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Thanks to the guys for getting this great new site up and running and here is a brand new quiz thread. You know the rules. Please don't post your answers before the quizzer does. Don't forget to post your scores.  

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15, thanks mainly to the 007 question.

Thanks Zico 

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16 today thanks zico.
Can't believe I forgot Moonraker.

17, thanks Zico. Boosted by theBond bonus.

Random Trivia 17

1.  What word can mean either a storyline or a parcel of land?
Plot

2.  According to legend who created the game of rugby football when he picked up the ball and ran with it?
William Webb Ellis

3.  In which English county would you find Leeds castle?
Kent

4.  Construction signs on U.S. roads are what colour?
Orange

5.  Peter Benchley wrote which novel in 1974?
Jaws

6.  What was Madonna's first UK number one single?
Into the Groove

7.  Olympic gold medals are required to be at least 92.5 percent of which metal?
Silver

8.  What code name is missing from the following list: Gold, Juno, Omaha, and Utah?
Sword (code names for the beaches on D-Day)

9.  What is the main gas found in the Sun?
Hydrogen

10.  Often sold with loans and credit cards, what does the acronym PPI stand for?
Payment protection insurance

11.  What year did the Titanic sink?
1912

12.  What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury

13.  In which country is the bridge over the river Kwai?
Thailand

14.  Ribbon, Harp, Elephant and Leopard are all types of what animal?
Seal

15. In which New York borough is John F. Kennedy International Airport?
Queens

16.  Who might make use of a maulstick?
Artist

17.  Which scientific word when translated means 'anything that can produce disease'?
Pathogen

18.  In Peter Pan, what is the name of Captain Hook`s ship?
The Jolly Roger

19.  Dame Shirley Bassey has sung the theme songs to how many James Bond films?  Bonus point each if you can name them.
Three (Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979))

20.  When anaesthetic was used for the first time in childbirth in 1847, the mother was so amazed and relieved at how painless the birth was what did she name her child?
Anaesthesia




 

Random Trivia 17

1.  What word can mean either a storyline or a parcel of land?

2.  According to legend who created the game of rugby football when he picked up the ball and ran with it?

3.  In which English county would you find Leeds castle?

4.  Construction signs on U.S. roads are what colour?

5.  Peter Benchley wrote which novel in 1974?

6.  What was Madonna's first UK number one single?

7.  Olympic gold medals are required to be at least 92.5 percent of which metal?

8.  What code name is missing from the following list: Gold, Juno, Omaha, and Utah?

9.  What is the main gas found in the Sun?

10.  Often sold with loans and credit cards, what does the acronym PPI stand for?

11.  What year did the Titanic sink?

12.  What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

13.  In which country is the bridge over the river Kwai?

14.  Ribbon, Harp, Elephant and Leopard are all types of what animal?

15. In which New York borough is John F. Kennedy International Airport?

16.  Who might make use of a maulstick?

17.  Which scientific word when translated means 'anything that can produce disease'?

18.  In Peter Pan, what is the name of Captain Hook`s ship?

19.  Dame Shirley Bassey has sung the theme songs to how many James Bond films?  Bonus point each if you can name them.

20.  When anaesthetic was used for the first time in childbirth in 1847, the mother was so amazed and relieved at how painless the birth was what did she name her child?


 

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Random Trivia 16

1.  The most common cause of rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin?
D

2.  Which French daily newspaper takes its name from a 1778 play by Pierre Beaumarchais?
Le Figaro (from the play Le Mariage de Figaro)

3.  What word is given to the round left over particle created when a punch hole is made in paper and is also the name of a country in Africa?
Chad

4.  Postman Pat lives in which fictional village?
Greendale

5.  According to the bible, it is easier for what to go through the eye of the needle, 'than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God'?
Camel

6.  Name the London station where you'd hop on the Eurostar train to Paris?
St Pancras

7.  The free web browser called Firefox is developed by which foundation?
The Mozilla Foundation

8.  Which planet is by far the hottest planet in our Solar System?
Venus (even though Mercury is closer to the Sun)

9.  The 'Line of Control' refers to the military control between which two countries?  Point for each
India and Pakistan

10.  Which general knowledge quiz show has "Approaching Menace"?
Mastermind ("Approaching Menace" is the title of the famous theme tune)

11.  The Hougoumont, the last ship to take convicts from the UK to Australia, docked in Western Australia in which decade of the 19th Century, was it the 1860s, 1870s or 1880s?
1860s (docked in Freemantle on January 9th, 1868)

12.  What name is given to the layered ice cream sundae served in a large, tall conical glass and eaten with a distinctive long spoon?
Knickerbocker glory

13. Invicta (meaning 'undefeated') is the motto of which English county?
Kent

14.  What word can mean a short period of time or a brand of envelope?
Jiffy

15. What name is given to the type of cosmetic surgery that removes fat from the human body? 
Liposuction

16.  What word is used to describe electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft?
Avionics

17.  Cambridge University graduate Sid Waddell was nicknamed the voice of what?
Voice of Darts

18.  Who was the first male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament with a non-wood racquet?
Jimmy Connors (Australian Open 1974 using a metal racquet)

19.  What was the last ever battle to be fought on British soil?
Culloden (1746)

20.  What is sometimes referred to as La Gioconda?
The Mona Lisa


 

Hopefully nothing sinister about today's answers!

Random Trivia 16

1.  The most common cause of rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin?

2.  Which French daily newspaper takes its name from a 1778 play by Pierre Beaumarchais?

3.  What word is given to the round left over particle created when a punch hole is made in paper and is also the name of a country in Africa?

