Trivia Database_55 Flashcards
What WW2 resistance movements name is Italian for thicket
Maquis
What Planet Is Between Mars & Saturn In The Solar System?
Jupiter
What German word is printed on the labels of high quality wine
Kabinett
Cretinism is caused by a failure of what
Thyroid gland
Who would use a swozzle
Punch and Judy man
Which Is The Most Poisonous Toadstool?
The Death Cap
Who was the Greek goddess of love
Aphrodite
The artist Seurat employed which technique
Pointillism
What variety of quartz is amethyst
Violet
Baseball: the houston ______
Astros
Which compound comes from the nux vomica tree
Strychnine
In which city is The Abbey theatre
Dublin
What was the name of geppetto’s son
Pinocchio
What is is group of kangaroos
Troop
Which Characters Were The Longest Running In The Comic The Beano
Lord Snooty And His Pals
Complete the Quote “Alas! Poor Yorick! I knew him, ?”
Horatio
Which sea separates Turkey from Greece
Aegean sea
Which Norse God invulnerable to all else was killed by mistletoe
Baldur
Name the 80’s band that named the sides of their first album Hardware and Software and also used samples from Star Trek movies in their songs.
Information Society
What does ‘Marbling’’ refer to?
Flecks of fat in meat
Pinchbeck is an alloy of copper and what else
Zinc
Disney’s Pluto (nee Rover) was originally whose pet dog
Minnie Mouse
William McIlvanney wrote the novel The Big Man, who played the title role in the film adaptation
Liam neeson
Who invented the mini skirt
Mary quant
Which LA group charted with “Rock The Boat”?
The Hues Corporation
Which bird turns its head upside down to eat
Flamingo
What brand and color of underwear is Marty wearing in Back to the Future?
Purple Calvin Klein briefs
Which 9-fingered pop pianist starred in the film Its all Happening?
Russ Conway
Peter Sellers played Clouseau but who dropped the role
Peter Ustinov
Link Danny Fisher Charlie Rogers Vince Everett Chad Gates
Elvis Presley character names
The flower nasturtium is native to which country
Peru
What Group Was Diana Ross A Member Of Before She Embarked On A Solo Career
The Supremes
How Many Are There In A Clutch Of Blackbirds Egg’s
Usually Between 3 & 5
Collective nouns - what profession gather in a bench
Bishops
What is the most westerly county of Ireland
Kerry
In sexual terms what is a mastix
Female Sadist
Which statesman said that Germany’s problems could only be resolved by “blood and iron”
Bismarck
Who wrote the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald Dahl
What Is Most Likely To Be Measured In A Hogshead
Beer
50% of Dutch men have never done what
Flown in a plane 28% fear it
What company made PacMan?
Bally Midway
What ship’s survivors were rescued by the liner Carpathia
Titanic
How Much Is The Yellow Ball Worth In A Game Of Snooker
2
What is the fear of the dark or night known as
Nyctophobia
What part of a rhubarb plant is poisonous?
The Leaves
Who Supplied The Voice To The Queen In The Movie Shrek 2
Julie Andrews
Ouagadougou is the capital of ______
Burkino faso
What was the first film given the title Blockbuster
Jaws
What word of greek origin means ‘a general pardon’
Amnesty
A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978 stabbing wife what
A wedge of hard cheese
Who wore 2 shirts at his execution so people would not think him afraid if he shivered
Charles i
What are noctilucent, cirrus, and cirrostratus categories of ?
Clouds
What Was The First Science Fiction Movie To Cost Over A Million Dollars To Make
Forbidden Planet
What Type Of Foodstuff Is Used In The Construction Of “ Dynamite
Peanuts
What does most lipstick contain
Fish scales
Alberta’s shield on the coat of arms, bears the cross of
Saint george
Who played in the film ‘ragtime’ after 20 years offscreen
James cagney
Who was the eighties group that was named after the inventor of the radio?
Tesla
Which religions various branches claims 100% of Afghanistans population
Islam
Which European city is served by Fiumicino airport
Rome
Which Techno Artists Albums Include Accelerator, Lifeforms & Dead Cities
Future Sound Of London
Indian clarified butter
Ghee
Bill Clinton Used Which Group’s “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrrow” As His Presidential Campaign Song?
Fleetwood Mac
Who is considered the doctor of medicine
Hippocrates
H14 N2 is a poisonous alkaloid consumed daily by millions what
Nicotine
A square of rectangular area in a church between the apse and the crossing.
Choir
Which 2 Islands Are The Natural Habitat Of The Orang-Utan?
Borneo & Sumatra
Whose Rival Was Two Ton Ted From Teddington
Ernie (Fastest Milkman In West)
From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this line: “All the world’s a stage___”
As You Like It
Book of Shadows is the alternative title for which horror film
Blair Witch 2
Who plays Captain Jean Luc Picard in the series Star Trek, The Next Generation
Patrick stewart
Who is the historical figure most often portrayed in movies
Napoleon bonaparte
Why do lawyers traditionally wear black
Mourning Queen Mary Scotland
Capital cities: Vanuatu
Port vila
In Which Country Might The Jets Play The Mariners, & The Glory Take On The Roar At Football?
Australia
What bird has the longest fledging period 360 days
King Penguin
What was the first TV theme song to hit number one US charts
Davy Crocket
What was john lennon’s original middle name
Winston
In art, what name is given to a quick sketch for a larger painting
Cartoon
What group were once called The Warlocks
The Grateful Dead
Which group had a number 1 in 1966 with ‘Keep on Running’?
