Random Trivia Quiz No. 157

[Carl]

• 1. Sigourney Weaver portrayed which zoologist in the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist ?

• 2. Titan and Ganymede are what in our Solar System ?

• 3. In the first episode of the TV series Dallas which character took his new wife home to meet his family ?

• 4. How many players in total are bound together from both sides in forming a rugby union scrum ?

• 5. Which English county is known locally as Kernow ?

• 6. Pogonophobia is a fear of what (usually) male characteristic ?

• 7. What does an arctophilist collect: shrunken heads, teddy bears, tiny boats made from sugar, or antique door-frames ?

• 8. Lake Van is in which European country ?

• 9. In a theatre what is the job of a visagiste ?

• 10. In cricket what is a batsman's score of nought commonly called ?

• 11. GBJ is the international vehicle registration for where ?

• 12. What is the fruit of the blackthorn (prunus spinosa) ?

• 13. What would a silkworm grow to become if permitted to do so ?

• 14. The Domesday Book was made by order of which English monarch ?

• 15. Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Dr Who and the Daleks ?

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

[stowie39]

4. 16
10. Duck

[elcarretero]

2 Moons
7 Teddy bears

[gail]

5. Cornwall
11. Jersey

[elcarretero]

12 Sloe

[LucindaC]

13 silkmoth

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Sigourney Weaver portrayed which zoologist in the 1988 film Gorillas in the Mist ? Dian Fossey

• 2. Titan and Ganymede are what in our Solar System ? Moons

• 3. In the first episode of the TV series Dallas which character took his new wife home to meet his family ? Bobby Ewing

• 4. How many players in total are bound together from both sides in forming a rugby union scrum ? 16

• 5. Which English county is known locally as Kernow ? Cornwall

• 6. Pogonophobia is a fear of what (usually) male characteristic ? Beards

• 7. What does an arctophilist collect: shrunken heads, teddy bears, tiny boats made from sugar, or antique door-frames ? Teddy bears

• 8. Lake Van is in which European country ? Turkey

• 9. In a theatre what is the job of a visagiste ? Makeup artist

• 10. In cricket what is a batsman's score of nought commonly called ? A duck

• 11. GBJ is the international vehicle registration for where ? Jersey

• 12. What is the fruit of the blackthorn (prunus spinosa) ? Sloe

• 13. What would a silkworm grow to become if permitted to do so ? A silkmoth

• 14. The Domesday Book was made by order of which English monarch ? William the First

• 15. Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Dr Who and the Daleks ? Peter Cushing