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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