Trivia Database_38 Flashcards
What gets nine inches longer when its up
Concord – heat expansion
Who Was The First Roman Emperor
Augustus (Gaius Julius Octavianus)
Where could you spend a Lempira
Honduras
What is the state tree of Idaho
White Pine
If food has been ‘devilled’ how would you expect it to taste
Hot
What island group is off the east coast of southern South America
Falkland islands
Which country was split into two zones by the Yalta agreement
Germany
According to the Bible, who were the brothers of Jesus?
James and John
There are how many miles of nerves in the skin of a human being
45
What did the 1980 U.S. naval academy class have for the first time in history
Women graduates
Who is McDonald’s mascot(full name)
Ronald mcdonald
Who was the director of ‘terminator and titanic’
James cameron
What material was invented by Belgian-born US chemist Leo Baekeland in 1905?
Bakelite
In what Australian state would you find Hobart
Tasmania
How many legs does a spider have
Eight
Who helps Santa make toys?
Elves
Picasso was almost left for dead when he was born. who saved his life
An
Who created the muppets
Jim henson
A group of English painters formed in 1848. These artists attempted to recapture the style of painting preceding Raphael. They rejected industrialized England and focused on painting from nature, producing detailed, colorful works.
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Who wrote the novel The Betsy
Harold Robbins
What Is A Bouquet Garni
Mixed Herbs In A Perforated Sac
Star wars: what was the name of the planet destroyed by the death star
Alderaan
Where did guinevere retire to die
Amesbury
Bats are the only mammals that are able to fly. The “flying squirrel” can only do what the gliding opposum does _ glide for short __________
Distances
“When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a: ““BroomStick, Rudolph, A Goat Named Ukko, A White Goose”” “
A Goat Named Ukko
This animal is normally measured in “hands”.
Horse
Which Song That Has A Drink Mentioned In The Title Was A Xmas No.1 Way Back In 1988
Missletoe & Wine
What Is Common To The Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Monaco, Denmark & Portugal
They All Have A Coastline And A Land Border With Only 1 Other Country
The poison_arrow frog has enough poison to kill about __________
2,200 people
The Mercedes Benz car company is based in which German city
Stuttgart
What Olympic event was dropped in 1920
Tug of War -1900 to 1920
Who composed the Christmas Oratorio
J S Bach
Which Rock Star Took His Stage Name From An Anagram of Oral Sex?
Axl Rose
Which Former Radio Luxembourg DJ Found Lasting TV Fame In 1966 In The Person Of A Memorable Comic Creation
Warren Mitchell As Alf Garnett
What is the basic unit of currency for Belize ?
Dollar
What is an angle greater than 90 degrees
Obtuse
Roland Gift Was The Lead Singer Of Which British Group
Fine Young Cannibals
Which creature has a carapace and a plastron
Turtles shell up low
Which Greek did Cicero call “The Father of History”
Herodotus
Who Had A Hit With “(Ive Had) The Time Of My Life”
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Sofia is the capital of ______
Bulgaria
What was the name of the first space shuttle ever built
Enterprise
3 chemical elements most % human body O 65% C 18% and ?
Hydrogen 10%
In The 19th Century Who Was The Railway King
The Financier George Hudson
Which comedian’s catch phrase was I won’t take my coat oft, I’m not stopping
Ken platt
Which two words are inscribed on a Victoria Cross?
For Valour
With what sport is jack nicklaus associated
Golf
What name is given to the volcano that broods over Catania
Mount etna
The study of religion is _________.
Theology
The study of the composition of substances & the changes that they undergo is __________
Chemistry
What do the cheeses Gruyere and Emmenthal have in common
Holes
Which Danish philosopher’s name translates as ‘churchyard’
Kierkegaard
If you ordered Cherries Jubilee, how would you expect them to be cooked?
Flambeed (in kirsch)
Who Wrote The Tin Tin Stories
(Georges Remi ) Herge
39% of women admit doing this to their boyfriend
Throwing a shoe at him
Who invented the chair
Egyptians
The main circle and trilithons at Stonehenge are built of which rock
Sandstone
Who sang the song ‘Ironic’?
