Trivia Database_1 Flashcards
“Honolulu” means _____________
Sheltered harbor
How many gallons of fuel does a jumbo jet use during take off?
Four thousand
In the game of cricket which bird name means scoring no runs
Duck
With which singer did Westlife record a version of Against all Odds in 2000?
Mariah Carey
In 1951 Howard Hawks Produced The Thing. Who Directed The 1982 remake, Starring Kurt Russell
John Carpenter
The Paris stock exchange
Bourse
What amendment to the u.s. constitution ended prohibition
The twenty first
What game of chance was originally called ‘Beano’
Bingo
Where Did Napoleon Bonaparte Die In Exile?
St Helena
The eggs of this sturgeon are the preferred form of caviar.
Beluga
What is the motto of the three muskateers
All for one & one for all
What is the flower that stands for: a heart ignorant of love
White rosebud
What nationality was the sculpture Brancusi
Romanian
Charles Darrow based his game upon the 1904 “The Landlord’s Game”.
Monopoly
Who sang “I Want My MTV” on the Dire Straits song “Money For Nothing”?
Sting
What country did poinsettias originally come from? (Mexico,Us, Spain ,Brazil)
Mexico
Who Starred As Cole Porter In The 1945 Film Night & Day
Cary Grant
Before Hitting The Big Time As A Singer & Tv Personality What Was “Perry Como’s “ Profession
A Barber / Hair Dresser
What was finally a top ten hit for Ce Ce Peniston on its 1992 Re-Release
Finally
Seventeen thousand how many camels carried the 117,000 volumes of abdul kassem ismael’s library
400
Under Michigan State law who are officially classed mechanics
Dentists
Medieval monks invented this stopper, necessary for champagne
Cork
In the body luteinizing hormone is produced by what gland
Pituitary
What colour is chablis?
White
Football: The Denver ____?
Broncos
What are the stars in traditional Cornish Star Gazey pie
Pilchards eyes
What is raku
Japanese pottery
Proverbially it was a bold man who first ate what
An Oyster
Where is the oldest distillery in the world?
The Old Bushmills, Cty Antrim
What countries days include Fire day, Water day and wood day
Japan Tue Wed Thu
In golf what would you put in your shag bag
Practice Balls
Constance Markiewicz, Became The Worlds First Ever What In 1918?
First British Female MP
Which Modern Gymnastics Event Made Its First Appearance At The 2000 Sydney Olympics
Trampolining
Burning potassium has what colour flame
Purple
Who directed the monochrome (sepia) sequences at the beginning and end of “the wizard of oz” (1939)
King vidor
Who Became premier of Cuba in 1959.
Fidel Castro
According to the song what did my true love give to me on the fifth day of Christmas
Five Gold Rings
What is the cap on the fire hydrant called
Bonnet
What is the capital of Philippines ?
Manila
Who Originated The Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg
What dodgers and cubs first-baseman dropped baseball to take up actin
Chuck
Which usical instrument was invented by Henry Schluter?
Vibraphone
How long is a silver anniversary
25 years
Johnny Marr Teamed Up With Which Former New Order Member To Form The Band Electronic
Bernard Sumner
Test of metal or ore for ingredients and quality
Assay
What is a woolly bear
Caterpillar
What is the name of the telescope that was placed in orbit in the eighties?
Hubble
Where was The Beast, the first mobile robot, developed
Johns hopkins
The province of Alberta in Canada has been completely free of rats since what year
1905
Arlanda is the airport which serves which European city
Stockholm
What Group Did Nick Cave Sing With Before Forming The Bad Seeds
The Birthday Party
Sound Navigation Ranging is better known as _________.
Sonar
What is a group of geese called
Gaggle
Which Music Festival Was Attended By Over 400,000 People In 1969
Woodstock
The last Nascar driver to serve jail time for running moonshine was who
Buddy arrington
Which Capital City Is Home To “Carrasco” International Airport
Montevideo (Uruguay)
The worlds what museum is at 19 Green belt North York Ontario
Contraceptive
What is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the fear of?
Long words
In the game of chess, which piece has the most freedom to move?
Queen
What Is The Function Of The Thyroid Gland
To Regulate Growth & The Metabolism
Who Claimed That “Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children”
Queen Latifah
Singapore banned which popular western foodstuff because of litter implicatons?
Chewing Guim
Metal framework on a vehicle to protect it in the event of a collision with a large animal
Bull bar
What is a Bellwether
Leader of flock of sheep
As what is ‘South West Township’ known in south africa
Soweto
What is the most important mineral for strong bones & teeth
Calcium
What asian leader was known as the little brown saint
Mahatma gandhi
Of who did the u.s postal service print 500 million stamps in 1993
Elvis
What is ‘bountiful mother’ in latin
Alma mater
What was the name of john lennon and cynthia lennon’s son
Sean
Lake Vanern is the largest lake in which country
Sweden
What is the missing word in english with the letter combination ‘uu’ vacuum, muumuu, continuum, residuum, duumvir
Duumvirate
Who was the ruler of the USSR from 1917-22?
Vladimir Lenin
Isolophobia is the fear of
Solitude, being alone
What Did Jesse Reno Invent Using Traditional Conveyor Belt Principles To Pull Folding Steps Up A Slope
The Escalator
Name the wife of King Ahab, who Jehu ordered to be thrown to her death from a window
Jezebel
If not Shakespeare what links Juliet Cleopatra Mark Antony
Commit Suicide
Who was the first person to prove that planets move in elliptical orbits
Kepler
Who was the first black mayor of Chicago?
Harold Washington
Who Won The US Open Men’s *Tennis * Title in 1990 At The Age Of Just 19?
