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Random Trivia Quiz No. 34
Posted: 01 Apr 2021 21:11
by Carl
- 1. What did Republicans call the platform they hyped in the 1994 Congressional elections ?
- 2. What is the name of the large muscle just beneath the lungs ?
- 3. What is the name of the process of freezing bodies at the moment of death, with the aim of resuscitation later ?
- 4. Corfu, Zante and Paxos are the three main islands in which Greek island group ?
- 5. When is St Patrick's Day celebrated ?
- 6. Which writer of horrific happenings was himself involved in a road accident while out walking in 1999 ?
- 7. In which decade was the American Ballet set up in New York ?
- 8. What type of game is Faro ?
- 9. Who was the only US President to serve in both World Wars ?
- 10. What species of coffee plant constitutes nearly 75% of world's coffee-bean production ?
- 11. What film had this line ? "Look what i've created, I have made fire"
- 12. What 'C' is the largest anad most highly evolved part of the brain ?
- 13. The name of which religion translates as 'submission' ?
- 14. What film title is this ? **e L**g** *f *xtr***d*n*** G*ntl*m*n
- 15. What famous nineteenth-century French novelist published a plagiarized nonfiction work under the pseudonym Bombet and when the plagiarism was discovered, defended the nonexistent Bombet in letters signed by an equally nonexistent Bombet Jr. ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 34
Posted: 01 Apr 2021 22:03
by elcarretero
2 Diaphragm
8. Cards
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 34
Posted: 01 Apr 2021 22:50
by stowie39
5. March 17th
14. The league of extraordinary gentlemen
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 34
Posted: 02 Apr 2021 22:48
by LucindaC
4. Ionian
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 34
Posted: 08 Apr 2021 21:06
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What did Republicans call the platform they hyped in the 1994 Congressional elections ? The Contract With America
- 2. What is the name of the large muscle just beneath the lungs ? Diaphragm
- 3. What is the name of the process of freezing bodies at the moment of death, with the aim of resuscitation later ? Cryonics
- 4. Corfu, Zante and Paxos are the three main islands in which Greek island group ? Ionian
- 5. When is St Patrick's Day celebrated ? 17th March
- 6. Which writer of horrific happenings was himself involved in a road accident while out walking in 1999 ? Stephen King
- 7. In which decade was the American Ballet set up in New York ? 1933
- 8. What type of game is Faro ? A card game
- 9. Who was the only US President to serve in both World Wars ? Dwight E Eisenhower
- 10. What species of coffee plant constitutes nearly 75% of world's coffee-bean production ? Arabica
- 11. What film had this line ? "Look what i've created, I have made fire" Castaway
- 12. What 'C' is the largest anad most highly evolved part of the brain ? Cerebrum
- 13. The name of which religion translates as 'submission' ? Islam
- 14. What film title is this ? **e L**g** *f *xtr***d*n*** G*ntl*m*n The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- 15. What famous nineteenth-century French novelist published a plagiarized nonfiction work under the pseudonym Bombet and when the plagiarism was discovered, defended the nonexistent Bombet in letters signed by an equally nonexistent Bombet Jr. ? Stendhal, who is best known for his novels The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma. For his plagiarized work, The Lives of Haydn, Mozart, and Metastasio, he lifted from two biographies and a eulogy