Trivia Database_39 Flashcards
Which company made the original ‘Donkey Kong’?
Nintendo
Which ‘following’ word did Frederico Fellini coin and use for the first time in his film La dolce vita ?
Paparazzi
Sidney Poitier became the first black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar when he got the award for which film
Lilies of the field
What is the flower that stands for: distinction
Cardinal flower
In what book was the final score 4-2 after casey struck out
Casey at the bat
From which fish is caviar obtained
Sturgeon
Mary Isobel Catherine O’Brian born 1939 better known as who
Dusty Springfield
Who succeeded winston churchill as prime minister of england
Anthony eden
Coolidge what heisman trophy winner returned his first nfl kickoff for a touchdown
Tim brown
In which country is Brest? (NOT Breast!)
France
Unfortunate names - Pansy was a brand of what sold in China
Mens Underwear
Name the British novelist, a successful member of the Bloomsbury Group, who drowned herself in 1942
Virginia woolf
What Are The Ingredients Of A Harvey Wallbanger Cocktail
Vodka, Orange Juice, Galliano
What is the first line on Mel Blanc’s tombstone
That’s All Folks
In what language was the first complete bible in US printed
Algonquin Indian
Who has the most cars per mile of road
England
Which Band Released The Album “Dark Side Of The Moon” In 1972
Medicine Head (Not Pink Floyd That Was L8r)
What is the common name for the scapula?
Shoulder blade
Hockey compared to the earth, how much gravity does the moon have
One eighth
What was banned by law 16th 17th century Venice
High heels – Prostitutes drowned
Who Was The First Catholic President Of The United States
Catholic F
In which game or sport is a “Zamboni” used?
Hockey
What is the European equivalnet of a Nonillion ?
Quintillion
Who Is Accepted As The Discoverer Of Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming
What Was Lita Roza’s 1953 Dog Related No1 Hit?
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
What Part Of A Car Engine Mixes Fuel With Air?
The Carburetor
What is the largest landlocked country
Mongolia
Houston, Waco and Fort Worth are all in which state
Texas
How Many clubs were there in the Premier League in 1997/8
20
What city holds the distinction of opening the world’s first public library in 1747?
Warsaw, Poland
A Pascal is the SI unit of what
Pressure
What would you find in a vivarium
Snakes
What name is given to the red wines from the Bordeaux region?
Claret
James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to play who
Tarzan
The Norse god of light & peace
Balder
What was the first day of the Roman month called
The calends
What is the unit of currency in Laos?
Kip
5:45 pm In military time is how many hours
1745
In what sport are bacon hamburgers chips prunes spuds terms
Mountain Biking injury / damage
Who was Barney Rubble’s best friend?
Fred Flintstone
Alfred Schneider became famous as who
Lenny Bruce
Burn to stop the flow of blood
Cauterize
Who did a version of ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ on his 1977 debut album?
George Thorogood
The United States would fit into the continent of ____________ three and a half times.
Africa
What links Ada - Lisp - Algol
Program Languages
The Ionian and Cyclades are island groups of which country?
Greece
What Was William Bonney Better Known As
Billy The Kid
What Is The Most Westerly European Capital City
Lisbon In Portugal / Reykjavic In Iceland, It’s Complex But I Think Iceland Has It You Decide
Melita in the Bible where Paul was shipwrecked is where today
Malta
Remove forcibly or exile to another country
Deport
The seventeen year locust is also know as a _____
Cicada
The Chinese year cycle starts with 1st to ask Buddha which
Rat
Countess Roza Marie Lubienski Is More Commonly Known As Who
Rula Lenska
Name the variety of brassica , whose thickened stem, resembling a turnip, is eaten as a vegetable
Kohlrabi
Which is the smallest independent country
Vatican city
What is the capital of Croatia?
Zagreb
This 1974 film started a run of nostalgia culminating in the TV series “Happy Days”.
American Graffiti
To where do Muslims make pilgrimage?
Mecca
Who wrote the book “Darker Than Amber”
John macdonald
At The Oscars Ceremony In March 2002 Which Film Won The Award For Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind
Who rode naked through the streets of Coventry
Lady godiva
Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix at weekend?
Fernando Alonso
Which Flemish painter produced Adoration of the Kings
Brueghel
In what Dickens novel does Alfred Jingle appear
The Pickwick Papers
What is the Capital of: Cayman Islands
George town
When do diurnal animals sleep
Night time
What is a gondola?
