January Quiz
Quiz Questions
- What's wrong with you if you have intractable singultus?
- Which animal has the longest gestation period out of a rabbit, stoat or opossum?
- What is herpetophobia?
- Thomas Edison developed direct current (DC). Who developed alternating current (AC)?
- What is an obelus?
- Which famous group was once known as The Quarrymen?
- Which successful band did Neil Finn and Paul Hester form after Split Enz broke up?
- Which vegetable did Antoine-Agustin Parmentier seek to popularise in France by surrounding his patch with armed guards during the day, so that people would think they were valuable and steal them at night?
- What is the animal emblem of Scotland?
- Who was Zheng Yi Sao?
Quiz Answers
- If you have intractable singultus you have chronic hiccups!
- The Stoat has the longest gestation period - 280 days. A rabbit is only 31 days, and an opossum is an unbelievable 12 - 13 days.
- Herpetophobia is a fear of reptiles and amphibians.
- Nikola Tesla developed alternating current.
- An obelus looks like ÷ and is used to mark a questionable passage of text. It's also the name of the division symbol in maths.
- The Quarrymen were a British band, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960.
- When Split Enz broke up Neil Finn and Paul Hester formed Crowded House with Nick Seymour.
- The potato is the vegetable that Antoine-Agustin Parmentier sought to popularise in France by surrounding his patch with armed guards during the day, so that people would think they were valuable and steal them at night.
- The unicorn is the animal emblem of Scotland.
- Zheng Yi Sao was a very successful well-known pirate who was active in the South China Sea from 1801 to 1810.
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