Trivia
PUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST
1. Which narrow body of water o the coast of Australia is named after a Spanish navigator?
2. Which famous US astronaut was nearly killed during an ”armed reconnaissance” mission, in the Korean War in 1951? 3. What percentage of horse (Equus ferus) populations in the wild are actually descended from domesticated animals?
4. Although untrue, which Australian city name is supposedly ultimately derived from the French ”Saint Denis” and Greek god of wine (and debauchery) Dionysus?
5. The ancient human hunting grounds of Doggerland, between England and the Netherlands, were ultimately destroyed by a massive rise in what?
6. Which personal electronic entertainment device supposedly benefits from a technology called a ”balanced armature”?
7. Defined as having its motor behind the rear axle, which popular electric car technically has a ”rearengine” layout? 8. What was the last chemical element discovered in nature (by physicist Marguerite Perey in France in 1939), rather than synthesised in a lab?
9. Which popular campfire treat is named after a plant that grows in boggy soils?
10. Which rodent is known, in various languages, as ”Spanish rat”, ”Indian mouse”, ”Netherlands pig”, ”Indian Pig” and ”Little Rabbit of the Indies”?