Trivia Database_50 Flashcards
It is illegal to sell what in Lehigh New England
Doughnut Holes
What is the name of dr dolittle’s parrot
Polynesia
Harrissa is what in cooking?
A spicy paste
Who wrote the best-selling novel ‘The Family’?
Martina Cole
Which Shakespeare character described himself as having “Loved not wisely but too well”
Othello
What did Foucault demonstrate with his pendulum
The rotation of the earth
Whose epitaph reads “Workers of all lands unite”
Karl marx
What is the fear of rabies known as
Kynophobia
Which two countries signed up to the common market in 1973 alongside the U.K?
Eire and Denmark
Who was the world’s oldest man
Bir narayan chaudhari
Who does a Filicide kill
Son or Daughter
What English king married his brother’s widow
Henry viii
Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1891
Oscar Wilde
What come in varieties Norway Oriental Sitka White Siberian
Spruce Trees
What is the young of this animal called: Turkey
Poult
This underground cartoonist created Fritz the cat & Mr. Natural.
Robert crumb
What are Kayobi, Doyobi, and Kinyobi
Japanese days of the week
In Washington state it is specifically illegal to have sex with who
Virgins
What animal has bony plates and rolls up into a ball if its frightened
Armadillo
Who did the music for the 1970’s film ‘Saturday Night Fever’?
Bee Gees
What does v.s.o.p. stand for on a bottle of brandy
Very superior old pale
Hipopota Agravis or guasano is what in Mexican Tequila
Not Worm – Butterfly Caterpillar
There are 45 miles of what in the skin of a human being
Nerves
In proportion which animal has the largest eye
Cat
What Question Was Asked In The Title Of A Hit By Both The Eurythmics And Charles & Eddy?
Would I Lie To You
Which play opens with: “when shall we three meet again”
Macbeth
How many thousand million tonnes of carbon dioxide are formed each year by the combustion of fossil fuels
Sixteen
Teheran is the capital of ______
Iran
The USA president lives in the White House - Who Blue House
President South Korea
Which fruit contains the most protein
Avocado
Meaning ‘fresh’ in italian. The technique of painting on moist lime plaster with colors ground in water.
Fresco
What country celebrates its National Day on 26th October?
Austria
A hot spring which shoots steam into the air is a _______
Geyser
Liquor whose name is derived from uisge beath, Gaelic for aqua vitae
Whisky
The Brownies ( junior Girl Guides) used to be named what
The Rosebuds
What is the name of the Manchester City’s old home ground?
Maine Road
Who won two Nobel prizes in different fields
Marie Curie Physics 1903 Chemistry 1911
What car manufacturer also makes airplane engines
Rolls royce
What city used to be known as Bytown
Ottawa
If You Studied Horology What Do You Study
Clocks / Time
What cities underground has the most stations
New York
Richard Attenbourough what character in The Great Escape
Bartlett
Who was once billed as The Atomic Powered Singer
Elvis Presley
In the Entire English Football League, Which Football Team Has The Shortest Name?
Bury
An ecostate animal lacks what
Ribs
Which Athlete Won Olmpic Gold In Both The 800m & 1500m At The 1990 Games In Athens In 2004
Kelly Holmes
In which county is Uttoxeter?
Staffordshire
In Which US State Will You Find “Lincoln” International Airport
Nebraska
Who was the first man to run a sub four minute mile
Roger Bannister
King Zog ruled which country
Albania
Which herb is used to make the garnish ‘gremolata’
Parsley
Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
What was significant about the words (Watson, please come here, I want you) when spoken in 1876?
First Complete Sentance Spoken On The Phone
“Janie’s Got a Gun” was on their 1989 album “Pump”
Aerosmith
Cavatina what the theme music to which film
The Deer Hunter
Which animal has legs but cant walk
Hummingbird
What’s nero wolfe’s favorite drink during office hours
Beer
Which country uses the “yen” for currency?
Japan
Which two nations built the concorde?
Britain and France
What is the name of the world’s most expensive brand of coffee which is made from Civet poo?
Kopi Luwak
What animal is mentioned most in the Bible
Sheep
What was Maxwell Smarts cover
Greetings Card salesman
The earth’s atmosphere and the space beyond is known as _________.
Aerospace
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu born Skopje 1910 other name
Mother Theresa
With over 41% of the population, which country has the highest ratio of cellular mobile phones
Finland
Los Pedernales is a Spanish translation what TV show
The Flintstones
What sport has you hike out while close hauled
Sailing
What Was The Only No.1 Single For The Monkees
I’m A Believer
The are six sides on a standard one - a standard what
Pencil
How often did babe ruth change the cabbage leaf which he wore under his cap
Every two innings every 2 innings two innings 2 innings
In warfare and law-enforcement, what is the more common name for lachrymators
Tear gas
What Is The Main Ingredient Of Paella
Rice
Who refused to leave the table when gambling & invented a new meal
Earl of sandwich
Who invented the lie detector
John augustus larson
The British call it Shrove Tuesday (pancake day) what in France
Mardi Gras
Whose cusine would offer you Leberkas
German it’s liver
Who Had A Hit With Maneater In The 80’s
Hall & Oates
What Major Event Occured In Russia In 1917
The Russian Revolution
Who was the Greek God of prophecy & archery, music & healing, light & truth, agriculture and cattle?
Apollo
Titus Oates was the instigator of which historical plot
Popish
Luxembourg is the capital of ______?
