Random Trivia Quiz No. 251

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Random Trivia Quiz No. 251

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  • 1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo is better known by what brand name ?
  • 2. What country's 1931 flood is considered to be the most fatal of all 1900s natural disasters ?
  • 3. The Japanese word 'shonen' refers to what age group: Babies; Children up to 15 yrs; Twenty-somethings; or Pensioners ?
  • 4. Pinniped refers to a mammal with feet which are what ?
  • 5. Rosneftegaz and Gazprom are vast energy corporations of which nation ?
  • 6. What single unit of measurement equates to 06×10-13 light-years ?
  • 7. From Greek words for 'similar' and 'standing still' what term refers scientifically to self-balancing in chemical/biological systems, and generally to life where people/societies tend to adjust risk/consumption according to consequences, driven by avoidance of change ?
  • 8. Ptosis refers medically normally to a drooping what ?
  • 9. Extragalactic refers to beyond the: Speed of light; Year one-million; Observable universe; or Milky Way ?
  • 10. Bead, Ball, Ribbon, Staccato and Sheet are types of what ?
  • 11. Which of these countries was not in the region known as Prussia: Germany, Russia, Denmark, Italy, or Switzerland ?
  • 12. Petite Sirah, Tempranillo, Vespolina, and Gamay are varieties of what ?
  • 13. What external human feature is commonly described as having three parts: cuticle, cortex and medula ?
  • 14. A myringotomy is an incision in what part of the human body ?
  • 15. The slang, considered a offensive term, Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ?

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1 SEAT
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12. Wine
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9 Milky Way
10 Lightning
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ANSWERS
  • 1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo is better known by what brand name ? SEAT
  • 2. What country's 1931 flood is considered to be the most fatal of all 1900s natural disasters ? China
  • 3. The Japanese word 'shonen' refers to what age group: Babies; Children up to 15 yrs; Twenty-somethings; or Pensioners ? Children up to 15 yrs
  • 4. Pinniped refers to a mammal with feet which are what ? Fins
  • 5. Rosneftegaz and Gazprom are vast energy corporations of which nation ? Russia
  • 6. What single unit of measurement equates to 06×10-13 light-years ? One kilometre
  • 7. From Greek words for 'similar' and 'standing still' what term refers scientifically to self-balancing in chemical/biological systems, and generally to life where people/societies tend to adjust risk/consumption according to consequences, driven by avoidance of change ? Homeostasis
  • 8. Ptosis refers medically normally to a drooping what ? Eyelid
  • 9. Extragalactic refers to beyond the: Speed of light; Year one-million; Observable universe; or Milky Way ? Milky Way
  • 10. Bead, Ball, Ribbon, Staccato and Sheet are types of what ? Lightning
  • 11. Which of these countries was not in the region known as Prussia: Germany, Russia, Denmark, Italy, or Switzerland ? Italy
  • 12. Petite Sirah, Tempranillo, Vespolina, and Gamay are varieties of what ? Grapes
  • 13. What external human feature is commonly described as having three parts: cuticle, cortex and medula ? Hair
  • 14. A myringotomy is an incision in what part of the human body ? Eardrum
  • 15. The slang, considered a offensive term, Hottentot once referred to people of which region: SW Africa; Scandinavia; Germany; or Arabia ? SW Africa

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