Part 3 Flashcards
By what name is Gabrielle Bonheur better known?
Coco Chanel
If you were born on June 1st, what star sign would you be?
Gemini
What is the birthstone for the month of July? Ruby, Pearl or Diamond?
Ruby
What is the average of the numbers 1, 10 and 100
37
After how many years of marriage would you celebrate a china anniversary?
20
What is ombrophobia the fear of?
Rain
In which game would you find Misty, a midriff-bearing teenager?
Pokemon
How did the inventors of the dice game Yahtzee come up with it`s name?
They invented it on a yacht
If you were born in June, you must be one of which two star signs?
Gemini and Cancer
What was the name of the bank for which Nick Leeson worked?
Barings
you were born in March, you must be one of which two star signs?
Pisces and Aries
How many years are celebrated in a Sesquicentennial?
150
Which US President`s signature is on a plaque on the Moon?
Richard Nixon
Which chocolate manufacturer makes Crunchie?
Cadbury
According to the Bible, who was the father of the Jewish race?
Abraham
Crystal anniversary
15 years
month`s name is derived from the ninth month of the old Roman calendar?
November
What is the common name for Hansen`s Disease?
Leprosy
JVC stands for
Japanese Victory Company
A dagger, lead piping, a revolver, rope and a candlestick - which murder weapon is missing from the game of Cluedo?
Spanner
1 third divided by one half
2 thirds
Roman numeral for 1999
MCMXCIX
How many wheels does a hansom cab have?
2
What is orology the study of? Mountains, Rivers or Precious Stones?
Mountains
If you were born on April 29th, what star sign would you be?
Taurus
Which English Cathedral has the tallest spire?
Salisbury Cathedral
What was Morpheus the Greek god of? Sleep, Dreams or Time?
Dreams
What is the name given to someone who makes arrows?
Fletcher
April birthstone?
Diamond
In what month and year did the Berlin Wall come down?
November 9th 1989
Tin anniversary?
10
Which N. M. married Graca Machel on his 80th birthday?
Nelson Mandela
What nationality is Pope John Paul II?
Polish
If you were born on New Years day, what would your star sign be?
Capricorn
June birthstone?
Pearl
In the police force, what rank comes above Chief Inspector?
Superintendent
For how many years is a French President elected?
7
20 year anniversary?
China
In 1998, who did Bill Clinton agree to pay $850,000 to drop her sexual harrassment lawsuit?
Paula Jones
Which article of clothing would you associated with designer Patrick Cox?
Shoes
What letter of the alphabet is the most common letter to come at the start of words?
S
If you were born on 4th March, what star sign would you be?
Pisces
Name given to a triangle with 3 unequal sides?
Scalene
Is Saint Apolline the patron saint of earache, toothache or headaches?
Toothache (yanked teeth out as torture)
In Greek mythology, who hit Achilles in his heel with a poisoned arrow?
Paris
Internal sum of angles of a pentagon
360/5= 72
180-72=108
108 *5 = 540
What does MI stand for in MI5?
Military intelligence
In February 2000, which Scandanavian country elected it`s first female President?
Finland (Tarja Halonen)
Muhammed Ali, Cher, Michael Jackson and Ronald Reagan have all admitted to suffering from the fear of what?
Flying
10 to the power of 15
Quadrillion in US
If you were born on April Fools Day, what star sign would you be?
Aries
Diana is the Roman Goddess of what?
The moon and the hunt
Greek goddess of moon?
Selene
Greek goddess of hunt?
Artemis
What is sold by a costermonger?
Fruit
What is the official London residents of the Queen Mother?
Clarence House
What is the birthstone for the month of March?
Aquamarine
Which of Santas reindeer would come first alphabetically?
Blitzen
In which quarter of the Australian flag does the Union Jack appear?
Top left
What is Saint Stephen’s Day better known as?
Boxing day
What two months are covered by the Starsign Aquarius?
January and February
In Scrabble how many points is a C worth?
Three points
What is the name of the Christian holiday that occurs 12 days after Christmas?
The epiphany
What Starsign runs from December into January?
Capricorn
If you were born in July you must be one of either two star signs
Cancer and Leo
Peridot is the birthstone for which month?
August
What is the name of Snoopy’s little bird friend?
Woodstock
Tabula in medieval Europe, Tables in England, and Tric-Trac in France and Germany, by what name was this popular game now known?
Backgammon
What four words in the English language end with the letters dous
?
Tremendous, hazardous, horrendous, stupendous
What does SMS stand for?
Short messaging service
How many cards are dealt in the game gin rummy?
10
How long is the channel tunnel?
31 miles
What is a Flemish giant?
Rabbit
How many stars appear on the flag of Australia?
Six
What is the birthstone for the month of May?
Emerald
Which is bigger one leader or two pints?
2 pints
Maastricht Treaty 1992
European Union
Pearl is the birthstone for which month?
June
What is the first prime number greater than 100?
101
What are the seven deadly sins?
Pride greed lust envy gluttony wrath and sloth
If penultimate means next to last, what is the correct word for second to last?
Antepenultimate
In the 12 days of Christmas what are there 4 of?
Calling Birds
When is all souls day?
November 2