Random Trivia Quiz No. 154

[Carl]

• 1. Oliver Barrett IV was the male lead character in what famous 1970 film ?

• 2. What word, meaning in Greek 'many' and 'man', refers to a woman having more than one husband at the same time ?

• 3. A delusional jealous belief that a partner is unfaithful is known in psychiatry as what syndrome, after a Shakespeare character ?

• 4. Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider starred in what controversial 1972 film ?

• 5. Whose controversial activities were based at 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, South London ?

• 6. Who in 1953 appeared on the cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine ?

• 7. What does a hygrometer measure ?

• 8. Philopobia is the fear of what basic human emotion ?

• 9. What is a sequence of letters called which reads the same backwards as forwards ?

• 10. Who composed the Funeral March sonata ?

• 11. What is a choli (pronounced 'kolee') - a midriff-baring bodice worn with a sari, a poisoned well or spring, an under-water spanner, or a mythical flying rabbit ?

• 12. In which city is Hell Gate Bridge, said to have inspired Sydney Harbour Bridge ?

• 13. The Bessemer process was invented in 1856 for the production of what material ?

• 14. What is the basic monetary unit of Morocco ?

• 15. Which is the world's deepest ocean ?

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

[elcarretero]

4 Last Tango in Paris
6 Marilyn Monroe

[LucindaC]

7 humidity

[elcarretero]

9 Palindrome

[gail]

14. Dirham

[elcarretero]

15 Pacific

[stowie39]

1. Love story

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Oliver Barrett IV was the male lead character in what famous 1970 film ? Love Story

• 2. What word, meaning in Greek 'many' and 'man', refers to a woman having more than one husband at the same time ? Polyandry

• 3. A delusional jealous belief that a partner is unfaithful is known in psychiatry as what syndrome, after a Shakespeare character ? Othello syndrome

• 4. Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider starred in what controversial 1972 film ? Last Tango In Paris

• 5. Whose controversial activities were based at 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, South London ? Cynthia Paine

• 6. Who in 1953 appeared on the cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine ? Marilyn Monroe

• 7. What does a hygrometer measure ? Humidity

• 8. Philopobia is the fear of what basic human emotion ? Love

• 9. What is a sequence of letters called which reads the same backwards as forwards ? Palindrome

• 10. Who composed the Funeral March sonata ? Fredric Chopin

• 11. What is a choli (pronounced 'kolee') - a midriff-baring bodice worn with a sari, a poisoned well or spring, an under-water spanner, or a mythical flying rabbit ? A midriff-baring bodice worn with a sari

• 12. In which city is Hell Gate Bridge, said to have inspired Sydney Harbour Bridge ? New York

• 13. The Bessemer process was invented in 1856 for the production of what material ? Steel

• 14. What is the basic monetary unit of Morocco ? Dirham

• 15. Which is the world's deepest ocean ? Pacific