Random Trivia Quiz No. 148

[Carl]

• 1. A tangelo is the hybrid of which two fruits ?

• 2. The Petrified Forest National Park is in which US state ?

• 3. Coprophagia is the eating (by insects and certain animals) of what ?

• 4. Which London tube station was called Gillespie Road before adopting the name of a nearby football club in 1932 ?

• 5. What is the name of the 'and' symbol (originally formed from the French word 'et') ?

• 6. Passat, the Volkswagen car model, is German for a type of what ?

• 7. Who was the first woman Speaker of the UK House of Commons ?

• 8. What are auctioned at Tattersalls ?

• 9. What is the fifth book of the Old Testament ?

• 10. In Switzerland, 1978, the corpse of which entertainer was reburied in concrete after it was recovered from extortionists ?

• 11. What word, favoured by crossword compilers, is a small case for holding needles ?

• 12. Bertrand Russell was a founder member of which British peace-movement organisation, established in 1957 ?

• 13. What is the state capital of Queensland, Australia ?

• 14. The novel A Scandal in Bohemia features which fictional detective ?

• 15. P is the symbol for which chemical element ?

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

[stowie39]

3. CND

[elcarretero]

5 Ampersand
7 Betty Boothroyd

[LucindaC]

8 horses

[elcarretero]

15 Phosphorus

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. A tangelo is the hybrid of which two fruits ? Tangerine and Grapefruit (Pomelo)

• 2. The Petrified Forest National Park is in which US state ? Arizona

• 3. Coprophagia is the eating (by insects and certain animals) of what ? Dung

• 4. Which London tube station was called Gillespie Road before adopting the name of a nearby football club in 1932 ? Arsenal

• 5. What is the name of the 'and' symbol (originally formed from the French word 'et') ? Ampersand

• 6. Passat, the Volkswagen car model, is German for a type of what ? Wind

• 7. Who was the first woman Speaker of the UK House of Commons ? Betty Boothroyd

• 8. What are auctioned at Tattersalls ? Thoroughbreed horses

• 9. What is the fifth book of the Old Testament ? Deuteronomy

• 10. In Switzerland, 1978, the corpse of which entertainer was reburied in concrete after it was recovered from extortionists ? Charlie Chaplin

• 11. What word, favoured by crossword compilers, is a small case for holding needles ? Etui

• 12. Bertrand Russell was a founder member of which British peace-movement organisation, established in 1957 ? CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

• 13. What is the state capital of Queensland, Australia ? Brisbane

• 14. The novel A Scandal in Bohemia features which fictional detective ? Sherlock Holmes

• 15. P is the symbol for which chemical element ? Phosphorus