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Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 30 Oct 2025 21:03
by Carl
- 1. What modern digital display term is an abbreviated portmanteau word from picture and element ?
- 2. What sort of fastener has a crown, legs and teeth ?
- 3. Name the big inflatable sphere in which thrill-seeking people roll down hills and on water: Zorb; Zall; Borb; or Rolb ?
- 4. The Métis are a substantial group of aboriginal people of which nation ?
- 5. Platter, j-bar, bum, button, and Poma are equivalent terms for what apparatus ?
- 6. What often controversial medical research/treatment term derives from the Latin 'I shall be pleasing' ?
- 7. What word referring to an organizational disaster derives from Venetian glass-blowing ?
- 8. Eddy, vortex and gyre refer to what specific characteristic of fluid flow: Dangerous, Random; Rotating; or Sucking ?
- 9. White chocolate consists of sugar, milk solids, salt, and specifically what other main ingredient ?
- 10. ECHR refers to which internationally significant legal institution ?
- 11. In 2013, 29% of what meat was found in Tesco's value beefburgers: Goat; Wild boar; Dog; or Horse ?
- 12. What is a serval: Cat; Dog; Monkey; or Snake ?
- 13. Name the Utah USA salt flats famous for land-speed records and a Triumph motorbike model ?
- 14. From the Greek words for inside and look at, what is the medical instrument which enables examination via a narrow tube inserted into the body ?
- 15. What term, for a standard section of pre-used text or clause in a contract, or an existing pre-used section of standard code in computing, derives from industrial sheet metal fabrication and labelling ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 31 Oct 2025 08:19
by gail
1. Pixel
3. Zorb
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 01 Nov 2025 07:26
by stowie39
2 Zip
8. Rotating
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 01 Nov 2025 08:21
by gail
10. European convention on human rights
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 01 Nov 2025 09:31
by elcarretero
9 Cocoa butter
12 Cat
Re: Random Trivia Quiz No. 270
Posted: 06 Nov 2025 21:01
by Carl
ANSWERS
- 1. What modern digital display term is an abbreviated portmanteau word from picture and element ? Pixel
- 2. What sort of fastener has a crown, legs and teeth ? Staple
- 3. Name the big inflatable sphere in which thrill-seeking people roll down hills and on water: Zorb; Zall; Borb; or Rolb ? Zorb
- 4. The Métis are a substantial group of aboriginal people of which nation ? Canada
- 5. Platter, j-bar, bum, button, and Poma are equivalent terms for what apparatus ? Ski lift
- 6. What often controversial medical research/treatment term derives from the Latin 'I shall be pleasing' ? Placebo
- 7. What word referring to an organizational disaster derives from Venetian glass-blowing ? Fiasco
- 8. Eddy, vortex and gyre refer to what specific characteristic of fluid flow: Dangerous, Random; Rotating; or Sucking ? Rotating
- 9. White chocolate consists of sugar, milk solids, salt, and specifically what other main ingredient ? Cocoa butter
- 10. ECHR refers to which internationally significant legal institution ? European Court of Human Rights
- 11. In 2013, 29% of what meat was found in Tesco's value beefburgers: Goat; Wild boar; Dog; or Horse ? Horse
- 12. What is a serval: Cat; Dog; Monkey; or Snake ? Cat
- 13. Name the Utah USA salt flats famous for land-speed records and a Triumph motorbike model ? Bonneville
- 14. From the Greek words for inside and look at, what is the medical instrument which enables examination via a narrow tube inserted into the body ? Endoscope
- 15. What term, for a standard section of pre-used text or clause in a contract, or an existing pre-used section of standard code in computing, derives from industrial sheet metal fabrication and labelling ? Boilerplate