Random Trivia Quiz No. 158

[Carl]

• 1. What is the medical condition in which a person has an extreme tendency to fall asleep at inappropriate times ?

• 2. Which country was previously called Siam ?

• 3. What is the standard duration of a chukka in the sport of field polo ?

• 4. What is the title of the first James Bond film ?

• 5. Who was the first president of independent Russia (as distinct from USSR, the Soviet Union) ?

• 6. What merchant bank collapsed in 1995 due to unauthorised debts accumulated by trader Nick Leeson ?

• 7. Lake Inari, within the Arctic Circle, is in which European country ?

• 8. Herman van Rompuy, the first President of the European Council, was previously prime minister of which country ?

• 9. Who composed Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in 1907 ?

• 10. What is the basic monetary unit in Vietnam ?

• 11. In which London park does the annual Frieze Art Fair take place ?

• 12. Metachrosis is the ability of some animals to do what ?

• 13. In the 1833 Factory Act in Britain what was the minimum age of a child allowed to work in a factory ?

• 14. Where on the human head would you find an epicanthic fold ?

• 15. Which British Prime Minister resigned in 1940 ?

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

[elcarretero]

1 Narcolepsy
9 Edward Elgar

[LucindaC]

4 Dr No
5 Yeltsin?

[elcarretero]

10 Dong

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. What is the medical condition in which a person has an extreme tendency to fall asleep at inappropriate times ? Narcolepsy

• 2. Which country was previously called Siam ? Thailand

• 3. What is the standard duration of a chukka in the sport of field polo ? 7 minutes

• 4. What is the title of the first James Bond film ? Dr. No

• 5. Who was the first president of independent Russia (as distinct from USSR, the Soviet Union) ? Boris Yeltsin

• 6. What merchant bank collapsed in 1995 due to unauthorised debts accumulated by trader Nick Leeson ? Barings

• 7. Lake Inari, within the Arctic Circle, is in which European country ? Finland

• 8. Herman van Rompuy, the first President of the European Council, was previously prime minister of which country ? Belgium

• 9. Who composed Pomp and Circumstance No.4 in 1907 ? Edward Elgar

• 10. What is the basic monetary unit in Vietnam ? Dong

• 11. In which London park does the annual Frieze Art Fair take place ? Regents Park

• 12. Metachrosis is the ability of some animals to do what ? Change colour

• 13. In the 1833 Factory Act in Britain what was the minimum age of a child allowed to work in a factory ? 9 years old

• 14. Where on the human head would you find an epicanthic fold ? Eyelid

• 15. Which British Prime Minister resigned in 1940 ? Neville Chamberlain