The Spencer Davis Group
What is the highest mountain in the Casacde range?
Mount Rainier
On which planet would you find the Caloris Basin
Mercury
Who Had A Hit With “Heaven Is A Place On Earth”
Belinda Carlisle
Which one of the three tenors is not spanish
Pavarotti
When not fighting crime, what did Underdog do for a living
Shoeshine boy
What is the most important industry in Alaska
Fishing
What Christmas item was first introduced by Henry Cole in 1843
The Christmas Card
What Prophet in the Bible had a talking donkey
Balaam
13th July 1955 saw the last execution of woman in Britain - who was she
Ruth Ellis
What is the flower that stands for: separation
Carolina jasmine
What two ingredients make the dish angels on horseback
Oysters - wrapped in Bacon
What is the capital of arizona
Phoenix
Oh is he more, too much more than a pretty face, It’s so strange the way he talk, it’s a disgrace, Well I know I’ve been out of style, For a short while, But I don’t care how cold you are” From which 1970’s song?
David Essex / Gonna Make You A Star
What is the Capital of: Jordan
Amman
Which modern country occupies the former Roman province of Lusitania
Portugal
In Dr Who, what was Tardis an abbreviation of ?
Time and relative dimensions in space
Name of Barbie’s hot pink sports_car.
Vette
Who did caesar and cleo become
Sonny and cher
In Mathematics, the Greek capital letter “sigma” is used to denote what process
The sum of (summation)
What sport links Castle Cup, Red Stripe Cup, Ranji Trophy
Cricket
In Digimon,what do T.K. and Kari have that the other children don’t?
Older brothers
What is the basis of the dish ‘Hummus’
Chick peas
An English folk dance that appeared in the fifteenth century, in which dancers wore bells on their legs and characters included a fool, a boy on a hobby horse, and a main in blackface.
Morris dance
What is the kitchen on a ship called
Galley
In which alcoholic spirit might you find a worm in the bottle
Tequila
What city boasts the Copacabana Beach and Impanema
Rio
How many days where there in 1976?
366
Which group had a British number one hit in the 1970s with I Don’t Like Mondays
Boomtown rats
What is located at 350 fifth avenue in New York City
Empire state building
In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - Micah
Jonah
Who had a 50’s hit with ‘To know him, is to love him’ in 1958?
The Teddy Bears
As what was sony’s video recorder known
Beta-max beta max beta
Meridians converge at the ________.
Poles
In what organ of the body is insulin produced
Pancreas
Who succeeded Brezhnev as Soviet leader
Yuri andropov
Which Famous Series Of Aircraft Was Designed By Artem Mikoyan & Mikhail Gurevich
MiG
What was Hitchcock’s first film in colour
Rope
Who was nicknamed The Bronx Bull
Jake LaMotta
What is a spat
Baby oyster
Who was the first honorary US citizen
Winston Churchill
Republic in southern central America, bounded on the north by Nicaragua, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, on the southeast by Panama, & on the southwest & west by the Pacific Ocean
Costa rica
Messala was the gad guy in which 50s blockbuster ?
Ben Hur
Who tried to create the ‘Great Society’?
Lyndon B Johnson
What tv series from 1970-1974 starred susan dey
Partridge family
What two countries were known as “the yellow peril” in the 1890’s
China & japan japan & china
What is the medical term for word blindness
Dyslexia
Which animal is known as ‘mouton’ to the French and ‘schaf’ to the Germans
Sheep
Who was the first head of an arab nation to make peace with israel
Anwar
What is the scientific name for a “spy in the cab”
Tachograph
In which European Palace are the State Apartments called the Hall of Mirrors
Versailles
What colour are the seats in the House of Lords
Red - Commons green
What did wham! say to do before you go go
Wake me up
What is a male swan called?
Cob
Which group starred with Oliver Reed in the film “Tommy”
The who
Who did Stephen Hendry replace as World No1 in the 1989-90 Snooker season?
Steve Davis
What metal is the major constituent of Rubies ?
Aluminium
The name of which Central American country means The Saviour in English?
El Salvador
What French blue cheese (similar to stilton) is made ewes milk
Roquefort
In The (Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner) Which Bird Is Shot
An Albatross
Who Wrote And Produced Minnie Rippertons No.1 Hit “Loving You”
Stevie Wonder
In Massachusetts what’s illegal unless bedroom window locked
Snoring
Which city in New Zealand is known both as the City of the Plains and the Garden City is it Wellington or Christchurch?
Christchurch
Who plays the boy in the film ‘Billy Elliot’
Jamie bell
Who invented the cash register in 1879
James ritty
In The Movie ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Who Played The Vampire Being Interviewed
Brad Pitt
Roberts in which film was goldie hawn the body double for julia roberts
Pretty woman
The density of what is measured on the Rngelmann scale
Smoke
James P Johnson Wrote The Signature To Which 1920’s Dance Craze
The Charleston
In what city are the famous Tivoli Gardens?
Copenhagen
What is the fear of shellfish known as
Ostraconophobia
Who was the ponderosa’s chinese cook
Hop sing
What did the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha change it’s name to ?
House of Windsor
Was Silence Is Golden Credited To Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Or Just The Tremeloes
The Tremeloes
The Black Death came to England from what port
Calais
Which song is performed at start Indiana Jones Temple of Doom
Anything Goes
How Many Players Are There In A Volleyball Team
6 Players
What was the first auto part completely designed by a computer
Cadillac
What Was Alice Coopers Biggest Hit Of The 80’s
Poison
Havana is the capital of ______
Cuba
