Jumping Jalopies! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Japan

Sometimes known as japan black, it is a quick-curing lacquer or varnish with a bitumen base commonly used in the early 20th century on automobiles. This supposedly was behind Henry Ford's quote about the Model T Ford: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." It was associated with products coming from Japan, hence the name.

Answer: Jacinthe

Jacinthe is also the French name for a hyacinth, although the flower is more typically red- blue or purple in colour. Jacinth (without the e) is an orange-red zircon and may be the source of the name.

Answer: Jutland

The Battle of Jutland took place off the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark in 1916. It was fought between Britain and Germany and involved 250 combat ships with 24 ships lost and over 8,500 killed, with both sides claiming victory. The Germans call it the Battle of Skagerrak after the strait running between Jutland Peninsula and Norway and Sweden. Continuing the J theme, the British Fleet was commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.

Answer: Jabberwocky

The poem "The Jabberwocky" was published in 1872 and described the killing of a jabberwock by a boy. The jabberwock also makes an appearance in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" (1871). The poem was responsible for introducing such words as chortle and galumphing to the English language.

Answer: Jacaranda

The genus has now been spread quite widely. Pretoria in South Africa is sometimes known as The Jacaranda City because of the number of jacaranda planted. The flowering of jacarandas in Queensland, Australia signal the start of the exam season and give rise to 'purple panic' in students.

Answer: Jansky

Named after the American physicist Karl Guthe Jansky. He was first to discover radio waves coming from the Milky Way and as a result is considered a founding father of radio astronomy, although he never had a chance to pursue his radio astronomy interests. There is also a crater on the Moon that bears his name.

Answer: Jasper

Coming in a variety of colours, jasper has been used since antiquity when it was prized as a gem stone. It has also been used to make seals (such as signet rings) and, more than 6,000 years ago, was used in bow drills.

Answer: Jeroboam

Jeroboam I, an Israeli king from around 900 BC, lends his name to this wine bottle, which is also known as a double magnum in Bordeaux. The bottle typically holds three litres of wine unless it is a Bordeaux Jeroboam in which case it holds four and a half litres of wine (or five litres, according to some sources).

Answer: Jerboa

Found in hot deserts ranging from North Africa to China, they are bit like miniature kangaroos. They are nocturnal, have good hearing (and relatively large ears to go with it) and can put on a good turn of speed.

Answer: Jiaolong

Built in 2010 by the Chinese, it reached a depth of over 7,062 metres in 2012. The word 'jiaolong' has several meanings and is the name of a legendary river dragon. As of 2015, only the Triest bathyscaphe at 10,916 metres and the Deepsea Challenger at 10,898 metres have gone deeper. The Triest made its record breaking dive in 1960.