Part 4 Flashcards
What is the birthstone for the month of January?
Garnet
After how many years of marriage would you celebrate your crystal wedding anniversary?
15 years
After how many years would you celebrate your leather anniversary?
Three years
Emerald is the birthstone for which month?
May
Cassis is made from which fruit?
Blackcurrant
Which anniversary would you celebrate after 35 years of marriage?
Coral
Which horse had three grand national wins in the 1970s?
Red rum
Which actor played Alex in the clockwork Orange?
Malcolm McDowell
US TV soap opera in the 1960s during Mia Farrow
Peyton Place
What was the name of the clerical detective created by GK Chesterton?
Father Brown
Name the nine circles of hell and Dante’s Inferno
The first Circle is for the unbaptized The second Circle is for the lustful the third Circle is for The gluttonous The fourth Circle is for the greedy The fifth Circle is for the angry The six Circle is for the heretical The seventh Circle is for the violent The eighth Circle is for the fraudulent The ninth Circle is for the treacherous
Who played the evil magician Profion in the 2000 film Dungeons and Dragons?
Jeremy Irons
Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship?
H.M.S. Victory
Ship name of Benjamin Briggs?
Mary Celeste. 1800s found abandoned. Mystery
Who is the first lady of the United States during World War II?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What was the name of the character played by Shannon Doherty on the show Charmed?
Prue
Which character has a niece named Penny and a dog named brain?
Inspector gadget
Which city has a team called the Giants in baseball?
San Francisco
The film the Crimson Tide starred which two Hollywood actors?
Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington
The battle of Brandy Station is associated with which war?
The Civil War
The battle of Agincourt is associated with which war?
The 100 years war
Kevin Bacon played an invisible character in which film from the year 2000?
Hollow man
In Norse mythology what is the dwelling place of the gods called?
Asgard
In which country did the World War II battle of Vimy Ridge take place?
France
Anzac day celebrates which battle?
Gallipoli
The postwar conference for world war one took place in which city?
Versailles
What was Radar’s name in MASH and who played him?
Actor Gary Burghoff played Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly in the film MAS*H, as well as the TV series.
Lenina Crowne is a character from which novel?
Brave New World by Aldus Huxley
Who is the Greek muse of dance?
Terpsichore
What is Mr. Burns’s real name in the Simpsons?
Charles Montgomery Burns
Who discovered to time common in 1922?
George Herbert and Howard Carter
Who wrote the novel Trainspotting on which the film was based?
Irvine Welsh
Who wrote the portrait of an artist as a young dog?
Dylan Thomas
Which band name is taken from an implement in the naked lunch by William S Burroughs?
Steely Dan
What is the longest book in the Bible?
Psalms
Which planet has the longest day?
Venus
What is Voltair’s real name?
Francois-Marie Arouet
Who is the Egyptian guardian of the dead?
Anubis who has the face of the jackal
What is the name of Odin’s spider horse?
Sleipnir
Who is the Roman goddess of hearth and home?
Vesta (Greek Hestia)
In Greek mythology who killed the Chimera?
Bellerophon riding Pegasus
Who wrote the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?
Muriel spark
What flower is traditionally given for Easter?
The Lily
Who played Spartacus?
Kirk Douglas
What is the name of the detective in the pink panther?
Inspector Clouseau
What is the name of the cop in the west side story?
Krupke
What is the second largest city in Portugal starting with O and ending with 0
Oporto
What river in South America begins with an O and ends with an O?
Orinoco
What novel by Virginia Woolf begins with an O and ends with an O?
Orlando
Who wrote the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas?
Clement Clarke Moore
Which profession would use a last?
Shoemaker
Who wrote the play the three sisters?
Anton Chekov
Who are the sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s little women?
Meg, Amy, Joe, Beth March
In which 1975 Stephen King book does Ben return home to find out that everyone’s become vampires?
Salem’s Lot
Which popular character did Robert L May create in 1939?
Rudolph the red nose reindeer
Which famous actor was born Carlos Irwin Estevez?
Charlie Sheen
Which actor was cast as the leading male role in the film Fifty Shades of Grey?
Charlie Hunnam
Which actor was in the film the fighter along with Mark Wahlberg?
Christian Bale
Who wrote Bridget Jones’s diary?
Helen fielding
Which Japanese martial art is fought with wooden swords?
Kendo
What is a flight of geese called?
A skein
Who killed Emperor Claudius?
His wife Agrippina
Who wrote the owl and the pussycat?
Edward Lear
Who wrote Moon River in 1961?
Andy Williams
On what river is Niagara Falls?
Niagara River
In which area of London did Jack the Ripper murder?
Whitechapel
Who is the headmaster at Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby?
Wackford Squeers
Who wrote the play school for scandal?
Richard Sheridan
Which drink was originally called Brad’s Drink?
Pepsi
Pogonophobia is the fear of what?
Beards
What is the Japanese train system called?
Shinkansen
In what year did the film airplane come out?
1980
What trophy is awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl?
The Vince Lombardi trophy
Which team won the very first Super Bowl in 1967?
The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs
