Trivia Database_29 Flashcards
As We All Know David Beckham Now Plays For US Team LA Galaxy But Who Is The Coach For La Galaxy
Ruud Gullit
On IRC, how do you ask age, sex, location?
Asl
Name The Only Act To Have Had 3 Christmas No.1’s In The 90’s?
The Spice Girls
From which fruit is the liqueur Kirsh made?
Cherry
Who starrs in the show ‘moesha’
Brady
Which Wild West legend was born Henry McCarty?
Billy the Kid, alias William H Bonney
In denmark, who takes the place of santa claus
Nisse
Which World Famous news agency began life in 1850 using carrier pigeons
Reuters
Which country’s national flag consists of five-pointed yellow stars, one large and four smaller, in the top left corner on a red field
China
What Was The first TV Show To Give Away One Million Pounds
TFI Friday
Sports: what do the letters al stand for
American league
Who portrayed Jeannie in “I Dream Of Jeannie”
Barbara eden
Which state is the Evergreen State?
Washington
To who did boris spassky lose in the world chess championship
Bobby fischer
What is the capital of connecticut
Hartford
In arabian mythology, what is the spirit of a murdered man seeking to avenge his death
Afrit
Which TV gangster owns the nightclub called The Ba Da Bing
Tony Soprano
What colour is the cross on the Greek Flag
White
Development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be complete and self sustaining
Permaculture
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
A disease of the brain
Encephalopathy
What is embolia
Hesitations in speech
And what the least - two tablespoons per person
Egypt
What ‘S’ was a king of israel who was famous for his wisdom?
Solomon
Which individual bought one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks for over 19 million pounds in 1994?
Bill Gates
What is the Capital of: Papua New Guinea
Port moresby
Who did Macduff kill?
Macbeth
What Temperatutre Is Absolute Zero
-273 Degrees C Or Kelvin - 459 Degrees F
Who sailed to the new world in ‘The mayflower’?
Pilgrims
What is myrmecology the study of
Ants
Who said: “Let them eat cake”?
Marie Antoinette
Trunk lid name the only president to be married for the first time while in office
Grover cleveland
The US uses up 7000 tons of what annually
Currency - it is shredded
It takes about 50 hours for a snake to digest one __________
Frog
Which country did boxer Lennox Lewis represent in the 1988 Olympics
Canada
How many records does an album have to sell in the UK to go Platinum?
300,000
What’s the fastest sea dwelling mammal
The dolphin
What was Ben Stiller’s character called in ‘Mystery Men’?
Mr. Furious
At which olympics did Zola Budd accidentally trip Mary Decker
1984
In Penny Lane what is the nurse selling from a tray
Poppies
What religion does a ‘rabbi’ practise
Judaism
What is the common name for hydrogen oxide
Water
What is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet
Iota
What caused a separation of Baja, California and the rest of Mexico
The San
By What Name Is Pianist Ferdinand Joseph Lemott Remembered
Jelly Roll Morton
What european language is most closely related to mongolian
Finnish
For what is the chemical formula H2O2?
Hydrogen peroxide
What state is ‘the hoosier state’
Indiana
Who wrote the children’s story The Old man of Lochnagar
Prince Charles
Which Was The First Group Beginning With The Letter “V” To Have A UK No.1 Hit
Village People
What is e.g. an abbreviation of ?
Exempli gratia
Which Animated Movie Became The First To Receive An Oscar Nomination For Best Picture
Beauty And The Beast
What Was The Name Of Elvis Presley’s Backing Group
The Jordinaires
Fear of dryness is called
Xerophobia
If body temperature was 86 degrees, how many years would a man man live?
200
Whose yacht was called Honey Fitz
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
What Does The Initial ‘T’ Stand For In Cat Scan
Tomography
What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb
Who are the two most translated English writers
Shakespeare – Agatha Christie
Captain Flint buried his treasure where ( Ben Gunn dug it up )
Skeleton Island
What is the full name of lake tonka
Lake minnetonka
What Type Of Acid Is Contained Within A Bee Sting
Formic
1777 George Macintosh created a red dye cudbear what is it
Litmus – Ammonia and lichens
David Sylvian Was The Former Frontman Of Which Group
Japan
What is the national religious folk cult of haiti
Voodoo
Lobster like freshwater crustacean
Crayfish
What was Buddy Holly’s real first name?
Charles Hardin Holly
What did Sir Arnold Lunn begin in Switzerland
Slalom skiing
What is a group of horses
Herd
What is a hypocaust
Roman Heating System
Who said - “A woman only a woman - good cigar is a smoke”
Rudyard Kipling
What is the Latin word for to roll
Volvo
What was found by the River Deben in East Anglia in 1939?
Sutton Hoo Burial Ship
What colour is angelica
Green
Name of George Clinton’s corporation which put out “One NAtion Under A Groove”
Parliafunkadelicament thang
In Which Year Was YMCA First Released 1975, 1977 Or 1979
1979
Which European country suffered one of the world’s highest ever rates of hyper-inflation in 1946?
Hungary
Who wrote the book - Call of the Wild
Jack London
What animal can hop as fast as 40 mph?
Kangaroo
Ingemar Stenmark won record 85 world cup races in what sport
Skiing
In what sport do you need brooms and brushes
Curling
Traditional English dance in which dancers form two facing lines.
Country dance
Which Instrument Connects Glen Miller & Tommy Dorsey
Trombone
Jockey / Author Dick Francis what injury on his wedding day
Broken collar bone
Which major car manufacturer will take over the Benetton Formula 1 team next years
Renault
What are the two primary ingredients in cracker jack
Popcorn and
Bob Clampett created which character in 1938
Bugs Bunny
What Japanese word ironically means “ May you live forever “
Banzai
In his play The Birds, what name did Aristophanes give to the birds’ kingdom in the sky
Cloud cuckoo land
A sun-dried grape is known as a(n) ___________
Raisin
How Many Uk No 1’s Did The Beatles Have In Total
18
What does an ecclesiophobic fear
Churches
Which emperor made his horse a senator?
Caligula
On which great lake are buffalo and cleveland
Lake erie
What is the first ingredient in most soda pops
Carbonated water
In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, what is the Principal’s name?
Mr. Ed Rooney
In the song My Darling Clemantine how did Clemantine die
Drowning
Who or what was introduced to the USA in 1964
G I Joe
Which Increasingly Popular Winter Sport Was Introduced As An Official Event At The 1998 Games
Snow Boarding
What is a group of this animal called: Colt
Rag
Who “Beat The Clock” To Number 10 In 1979
Sparks
Quinine is obtained from what part of an evergreen tree
Dried Bark Bark
What is a flat, round hat sometimes worn by soldiers
Beret
What company developed the dot matrix printer for 64 Olympics
Seiko
What was the real name of Kool,of Kool and the Gang fame?
Robert Bell
What song was The Pittsburgh Pirates anthem
We are Family – Sister Sledge
What links Fitzroy, Essenden, Collingswood and Carlton
Aussie rules football teams
Between what ages is a brandy or port described as VSO
12 to 17 years
Who did mozart marry
Constance weyburn
What is a “koopa?”
A turtle
In Italy what is Provolone
Smoked hard cheese
Sir Wilfred is the real name of which eponymous character
Ivanhoe
The roadrunner belongs to what family of birds
Cuckoo
What Was Sweet Stout Known As Until Banned Under The Trade Description Act
Milk Stout
In Schulter Okalahoma illegal for towel wearing women do what
Gamble
Aquatic mollusc with hinged double shell
Bivalve
What would the ancient Greeks do with an Apodesm
Wear it type of bra
With what would you rock the baby or walk the dog
A Yoyo
Who wrote the poem “The Pied Piper of Hamlin”
Robert Browning
On what type of surface are the tennis matches at Wimbledon played
Grass
What are the membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord called
Meninges
From which fruit is the liqueur Kirsh made
Cherry
Who Supported John Lennon On “Whatever Gets You Through The Night”
Elton John
What country consumes the most coal each year
China
Henry Rollins Was A member Of Which Punk Band “Black Flag” Or “The Sex Pistols”
Black Flag
What is the name of Yogi Bear’s best freind
Boo Boo
What Was The Function Of Press Gangs In The Early Nineteenth Century?
To Press Or Recruit Men Into The Royal Navy
Herb Caen is credited with inventing what word
Beatnik
He led the mormons to the great salt lake
Brigham young
Who wrote the science fiction books Consider Her Ways and Chocky
John wyndham
What tennis ball company’s logo is ‘you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all’
Penn
What is the active ingredient in Chinese birds nest soup
Bird Spit
Who said “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.” ?
Margaret Thatcher
Which author, famous for such novels as ‘The Naked Lunch’, died in 1997
William s burroughs
Ancient Roman brides wore a wedding dress - what colour
Yellow
Long jump, High Jump, Triple Jump what missing
Pole Vault Olympic jumping events
What Do Silk Worms Feed On?
Mulberry Leaves
The Spear Leek was the original name of what food item
Garlic
With which hand do soldiers salute
Right hand
Who was poisoned - shot - and drowned river Neva 1916
Rasputin
What Is The Name Of The Bad Guy In The Friday The 13th Series
Jason
“What Did My True Love Give To Me On The ““Third”” Day Of Christmas”
3 French Hens
In gardening what would you use a ‘trug’ for
Carrying things
Officers in which army were given copies of ‘les miserables’
Confederate
Vermicelli literally means ___________.
Little worms
Germany’s allies in wwii were japan, italy, hungary, bulgaria, finland, libya and ______
Rumania
Who sang ‘Rescue Me’?
Fontella Bass
How Old Was Adrian Mole When He Began Writing His Secret Diary
13 & Three Quarters
Name the original comic strip Bill The Cat appeared in.
Bloom County
On The 19 th November 1994, Paul Merlon Became The First Person Ever To Do What
Win The Uk National Lottery
For how many years did the 30 Years War last? 27, 30 or 36?
30 Years
What is a group of otters
Romp
What part of your body is elastic, waterproof, washable & fits you very well
Skin
Legend says bats lived in the rum distillery and one of them is on the label.
Bacardi
What was Erich Weiss better known as
Harry Houdini
Madness released a hit single in 1979 titled “the _____”
Prince
What is the most frequently used word in the english language
The
The Travelmate was designed to allow women to do what
Pee Standing Up
What was Britain called - before it was Britain
Albion
Vanilla is the extract of fermented & dried pods of several species of what
Orchids
