1001 Quiz Questions

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Round 1

1. Which has the highest mountain: Earth or Mars? [Mars]

2. What are the small indentations on a golf ball called? [dimples]

3. What city has the largest population? [Tokyo]

4. Which country claims the world's tallest building?

Malaysia, the twin Petronas Towers at 1,483 feet.

5. With what device are earthquakes recorded? [seismograph]

6. Who was once known as the King of Soul, and now as the Godfather of Soul?
[James Brown]

7. Name the Yellow Telly Tubby. [La La]

8. What is 'Tiger' Woods's first name? [Eldrick]

Round 2

1. What are Alpha Centauri and Sirius? [stars]

2. Which actress starred in High Society ? [Grace Kelly]

3. In which war was Operation Desert Storm? [Gulf War]

4. Which 60s rock group recorded "Lighter Shade of Pale"? [Procol Harum]

5. Clean, Jerk, and Snatch are terms used in which activity? [weight lifting]

6. Which country is bordered by both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?

[Republic of South Africa]

7. Which insect accurately indicates the air temperature: cricket, mosquito, or spider?
[cricket]

8. In which business is the richest man in the world?

[computer software, programs, Windows, --but not computers]

Round 3

1. How many men have walked on the moon: 4, 8, or 12? [12]

2. In which country would one find 8 of the world's 10 highest moiuntains? [Nepal]

3. Which is the world's second-largest country in land area? [Canada]

4. What is the most common blood type in humans? [Type O]

5. The first television set was sold in which year: 1928, 1938, 1948? [1928]

6. The name of which area in the Pacific means "many islands"? [Polynesia]

7. What is the only word in English ending in the letters 'mt'? [dreamt]

8. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous". Two are tremendous
and stupendous. Name the other two. [horrendous or hazardous]

Round 4

1. Which soup has calf's head as its main ingredient? [Mock Turtle Soup]

2. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called? [Blue
Moon]

3. Which word does the 'e' in 'e-mail' stand for? [electronic]

4. Who wrote "Waiting for Godot"? [Samuel Beckett]

5. What is the name given to the process of signaling with two flags? [Semaphore]

6. What is the currency of Switzerland? [Swiss Franc]

7. What is the business term for assets which can be immediately turned into cash?
[liquid assets]
8. Which country beginning with a 'T' has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea? [Thailand]

Round 5

1. Which is the largest planet in the solar system? [Jupiter]

2. In which country is the world's largest McDonalds Restaurant? [China]

3. Which US state capital ends in 'x'? [Phoenix]

4. Which US store chain is named after the first mate in Moby Dick? [Starbuck's]

5. True or False? Only one word in English rhymes with 'silver'. [False--none do.]

6. Which Beatle's first girlfriend was Thelma Pickles? [John Lennon]

7. Which is largest: a megabyte, a kilobyte, or a gigabyte? [gigabyte]

8. Which instrument did Louis Armstrong play? [trumpet]

Round 6

1. Which Irish-American playwright wrote Moon for the Misbegotten, Long Day's Journey Into
Night and The Iceman Cometh? [Eugene O'Neil]

2. What is Triskadekaphobia? [Fear of the number 13]

3. On which street do Bert and Ernie live? [Sesame St.]

5. One tablespoon = how many teaspoons? [3]

6. Name the stock-market trader who sent Barings Bank into bankruptcy. [Nick Leeson]

7. What does a numismatist do? [collects coins]

8. What does a philatelist do? [collects stamps]

Round 7

1. After which actor was Mickey Mouse named? [Mickey Rooney]

2. Which mythological figure flew so close to the sun that the wax on his wings began to melt?
[Icarus]
3. What is the capitol of the Netherlands? [The Hague]

4. Name the ghost who appears at a banquet in Shakespeare's Macbeth? [Banquo]

5. What is the green pigment in plants called? [chlorophyll]

6. Where was the strongest Earthquake in 1999? [Taiwan]

7. To the nearest mile, what is the length of the marathon? [26 miles]

8. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey, beer, or
wine? [beer]

Round 8

1. What is the capitol of South Africa? [Pretoria]

2. What is the capitol of New Zealand? [Wellington]

3. Music: how many notes in the scale? [8]

5. Which country has the largest Christian population? [USA]

6. In which country is Basque spoken? [Spain]

7. What does the 'Big Bang Theory' deal with? [universe, astronomy, or equivalent]

8. What does a taxidermist do? [stuffs animals]

EXTRAS

In which country is the Rose of Tralee Festival? [Ireland]

What claims to be the largest comedy festival in the world? [Edinburgh Fringe Festival]

Which geographical area is part of both Chile and Argentina? [Tierra del Fuego]

Round 1

1. Name the blue Telly Tubby. [Tinky Winky]

2. What do you call a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon? [atoll]
3. With which activity is Osamma Bin Laden [pr. "lah-din"] associated? [terrorism]

4. Which British singer has the same name as a famous author? [Tom Jones]

5. Art Deco became popular in which decade? [1920s or 1930s]

6. What is the largest living bird? [ostrich]

7. What is Rambo's first name? [John]

8. Name the two main ingredients of pasta. [flour and water]

Round 2

1. Who invented the steam engine? [James Watt]

2. In which year did Elvis die? [1977]

3. In which country are Casablanca and Marakesh? [Morocco]

4. Which team does Eddie Ervine drive for? [Ferrari]

5. Where does Homer Simpson work? [nuclear plant]

6. Approximately how many weeks did it usually take the Famine ships to reach America from
Ireland? [four or five]

Round 3

1. Which is heavier: a proton or an electron? [proton]

2. What is the world's largest island? [Greenland]

3. What was Marilyn Monroe's real first name? [Norma]

4. In which century was the steam engine invented? [18th, 1700s]

5. Who was the first man in space? [Yuri Gagarin]

6. Where on the body is the human skin least sensitive? [heel]

7. Which volcano destroyed Pompeii? [Mt. Vesuvius]

8. Who owns The Sun tabloid? [Rupert Murdock]

Round 4

1. In which country did Snooker originate? [India (invented by British soldiers)]

2. What was Sherlock Holmes address? [221B Baker St.]

3. Which Presley song has the same melody as an old Irish song? [Love Me Tender]

4. Re Question 3: Name that old Irish song. [Nora Lee (or Aura Lee]

5. How many stars in the Big Dipper? [seven]

6. Which alcoholic spirit is derived from juniper berries? [gin]

7. Who was the supreme Greek god? [Zeus]

8. What is xenophobia a fear of? [foreigners, strangers]

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Round 5 - Cinema '99 Theme

1. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey? [Kubrick]

2. Re Q1: Name one of the two stars of his final film. [Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman]

3. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a leading role?
[Roberto Benigni in Life Is Beautiful ]

4. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a leading role?
[Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love ]

5. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a supporting role?
[James Coburn in Affliction ]

6. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a supporting role?
[Judi Dench in Shakespeare In Love ]

7. Which film got the Oscar this year for best picture? [Shakespeare In Love ]
8. Who got the Oscar this year for best director?
[Stephen Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan ]

Round 6-------------

1. What is the world's most popular spectator sport? [Auto Racing]

2. Who plays the private investigator Hetty Wainthrop? [Patricia Rutledge]

3. What was civil-rights leader Martin Luther King's profession? [minister]

4. Who became leader of the Soviet Union immediately after Kruschev?

[Brezhnev]

5. Which former tennis star won the most Wimbledon women's' titles? [Billie Jean King]

6. What is the smallest country in North or South America? [El Salvador]

7. Who wrote the melody of the song "No Matter What"? [Andrew Lloyd Webber]

Round 7

1. Who directed Jurassic Park? [Stephen Spielberg]

2. In which country was Mel Gibson born? [US (notAustralia)]

3. Which King founded the Church of England? [Henry VIII]

4. How many rings in the Olympics emblem? [five]

5. Whose ghost appeared to Hamlet? [Banquo]

6. In the fashion world what are mules? [shoes]

7. In which Italian city is La Scala opera house? [Milan]

8. Who wrote Sense and Sensibility ? [Jane Austen]

Round 8

1. Which recently-retired tennis great is currently dating a top-seed player?

[Steffie Graf]
2. Re Question 1: Name the top seeder. [Andre Agasiz]

3. Which came first: Art Deco or Art Nouveau? [Art Neuveau]

4. How long is the tunnel between England and France? [31 miles (50K) or nearest answer]

5. In which country are Daewoo cars made? [Korea]

6. In which year did the Berlin Wall come down? [1989]

7. Re Quest. 6: In which year was it erected? [1961]

8. How old is O'Dwyers' bar manager? [adapt to person in quiz or quizmaster]

Round 1

1. How many Godfather films have been made? [three]

2. What do the US presidential surnames Adams, Johnson, and Roosevelt have in common?
[Two presidents for each]

3. Name the red Telly Tubby. [Po]

4. Which came first: the Neolithic Age or the Mesolithic Age? [Mesolithic]

5. In which region in France are Chardonnay wines produced? [Burgundy]

6. Is it true or false that red wines should be served at room temperature? [True]

7. What does a sommelier do? [taste wine]

8. What is the capitol of Yugoslavia? [Belgrade]

Round 2

1. Who wrote The X Files ? [Chris Carter]

2. What is the name of the galaxy of which our sun is a member? [Milky Way Galaxy]

3. Which nut has the name of a S. American country? [Brazil]

4. Who played Perry Mason and Ironsides? [Raymond Burr]

5. What is the highest score in Darts? [180]

6. In which city id Karl Marx buried? [London]

7. The name of which Spanish wine means 'bleeding'? [Sangria]

8. What is Michael Jackson's middle name? [Joseph]

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Round 3

1. Popgroups U2 and the Coors are from which country? [Ireland]

2. Who is the lead singer of Dire Straits? [Mark Knoffler]

3. Where is most of the gold of the US govt. stored?

[Fort Knox]

4. A rhinologist specializes in the treatment of which part of the human body? [nose]

5. What is the Alsatian dog also known as? [German Shepherd]

6. True or False?: The main styles of Medieval Art were the

Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic. [True]

7. The carpal bones are found in which part of the human body?

[wrist]

8. What does 'GM' stand for in GM food? ["Genetically Modified"]

Round 4

1. Which singer married and divorced the head of SONY music?

[Mariah Carey]

2. Which actress starred in Breakfast At Tiffany's ?

[Audrie Hepburn]
4. True or False?: Darwin's university degree was in Theology. [True]

5. What is the spirit base of Blue Curacao [pr. "coora-sow"]?

[gin]

6. Soccer: In which year was the first World Cup? [1930]

7. Into which planet did a recent space probe crash because NASA mixed kilometers and miles
in their calculations? [Mars]

8. By what name is Paul Francis Gadd better known? [Gary Glitter]

Round 5

1. Armani suits are from which city: Rome, New York, or Milan?

[Milan]

3. Which English soccer club was originally known as Newton Heath?

[Manchester United]

4. Which nationality was Christopher Columbus? [Italian]

5. What is the largest city in the Sierra Madre mountains?

[Mexico City]

6. Which company is the world's largest producer of microchips?

[Intel]

7. What do communication satellites and a modern kitchen appliance have in common?

[microwaves]

8. Who is Nicole Kidman's husband? [Tom Cruise]

Round 6

2. Name one of the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?

[Q or Z]
4. What are the Gibb brothers better known as? [BeeGees]

5. Which racing team recently won a major appeal? [Ferrari]

6. By what name was the explorer Cristobal Colon better known?

[Christopher Columbus]

7. True or False?: The Earth and the Moon are the same age.

[True]

8. From which star does the Moon get the most light? [The Sun]

Round 7

1. "Elizabeth Arden' is the brand name for which type of product?

[cosmetics, or equivalent]

2. In which year was the ESB founded: 1922, 1927, or 1932? [1927]

3. Liszt and Lewis played which musical instrument?

[piano (that's Jerry Lee Lewis)]

4. How is 120% expressed as a fraction? [6/5, six fifths]

5. Which lanaguage is spoken by Walloons? [French]

6. Which story begins: "All children except one grow up"?

[Peter Pan ]

7. Which is the official Ferrari racing color? [red]

8. How many digits in a Visa Card number? [16]

Round 8

1. Which dictator said, "In war it is not right that matters, but victory."?

[Hitler]
2. From which US city can one travel south to Canada? [Detroit]

3. In which month did the solar eclipse occur this year?

[August]

4. Which color is the number 10 on the door of 10 Downing Street?

[white]

6. Who wrote Angela's Ashes ? [Frank McCourt]

7. Besides sleep, what is normally impossible to do with your eyes open?

[sneeze]

8. How old is tonight's quizologist and scorer? [adapt]

Round 1

1. Should it be "shaken not stirred" or "stirred not shaken"?

[shaken not stirred]

2. Where did the ukulele originate? [Hawaii]

3. How many balls on the pool table at the start of a game? [15]

4. Which film actor is Shirley McLaine's brother? [Warren Beatty]

5. In which year was the first atom bomb dropped? [1945]

6. Where are Pikeur cigars made? [Holland]

7. Where is a piste (pr. "peest") found? [ski slope]

8. What is the plural of Mongoose ? [Mongooses]

Round 2

1. What was found to be out of focus after it was launched?

[Hubble Space Telescope]

2. In what position do adult horses normally sleep? [standing]

3. Name four of the Seven Deadly Sins.

[Anger, Covetousness, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth]

4. Which was the largest hurricane in 1999? [Floyd]

5. What is the Mexican food Gazpacho? [cold soup]

6. In which year did the Nazis invade Russia? [1941]

7. Name ALL of the Seven Dwarfs. [Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy & Sneezy]

8. Re Question 7: How winy wore glasses? [one (Doc)]

Round 3

2. Is the normal number of bones in the adult human body 206 or 260?

[206]

3. Where in Scotland is Dunkirk? [nowhere: it's in France]

4. In which year did Michael O'Hehir make his first broadcast?

[1938]

5. What color is the cross on the flag of Finland? [Blue]

6. Name the Primary Colors. [Red, Yellow, & Blue]

7. In which year was the Battle of Hastings fought? [1066]

Round 4

1. What do England, France, Spain, and Algeria have in common?

[Greenwich Meridian, or zero degrees longitude]

4. The aubergine comes from which plant? [Eggplant]

5. Name the leather pouch on a Scottish Highlander's traditional clothing.

[Sporran] 6. Which is the fastest land mammal? [Cheetah]

7. What is meant by Tempis Fugit ? ["Time flies".]

8. What was the name of M's secretary in the James Bond films?

[Miss Moneypenny]

Round 5

1. The Sousaphone is the parade version of which instrument? [Tuba]

2. Which instrument did Stern, Heifetz, Pagannani and Grapelly play?

[violin]

3. Name a musical instrument is used in both gospel and rock?

[Organ, Tambourine]

6. Which could be a Stradivarius? [violin]

8. True or False?: The New York Philharmonic is one of the two

oldest orchestras in the world. [True]

Round 6

1. What would a cartographer make? [maps]

2. How many pairs of legs has the crab? [five]

3. What is made by dipping bread in beaten egg and then fried?

[French Toast]

4. Are turtles mammals or reptiles? [mammals]

5. Which alcohol spirit is made from cacti? [Tequila]

7. How many in a Baker's Dozen? [13]

8. Name the character in The Three Musketeers based on a real person.

[d'Artagnan]

Round 7

2. In which activity would one find the terms purl and plain ?

[knitting]

3. Which liquid is sometimes called Adam's Ale? [water]

4. Which event in 1992 began with a flaming arrow igniting a torch?

[Olympics]

5. How many carats is pure gold? [twenty four]

7. What name is given to a badger's dwelling? [set]

8. In which cartoon are Lucy and Linus? [Snoopy]

Round 8

1. From which country does Sherry originate? [Spain]

2. What happens more than 86,000 times a day to everyone?

[A second passes.]

3. Name two of the three Tenors. [Pavarotti, Carraras, Domingo]

4. How many chambers has the human heart? [four]

5. Who played the doctor in The Incredible Hulk? [Bill Bixby]

7. With what occupation is Guinness associated? [porter]

8. What does the acronym UNESCO stand for?

[United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Org.]

Who were the composer and lyricist for the Sound of Music?

[Rodgers & Hammerstein]

Round 1

1. Meringue (pr. "mer-rang] is a combination of whisked egg white and what? [sugar]

2. Which country has 60% of its citizens overweight? {USA]

3. Who said, "I have a dream."? [Martin Luther King]

5. Was Immanuel Kant a musician or philosopher? [philosopher]

6. Which country defeated the Persians in the 5th Century BC?

[Greece]

7. Who was Aristotle's most famous student? [Alexander the Great]

8. Who was Socrates's most famous student? [Plato]

Round 2

1. What would you need a modem for?

[computer, or Internet connection, or telephone connection]

2. Which is the largest planet in our solar system? [Jupiter]

3. Which food type includes starches and sugars? [carbohydrates]

4. Where would one find the Continental Shelf? [ocean, Atlantic Ocean, or equivalent]

5. Who is considered the most famous athlete of the 1990s worldwide?

[Michael Jordan]

7. The Olympic Torch is carried from which mountain to the host stadium? [Mount
Olympus]

8. The OAS is located in which hemisphere? [Western]

Round 3

1. At which degree longitude is the International Date Line? [180]

2. At which degree longitude is the Greenwich Meridian?

[Zero, or equivalent]

3. At which degree latitude is the Equator? [zero, or equivalent]

4. The world's largest iceberg, just recently created by Global Warming,

broke off from which continent? [The Antarctic]

5. Which US presidential candidate wrote a book about the present environmental crisis?
[Albert Gore]

7. True or False?: Guinea pigs are rodents. [True]

Round 4

1. Which is the oldest commercial whiskey distiller? [Bushmills]

2. What is a Rhode Island Red? [hen]

3. Who played the character 'Red' in Shawshank Redemption ?

[Morgan Freedman]

4. Who played the serial killer in Seven Deadly Sins? {Kevin Spacey]

5. Name four of the Seven Deadly Sins.

[Anger, Covetousness, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth]

6. In the sitcom Friends, who plays Ross? [David Schwimmer]

7. Name one of the two characters in Friends now doing TV ads for beauty products?

[Rachel--Jennifer Anniston, or Monica--Courtney Cox]

8. If a dish is served 'Florentine', what vegetable will it contain?

[spinach]

Round 5

1. Which breed of animal is the chinchilla? [cat]

2. If you had myopia, what would you suffer from? [short-sightedness]

3. In which range of mountains id the Matterhorn? [Alps]

4. Internet: What do the letters 'www' stand for? [world wide web]

5. Approximately how may hairs on the human head: 100,000,

1/2 million, or 1 million? [100,000]

6. How many pillars in the House of Wisdom? [seven]

7. Which very famous song did the Hill sisters write? ["Happy Birthday"]

Round 6

1. What is the central ingredient in Mulligatawny Soup? [curry]

2. What is gazpacho? [cold soup, or equivalent]

3. Which type of pastry is used to make vol au vents? [puff pastry]

4. What are Petite Pois? [pr. "petty-pwahs"] [peas]

5. What would a soporific drug make one do? [sleep]

6. In which musical does the character Fagan appear? [Oliver ]

7. How many dots on two dice? [42]

8. Who was Cleopatra's lover before she married Marc Anthony?

[Caesar]

Round 7

1. In which Paris shop did Charlie Haughey like to buy shirts?

[Charvet]

2. A group of geese is called what? [gaggle]

3. Spell the word pneumonia . [pneumonia]

4. What is the title of Frank McCord's new novel? [Tis ]

5. How many Catherines did Henry VIII marry?

[Three: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, and Catherine Howard]

6. Who played Michael Collins's sweetheart in the movie?

[Julia Roberts]

8. How many keys on a standard piano? [88]

Round 8

1. Which famous Irish tenor died this year?

[Joseph Locke]

2. In which TV family was Lurch the butler?

[Addams Family]

3. Which is the southernmost US state?

[Hawaii]

4. What does the Dell company make?

[computers]

5. In which country would you find the Algonquin language?

[US]

6. What is the name of the new popgroup in which the oldest member

is 11 years old?
[Breeze]

7. True or False?: The Euro notes are all the same size regardless of denomination.

[False]

8. True or False? The highest denomination Euro note is 100Euros.

[False: it's 500]

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Round 1

1. If you were born on the 24th of September, which star sign would you be?

[Libra]

2. About which town is the song "The Town I Loved So Well"?

{Derry]

3. Re Quest 2: Who wrote it?

[Phil Coulter]

