Random Trivia Quiz No. 155

[Carl]

• 1. Sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials, which former chief of the Luftwaffe took cyanide the night before his scheduled hanging ?

• 2. What are the names of the mother and father dogs in the film 101 Dalmations ?

• 3. The grandfather of which English actress was leader of the Labour Party 1931 - 35 ?

• 4. A human-being has how many pairs of chromosomes ?

• 5. Which American writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 ?

• 6. In 1978 who died after serving only 34 days as Pope ?

• 7. The Tamil Tigers are a rebel force in which country ?

• 8. According to legend who killed the lion represented by the constellation Leo ?

• 9. Palermo is the capital of which island ?

• 10. Name the Oxford and Cambridge reserve crews which compete before the Thames Boat Race main event ?

• 11. Fucus (pronounced 'fewcus') is a type of what ?

• 12. The Irish city of Limerick is on which river ?

• 13. What car maker announced in early 2009 plans to reintroduce the iconic DS marque ?

• 14. What is a 'mazur' - a Polish folk dance; an Italian picnic table; a Chinese fighting snail; or a puppy or kitten born with only three legs ?

• 15. What colour is the flesh of a lychee ?

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

[elcarretero]

7 Sri Lanka
9 Sicily

[gail]

13. Citroen

[elcarretero]

4 23

[LucindaC]

3 Angela Langsbury

[elcarretero]

10 Isis and Goldie

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials, which former chief of the Luftwaffe took cyanide the night before his scheduled hanging ? Hermann Goring

• 2. What are the names of the mother and father dogs in the film 101 Dalmations ? Perdita and Pongo

• 3. The grandfather of which English actress was leader of the Labour Party 1931 - 35 ? Angela Lansbury

• 4. A human-being has how many pairs of chromosomes ? 23

• 5. Which American writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 ? Ernest Hemmingway

• 6. In 1978 who died after serving only 34 days as Pope ? Pope John Paul the First

• 7. The Tamil Tigers are a rebel force in which country ? Sri Lanka

• 8. According to legend who killed the lion represented by the constellation Leo ? Hercules

• 9. Palermo is the capital of which island ? Sicily

• 10. Name the Oxford and Cambridge reserve crews which compete before the Thames Boat Race main event ? Isis (Oxford) and Goldie (Cambridge)

• 11. Fucus (pronounced 'fewcus') is a type of what ? Seaweed

• 12. The Irish city of Limerick is on which river ? Shannon

• 13. What car maker announced in early 2009 plans to reintroduce the iconic DS marque ? Citroen

• 14. What is a 'mazur' - a Polish folk dance; an Italian picnic table; a Chinese fighting snail; or a puppy or kitten born with only three legs ? A Polish folk dance

• 15. What colour is the flesh of a lychee ? White