Just another RTA

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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? Pinot Grigot P Adagio Topo Gigio DiMaggio

2. Another popular Italian scooter make is Vespa - what does this mean in Italian? Wasp Vespers Vest 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? They didn't want me fidgeting in the ambulance. They thought I might have broken my neck. They thought my posture was terrible and wanted me to stand up straight. Just for fun

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?")

5. As I was able to walk after my accident, the doctors declined the chance to use William Roentgen's discovery to look at my foot. What DIDN'T they use? Stethoscope Gamma Rays Microscope X-Rays

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? Wayne Rooney David Beckham Steven Gerrard Gary Neville

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? Pushmepullyou Cut and Shut Hit and Run Wash and Go

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 No

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? Hyperextension injury Whiplash injury Cutaneous leishmaniasis Cervical sprain

10. As to the title of this quiz - 'Just another RTA'. I was hit by a car on my scooter. What does the aconym RTA stand for in this situation? Random Terrible Accident Random Terminal Aorta Road Traffic Accident Roos Travel Australia