5. Which cat has no tail? [Manx]

6. Who was Art Garfunkle's singing partner? [Paul Simon]

7. Who was violent: Jekyll or Hyde? {Mr. Hyde]

8. With which activity is Carlos the Jackal associated?

[terrorism (or equivalent)]

Round 2

1. Elton John's song "Candle in the Wind" is a tribute to which star?

[Marilyn Monroe]

2. Name the bear in the Muppets show. [Fozzie]

3. Who plays Dr. Mark Green in ER? [Anthony Edwards]

6. What does MGM stand for? [Metro Goldwyn & Mayer]

7. In which TV series did Christopher Timothy star as a veterinary surgeon? [All

Creatures Great and Small]

8. What was Lovejoy's profession? [antique dealer]

Round 3

1. What's the other name for German Measles? [Rubella]

2. Who killed Dr. Martin Luther King? {James Earl Ray]

3. Maire Brennan is lead singer of which group? [Clannad]

4. Which is the world's warmest sea? [The Red Sea]

5. True or False? Halley's comet orbits the sun. [True]

6. Where on the Rattlesnake is its rattler? [tail]

7. Who was Liza Minelli's mother? [Judy Garland]

Round 4

1. Who was Ronald Reagan's first wife? [Jane Wyman]

2. Who was RTE's first newscaster? [Charles Mitchell]

3. Who plays the incompetent proprietor of Fawlty Towers?

[John Cleese]

4. What would inhabit an apiary? [the bee]

5. In which US city was the House of the Rising Sun? [New Orleans]

6. What would never make silk purse? [a sow's ear]

7. The Sikh [pr."seek] religion is native to which country? India]

8. What is the collective name for a group of domestic cats? [clowder]

Round 5

1. Name either of the two Star Wars robots. [R2D2 or C-3PO]

2. Which is Dublin's oldest surviving church? [Christ Church Cathedral]

3. On which date is Bastille Day celebrated each year? [July 14]

4. Which is the only mammal that can fly? [the bat]

5. Name the Greenpeace ship that was blown up in New Zealand.

[Rainbow Warrior]

6. In which county is Fairyhouse Race Course? [Meath]

7. Which country gives a Christmas tree to Britain every year?

[Norway]

8. Name Shirley McLaine's actor brother. {waren Beatty]

Round 6

1. How many pieces in a Rubik's Cube: 25, 26, or 27? [26]

2. Who was the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

[Charlemagne (pr. "char-le-main")]

3. Which Irish city is known as City of the Tribes? [Galway]

4. Who asked "What's Up Doc?" [Bugs Bunny]

5. What name is given to the male swan? [cob]

6. In which city or country is the statue of the Little Mermaid?

{Copenhagen or Denmark]

7. Which is the deepest and longest lake in the UK? {Loch Ness]
8. In the Bible, who wore a coat of many colors? [Joseph]

Round 7

1. Who wrote the Bond novels? [Ian Fleming]

2. Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to America? [France]

3. Which president appears on the five-dollar bill? [Lincoln]

4. In which year was Jack Charlton appointed Irish soccer manager?

[1986]

5. Which spirit is used in a Bloody Mary? [vodka]

6. Which instrument does James Galway play? [flute]

7. In the nursery rhyme, with what did the dish run away? [the spoon]

8. Riyadh [pr. "ree-yahd"] is the cpital od which country? {saudi Arabia]

Round 8

1. T.S. Eliot would be associated with what? [poetry]

2. Who presents the show "Don't Feed the Gondolas" on Network 2?

[Sean Moncrieff]

3. Who is the only son of Prince Ranier and Grace Kelly? [Albert]

4. What was Mr. Magoo's handicap? [poor eyesight, or short-

sightedness (or equivalent)]

5. Salvatore Dali was associated with which art form?

[painting, or surrealism]

6. In which year was the horse Shergar kidnapped: 1979, 1981, or 1983?

[1983]
7. Which herb is the traditional accompaniment for lamb? [mint]

8. What is a John Dory? [fish]

What color is a NYC taxi? [yellow]

In chess, what are castles otherwise known as? [rooks]

What is the art of shaping hedges? [topiary]

Who invented the phonograph? [Edison] What is the next line in the Xmas carol after 'O
little town of Bethlehem'?

['How still we see thee lie'] Where was the first movie shown on Dec. 28, 1895?
[Paris]

What is the business term for assets which can be immediately turned into cash?
[liquid assets]

What piece of sport equipment has a head, face, heel, and toe? [golf iron]

Which is the longest bone in the human body? [femur, thigh bone]

Charles Babbage invented the forerunner of which piece of electronic

equipment? [computer]

What is an assembly of Cardinal's called? [conclave]

In the European Union, what does 'ESF' stand for? [European Social Fund]

Albert Gore wrote a book on which subject? [environment, or equivalent]

Round 2

Who was at the centre of the Barings Bank collapse? [Nick Leeson]

What is the name of a judgement by a court of law that is used to justify

subsequent verdicts in other courts? [precedent]

What is the term used for formally giving up the right to rule? [abdication]

What word describes any animal that has hooves? [ungulate]

Which chemical element is the main source of nuclear energy? [uranium]

Which European country has the largest representation in the European Parliament with 99
members? [Germany]

Argentic compounds are compounds of which metal? [silver]

What name is given to the study of the flight of projectiles? [ballistics]

Which French phrase is used for 'a dangerously attractive woman' ?

[femme fatale]

Who created the character Gunga Din? [Rudyard Kipling]

Round 3

How soon did Romeo plan to marry Julliette after their first meeting?

[the next day]

What is hypotension? [low blood pressure]

What is Triskadekaphobia? [Fear of the number 13]

Which novel tells the story of the duel between a Cuban fisherman and a large fish, a marlin?
[The Old Man and the Sea]

In Genesis, which of the following is declared to be the first to be blessed:

a) birds and sea-creatures

b) mankind

c) the river Euphrates? [birds and sea-creatures (1:20-22)]

On a weather map, an isobar connects places having equal -------?

[barometric pressure]

On a weather map, an isohel [spell it] connects places having equal -----------?

[periods of sunshine]
What is the name of the fee paid to exchange one kind of money for another?
[agio]

What is the name given to unbranded cattle? [maverick]

The larkspur is better known by its Latin name to most gardeners. What is it?
[Delphinium]

What is the name given to a word that is a rearrangement of the letters of another
word? [anagram (e.g., now and won)]

Round 4

1. Which country is the world's largest producer of uranium? [Canada]

2. What does hypodermic mean? [under the skin, below, etc.]

3. Mythology: Who flew so close to the sun that the wax on his wings began to
melt? [Icarus]

4. Ancient Egypt: What name is given to the rocky narrow gorge on the West Bank of the Nile
used as a cemetary by the Pharohs? [Valley of the Kings]

5. Which flamboyant American entertainer said after a negative review, "I cried all the way to
the bank"? [Liberace]

6. Which gas is produced by the process of photosynthesis? [oxygen]

7. Which desert, covering more than 1 million sq. kilometres, is part of Mongolia and
China? [Gobi Desert]

8. Which American singer is the daughter of soul singer Cissy Houston?

[Whitney]

Round 5

What is the legal term for willfully giving false evidence in court? [perjury]

Who directed the movie Jaws ? [Spielberg]

'Clean & Jerk,' and 'Snatch' are terms used in which sport? [weight lifting]
Which Latin phrase refers to a person not acceptable to others?

[personna non grata ]

What results from the chemical interaction of iron, oxygen, and water? [rust]

In the European Union, what does ' EMS ' stand for? [European Monetary
System]

A hemotologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of what?

[blood, or blood diseases]

Who wrote, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."? [Thomas Gray]

Who said, "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of
Paul."? [George Bernard Shaw]

Which town name means Church of the Sloes, or Church of the Plums? [Killarney] (P.W. Joyce,
Irish Local Place Names Explained, p. 56.)

Round 6

Music: What note follows 'mi' in the scale? ['fa']

What does the musical term a capella mean? [unaccompanied]

Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995? [Seamus Heaney]

Which country experienced the two worst volcanoes in history? [Indonesia]

What is the highest mountain in Europe? [Mt. Blanc, 15,771ft]

What is the 2nd highest mountain in the world? [K2, in Kashmir]

What is the pseudonym used by the founder of Alcoholic Anonymous?

["Bill W."]

What is France's northernmost wine-producing region? [Champagne]

Which Hollywood star was not allowed to use his real name "Michael Douglas" because the
Screen Actor's Guild allows only one of each name, and there was already a "Michael
Douglas?" [Michael Keaton]

By what screen name was actor Marion Michael Morrison known as? [John Wayne]

Round 7

What does the Latin above the MGM logo (Ars Gratia Arts), mean?

['Art for Art's Sake', or 'Art for the Sake of Art']

In the movie "2001: A Space Odysey, what was the computer's name?

[HAL] (Heuristically programmed, ALgorythmic computer. Heuristics is the science of making

computers mimick human speech patterns.)

Which television and movie star was arrested in 1979 for selling cocaine to an undercover
policeman? [Tim Allen]

Some centesimal years, i.e., those ending in 00, are leap years.

Will the year 2000 be a leap year? [Yes]

(3 of every 4 centesimal years (ending in 00) are common years, not leap years.

But because a common year is one day PLUS 11hrs longer, every fourth centesimal year is
made a leap year. 1600 was a leap year; 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not, but 2000 will be."
[Source: World Almanac])

Who shared the "1968 Best Actress" Oscar with Barbara Striesand?

[Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter ]

Where would one find the world's largest gypsum quarry? [Nova Scotia]

What is the name of the Irish Airports Authority? [Aer Rianta]

Which American city, Detroit, New York, or Chicago, was described by Hunter S Thompson as
"This vicious stinking zoo; this mean-grinning, mace-smelling boneyard of a city; an elegant
rockpile of a monument to everything cruel and stupid in the human spirit"? [Chicago]
What was the name of the "Bond Girl" played by Ursula Andress in Dr No? [Honey
Rider]

Round 8

What is a government run by women called? [Gynarchy]

('Matriarchy' refers not to government but to social structure and culture.)

If you suffer from pogonophobia, of what would you have a fear? [beards]

Name one of the countries bordering Angola. [either Zaire, Zambia, or Namibia]

Which Asian island consists of three different countries? [Borneo]

(It's the world's third largest island, home to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunai.)

The majority of the land area of Africa lies in which hemishpere? [Northern]

(Popular imagination holds that Africa is situated primarily in the

southern hemisphere, but most of Africa is located in the northern hemisphere.)

Which is further west, New York City or Santiago, Chile? [NYC]

(New York City is at 74:00:23 west. Santiago is at 70:40:00 west.

It's helpful to remember that the majority of South America is east of

the U.S.)

Which countries make up Great Britain? [England, Scotland and Wales]

Which countries make up the United Kingdom? [Great Britain and Northern Ireland]

True or False: rocky soils are good for growing grapes for wine because they tend to be less
fertile? [TRUE]

Which state is the largest producer of wines in the US? [California]

1. TRUE or FALSE: computers double in speed and memory size every 18 months? [TRUE]
2. What term originated with the Norse practise of consuming large quantities of Mead, (which
is made with honey) during the first month of a marriage? [Honeymoon]

3. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called? [Blue
Moon]

4. What does the term 'somniloquy' mean? [talking while asleep]

5. What is the main ingredient of 'mock turtle soup'? [calf's head]

6. TRUE or FALSE: The four largest planets in our Solar System all have rings around them?
[TRUE]

7. What is made with fermenting yeast and held in tanks for 2 months at 40 degrees?
[Lager or Beer]

8. TRUE or FALSE? Fingernails have a total life span of 3 to 6 years.

[False]

9. Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the mix to
find the right temperature for adding yeast. Too cold, and the yeast wouldn't grow. Too hot,
and the yeast would die. Which well-known term grew out of this?

[THE RULE OF THUMB] [Source: Hog's Head Beer Cellar Newsletter- 10/97]

10. Months which begin on a Sunday will always have what? [A Friday the 13th]

Round 2

1. TRUE or FALSE: Dalmatian dogs are born pure white with no spots? [TRUE] They don't
start getting spots until they are three or four days old.

2. How long did it take the 3 Wise Men from the East to reach the manger of Christ? [12
Days]

3. In the carol 'Twelve Days of Christmas,' what is the total number of gifts that 'my TRUE love
gave to me' ? [364]

4. On which day of the week are people statistically more likely to suffer back injuries or a
heart attack? [Monday]
5. Does an average man sweat 2 1/2 quarts, 2 1/2 pints, or 2 1/2 ounces every day? [2
1/2 quarts]

6. In which city: Bombay, Boston, Los Angeles, or Paris do workers get the highest average
number of paid holidays? [Bombay!]

7. TRUE or FALSE: On average, a man will speak 7000 words over the course of a day while a
woman will only speak 2000 words. [FALSE. It's the reverse.]

8. Does a woman or a man hold the record for the longest time in space? [woman]

During her record 188 day stay in the Mir Space Station, NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid
covered 75 million miles circling the Earth 3,008 times, aloft longer than any US
astronaut. [Source: NASA]

9. Does the average human heart beat 10,000 times each day, or 100,000 times a day?
[100,000]

10 By using plastic drink containers instead of glass, do airliners save an average per-flight cost
of $20,000 or $2,000 on fuel costs? [$20,000][Source: Readers Digest Australia]

Round 3

1. There are only two independent nations in Europe that are smaller than Central Park in New
York City. One is Monaco. Name the other. [Vatican City]

2. TRUE or FALSE: The decimal number system was invented by the ancient Greeks?
[FALSE] The Incas of Peru created the decimal system

3. Which was the last number to be added to number system: 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, or 9?

[zero] The basis of Arabic numerals, including the newly invented 'zero', probably originated in
India around the 6th century and this new knowledge followed the trade routes to the Arab
world.

5. Complete this quote by George Bernard Shaw: "Youth is wasted on the ..." [young]

6. Is the human brain 20%, 40%, or 80% water? [80%]

7. Which uses more energy: shaving with a hand razor or with an electric razor?
[hand razor] because of the water wasted and the electricity used by the water pump.

8. What is the person called who is taken on board a ship in order to guide it in and out of
port? [pilot]
10 What is the name of the milky fluid produced by rubber trees? [latex]

Round 4

1. Which two countries occupy the Scandinavian Peninsula? [Norway & Sweden]

2. Whose face is referred to in "The face that launched a thousand ships"? [Helen of
Troy]

3. What is the name of the aire used in the song Danny Boy? [Londonderry Aire]

4. How do leprechauns earn a living? [cobblers, shoemakers]

5. Which ancient title for Japanese rulers is also the title of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?
[Mikado]

6. What is the name of the process of breaking down of chemical compounds by electric
current? [electrolysis]

7. What is the lowest denomination postage stamp you can buy an An Post? [ 1p ]

8. What is the highest denomination postage stamp you can buy an An Post? [£5]

9. What was the name of the Titan who was the father of Zeus? [Chronos]

10. Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5 in Eb is also known by what popular name?

[Emperor]

Round 5

1. In which decade did Mrs. Ghandi become leader of India, Yasser Arrafat become leader of
the PLO, and Col. Kaddaffi become leader of Lybia? [1960s]

2. Which Irish American playwright wrote Moon for the Misbegotten, Long Day's Journey Into
Night and The Iceman Cometh ? [Eugene O'Neil]

3. When one is very afraid, one can be said to be petrified; but what literally does the word
petrified mean? [turned to stone]

4. In computer terminology, what does the letters DOS stand for? [Disk Operating
System]

5. In which city in 1945 was the United Nations Charter produced? [San Francisco]
6. Which famous sci-fi movie was based on the short story The Sentinel? [2001]

7. Who wrote it? [Arthur C. Clarke]

8. What is the penultimate letter of the English alphabet? [Y]

9. Music: What is the name of the stringed instrument named for the Greek god of the winds?
[Aeolian Harp]

10 Which Latin phrase, ofter used in law, means 'way of working'? [modus operandi]

Round 6

1. Who said, "England and America are two countries divided by a common language."
[George Bernard Shaw]

2. Name one of the two people recently involved in the first digital signing of an international
document. [Ahern or Clinton] Sept. 4th, 1998 at Gateway plant in Dublin.

3. What does the 'e' of e>mail srand for? [electronic]

4. Which country has the largest Christian population? [USA]

5. What does the science of metrology encompass? [science of measurement]

6. In which decade did the Olympic Games take place in Los Angeles, Moscow, and Seoul?
[80s]

7. Which unit of area is equal to 10,000 sq. metres? [1 hectare]

8. The area of which ocean exceeds the whole of the land area of the globe? [Pacific]

9. Which poet wrote the famous line, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."?
[Alexander Pope]

10. What term describes the path of one celestial body around another? [orbit]

Round 7

1. In which area of the arts is the firm Boosey & Hawkes associated? [music]

2. Harrison Ford starred in three Indiana Jones movies. The first was Raiders of the Lost Ark.
What was the second?
Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom]

3. What was the third Indiana Jones movie? [Indianna Jones and the Last Crusade]

4. By multiplying a number by nine, dividing by 5, and adding 32, what conversion have you
achieved? [from Centigrade (or Celsius) to Fahrenheit]

5. What is agoraphobia a fear of? [the marketplace, going out in public, crowds]

6. In which decade was Juan Peron overthrown in Argentina, did Stalin die, and Harold
MacMillan become PM of UK? [50s]

7. What is the minimum number of faces which a pyramid can have? [4]

8. Helvetia is the Latin name for which European country? [Switzerland]

9. Anchorage is the capitol of which US state? [Alaska]

10. With which field are the names Pestilozzi amd Montesorri associated?

[children's education, or ecucation]

Round 8

1. What's the Italian word for a set of kettle drums? [tympani ]

2. What is the only substance on Earth that is naturally present in solid, liquid and gas form?
[water]

3. Which vitamin can be formed in the skin by the action of sunlight? [D]

4. What is the purpose of an analgesic drug? [pain killer]

5. Near which city is Alcatraz Island? [San Francisco]

6. Complete the expression, "A fool and his money are ..." [soon parted]

7. In which country was the game of Golf invented? [Scotland]

8. What is the name of the first golf course? [St. Andrews]

9. In the board game Monopoly, there are three ways to get out of jail. One is to throw a
double with the dice; another is to use a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card. What is the third way ?
[Pay a fine]

10. The word disciple means something other than follower. What is its proper meaning?
[pupil, learner, student, apprentice, scholar]

Round 1

1. In which country was ice cream invented: England, America, or China?

[China] Ice Cream was invented in China in about 200 B.C., when a soft milk & rice mixture was
further solidified by packing it in snow.

2. What is the world's largest man-made structure? [Great Wall of China]

3. Which language is the most widely spoken in the world? [Chinese] China has
almost 1/3 of the world's total population.

4. If you drink a pint of lager, or a standard shot of whiskey (35.5ml), or a standard 6oz glass of
wine, from which would you get the most alcohol?

[pint of lager]

5. On the Richter scale, how many times more powerful is a 6.0 earthquake than a 5.0? Is it
twice as powerful, ten times more powerful, or 32 times more powerful? [32]

6. Was the game of Monopoly invented in 1932, 1942, or 1952? [1932]

Charles Darrow invented the game in 1932 during the Great Depression when he was out of
work. [Source: Trivia Book]

7. Was the lie detector invented in 1901, 1921, or 1961? [1921]

8. True or False: The Biro Pen was invented by George and Lazlo Biro? [True]

9. Who invented the scissors and the parachute? [Leonardo DaVinci]

10. How is the year 1999 written in Roman Numerals? [MCMXCIX]

Round 2
1. In 1965, who got the Grammy for Best Vocal Group: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the
Supremes, or the Anita Kerr Quartet? [Anita Kerr Quartet!]

2. TRUE OR FALSE: Sugar is not fattening? [FALSE] Not only is sugar high
in calories, it is also fat supporting. The minute you begin to eat sugar, the body will stop
burning fat and start to burn the sugar instead. [Source: www.lowfat4life.com]

3. Who wrote the song "Stairway to Heaven"? [Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, or Led
Zepplin]

4. Computer history question: The User-Grafic Interface uses a mouse to point and click
instead of typing in commands. Was it invented by Apple, Microsoft, or IBM? [Apple]

5. In a year, does an average person's heart beat 400,000, 4 milion, or 40 million times? [40
million]

6. True or False: According to physicists, the fastest moving thing in the universe is the
electron. [True]

7. In the US, which is increasing faster, murder in the street or in the workplace?
[workplace]

8. Approximately what percentage of the people in the world have a telephone: 50% or 75%
[50%]

9. In which city is Karl Marx buried: Berlin, Paris, or London? [London]

10. Which American singer's album was on the Billboard Charts for longer than any other
album in history? [Johnny Mathis] His Greatest Hits album spent 490 consecutive weeks on
Billboard’s Pop Album chart. That's almost 9 ½ years. [Source: The Music Of Johnny
Mathis: A Personal Collection]

Round 3

1. Which famous rock group got their name from by taking the first letter from each of their
first names [ABBA: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-frid.)

