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Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 08 Feb 2024 21:04
by Carl
  • 1. Otoplasty is the surgical alteration of what external body parts ?
  • 2. A pickerel is a young what: pike; bird; platypus; or elephant ?
  • 3. What is the large island state of Australia, 150 miles from its south east edge ?
  • 4. What type of creature has the family name howler ?
  • 5. What was first and last European colony in China ?
  • 6. Which eastern European country, called Hrvatska in its own language, has the international vehicle registration code HR ?
  • 7. Which popular UK TV police series started as a pilot episode called 'Woodentop' in 1983 ?
  • 8. What type of alcoholic drink is Manzanilla ?
  • 9. A Gibus or Chapeau Claque is what sort of top hat, originally popular at the opera: white; collapsible; exploding; or made of beaver-skin ?
  • 10. By what name is footballer Edison Arantes do Nascimento better known ?
  • 11. In which country is the Caledonian Canal ?
  • 12. In 1725 King George the First created what British chivalric honour, whose original ceremony entailed bodily cleansing ?
  • 13. In astrology the constellation Leo represents the Lion slain by whom ?
  • 14. Whom did Pat Cash defeat in the 1987 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final ?
  • 15. Ergophobia is the irrational fear or what: working; oneself; snails; or the future ?

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

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 08 Feb 2024 23:00
by elcarretero
1 Ears
4 Monkey

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 09 Feb 2024 10:20
by gail
3. Tasmania
7. The Bill

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 09 Feb 2024 21:31
by elcarretero
9 Collapsible

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 10 Feb 2024 10:34
by gail
11. Scotland

Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 180

Posted: 15 Feb 2024 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
  • 1. Otoplasty is the surgical alteration of what external body parts ? Ears
  • 2. A pickerel is a young what: pike; bird; platypus; or elephant ? Pike
  • 3. What is the large island state of Australia, 150 miles from its south east edge ? Tasmania
  • 4. What type of creature has the family name howler ? Monkey
  • 5. What was first and last European colony in China ? Macau
  • 6. Which eastern European country, called Hrvatska in its own language, has the international vehicle registration code HR ? Croatia
  • 7. Which popular UK TV police series started as a pilot episode called 'Woodentop' in 1983 ? The Bill
  • 8. What type of alcoholic drink is Manzanilla ? Sherry
  • 9. A Gibus or Chapeau Claque is what sort of top hat, originally popular at the opera: white; collapsible; exploding; or made of beaver-skin ? Collapsible
  • 10. By what name is footballer Edison Arantes do Nascimento better known ? Pele
  • 11. In which country is the Caledonian Canal ? Scotland
  • 12. In 1725 King George the First created what British chivalric honour, whose original ceremony entailed bodily cleansing ? Order of Bath
  • 13. In astrology the constellation Leo represents the Lion slain by whom ? Hercules
  • 14. Whom did Pat Cash defeat in the 1987 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final ? Ivan Lendl
  • 15. Ergophobia is the irrational fear or what: working; oneself; snails; or the future ? Working