Luxembourg
Who Had A Hit In 1984 With The Song “It’s A Miracle”
Culture Club
Which type of bat can be common, white-winged or hairy-legged?
Vampire
What is measured with a Snodgrass grathodynamometer
Strength Shark Bites
The Soviet Sukhoi-34 fighter was the worlds first with what
A Toilet in it
In Which City Does The Cycle Race The Tour De France Finish?
Paris
By What Name Is The Notorious “Richard John Bingham” More Commonly Known
Lord Lucan
On Which Date Does Halloween Fall
October 31st
A paratrichosic person has extra what
Hair in unusual places
What is the name of the weak attractive bonds which exist between molecules
Van der waals forces
A weavers knot is known by seamen as a common what
Sheet Bend
What was barbara streisand’s first film
Funny girl
What is contained in a dish described as Lyonnaise?
Onions
What Form Of Radiation Has The Shortest Wavelength
Gamma Rays
Churchill what kind of bug emerges in the 1975 movie the bug
Beetle
Why was McDonalds fillet of fish invented
Meatless Lent
Most blue eyed cats are what
Deaf
How many bags of mail were lost by the Pony Express
One
A numismatist collects coins and what else
Medals
In Rocky, what does Apollo Creed’s trainer warn him about Rocky Balboa?
He’s Left Handed
In Singapore you can be fined 10% of income for not doing what
Flushing public toilet
Who is the roman counterpart of hermes
Mercury
To What Was Byzantium Renamed In 330 AD
Constantinople
German physicist and Nobel laureate, who was the originator of the quantum theory
Planck
One of the earliest centers of urban civilization, in the area of modern Iraq and eastern Syria between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
Which African bird is famous for its ability to walk up to 20 miles per day and also for its legendary ability to kill snakes by stamping on them with its giant feet?
Secretary Bird
What colour is Santa Claus’ belt?
Black
Which planet was the ‘Planet of the Apes’
Earth
This more efficient distillate of coal was one of the main fuels of the industrial revolution:
Coke
What sports celebrity had the nickname of “Truck”
Leonard robinson
Travelling Without Moving Was A Huge Selling Album For Which 1990’s Dance Act
Jamiroquai
What was the nickname of the Scottish novelist and poet James Hogg?
Ettrick Shepherd
What Popstar With A 185 Inch Waistline & Standing 6”1 Topped The Charts In 1993
Mr Blobby
What is the largest state in the USA
Alaska
Which Row Was Sung About In Porgy And Bess
Catfish Row In Charlston
Name Archie Bells Backing Group
The Drells
In the man from UNCLE who were their enemies
THRUSH
What film began “Most of what follows is true”
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Which American was Olympic long jump champion in 1996?
Carl Lewis
Who invented analytic geometry
Descartes
Robert Whithead invented what weapon in 1866
Torpedo
Which American Horse Race Is Run At Churchill Downs?
The Kentucky Derby
Who, in the 18th Century, was known as ‘sea green incorruptible’
Robespierre
What is the name of the process whereby plants lose water into the atmosphere
Transpiration
What Saint’s Day is celebrated on 26th December
St. Stephen
What is evonne cawley’s maiden name
Evonne goolagong
Who sang for ‘bad company’ and ‘the firm’, then went out on his own
Paul
Which Country Has The Biggest Proportion Of It’s Population In The Armed Forces
North Korea
Which English comedian’s real name is Bob Davies?
Jasper Carrott
Who Had Mid 80’s Hits With “Grimly Fiendish” And “The Shadow Of Love”
The Damned
Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb
Bay
What was the name of the giant panda in the Moscow Zoo in 1977
An-an
When does a Bride walk up the Aisle
Never Aisles at side only
Who said ‘et tu brute’
Julius caesar
Which conqueror started with a small tribe at the age of 13 and had conquered empires from the Black Sea to the Pacific by the time he died in 1227
Genghiz khan
What was the shoulder patch US Army 45th in WW2
Swastika
What are Ingrid Marie and Blushing Golden
Varieties of Apple
What are Bullace, Kirke’s Blue, and Opal varieties of
Plum
What country is directly north of the continental United States
Canada
What is the only English word formed by the first three letters of the alphabet
Cab
In What Year Was Abraham Lincoln Assasinated
1865
The study of building design is ____________.
Architecture
Which science studies weather
Meteorology
Which Mark Twain classic was remade by Disney in 1993
Adventures of huckleberry finn
Who is the only singer to have no.1 hits in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s?
Cliff Richard
What Shakespeare play Course true love never did run smooth
Midsummer Nights Dream
In Which American City Was “Martin Luther King” Assasinated
Memphis
Moored in halifax harbour is a replica of this famous schooner
Bluenose ii
Who composed the musical piece Carmina Burana
Carl orff
What is the capital of Zaire
Kinshasa
Who Was The 16th Century Seer Famous For His Predictions
Nostradamus
Who was the first woman to win an acting Emmy in a sf series
Lindsay Wagner – Bionic Woman
Gene Pitney Was How Far From Which Town In 1963
24 Hours From Tulsa
According to survey what European country has the vainest men
Britain
Who Had A 90’s Debut Hit With The Song “House Of Love”
East 17
What country was the setting for “Doctor Zhivago”?
Russia
A mole can dig a tunnel __________ feet long in one night.
300
What is the flower that stands for: rupture of a contract
Broken straw
The first cricket one-day international was held between england and ______?
Australia
In the Breakfast Club, Bender tells a joke without a punchline. What was the naked blonde carrying under her arms?
A two foot salami and a poodle
