Trivia Quiz 5

By Kay McMahon | Published: 15 April 2001
  1. Where would you find a felloe?
  2. What is a kraken?
  3. What, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, are jim-jams?
  4. What is the capital of Bahrain?
  5. Historically, what fraction of a pound sterling was a noble?
  6. Where might you suffer from convolvulus?
  7. What nationality was the composer Gustav Holst?
  8. Which two planets rotate in the opposite direction to the other six?
  9. What is Britain’s smallest native bird?
  10. Of which constellation is Betelgeuse the brightest star?
  11. Of what nationality was Edvard Munch, painter of The Scream?
  12. From which plant is linseed oil derived?

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Author: Kay McMahon

Kay has been an expat for over 20 years. She set up the British Expat website more than 10 years ago, whilst living in London and missing the expat life. These days she spends much of her time lugging computers and cameras around the world. (Dave gets to deal with all the really heavy stuff.)

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