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Random Trivia Quiz No. 153
Posted: 03 Aug 2023 21:03
by Carl
- 1. What is the mythical beast depicted with the body of a lion, face of a man, and sting of a scorpion ?
- 2. What is the birthstone for January ?
- 3. A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body ?
- 4. What colour is LaLa of Teletubbies ?
- 5. Holy Island off the English coast is also known by what name ?
- 6. What was the basic monetary unit of Greece before the Euro ?
- 7. Whose Selected Papers on Hysteria, translated in 1909 by Abraham Brill, introduced the word libido into English ?
- 8. Who wrote the 2009 novel, The Princess and the President, criticized for hinting at an unlikely affair between Diana Princess of Wales and the President of France ?
- 9. Who famously said in the witness box, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" when told that Viscount Astor denied having an affair with her (in relation to the 1963 Profumo scandal) ?
- 10. What language is 'Jeg elsker dig' ?
- 11. Bessie Wallis Warfield became better known as whom ?
- 12. In what city is the Venus de Milo statue displayed ?
- 13. What word meaning vanity derives from the fallen Greek god who perished while transfixed by his reflection in a pool of water ?
- 14. In what decade was sex between two males legalised in the UK ?
- 15. Dendrophilia is the tendency to be aroused by what ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 153
Posted: 03 Aug 2023 23:35
by elcarretero
2 Garnet
3 Kidney
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 153
Posted: 04 Aug 2023 08:23
by gail
6. Drachma
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 153
Posted: 05 Aug 2023 09:41
by LucindaC
5 Lindisfarne
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 153
Posted: 10 Aug 2023 21:02
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What is the mythical beast depicted with the body of a lion, face of a man, and sting of a scorpion ? Manticore
- 2. What is the birthstone for January ? Garnet
- 3. A nephrectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body ? Kidney
- 4. What colour is LaLa of Teletubbies ? Yellow
- 5. Holy Island off the English coast is also known by what name ? Lindisfarne
- 6. What was the basic monetary unit of Greece before the Euro ? Drachma
- 7. Whose Selected Papers on Hysteria, translated in 1909 by Abraham Brill, introduced the word libido into English ? Sigmund Freud
- 8. Who wrote the 2009 novel, The Princess and the President, criticized for hinting at an unlikely affair between Diana Princess of Wales and the President of France ? Giscard d'Estaing
- 9. Who famously said in the witness box, "Well, he would, wouldn't he?" when told that Viscount Astor denied having an affair with her (in relation to the 1963 Profumo scandal) ? Mandy Rice-Davies
- 10. What language is 'Jeg elsker dig' ? Danish (meaning 'I love you')
- 11. Bessie Wallis Warfield became better known as whom ? Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (or Mrs Simpson/Wallis Simpson, and later the wife of the former King Edward VIII)
- 12. In what city is the Venus de Milo statue displayed ? Paris
- 13. What word meaning vanity derives from the fallen Greek god who perished while transfixed by his reflection in a pool of water ? Narcissism
- 14. In what decade was sex between two males legalised in the UK ? 1960s
- 15. Dendrophilia is the tendency to be aroused by what ? Trees