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Random Trivia Quiz No. 279
Posted: 01 Jan 2026 21:04
by Carl
- 1. What is a temporary doctor or dentist or other professional stand-in, from Latin 'place holding' ?
- 2. What old English word refers typically to a person's pale complexion but in origin and other contexts may also mean dark ?
- 3. In media 'small ads' what do the similar abbreviations ONO and OBO mean (two answers required) ?
- 4. The standard international maritime/aeronautical term 'SOB' for the number of people aboard a ship a plane means what in full ?
- 5. Ashtanga Vinyasa, Bikram, and Hatha Vidya are styles of what ?
- 6. What word prefixes business, room, case, and down to produce four other words ?
- 7. What financial term, especially referring to state/government revenues, derives from Roman/Latin meaning a rush basket or purse ?
- 8. Traditionally made of paper over a wooden frame what is a Japanese 'shoji' ?
- 9. The pseudo-Latin expression 'hax pax max Deus adimax' used in conjuring from the 1600s developed into what modern term referring to 'kidology' or nonsensical explanation ?
- 10. In computing and file-sharing what does P2P stand for ?
- 11. The Amazon website logo includes what, in addition to the word ?
- 12. The German 'Dosenwerfen', the French 'Chamboule-tout', and the British 'Aunt Sally' are: Puddings; Games; Knitting-styles; or Weapons ?
- 13. What river in SW Europe rises in the Swiss Alps and flows over 500 miles through Lake Geneva, Lyons, to the Mediterranean west of Marseilles ?
- 14. Bob, bowl, bun, chignon, and tonsure are types of what ?
- 15. What, resembling a tomato and pepper hybrid, is the edible fruit produced by Diospyros trees, source of ebony wood ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 279
Posted: 02 Jan 2026 08:12
by gail
1. Locum
3. Or nearest offer & or best offer
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 279
Posted: 07 Jan 2026 09:06
by stowie39
10. Peer to peer
12. Card games
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 279
Posted: 08 Jan 2026 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What is a temporary doctor or dentist or other professional stand-in, from Latin 'place holding' ? Locum Tenens
- 2. What old English word refers typically to a person's pale complexion but in origin and other contexts may also mean dark ? Wan
- 3. In media 'small ads' what do the similar abbreviations ONO and OBO mean (two answers required) ? Or Nearest Offer and Or Best Offer
- 4. The standard international maritime/aeronautical term 'SOB' for the number of people aboard a ship a plane means what in full ? Souls On Board
- 5. Ashtanga Vinyasa, Bikram, and Hatha Vidya are styles of what ? Yoga
- 6. What word prefixes business, room, case, and down to produce four other words ? Show
- 7. What financial term, especially referring to state/government revenues, derives from Roman/Latin meaning a rush basket or purse ? Fiscal
- 8. Traditionally made of paper over a wooden frame what is a Japanese 'shoji' ? Sliding door
- 9. The pseudo-Latin expression 'hax pax max Deus adimax' used in conjuring from the 1600s developed into what modern term referring to 'kidology' or nonsensical explanation ? Hocus-pocus
- 10. In computing and file-sharing what does P2P stand for ? Peer To Peer
- 11. The Amazon website logo includes what, in addition to the word ? Arrow
- 12. The German 'Dosenwerfen', the French 'Chamboule-tout', and the British 'Aunt Sally' are: Puddings; Games; Knitting-styles; or Weapons ? Games
- 13. What river in SW Europe rises in the Swiss Alps and flows over 500 miles through Lake Geneva, Lyons, to the Mediterranean west of Marseilles ? Rhône
- 14. Bob, bowl, bun, chignon, and tonsure are types of what ? Hairstyle
- 15. What, resembling a tomato and pepper hybrid, is the edible fruit produced by Diospyros trees, source of ebony wood ? Persimmon