Random Trivia Quiz No. 174

[Carl]

• 1. What famous London addresses have these postcodes: SW1A 1AA and SW1A 2AA ?

• 2. The words 'domo arigato' mean 'thank you' in what language ?

• 3. What hit song by the Crash Test Dummies comprised four three-letter words all containing the same letter ?

• 4. What year is represented by the Roman numerals MCMXCIX ?

• 5. What country was previously called Abyssinia ?

• 6. What is the state capital of Western Australia ?

• 7. A copita is a glass traditionally used for drinking what ?

• 8. The British bingo call "Doctor's Orders" stands for what number ?

• 9. Mg is the symbol of which chemical element: Manganese, Magnesium, Mercury, or Molybdenum ?

• 10. Who was made Archbishop of Capetown in 1986 ?

• 11. A square hectare of land would have sides of how many metres each ?

• 12. What are flews: the hanging upper lips of dogs such as bloodhounds; routes taken by migrating birds; a respiratory disease; or secret compartments in a lady's handbag ?

• 13. What is the square root of 225 ?

• 14. Which British politician's epitaph reads: "I may not have succeeded in halting the war but I did secure the right of Parliament to decide on war" ?

• 15. On a chess board at the start of play what piece is between the queen and its closest knight ?

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

[stowie39]

3. Mmm mmm mmm mmm
13. 15

I got two things looking up

[elcarretero]

1 Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street
4 1999

[stowie39]

15. Knight

[elcarretero]

6 Perth

[LucindaC]

10 Desmond Tutu

[elcarretero]

8 Nine

[gail]

9. Magnesium

[freddo]

3. Mmm mmm mmm mmm
13. 15

I got two things looking up

Looking up WHAT

[stowie39]

3. Mmm mmm mmm mmm
13. 15

I got two things looking up

Looking up WHAT

Not what I think you think, if that makes sense, just that they are getting better.