2. Who was injured in the world's first airplane accident? [Orville Wright] His
passenger was killed, by the way.

3. True or False: According to the official rules of Tic-Tac-Toe, the letter O is actually supposed
to go first? [False. X must be first.]
4. According to scientists, which came first, the chicken or the egg. [egg]

They say that the first chicken came from an egg laid by a bird that was not quite a chicken.
[Source: National Geographic's Knowledge in a Nutshell]

5. True or False: The largest pyramid in the world is in Egypt. [False] It is located near
Mexico City and covers more than forty acres. The largest Egyptian Pyramid, The Great
Pyramid at Giza, covers about 13 acres.

6. The letters YKK appear on the clothes of nearly everyone in this room wearing Levis, jeans,
or dungarees, or whatever you call them. Where does that 'YKK' appear?

[the zipper] The YKK stands for the Japanese company Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the
worlds largest zipper manufacturer.

7. Pluto is our Solar System's smallest planet. Which is the next smallest planet?
[Mercury]

8. By what name is Caisson's disease commonly known? [The Bends]

9. Which city in the world has the most people? [Mexico City] [Source:
World Almanac]

10. At the present time, the planet Pluto has crossed inside the orbit of the planet next closest
to the sun. Which planet is that? [Neptune] [Source: SJI Sky and Space]

Round 4

1. Which is the most widely grown vegetable in the world? [potato]

2. TRUE or FALSE: The first people came to Ireland in approx. 2000BC. [FALSE. It's 8000BC]

3. TRUE or FALSE: Mother Theresa was the most photographed woman in the world?
[FALSE] Princess Diana was.

4. Which human age compares to a cat ten years old? [6 to 1 = 60]

5. In which Kerry town did St. Brendon found a monastery? [Ardfert]

6. In which region of the world is the largest body of fresh water AND the largest rain forest
? [The Amazon region in South America]

7. Which is the world's largest restaurant chain? [McDonalds]

8. Which is the world's largest landlocked country? [Mongolia]

9. Where is the world's largest living tree: North America, South America, or Africa? [N.
America] A Giant Sequoia in California named General Sherman

10 Which city has the largest area: New York City, Los Angeles, or Jacksonville Florida?
[Jacksonville]

Round 5

1. True or False: The fourth largest Navy in the world is in Disneyland. [TRUE]

2. True or False: The Nobel Prize for Peace is not awarded every year. [True]

3. Which country lost the most soldiers in World War II? [The Soviet Union]
Over 18 million soldiers.

4. What did Thomas Crapper invent? [The modern flushing toilet]

5. True or False: The ovens used in Hitler's 'final solution' during World War II were
manufactured by Mercedes Benz.

[TRUE] Source: Houston Holocaust Musuem

6. The movie All About Eve got 14 Oscar Nominations. Which is the only other movie ever to
do so? [Titanic]

7. What is the medical term for high blood pressure? [hypertension]

8. Name the two left-handed Beatles. [Paul & Ringo]

9. Which Internet website currrently holds the record for the most people viewing it?
[World Cup '98]

10. Gerontology is the study of what? [old age, elderly, the aged, etc.]

Round 6

1. Which has more sugar in it: ketchup or Coca Cola: [ketchup]

2. Which country is the world's lagest exporter of Xmas trees? [Canada]

3. In the song "Waltzing Matilda", what is a matilda? [knapsack, backpack, bundle]

4. What is the name of the military academy which stands above the Hudson River in New
York? [West Point]

5. Music. What are Kochel (pr, "ker-kull) numbers? [numbers that catalog the works of
Mozart]

6. Of which Middle East country is President Assad the leader? [Syria]

7. By what acronym is the governing body of world football known? [FIFA}

8. How many years are celebrated in a Sesquicentennial? [150]

9. In geometry and navigation, how many minutes are there in one degree? [60]

10 In which country is 53 degrees North, 9 degrees West located? [Ireland]

Round 7

1. Who is the musical Buddy about? [Buddy Holly]

2. In George Orwell's 1984, what was the official language of Oceania? [Newspeak]

3. Five of the 6 Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden. Which one is awarded in Norway?
[Nobel Peace Prize]

4. Of which African country is Kinshasa the capitol city? [Zaire]

5. Which 2 counties occupy the Southeast and Southwest corners of England? [Kent and
Cornwall]

6. Who said, "The medium is the message." [Marshall McLuhan]

8. With what material does a currier work? [leather]

9. Who wrote the Unfinished Symphony? [Franz Schubert]

10. In business and commerce, what term refers to the illegal practice of selling shares while in
possession of priviledged information? [insider trading, insider dealing]

Round 8

1. In English grammar, which part of speech are the words 'a' and 'an'?
[indefinite article]

2. Complete the proverb, "All roads lead to ______" [Rome]

3. How many funnels did the Titanic have? [4]

4. TRUE OR FALSE: Is the percentage of people who remember a TV ad is approximately 10%,

20%, or 30%? [10%] [Source: The Internet Index]

5. What is the word used to describe moneylending at high rates? [usury]

6. What was the name of Scrooge's good-natured clerk in "A Christmas Carol"? [Bob
Cratchet]

7. Which Mediterranean island lies immediately south of Corsica? [Sardinia]

8. The Halleluiah Chorus is from which Handle oratorio? [Messiah]

9. Who is the present world champion chess player? [Gary Kasparov]

10. In which year did the Great Wall Street Crash occur? [1929]

Extra Questions

Palpation is the act of examining something by what means? [touch, hands, fingers, tactile,
sense of touch]

Which Irish city's name is derived from the Irish word for marsh? [Cork]

Round 1

2. Name the animal which killed Captain Hook in Peter Pan . [crocodile, alligator]

3. What does a seismograph [pr. 'size-ma-graf' measure? [earthquakes]

4. How many of his five stones did David use to slay Goliath? [one]

5. Fill in the missing word from the famous quote, "There are lies, damned lies, and ______"
[statistics]

6. INTERNET YES or NO: An e>mail address can also be a website address? [NO]
7. SCIENCE TRUE or FALSE: Meteors are meteorites which have landed? [FALSE: It's the
reverse.]

8. Rodgers's first name was Richard. What was Hammerstein's first name? [Oscar]

9. Who was the last British monarch to be divorced while still on the throne? [Henry 8th]

10. Which actor starred in the movie The Cable Guy ? [Jim Carrey]

Round 2

1. Name the two metals that have the chemical symbols Ag and Au ?

[silver & gold]

2. SHAKESPEARE: Which character commited suicide by asp bite? [Cleopatra]

3. Which Thomas Hardy novel was recently made into a movie?

[Jude the Obscure ]

4. What is the main ingredient and flavor of marzipan : onion, almond, or tomato?
[almond]

5. DRAMA QUESTION: What is the term given to a monologue which represents a character's
inner thoughts, for example, Hamlet's "to be or not to be..." [soliloqy (pr. "sole-
lillo-qwee")]

6. Which Italian city, Rome, Venice, or Milan is best known for men's fashion? [Milan]

7. Who wrote the book Origin of Species? [Charles Darwin]

8. [Re previous question] What is the book Origin of Species about? [The Theory of Evolution,
evolution]

9. Which Old Testament book tells the story of a good man who loses his money, his health,
his family, but not his belief in God? [The Book of Job (pr. "Jobe")]

10. Jenny Lorrey, Bumble-arina, and Carbuckety are characters in which long-running musical?
[Cats ]

Round 3
1. BUSINESS YES or NO: Hyundai [spell] cars originate in South Korea? [YES]

2. Which American Vice-President said, "I Was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the
only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those
people."

[Dan Quayle]

3. Which Latin phrase means "by virtue of his or her office"? [ex officio ]

4. How many players on a Hockey team? [Six]

5. Who wrote the music to the song Summertime ? [George Gershwin]

6. [Re previous question] Who wrote the lyrics? [Ira Gershwin]

7. Which two seas are joined by the Suez Canal? [Mediterranean & Red Seas]

8. Which gland in the human body secrets tears? [Lacrymal (pr. 'lack-
rim-ill']

9. Which fraction is indicated by the prefix deci ? [one tenth]

10. COOKING YES or NO: The term Lyonnaise [pr. "leo-naze"] refers to a dish cooked with
onions? [YES]

Round 4

1. Which football team does Brian Hamilton manage? [Northern Ireland]

2. Entymology [pr. "en-timm-ology"] is the study of what? [Insects]

3. Etymology [pr. "ett-timm-ology"] is the study of what? [words, or origin of

words]

4. Which Black-American trumpet player invented the word Jazz ? [Louis Armstrong]

5. Which Kerry town name means "Toohils's Fort"? [Listowel] [Source: P.W.
Joyce, Irish Place names Explained ]

6. Which software company produces Windows '98? [Microsoft]

7. Which book by Aldous Huxley predicted test-tube babies? [Brave New World ]
8. What was the "Underground Railway" in the US during the 19th Century? [escape
route for slaves]

9. In which city was JFK's assassin shot? [Dallas, Texas]

10. Was the nationality of Sigmund Freud: Austrian, Dutch, or German? [Austrian]

Round 5

1. According to Forbes Magazine , who is presently the richest man in the world? [Bill
Gates]

2. Which Kerry place name means "height of the graves"? [Ardfert]

3. Which is the Republic of Ireland's largest county? [Cork]

4. INTERNET QUESTION: Which industry ultimately controls the Internet: computer or

telephone? [Telephone.]

5. NEWS QUESTION: A prominent US politician, who led the forces against Clinton, recently
resigned. What is his name? [Knewt Gingrich]

6. The Eiffel Tower stands at the end of what famous thoroughfare? [Champs Elysee]

7. "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta..." What comes next? [Echo]

8. Which rock group wrote and first recorded the song Nights in White Satin ?
[Moody Blues, or Justin Hayward]

9. Who was John Lennon's second wife? [Yoko Ono]

10. Was Ireland invaded by the Milesius [pr. "mill-ee-suss"] of Spain in circa 1,000 AD or BC ?
[1000 BC]

Round 6

2. Two of the last three American presidents claim Irish heritage. Name both.
[Reagan, Clinton]

3. In weather folklore, does the expression, "red sky at dawn" mean impending good weather
or bad? [bad]

4. In commerce & industry, what does the term 'R & D' stand for?
[research and development]

5. How is the year 2000 written in Roman Numerals? [MM]

6. Which famous American singer got a Best Supporting Actor Nomination

for the movie From Here to Eternity ? [Frank Sinatra]

7. In the song, "California Dreamin', "All the leaves are _____" [brown]

8. What is the name of the order of mammal which is derived from the Latin word for purse ?
[Marsupial]

9. Name two of the UN Security Council's five members.

[China, US, Russia, Britain, or France]

10. The musical instrument Oillean Pipes derives its name from which part of the human body?
[elbow]

Round 7

1. Which term describes the movement of an airplane on the ground other than take-off and
landing? [taxi-ing]

2. What is President Clinton's middle name? [Jefferson]

3. Which French philosopher said, "I think, therefore I am"? [Rene Descartes]

4. Which Irish song begins with the words, "My young love said to me, my mother won't mind,
and my father won't slight you for your lack of kind..."

[She Moved Through the Fair ]

5. HISTORY YES or NO: Henry the 8th claimed to be King of Ireland? [YES]

6. Which Oscar-winning movie was about a pig who could speak and was liked by sheep?
[Babe ]

8. Which American actress has written a book about channeling to her past lives?
[Shirley MacLean]

9. Which American pop singer died of anorexia? [Karen Carpenter]

10. Who wrote the book Mein Kamph [pr. "Mine Komff"] ? [Adolph Hitler]

Round 8

1. MUSIC: Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music to which Boyzone song?
[No Matter What ]

2. MUSIC AGAIN: In the song, what was the Wild Colonial Boy's name?

[Jack Doolin]

3. NEWS TRUE or FALSE: In the Middle East, a 'fatwa' [pr. 'fah-twah'] is a declaration
honouring a person? [FALSE. It's a death warrant.]

4. [Re previous question] Name the famous novelist who received a fatwa.

[Soloman Rushdie (pr. "Rush-dee")]

5. Who was the only philosopher Plato quoted in his Dialogues ? [Socrates]

6. COMPUTER YES or NO: The term 'software' refers to the disks one inserts into a computer?
[NO. The disk is 'hardware' which contains 'software' programs.

7. The Samuel French Company publishes books related to which of the Arts?
[Theatre, Drama, acting, etc.]

8. Reference Books: What is the O.E.D. ? [Oxford English Dictionary]

9. What is the name of the US Special Prosecutor heading the current

investigation of the Whitewater and Monica scandals? [Kenneth Starr, or Starr]

10. Which food is known as "The Staff of Life"? [bread]

Round 1

1. How many Teletubbies are there? [four]

2. [Re 2] Name them and get 1 point for each correct answer! [Po, La-La, Dipsey,
Tinky-Winky] (Must be exact)

3. Which low-priced popular car did Fredrich Porsche design? [Volkswagon]

4. OPERA: The title of which Puccini aria means "none shall sleep"? [Nessun Dorma]

5. What is singer Pavarotti's first name? [Luciano]

6. World-champion chess-player Gary Kasparov lost a match to a computer made by which

company? [IBM]

7. Which movie has made the most money in history? Hint: it's not yet Titanic. [E.T.]

8. What is the name of the international organisation for persons with genius IQ's?
[Mensa]

9. Who was the first man in space? [Yuri Gagarin]

10. What is Hillary Clinton's middle name? [Rodham]

Round 2

1. Who first recorded the song "Crazy" ? [Patsy Cline]

2. [Re Quest. 1] Who wrote it? [Willy Nelson]

4. Who did the voice of Mickey Mouse? [Walt Disney himself]

5. What kind of question is asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion, and not
to elicit a reply? [rhetorical]

6. John F. Kennedy's widow married which shipping tycoon? [Aristotle Onassis]

7. [Re 6] Which famous opera singer was the tycoon's girlfriend prior to his marriage?
[Maria Callas]

8. Which soprano has the lowest range: coloratura, lyric, or mezzo? [mezzo ]

9. Which Biblical characters are the basis for the puppets Punch & Judy? [Pontius Pilate &
Judas]

10. Which computer company is presently involved in a lawsuit brought against it by the
United States government? [Microsoft]

Round 3
1. In the song "The 12 Days of Xmas", what did my true love send to me on the 9th day?
[nine ladies dancing]

2. Irish History: From which county was the female pirate Grainne Mhaol (pr. "Grann-ya
Whale") ? [Mayo]

3. Which of the Ten Commandments says, "Thou shalt honor thy father and mother"?
[Fifth]

4. Which is the most popular spectator sport in the world? [auto racing]

5. During the American Civil War, who was President of the Confederate States?
[Jefferson Davis]

6. Which Greek philosopher, the central character of Plato's Dialogues, was executed because
the authorities claimed he was corrupting the morals of the youth of Athens.

[Socrates]

7. Which company was responsible for Santa Claus being dressed in the colors red & white?
[Coca Cola}

8. What is the name of the study of the structure of the Universe?

[Cosmology]

9. What is the capitol city of Libya? [Tripoli]

10. Which rock group wrote and first recorded Pres. Clinton's favorite song "Don't Stop
Thinkin' About Tomorrow" ? [Fleetwood Mac]

Round 4

1. In which country was the present Pope born? [Poland]

2. Which animal is the fastest runner? [cheetah]

3. Is the population of the Netherlands approximately 5, 10, or 15 million people? [15

million]

4. Business: This week, a new bank became the largest in the world. Give the name or
country of this bank. [Germany, Deutche Bank]
5. Which country is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? [India]

6. What is the opposite of a synonym? [antonym]

7. Which singer is most famous for song that begins "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..."
[Nat King Cole]

8. Re 7: What is the actual title of this song? [The Christmas Song]

9. SCIENCE: Which 16th Century astronomer first proposed the theory that the planets go
around the sun rather than the earth? [Copernicus]

10. Which city had the world's largest population when Columbus sailed in 1492 ?
[Mexico City]

Round 5

1. Last week, which American singer became the first ever to sell 1 million albums in the first
week of its release. [Garth Brooks]

2. Where in Co. Kerry is Dunloe Castle? [Killarney, or Beaufort, or Fossa]

3. Who wrote the poem beginning with the words "Because I could not stop for death..."
[Emily Dickinson]

4. Which rock group wrote and first recorded the song "California Dreamin' "?
[The Mamas & Papas]

5. Which company owns the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo car companies?

[Fiat]

6. What is the largest women's organization in the world? [YWCA]

7. Which country controls the Azores? [Portugal]

8. In which decade were the modern Olympic games established, Oscar Wilde sent to prison,
and Queen Victoria's celebration of her diamond jubilee? [1890s]

9. What name is given to the science and technology of space flight? [astronautics]

10. [Re 9] What do the letters EVA stand for? [Extra-Vehicular Activity]
Round 6

1. If one alters course from due South to due West, through how many degrees would one
turn? [90]

2. Who is the hostess of the Sky-TV chatshow Surviving Life ? [Sarah Ferguson, Fergie,
Dutchess of York]

3. Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? [John Glenn]

4. What is the longest running musical in Broadway history? [Cats]

5. Who is the richest songwriter in history? Hint: Paul & John shared the royalties.
[Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber]

6. Who wrote the song "White Christmas"? [Irving Berlin]

7. What number is implied by the word 'tertiary'? [3]

9. Which country reaches further North: Finland or Norway? [Norway]

10. Who said in 1891, "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."? [Oscar Wilde]

Round 7

1. Singers Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond went to the same high school in which city?
[New York City, (Brooklyn)]

2. Which part of Los Angeles has the postal zip code 90610? [Beverly Hills]

3. Who produced and directed the movie The Color Purple ? [Steven Spielberg]

4. Helios and Selene [pr. "sill-een-ee"] were the Greek god and goddess of what?
[The sun and the moon]

5. Who wrote the old jazz song "Ain't Misbehavin'? [Fats Waller]

6. Which American president was elected four times, serving longer than any other?
[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]

7. How many sides has a heptagon? [7]

9. Who did Ronald Reagan describe as the "best man in Britain"? [Margaret Thatcher]
10. Gingivitus [pr. "jin-ja-vi-tis"] is an inflammation of which part of the body?
[gums, or mouth]

Round 8

1. What is the legal term for willfully giving false evidence in Court? [perjury]

2. What were the comedy duo Abbott & Costello's first names? [Bud Abbott & Lou
Costello]

4. What is the name of water that collects in the bottom of a boat? [bilge water]

5. What is the Southern-most state of the US? [Hawaii]

6. From which Broadway musical is the song "New York, New York" ? [Cabaret ]

7. Does a circadian rhythm [pr. "sir-kay-dee-an"] have a cycle of a day, month, or year?
[day]

8. James Joyce spent much of his life in which country? [Italy]

9. Who said in 1903, "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history."?
[George Bernard Shaw]

Round 1

1. In the song, where is the Christmas tree they're rockin' around? ["At the Xmas party
hop"]

2. In which country is the world's only beef-free McDonald's? [India]

3. Which comic-book character is known as the Caped Crusader? [Batman]

4. Astigmatism is a condition affecting which part of the body? [the eye]

6. Who wrote The Count of Monte Christo ? [Alexander Dumas]

7. To which Internet corporation do the letters AOL refer? [America On Line]

8. In the Beatles, which instrument did Paul play? [bass]

9. On the ninth day of Christmas, what did my true love send to me? [nine ladies dancing]
10. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame ? [Victor Hugo]

Round 2

1. Was the first cinema in New York, London, Paris, or Rome? [Paris]

2. Which Latin phrase is used to describe a person not acceptable to or unwelcome by others?
[persona non grata ]

4. The mineral galena [pr. "gal-ee-na"] is the chief source of which metal? [lead]

5. GOLF: On a par 4 hole, what score is a double bogey? [6]

8. With which style of painting were Manet and Monet associated? [Impressionism]

9. Is Mick Jagger 50, 55, or 60 years old? [55]

10. Tournament Repeat Question: On the 11th day of Christmas, what did "my true love send
to me"? [11 pipers piping]

Round 3

1. Which musical instrument did Buddy Rich play? [drums]

2. What is the new name of Czechoslovakia? [Czech Republic]

3. How many symbols in the Chinese calendar? [12]

4. What is the second line of the Christmas Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"?
["Sweetly singing o'er the plains..."]

