Random Trivia Quiz No. 286

[Carl]

• 1. Which monarch held her nerve in the Bedchamber Crisis ?

• 2. Who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948 ?

• 3. In which county was Isaac Newton born ?

• 4. How many stones did David take for his fight with Goliath ? One, Five or Fifteen ?

• 5. What was Barack Obama's father's first name ?

• 6. Which breed of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish ?

• 7. What type of material is produced in a ginnery ?

• 8. How is the chaparral cock, a ground cuckoo native of Mexico, better known ?

• 9. What was the name of King Henry VIII`s older brother ?

• 10. What is made using soda, lime and silica ?

• 11. Who wrote a series of letters entitled 'Dear Fatty' in the form of an autobiography ?

• 12. How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliett ?

• 13. Who did Ted Turner, the media tycoon, marry in 1991 ?

• 14. What is the common name for the medical condition epistaxis ?

• 15. What sort of creature is a cassowary ?

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

[Carl]

ANSWERS

• 1. Which monarch held her nerve in the Bedchamber Crisis ? Queen Victoria

• 2. Who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948 ? Mahatma Ghandi

• 3. In which county was Isaac Newton born ? Lincolnshire

• 4. How many stones did David take for his fight with Goliath ? One, Five or Fifteen ? Five

• 5. What was Barack Obama's father's first name ? Barack

• 6. Which breed of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish ? Terrier

• 7. What type of material is produced in a ginnery ? Cotton

• 8. How is the chaparral cock, a ground cuckoo native of Mexico, better known ? The Roadrunner

• 9. What was the name of King Henry VIII`s older brother ? Arthur

• 10. What is made using soda, lime and silica ? Glass

• 11. Who wrote a series of letters entitled 'Dear Fatty' in the form of an autobiography ? Dawn French

• 12. How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliett ? 13 years of age

• 13. Who did Ted Turner, the media tycoon, marry in 1991 ? Jane Fonda

• 14. What is the common name for the medical condition epistaxis ? Nose bleed

• 15. What sort of creature is a cassowary ? A flightless bird