Pot Luck

Question 1

How man grams are in a kilogram?

Answer 1

1000

Question 2

What colors would you mix to make purple?

Answer 2

Red and blue

Question 3

Is a north wind coming from the North or going to the North?

Answer 3

It comes from the North

Question 4

What drink is Brazil famous for?

Answer 4

Coffee

Question 5

What is another name for the constellation known as the Big Dipper?

Answer 5

The Plough

Question 6

Of which country is Stockholm the capital?

Answer 6

Sweden

Question 7

For what purpose was the Dachshund originally bred?

Answer 7

Badger hunting

Question 8

Theoretically, how many bodies the size of the earth could fit into the sun?

Answer 8

1 million

Question 9

What is measured on the Beaufort scale?

Answer 9

Wind Speed

Question 10

Who was the infamous captain of the Bounty?

Answer 10

Captain Bligh

Question 11

Which country did Ivan the Terrible rule?

Answer 11

Russia

Question 12

In which country would you find Mandalay?

Answer 12

Burma

Question 13

Who lives at 10 Downing Street?

Answer 13

The British Prime Minister

Question 14

What sort of Plane was the Spitfire?

Answer 14

A WW II fighter plane

Question 15

In which story does the ghost of Jacob Marley appear?

Answer 15

A Christmas Carol

Question 16

What is a Auvergne?

Answer 16

Egg plant

Question 17

Can you eat green tomatoes?

Answer 17

Yes, when cooked they are considered a delicacy

Question 18

According to tradition, what happens to people that pick dandelions?

Answer 18

They wet the bed

Question 19

Which American hero was noted for his coonskin cap?

A. Davy Crockett
B. Daniel Boone

Answer 19

A. Davy Crockett

Question 20

Who had a horse called Black Bess

Answer 20

Dick Turpin

Question 21

What is a coracle?

Answer 21

A small, round boat for one person.

Question 22

What is the approximate distance in miles from the Earth to the Sun?

Answer 22

93,000,000

Question 23

What do we call trees that loose their leaves in Winter?

Answer 23

Deciduous

Question 24

What was Cambodia called between 1970 and 1975?

Answer 24

The Khmer Republic

Question 25

Which of the following would you not find in Africa?

A. Lions
B. Tigers
C. Crocodiles

Answer 25

B. Tigers

Question 26

What is a wat.

Answer 26

A Buddhist temple found in SE Asia.

Question 27

In which town was William Shakespeare born?

Answer 27

Stratford on Avon

Question 28

Which fictional hero shot an apple from his son’s head with a crossbow?

Answer 28

William Tell

Question 29

What is the name which describes all of the species of pine tree?

Answer 29

Coniferous

Question 30

Which Dickens character was beaten for asking for more gruel?

Answer 30

Oliver Twist

Question 31

What, originally, did the word POG stand from?

Answer 31

Passion fruit, orange, and Guava

Question 32

A statue of which fairy-tale character guards Copenhagen harbor?

Answer 32

The Little Mermaid

Question 33

Which gas do spiders breathe?

Answer 33

Oxygen

Question 34

Which mythical creature is used to represent the constellation of Sagittarius?

Answer 34

The Centaur

Question 35

In which continent would you find Zulus?

Answer 35

Africa

Question 36

In which city would you find the Louvre?

Answer 36

Paris

Question 37

Which county is known growing Tulips?

Answer 37

The Netherlands

Question 38

In the northern hemisphere which is the shortest day?

Answer 38

December 21st

Question 39

What are the two tropics called?

Answer 39

Cancer and Capricorn

Question 40

What role does the Mikado play in Japanese life?

Answer 40

He is the emperor

Question 41

How many is in a gross?

Answer 41

144