5. How many cards in a pack of playing cards? [54 with the jokers]

6. In equal amounts, which is the most fattening: beer, wine, or whiskey? [beer]

7. Which record company did the Beatles create? [Apple Records]

8. Into what does the Amazon River outflow? [Atlantic Ocean]

9. Last month, satellites orbiting the Earth were temporarily in danger of what?
[meteors, meteor shower, shooting stars, etc.]

Round 4
1. Which inventor held the most patents? [Edison]

2. In which board game would you find a top hat, a boot, a flatiron, and a car?
[Monopoly]

3. Snatch and jerk are terms used in which international sport? [weightlifting]

4. In which general direction does the world's weather move?

[West to East, or Eastward]

5. In what order were Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato born? [Socrates, Plato, Aristotle]

6. What pet-name for a dog is taken from the Latin for "I trust"? [Fido]

7. What angle is formed by the hands of a clock at 4 o'clock? [120 degrees]

8. Which religious movement in America was founded by Mary Baker Eddy?

[Christian Science]

9. TV: Who played Perry Mason and Ironside? [Raymond Burr]

Round 5

1. GLOBAL WARMING? What is the second line of the song "White Christmas"?
["Just like the ones I used to know"]

2. DARTS: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored with a
single dart? [23]

3. For which record company does Stevie Wonder record? [Motown]

4. What name is given to the regions of the US where religious fundamentalism is dominant?
[The Bible Belt]

5. In which country is the Eastern-most part of Europe? [Romania]

6. In which country is the Southern-most part of Europe? [Greece, or Crete]

7. In which country is the Western-most part of Europe? [Ireland]

8. In the song "Silver Bells", where is it Christmas time? [" in the city..."]
Round 6

1. SCIENCE TRUE or FALSE? The bird is a direct descendant of the dinosaur. [TRUE]

2. MEDICINE: If a condition is pulmonary, which part of the body is affected? [lungs]

3. For which university degree does the abbreviation Ph.D. stand? [Doctor of Philosophy]

4. What is the second line of the song "Auld Lang Syne"? ["And never brought to
mind"]

5. [Re 4] Who wrote those words? [Robert Burns]

6. Where is Sierra Leone? [Africa]

7. SPORT: 1998 saw the breaking of America's greatest sport record by not one but two players
who took health-food steroids. Which record was it? [most home runs in one
year, or homerun, or equivalent]

8. What is the main unit of currency in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada?
[dollar]

9. Don't muff it: When milk curdles, the solid part is called "curd". What is the liquid part
called? [whey] ("Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds &
whey")

10. Tournament Repeat Question: How many players on an ice-hockey team? [Six]

Round 7: Tournament Penultimate Round

1. What does the French fashion term "Pret Apporter" [pr. "prett-apportay"] mean?
[ready to wear]

2. On which London street is the Sherlock Holmes Museum? [Baker St.]

3.TRUE or FALSE: According to most psychologists and philosophers, the mind is part of the
brain. [FALSE]

4. What is the name of the new space station presently under construction?
[Unity]

5. Which US city has the highest population? [New York City]

6. GOLF: On a par-4 hole, which score is an eagle? [2]

7. MUSIC: Which orchestral instrument plays a note before a concert to

which the other instruments are tuned? [oboe]

8. SPORT: To the nearest mile, how long is the Marathon race? [26]

9. In the song "Here Comes Santa Claus", on what thoroughfare is Santa traveling?
[Santa Claus Lane]

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Q : When does an air balloon rise? pǝʇɐǝɥ sı ǝpısuı ɹıɐ ǝɥʇuǝɥʍ ˙∀
Q : What are car tyres made from? ɹǝqqnɹ ˙ɐ
Q : Which ingredient makes bread rise? ʇsɐǝʎ ˙∀
Q : What keeps a hovercraft up? ɹıɐ ɟo uoıɥsnɔ ɐ ˙∀
Q : Does wood float? (!sʇɐolɟ pooʍ llɐ ʇou ɥƃnoɥʇlɐ) sǝʎ˙ɐ
Q : Does air have weight? sǝʎ ˙ɐ
Q : What metal is mixed with other metals to make brass or bronze? ˙ ɹǝddoɔ ˙ɐ
Q : What is glass mainly made from? puɐs ˙ɐ
Q : Who was the first man on the moon? ƃuoɹʇsɯɹɐ lıǝu ˙ɐ
Q : What does an entomologist study ? sʇɔǝsuı ˙ɐ
Q : Which is the Red Planet ? sɹɐɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What is an alloy? slɐʇǝɯ oʍʇɟo ǝɹnʇxıɯ ɐ ˙ɐ
Q : What are the five senses? ɹɐǝɥ 'ǝǝs 'llǝɯs 'ǝʇsɐʇ'ɥɔnoʇ˙ɐ
Q : Who invented the telephone? llǝq ɹǝpuɐxǝlɐ ˙ɐ
Q : Is salt a liquid, solid or gas? pılos ˙ɐ
Q: How many colors are there in a rainbow? uǝʌǝs ˙ɐ
Q: How many limbs do we have? ɹnoɟ ˙ɐ
Q: Is steam a solid, liquid or gas? sɐƃ ˙ɐ
Q: Will sugar dissolve in water? sǝʎ ˙ɐ
Q : Will sand dissolve in water? ou ˙ɐ
Q : Which travels faster – sound or light? ʇɥƃıl ˙ɐ

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Q : How often is there a full moon? ɥʇuoɯ ɐ ǝɔuo ˙ɐ
Q : What is inside a bubble? ɹıɐ ˙ɐ
Q : What do carnivores eat? ʇɐǝɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What are vertibrates? ǝuoq ɟo ǝpɐɯ uoʇǝlǝʞs lɐuɹǝʇuı uɐ ɥʇıʍ slɐɯıuɐ ˙ɐ
Q : What is the closest planet to the sun? ɹnɔɹǝɯ ˙ɐ
Q : How long does it take the Earth to circle the sun? ɹɐǝʎ ɐ ˙ɐ
Q : How many weeks are there in a year? oʍʇ-ʎʇɟıɟ ˙ɐ
Q : Where is your tibia? ˙ ǝǝuʞ ǝɥʇʍolǝq ǝuoquıɥs ǝɥʇsı ʇı ˙ɐ
Q : What covers most of the Earth's surface? ɹǝʇɐʍ ˙ɐ
Q : What does a caterpillar change into? ʎlɟɹǝʇʇnq ɐ uǝɥʇɐdnd ɐ ˙ɐ
Q : Which is the highest mountain on Earth ? ʇsǝɹǝʌǝ ʇunoɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What are clouds made of ? ɹǝʇɐʍ ˙ɐ
Q : Does an octopus give birth to live babies, or lay eggs? sƃƃǝ sʎɐl ˙ɐ
Q : What is a mammal with a pouch for its young called? lɐıdnsɹɐɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What does a tadpole turn into?ʇʍǝu ɐ ɹo pɐoʇɐ 'ƃoɹɟ ɐ˙ɐ
Q : Can you see through something if it is transparent? sǝʎ˙ɐ
Q: What does melted ice become? ɹǝʇɐʍ ˙ɐ
Q: What is the name of the force that pulls things towards the Earth? ʎʇıʌɐɹƃ ˙ɐ
Q: What is the name for the imaginary line around the centre of the Earth? ɹoʇɐnbǝ
˙ɐ
Q: Where is your larynx? ʇɐoɹɥʇɹnoʎ uı ˙ɐ
Q : Is the sun a star? sǝʎ ˙ɐ
Q : What sort of creature was a Diplodocus? ɹnɐsouıp ˙ɐ

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Q : Could you breathe on the moon? ɹıɐ ou sı ǝɹǝɥʇ- (ʇınsǝɔɐds ɐ ǝʌɐɥ noʎ ssǝlun) ou ˙ɐ
Q : What is the biggest animal on Earth? ǝlɐɥʍ ǝnlq ˙ɐ
Q : What does a thermometer measure? ǝɹnʇɐɹǝdɯǝʇ˙ɐ
Q : Who wrote a book called On the Origin of Species? uıʍɹɐp sǝlɹɐɥɔ ˙ɐ
Q : Is a boa a lizard or a snake? ǝʞɐus ˙ɐ
Q : Is a slow-worm a snake? sƃǝl ʇnoɥʇıʍ pɹɐzıl ɐ sı ʇı - ou ˙ɐ
Q : What do you call the middle part of an atom? snǝlɔnu ˙ɐ
Q : What is the biggest threat to the worlds forests? ˙ uoıʇɐʇsǝɹoɟǝp ˙ɐ
Q : What happens during a solar eclipse? uns ǝɥʇpuɐ ɥʇɹɐǝ ǝɥʇuǝǝʍʇǝq sǝɯoɔ
uooɯ ǝɥʇ˙ɐ
Q : What is the connection between diamond and a lead pencil? uoqɹɐɔ ˙ɐ
Q : What is the hot liquid rock that flows from a volcano ? ɐʌɐl uǝʇloɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What do the letters LCD stand for ?ʎɐldsıp lɐʇsʎɹɔ pınbıl ˙ɐ
Q : What is the name of the chemical element Au? ploƃ ˙ɐ
Q : What is the process by which plants grow? sısǝɥʇuʎsoʇoɥd ˙ɐ
Q : Do the north poles of 2 magnets attract or repel? lǝdǝɹ ˙ɐ
Q : What is a photovoltaic cell? ʎʇıɔıɹʇɔǝlǝ oʇʇɥƃıluns sʇɹǝʌuoɔ ʇɐɥʇlǝuɐd ɹɐlos ɐ˙ɐ
Q: Name a fossil fuel? lɐoɔ / lıo / sɐƃ ˙ɐ
Q: What colour does an acid turn litmus paper? pǝɹ ˙ɐ
Q: What happens if you put an old penny in Coca Cola? ʎuıɥs suɹnʇʇı ˙ɐ
Q: Do polar bears eat penguins? ou ɐ

Q : Why is Paddington Bear called Paddington? ˙uoıʇɐʇS uoʇƃuıppɐԀ ʇɐ punoɟ sɐʍ ǝH ˙

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Q : What is five in Roman numerals? ᴧ ˙∀
Q : Who has the most neck bones. A human or a giraffe? ǝɐɹqǝʇɹǝʌ uǝʌǝs ǝʌɐɥ ɥʇoq
ʎǝɥʇ˙ɐ
Q : What is the capital of France? sıɹɐԀ ˙∀
Q : What is the third planet from the sun? ɥʇɹɐƎ ˙∀
Q : What does PC stand for? ɹǝʇndɯoɔ lɐuosɹǝd ˙ɐ
Q : How many hours are there in a day? ɹnoɟ-ʎʇuǝʍʇ˙ɐ
Q : Where are your taste buds? ˙ ǝnƃuoʇɹnoʎ uo ˙ɐ
Q : What was Cinderella's coach made from? uıʞdɯnd ɐ ˙ɐ
Q : How can you tell if a shape is symmetrical? lɐɔıʇuǝpı ǝq llıʍ sǝʌlɐɥ oʍʇǝɥʇɟlɐɥ uı
pǝploɟ uǝɥʍ ˙ɐ
Q : What does an entomologiststudy ? sʇɔǝsuı ˙ɐ
Q : How many minutes in 1.5 hours ? ʎʇǝuıu ˙ɐ
Q : What is chocolate made from? suɐǝq ɐoɔoɔ ˙ɐ
Q : Who tried to ruin Christmas in Whoville? ɥɔuıɹƃ ǝɥʇ˙ɐ
Q : Who invented the telephone? llǝq ɹǝpuɐxǝlɐ ˙ɐ
Q : What is a female fox called? uǝxıʌ ˙ɐ
Q: Who was the German leader during WW II? ɹǝlʇıɥ ɟlopɐ ˙ɐ
Q: What are Maltese, Beagle and Pug? ƃop ɟo spǝǝɹq ˙ɐ
Q: Who is the current president of the USA? ɐɯɐqo ʞɔɐɹɐq ˙ɐ
Q: Who is the current British Prime Minister? uʍoɹq uopɹoƃ ˙ɐ
Q : The statue of Liberty was gifted to the USA by which country? ǝɔuɐɹɟ ˙ɐ
Q : Which is the largest bird? ɥɔıɹʇso ˙ɐ

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Q : What is a young swan called? ʇǝuƃʎɔ ˙ɐ

Q : What is ten in Roman numerals? x ˙ɐ
Q : What is 20% of 100? ʎʇuǝʍʇ˙ɐ
Q : Who sat on a tuffet? ʇǝɟɟnɯ ssıɯ ǝlʇʇıl ˙ɐ
Q : What is the closest planet to the sun? ʎɹnɔɹǝɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What are homonyms? sƃuıuɐǝɯ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ǝʌɐɥ ʇnq ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇpunos ʇɐɥʇspɹoʍ ˙ɐ
Q : How many weeks are there in a year? oʍʇ-ʎʇɟıɟ ˙ɐ
Q : Where is your tibia? ˙ ǝǝuʞ ǝɥʇʍolǝq ǝuoquıɥs ǝɥʇsı ʇı ˙ɐ
Q : What is the name of the fairy in Peter Pan? llǝqɹǝʞuıʇ˙ɐ
Q : What do vampire bats eat? poolq ˙ɐ
Q : Which is the highest mountain ? ʇsǝɹǝʌǝ ʇunoɯ ˙ɐ
Q : What colour is a Raven ? ʞɔɐlq ˙ɐ
Q : Does an octopus give birth to live babies, or lay eggs? sƃƃǝ sʎɐl ˙ɐ
Q : What is a mammal with a pouch for its young called? lɐıdnsɹɐɯ ˙ɐ
Q : Hades was the Greek God of what? pɐǝp ǝɥʇɹo plɹoʍɹǝpun ǝɥʇ˙ɐ
Q : Who wrote The Hobbit? uǝıʞloʇɹ ɾ ˙ɐ
Q: Who went around the world in 80 days? ƃƃoɟ sɐǝuıɥd ˙ɐ
Q: How many sides does a decagon have? uǝʇ˙ɐ
Q: What is the name for the imaginary line around the centre of the Earth?
ɹoʇɐnbǝ ɐ
Q: Where is your larynx? ʇɐoɹɥʇɹnoʎ uı ˙ɐ
Q : What killed Cleopatra? dsɐ uɐ ˙ɐ
Q : Which dogs pull sledges? sǝıʞsnɥ ˙ɐ

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Q : What is the biggest animal on Earth? ǝlɐɥʍ ǝnlq ˙ɐ
Q : What is the shortest month? ʎɹɐnɹqǝɟ ˙ɐ
Q : Who created Mickey Mouse? ʎǝusıp ʇlɐʍ ˙ɐ
Q : Is a boa a lizard or a snake? ǝʞɐus ˙ɐ
Q : Is a slow-worm a snake? sƃǝl ʇnoɥʇıʍ pɹɐzıl ɐ sı ʇı - ou ˙ɐ
Q : What do you call the middle part of an atom? snǝlɔnu ˙ɐ
Q : What is the biggest threat to the worlds forests? ˙ uoıʇɐʇsǝɹoɟǝp ˙ɐ
Q : What happens during a solar eclipse? uns ǝɥʇpuɐ ɥʇɹɐǝ ǝɥʇuǝǝʍʇǝq sǝɯoɔ
uooɯ ǝɥʇ˙ɐ
Q : What will you find at the end of a rainbow?ploƃ ɟo ʇod ˙ɐ
Q : What is the hot liquid rock that flows from a volcano ? ɐʌɐl uǝʇloɯ ˙ɐ
Q : Which rodent has no tail ? ƃıd ɐǝuınƃ ˙ɐ
Q : What butter made from? ʞlıɯ ˙ɐ
Q : How do you say 'yes' in French? ıno ˙ɐ
Q : How many eyes does a horseshoe crab have? uǝʇ˙ɐ
Q : What is a female deer called? ǝop ˙ɐ
Q: What is Easter Island famous for? spɐǝɥ ǝuoʇs snoıɹǝʇsʎɯ ˙ɐ
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ROUND 1 1) Name the band that released the song „Hey There
Delilah‟ in 2007.
Kings of Leon
Plain White T’s
The Killers
Foo Fighters

2) Who managed the Republic of Ireland national soccer team from 1986 to
1995?
Brian Kerr
Jack Charlton
Mick Mccarthy
Steven Stanton

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1. What is the first element on the periodic table?

2. What is the centre of an atom called?

3. True or false? Acids have a pH level below 7.

4. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe?

5. True or false? An electron carries a positive charge.

6. Famous New Zealand scientist Ernest Rutherford was awarded a Nobel Prize in which field?

7. What is the chemical symbol for gold?

8. K is the chemical symbol for which element?

9. What orbits the nucleus of an atom?

10. At room temperature, what is the only metal that is in liquid form?

11. True or false? A neutron has no net electric charge.

12. A nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts is known as nuclear fission or nuclear fusion?

13. What is H20 more commonly known as?

14. What is the third most common gas found in the air we breathe?

15. What is the name given to substances that are initially involved in a chemical reaction?

16. True or false? Bases have a pH level below 7.

17. Is sodium hydroxide (NaOH) an acid or base?

18. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as?

19. True or false? A proton carries a positive charge.

20. What is the fourth most abundant element in the universe in terms of mass?

Chemistry Quiz Answers

1. Hydrogen 2. A nucleus 3. True 4. Nitrogen (around 78%)

5. False 6. Chemistry 7. Au 8. Potassium

9. Electrons 10. Mercury 11. True 12. Nuclear fission

13. Water 14. Argon (around 1%) 15. Reactants 16. False

17. Base 18. Isotopes 19. True 20. Carbon

1. Which famous scientist introduced the idea of natural selection?

2. A person who studies biology is known as a?

3. Botany is the study of?

4. Can frogs live in salt water?

5. True or false? The common cold is caused by a virus.

6. Animals which eat both plants and other animals are known as what?

7. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what?

8. A single piece of coiled DNA is known as a?

9. A group of dog offspring is known as a?

10. The area of biology devoted to the study of fungi is known as?

11. What is the name of the process used by plants to convert sunlight into food?

12. The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?

13. The process of pasteurization is named after which famous French microbiologist?

14. True or false? A salamander is a warm blooded animal?

15. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a?

Biology Quiz Answers

1. Charles Darwin 2. Biologist 3. Plants

4. No 5. True 6. Omnivores

7. Antibiotics 8. Chromosome 9. Litter

10. Mycology 11. Photosynthesis 12. Extinction

13. Louis Pasteur 14. False 15. Mutation

Physics
1. When light bends as it enters a different medium the process is known as what?

2. A magnifying glass is what type of lens?

3. Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?

4. A person who studies physics is known as a?

5. Metals expand when heated and do what when cooled?

6. What is the first name of the famous scientist who gave us Newton’s three laws of motion?

7. What state of the art computer technology is used to train pilots when wanting to copy the experience of flying an aircraft?

8. Electric power is typically measured in what units?

9. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the?

10. Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named after?

11. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?

12. Theoretical physicist James Maxwell was born in what country?

13. Infrared light has a wavelength that is too long or short to be visible for humans?

14. What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the sun and the earth?

15. True or false? Iron is attracted by magnets.

16. What is the earth’s primary source of energy?

17. Conductors have a high or low resistance?

18. Electric current is typically measured in what units?

19. What scientist is well known for his theory of relativity?

20. Earth is located in which galaxy?

Physics Quiz Answers

1. Refraction 2. Convex 3. Ohms 4. Physicist

5. Contract 6. Isaac 7. A flight simulator 8. Watts

9. Big bang 10. Edwin Hubble 11. Filament 12. Scotland

13. Long 14. A solar eclipse 15. True 16. The sun

17. Low 18. Amperes 19. Albert Einstein 20. The Milky Way galaxy

1. When a solid changes to a liquid it is called what?

2. True or false? Liquids are easy to compress.

3. When a gas changes into a liquid it is called what?

4. True or false? The particles of a gas are packed tightly together.

5. When solids reach their melting points they become what?

6. True or false? Plasma is a state of matter.

7. When a gas reaches its condensation point it becomes a what?

8. True or false? Solids do not take the shape of the container they are in.

9. What is it called when a solid changes directly into a gas?

10. True or false? Gases are hard to compress.

States of Matter Quiz Answers

1. Melting 2. False

3. Condensation 4. False

5. Liquids 6. True

7. Liquid 8. True

9. Sublimination 10. False

Electricity
1. Electric current is measured using what device?

