Random Trivia Quiz No. 194

[Carl]

• 1. Pilliwinks was a medieval instrument of torture used mainly on which part of the body: Fingers and thumbs; Feet; or Head ?

• 2. What is the longest line of latitude on the Earth ?

• 3. Pisciculture is the breeding and rearing of what ?

• 4. In which US city is the 1974 film Towering Inferno set ?

• 5. Which artist is famous for painting at the Moulin Rouge ?

• 6. What long-necked instrument, now usually with four pairs of strings, originated in Greece and is still popularly associated with Greek music ?

• 7. Who was the first driver to be knighted for his services to motor sport ?

• 8. In global finance what does IMF stand for ?

• 9. The Davis Strait lies between Baffin Island and which country (also considered a dependency) ?

• 10. January King, Meteor, and Salarite are varieties of which vegetable ?

• 11. The city of Breda is in which European country ?

• 12. Sitophobia is the fear of what: bricks and rubble; telescopes; food; or settees and armchairs ?

• 13. Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres) is the highest mountain in which continent ?

• 14. What is the fastest running bird in the world: emu; roadrunner; ostrich; or the erect-crested penguin ?

• 15. What type of creature is a copperhead ?

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

[stowie39]

8. International Monetary Fund
15. Snake

[gail]

3. Fish
8. International Monetary Fund

[elcarretero]

2 Equator
6 Lyre

[gail]

10. Cabbage

[elcarretero]

11 Netherlands

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Pilliwinks was a medieval instrument of torture used mainly on which part of the body: Fingers and thumbs; Feet; or Head ? Fingers and thumbs

• 2. What is the longest line of latitude on the Earth ? Equator

• 3. Pisciculture is the breeding and rearing of what ? Fish

• 4. In which US city is the 1974 film Towering Inferno set ? San Francisco

• 5. Which artist is famous for painting at the Moulin Rouge ? Toulouse-Lautrec

• 6. What long-necked instrument, now usually with four pairs of strings, originated in Greece and is still popularly associated with Greek music ? Bouzouki

• 7. Who was the first driver to be knighted for his services to motor sport ? Jack Brabham

• 8. In global finance what does IMF stand for ? International Monetary Fund

• 9. The Davis Strait lies between Baffin Island and which country (also considered a dependency) ? Greenland

• 10. January King, Meteor, and Salarite are varieties of which vegetable ? Cabbage

• 11. The city of Breda is in which European country ? Netherlands

• 12. Sitophobia is the fear of what: bricks and rubble; telescopes; food; or settees and armchairs ? Food

• 13. Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres) is the highest mountain in which continent ? Europe

• 14. What is the fastest running bird in the world: emu; roadrunner; ostrich; or the erect-crested penguin ? Ostrich

• 15. What type of creature is a copperhead ? Snake