Trivia Database_47 Flashcards
In Arthur C Clarks Childhoods end the aliens look like what
Devils
The shoebill __________, native to Africa, is often compared to a statue. The bird will stand perfectly still for long periods waiting for fish to come to surface in the water.
Stork
Which general has been described as ‘The Black Eisenhower’
Colin powell
Country singer Hank Wangford has what profession
Gynaecologist
What animal produces its own sun tan lotion
Hippopotamus
Why was Mike Tyson fined $3 million by the boxing association in 1997?
He Bit Off Evander Hollyfields Ear
Who Is The Most Famous Character Ever To Be Created By Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones
Australians call someone from where a croweater
South Australia
In what sport is the term ‘terminal speed’ used?
Drag Racing
What does RAMDAC stand for?
Random access memory digital to analogue converter
What is a dogrib
A Boat
In cooking, which meat is used in the stew a Navarin
Lamb or mutton
Cerumen is the technical name for what body part
Earwax
Which famous museum opened in london in april 1928
Madame tussaud
What original story begins Aladdin was a little Chinese boy
1001 Arabian Nights
Count de Grisly was the first to perform what trick in 1799
Saw woman in half
Where Is Britain’s National Horseracing Museum
Newmarket
What is the Capital of: Pakistan
Islamabad
What is the correct form of address for a foreign ambassador
His/Her
Which countries name come from the wood its first major export
Brazil
Who is famous for historically riding naked on horseback through Coventry, England ?
Lady Godiva
You can get 5 years in Kentucky for sending a friend what
Bottle beer or booze
What plant is opium derived from
Poppy
Who was the only non-Beatle ever credited on a Beatles record?
Billy Preston
Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili became famous as who
Joseph Stalin
The most common colour on national flags is?
Red
Where did churchill, roosevelt and stalin meet in 1945
Yalta
What is the destination of the plane at the end of the film “Casablanca”?
Lisbon
What’s unusual about the ink used to print money
It’s magnetic
US tennis open held at Flushing Meadows used to be where
Forest Hills
Name of Shakespeare’s simple constable in Measure for Measure
Elbow
Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury
St. augustine
In which disney film is the song ‘so this is love’
Cinderella
How many pictures of each Beatle are on the cover of “A Hard Day’s Night”?
Five
Which Famous Novel Begins With The Line “ It Was A Bright Cold Day In April And The Clocks Were Striking Thirteen ”
George Orwell 1984
What was Louise Joy Brown the first of
Test tube baby
What is the magazine of the Jehovah’s Witnesses called
The Watchtower
What kind of plants are chervil, borage & thyme
Herbs
What was the name of Sancho Panza’s donkey
Dapple
“Till There Was You” was originally from which Broadway musical?
The Music Man
Which film followed the career of athletes Eric Henry Liddell and Harold Abrahams
Chariots of fire
A 3 1/2’ floppy disk measures ___ & 1/2 inches across.
Three
In Egyptian mythology, what sort of creature was Apis
Bull
Loafers, espadrilles and brogues are all types of what
Footwear
Until at least 1980 the country of bhutan had no what
Telephones
Which countries name comes from the Arawak word for central
Cuba
R. Kelly sings: ‘If I can see it then I can do it, if I just believe it, there’s nothing to it’. What’s the song title?
I Believe I Can Fly
Who Composed The Ballet (The Nutcracker)
Tchaikovsky
Which Norwegian explorer’s ships included Fram and Maud?
Roald Amundsen
From Which Country Did The Game Of Chess Originate?
India
By What Process Does A Plant Convert Sunlight Into Energy?
Photosynthesis
Lightweight tropical American wood used for making models
Balsa
What series was voted the best fiction of the 20th century
Lord of the Rings
Which creature do Eskimos (or Inuit) call a nanook
Polar bear
What is the fear of otters known as
Lutraphobia
Who composed ‘Peer Gynt’?
Edward Grieg
Placophobia is the fear of
Tombstones
Price is right music: who recorded “sos”
Abba
What is a `Blenheim Orange’?
Eating Apple
What ingredient is used to flavour Amaretto liqueurs and biscuits?
Almond
Who Had A Hit In 1967 With “When You’re Young And In Love”
The Marvelettes
Spain ceded Florida to Britain in exchange for this territory.
Cuba
Who created the characters “The Toff” and “The Baron”
John creasey
What links Duke Wellington, Earl Derby, Marquis Salisbury
UK Prime Ministers
What star’s memphis home was bruce springsteen refused entry to in 1976
Elvis presley
Westminster Abbey is dedicated to who
Saint Peter
Which fruit goes into the liqueur Kirsch?
Cherry
Who composed the opera The Flying Dutchman in 1843
Richard wagner
What is the currency of Austria
Schilling
In the Flintstones Dino was Fred’s pet who was Barnie’s
Hoppy
Who was the third president of Singpore
Devan nair
What is the nickname for Tennessee
Volunteer state
What animal appears on the label of Levi 500 jeans
Horse
What is the capital of Rwanda
Kigali
Shrub with flowers attractive to butterflies
Buddleia
What sport do the following terms belong to - “Tight End & Wide Receiver”?
American Football (Gridiron)
What is a wether
A castrated ram
In 1931 what was the first live televised sporting event in the UK
The Derby
What is used in a field to ward off unwelcome birds
Scarecrow
Which state is the Garden State
New jersey
Thinking that its parents were a camel and a leopard, the Europeans once called the animal a “camelopard.” Today, it is called the __________
Giraffe
Who Wrote The Play (Hay Fever)
Noel Coward
What is the international cry for help?