2. True or false? Batteries convert chemical to electrical energy.

3. In terms of electricity, what does DC stand for?

4. The wire inside an electric bulb is known as the what?

5. Conductors have a high or low resistance?

6. True or false? The concept of electric fields was first introduced by Albert Einstein.

7. Electric resistance is typically measured in what units?

8. In terms of electricity, what does AC stand for?

9. Electric power is typically measured in what units?

10. True or false? You can extend battery life by storing batteries at a low temperature.

Electricity Quiz Answers

1. Ammeter 2. True

3. Direct current 4. Filament

5. Low 6. False (Michael Faraday)

7. Ohms 8. Alternating current

9. Watts
10. True

Sports Science
1. Which decelerates faster, a badminton shuttlecock or a baseball?

2. True or false? Lower tension on a tennis racquet produces more control and less power.

3. In the Winter Olympic sport of curling, what type of rock are the curling stones made from?

4. True or false? Olympic gold medals contain more silver than gold.

5. How high is a regulation sized basketball hoop?

6. Does the chronic injury known as plantar fasciitis affect hands or feet?

7. True of false? Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball while on the moon in 1971.

8. What is typically the slowest swimming stroke, freestroke, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly?

9. True or false? The official distance of a marathon is 44 kilometres (27.340 miles).

10. Does an injury to your anterior cruciate ligament affect your arm or leg?

11. True or false? Your body only produces lactic acid during intensive physical activity.

12. Do the fastest male 100m sprinters in the world average above or below 30 kph (18.64mph)?

13. True or false? Dimples on a golf ball help reduce drag and increase the distance the ball flies.
14. Is the diameter of a regulation basketball hoop 2 times, 3 times or 4 times wider than the diameter a regulation
basketball?
15. True or false? The fastest recorded tennis serve is faster than 150 mph (241 kph).
 Sports Science Quiz Answers
1. Shuttlecock 2. False (less control, more power) 3. Granite

4. True 5. 10 foot (3 metres) 6. Feet

9. False - 42.195 kilometres (26.219
7. True 8. Breaststroke
miles)
10. Leg 11. False (it’s produced all the time) 12. Above - around 36 kph (22.37 mph)

13. True 14. 2 times 15. True - 155 mph (249 kph)

1. What is the next prime number after 7?

2. The perimeter of a circle is also known as what?

3. 65 – 43 = ?

4. True or false? A convex shape curves outwards.

5. What does the square root of 144 equal?

6. True or false? Pi can be correctly written as a fraction.

7. What comes after a million, billion and trillion?

8. 52 divided by 4 equals what?

9. What is the bigger number, a googol or a billion?

10. True or false? Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal.

11. 87 + 56 = ?

12. How many sides does a nonagon have?

13. True or false? -2 is an integer.

14. What is the next number in the Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ?

15. 7 x 9 = ?

16. True or false? In an isosceles triangle all sides are unequal.

17. In statistics, the middle value of an ordered set of values is called what?

18. What does 3 squared equal?

19. True or false? -4 is a natural number.

20. 5 to the power of 0 equals what?

Math Quiz Answers

1. 11 2. The circumference 3. 22 4. True

5. 12 6. False 7. A quadrillion 8. 13

9. A googlol 10. True 11. 143 12. 9

13. True 14. 55 15. 63 16. False (2 sides are equal)

17. The median
20. 1
18. 9 19. False

Engineering
1. What kind of bridge is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

2. In electricity, voltage is measured in volts while current is measured in …….?

3. The Panama Canal joins which two oceans?

4. Is a mangonel a type of catapult or bridge?

5. The Hoover dam is on the border of which two U.S. states?

6. In what country is the Taj Mahal found?

7. Did the Eiffel Tower open in 1789 or 1889?

8. The Great Sphinx of Giza has the head of a human and the body of a what?

9. In terms of engineering software, what does CAD stand for?

10. Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA as a gift?

Engineering Quiz Answers

1. Suspension Bridge 2. Amperes (amps)

3. Atlantic and Pacific 4. Catapult

5. Arizona and Nevada 6. India

7. 1889 8. Lion
9. Computer Aided Design
10. France
Metal Quiz
1. What is the chemical symbol of gold?

2. True or false? Steel is a chemical element.

3. What is the most common metal found on Earth?

4. True or False? Sodium is a very reactive metal.

5. What three kinds of medals are awarded at the Olympic Games?

6. True or false? Metal bonding with metal is known as a metallic bond.

7. Bronze is made from what two metals?

8. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?

9. True or false? Sterling silver is made up of less than 50% silver by weight.

10.What metal has the chemical symbol Pb?

Metal Quiz Answers

1. Au 2. False - Alloy

3. Iron 4. True

5. Gold, silver and bronze 6. True

7. Copper and tin 8. Mercury

9. False - Over 92%

10. Lead

Nature
1. What is the name of the world’s largest reef system?

2. Do male or female mosquitoes bite people?

3. True or false? Earth Day is held on June 18.

4. What state of the USA is the Grand Canyon located in?

5. True or false? The Dead Sea is 8.6 times more salty than the ocean.

6. What are the 3 R’s of recycling?

7. True or false? The horn of a rhinoceros is made from bone.

8. What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin?

9. Ayers Rock in Australia is also know as what?

10. True or false? Burning or logging naturally occurring forests is known as deforestation.

Nature Quiz Answers

1. Great Barrier Reef 2. Female

3. False (April 22) 4. Arizona

5. True 6. Reduce, reuse and recycle

7. False (keratin) 8. Galapagos Islands

9. Uluru 10. True

Plant
1. The scientific study of plant life is known as what?

2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as what?

3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.

4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?

5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?

6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.

7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)

8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a _____?

9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.

10. The Japanese word “sakura” means the blossoming of what kind of tree?

Plant Quiz Answers

1. Botany 2. Photosynthesis

3. True 4. Pollination

5. Resin 6. False

7. Maize (corn) 8. Vine

9. True 10. Cherry tree

Geometry
1. How many sides does a hexagon have?

2. True or false? A parallelogram features three pairs of parallel sides.

3. The internal angles of an equilateral triangle all measure how many degrees?

4. How many points are there on a pentagram?

5. True or false? A concave shape bends inwards.

6. The distance from the center of a circle to its edge is called what?
7. How many sides of equal length does a square have?

8. True or false? A scalene triangle has two sides of equal length.

9. How many dimensions does a semicircle feature?

10.A trapezoid (trapezium) features how many pairs of parallel sides?

Geometry Quiz Answers

1. 6 2. False (two)

3. 60 4. 5

5. True 6. The radius

7. 4 8. False (all sides are unequal)

9. 2 10. 1

Heat Quiz
1. True or false? The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. When water is cooled, does it expand or contract?

3. True or false? The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth is 42.4 °C (108.3 °F).

4. Heat from the sun gets to the Earth by radiation, conduction or convention?

5. What is the freezing temperature of water?

6. True or false? Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit are all measures of temperature.

7. True or false? 100 Kelvin is the temperature of absolute zero.

8. Substances that don’t conduct heat are known as what?

9. True or false? Heat is a form of energy.

10. At what temperature is Fahrenheit equal to Centigrade?

Heat Quiz Answers

1. True 2. Expand

3. False - 57.8 °C (136 °F) 4. Radiation

5. 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) 6. True

7. False - 0 Kelvin 8. Insulators

9. True 10. -40 degrees

Atom
1. True or false? Protons have a negative charge.

2. True or false? Atoms are bigger than neutrons.

3. True or false? Protons and neutrons are part of the nucleus.

4. True or false? Electrons have a positive charge.

5. True or false? Electrons are not part of the nucleus.

6. True or false? Protons are bigger than atoms.

7. True or false? Subatomic particles are found inside atoms.

8. True or false? Nucleon is a collective name for two particles, the neutron and proton.

9. True or false? Neutrons have a negative charge.

10.True or false? An electron has a greater mass than a proton.

Atom Quiz Answers

1. False 2. True

3. True 4. False

5. True 6. False

7. True 8. True

9. False 10. False

Chemical Elements Quiz

1. Hydrogen - H 2. Helium - He 3. Lithium - Li 4. Beryllium - Be 5. Boron - B

6. Carbon - C 7. Nitrogen - N 8. Oxygen - O 9. Fluorine - F 10. Neon - Ne

15. Phosphorus
11. Sodium - Na 12. Magnesium - Mg 13. Aluminium - Al 14. Silicon - Si
-P

20. Calcium -
16. Sulfur - S 17. Chlorine - Cl 18. Argon - Ar 19. Potassium - K
Ca
 25. Manganese
21. Scandium - Sc 22. Titanium - Ti 23. Vanadium - V 24. Chromium - Cr
- Mn

26. Iron - Fe 27. Cobalt - Co 28. Nickel - Ni 29. Copper - Cu 30. Zinc - Zn

35. Bromine -
31. Gallium - Ga 32. Germanium - Ge 33. Arsenic - As 34. Selenium - Se
Br

40. Zirconium -
36. Krypton - Kr 37. Rubidium - Rb 38. Strontium - Sr 39. Yttrium - Y
Zr

45. Rhodium -
41. Niobium - Nb 42. Molybdenum - Mo 43. Technetium - Tc 44. Ruthenium - Ru
Rh

46. Palladium - Pd 47. Silver - Ag 48. Cadmium - Cd 49. Indium - In 50. Tin - Sn

55. Cesium -
51. Antimony - Sb 52. Tellurium - Te 53. Iodine - I 54. Xenon - Xe
Cs

60. Neodymium
56. Barium - Ba 57. Lanthanum - La 58. Cerium - Ce 59. Praseodymium - Pr
- Nd

65. Terbium -
61. Promethium - Pm 62. Samarium - Sm 63. Europium - Eu 64. Gadolinium - Gd
Tb

70. Ytterbium -
66. Dysprosium - Dy 67. Holmium - Ho 68. Erbium - Er 69. Thulium - Tm
Yb

75. Rhenium -
71. Lutetium - Lu 72. Hafnium - Hf 73. Tantalum - Ta 74. Tungsten - W
Re

80. Mercury -
76. Osmium - Os 77. Iridium - Ir 78. Platinum - Pt 79. Gold - Au
Hg

85. Astatine -
81. Thallium - Tl 82. Lead - Pb 83. Bismuth - Bi 84. Polonium - Po
At

90. Thorium -
86. Radon - Rn 87. Francium - Fr 88. Radium - Ra 89. Actinium - Ac
Th

95. Americium -
91. Protactinium - Pa 92. Uranium - U 93. Neptunium - Np 94. Plutonium - Pu
Am

100. Fermium -
96. Curium - Cm 97. Berkelium - Bk 98. Californium - Cf 99. Einsteinium - Es
Fm

105. Dubnium -
101. Mendelevium - Md 102. Nobelium - No 103. Lawrencium - Lr 104. Rutherfordium - Rf
Db
 110.
106. Seaborgium - Sg 107. Bohrium - Bh 108. Hassium - Hs 109. Meitnerium - Mt Darmstadtium -
Ds

Technology Quiz
1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?

2. Did the Apple iPhone first become available in 2005, 2006 or 2007?

3. In terms of computing, what does CPU stand for?

4. True or false? Nintendo was founded after the year 1900.

5. The Hubble Space Telescope is named after which American astronomer?

6. Is the wavelength of infrared light too long or short to be seen by humans?

7. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?

8. True or false? Gold is not a good conductor of electricity?

9. The technologically advanced humanoid robot ASIMO is made by which car company?

10. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.

11. In terms of computing, what does ROM stand for?

12. Did the original Sony Playstation use CDs or cartridges to play games?

13. What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?

14. IBM is a well known computer and information technology company, what does IBM stand for?

15. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?

16. What science fiction writer wrote the three laws of robotics?

17. True or false? In computing, keyboards are used as input devices.

18. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?

19. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?

20. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for ‘Deoxyribonucleic acid’.

Technology Quiz Answers

1. The Sun 2. 2007 3. Central Processing Unit 4. False - 1889

5. Edwin Hubble 6. Long 7. Web browsers 8. False

9. Honda 10. True 11. Read Only Memory 12. CDs

14. International Business

13. The Sun 15. Paul Allen 16. Isaac Asimov
Machines

20. True
17. True 18. World Wide Web 19. The Apple iPod

Weather
1. A thermometer is a device used to measure what?

2. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?

3. What country experiences the most tornadoes?

4. True or false? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that appears when the Sun shines onto water droplets in the air.

5. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy _______?

6. Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what?

7. Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked to human activity is known as global _______?

8. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on Earth of 57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.

9. What is the name of a scientist who studies weather?

10. What is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?
11. True or false? The lowest recorded temperature on Earth of 89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station,
Antarctica.
12. Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known as what?

13. An avalanche features the rapid dscent of _______?

14. True of false? The most rain fall ever recorded in one year (Cherrapunji, India) is more than 30 meters.

15. What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

16. An anemometer is used to measure what?

17. At what temperature is Centigrade equal to Fahrenheit?

18. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______?

19. The area of central USA that features many tornadoes is known as Tornado _______?

20. True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.

Weather Quiz Answers

1. Temperature 2. Clouds 3. USA 4. True
8. False (Al 'Aziziyah,
5. Snow 6. Wind 7. Warming
Libya)
9. A meteorologist 10. The Atacama Desert 11. True 12. Hail stones
13. Snow 14. False (25.4 meters) 15. A barometer 16. Wind speed
17. -40 degrees 18. Forecasting 19. Alley 20. True

Earth Quiz
1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?

2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?

3. Which is hotter, the center of the earth or surface of the sun?

4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?

5. What do you call it after it has erupted?

6. True or false? You can see the Great Wall of China from space.

7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?

8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.

9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.

10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?

11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?

12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?

13. The gemstone ruby is typically what color?

14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?

15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?

16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?

17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?

18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light
from the sun?
19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?

20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

3. The center of the
1. The Pacific Ocean 2. Iron and nickel 4. Magma
earth
8. Triassic, Jurassic and
5. Lava 6. True 7. A geologist
Cretaceous
9. False - 5000 feet 12. The Sahara Desert
10. Mariana Trench 11. Diamond
(1500 meters) in Africa
15. Hang from the
13. Red 14. Mount Everest 16. Waterfall
ceiling
19. Iron (32%) and
17. Seismologist 18. The ozone layer 20. Oxygen (21%)
oxygen (30%)

Human Body
1. What is the name of the biggest part of the human brain?

2. The colored part of the human eye that controls how much light passes through the pupil is called the?

3. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment?

4. The muscles found in the front of your thighs are known as what?

5. True or false? The two chambers at the bottom of your heart are called ventricles.

6. What substance are nails made of?

7. What is the human body’s biggest organ?

8. The innermost part of bones contains what?

9. True or false? An adult human body has over 500 bones.

10. How many lungs does the human body have?

11. Another name for your voice box is the?

12. The two holes in your nose are called?

13. Your tongue is home to special structures that allow you to experience tastes such as sour, sweet, bitter and salty, what
is their name?
14. The bones that make up your spine are called what?

15. The shape of DNA is known as?

16. The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called?

17. The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?
18. What is the name of the long pipe that shifts food from the back of your throat down to your stomach?

19. True or false? Your ears are important when it comes to staying balanced.

20. The outside layer of skin on the human body is called the?

Human Body Quiz Answers

1. The cerebrum 2. Iris 3. Melanin 4. Quadriceps

5. True 6. Keratin 7. The skin 8. Bone marrow

9. False (there are 206) 10. 2 11. Larynx 12. Nostrils

13. Taste buds 14. Vertebrae 15. A double helix 16. Circulation

17. Ribs 18. The esophagus 19. True 20. Epidermis

Water
1. True or false? Sound travels faster through water than air?
2. Water is made up of what two elements?
3. What is another name for a tidal wave?
4. True or false? The Indian Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.
5. The solid state of water is known as what?
6. Can the average human survive without water for a few days or a few weeks?
7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.
8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?
9. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.
10. Does water cover more or less than 50% of the Earth’s surface?
11. True or false? Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).
12. When water is cooled, does it contract or expand?
13. Water freezes at what temperature?
14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.
15. What is the chemical formula of water?
16. The deepest point in all of the world’s oceans is named what?
17. True or false? The consumption of bottled water has risen significantly over the last few decades.
18.Pure water has a pH level of a around what number?
19. What is the longest river on Earth?
20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.
 Water Quiz Answers
1. True 2. Hydrogen and oxygen 3. Tsunami 4. False - Pacific Ocean

5. Ice 6. A few days 7. True 8. Clouds

9. False 10. More - Around 70% 11. True 12. Expand

13. 0 °C (32 °F) 14. False 15. H20 16. Mariana Trench

17. True 18. 7 19. The Nile River 20. False - It floats

Acid Base
1. True or false? Bases change litmus paper to blue.

2. True or false? Ammonia is an acid.

3. True or false? Properties of acids include being corrosive and having a sour taste.

4. True or false? Sulfuric acid is known as a strong acid.

5. True or false? Base solutions have a pH below 7.

6. True or false? The chemical formula for sulfuric acid is H2SO4.

7. True or false? Lemons contain citric acid.

8. True or false? An alkali is an acid.

9. True or false? An anion is an ion with more electrons than protons, giving it a negative charge.

10. True or false? Neutral solutions have a pH of 0.

11. True or false? Acids change litmus paper to red.

12. True or false? The word acid comes from the Latin word acidus (meaning sour).

13. True or false? The chemical formula for sodium hydroxide is NaH.

14. True or false? A cation is an ion with more protons than electrons, giving it a positive charge.

15. True or false? Acetic acid gives vinegar a sour taste and strong smell.

16. True or false? Acid solutions have a pH above 7.

17. True or false? Formic acid is found in bee venom.

18. True or false? Sodium hydroxide is known as a weak base.

19. True or false? DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.

20. True or false? Potassium hydroxide contains potassium, oxygen and helium.
 Acid Base Quiz Answers
1. True 2. False 3. True 4. True

5. False 6. True 7. True 8. False

9. True 10. False - 7 11. True 12. True

13. False - NaOH 14. True 15. True 16. False

17. True

20. False - Hydrogen not

18. False 19. True helium

Food Quiz
1. The rice dish ‘paella’ comes from what country?

2. Deer meat is known by what name?

3. Are humans omnivore, herbivore or carnivore?

4. What food is used as the base of guacamole?

5. The range of vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts, grains, herbs and spices used in cooking are known as what?

6. True or false? India is the world’s largest producer of bananas.

7. What is the sweet substance made by bees?

8. Lures, reels, rods, hooks, baits and nets are common equipment used in what food gathering method?

9. True or false? McDonald’s has restaurants in over 100 countries around the world.

10. The ‘Pizza Hut’ franchise began in what country?

11. Foods rich in starch such as pasta and bread are often known by what word starting with the letter C?

12. True or false? Trans fats are good for your health.

13. What is another name for maize?

14. Fruit preserves made from citrus fruits, sugar and water are known as what?

15. True or false? ‘Beefsteak’ is a variety of tomato.

16. Dairy products are generally made from what common liquid?

17. Do coconut trees grow better in cold or warm climates?

18. True or false? Cooking food often transforms its chemical make up.

19. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween?
20. Chiffon, marble and bundt are types of what?

