Petrol Heads Quiz
1 What is the Capital of Texas?
Austin.
2. What is the name of the extinct volcano in the centre of Edinburgh’?
Arthur's Seat.
3. What is the name given to the front of stage area in a theatre where members of the audience sit?
Auditorium.
4. Who, aged 19, was hanged in 1953 for a murder he did not commit, and was finally pardoned in 1998 after a campaign by newspapers & relatives?
Derek Bentley.
5. Which iconic Art Deco building became New York's tallest for 1 year in 1930?
Chrysler Building.
6. In which Wild West frontier town was Boot Hill cemetery?
Dodge City.
7. Which US President pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974?
Gerald Ford.
8. Which 3 letter abbreviation is used by the military to describe a death on the battlefield?
KIA (Killed In Action)
9. Which word describes either a meditation position in Yoga or is another name for a type of water Lily?
Lotus.
10. Which big cat native to central & S. America is sometimes wrongly called the Black Panther?
Jaguar.
11. Which Welsh buccaneer, pirate & debaucher was a Governor of Jamaica in the 1680’s?
Henry Morgan. (Gave name to Morgan's Rum)
12. Which form of folk dance, often seen on village greens in the springtime, is first recorded to have existed in the 15th Century? Morris Dancing.
13. Which precious stone is Lightening Ridge in Australia famous for producing?
Opals. (Small amount of license taken with the spelling here!)
14. Which company exhibited a steam driven bicycle at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889?
Peugeot.
15. Which atomic particle has a positive electrical charge?
Proton.
Take a look here:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/transport/auto_world.htmlThere's lots there but may take a bit of time to sort a quiz from it.
