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Trivia Question of the Day

#1 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:19 am

I thought I'd start this topic as I'm sure all of us stumble across interesting 'trivia' as we peruse the media or indeed our own brains.

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As in 'Where On Earth', no Googling, and the first person to get the correct answer asks the next question.

Here's my starter :

Volkswagen made 6.2 million cars in 2019 in its German factories. What did it make more of?
(The answer is not a component of a vehicle.)

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#2 Post by Slasher » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:41 am

Hybrid electric cars or something? Read it once in the WSJ.

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#3 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:43 am

Nope. Clue, it's nothing to do with cars or transportation.

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#4 Post by Fliegenmong » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:50 am

Had no idea they made anything but vehicles. i was going to say luggage, but that is transport related....what about hair combs?
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#5 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:53 am

Baseball caps?

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#6 Post by Slasher » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:02 am

It’s got me stumped then.

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#7 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:16 am

They made 6.8 million of this product last year. It doesn't last very long.

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#8 Post by ian16th » Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:15 am

Sausages!

I saw it in an online paper this morning.
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#9 Post by Capetonian » Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:18 am

You also read News24! Yes, correct answer, specifically, Currywurst.
https://www.wheels24.co.za/WildOnWheels ... 20200130-2
Volkswagen makes more of these than it does cars...worldwide.

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#10 Post by ian16th » Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:35 am

What is this?
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For a bonus point, where is it?
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#11 Post by ribrash » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:50 am

Was it some sort of radar reflector from WW2.Near the channel coast.

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#12 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:56 am

I would say a sound detector, South Downs, Kent

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#13 Post by Slasher » Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:59 am

Went sound detectors there an array of concentration collectors?

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#14 Post by ian16th » Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:48 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:56 am
I would say a sound detector, South Downs, Kent
Yep a sound detector from WWI, not WWII, in N. Yorks though not Kent.

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#15 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:28 pm

Who won the last Daily Mail transatlantic air race? From London to New York?

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#16 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:14 pm

Wasn't it the Royal Air Force in a Harrier.
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#17 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:16 pm

Take it away Goldie, you're it.

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#18 Post by Ex-Ascot » Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:41 pm

OK, what is the maximum age a termite Queen can live to.
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#19 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:42 pm

Two years?

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#20 Post by llondel » Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:06 pm

I reckoned way longer than that but didn't have any idea so I did look it up. Surprisingly my guess was in the range.

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