Random Trivia Quiz No. 136

[Carl]

• 1. In which year were TV licences introduced in the UK ?

• 2. Which designer (brand) created the Kelly bag ?

• 3. Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable ?

• 4. By what name is the Gravelly Hill Interchange better known ?

• 5. The Galápagos Islands are a provincial territory of which South American country, 600 miles away on the same equatorial latitude ?

• 6. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sub-titled "The Slave of Duty" ?

• 7. Who succeeded Sir Clive Woodward as England's rugby union coach ?

• 8. What is a baby oyster called ?

• 9. What is Bill Clinton's middle name ?

• 10. In which country are the Sutherland Falls ?

• 11. In the US TV comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond, what is Raymond's brother's first name ?

• 12. What is the largest flat fish species ?

• 13. Apart from a battle, what did Nelson lose at Tenerife in 1797 ?

• 14. What's the oldest university in the USA ?

• 15. Who became Germany's first female chancellor ?

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

[stowie39]

11. Robert

[elcarretero]

3 Lettuce
4 Spaghetti Junction

[gail]

13. Arm
15. Angela Merkel

[LucindaC]

2 Hermes
8 spat

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In which year were TV licences introduced in the UK ? 1946

• 2. Which designer (brand) created the Kelly bag ? Hermes

• 3. Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable ? Lettuce

• 4. By what name is the Gravelly Hill Interchange better known ? Spaghetti Junction

• 5. The Galápagos Islands are a provincial territory of which South American country, 600 miles away on the same equatorial latitude ? Ecuador

• 6. Which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta is sub-titled "The Slave of Duty" ? The Pirates of Penzance

• 7. Who succeeded Sir Clive Woodward as England's rugby union coach ? Andy Robinson

• 8. What is a baby oyster called ? Spat

• 9. What is Bill Clinton's middle name ? Jefferson

• 10. In which country are the Sutherland Falls ? New Zealand

• 11. In the US TV comedy show Everybody Loves Raymond, what is Raymond's brother's first name ? Robert

• 12. What is the largest flat fish species ? Halibut

• 13. Apart from a battle, what did Nelson lose at Tenerife in 1797 ? His right arm

• 14. What's the oldest university in the USA ? Harvard

• 15. Who became Germany's first female chancellor ? Angela Merkel