Trivia Database_111 Flashcards
Which actor used to sweep out lions cages for a living
Sylvester Stallone
Parthenophobia is the fear of
Virgins young girls
What did Rocky Racoon find in his room?
Gideon’s Bible
What phantom ship is said to haunt The Cape of Good Hope
The Flying Dutchman
On Tv’s A Question Of Sport Who was the other Capt with Ian Botham?
Bill Beaumont
What is the princess’s name in the story The Sleeping Beauty
Aurora
A small herring or sprat
Brisling
In Which Country Is The Worlds Tallest Building (2005) Taipei 101 (509 Ft), Petronas (452 Ft), Sears (442 Ft)
Taipei 101,Petronas,Sears
What was the Shadows first hit without Cliff Richard
Apache
What is the largest exclusively indonesian island
Sumatra
Which drink was advertised with the slogan ‘There’s a Humphrey about’?
Milk
What Type Of Creature Is An Aardvark?
An Anteater (Edentata)
William Michael Albert Broad Is The Real Name Of Which Singer
Billy Idol
In what country is Peter II of Yugoslavia buried
America only euro monarch there
Who invented the predecessor to today’s computers
Charles babbage
Who must you kill to be convicted of patricide
Your father
Which country has the worlds biggest (on land) National Park
Canada – Wood Buffalo 17300s ml
Packy Ease an amateur boxer - what name become famous
Bob Hope
What is the Roman numeral for fifty?
L
If You Were On An Internet Chat Room And You Wrote The Letters BBIAM What Would You Mean
Be Back In A Minute
Greek mythology King Minos of Crete got what annual payment
7 men + Women to feed to Minator
What was the war during Regan’s first term that took place on an island in the carribean?
Grenada
What’s fidel castro’s brother’s name
Raoul
What is the Capital of: Bangladesh
Dhaka
Hymen in Greek Genius in Roman Gods of what
Fertility and Marriage
Which quirky brunette was one of the first MTv VJ’s?
Martha Quinn
Who Pioneered Nursing Whilst Serving In The Crimean War?
Florence Nightingale
In what game/sport terms Bobble Boom Drop Giraffe Pique Twist
Real Tennis types of service
Which is the Earth’s third largest continent ?
North America
Who invented the ‘Spinning Jenny’
James hargreaves
Iceland Glima Iran Kushti Turkey Yagli Russia Sambo what is it
Wrestling
What was the name of the first Wings album
Wild Life
What is the capital of Illinois?
Springfield
Merging the words ‘melt’ and ‘weld’ created which word?
Meld
In what Australian state would you find Horsham
Victoria
In what country did the sepoy mutiny occur
India
Ebenezer HowaWhat does the musical term ‘pesante’ mean
Rd is most associated with the foundation of what garden cities
Israel has the highest per capital consumption of ______
Turkey
How long did it take god to create the universe
Seven days
In what sport do women compete for the Uber cup
Badminton
A silicate mineral, heat resistant and insulating
Asbestos
What insurance company in the u.s stopped using their slogan ‘own a piece of the rock’ after rock hudson died of aids
Prudential life
What animals are on the australian coat of arms
Emu and kangaroo
Originating In Mexico A “Pok Ta Pok” Is Known In Modern Times As What Sporting Item?
A Basketball
Other than the U.K. and Eire, name a European country where cars are driven on the left hand side of the road.
Cyprus malta
What year was the first oreo sold in
1912
Which Italian composer’s funeral in 1924 was said to have brought Rome to a standstill
Puccini
-ologies: Study of the sound system of languages; the analysis and classification of phenomes
Phonology
Who were the 2 lead characters in the movie Life?
Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence
What position do baseball’s ‘cy young award’ winners play
Pitcher
Vaduz is the capital of ______
Liechtenstein
What’s the smallest mammal
Shrew
Which U.S. golfer was killed when his plane crashed in 1999
Payne stewart
What is the fear of shadows known as
Sciophobia
Snails have __________. They are arranged in rows along the snail’s tongue and are used like a file to saw or slice through the snail’s foot.
Teeth
What is a sorcerer who deals in black magic called?
Necromancer
Which Jane Austen novel was originally entitled First Impressions
Pride and prejudice
Indians eat using which hand?
Right
What was Sam Cooke’s only #1 song?
You Send Me
The interior of what is called the paste
Cheese round
The word “puppy” comes from the French __________, meaning “doll.”
Poupee
Which oceanic plate lies off the Andes
Nazca
When a female horse & male donkey mate, the offspring is called a what
Mule
Who took over from Kennedy after he was assassinated?
Lyndon B Johnson
What takes place at Montlhery France and Zandvoort Holland
Motor car racing
In ballet, shifting weight from one foot to the other.
Dégagé
Who is the female presenter of the TV programme Fort Boyard
Melinda messenger
What award, founded in 1901, is funded with the help of the Bank of Sweden
The Nobel Prize
“Who was the author of ““A Christmas Carol””?”
Charles Dickens
Who composed “Sinfonia Antartica”
Ralph vaughan williama
Nations What actor was married to Carole Lombard between 1939 to 1942
Clark gable
How Is Frozen Carbon Dioxide More Commonly Known?
Dry Ice
What Is The Barber Of Sevilles Name
Figaro
What’s the common name for hydrogen hydroxide
Water
Magazine wrote “Fighting for peace” is like fucking for chastity
Knave March 1977
What is the criminal number of sideshow bob in ‘the simpsons’
24601
Who was given a ticker tape parade in new york after his 1927 flight to Paris
Charles lindbergh
What Roman galley was Judah Ben Hur a slave oarsman on
Astrea
Graphite dust is formed when what is cut with a laser
Diamond
What would you be if you were a coryphée
Ballet Dancer
What is the Capital of: Mali
Bamako
What elaborate white marble tomb did India’s shah Jahan build in memory of his favourite wife
Taj mahal
The Silkworm Lives On A Diet Of Leaves From Only One Type Of Plant What Is It
Mulberry
Whose flag has the national arms on one side and the treasury seal on the other?
