Random Trivia Quiz No. 137

[Carl]

• 1. Who wrote The Railway Children ?

• 2. Who played the Ringo Kid in the original Stagecoach film ?

• 3. Which artist painted The Potato Eaters ?

• 4. In architecture, what is a lancet ?

• 5. Which singer's original name was Elaine Bookbinder ?

• 6. Turin lies on which river ?

• 7. Which country has the international car registration RA ?

• 8. A methuselah of wine holds the equivalent of how many bottles ?

• 9. Launched in 1960, what was the name of the first US communications satellite ?

• 10. Who invented jeans ?

• 11. What does a cartophilist collect ?

• 12. Which European city had the Roman name Lutetia ?

• 13. What is the green pigment found in most plants that is responsible for absorbing light energy ?

• 14. Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London are commonly known by what other name ?

• 15. Which actress appears with Jarvis Cocker in Pulp's video, Common People ?

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

[elcarretero]

9 Telstar
10 Levi Strauss

[gail]

14. Beefeaters

[elcarretero]

13 Chlorophyll

[LucindaC]

4 window

[elcarretero]

2 John Wayne

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Who wrote The Railway Children ? Edith Nesbit

• 2. Who played the Ringo Kid in the original Stagecoach film ? John Wayne

• 3. Which artist painted The Potato Eaters ? Vincent Van Gogh

• 4. In architecture, what is a lancet ? Window

• 5. Which singer's original name was Elaine Bookbinder ? Elkie Brooks

• 6. Turin lies on which river ? Po

• 7. Which country has the international car registration RA ? Argentina

• 8. A methuselah of wine holds the equivalent of how many bottles ? 8

• 9. Launched in 1960, what was the name of the first US communications satellite ? Echo 1

• 10. Who invented jeans ? Levi Strauss

• 11. What does a cartophilist collect ? Cigarette cards

• 12. Which European city had the Roman name Lutetia ? Paris

• 13. What is the green pigment found in most plants that is responsible for absorbing light energy ? Chorophyll

• 14. Yeomen Warders at the Tower of London are commonly known by what other name ? Beefeaters

• 15. Which actress appears with Jarvis Cocker in Pulp's video, Common People ? Sadie Frost