Random Trivia Quiz No. 196

[Carl]

• 1. In video and audio data, what does MPEG stand for ?

• 2. What colour is the No 5 engine James, featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories ?

• 3. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of which country in 1877: Canada; Rhodesia; India; or Australia ?

• 4. Notaphily is the collecting of what ?

• 5. Which Cornish castle is said to be the birth place of King Arthur ?

• 6. ver which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960 ?

• 7. The phrase 'eleven plus two' is an anagram of what phrase which also suggests a total of thirteen ?

• 8. Translating as 'place of the way' what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts ?

• 9. Kenneth Moore portrayed which famous 2nd World War fighter pilot in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky ?

• 10. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once ?

• 11. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter ?

• 12. Which English county is the setting for most of painter John Constable's works: Suffolk; Norfolk; Essex; or Cornwall ?

• 13. What is the name of Long John Silver's parrot in the novel Treasure Island ?

• 14. Used in riot control, what is a lachrymator commonly known as ?

• 15. The Blarney Stone is in which county of the Republic of Ireland ?

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

[elcarretero]

3 India
7 One plus twelve

[gail]

5. Tintagel
9. Douglas Bader

[elcarretero]

8 Dojo

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. In video and audio data, what does MPEG stand for ? Moving Pictures Experts Group

• 2. What colour is the No 5 engine James, featured in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories ? Red

• 3. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of which country in 1877: Canada; Rhodesia; India; or Australia ? India

• 4. Notaphily is the collecting of what ? Banknotes

• 5. Which Cornish castle is said to be the birth place of King Arthur ? Tintagel

• 6. ver which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960 ? Sahara

• 7. The phrase 'eleven plus two' is an anagram of what phrase which also suggests a total of thirteen ? Twelve plus one

• 8. Translating as 'place of the way' what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts ? Dojo

• 9. Kenneth Moore portrayed which famous 2nd World War fighter pilot in the 1956 film Reach for the Sky ? Douglas Bader

• 10. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once ? Bear fruit

• 11. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter ? Marine One

• 12. Which English county is the setting for most of painter John Constable's works: Suffolk; Norfolk; Essex; or Cornwall ? Suffolk

• 13. What is the name of Long John Silver's parrot in the novel Treasure Island ? Captain Flint

• 14. Used in riot control, what is a lachrymator commonly known as ? Tear gas

• 15. The Blarney Stone is in which county of the Republic of Ireland ? Cork