Alanis Morisette
__________ chinchillas were brought from the Andes Mountains in South America in the 1930’s. All chinchillas presently in North America are descended from these __________ chinchillas.
11
Who was nicknamed The First Lady of Song
Ella Fitzgerald
Which English actress was most famous for her role in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Dame edith evans
Who Did Paul McCartney write the song “Hey Jude” For
Julian Lennon
A rodent’s teeth never stop growing. They are worn down by the animal’s constant gnawing on bark, leaves, and other __________
Vegetable matter
What are the three main types of Greek columns
Doric, ionic & corinthian
What Did The Inter Cities Fairs Cup Change It’s Name To
UEFA Cup
How much water would a human drink in a lifetime
500 million litres
Rene Lalique - Art Nouveau designer worked what material
Glass
The famous last words: ‘go away___ I’m alright’ were uttered by whom
H.g. wells wells
Which single didn’t get banned by the BBC despite the line, “Candy never lost her head even when she was giving head”
Walk on the wild side
Who was the first trapeze artist to perform without a net
Jules Leotard
What is the capital of Nepal ?
Kathmandu
Which Norse god had the Valkyries as handmaidens?
Odin
What’s the average number of murders a child has seen on tv by the age 16
18,000
Who would use a barny to reduce noise
Film Cameraman cosy over cam
On Monday Morning July 16th 1945 The World Was Changed Forever When The Worlds First Atomic Bomb Was Tested In An Isolated Area Of Where
New Mexico
What is the medical term for ‘loss of memory’
Amnesia
Who won an Oscar posthumously
Peter Finch – for Network
What was the name of richard dawson’s character on ‘hogan’s heroes’
Peter
Who wrote the novel ‘Little Women’
Louisa may alcott
What Was The Beatles Best Selling Single In Britain
She Loves You
In astrology what was the age before Aquarius
Age of Pisces
What country must import river sand from Scotland for construction & camels from North Africa
Saudi arabia
A study of physics and chemistry of celestial bodies
Astrophysics
What year was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
1914
Who Wrote The Gulag Archipelago
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In what city was the worlds first blood bank opened 1940
New York – Richard Charles Drew
What Vitamin is Thiamine?
Vitamin B1
What Beatle is left handed
Paul mccartney
A flattened, shallow column or pier projecting from a wall. It usually has a base, shaft, and capital but is decorative rather than structural.
Pilaster
Wadi al Muli is better known as where
Valley of the Kings
International Phonetice Alphabet: F
Foxtrot
What was the name of King Arthur’s sword
Excalibur
Now Immensely Famous “She’s A Superstar” Was The First Chart Entry For Who In 1992
The Verve
Ichthyology is a study of ______
Fish
Robert Brown M Caroline Bliss Moneypenny who was Bond
Timothy Dalton
What is the capital of Switzerland
Bern
Maoni Vi of Capetown has the world longest what at 28 inches
Pubic Hair
Which Comedien started Writing For Private Eye Magazine Ensuring Its Success
Peter Cook
What does ‘i.o.u’ mean
I owe unto
What is a group of this animal called: Crocodile
Float
What 1945 film won best picture, actor, director Oscars
The Lost Weekend
Which word is used to mean, malicious enjoyment at the misfortunes of others ?
Schadenfreude
What Part Of The Body Is The Axilla
The Armpit
Who sells turbo c++
Borland
67% of dog owners do what at holiday time
Buy a present for dog
What is the most common atom
Hydrogen
What city was named for it’s mining and trading of salt
Salzburg
What sea creature uses its chest as a table while floating on its back
Sea
Who was the last Roman Catholic monarch of England
James the second
With two words, complete this BBC radio signal to the French Resistance in the film The Longest Day. The long sobs of autumns violins wound my heart with _____
Monotonous langour
Ares, Thor and Mars are all what
Gods of war
American indians used beads as currency. What was it called
Wampum
Live Aid was to benefit which starving country?
