Random Trivia Quiz No. 268

[Carl]

• 1. Name the famous guitarist whose collaboration with the Gibson company produced their first and eponymous solid electric guitar in 1952 ?

• 2. Eugenics refers to optimizing: Animal pedigree; Human population genetics; Plant disease resistance; or Anti-freeze technology ?

• 3. What, having extremes of 'thick' and 'thin', is the measure of a fluid's internal friction/resistance under stress ?

• 4. PSV (Polished Stone Value) is a technical measurement term used by: Jewellers; Architects; Archaeologists; or Roadbuilders ?

• 5. In 2012 the late Shinzo Abe became which nation's eighth prime ministerial appointment in six years, 2006 - 2012 ?

• 6. Banana Island is the most expensive property in a special edition of monopoly based on which Nigerian city ?

• 7. The famous Castilian military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1043 - 1099) is better known by what name ?

• 8. What medical Latin term, literally means 'stiffness of death' ?

• 9. C&W traditionally refers to what sort of music/lifeftyle/image ?

• 10. What two countries have the longest motorway/interstate highway networks in the world ?

• 11. Rheology is the science/study of: Substance flow; Body waste; Kidney disease; or Electrical current ?

• 12. What event caused Twitter's (now known as X) servers to crash on 25 June 2009 ?

• 13. What word for 'the end of the world' referred originally to a revelation ?

• 14. The word callow means: Sickly; Weak; Pale; or Immature ?

• 15. What surname appeared most in the UK Leveson Inquiry Report about media/press privacy and phone hacking ?

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

[stowie39]

8. Rigor Mortis
9. Country and Western music

[gail]

9. Country & western
14. Immature

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Name the famous guitarist whose collaboration with the Gibson company produced their first and eponymous solid electric guitar in 1952 ? Les Paul

• 2. Eugenics refers to optimizing: Animal pedigree; Human population genetics; Plant disease resistance; or Anti-freeze technology ? Human population genetics

• 3. What, having extremes of 'thick' and 'thin', is the measure of a fluid's internal friction/resistance under stress ? Viscosity

• 4. PSV (Polished Stone Value) is a technical measurement term used by: Jewellers; Architects; Archaeologists; or Roadbuilders ? Roadbuilders

• 5. In 2012 the late Shinzo Abe became which nation's eighth prime ministerial appointment in six years, 2006 - 2012 ? Japan

• 6. Banana Island is the most expensive property in a special edition of monopoly based on which Nigerian city ? Lagos

• 7. The famous Castilian military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (1043 - 1099) is better known by what name ? El Cid

• 8. What medical Latin term, literally means 'stiffness of death' ? Rigor Mortis

• 9. C&W traditionally refers to what sort of music/lifeftyle/image ? Country and Western

• 10. What two countries have the longest motorway/interstate highway networks in the world ? USA and China

• 11. Rheology is the science/study of: Substance flow; Body waste; Kidney disease; or Electrical current ? Substance flow

• 12. What event caused Twitter's (now known as X) servers to crash on 25 June 2009 ? Michael Jackson's death

• 13. What word for 'the end of the world' referred originally to a revelation ? Apocalypse

• 14. The word callow means: Sickly; Weak; Pale; or Immature ? Immature

• 15. What surname appeared most in the UK Leveson Inquiry Report about media/press privacy and phone hacking ? Murdoch