Water taxi
Whose real name is Annie Mae Bullock
Tina Turner
Oneirophobia is the fear of
Dreams
The Lost Island Of “Naboombu” Features In Which Disney Movie
Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Who won the woman’s 400 m hurdles in the 1992 olympics
Sally gunnell
What fruits are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them
Cranberries
What does a myrmecologist study
Ants
Kuala lumpur is the capital of ______
Malaysia
Allium cepa - one of the lilicaea - world most used food item
Onion
In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town
Robin and the 7 Hoods
In 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite
Repair
There were three Kings of England in 1066. Harold and William, of course, and who else
Edward the confessor
What is a group of trout
Hover
What is the Capital of: Romania
Bucharest
The word rodent comes from the Latin rodere meaning what
To Gnaw
On ‘the lucy show’, who played vivian bagley
Vivian vance
What country had Europe’s fastest economic growth rate in 1988
Spain
George Hoy-Booth became famous as who
George Formby
From which Marx Brothers film comes the line ‘Either he’s dead, or my watch has stopped
A day at the races
Caterpillar comes from the old French what’s it literally mean
Hairy Cat
What was the first film directed by robert redford
Ordinary people
What song gave a 9 year old US a UK No 1 lots weeks 1972/73
Long haired lover from Liverpool
Allium Sativum is better known as what
Garlic
Who was kidnapped in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped
David Balfour
California Valley and a Chinese cabbage what word means both
Napa
What is ‘applejack’
Fermented cider
What short term is given to the leader of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team?
Red 1
What are drumlins and eskers formed by
Glacier
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg wrote which hit musical
Les miserables
How Many Holes Are There On A Traditional Artists Pallette?
One
TAP is the national airline of which country
Portugal
How many ‘Air Force One’(s) are there?
Two
Non dairy creamer is _________
Flammable
Who wrote the Belgariad ?
Leigh and David Eddings
Who did the original thugs worship
The Goddess Kali
Which Artists Recorded The Album The Original Soundtrack
10cc
What word may be used to refer to a group of peacocks
Muster
What does ALF stand for?
Alien Life Form
After Much Legal Wrangling Who Became The Controller Of ‘The News Of The World’’ In 1969
Rupert Murdoch
In which film did Lee Marvin throw boiling coffee in Gloria Graham’s face
The big heat
How long is an elephant pregnant
2 years
What is measured with an ombrometer
Rainfall
The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?
Holiday Inn
Who wrote the play ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstein’ are dead
Tom stoppard
Where did Mathias Rust land his Cessna in 1987
Red Square Moscow
Baseball: the san diego _______
Padres
Basketball: The Los Angeles _________.
Lakers
How many litres of water vapour can be lost in a large tree in an hour by transpiration
Three hundred
The study of the manner in which organisms carry on their life processes is ________
Physiology
What does 360 degrees make
Circle
Name ship sunk by the submarine Conqueror Falklands War
General Belgrano
Traditionally there are 100 pleats in what item
A Chefs hat
From what platform does the ‘Chattanooga Choo Choo’ leave Pennsylvania station?
29
Who introduced Paul McCartney to John Lennon?
Ivan Vaughn
A fisherman in the Arral sea had his boat destroyed by what
A Cow - USA air force dumped it
Pak man was called Paka in Japan what does paka mean
Eating
Eunectes Murinus largest of its kind in South America - what
Annoconda
What is the atomic number of sulphur?
16
What species of fish is caught most
Anchovetta - Anchovy
What were volitos first demonstrated in Soho London in 1823
Roller Skates
In Hitchcock’s film The Trouble with Harry - what was the trouble
He was dead
Music What is the narrow, inland sea, separating the Arabian peninsula, western Asia, from northeastern Africa
Red sea
In Gulliver’s Travels, from what did the scientists seek to get sunshine
Cucumbers
William Blake Winston Churchill John Lennon what links
Ordained Druids
An extinct species of __________ had a head the size of a Shetland pony’s and reached a height of more than ten feet.
Kangaroo
Alex Hurricane Higgins & Jimmy The Whirlwind White But Whats Ronnie O Sullivans Nickname
Ronnie The Rocket O Sullivan
Needlework of hooked yarn producing lacy patterned fabric
Crochet
What is a male goose called
Gander
Who Spent A Year In Prison For Sleeping With An Underage Girl
Graham Rix
What is a Fata Morgana
Type of Mirage
Clement C. Moore wrote a very famous Christmas poem What was it called?
Twas The Night Before Christmas
Who is on a u.s. bill
Benjamin franklin
Which was the first ‘james bond’ novel
Casino royale
What is studied in the science of somatology
The Body
What is the last book of the Bible
Revelations
In Which Scary Movie Will You Find The Character Martin Brody
Jaws
Which European country has regions named Limburg, Drente and Brabant
Netherlands
What does an animal have if it is a fish
Gills
What Eastern Fruit Comes In A Shell
The Lychee
In which film based on a James Jones novel does Deborah Kerr embrace on the beach with Burt Lancaster
From here to eternity
Officers how many british officers were forced by indian troops into the black hole of calcutta
146
STDs are the most costly health problem in the USA what’s 2nd
Dog Bites
Which Country Are Bachman Turner Overdrive From
Canada
What is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
Kappa
What links Hong Kong Singapore Rio and Utopia
Road Films
In which continent would you find the amur river
Asia
Length of the longest Beatles track
Revolution 9,’’ from the White Album
What part of a horse would you look at to determine its age
Teeth
Which Well Known Gangster Lives At “ 36 Cherry Blossom Close ”
Ali G
What is the fear of home surroundings or house known as
Oikophobia
Sorrowful song or poem
Elegy
Who wrote the book ‘The Guns Of Navarone’’
Alistair McClaine
What country controls access to the North Sea from the rivers Schelde, Meuse and Rhine
Netherlands
What was the name of the first “portable” computer?
Osbourne