Ethopia
What do you call the Irish dish of Mashed Potato’s with chopped Spring Onions
Champ
Since 1923, the National Christmas Tree on the White House lawn has been lit every year _except _ one. What year was that, and why wasn’t it lit?
John F Kennedy
What German siren sang “99 Luftballons” (known in the U.S. as “99 Red Balloons”)?
Nena
What is the horn of a rhinoceros made of?
Hair
How did the bum convince the family dog to start eating again in Down and Out in Beverly Hills?
He ate the dog’s food
Of what were 500 million printed with elvis presley on the face
Stamps
Which Singer Had A Worldwide Hit In 1991 With His Solo Debut “Crazy”
Seal
In the Bible who did God appear to on Mount Horab
Moses
Process of printing developed in 1798 by the german map inspector aloys senefelder
Lithography
What’s the name of the cat in the “Nine Lives” TV commercials
Morris
Which German film director made the film M, in 1951
Fritz lang
A Klazomaniac cant stop doing what
Shouting
What do chickens do during a total solar eclipse
Sleep
What now famous painter was once so impoverished that he kept warm by burning his own paintings?
Pablo Picasso
Which Yorkshire football team plays at home at oakwell
Barnsley
Cats, not dogs, are now the most common pets in America. Approximately 66 million cats to 58 million dogs are family pets, with parakeets “flying” a distant third at __________
14,000,000
Tosca is the heroine of the opera but what is her first name
Floria
Which gas is the most abundant in the atmosphere
Nitrogen
To who did father damien minister from 1873 to his death
Molokai lepers
Which drink was designed as a malaria cure
Benedictine
Triskadeccaphobia is the fear of what
Number 13
What part of the body is affected by conjunctivitis
The eye
Cheryl, Mike, Bobby & Jay Are Collectively Known As Which Successful 80’s Band?
Bucks Fizz
In alphabet radio code, what word is used for ‘h’
Hotel
Who Had A Hit In 1988 With “I Saw Him Standing There”
Tiffany
Steps performed on the floor. It is the opposite of en l’air.
Par terre
Where were Belgian waffles invented
Luxembourg
What word means to go to a party uninvited
Gatecrash
On “Out of This World” what planet was Troy from?
Anterrius
What key is music written in if it has five flats
D flat
What famously happened on 7th December 1941
Japanese attack on pearl harbour
What do four quadrant make
A circle
The cast iron plant is another name for which pot plant
Aspidistra
These fighters always began a bout by saying, “Hail Emperor, those about to die salute you!”?
Gladiators
Absolute zero (zero degrees kelvin) is only theoretical. The lowest laboratory temperature achieved is 280 picoKelvin. In which Scandinavian country was this produced?
Finland
The Oregon Trail (1840_1860), the route used during the westward migrations of the United States, started in _____________ and ended in Oregon and was about 2,000 miles long.
Missouri
If you attended a Swedish Christmas Party and were given ‘Glogg’’ what would you do with it, eat it, drink it or put it on your head
Drink it, it’s a hot spiced drink made from wine or spirit
Who Sang The James Bond Theme “For Your Eyes Only”
Sheena Easton
The Stomach Of A Cow Or Sheep Is Known As What
Tripe
In Computing Especially Concering The Internet What Does The Acronym ‘BLOG’’ Actually Stand For
Weblog
What literary prize ( worth £30000 ) is for women authors only
Orange Award
Helsinki 52, Melbourne 56 , Rome 60 what comes next
Tokyo 64 - venues Olympics
How was the mausoleum at Halicarnassus destroyed
Earthquake
In Hindu mythology Meru is equal to what Greek site
Olympus
In 1988 there was a shortage of what exotic food fish
Swordfish
Which Label Is Associated With A Palm Tree Logo
Island
What Texan slammed back more bourbon and branch water than any character in TV history
J. r. ewing