Food Quiz Answers

1. Spain 2. Venison 3. Omnivore 4. Avocado

5. Ingredients 6. True 7. Honey 8. Fishing

9. True 10. USA 11. Carbohydrates 12. False

13. Corn 14. Marmalade 15. True 16. Milk

17. Warm 18. True 19. Pumpkins 20. Cake

1. True or false? Electrons are larger than molecules.

2. True or false? The Atlantic Ocean is the biggest ocean on Earth.

3. True or false? The chemical make up food often changes when you cook it.

4. True or false? Sharks are mammals.

5. True or false? The human body has four lungs.

6. True or false? Atoms are most stable when their outer shells are full.

7. True or false? Filtration separates mixtures based upon their particle size.

8. True or false? Venus is the closest planet to the Sun.

9. True or false? Conductors have low resistance.

10. True or false? Molecules can have atoms from more than one chemical element.

11. True or false? Water is an example of a chemical element.

12. True or false? The study of plants is known as botany.

13. True or false? Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in the world.

14. True or false? Floatation separates mixtures based on density.

15. True or false? Herbivores eat meat.

16. True or false? Atomic bombs work by atomic fission.

17. True or false? Molecules are chemically bonded.

18. True or false? Spiders have six legs.

19. True or false? Kelvin is a measure of temperature.

20. True or false? The human skeleton is made up of less than 100 bones.
 True or False Quiz Answers
1. False 2. False - Pacific Ocean 3. True 4. False - Fish

5. False - 2 6. True 7. True 8. False - Mercury

9. True 10. True 11. False 12. True

13. False - Mount Everest 14. True 15. False 16. True

17. True 18. False - 8 19. True 20. False - 206

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Children's quiz questions

Winnie the Pooh and friends - but what is the donkey called? Photo: BUENA VISTA

• Children's questions - quiz answers

Art and literature

Saturday's Quiz

1 Who had an encounter with the three bears?

2 What is the name of Winnie the Pooh’s donkey friend?

3 Who was created by Gepetto the woodcarver?

4 Who is the bear in The Jungle Book?

5 What kind of creature was defeated by the Three Billy Goats Gruff?

6 Who painted the Mona Lisa?

7 Who leads a gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest?

8 Who stole Christmas in a Dr Seuss book?

9 Who were all the King’s horses and men unable to put together again?

10 Who is the druid in the Asterix books?

11 Sculptures of which animals lie at the base of Nelson’s column?

12 What is the name of the Lion in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?

13 What is the name of the wizard at the court of King Arthur?

14 Who has written the prize-winning book The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish?

15 What is the name of the recreated theatre from Shakespeare’s time in London?

Sunday's Quiz

1 Who picked a peck of pickled pepper?

2 In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie’s surname?

3 Which artist painted a number of pictures of sunflowers?

4 What is the name of Peter Pan’s piratical enemy?

5 What kind of animal is Beatrix Potter’s Mrs Tiggy-Winkle?

6 In a nursery rhyme, how much are the bells of St Martin’s owed?

7 What was the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?

8 Who is the son of Widow Twankey and brother of Wishee Washee?

9 Who created Tracy Beaker?

10 What is the artistic technique of gluing a number of items together to form a new work called?

11 Which character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland muttered “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late”?

12 Who has a dog called Snowy and is friends with Captain Haddock?

13 In which fairy tale does Gerda rescue her friend Kai from the title character?

14 Helped by his slave Morgiana, who foiled the 40 thieves?

15 What is the name of Eoin Colfer’s teenage criminal mastermind?

History and politics

Saturday's Quiz

1 Who was prime minister of the UK for most of the Second World War?

2 Which structures were built in medieval times as a mixture of residence and defensive building?

3 Who was caught red-handed trying to blow up parliament in 1605?

4 What did Romans use a hypocaust for?

5 What is the London home of the prime minister?

6 Which liner sank on her maiden voyage in 1912?

7 Who is the Deputy Prime Minister?

8 What did Spain send to attack Britain in 1588?

9 In which country in ancient times was mummification carried out on important people when they died?

10 Which city did the ancient Greeks by legend besiege for 10 years?

11 How many wives did Henry VIII have?

12 Which people travelled in longships and raided Britain from Scandinavia in early medieval times?

13 Which king received an arrow in his eye at the Battle of Hastings?

14 An act of 1864 outlawed children doing what job, for which they were often employed as they were smaller
than adults and it was thought they could do a better job as a result?

15 What notable event affected London in September 1666?

Sunday's Quiz

1 Which ship sank off Portsmouth in 1545 but was retrieved from the seabed in 1982?

2 What title was given to the rulers of Ancient Egypt?

3 Spitfires and Hurricanes helped win which battle in 1940?

4 What overall term is given to the people who fought each other and animals as entertainment in Ancient Rome?

5 Which member of the Royal Family holds the title Duke of York?

6 What colour are the benches in the House of Commons?

7 What material was used to make a famous bridge in Shropshire in 1779, a town now being named after it?

8 What was signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215?

9 Which businessman founded Virgin Records and Virgin Airlines?

10 Who took elephants across the Alps?

11 Air Force One is a plane used by the holder of what position?

12 What famous structure was built on Salisbury Plane in the third millennium BC?

13 Who was the “Lady with the Lamp” during the Crimean War?
14 With which queen is the phrase “We are not amused” connected?

15 What will be celebrated for only the second time in British royal history by the current Queen in 2012?

Entertainment

Saturday's Quiz

1 Sheriff Woody Pride and Buzz Lightyear are major characters in which series of films?

2 Who were the winners of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent?

3 What sort of animal is Basil Brush?

4 What is the name of Donald Duck’s girlfriend?

5 In which town do the Flintstones live?

6 What came over the hill and blew “whoo whoo”?

7 Which television programme shares its name with a naval flag?

8 How are Oritsé, JB, Marvin and Aston known collectively?

9 Which organisation is based on Tracy Island?

10 What is the name of the nanny played by Emma Thompson in two films?
11 Which resident of Jellystone Park is “smarter than the average bear”?

12 Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke are former winners of which competition?

13 What is the name of Shrek’s wife?

14 Which television series is set in the town of Pontypandy?

15 What is the name of the hero in The Lion King?

Sunday's Quiz

1 Wolverine is the leader of which band of superheroes?

2 Who fell in love with a robot called EVE?

3 What is the name of the vehicle in which Scooby Doo and his friends travel?

4 What is the name of the dog in Shaun the Sheep?

5 Which breed of dogs were menaced by Cruella de Vil?

6 Which stringed instrument is bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello?

7 What is the name of the character played by Karen Gillan in Doctor Who?

8 What was the name of the Kung Fu Panda in the film of that name?

9 Which television presenter hosts Blast Lab and Total Wipeout?

10 Which film and musical are about a miner’s son who wishes to become a ballet dancer?

11 Which film had a 2009 follow-up described as “The Squeakquel”?

12 What is the name of the train in In the Night Garden?

13 What does the French song Frère Jacques mean in English?

14 What is the name of the current Blue Peter tortoise?

15 Which resident of Jellystone Park is “smarter than the average bear”?

Science and nature

Saturday's Quiz

1 From what tree do acorns come?

2 What is the largest planet in the solar system?

3 What colour are dandelions?

4 How many ounces are there in a pound?

5 What term in mathematics refers to the number obtained when two or more numbers are multiplied?

6 How many sides does a hexagon have?

7 What has the scientific formula H2O?

8 Which is the only vowel not on the top row of a computer keyboard?

9 The African and Asian are the two main forms of which mammal, with their ear size being an easy way to tell
which is which?

10 What is the innermost colour of a rainbow?

11 Which planet is known as “The Red Planet”?

12 Feline means relating to what sort of animal?

13 Comice, Conference and Williams are varieties of which fruit?

14 What are the young of frogs and toads called?

15 In computing, what is Mb short for?

Sunday's Quiz
1 The cob and pen are the male and female of which aquatic bird?

2 What is the more familiar name for the disease rubella?

3 What colour are emeralds?

4 In photography, what sort of lens enables a speedy transition from long shots to close-ups?

5 Which animals live in lodges and are notable for gnawing trees?

6 Which star can be used to work out where due North is?

7 What name is given to the collection of 22 bones found in the head?

8 Which tree has a variety called “Weeping”?

9 Which jet-black bird has lived in the Tower of London for centuries?

10 Which stone, a form of calcium carbonate, are the White Cliffs of Dover made of?

11 Cocker, Springer and King Charles are varieties of which breed of dog?

12 Which leaves can be used to soothe the pain from stinging nettles?

13 What turns red in the presence of acid and blue in the presence of alkali?

14 The name for which group of prehistoric animals comes from the Greek for “terrible lizard”?

15 What is the term for when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, blocking out light from the latter?

Sport and leisure

Saturday's Quiz

1 What is the name of the football stadium where England play home matches and the FA and Carling Cup Finals
are also played?

2 Crawl, backstroke and butterfly are different methods in which sport?

3 Which game is played in autumn using the fruit of the horse chestnut tree?

4 What is the object hit by the players in ice hockey called?

5 With five victories to date, what team had won the Fifa World Cup the most times?

6 Which British rower won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic games?

7 Which sport takes place in a velodrome?

8 Which famous horse race is run at Aintree on a Saturday in spring?

9 From what country does Lego come?

10 What term in tenpin bowling describes having knocked all the pins down after your second bowl?

11 What is the name of Manchester United’s home ground?

12 How many holes are there on a standard golf course?

13 With which Formula 1 team do Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button currently drive?
14 With which video game controller is a Nunchuk used as an add-on?

15 Which chess piece can only move diagonally?

Sunday's Quiz

1 What is the name of the Australian throwing stick that can return to its thrower?

2 Which breakfast cereal is advertised with the slogan “Snap, crackle and pop”?

3 In netball, for what does WA stand?

4 How many pieces does a player have in Ludo?

5 What term is used in tennis for 40-40?

6 What sort of animal is the video game character Sonic?

7 Tick-tack-toe is an alternative name for which game?

8 How many players are there in a rugby union team (not including substitutes)?

9 What colour belt are martial arts experts entitled to wear?

10 Ping-pong is an alternative name for which sport?

11 What term is used in cricket for the two men on the field who decide on whether batsmen are out, and signal for
extras and boundaries?

12 What is the most expensive property on a standard British monopoly board?

13 How many players are there in a baseball team?

14 What colour jersey is won by the leader in the Tour de France?

15 In which sport might you do a slam dunk?

Geography and travel

Saturday's Quiz

1 At more than 6.5 million square miles, what is the largest country in the world?

2 And which has the largest population, at more than 1.3 billion?

3 What colour are motorways on British road maps?

4 What is the capital city of Spain?

5 Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata are major cities in which country?

6 Which sea separates Europe from Africa?

7 Which Scottish loch with a length of about 24 miles, is reputed to contain a monster?

8 Which desert covers much of northern Africa?

9 Which island country lies off China, Korea and Russia?

10 Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia and south of Asia?

11 In which mountain range is Mount Everest?

12 Which river rises in Peru, enters the sea in Brazil and at no point is crossed by a bridge?

13 In which country are the holy cities of Mecca and Medina?

14 Which Italian city is famous for its canals?

15 What is the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the world called?

Sunday's Quiz
1 Kabul is the capital city of which country?

2 Liverpool lies on which river?

3 In which country does the River Nile meet the sea?

4 What letter do cars from Germany have on them when travelling abroad to show what country they come from?

5 In which country is the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, whose eruption this year has affected air flights?

6 In which US city would you find Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx?

7 Which car maker makes the Fiesta, Ka and Mondeo models?

8 Which trains travel to Europe from St Pancras Station?

9 What type of boat is most associated with canals?

10 What aids to travel does the Ordnance Survey publish?

11 Windermere, Coniston Water and Ullswater are found in which National Park?

12 Which of the states and territories of Australia is an island?

13 What is the largest of the Channel Islands?

14 Which is the only bascule bridge in London, whose road can be raised from either side to allow ships through?

15 What are the only two countries to have a land border with the US?

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What sport is played with an oval shaped ball with pointed ends that a quarterback throws?

I take people's orders for breakfast, lunch, or supper. Once the food has been prepared, I bring it out to the
customers. What is my job?

What does a caterpillar change into?

What do you call a scientist who studies the stars?

 What is sticky and sweet and comes from bees?

Which planet is closest to the sun?

What color would you get if you mixed yellow with red?

What city would you find the 'Eiffel Tower'?

Who painted, "The Mona Lisa"?

On which continent will you find the country of Brazil?

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Which state is called the Treasure State? A: Montana.

What is the postal abbreviation for Texas? A: TX.

Which Joe was nicknamed the Yankee Clipper? A: DiMaggio.

William Henry Gates III amassed his fortune from which source? A: Computer Software.

In Peter Pan, what sort of animal was Nana? A: Dog.

In basketball, where do the Supersonics come from? A: Seattle.

Which state is called the Pine Tree State? A: Maine.

What is the postal abbreviation for Pennsylvania? A: PA.

What is California's state capital? A: Sacramento.

What is Ohio's largest city? A: Columbus.

Which state lies due east of Alabama? A: Georgia.

What is the largest of the Southern states? A: Georgia.

Which river starts at Lake Itasca Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico? A: Mississippi.
What type of creature was the star of the film Jaws? A: Shark.

What was the name of the mansion where Elvis Presley died? A: Graceland.

In which country was a 2000 year old, life size terracotta army discovered? A: China.

Which was the 50th state to become part of the United States of America? A: Hawaii.

Which state is called the Great Lake State? A: Michigan.

What was the first name of the first man in space? A: Yuri.

Where in America was the world's biggest rock festival staged? A: Woodstock.

What was the world's biggest passenger ship when it was launched in 1912? A: Titanic.

What is the capital of the state of Alaska?A: Juneau.

In football, where do the Redskins come from? A: Washington.

What does the B stand for in SCUBA diving? A: Breathing.

What color is an Oscar? A: Gold.

Which state is called the Bear State? A: Arkansas.

Who was the 41st President of the USA? A: George H. Bush.

Which Texan Governor was traveling with the Kennedys when JFK was shot? A: Connolly.

Who was the first American to walk in space? A: Edward White.

Who was the first man to set foot on the moon? A: Neil Armstrong.

Which brothers made the first powered plane flight? A: Wright.

Which state is called the Panhandle State? A: West Virginia.

What was Michael Jackson's album follow-up to Thriller? A: Bad.

What is the capital of the state of Virginia? A: Richmond.

In Forrest Gump, his mom says, "Life is like a box of " what? A: Chocolates.

Why was Mick Dundee nicknamed Crocodile? A: He survived a crocodile attack.

Who became the first US President to resign in office? A: Richard Nixon.

Where was the second Atom bomb dropped? A: Nagasaki.

Who lost part of his ear to the teeth of Mike Tyson in 1997? A: Evander Holyfield.

Where was a wall built to divide a city? A: Berlin.

Which lake provides Chicago with 20 miles of lake shore? A: Michigan.

What is Minneapolis's 'twin city'? A: St. Paul.

Which part of Florida is famous for its alligators? A: Everglades.

Which is the other northern Pacific state along with Washington? A: Oregon.

What's the name of the bird that cartoon cat Sylvester chases in vain? A: Tweety Pie.

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Science related trivia quiz questions.

1. What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?

2. What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?

3. What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off-John Glenn, Alan Shepard or Gus Grissom?

4. What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?

5. What creature proved to be much faster than a horse in a 1927 race in Sydney, Australia?

6. What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?

7. What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint?

8. What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?

9. What creature's fossilized leg bone did John Horner discover red blood cells in, in 1993?

10. What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?

11. What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?

12. What male body part did Mademoiselle magazine find to be the favorite of most women?

13. What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?

14. What fat substitute got FDA approval for use in snack foods, despite reports of diarrhea and cramps?

15. What plant's meltdown was dubbed "Russian Roulette" by nuclear power wags?
 16. What is a single unit of quanta called?

17. What will fall off of the Great Sphinx in 200 years due to pollution and erosion, according to scholar Chikaosa
Tanimoto?

18. What suntan lotion was developed by Dr. Ben Green in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the Pacific?

19. What was Friedrich Serturner the first to extract from opium and use as a pain reliever?

20. What substance nets recyclers the most money?

21. What are you shopping for if you are sized up by a Brannock Device?

22. What animal travels at 25 mph under water but finds it easier to toboggan on its belly on land?

23. What's the itchy skin condition tinea pedis better known as?

24. What uncooked meat is a trichina worm most likely to make a home in?

25. How many of every 10 victims infected by the Ebola virus will die in two days?

26. What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon orchard?

27. What butterfly-shaped gland is located just in front of the windpipe?

28. What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?

29. What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?

30. What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?

31. What type of machine did 19-year-old French genius Blaise Pascal invent to help his dad do taxes in 1642?

32. What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?

33. What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?

34. What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?

35. What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with?

36. What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz # 75 - Science Trivia Answers

1. Nagasaki.
2. PASCAL.
3. Gus Grissom.
4. A submarine.
5. The Kangaroo.
6. Uranium.
7. The gallbladder.
8. Contact lenses.
9. A tyrannosaurus rex's.
 10. Honey.
11. The Macintosh.
12. Eyes.
13. Uranus.
14. Olestra.
15. Chernobyl's.
16. A quantum.
17. It's head.
18. Coppertone.
19. Morphine.
20. Aluminum.
21. Shoes.
22. The penguin.
23. Athlete's foot.
24. Pork.
25. Nine.
26. Apple.
27. The Thyroid.
28. Laser.
29. Venus.
30. The rifle.
31. An adding machine.
32. White blood cells, or leukocytes.
33. The tractor.
34. Wind.
35. Poison Ivy.
36. The coconut.

Rock Groups Bands and Rock Bands

1. Which band recorded the album The Joshua Tree?

2. In the 70s who put a Message In A Bottle?

3. Which band had a big hit with You Make Me Wanna?

4. Money For Nothing was an 80s NO 1 for which band?

5. Which Dimension had a 60s smash with Aquarius?

6. Which US Boys band featured three members of the Wilson Family?

7. Keith Richards rocked on in which super group?

8. Who was backed by The Shondells?

9. How many boys were there in The Pet Shop Boys?

10. Who fronted The Heartbreakers?

11. Which heavy metal group took the name of Dutch-born members guitarist Eddie and drummer Alex?

12. Which 60s icon was backed by The Band?

 13. Which band included Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel?

14. Mickey Dolenz was in which 60s sensation group?

15. In which state did Chicago get together?

16. Which band produced the album Dark Side Of The Moon?

17. Which group flew into the Hotel California?

18. R.E.M. cut the No 1 album Out Of what?

19. Which band recorded the album Parallel Lines?

20. Which band sang I want to Know What Love Is?

21. How many brothers were in the original Jackson family line up?

22. Tusk was a best-selling album for which band?

23. What did the letter O stand for in ELO?

24. Whose hits include Bad Moon Rising and Green River?

25. Which all time great band featured Harrison and Starkey?

Free Trivia Quiz Questions with Answers

1. U2.
2. Police.
3. Usher.
4. Dire Straits
5. 5th Dimension.
6. The Beach Boys.
7. The Rolling Stones.
8. Tommy James.
9. Two.
10. Tom Petty.
11. Van Halen
12. Bob Dylan.
13. Genesis.
14. The Monkees.
15. Illinois.
16. Pink Floyd
17. The Eagles.
18. Time.
19. Blondie.
20. Foreigner.
21. Five.
22. Fleetwood Mac.
23. Orchestra.
24. Creedence Clearwater Revival.
25. The Beatles.
Space facts trivia questions
1. How old is the universe?

2. What is a black hole?

3. How far is the nearest black hole?

4. What is a supernova?

5. What is a quasar?

6. What is a neutron star?

7. What is a brown dwarf?

8. What is a red giant?

9. How hot is the sun?

10. What is a solar flare?

11. What are cosmic rays?

12. What is the Van Allen belt?

13. What is the most common element found in the universe?

14. What is Jupiter made of?

15. How many moons does Jupiter have?

16. How long is a day on Mercury?

17. How many stars are there in in the big dipper?

18. How many stars are in the little dipper?

19. What is a constellation?

20. How many named constellations are there?

21. What is the big red spot on Jupiter?

22. Where is the element gold come from?

 23. What is a parsec?

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz # 106 - Outer Space

1. In a study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers says the universe is between 11.2 billion and 20
billion years old.

2. A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing can escape, even light.

3. As of now the closest known one is thought to lie at about 1,600 light years from Earth.

4. A supernova is a stellar explosion which produces an extremely bright object made of plasma that declines to
invisibility over weeks or months.

5. The scientific consensus is that quasars are powered by material falling into super massive black holes in the nuclei
of distant galaxies.

6. Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of some massive stars.

7. Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain hydrogen-burning nuclear
fusion reactions in their cores.

8. They are stars of 0.4 - 10 times the mass of the Sun which have exhausted their supply of hydrogen in their cores
and switched to fusing hydrogen in a shell outside the core.

9. The core of the Sun is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The surface of the Sun, is only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

10. A solar flare is an explosion on the Sun that happens when energy stored in twisted magnetic fields is suddenly
released.

11. Cosmic rays are high energy charged particles, originating in outer space, that travel at nearly the speed of light and
strike the Earth from all directions.

12. The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, trapped by Earth's
magnetic field.

13. Hydrogen

14. Jupiter is about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium (by numbers of atoms, 75/25% by mass) with traces of methane,
water, ammonia and "rock"

15. Jupiter has 63 known satellites (as of Feb 2004): the four large Galilean moons plus many more small ones some of
which have not yet been named.

16. Mercury rotates three times in two of its years.

 17. The Big Dipper is a group of seven bright stars, 3 which form a handle and 4 which form a bowl.

18. The little dipper has 6 stars.

19. A constellation is a group of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern.

20. There are 88 constellations.

21. A: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a hurricane-like storm system. It is large enough that two Earths could fit across
it.