4.  Postman Pat lives in which fictional village?

5.  According to the bible, it is easier for what to go through the eye of the needle, 'than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God'?

6.  Name the London station where you'd hop on the Eurostar train to Paris?

7.  The free web browser called Firefox is developed by which foundation?

8.  Which planet is by far the hottest planet in our Solar System?

9.  The 'Line of Control' refers to the military control between which two countries?  Point for each

10.  Which general knowledge quiz show has "Approaching Menace"?

11.  The Hougoumont, the last ship to take convicts from the UK to Australia, docked in Western Australia in which decade of the 19th Century, was it the 1860s, 1870s or 1880s?

12.  What name is given to the layered ice cream sundae served in a large, tall conical glass and eaten with a distinctive long spoon?

13. Invicta (meaning 'undefeated') is the motto of which English county?

14.  What word can mean a short period of time or a brand of envelope?

15. What name is given to the type of cosmetic surgery that removes fat from the human body? 

16.  What word is used to describe electronic systems used on aircraft, artificial satellites, and spacecraft?

17.  Cambridge University graduate Sid Waddell was nicknamed the voice of what?

18.  Who was the first male tennis player to win a Grand Slam tournament with a non-wood racquet?

19.  What was the last ever battle to be fought on British soil?

20.  What is sometimes referred to as La Gioconda?



 

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Cheers Zico.

15, assuming Sinster gets  a point even if its wrong, just knew it was the opposite to dexter. thanks 

15 today thanks zico.

Mr Anon" wrote: ↑21 Jul 2025, 20:08 no, you were right the first time, in science and heraldry, the terms refer to the "shield bearer's" perspective, not the viewer's. So, the side of the shield on the viewer's left is the bearer's right (dexter), and the side on the viewer's right is the bearer's left (sinister). 

no, you were right the first time, in science and heraldry, the terms refer to the "shield bearer's" perspective, not the viewer's. So, the side of the shield on the viewer's left is the bearer's right (dexter), and the side on the viewer's right is the bearer's left (sinister). 

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Far Cough UKunt" wrote: ↑21 Jul 2025, 18:03 zico, isn't dexter right and sinister left?

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zico, isn't dexter right and sinister left?

Random Trivia 15

1.  What was the maiden name of former British professional cyclist Dame Laura Kenny?
Trott

2.  James James composed the tune for which country’s national anthem?
Wales

3. Which type of dog can also be a word for someone who compiles crosswords? 
Setter

4.  The piranha is native to which continent?
South America

5.  In the equation E = mc squared, what does the "c" stand for?
The speed of light

6.  Generally, a spear becomes what weapon when it is too long to be wielded with one hand in combat?
A pike

7.  Which Roman turf fortification on stone foundations was built some twenty years after Hadrian's Wall to the south?
The Antonine Wall

8.  Which former Brentford footballer appeared as Dave Dodds in the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager?
Bradley Walsh

9.  Who played fencing instructor Verity in the Bond film Die Another Day?
Madonna

10.  If "Dexter" is used for "left," what word is used for "right" in science and heraldry?
Sinister

11.  Alfred Watkins is known for developing the idea of what straight alignments connecting historic structures, prehistoric sites, and landmarks?
Ley Lines

12.  What colour is the door and window wood of Coronation Street's Rovers Return?
Green

13. What do Americans call the large open-topped waste container for loading onto a lorry, which is known as a skip in the UK?
Dumpster

14.  Which British actor plays Frasier's old friend Alan in the reboot of Frasier?
Nicholas Lyndhurst

15. Who fell off his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine in 1991, whilst cruising off the Canary Islands? 
Robert Maxwell

16.  Who is the only doctor in the history of British medical profession found guilty of murdering his patients?
Harold Shipman

17.  What was the name of the fictional ship from the Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?
Nautilus

18. What are the three first words of the United States Constitution? 
We The People

19.  Name the famous golf club and health resort in Virginia Water, Surrey?
Wentworth

20. How many squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?
225 - 15 x 15 grid


 

Random Trivia 15

1.  What was the maiden name of former British professional cyclist Dame Laura Kenny?

2.  James James composed the tune for which country’s national anthem?

3. Which type of dog can also be a word for someone who compiles crosswords? 

4.  The piranha is native to which continent?

5.  In the equation E = mc squared, what does the "c" stand for?

6.  Generally, a spear becomes what weapon when it is too long to be wielded with one hand in combat?

7.  Which Roman turf fortification on stone foundations was built some twenty years after Hadrian's Wall to the south?

8.  Which former Brentford footballer appeared as Dave Dodds in the 2001 film Mike Bassett: England Manager?

9.  Who played fencing instructor Verity in the Bond film Die Another Day?

10.  If "Dexter" is used for "left," what word is used for "right" in science and heraldry?

11.  Alfred Watkins is known for developing the idea of what straight alignments connecting historic structures, prehistoric sites, and landmarks?

12.  What colour is the door and window wood of Coronation Street's Rovers Return?

13. What do Americans call the large open-topped waste container for loading onto a lorry, which is known as a skip in the UK?

14.  Which British actor plays Frasier's old friend Alan in the reboot of Frasier?

15. Who fell off his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine in 1991, whilst cruising off the Canary Islands? 

16.  Who is the only doctor in the history of British medical profession found guilty of murdering his patients?

17.  What was the name of the fictional ship from the Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?

18. What are the three first words of the United States Constitution? 

19.  Name the famous golf club and health resort in Virginia Water, Surrey?

20.  How many squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?


 

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