Paraguay
Waves ‘break’ when their height is how much more than the depth of the water?
Seven tenths
U.S. Captials - Idaho
Boise
What was Adam Sandler’s occupation in Big Daddy?
A tollbooth worker
What country did the allies invade in world war ii’s operation avalanche
Italy
Countries of the world:about 700 islands between Florida & Haiti
Bahamas
When does the southern Autumn Equinox occur
42075
Who killed goliath
David
What Song did david Bowie & Mick Jagger Have A Hit With As A Duo
Dancing In The Street
What Were Pterosaurs
Warm Blooded Flying Reptiles Related To Dinosaurs
Who wrote the opera ‘tosca’
Giacomo puccini
Darwin She starred in Broadcast News and The Piano.
Holly Hunter
Which Song Gave The Group Hanson A Trans Atlantic Hit in 1997
MMM Bop
What does the typical man have 13,000 of
Whiskers
Any member of a group of protozoa (single-celled animals) that are blood parasites
Trypanosome
Who killed Jesse James?
Robert Ford
What is Ordune
Arousal by nude pics
The Florida Martins won the World series baseball in this year
1997
Who Said “I Don’t Wanna Fight” Was The Ideal Theme For Her Autobiography
Tina Turner
What animal’s milk is more than 54% fat?
Humpback whale
Which Band Of The 1970’s Got Their Name From Vital Elements In The Astrological Chart
Earth, Wind & Fire
Which Great Lake has tides
Superior
Kenny Rogers sang Someone Who Cares for what film
Fools
What is the basic unit of currency for Greece ?
Drachma
Pali is the sacred language of who
Buddhists in India
What is this sign called “&”?
Ampersand
To Which Country Does Easter Island Belong
Chile
Venus and Adonis was whose first published work
William Shakespeare
What Was The Famous Novel Written In Gaol, By John Bunyan
Pilgim’s Progress
Roald Amundsen Achieved A World First On “Dec 14 th – 1911” What Was It?
First Person To Reach The South Pole
Who Bounced Back To No.1 In 1999 With “Maria”
Blondie
Which Novel Was Originally Going To Be Titled Elinor And Marianne?
Sense And Sensibility
The Windmills of your Mind was a theme song in what film
The Thomas Crown Affair
In which constellation in the night sky is there to be found the only confirmed “Black Hole”
Cygnus
Where did Horst Jankowski Take His Piano For A Walk In 1965
For A Walk In the Black Forest
For which film did Michael Caine win an Oscar in 2000
The cider house rules
Whose ghost appears in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Caesar’s Ghost
According to Espen Lind when __________________ cries, she cries a rain storm, she cries a river she cries a hole in the ground
Susannah
Name the implement that removes water from your windshield on your car?
Wiper
Who said Tis better to have loved and lost etc
Alfred Lord Tennyson In Memoriam
What Is The Term Used For The Disintegration Of A Nuclear Reactor
Meltdown
Which Poet Laureate declared ‘I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and sky’
John masefield
In English mythology, who caused the death of the Lady of Shallot?
Sir Lancelot
What is Belleek
Type of Pottery
According to Olympic rules, what number of feathers must a badminton bird (shuttlecock) have?
Fourteen
In Greek mythology, who hired Daedalus to construct the labyrinth?
Minos
Ever Glamorous She Died Aged 34, On 26th October 1966 Ian Dury Later Called Her The Best Popular Singer Britain Has Ever Had Who Was She
Alma Cogan
Salix Alba produces which drug
Aspirin - from the willow
How many hearts has an octopus
Three
What hormone is produced by the adrenal glands?
Adrenaline
Which Millais painting was later used in adverts for soap
Bubbles
What was the first country to use TV as a mass info media
Germany
What country is ruled by King Hans Adam II
Liechtenstein
It is commonly called the funny bone, where is it
Elbow
Star which TV show really a programmer written 20 books on it
Buffy Vampire Slayer Sarah Michelle Geller
What does an ichthyologist study
Fish
“From the Christmas Carol ““Good King Wenceslas””, where was Good King Wenceslas the King of?”
Bogemia
What did North American Indians eat to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder?
Watercress
What ancient languages writing has no spaces between words
Ancient Greek
Who was the Roman god of field boundaries
Terminus
What is anaemia
Iron deficiency
U.S. captials Wisconsin
Madison
Ouagadougou Is The Capital Of Which Country
Burkino Faso (Upper Volta)
Baseball: The Kansas City ______?
Royals
Which beatle song features sweet loretta
Get back
What sport is identified with the movie, “kansas city bomber”
Roller derby
Kimgazer is a newspaper in what country
Cyprus
Who wrote the long religious epic, “Paradise Lost”?
John Milton
In TS Elliot’s book of practical cats name the mystery cat
Macavity
Which Invention Often Associated With Fashion Was Invented In 1906 By “Karl Ludwig Nessler”
The Perm
What is the best selling personal computer game of all time
Myst
Surfing is believed to have originated here.
Hawaii
Which Sex Is The Only One To Suffer From Haemophilia
Male
What is Sekkusu in Japan
Sex
When Elvis Presley Returned To Civilian Life After Army Duties, He Appeared In A “Welcome Home Elvis” Television Spectacular Who Hosted The Show
Frank Sinatra
What was Maggie Seaver’s maiden name on Growing Pains?
Maggie Malone
A character named ‘Spearchucker Jones’ was deleted from this famous American television show’s cast after only five episodes
MASH