22. Gold only comes from Super Novae.

23. The parsec is a unit of length used in astronomy, approximately equal to 3.261 light years.

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Q: Which composer wrote The Water Music? A: Handel

Q: What colour does acid turn Litmus paper? A: Red

Q: What's the largest Scandinavian country? A: Sweden

Q: What was Mickey Mouse's original name? A: Mortimer Mouse

Q: Which metal do you get from bauxite? A: Aluminium

Q: Which animal produces the biggest baby? A: Blue Whale

Q: In Pop music, which two herbs go with 'Parsley & Sage'?

A: Rosemary and Thyme - Scarborough fair

Q: What was the name of the Benedictine monk who legend has it invented Champagne? A: Dom Perignon

Q: In which Country is Auschwitz (Birkenau)? A: Poland

Q: Who was Leonardo di Caprio's co-star in Titanic? A: Kate Winslett

Q: Acid rain is composed mainly of the oxides of two elements. Give either. A: Sulphur or Nitrogen

Q: What sort of creature is a bustard? A: A bird

Q: What is calcium carbonate normally known as? A: Chalk

Q: Who commanded the Allied forces, which invaded Europe on D-Day? A: Dwight Eisenhower

Q: Who holds the record as being Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 Driver? A: Jensen Button

Q: What word do we use to describe the Asexual reproduction of a genetic carbon copy of an animal or
plant?
A: Clone

Q: Which chemical element has the shortest name - 3 letters? A: Tin

Q: What is the state capital of Alaska? A: Juneau

Q: How many holes are there in a ten pin bowling ball? A: 3

Q: Which land did Puff The Magic Dragon live in? A: Honalee

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Q: Which Spaniard is known for his hallucinatory paintings? A: Salvadore Dali

Q: In Basketball it’s called a Tip Off, in Football a Kick off what is it called in Ice Hockey?
A: Face off

Q: In the USA what name was given to a seller of illegal alcohol? A: Bootlegger

Q: What word means gradually getting louder and louder? A: Crescendo

Q: Which country voted to keep the Queen in 1999? A: Australia

Q: Will Smith played the part of Steven Hiller in the film 'Independence Day'. What was his codename? A:
Eagle

Q: Yale University is named after Mr. Yale. What nationality was he?
A: English - founded in 1701 as a collegiate school it was renamed Yale college in his honour in 1718 and
renamed Yale University in 1887.

Q: What does a soldier keep in a frog? A: His bayonet

Q: Constantino Rocca plays which sport? A: Golf

Q: In mythology what was minerva the Goddess of? A: Wisdom

Q: Of whom did Adolf Hitler say, "He seemed such a nice old gentleman that I gave him my autograph as a
souvenir"?
A: Neville Chamberlain

Q: In the movies who plays the role of Harry Potter? A: Daniel Radcliffe
Q: Two main London railway stations have the word "Cross" in their names. Name both? A: Kings cross and
Charing cross

Q: In the Hans Christian Andersen story, which little girl was found inside the petals of a flower? A:
Thumbelina

Q: Which is the only US state to begin with the letter 'P'? A: Pennsylvania

Q: Which is the world’s oldest airline still using its original name?
A: KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij)

Q: What is the correct name for a rabbit's tail? A: Scut

Q: What name is given to the negative electrode of an electrolytic cell? A: Cathode

Q: In 1996 what overtook Coca-Cola as being the most well known brand name in the world? A: McDonalds

Q: Who is the last English born manager to coach an FA Cup winning side? A: Joe Royle (1995 - Everton 1
Man. Utd. 0)

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Q: What is God called by the Islamic or Muslim faith? A: Allah

Q: Which spirit is the base for a Black Russian cocktail? A: Vodka

Q: In July 2003 Mark Rowe was disqualified at the open, who was his playing partner who was also
disqualified?
A: Jesper Parnevik

Q: What is the capital of Venezuela? A: Caracus

Q: Ron Dennis has been the manager for many years of the team behind which Formula One motor racing
car?
A: McLaren

Q: The neutered male of which animal is called 'a Barrow'? A: Pig

Q: In which film did Jim Carrey play the bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss? A: The Mask

Q: Which military dictator died on August 16th 2003 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the age of 78? A: Idi Amin
Dada

Q: Which country is home to Grolsch lager? A: Holland (The Netherlands)

Q: When was the last bare-knuckle fight in professional boxing?

A: It took place in 1889. John L(awrence) Sullivan –1858 to 1918 knocked out Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds.

Q: What do Tony Blair and Lord John Russell, in 1848, have in common whilst holding the office of Prime
Minister?
A: They fathered children
Q: If you were playing darts and got a 'Shanghai' score of 72 with 3 darts which number have you scored
on? A: 12

Q: Which is the largest Fresh water lake in the world? A: Superior

Q: In motoring terms what does OHC stand for? A: Overhead Camshaft

Q: Name 3 James Bond films that have a one-word title.

A: "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "Moonraker", "Octopussy" and "Goldeneye"

Q: What is the name of the Russian stringed instrument with a triangular body? A: Balalaika

Q: Which musical instrument derived it name from the Italian words for soft and loud? A: Piano or pianoforte

Q: JRR Tolkien (1892-1973) wrote the Hobbit in 1937 for his children and Lord of the rings in 1954/55. Give
me 2 of his first names.
A: John Ronald Reuel - 1892 to 1973

Q: The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory is better known by which name? A: Jodrell Bank

Q: Which character had a valet called Kato? A: Inspector Clousseau

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Q: What is the title of the lowest order of the British nobility? A: Baron/Baroness

Q: What is the name of the process used for clarifying beer or wine? A: Fining

Q: The Blue Boy is a work by which artist? A: Thomas Gainsborough

Q: Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? A: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Q: Who discovered the rabies vaccination? A: Louis Pasteur (1885)

Q: How many hearts does an octopus have? A: 3

Q: Who plays Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives? A: Eva Longoria

Q: Who is the Greek god of music? A: Apollo

Q: How many countries are still members of the British Commonwealth? A: 53

Q: Who would be put into a panoptican?

A: Prisoners (it's a circular prison with a hollow core in which the guard sits)

Q: Who wrote the opera Madam Butterfly? A: Puccini (1896)

Q: In the TV comedy Dad's Army what is Captain Mainwaring's first name? A: George

Q: Pershore, Victoria and Washington are types of which fruit? A: Plum

Q: How many teeth does an elephant have? A: 4

Q: Which US city hosted the 1985 Live Aid concert? A: Philadelphia

Q: Haptic relates to which of the five senses? A: Touch

Q: What is the second largest island in the world? A: New Guinea (Greenland is the largest)

Q: How many times in succession did Bjorn Borg win the Men's Tennis Singles at Wimbledon? A: 5

Q: What type of animal is a Saki? A: A monkey

Q: The character Shylock appears in which Shakespeare play? A: The Merchant Of Venice

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Q: If a creature is edentulous what has it not got? A: Teeth

Q: What were the eldest sons of the Kings of France called? A: Dauphin

Q: P&O, the shipping line, stands for what? A: Peninsular and Oriental

Q: What was Radar's surname in MASH? A: O'Reilly

Q: Who wrote the novel Dracula? A: Bram Stoker

Q: What is a baby seal called? A: A pup

Q: What is the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain more popularly known as? A: Eros

Q: During which war was the Battle of Marne? A: WW 1

Q: In the human body what is Varicella commonly known as? A: Chicken Pox

Q: How many valves does a trumpet have? A: 3

Q: Brock is a nickname for which animal? A: A badger

Q: What is the name of the RAF's aerobatics team? A: Red Arrrows

Q: What type of creature is an alewife?

A: A fish (of the herring family found off North America's Atlantic coast)

Q: What is the metal or plastic end of a shoelace called? A: An aglet

Q: What was Lancelot Brown famous for designing? A: Gardens (a.k.a. Capability Brown)

Q: Apart from London name one other city in Britain have an underground railway system?
A: Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle

Q: What is the main vegetable ingredient in the dish Borsht? A: Beetroot

Q: How many players are there in an Australian Rules football team? A: 18

Q: Who invented the lift/elevator in 1853? A: Elisha Otis

Q: At which ski resort would you see the Cresta Run? A: St. Moritz

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Q: What every-day item was named after Mrs Gamp in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit? A: the umbrella

Q: Which footballer’s autobiography is titled The Good The Bad and the Bubbly? A: George Best

Q: In which ocean are the Canary Islands? A: Atlantic

Q: Which branch of Medicine is concerned with providing artificial limbs for the body? A: Prosthetics

Q: What is a person who shoes horses called? A: Farrier

Q: Which team was Liverpool playing in the 1985 European Cup Final when the Heysel stadium disaster
happened, banning all English clubs from European Football for 6 years? A: Juventus

Q: In which film did Patrick Swayze play Johnny Castle? A: Dirty dancing

Q: In Iraq, what are the 2 main Muslim sects? A: Sunni and Shiite

Q: The phrase ‘mind your p’s and q’s’ originally meant to watch how much you had to drink, but what did the
letters p & q stand for?
A: Pints & Quarts

Q: In England, what is the Common name for the Central Criminal Court? A: The Old Bailey

Q: The five D-Day Landing beaches were given code names. Give me any one.
A: Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah.

Q: What's the 2nd heaviest land Animal?

A: Rhinoceros (up to 5 tons, then hippo up to 3.2 tons)

Q: In the famous Nintendo games, what is the name of Mario's brother? A: Luigi

Q: What is the antonym of the word synonym? A: Antonym

Q: Which animal’s milk is used to make authentic Italian mozzarella cheese? A: Water buffalo

Q: What does the musical term "Piano" mean? A: To be played softly

Q: For what was Operation Z the codename in World War II?

A: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour

Q: What units are used to measure sound intensity? A: Decibels

Q: What is the US equivalent of the S.A.S.? A: Delta Force

Q: Which expensive vinegar is aged in wooden barrels? A: Balsamic

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Q: Who played Indiana Jones in the films? A: Harrison Ford

Q: Who changed his name from Gordon Sumner to top the charts? A: Sting

Q: Which comedian was born 'Maurice Cole'?

A: Kenny Everett

Q: Which Welsh Island is also known as Ynys Mon? A: Anglesey

Q: In which country is Acapulco? A: Mexico

Q: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have? A: 2

Q: Which footballer was also known as 'The Divine Ponytail'? A: Roberto Baggio

Q: What flavour is the liqueur Cointreau? A: Orange

Q: Which canal took 10 years to build and opened in 1869? A: The Suez Canal

Q: What is the process known as whereby plants make food using light? A: Photosynthesis

Q: How is the number 14 written in Roman numerals? A: XIV

Q: Cross country skiing and rifle shooting make up which sport? A: Biathlon

Q: Who did Anthony Armstrong Jones marry in 1960? A: Princess Margaret

Q: Which planet is closest to the sun? A: Mercury

Q: Which Disney film features the song 'The Bear Necessities'? A: The Jungle Book

Q: What type of creature is a Guillemot? A: A bird

Q: Which glands produce white blood cells? A: Lymph glands

Q: Martin Fry and Mark White were members of which 1980's pop group? A: ABC

Q: What colour is a sari for a traditional Indian wedding? A: Red

Q: Before Winston Churchill went bald, what colour was his hair? A: Red/Ginger

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Q: Who was responsible for bringing down Barings Bank? A: Nick Leeson
Q: Which country was the first to legalise abortion? A: Iceland

Q: Which gentle water creature gives its name to a Florida river? A: Manatee (Known as a sea cow)

Q: What is a Wessex Saddleback? A: A pig

Q: What nationality was the famous spy Mata Hari - Dutch, Austrian, French?
A: Dutch

Q: Which game can be 'lawn' or 'crown green'? A: Bowls

Q: Which 2 continents battle it out for the Ryder Cup? A: Europe and USA

Q: Through which organ do fish get oxygen? A: Gills

Q: What type of creature is a 'clouded yellow'? A: A butterfly

Q: Where would you wear an epaulette? A: On your shoulder

Q: Cacti are native to which country? A: Mexico

Q: In the proverb, imitation is the sincerest form of what? A: Flattery

Q: What name is given to an angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees? A: Obtuse

Q: How many red balls are on the table at the start of a frame of snooker? A: 15

Q: What is the only English word anagram of 'wrong'? A: Grown

Q: According to the proverb, when should you not count your chickens? A: Before they've hatched

Q: Which Saint's Day is 17th March? A: St. Patrick

Q: What is a 'Spinney'? A: A small wood or thicket with undergrowth

Q: Which mobile phone company shares its name with a fruit (it's Australian)? A: Orange

Q: What is a young single Spanish lady called? A: Senorita

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Q: Which soccer side had a hit with 'I'm forever blowing bubbles'? A: West Ham United

Q: A musical note is lowered by a 'flat', but what is it raised by? A: Sharp

Q: What cheese shares its name with an English Gorge? A: Cheddar

Q: Sardines and pilchards belong to which family of fish? A: Herring

Q: Who wrote the Marriage of Figaro? A: Motzart

Q: What is the highest mountain in the Alps? A: Mont Blanc

Q: Larry Holmes is famous for which sport? A: Boxing

Q: Whose catchphrase was 'Ooo you are awful but I like you'? A: Dick Emery

Q: In which continent is the world's largest glacier? A: Antarctica

Q: What is the name of a whale's breathing organ? A: Lungs

Q: Who had a 1970's hit with 'Yellow River'? A: Christy

Q: Which poisonous substance is also known as 'Woolly Rock'? A: Asbestos

Q: Which word can go before Down, Jumping and Off? A: Show

Q: How many times is the word 'Annie' mentioned in the song 'Annie's Song'? A: 0

Q: What was first crossed by tightrope by Charles Blondin in 1859? A: Niagara Falls

Q: Which drug is named after the Greek God of Dreams? A: Morphine

Q: What does a 'Pluvio meter' measure? A: Rainfall

Q: The Dead Sea can be found in which 2 countries? A: Israel and Jordon

Q: Which show did The Muppets first regularly appear on? A: Sesame Street

Q: Which chess piece can only move diagonally? A: Bishop

Q: If you had one nickel, two dimes and a quarter, how much would you have in total? A: 50 cents

Q: The Korean soup ‘Poshintang’ is a popular item on summertime menus. What is it made from? A: Dogs

Q: Scientists claim that every minute, about 900 million tons of what hits the earth? A: Rain

Q: In Australian slang, what is a 'Thunder Box'? A: Toilet

Q: Which armless statue was discovered by a peasant in 1829 on the Aegean island of Melos? A: The Venus
de Milo

Q: Who played Mary in the Film 'There's Something About Mary'? A: Cameron Diaz

Q: What’s a young kangaroo called? A: A joey

Q: With which heavy metal band did Ozzy Osbourne come to fame? A: Black Sabbath

Q: Which 14th century poet wrote The Canterbury Tales? A: Geoffrey Chaucer

Q: Toronto is the capital of which Canadian province? A: Ontario

Q: In Money for Nothing by Dire Straits, what sort of ovens did they sing about? A: Microwave

Q: In All The Presidents Men, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play journalists investigating which break-
in?
A: Watergate
Q: How many members of Abba were Swedish? A: 3

Q: Who was in both the 60s and 90s versions of The Thomas Crown Affair? A: Faye Dunaway

Q: In Norse mythology the Home of the Gods called is Asgard, what was the Hall of Hero’s called? A: Valhalla

Q: In which form of music might you hear a paper and comb or a washboard being played? A: Skiffle

Q: Which TV detective was wheelchair-bound? A: Ironside

Q: Which 20th century head of state survived the most assassination attempts? A: Charles de Gaulle

Q: What did Sherlock Holmes keep in the toe of a Persian slipper? A: His tobacco

Q: How is 12 months travelling at 186,000 miles per second better known? A: One light year

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1.Whats the collective noun for finches ? [A c---m] A charm

A charm

2. Whats the collective noun for the Hippopotamus ? [A b---t]

A bloat
A bloat

3.What is the collective noun for Gorillas ? [A b---] A band

A band

4.Whats the collective noun for Monkeys ? [A t----] A troop

A troop

5. What is the collective noun for Porpoises ? [A ---] A pod

A pod

6. What is the collective noun for Rabbits ? [A n---] A nest

A nest
7.What is the collective noun for Trout ? [A h----]
A hover
A hover

8.What is the collective noun for leopards ? [A l---]

A leap
A leap

9.Whats the collective noun for Kangaroos ? [A ---] A mob

A mob

10.Whats the collective noun for owls ? [A p---------]

A parliament
A parliament
11.Whats the collective noun for lions ? [A -----]
A pride
A pride

12.Whats the collective noun for Mice ? [A m-------]

A mischief
A mischief

13.Whats the collective noun for Oysters ? [A ---]

A bed
A bed

14.What is the collective noun for Locusts ? [A p-----]

A plague
A plague

15. Whats the collective noun for Rhinos? [A c----] A crash

A crash

16.Whats the collective noun for tigers? [An A-----

An Ambush
An Ambush

17. Whats the collective noun for Giraffes? [A t----]

A tower
A tower
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1.Which country is the top level domain .gh assigned to ?

Ghana
Ghana

2. The process of organising your website so that it brings the most possible number of visitors
from search engines is called ... ?

PROP - Page Rank Opportunity Procedure

SORP - Search Organisation Ranking Process
SEO - Search Engine Organisation
PEO - Page Effectiveness Organisation

SEO - Search Eng

SEO - Search Engine Organisation

3. What does HTML stand for ?

Hyper Type Machine Language

Hyper Text Machine Language
Hyper Tutorial Markup Language
Hyper Text Markup Language

Hyper Text Marku

Hyper Text Markup Language

4. What does FTP stand for ?

File Transfer Prot
File Transfer Protocol

5.MyName.com, Test.com and Reply.com are all ... ?

browsers
email addresses
domain names
protocols

domain names
domain names
6.What did Sergey and Larry create ? The first web browser
Facebook
Google
Youtube

Google
Google

7. Friendster, MySpace and Facebook are all ... ? [------ --------]

Social Networks
Social Networks

8. When you ask your browser to save the address of a webpage so you can go back easily later
Bookmark
you are creating a ... ? [--------] Bookmark

9. Jimmy Wales invented a crowd sourced information archive called ... ?

Wikipedia
Wikipedia

10. If you are accessing a website using SSL you are using ... ?

Secure Sockets Layer

Secure Service Language
Secure Service Lines

Secure Sockets L
Secure Sockets Layer

11. The movie based on the story of Facebook was called ? [--- ------ -------]
The Social Netwo
The Social Network

12.The style of guitar native to southern Spain is ... ? Flamenco

Flamenco

1.How big is the screen of the first generation iPad ?

9.8 inches
9.7 inches
9.6 inches
none of the above
 9.7 inches
9.7 inches

2. How heavy is the first generation iPad ?

2.3 pounds
2 pounds
1.5 pounds
none of the above
1.5 pounds
1.5 pounds

3. The iPad has a minimal touch screen interface.

True
False
False
False
4. What are the 2 versions of iPad to be launched ?
Wi Fi and iBook
Wi Fi and 3G
3G and bluetooth ready
none of the above
Wi Fi and 3G
Wi Fi and 3G

5. The iPad uses the same lithium-polymer battery technology as Mac notebook computers.
True
False
True
True
6. The iPad will only run software downloaded from Apple's App Store.
True
Fast
True
True
7. When was the iPad officially announced ?
January 20, 2010
January 17, 2010
January 23, 2010
none of the above
none of the abov
none of the above
8. iPad runs on a modified version of what operating system ?
iTunes OS
iPod OS
iPhone OS
none of the above
iPhone OS
iPhone OS

9. iBooks is a feature in the new iPad.

True
False
True
True

10. Fujitsu owned the U.S. trademark for the IPAD until 2009. When was the trademark officially
transferred to Apple ?
March 17, 2010
March 17, 2009
March 17, 2008
none of the above
March 17, 2010
March 17, 2010

11. When is the release date of the first Apple iPads ?

April 5, 2010
April 3, 2010
April 8, 2020
none of the above
April 3, 2010
April 3, 2010

12.The Apple iPad is a cellular phone developed by Apple Inc.

True
False
False

1.Where could you ride a Shinkansen ?

