Trivia Database_4 Flashcards
In ballet, a lowering of the body by bending the knee.
Fondu
What is the ‘bole’ of a tree
Trunk
Who introduced Paul to John?
Ivan Vaughn
Which Ancient Central American Civilisation Were Drinking Chocolate Milk As Long Ago As 600 BC
Mayans
What is William Hague’s middle name
Jefferson
The angel shark has what other name
The monkfish
What is the only dog to have a barb on each individual hair follicle
Dalmatian
St Appolonia Patron Saint of what
Toothache
40% of MacDonald’s profits come from selling what
Happy Meals
Who sailed to the Antarctic in the ship Discovery
Scott amundsen
In pro football a “sudden death” period lasts how many minutes long?
Fifteen
What is the capital of Poland
Warsaw
What Are Goldie & Isis
Reserve Boats For The Boat Race
Who composed the music for the opera The Tales of Hoffman
Jacques Offenbach
In which Welsh town is the Royal Mint
Llantrisant
What Part Did Tina Turner Play In Ken Russell’s Movie “Tommy”
The Acid Queen
What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Draco ?
Dragon
Wile E. Coyote, Supra Genius, gets all his traps to try to catch the Road Runner from what company
Acme
In Montana it is a felony for a wife to open her husbands what
Vaccinophobia is the fear of ______
Vaccination
Who was the first American to win a Nobel prize
Theodore Roosevelt
What happens every 45 seconds in the USA
House Fire
What is the Capital of: Comoros
Moroni
Which soft metal is used in the production of soap?
Sodium
From the Earth to the sun is one AU what does AU stand for
Astronomical Unit
In 1972 Mary Whitehouse Campaigned Furiously To Get Which Song Performed By An American Solo Artist Banned As She Deemed It Offensive
My Ding A Ling
The eldest sister in the TV Series Charmed, is played by who?
Shannon Doherty
Who Was Humphrey Bogarts 4th Wife ?
Lauren Bacall
Between 1950 And 2000 Name Three Tennis Players Born in Germany That Won The Men’s Singles Title At Wimbledon? (PFE)
Boris Becker , John McEnroe & Michael Stich
Cool, Nice and Oz are all types of what?
Computer Languages
What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as
Money
Who was the first person to make a million pounds out of playing golf
Arnold Palmer
Which male vocal range is pitched between tenor and bass?
Baritone
More than 100 women make a living from impersonating who
Marilyn Monroe
What fleshy muscular organ is joined to the hyoid bone
Tongue
Where Exactly Were The Band “The Bee Gees” Actually Born
The Isle Of Man
Who is Snoopy’s arch enemy?
The Red Baron
In Milan citizens can be fined $100 if they don’t always do what
Smile - Not Hospital and Funerals
In the UK the Clerk of the Closet is the Queens official what
Chaplin
Either of two saturated hydrocarbons, or alkanes, with the chemical formula C4H10
Butane
What is the drummer’s name in ‘the muppet show’
Animal
There are 2 annual publications devoted to the peerage. One is Burkes Peerage, what is the other
Debretts
Which Character On Television Has The Surname “ Sagdiyev ” ?
Borat
Portion of the central nervous system contained within the skull
Brain
Where is the guggenheim museum
New york city
In physics, process of reduction of matter into a denser form, as in the liquefaction of vapor or steam.
Condensation
Who Is The Only Carry On Star To Have Won As Oscar
Jim Dale
What shape is the set of all points in a plane equidistant from a certain point
Circle
What percentage of the earths weight is taken up by the oceans
Less than 1
Who directed the classic thriller ‘The Birds’?
Alfred Hitchcock
What is another name for the star fruit
Carambula
How many pieces are found in a chess set ?
32
Other than Germany, whose official language is German?
Austria
Which Actress Turned Singer Released Their 4th Album In 2009 Entitled “Come To Life”
Natalie Imbruglia
Which king of England met the king of France on the field of the cloth of gold
Henry viii
Richard Drew produced an all purpose sticky tape, under what name was it sold in Europe
Sellotape
Which band recorded the live album ‘Strangers in the Night’
Ufo
What Surrey town is famed for its salts?
Epsom
The U.S. state that contains the most square miles of inland water is ______________
Alaska
What was Higgins first name in “Magnum PI”
Jonathan
Who directed Serpico
Sidney Lumet
How Many Gold Rings In Total Did My True Love Give To Me (Think About It)
40 (5x8=40)
What Function Does The Labyrinth In Your Ear Have
It Maintains Your Balance
Which country has Budapest as its capital
Hungary
What Is The Most Popular Finishing Double In Professional Darts?
Double 16
Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
Chuck Yeager
What is the common name for many species of burrowing mollusks
Clam
In The Film Risky Business Tom Cruise Danced Around His Living Room In His Underpants To What Song
Old Time Rock & Roll
What was the first country to have a public monorail system
Japan
The lumbar spine consists of how many vertebrae
Five
Which country and western singer is known as the ‘okie from muskogee’
Merle
Panther Cap’, ‘Stinkhorn’ and ‘Penny Bun’ are types of which plants
Fungi
How many freckles did howdy doody have
Forty eight
Which 1970’s Group Featured The Longmuir Brothers?
Bay City Rollers
Which US state has a buffalo or bison on its flag
Wyoming
What does bbl mean
Be back later
In which state is Cornell University
New york
Which author wrote the two World War 2 books ‘Fighter’ and ‘Bomber’
Len deighton
What did president lincoln proclaim a national holiday in 1863
Thanksgiving
In June of what year was the treaty ending WWl signed
1919
What west coast nfl team has the motto ‘commitment to excellence’
Oakland
Which DJ & Recording Artist Is Known As The House Godfather
Frankie Knuckes
What is the study of soil
Paedology
Which TV series was narrated by Walter Winchell
The Untouchables
What do Ethiopians spend
Birrs
Which 2 Boys Spent 12 Weeks In The Charts Together With A Re-Mixed Surfari’s Track
Beach Boys & Fat Boys (Wipeout)
56% of men have had sex where
At Work
How Did Dmaon Hill’s Father Graham Die ?
