Random Trivia Quiz No. 95

[Carl]

• 1. What’s the most common automotive essential that is measured in terms of its viscosity ?

• 2. What US sitcom capped a decade of shows with the final words "Sorry, we're closed" ?

• 3. Who designed the Volkswagen Beetle ?

• 4. Guess the movie from the plot: A victorian Doctor comes to care for a man catastrophically deformed with Proteous syndrome

• 5. What 'A' is demanded for refugees and is a home for lunatics ?

• 6. Who had a UK number one with "You'll Never Walk Alone" in 1963 ?

• 7. In 1990 I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I ?

• 8. What was the name of the character played by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady ?

• 9. Which Cambridge professor made a guest appearance in the sci-fi TV series, Star Trek: the Next Generation ?

• 10. Which single did Martika take to No. 1 in the 1980s ?

• 11. Bobby Fischer was the first American to be world champion at what ?

• 12. Which animals are thought to have given rise to belief in mermaids ?

• 13. Translate from Cockney slang: Gay & Hearty

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

[elcarretero]

1 Oil
4 Elephant Man

[LucindaC]

5 asylum
11 chess

[elcarretero]

12 Manatee

[gail]

6. Gerry and the Pacemakers
3. Ferdinand Porche

[elcarretero]

8 Eliza Dolittle

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What’s the most common automotive essential that is measured in terms of its viscosity ? Oil

• 2. What US sitcom capped a decade of shows with the final words "Sorry, we're closed" ? Cheers

• 3. Who designed the Volkswagen Beetle ? Ferdinand Porsche

• 4. Guess the movie from the plot: A victorian Doctor comes to care for a man catastrophically deformed with Proteous syndrome Elephant Man

• 5. What 'A' is demanded for refugees and is a home for lunatics ? Asylum

• 6. Who had a UK number one with "You'll Never Walk Alone" in 1963 ? Gerry & The Pacemakers

• 7. In 1990 I won the Nobel Peace Prize. Who am I ? Mikhail Gorbachev

• 8. What was the name of the character played by Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady ? Eliza Doolittle

• 9. Which Cambridge professor made a guest appearance in the sci-fi TV series, Star Trek: the Next Generation ? Stephen Hawking

• 10. Which single did Martika take to No. 1 in the 1980s ? Toy Soldiers

• 11. Bobby Fischer was the first American to be world champion at what ? Chess

• 12. Which animals are thought to have given rise to belief in mermaids ? Seals/dugongs

• 13. Translate from Cockney slang: Gay & Hearty Party