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Random Trivia Quiz No. 268
Posted: 16 Oct 2025 21:02
by 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.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 268
Posted: 17 Oct 2025 08:01
by stowie39
8. Rigor Mortis
9. Country and Western music
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 268
Posted: 17 Oct 2025 09:11
by gail
9. Country & western
14. Immature
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 268
Posted: 23 Oct 2025 21:01
by 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