Trivia Database_64 Flashcards
What was the instrument of execution during the “Reign of Terror”
Guillotine
Which is the geological period before the Ordovician
Cambrian
What Was The Character Sonny Crocketts Actual First Name In The TV Series Miami Vice
James
What is the capital city of Botswana
Gaberone
Where on the body is the jugular vein
Neck
Where would you find Fetcher, Mac, Babs, Ginger, Bunty And Fowler
Chicken Run (Movie)
In Bexley Ohio its illegal to put what in an outhouse
Slot Machines
What city became the U.S. federal capital in 1789
New york
What is made up of England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland
United kingdom
Who composed the opera Billy Budd in 1951 (both names)
Benjamin Britain
What Is Anaemia
A Deficiency Of Red Blood Cells
Ransom Eli Olds started this company in 1897.
Oldsmobile
What is activated for freckles to appear?
Melanocytes
Which Was The First Beatles Album To Consist Entirely Of Original Material
A Hard Days Night
Which Beach Boy accompanied the Beatles to visit the Maharishi?
Mike Love
On the Munsters what was Lillie’s maiden name
Lilly Dracula
Who was shot only hours after Annie Leibovitz took a nude photo of him for Rolling Stone
John lennon
Who played the switchboard operator in cutter to houston
John nicholson
Photophobia is the fear of
Light
What type of bears are the best swimmers
Polar bears
By feeding hens certain ____ they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks
Dyes
Name the second_largest planet in the solar system.
Saturn
Good King Wenceslas Was The Duke & Later King Of Where?
Bohemia
Which Series Of Horror Movies Were Greatly Influenced By A Painting By Norwegian Artist Edvard Munch
Scream
Which cosmetic magnate died in 2004 at the age of 97?
Estee Lauder
Of What Tribe Was Boadicea The Head?
The Iceni
American money with serial’s beginning in “b” are printed in _____
New york
On what number is the sexagesimal system based
Sixty
The __________ can travel up to 45 miles per hour, whereas the rabbit can achieve an average speed of just 35 miles per hour.
Hare
What is the southernmost country in continental europe
Spain
What is the name for the cutting and training of shrubs into decorative shapes
Topiary
What planet has a magnetic field 50 times stronger than that of Earth
Uranus
Spelling counts - what is the singular of scampi
Scampo
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet (written out in english)
Omega
In Water Polo, Which Player Wears A Red Cap
The Goalkeeper
What’s a ginkgo
Tree
The longest bike weighed how much
More than a ton
The Millennial Dawnists changed their name to what
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Where did the battle of Waterloo take place?
Belgium
Where will the 2002 Winter Olympics be held
Salt Lake - USA
What language does ‘danke’ mean ‘thank you’ in
German
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
What product first produced in germany had a formula that combined alcohol, lemon spirits, orange bitters and mint oil
Cologne
A lido is open air swimming pool where was the original lido
Venice
What is the name of the bacterium that causes food poisoning in contaminated food
Salmonella
The Jeffersons was a spinoff from what show?
All in the Family
What small island is in the bay of Naples?
Isle of Capri
Who was lead singer with Van Halen, but went solo in 1985?
David Lee Roth
Which Football club were the first in modern times to set a trend of building a purpose-built stadium away from the town centre?
Scunthorpe United
Who posted the highest score on ‘celebrity jeopardy’ in november 1994
Norman
Who had top ten hits in the 1960s with ‘Together, Somewhere’ and ‘Hold Me’
P.j. proby
What area in NY is named after a barrier built to keep out Indians
Wall Street
What is the official language of somalia
Somali
What Was Mother Teresa’s Real First Name
Agnus
In 1943, a Swiss chemist accidentally discovered which drug
Lsd
What is a group of this animal called: Oyster
Bed
In Entertainment “Julia Smith & Tony Holland Are Both Famous For Creating What
Eastenders
What is added to brandy to make a sidecar
Cointreau or Triple Sec
What is the capital of Mali ?
Bamako
Species what country are yoU.S.tuck in if you’re doing hard time at boniato prison
Cuba
What is a group of this animal called: Snake
Nest
In dating agency adverts what does the ‘S’ represent in the abbreviation ‘NSP’
Smoker
Secret Identities: Lyta Trevor
Fury
In 1814 1st abdication of Napoleon; he is exiled to
Elba
What country does French toast come from
Italy - Rome
What town did Billy Joel call home
Long island
What vegetable varieties include snowball, white horse, & igloo
Cauliflower
What is the process whereby one metal is coated with a thin layer of another, more reactive metal
Galvanizing
Which spirit is the base of a White Lady Cocktail
Gin
If someone said they were from Hellas - which country
Greece
In which city is the C.N. Tower?
Toronto
Name The Composer Of Red Red Wine
Neil Diamond
Which groups third album was ‘sports’ and featured ‘heart and soul’ and ‘i want a new drug’
Huey lewis and the news
These come in types like breakfast, pork, lamb, spiced, beef and thick
Sausage
Which Is Longer A Baseball Bat Or A Tennis Racket?
A Baseball Bat
French bread filled with meat, cheese and salad is called a what
Hero sandwich
Who played the electric piano on “Get Back”?
