 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. The 1726 novel 'Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts' is better known by what subsequently amended title ? Gulliver's Travels
- 2. The aviation group known as IAG (International Airlines Group) was formed by merger of which two corporations in 2011 ? British Airways and Iberia
- 3. In the musical story Brigadoon, the eponymous Scottish village appears one day every how many years: One; Ten; Hundred; or Thousand ? Hundred
- 4. What country was created in 1949 with the local abbreviated name DDR ? East Germany
- 5. The Periodic Table is a system for presenting what ? Chemical Elements
- 6. The abbreviated bicycle term BMX stands for what ? Bicycle Motocross
- 7. Spell the widely used thermoplastic polymer: Polypropolene; Polypropylline; Polypropeline; Polypropylene ? Polypropylene
- 8. Phonology refers to: Music recording; Human hearing; Telecommunications; or Linguistics ? Linguistics
- 9. The terms digitigrade, plantigrade, unguligrade, refer to a detail of what animal function: Walking; Eating; Sleeping, or Temperature regulation ? Walking
- 10. What word makes new words as a prefix with the words cover, line, code and ship ? Hard
- 11. In Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels what is Gulliver's first name: Lemuel; Teneile; Makepeace; or Gary ? Lemuel
- 12. The term Ponzi Scheme refers to: Financial investing; Landscape gardening; Computer coding; or Military tactics ? Financial investing
- 13. The medical condition Strabismus affects what part of the human body ? Eyes
- 14. Which city's metro system has lines including Pinar de Chamartín to Valdecarros and Villaverde Alto to Moncloa ? Madrid
- 15. What popular children's TV/toy character has a Mummy, Daddy, brother George, and cousins Chloé and Alexander ? Peppa Pig