Random Trivia Quiz No. 139

[Carl]

• 1. What is the USA state capital of California ?

• 2. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born ?

• 3. Who was the first English monarch to abdicate ?

• 4. At which railway station was the film Brief Encounter made ?

• 5. Who was the first British person to walk in space ?

• 6. Who invented the jet engine in 1930 ?

• 7. Which two countries are connected by the Simplon Pass ?

• 8. What is the US state capital of Mississippi ?

• 9. What is Earth's atmospheric region of charged particles connecting the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere ?

• 10. Which artist said, "When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs" ?

• 11. What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname ?

• 12. What does a vexillogist study ?

• 13. Which is the largest of the Channel Islands ?

• 14. Who wrote 'Far From The Madding Crowd' ?

• 15. Who plays Grace in the US sitcom 'Will and Grace' ?

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

[stowie39]

11. The Red Baron
13. Jersey

[elcarretero]

6 Frank Whittle
14 Thomas Hardy

[LucindaC]

7 Italy and Switzerland
15 Debra messing

[elcarretero]

4 Carnforth

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the USA state capital of California ? Sacramento

• 2. In which country was cricketer Ted Dexter born ? Italy

• 3. Who was the first English monarch to abdicate ? Richard II

• 4. At which railway station was the film Brief Encounter made ? Carnforth

• 5. Who was the first British person to walk in space ? Michael Foale

• 6. Who invented the jet engine in 1930 ? Frank Whittle

• 7. Which two countries are connected by the Simplon Pass ? Switzerland and Italy

• 8. What is the US state capital of Mississippi ? Jackson

• 9. What is Earth's atmospheric region of charged particles connecting the stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere ? Ionosphere

• 10. Which artist said, "When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs" ? Pablo Picasso

• 11. What was Manfred von Richtofen's nickname ? The Red Baron

• 12. What does a vexillogist study ? Flags

• 13. Which is the largest of the Channel Islands ? Jersey

• 14. Who wrote 'Far From The Madding Crowd' ? Thomas Hardy

• 15. Who plays Grace in the US sitcom 'Will and Grace' ? Debra Messing