Random Trivia Quiz No. 192

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Random Trivia Quiz No. 192

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  • 1. Mirabelle is a variety of which fruit ?
  • 2. How many noble gases are there ?
  • 3. In which year was the Euro, the single European currency, introduced into the world financial markets ?
  • 4. What colour is the mineral rock malachite ?
  • 5. Which painter is known as The Father of Impressionism ?
  • 6. At the time of the northern solstice, the sun is directly over which line of latitude around the Earth: Arctic Circle; Tropic of Cancer; Equator; Tropic of Capricorn; or Antarctic Circle ?
  • 7. Which English artist and cartoonist illustrated Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ?
  • 8. In Greek mythology, what is the food-stealing monster with a woman's head and body, and bird's wings and claws ?
  • 9. The UK Advertising Standards Authority announced what bus poster advert had attracted the highest number of complaints in 2009: Eurotunnel cross-channel services; The Christian Party 'There definitely is a God'; United Colours of Benetton; or Durex Condoms ?
  • 10. The Wombles made their debut television appearance on which UK children's TV programme ?
  • 11. The fantastically expensive civet coffee is so called because the beans are: civet-brown; civet eye-shaped; harvested from civet dung; or said to be as expensive as Chanel perfume (which once contained civet musk) ?
  • 12. What gas do humans breathe out ?
  • 13. The artist El Greco was born on which Greek island: Crete; Corfu; or Rhodes ?
  • 14. Carpology is the study of what: Fish; Fruits and seeds; or Bones ?
  • 15. The Gaillard Cut is part of which canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Suez Canal; Panama Canal; or Welland Canal ?

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8, Harpies
15 Panama canal.
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2 Seven
11 Harvested from civet dung
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1. Plum
12. Carbon dioxide
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6 Tropic of Cancer
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ANSWERS
  • 1. Mirabelle is a variety of which fruit ? Plum
  • 2. How many noble gases are there ? 6
  • 3. In which year was the Euro, the single European currency, introduced into the world financial markets ? 1999
  • 4. What colour is the mineral rock malachite ? Green
  • 5. Which painter is known as The Father of Impressionism ? Claude Monet
  • 6. At the time of the northern solstice, the sun is directly over which line of latitude around the Earth: Arctic Circle; Tropic of Cancer; Equator; Tropic of Capricorn; or Antarctic Circle ? Tropic of Cancer
  • 7. Which English artist and cartoonist illustrated Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' ? John Tenniel
  • 8. In Greek mythology, what is the food-stealing monster with a woman's head and body, and bird's wings and claws ? Harpy
  • 9. The UK Advertising Standards Authority announced what bus poster advert had attracted the highest number of complaints in 2009: Eurotunnel cross-channel services; The Christian Party 'There definitely is a God'; United Colours of Benetton; or Durex Condoms ? The Christian Party 'There definitely is a God'
  • 10. The Wombles made their debut television appearance on which UK children's TV programme ? Jackanory
  • 11. The fantastically expensive civet coffee is so called because the beans are: civet-brown; civet eye-shaped; harvested from civet dung; or said to be as expensive as Chanel perfume (which once contained civet musk) ? Harvested from civet dung
  • 12. What gas do humans breathe out ? Carbon Dioxide
  • 13. The artist El Greco was born on which Greek island: Crete; Corfu; or Rhodes ? Crete
  • 14. Carpology is the study of what: Fish; Fruits and seeds; or Bones ? Fruits and seeds
  • 15. The Gaillard Cut is part of which canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Suez Canal; Panama Canal; or Welland Canal ? Panama Canal

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