Random Trivia Quiz No. 77

[Carl]

• 1. 14% of Americans could not identify which country on a map ?

• 2. Clue: Having a tendency to conceal

• 3. 'The Moon's A Ballon' was the first volume of whose autobiographical works ? Dirk Bogarde, David Niven, Richard Burton or Peter Ustinov ?

• 4. What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon orchard ?

• 5. Which sport in the Olympics includes pikes, tucks and twists ?

• 6. In legend, which bird rose from its own ashed ?

• 7. Strontium 90 was the original name of which band ?

• 8. In tenpin bowling, what name is given to the act of knocking down all the pins with the 2 balls of a single frame ?

• 9. Which First Lady ws born Mamie Doud ?

• 10. Identify the director, better known for his/her exploits, of 1973 Breezy

• 11. In the 70s the Bahamas gained independence from who ?

• 12. What is the origin of the phase, "United we stand, divided we fall" ?

• 13. What American billionaire tried to airlift 28 tons of medicine and Christmas gifts to American POWs in North Vietnam in 1969 ?

• 14. Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker both played for which Spanish soccer club ?

• 15. Translate from Cockney slang: Egg Yolk

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

[stowie39]

3. David Niven
8,.Spare

[elcarretero]

4 Apple
5 Diving

[stowie39]

6. Phoenix

[LucindaC]

10 Clint eastwood

[gail]

15. Joke

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. 14% of Americans could not identify which country on a map ? America

• 2. Clue: Having a tendency to conceal Secretive

• 3. 'The Moon's A Ballon' was the first volume of whose autobiographical works ? Dirk Bogarde, David Niven, Richard Burton or Peter Ustinov ? David Niven

• 4. What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon orchard ? Apple

• 5. Which sport in the Olympics includes pikes, tucks and twists ? Diving

• 6. In legend, which bird rose from its own ashed ? The Phoenix

• 7. Strontium 90 was the original name of which band ? The Police

• 8. In tenpin bowling, what name is given to the act of knocking down all the pins with the 2 balls of a single frame ? Spare

• 9. Which First Lady ws born Mamie Doud ? Mamie Eisenhower

• 10. Identify the director, better known for his/her exploits, of 1973 Breezy Clint Eastwood

• 11. In the 70s the Bahamas gained independence from who ? Great Britain

• 12. What is the origin of the phase, "United we stand, divided we fall" ? Aesop’s fables. It’s from the Four Oxen and the Lion, written in the sixth century B.C.

• 13. What American billionaire tried to airlift 28 tons of medicine and Christmas gifts to American POWs in North Vietnam in 1969 ? Ross Perot

• 14. Mark Hughes and Gary Lineker both played for which Spanish soccer club ? Barcelona

• 15. Translate from Cockney slang: Egg Yolk Joke