Random Trivia Quiz No. 164

[Carl]

• 1. Approximately how many kilometres does light travel in an hour: ten billion; a billion; a million, or a thousand ?

• 2. What big disastrous English event happened in 1666 ?

• 3. What formal two-word term refers to the investigation before completing a business investment or acquisition ?

• 4. People born between about 1960-1980 are often referred to as Generation what ?

• 5. What note is the second (second highest) string on a guitar when tuned to standard concert pitch ?

• 6. In Britain a hamlet traditionally became a village when it acquired: a school, church, pub, or post-office ?

• 7. Donald Tusk became the prime minister of which country in November 2007 ?

• 8. Called Coleoptera, meaning sheathed wing, what commonly known order of creatures contains more species than any other ?

• 9. The symbol ∞ (sideways 8) means what in mathematics ?

• 10. Who was Henry the Eighth's sixth wife ?

• 11. In poker which two-card combination has various cryptic nicknames related to dogs ?

• 12. What type of food is taleggio ?

• 13. Which playwright wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ?

• 14. What does a Leyden jar store ?

• 15. Which singer/musician was born Steveland Judkins ?

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

[elcarretero]

2 Great fire of London
3 Due Diligence

[LucindaC]

6 church
15 Stevie Wonder?

[stowie39]

4. X
13. Tennessee Williams

[elcarretero]

7 Poland

[freddo]

8. Beetles
14. Static Electricity

[elcarretero]

9 Infinity

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Approximately how many kilometres does light travel in an hour: ten billion; a billion; a million, or a thousand ? A billion

• 2. What big disastrous English event happened in 1666 ? The Great Fire of London

• 3. What formal two-word term refers to the investigation before completing a business investment or acquisition ? Due Diligence

• 4. People born between about 1960-1980 are often referred to as Generation what ? X

• 5. What note is the second (second highest) string on a guitar when tuned to standard concert pitch ? B

• 6. In Britain a hamlet traditionally became a village when it acquired: a school, church, pub, or post-office ? A church

• 7. Donald Tusk became the prime minister of which country in November 2007 ? Poland

• 8. Called Coleoptera, meaning sheathed wing, what commonly known order of creatures contains more species than any other ? Beetles

• 9. The symbol ∞ (sideways 8) means what in mathematics ? Infinity

• 10. Who was Henry the Eighth's sixth wife ? Katherine Parr

• 11. In poker which two-card combination has various cryptic nicknames related to dogs ? King and Nine

• 12. What type of food is taleggio ? Cheese

• 13. Which playwright wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ? Tennessee Williams

• 14. What does a Leyden jar store ? Static electricity

• 15. Which singer/musician was born Steveland Judkins ? Stevie Wonder