In A Plane Crash
A ‘roux’ is produced when making which food
Sauce
In which musical work would you hear the song As Long As He Needs Me
Oliver
What is the nickname for Texas
Lone star state
What was ALF’s girlfriend from Melmac’s name?
Rhonda
In Which Country Will You Find The Holiday Resort Bodrum
Turkey
Liza Minelli Recorded An Album With The “Pet Shop Boys” Or “David Bowie”
The Pet Shop Boys
What Is The Principle Language Of Brazil
Portuguese
For which ad campaign was the line ‘i can’t believe i ate the whole thing’ used
Alka seltzer
When the choctaw indians were moved to oklahoma,they brought their crack police force with them. what were they called
Lighthorsemen
Who was Tommy Lee Jones’ freshman roommate at Harvard?
Al Gore
Bourbon, sugar and mint make up which type of Cocktail
Mint Julep
How many individual bets make up a Yankee
Eleven
What ocean separates North America from Europe
Atlantic
When was the Greek alphabet first used?
800 BC
In medical matters, what does the letter C stand for in C.A.T. scanner
Computerised
What name is given to a doctor who specialises in skin disorders
Dermatologist
What is the commonest name for a pub in Britain
The Red Lion
What’s the radical feminist word for “history”
Herstory
Who was the first woman to win 4 consecutive US tennis open
Chris Evert Lloyd
What is a bangtail
Perforated tag
Released in 1978 what were the names of the two gangs which John Travolta and Olivia Newton John belonged to in the movie `Grease’?
The T-Birds and The Pink Ladies
How many chromosomes do each body cell contain
Forty six
What is the capital of Romania
Bucharest
In which California city does Poltergeist take place?
Cuesta Verde
Where did over 300 defiant Indians head off to, after Sitting Bull was killed
Wounded knee
A Statue Of Billy Bremner Stands Outside The Ground Of Which Football Ground?
Leeds United
What’s the term for the hybrid offspring if a male lion and a female tiger
Liger
Which 1985 Song Was Co Written By Michael Jackson And Lionel Richie
We Are The World
Which classic film of 1948 was advertised as, ‘Greed, Gold and Gunplay on a Mexican Mountain of Malice’
Treasure of the sierra madre
How Does Good King Wencelesas Like To Eat His Pizza
Deep Pan Crisp And Even
Who Released The 70’s Album Entitled John Barleycorn Must Die
Traffic
New jersey has a spoon featuring over _________spoons from every state and almost every country
5400
The __________ whale is the mammal with the heaviest brain _ about six times heavier than a human’s.
Sperm
James Todd Smith Is The Real Name Of Which Singer
LL Cool J
What are the first names of the popular early 80’s duo hall and oates
Darryl
What were the wicks in the Vestal Virgins lamps made from
Asbestos
The Beatles Were The 1st British Group To Have A Us No.1 Single Who Was The 2nd
The Animals
You can ski on the piste but what other sport uses the term
Fencing where the fight happens
What’s the main feature of a Chong Sang skirt
Split up side
What is the fear of cosmic phenomenon known as
Kosmikophobia
What is the literal meaning of the title Viceroy
In place of the King
What French cheese is ripened in caves
Roquefort ewes milk
Which planet was discovered in 1846
Neptune
What is the most frequently seen comet?
Encke
Name award shaped like a teapot with a skull and crossbones
Agatha - for crime mystery writers
The angles inside a square total _______ degrees.
360
What was the first gramophone record made from
Tinfoil
Who Am I “frederick Bulsara (1964-1991)
Freddie Mercury
-isms: Public ownership of the basic means of production, distribution, and exchange.
Socialism
Where was slave trading abolished in 1807
British empire
It is estimated that at any give time 1% world’s population is what
Drunk
Which Swedish Female Vovalist Used “Open Sesame” To Enter The Charts
Leila K
Which Song Was Used To Launch MTV In America
Video Killed The Radio Star
In what Indian city is the Taj Mahal located
Agra
What is the basic unit of currency for Morocco ?
Dirham
What was the first Bond film not to be titled from a Bond book
Licence to Kill
What is the measure of monitor screen quality
Resolution
On what common object would you find a sleeve and a tray
A Matchbox
Parr, Smolt and Grilse different names same thing what
Salmon - life stages
Where was “Conozca Beatles” released
Mexico
William Perks became more famous as who
Bill Wyman
Which city, capital of the Assyrian Empire, was destroyed by fire in 612 B.C.
Nineveh
Under what structure was the first nuclear reactor built in Chicago
Football stadium
Which Celebrity Launched A Perfume Range Entitled ‘M’ Just In Time For Christmas 2007
Mariah Carey
In Athletics Track Races What Does The Ringing Of A Bell Signify
The Last Lap
Bob van Winkle changed his name to what
Vanilla Ice
In The World Of Music Monica & Gabriela Irimia Are Otherwise Known As Who?
The Cheeky Girls
Osteoporosis primarily affects
Bones
When playing the bagpipes, what name is given to the “melody” pipe, played with one or two hands.
The CHANTER
What city is signified by the ‘d’ stamped on some american coins
Denver
What is the most common blood type in humans
Type o
Red white blue yellow green what’s missing from Rubik’s cube
Orange