Billy Preston
What is the worlds longest mountain range
The Andes
Who Did France Beat To Win The Euro 2000 Football Final?
Italy
2.47105 acres is equal to what SI unit
Hectare
How Many Grammys Did Christopher Cross Win In 1980
Five
What is the young of this animal called: Eel
Elver
Which grand prix circuit is only 1.95 miles long
Monaco
What artistic term was named after a French finance minister
Silhouette
What is the capital of Kazakhstan ?
Astana
Who was Andromedas mother
Cassiopeia
What is the capital of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Where did the philosopher Plato teach
Academia
What job involves walking an average 60 miles in a 5 day week
Waiter
Who wrote and directed the 1977 film ‘Annie Hall’
Woody allen
Whose Real Name Is Robert Zimmerman
Bob Dylan
What is a runcible spoon
A broad Pickle fork
Shane Fenton became famous as who
Alvin Stardust
What name is given to the division between the nostrils
Septum
What is the medical term given to the study of the brain and nervous system
Neurology
What was the first cartridge that had a battery backed save feature?
The Legend of Zelda
What is the longest Beatles song on record?
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
Hugh Hefner and Katherine Hepburn both had degrees in what
Psychology
What is Kabuki in Japan
Common peoples theatre
Who said the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it
George Orwell
The word Calendar comes from Latin and means what
To Call Out
Which flying mouse, a cross between Superman and Mickey Mouse, appears in over seventy short cartoons in the Terrytoons series
Mighty mouse
In Metres How Long Is An Olympic Size Swimming Pool
50 Metres
Norse mythology Asgard was home of the Gods what’s Midgard
Earth
Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?
Venus
How many people were killed in the battle of lexington
Eight
What surrey town is famed for its salts
Epsom
What does the syrinx help a bird to do
Sing
What is the chemical symbol for tungsten
W
Pride, Avarice, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Lust what’s missing
Wrath
What colour was Mrs Bates dress in Psycho
Periwinkle Blue
What fictional planet orbited the red star Negus 12
Superman’s Krypton
Who composed Peter and the Wolf in 1936 (both names)
Sergai Prokofiev
Which Australian was the only man to win the tennis Grand Slam twice
Rod laver
What magazine was the first to be distributed widely through grocery stores
Family circle
20% of what is in the metal part at the end of a pencil?
Sulphur
What Type Of Triangle Has 2 Sides Of Equal Length
An Isosceles Triangle
Lepcha people Tibet consider it proper to pay teachers in what
Alcohol is acceptable
Albert Einstein couldn’t talk properly until he was nine, and was thought to be suffering from ______
Dyslexia
What is Christmas Disease
Mild Haemophilia
In mythology, which maiden was saved from a sea by Perseus
Andromeda
When angered, the ears of what animal turn a pinkish red
Tazmanian devil
What two word term is considered the lowest possible temperature?
Absolute zero
How in the world of music is Richard Starkey more commonly known?
Ringo Starr
What was the name of Russian bear mascot 1980 Olympics
Mischa
The Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are types of what
Telescopes
What is the only breed of dog that gets gout
Dalmatian
Chitlins are made from what part of the pig
Intestines
What is the name for the outer part of a citrus fruit
Zest
What reggae great sang “get up, stand up, burnin’ and lootin’
Bob marley
Whose hamburger patties weigh 1.6 oz
Mcdonald’s
What system do the blind use for reading
Braille
What german philosopher claimed morality required a belief in god and freedom
Immanuel kant
What is the speech at the beginning of a play called
Prologue
Who was Dr Zhivago’s love
Lara
What is the life span of a housefly two weeks, two months or two years
Two weeks
From What Country Did The Band Black Box Originate
Italy
What Is The One-Humped Type Of Camel Called
A Dromedary
Who was the first head of an arab nation to make peace with israel?
Anwar sadat
There Are Now More Billionaires In This Capital City (As Of 2006) Can You Name It
Moscow
At which Air Show in 1973 did Russia’s supersonic “Konkordski” aircraft crash
Paris
What animal does the adjective ‘meline’ refer to
Badger
What was the last movie of the late Brandon Lee?
The Crow
Who was supposed to play Betelgeuse in the movie
Sammy Davis Junior
What mammal moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on it’s fur
Sloth
Who Was Maradona Playing For When He Was First Caught Taking Cocaine
Napoli
Dhaka is the capital of ______
Bangladesh
Circular bands used to decorate ears, toes, noses, or, most often, fingers
Rings
Which 20th century American icons died on Halloween
River Phoenix
Who wrote “The Learning Tree”
Gordon parks jr
What is the name of the airline that operates the ill-fated flight from LA to Chicago in the movie Airplane!?
Trans American
Who was the founder of Lotus Cars Ltd.?
Colin Chapman
In Homer’s Iliad, who was the King of Troy
Priam
Hudson how many points are awarded to the winning driver of a formula 1 grand prix race
Ten
Which is cape town’s major choir
Philharmonic choir
What’s the circulation of winds around a low pressure system called
Cyclone
Who Wrote The Novels Slaughterhouse Five And Breakfast Of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut
What american indian tribe drank ‘tizwin’
Apache
Who was the first woman elected to lead a european democracy
Margaret thatcher
From which kind of organism is the indicator litmus extracted
Lichens