Mayday
What did British Honduras change its name to in 1973?
Belize
Who did charlie becker play in ‘the wizard of oz’
The mayor of the munchkins
Who was voted most popular film performer in the USA in 1926
Rin Tin-Tin
Which artist painted The Fighting Temeraire
Joseph Mallard William Turner
Approximately What Percentaage Of The Earths Surface IS Covered In Water
71%
What was Operation Sea Lion in WWII?
The Invasion of Britian
In France Pate De Grives a la Provencal is made from what
Thrushes
What is the term for the path followed a by a small body around a massive body in space?
Orbit
In Which Country Were The Summer Olympic Games Held In 2008
Beijing / China
Who wrote Moll Flanders
Daniel defoe
What gives leaves their colour ?
Chlorophyll
What is the fear of poetry known as
Metrophobia
Who sang ‘good morning to you
Mildred and patty hill
What remote region of Russia borders China, Kazakhstan & Mongolia
Siberia
Astrophobia is a fear of ______
Stars
Who Performed At Live Aid In A Wheelchair Making His First Live Appearance Since Being Partially Paralysed In A Car Crash
Teddy Pendergrass
What Does Dracula Actually Mean
Son Of The Devil Or Son Of A Dragon
What was the name of Arnold’s fish on Different Strokes?
Abraham
The Primes and The Distants merged to form what group
The Temptations
In 1993 Who Had A Hit With The Song “ This Is It ”?
Danni Minogue
Earth’s outer layer of surface soil or crust is called the _______.
Lithosphere
What Are Cos & Density Both Types Of
Lettuce
Randolph Crane became famous as which cowboy actor
Randolph Scott
Whose theme song was Back In The Saddle Again?
Gene Autry’s
What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Triangulum ?
Triangle
Of which cambodian party was pol pot the leader
Khmer rouge
In which Spencer Tracy film was a teacher accused of teaching the theory of evolution
Inherit the wind
To what country do the Faeroe Islands belong
Denmark
What is the literal meaning of the word ‘cenotaph’
Empty tomb
Phonetically spelled out what does Esso mean in Japan
Stalled Car
December 73 Switzerland has 6.6 million people 81 were what
Unemployed
Verdi’s opera Aida is set in what country
Egypt
What Is The Second Smallest Sovereign State In The World
Monaco
Robert Fulton Was Ther Very First Person To Sucessfullyy test Which Form Of Transport
The Submarine
Which Television Show Featured The First Ever Interracial Kiss To Be Broadcast On TV?
Star Trek
This Alcatraz inmate was provided with identity 325
Alvin karpis
The firefly depends on sight to find ______
Mate
Halifax is the capital of ______
Nova scotia
Easy question: type the alphabet
Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
What is a group of birds flying
Flight
What is the name of the whale that swallowed Pinocchio
Monstro
What is the capital of Lithuania
Vilnius
What creature has seven penises assorted shapes sizes
Cockroach
Brian Eno created which sound
Windows 95 start-up
What did Archie Bunker on ‘All In The Family’ call his son-in-law Mike?
Meathead
What is the nearest galaxy to the Solar System?
Andromeda
“Would I Lie To You” & “Here Comes The Rain Again” Were Hit Songs For Which Famous Band
The Eurythmics
What was Picasso’s first name?
Pablo
What type of creatures are slugs and snails?
Gastropods
Which is the world’s warmest sea
Red sea
What did Emily Davidson do
Suicide under kings horse 1913
Complete the title of the Umberto Eco book ‘The Name of the_____
Rose
Which sport uses the terms knuckleball, cycle, and bunt
Baseball
What city boasts a world of coca cola pavilion featuring futuristic soda fountains
Atlanta
The science of life
Biology
Which country invented Venetian Blinds
Japan
What time does the train arrive in Hadleyville ? Clue. ‘A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do’
High Noon
What did the big bang create
Universe
What is a government in which power is restricted to a few
Oligarchy
What pre-tv radio show turned film caused people to commit suicide when it was first aired?
War Of The Worlds
At her beheading Marie Antoinette wore what colour shoes
Purple
Alamein how many Ringling brothers were there
Five
What name is used by Private Eye when referring to the Queen
Brenda
What Horrific Sporting Event Took Place On Saturday The 28 th June 1997
Evander Holyfields Ear
Who was the lead singer and principal songwriter with the American pop group “Bread”
David gates
If one takes inflation into account, which 1960’s film was the most expensive film ever made ?
Cleopatra ‘On your knees!!!’
Which element derives its name from the Greek for ‘bringer of light’
Phosphorus
Name the largest city in Canada
Toronto
Who sat on the bench for the Simpson murder trial
Judge ito
Legendary magician Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween in 1926 but what caused his death was it A Trick went wrong B Heart Attack or was it C Ruptured Appendix
C Ruptured Appendix
In Greek Myth who solved the riddle of the Sphinx
Oedipus
Which two initials are used to describe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
ME
What links tulip balloon and flute
Types of glasses
What is the basic unit of currency for China ?
Yuan
In Islamic law after having sex with a lamb mortal sin to do what
Eat its flesh
In which French city did the German Army surrender on the 7th May 1945
Rheims
What Question Did Lenny Kravitz Ask To Take Him To No.4
Are You Gonna Go My Way