Pete Sampras
Which architect designed London’s tallest building The Shard?
Renzo Piano
Which meteorological phenomena means “a curl of hair” in Latin
Cirrus - clouds
Originally a Toss Pot did a lot of what
Drinking - Alcohol
What country is Men Without Hats originally from?
Canada
What group was Ringo with before the Beatles?
Rory Storm and the Hurricanes
What Did Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel & Winston Churchill All have to overcome?
Stutters / Stammers
What 3 ingredients make a sidecar cocktail
Brandy Cointreau Lemon juice
Anna Maria Louisa Italiano changed her name to what
Anne Bancroft
An Aficionado originally followed what sport
Bullfighting
Which is the largest of the Canary Islands?
Tenerife
The land that would eventually be known as oklahoma was part of the what in 1803
Louisiana purchase.
Which U.S. boxer was known as ‘The Manessa Mauler’
Jack dempsey
Who Had Minor Hits With “Dogs Of Lust”, “Slow Emotion Replay” And “Dis -Infected” EP
The The
What does a Stupprator prefer sexually
Virgins
An elephant has 400000 what in its trunk
Muscles
The Zagros mountain range is in which country
Iran
What is the highest mountain in the Appalachian range?
Mt. Mitchell
In South Korea traffic police must report what
Tourists bribes taken
What does SALT stand for
Strategic arms limitation treaty
Which chemical element has the atomic number 4?
Berylium
Who had a hit no 5 in US 1971 with Bridge over Troubled Water
Aretha Franklin
William the First was crowned on Christmas day, but in what year
1066
What country covers an entire continent
Australia
In which film did Donna Summer make her debut as an aspiring disco singer?
Thank God It’s Friday
Who was responsible for driving the english out of scotland in 1297
William
Which duo released albums called Introspective and Very?
Pet Shop Boys
What is the front of a saddle called?
Pommel
Fried Chicken Strawberry Shortcake trad Xmas eve meal where
Japan
U.S. Captials - Michigan
Lansing
Which epic film was based on a novel by Lew Wallace
Ben hur
What are the young of a rabbit called
Kittens
Paul wrote “Martha My Dear”. Who did he know who was named Martha?
His Dog
Who filled in for Ringo on the Beatles’ 1964 world tour?
Jimmy Nicol
What planet did Alf come from?
Melmac
Who wrote dionne warwick’s ‘walk on by’ and ‘say a little prayer’
Burt
What is the technical difference between rowing and sculling
Rowing means using a single oar
Outside poland, where is the largest polish population
Chicago
In The Film Saving Private Ryan What Was Private Ryan’s First Name?
James
What song won the grammy for “song of the year” in 1977
You light up my
Which Band From Manchester Incluides The Former Entertainments Manager From The Hacienda (Nightclub)
M People
How did George II die
Fell off toilet
Electric, Perse and smalt shades of which colour
Blue
Every day in the US people steal $20000 from where
Vending machines
Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Grey”
Oscar wilde
Indiana jones: who was known to get lost in his own museum
Marcus brody
In Which Childrens TV Show Will You Find The Characters Of “Florrie & Baby Pom”
The Fimbles
Mr Chips said goodbye from Brookfield school - What subject
Latin
Where is the worlds largest mine
Carletonville South Africa
Florence Nightingale tended the soldiers in which war
Crimean
What is the name of the cord joining a mother & her unborn child
Umbilical cord
What Is Joseph Cyril Bamfords Claim To Fame?
The JCB Earth Mover
The name for this semi-precious stone comes from the Latin for “sea water”
Aquamarine
What Name Appears In The Title Of Both A Beatles Hit And A Novel By ThomasHardy?
Jude
An atom is comprized of these 3 subatomic particles: electron, neutron, & _____
Proton
Which Group Comprises Of Colin Angus And Mr C
The Shamen
What are the colours of the Olympics rings (in order).?
Blue Yellow Black Green Red
Who Was The First Woman To Appear Naked On The Front Cover Of The Radio Times
Helen Mirren
What was known as the spice island
Zanzibar
In which county is Charnwood Forest
Leicestershire
What is the name of the Tokyo Stock Market Index
Nikkei
In The Pilgrim’s Progress, which city of Christian’s final destination
Celestial city
What Do You Get If A Male Donkey Breeds With A Horse?
A Mule
How Many Suits Are There In A Game Of (Mah Jong)
3 Suits
Who released the following album ‘Strange brew ‘
Cream
What is the derivative of sin x
Cos x
What name is given to the fraction part of a logarithm number?
Mantissa
Ralph Freeman designed which Australian landmark
Sydney harbour bridge
In Wonderland, Who Took A Watch Out Of His Waistcoat Pocket Only To Discover That He Was Late
The White Rabbit
What animals teeth were used as knife blades by the Indians
Beaver
In The Film ‘Halloween’ For How Many Years Was The Killer Locked Up In An Asylum Before He Escaped
15 Years
Norman Bean became famous as which author
Edgar Rice Burroughs
In which tv series does fred savage play kevin arnold
The wonder years
The valuable blue form of corundum is called:
Sapphire
It takes approximately 69,000 venom extractions from the __________
To fill a 1_pint container. coral snake
What are people encouraged to kiss under
Mistletoe
In Islington in London it’s a £50 fine for sleeping where
The Public Library
If a dish is served pomontier what does it contain
Potatoes
What Describes A Person With No Skin Pigment
An Albino
Which Of These People Is The Shortest “Jarvis Cocker, Micheal Stipe Or Nicky Wire”
Michael Stipe
Creedence clearwater revival sings ‘have you ever ______’
Seen the rain