China

Japan
 Malaysia

Nowhere, they were retired in 1995

Japan
Japan

2. I am a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine airliner. I am produced by a European manufacturer and was

first entered commercial service in 2007 with Singapore Airlines. [------ ----]
Airbus A380
Airbus A380

3. I am a twin-engined, medium range, turboprop airliner. I have a unit cost of between 13 and 27 million
US dollars. I have a production run of over 1000. I am usually known simply as a [d--- -]
dash 8
dash 8

4. In railway trains a bogie is ... ?

a wheeled wagon or trolley

an obstruction on the line

a train heading in the opposite direction

a steel rod that conducts electriciy

a wheeled wago
a wheeled wagon or trolley

5. Before the invention of the differential many automobiles would ... ?

lock their brakes when turning

stall at high speeds

need to be started with a hand crank

power only a single wheel per axle

power only a sing
power only a single wheel per axle

6. In the 80s TV show Knight Rider Micheal Knight drove a ... ?

Mustang

Porsche

Trans Am

Ferrari
Trans Am
Trans Am

7. In the case of an SRS airbag, what does the SRS stand for ?

Standard Release Solution

Simple Release System

 Simple Restraint System

Supplemental Restraint System

Supplemental Res
Supplemental Restraint System

8. In aerospace a Mach number is ... ?

Speed of Sound / Speed of Plane

Speed of Plane / Speed of Sound

Speed of Plane / Weight + altitude

Speed of plane / (altitude * speed of sound)

Speed of Plane /
Speed of Plane / Speed of Sound

9. The worlds top selling car in 2009 was... ?

Toyota Corolla
Toyota Corolla

10.The Antanov 225 is a ... ?

Super Sportscar costing over $1 million

A super train that can reach speeds of 320kmh

A 5th generation fighter aircraft

A massive cargo plane

A massive cargo
A massive cargo plane

1. Which of these movies was not released in 2010 ?

Avatar
Iron Man 2
Twighlight Eclipse
Inception
The Expendables

Avatar
Avatar

2. Hilary Mantel won the 2010 Man Booker prize for her novel Wolf Hall. True or False ?
 True
False

False
False

3. In march 2010 ROKS Cheonan sunk of the coast of which country ?

South Korea
South Korea

Friday
4. What day of the week did 2010 start on ? Friday

5. What is occuring in Dehli India on the 3rd of October to the 14 October 2010 ?
Commonwealth G
Commonwealth Games

6. In July 2010 which organisation released over 90,000 US government documents relating to the war in
Wikileaks
Afghanistan ? Wikileaks

7. Complete these 2010 movie names ----ce -- P----a K--- --- --b-- --od The --l---m

Prince of Persia¶
Prince of Persia Kick Ass Robin Hood The Wolfman

8. Who was Secretary General of the United Nations on January 1st 2010 ? (spelling counts)
Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon

9. 2010 is the 400 year anniversary of the discovery of Jupiters four largest moons by ... ?

Tycho Brahe
Kepler
Copernicus
Galileo

Galileo
Galileo

10. In 2010 coach Fabio Capello said "He is a bit old" about who ? David
David Beckham
Beckham
11. January 2010 in the Gregorian calendar is what year in the Islamic calendar ?

935
1082
1431
1924
2544

1431
1431

12. Which team scored the most goals in the 2010 FIFA world cup ?
Germany
Germany

13. On Januaray 4th 2010 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ... ?

7583
8583
9583
10583

10583
10583

14. In April 2010 the president of which country was killed in a plane accident ?
Poland
Poland

15. In June 2010 Uk Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for ... ?

Massive Budget Cuts

Bloody Sunday
An off-color comment overheard by media
A car accident
Being a Morrissey fan
All of the above
 Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday

16. On the 1st of January 2010 who was the President of the Russian Federation ? Surname only required.
Medvedev
Medvedev

1. What is the largest internal organ in the human body ? (1 word)

Liver
Liver

2. I perform a number of different jobs including producing the chemicals required for digestion
and detoxifying the body. What am I ? (1 word) Liver
Liver

3.What is the compound tubuloalveolar exocrine gland also known as ?

prostate
prostate

4. What organ is enclosed within the pericardium sac ?

Heart
Heart

5. Name these two internal organs... [A------s] [A------x]

Adrenals¶Appen
Adrenals Appendix

6. On average a male human heart weight about ...

200g to 250g
300g to 350g
400g to 450g
600g to 650g

300g to 350g
300g to 350g

What organ is sometimes referred to as the gullet ? Esophagus

Esophagus

8. Hyaloid Canals, vitreous humour and Sclera. What am I ? [----]

Eyes
Eyes
The detrusor muscle is found in which organ ? [The -------] The
The bladder
bladder

10. Which organ is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen and removes old red blood
cells and holds a reserve in case of hemorrhagic shock [------]
spleen
spleen

11. I am a specialized organ of the immune system. I produce T Cells. I have a medulla and a
peripheral cortex. What am I ?

Spleen
Stomach
Pituitary
Thymus
Adrenals

Thymus
Thymus

12. You might have two or you might have none. I produce estrogen and progesterone. What am I
Ovary
? [-----] Ovary

13. Which of these is not an internal organ ? Adrenals, Appendix, Bladder, Brain, Eyes, Gall
bladder, Heart, Intestine, Kidney, Liver, Lungs, Esoph

Kidney Adrenals Thymus Parathyroids

Veins Ethronophagus Intestine Prostate

Ethronophagus
Ethronophagus

14. Generaly there are considered to be how many internal organs?

17 , 18 , 22 , 20, 24 , 26 , 29 31

22
22
15. I am a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. I have both Endocrine
and Exocrine glands. What am I ? [--------] Pancreas
Pancreas

1.How many squares on a chessboard ?

64
131
156
198

64
64

2. Which two simple geometric shapes did Archimedes use to mark his tomb ?

Pyamid and sphere

cylinder and sphere
square and triangle
cube and triangle

cylinder and sphe

cylinder and sphere

3. which of the following could be the lengths of the sides of a set square ?

2,4,5
4,5,6
5,6,7
7,8,9

2,4,5
2,4,5

4. The time of swing of a pendulum depends only on its ... ?

weight
length
 width of spin
mass

length
length

5. In ancient Egypt a Cubit was a measure of ... ?

Volume
Length
Mass
Time

Length
Length

6. The distance around the circumference of a circle is roughly how many times the diameter ... ?

2
3
4
5

3
3

7. If O stands for an odd number and E for an even number what is the missing symbol below ? E
O
OEEEOE? O

8. One horse power is defined as ... ?

pulling 100lbs 100ft in 1 min

raising 150lbs 220ft in one min
pulling 112lbs 200 ft in one min
carrying 140 lbs 20 miles in one hour

raising 150lbs 22
raising 150lbs 220ft in one min

9. Which of these plane figures has the most number of axis of symmetry ?
 triangle
square
hexagon
circle

circle
circle

10. We count in base 10, computers work in base ... ?

1000
100
50
2

2
2

11. What is a googol ?

10 to the power 2
100 to the power 2
10 to the power 100
100 to the power 10

10 to the power 1
10 to the power 100

12. Which of these system of numerals in the only one to have a symbol for 0 ?

Roman
Greek
Arabic
Mayan

Arabic
Arabic
1 Which chess computer built by IBM defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov ?

Deep Blue
Deep Move
Deep View
Deep Street

Deep Blue
Deep Blue

2 In inches, how high is a table-tennis net ?

There is no standard
4 inches (10.16 cm)
5 inches (12.7 cm)
6 inches (15.25 cm)

6 inches (15.25 c
6 inches (15.25 cm)
3 .In Judo, which Dan is the highest in the grading of black belts ?

10
13
15
20

10
10

4. In poker, what is a hand called where you hold three of one value of card and two of another
A full house
? A full house
5. In which sport would you find a WD, WA, GK, GD and C ?
Netball
Netball

6. In standard chess game notation, what is the code for castling on the Kings side ?

KD
0-0-0
 0-0
f1-k1

0-0
0-0

7. In the old days, who would chip with a spoon ?

A Baseballer
A Cricketer
A Golfer
A Racing Car Driver

A Golfer
A Golfer

8. In which card game could you gain points for 15, pairs royal and one for his nob ? [C-------]
Cribbage
Cribbage

9. In which country is Randwick racecourse situated ?

Australia
Spain
Germany
Canada

Canada
Canada

10. In which game do you peg out? [C-------] Cribbage

Cribbage

11. In which sport do riders compete on motorcycles without brakes on dirt tracks ? [S-------]
Speedway
Speedway

12. In which sport might you find a Triangle and a Sausage ?

Snooker
Golf
 Yachting
Karate

Yachting
Yachting

13. In which sport or pastime might you use a Wickhams Fancy and a Greenwells Glory ?

Badminton
8 ball pool
Horse Jumping
Fly Fishing

Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing
14. List the six murder weapons in Cluedo. [C----------, R---, R-------, D-----, L--- p------, S------]

Candlestick, Rope
Candlestick, Rope, Revolver, Dagger, Lead piping, Spanner

15. List the six playing pieces in standard Monopoly. [--g, ---p, --r, ----, T-- ---, F--- i---]

Dog, Ship, Car, B

Dog, Ship, Car, Boot, Top hat, Flat iron.

16. Manufactured by Atari in 1972, what was the worlds first video game ? [---g]
Pong
Pong

17. Spassky, Karpov and Kasparov have all been world champions in which game ?
Chess
Chess

18. Squash balls have a dot marked on them, what does it signal ?

The size of the ball

The bounce of the ball
How long it will last
Which organisation sanctions the ball

The bounce of th
The bounce of the ball
19. Texas Hold-em is a variant on which game? Poker
Poker

20. The Americas cup is a trophy awarded for which sport ?

Tennis
Yacht racing
Golf
Basketball

Yacht racing
Yacht racing

1. A womans discus weigh's 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz). How much does a mans discus wiegh ?

1 kg (2 lb 3 oz)
2 kg (4 lb 7 oz)
3 kg (6 lb 10 oz)
4 kg (8 lb 14 oz)

2 kg (4 lb 7 oz)
2 kg (4 lb 7 oz)

2.Before it begins its trip through 20 countries, where is the Olympic flame kindled ? [----- -------]
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus

3.Blue, red and green are three of the five rings of the olympic flag. What are the other two ?

Yellow and Black

Yellow and White
Orange and White
Gold and White

Yellow and Black

Yellow and Black

4.Competitors of which surname have won the most Olympic Medals ?

 Smith
Singh
Kim

Kim
Kim

5.Eddie the Eagle became famous at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. In which event did he take part ?
Ski Jumping
Ski Jumping

6 What do the five rings of the Olympic flag symbolise ? [--- ---- ----------]
The Five Continen
The Five Continents

7 Phiedippides ran over 26 miles in 490 BC to deliver the news of a lost battle. He ran
from Marathon, where did he run to ?

Athens
Rome
Carthage
Oreos

Athens
Athens

8. How far is a modern Olympic Marathon, to the nearest mile ?

26 miles
26 miles

9. How many rounds are there in an Olympic boxing match ?

2 4 6 8

4
4

10. How many times has a German city (east, West or Unified) hosted the Summer Olympic
Games?

Never
Once
 Twice
Five Times

Twice
Twice

11. How many times have the Olympic games been cancelled due to war since 1896 ?

Never
Once
Twice
Three Times

Three Times
Three Times

12. How many track events are there in a decathlon ? (Some event are Field)

4 5 6 7

4
4

13. The tallest gold medallist competed in the Olympic games in which sport?
Basketball
Basketball

14. In athletics, what was the Triple Jump formerly called ? [--- ---- and ----]
Answer...
Answer...

15. In the 1984 Olympics, which athlete won gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, the sprint
Carl Lewis
relay and the long jump ? Carl Lewis

16. Which body decides where Olympic games will be held ?

The International Olympic Board

The International Olympic Committee
The Olympic Committee of Planning
The United Nations Committe on Sport

The International
The International Olympic Committee
17. In which country was the 1992 Summer Olympics held ?

China Egypt Greece Spain

Spain
Spain

18.Name the American swimmer who won a record number of Gold medals at the Beijing Olympics
Michael Phelps
in 2008. Michael Phelps

19. Over what distance are the mens athletics High Hurdles ?

70m 80m 100m 110m

110m
110m

20. Rythmic gymnastics includes the rope, ball, ribbon and what other piece of equipment? [----]
Hoop

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36 The Fagus is the Latin name of what type of tree Beech

37 If you have Chlorosis what colour does the skin go Green
38 The French say Bis - what word do the English use Encore
39 Of what are Karakul, Texel, Romney Marsh types Sheep
40 What is biltong Dried meat
41 What type of fish is Scomber Scombrus Mackerel
42 What are brick, fontina, port salut, quargel types of Cheese
43 In which country did the turnip originate Greece
44 Tchaikovsky died of which disease Cholera
45 Sam Barraclough owned which film star Lassie
46 Which animals can live longest without water Rats
47 Captain Hanson Gregory Crockett created what void in 1847 Hole in Doughnuts
48 Kaka means parrot in which language Maori
49 Who wrote A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute
50 Which fruit contains the most protein Avocado
No

Questions Quiz 8
Answers
51 Ignatius Loyola founded which organisation Jesuits
52 Which 16th century Italian wrote The Prince Machiavelli
53 A meander bend in a river, named from river meander - where Turkey
54 Who tells the story in The Arabian Nights Sheherazade
55 Alfred Jingle appears in which Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers
56 Vaselina and Brillantino were alternate names which film Grease
57 Chaplin ate a boot in the Gold Rush - what was it made of Liquorice
58 Phoebe Anne Mozee better known as who Annie Oakley
59 What is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet Kappa
60 If you were misocapnic what do you hate Tobacco Smoke
61 In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships doctor Cook
62 An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what Average Cloud Cover
63 Bumper Harris - wooden leg - what Job on London Underground
Ride new escalators
64 Who is Ivanhoe's wife Rowena
65 The Lent Lilly has a more common name - what Daffodil
66 What would you be if you were a coryphée Ballet Dancer
67 Whose last words were - "Clito I owe a cock to Asclepius" Socrates
68 What does the German word Panzer literally mean Armour
69 What is Frances longest river Loire
70 In which month is the Munich beer festival held October
71 What was the name of Norse God Thor's hammer Mjolnir
72 Who ordered John the Baptists execution King Herod
73 What was Walt Disney's first cartoon character
Oswald the Rabbit
74 What medication discovered in 1928 but introduced 1940
Penicillin 75 Who wrote Beau Geste P C Wren
76 Prophesied the Chalus the Greek - Die on day - did of what Laughing cos he was not dead
77 Who is Aladdin's father Mustapha the tailor
78 What American state is the Badger state Wisconsin
79 Why was Fred Lorz disqualified 1904 Olympic marathon Hitched a lift passing car
80 In China what colour does the bride traditionally wear Red
81 A muster is a group of which birds Peacocks
82 Bohea is a type of what Tea
83 In which country were antibiotics first used Egypt - used mouldy bread
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84 Which country grew the first Orange China

85 Gossima was the original name of what game Table Tennis
86 Wild marjoram is also known as what
Oregano 87 What was the name of Roses monkey in Friends Marcel
88 Horse brasses - on dreyhorses - originally what purpose Charms - ward off evil
89 Alfred Hitchcock admitted to being terrified of what Policeman
90 What was the name of Sancho Panza's donkey Dapple
91 What is Steganography Invisible ink writing
92 An Albert chain is usually attached to what
Watch
93 An unkindness is a group of what birds Ravens
94 A fellmonger deals in what items Animal skins
95 What colour habit do Franciscan monks wear Grey
96 Nenen-Kona is sold in Russia - what do we call it Pepsi-Cola
97 Hugh Lofting created which famous character Doctor Dolittle
98 What was the name of Russian bear mascot 1980 Olympics Mischa
99 What ingredient must French ice cream contain by law Eggs
100 A kindle is the name for a group of what young animals Kittens
No

Questions Quiz 9
Answers
1 What is the commonest symbol on flags of the world Star
2 Which country is alphabetically last Zimbabwe
3 Smiths Bon-Bons changed their name to what after 1840 Christmas Crackers
4 Minerva is the Goddess of what Wisdom
5 What type of animal is a jennet Small Spanish horse
6 If you were crapulous what would you be Drunk
7 Where would you Wedel Ski slope
8 What is the correct name for a baby otter Kitten
9 What colour is the gemstone peridot Green
10 Sanskrit is an old language - what does the word mean Put together – Perfected
11 In which country do they play houlani - type of hockey Turkey
12 What does the name Tabitha mean Gazelle
13 With what is spangy played Marbles
14 Where did Spam get its name Spiced Ham
15 The Pogues took their name from Pogue Mahone - what mean Kiss my arse
16 What comes after the year of the snake - Chinese calendar Horse
17 Mosi-oa-Tunya - Smoke that Thunders - what natural feature Victoria falls
18 One person every 6 seconds dies from what Contaminated water diseases
19 Approximately 40 million of what are consumed each year
Bananas
20 What is the worlds largest rodent Capybara
21 Which winter game is known as the roaring game Curling
22 The first known what happened in Wisconsin 1878 Organised motor race
23 Which 2 countries will host the 2002 Soccer World Cup finals Japan - South Korea
24 In 1935 Charlton C McGee invented what in the USA Parking Meter
25 Which French philosopher created analytical geometry Rene Decartes
26 The length of what is approximately 1/10th circumference of earth Great wall of China
27 What was the world's first computer bug in 1946 A moth
28 What does a polythesistic person believe in Many Gods
29 Who founded the Greek theatre Thespis
30 Maria Magdelana Von Losch Beyyer know as who Marlene Dietrich
31 If you suffered from tantartism what would you be doing Dancing Mania
32 Which literary prize started in 1968 Booker McConnell
33 What links Fitzroy, Essenden, Collingswood and Carlton Aussie rules football teams
34 What countries people spend most private money on recreation
Taiwan's
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35 What links The Reivers, Grapes of Wrath, Humboldt’s Gift Pulitzer Prize winners
36 USA has most airports which country has second most Australia
37 In 1829 Walter Hunt invented what common item Safety Pin
38 Fredrick Sanger discovered which medical life saver Insulin
39 Who invented punched cards used in early computing 1880s Herman Hollerith
40 Why did Roselin Franklin (pre discovered dna helix) no Nobel She was dead
41 What is a Dwarf Goby Worlds smallest true fish
42 What types can be saddle, plane or pivotal Body Joints
43 1500 paces was what Roman measurement League
44 Denis Gabor of Hungary 1971 Nobel prize for what invention Holograms
45 Who gave the UN the land in NY to build their HQ John D Rockerfeller
46 In 1779 Abraham Darby built the worlds first what Metal Bridge
47 What is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion Judaism
48 An aubade or alborda is a song - but what typeMourning
49 What sport links Castle Cup, Red Stripe Cup, Ranji Trophy Cricket
50 What countries leader does not have an official residence Cuba
No

Questions Quiz 9
Answers
51 Which writer coined the word Cyberspace in 1984 William Gibson – Neuromancer
52 Demeter was the Greek god of what (Ceres Roman) Harvest
53 What film won the 1943 Oscar as best film Casablanca
54 What do ungulate animals alone have Hooves
55 Dr Ludwig L Zamenhof invented what 1887 Poland Esperanto
56 Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1891 Oscar Wilde
57 Who composed The Planets suit (both names) Gustav Holst
58 What links Doric, Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian and Composite Classical Architecture
59 What is phonetic alphabet word for U Uniform
60 Why were women barred from original Olympic Games Male entries nude
61 In which USA state is Churchill Downs racetrack Louisville Kentucky
62 In 1867 Lucian B Smith invented what restraint Barbed Wire
63 In 1961 which Henry Mancini record won Grammy record of year Moon River
64 What links Willie Brant, Lech Walesa, Yasser Arafat Nobel Peace Prize
65 Which countries government spends most in social security % Uruguay
66 Archaeopteryx was the first what Bird
67 In 1810 in England Peter Durand invented what Tin can (food)
68 Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 (turned down) Albert Einstein
69 What is the oldest known infectious disease Leprosy
70 A JPEG is a picture file format - what does JPEG stand for Joint Photographic Experts Group
71 What is the worlds largest sea (in area) South China
72 Which islands wildlife is 90% unique Madagascar
73 What are truffles - highly prized as food Fungi
74 Which Game is Played 15 a side and scores 3 or 1 points Gaelic Football
75 What was invented in 1855 45 years later than it was needed Can Opener
76 What links Sissinnius, Zosimus, Liberius, Sergius V1,Victor II Popes
77 What is the world largest seed Coco-de-mare palm – double coconut
78 Bristlemouths are the worlds most common what Fish
79 What swims at 1/8 inch an hour Sperm
80 Trypanophobia is fear of what Inoculations – Injections
81 Chogori is better know by what boring name K2
82 Colonel Jacob Schick invented what in 1928 in USA Electric Razor
83 What links Duke Wellington, Earl Derby, Marquis Salisbury UK Prime Ministers
84 In 1996 which Celine Dion album Grammy album of year Falling into You
85 What weight is the lightest in Amateur Boxing Light Flyweight

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