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Just another RTA Trivia Quiz

This morning, I got knocked off my scooter on the way to work - so I thought I'd write a quiz about it! (Hey, if you get lemons - make lemonade!)

A multiple-choice quiz by Quiz_Beagle. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Quiz_Beagle

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
265,563

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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2907

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Sethdv7 (10/10), Upstart3 (9/10), Guest 97 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. My scooter is an Italian scooter - a Piaggio. Windows does not recognise this word. What is one of the words that Windows spellchecker tries to persuade me I meant to write? Hint

P Adagio

Pinot Grigot

DiMaggio

Topo Gigio

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another popular Italian scooter make is Vespa - what does this mean in Italian? Hint

Vest

Wasp

Vespers

Annoying little scooter ridden by 16 year-olds

3. As I lay in the road after being hit by a car while on my scooter, the attending police and ambulance men wouldn't let me take my helmet off and I was strapped to a 'spinal board' before they'd remove my helmet. Why was that? Hint

They thought I might have broken my neck.

They thought my posture was terrible and wanted me to stand up straight.

They didn't want me fidgeting in the ambulance.

Just for fun

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Question 4 of 10

4. I'm one of those weird people that name my cars etc. My blue Piaggio Skipper naturally lent itself to being called after this Australian marsupial - who actually had his own TV series from 1966 to 1968 - with many, many repeats. So I call my scooter 'Skippy'. What was Skippy?

Answer: (One Word - 8 letters "What's that you say Skippy? Two kids have fallen down the mineshaft?")

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Question 5 of 10

5. As I was able to walk after my accident, the doctors declined the chance to use Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery to look at my foot. What DIDN'T they use? Hint

X-Rays

Microscope

Stethoscope

Gamma Rays

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Question 6 of 10

6. If I had broken a bone in my foot, I would have been in very good company. Which England football star sent the press into a frenzy by fracturing his second metatarsal on 10 April 2002, just before the World Cup? Hint

Wayne Rooney

David Beckham

Steven Gerrard

Gary Neville

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Question 7 of 10

7. At least the lady who knocked me off stayed to give her details - unlike the person who hit my car last year and drove off. What is that type of collision known as? Hint

Cut and Shut

Hit and Run

Wash and Go

Pushmepullyou

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Question 8 of 10

8. Although my motorcycle helmet hit the road hard, and it has a little crack in it, it'll be okay to use on my scooter again, won't it?

Yes

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Question 9 of 10

9. Although I wasn't badly injured in the accident, I suspect that I stretched and tore some of the soft tissues in my neck (tendons, ligaments and muscles). What is this type of injury NOT known as?
Hint

Whiplash injury

Hyperextension injury

Cervical sprain

Cutaneous leishmaniasis

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Question 10 of 10

10. As to the title of this quiz - 'Just another RTA'. I was hit by a car on my scooter. What does the acronym RTA stand for in this situation? Hint

Random Terrible Accident

Random Terminal Aorta

Road Traffic Accident

Roos Travel Australia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. My scooter is an Italian scooter - a Piaggio. Windows does not recognise this word. What is one of the words that Windows spellchecker tries to persuade me I meant to write?

Answer: DiMaggio

Yes, Windows desperately tries to persuade me I really own a blue, 125cc baseball player, once married to Marilyn Monroe and immortalised in the song 'Mrs. Robinson'. Of the wrong answers, Pinot Grigot is a type of wine, Topo Gigio was a cute mouse from TV and I made P Adagio up (although adagio is a musical term meaning in a slow tempo).

2. Another popular Italian scooter make is Vespa - what does this mean in Italian?

Answer: Wasp

According to Vespa's website, 'On Tuesday 19 December, the 100,000th Vespa scooter to be assembled in 2006 came off the production line.' That's a lot of scooters! Enrico Piaggio, the son of the Piaggio founder, felt that the scooter looked like a wasp - hence the name. Piaggio are still manufacturing Vespas.

Answer: They thought I might have broken my neck.

You shouldn't usually remove a motorcyclist's helmet until their spine is immobilised - it could make any spinal injury much worse. However, if they are not breathing or vomiting with a risk of choking, it must be done. Apparently I was complaining about my neck hurting, so I had to be strapped to a spinal board. I'm okay though - but I do have terrible posture!

Answer: Kangaroo

'Skippy, Skippy, Skippy the bush kangaroo...' It was amazing how every human being Skippy ran into always understood every word that he said - or rather didn't.

5. As I was able to walk after my accident, the doctors declined the chance to use Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery to look at my foot. What DIDN'T they use?

Answer: X-Rays

X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with cathode rays. As I was able to walk, they decided my foot probably wasn't broken, but if it was still hurting in three days, I had to go back.

Answer: David Beckham

All the above footballers have fractured a metatarsal in their careers (the metatarsals are the long bones in the foot) but Beckham (naturally) got the most publicity. Looking at a diagram of the foot, if I've broken anything, it's possibly my cuboid - far more exclusive!

7. At least the lady who knocked me off stayed to give her details - unlike the person who hit my car last year and drove off. What is that type of collision known as?

Answer: Hit and Run

A 'hit and run' is an accident where the driver doesn't stop, and it is common if the perpetrators don't have a licence, or insurance. It is very annoying. Of the wrong answers, a cut and shut is two cars that have been made into one, a wash and go is a two-in-one shampoo and conditioner and a Pushmepullyou is a Doctor Dolittle animal.

8. Although my motorcycle helmet hit the road hard, and it has a little crack in it, it'll be okay to use on my scooter again, won't it?

Answer: No

No, never. If your helmet has suffered any sort of damage, or even if you've dropped it onto a hard surface of as little as 3ft/1m, you must replace it. Even if the damage only looks superficial, the structural integrity could have been compromised. I escaped with concussion - a fractured skull would have been much worse.

Answer: Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Whiplash, as it is commonly known, is a very common problem in accidents. I already have some of the symptoms, including pain and stiffness in my neck, headache, tingling in the arms going down into the hands and dizziness. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic skin disease of kangaroos - as far as I know, I haven't got that!

10. As to the title of this quiz - 'Just another RTA'. I was hit by a car on my scooter. What does the acronym RTA stand for in this situation?

Answer: Road Traffic Accident

In the UK in 2004, police recorded 280,840 casualties due to RTAs - of which 3,221 were fatal - equivalent to nine deaths every day (Department of Transport, 2005a). So I was lucky. Be careful out there!

Source: Author Quiz_Beagle

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