Trivia Database_7 Flashcards
At the outbreak of WWI what country’s airforce consisted of only 50 men?
United States
What actress said “It’s better to be nude than unemployed”
Angie Dickinson
__________ can climb trees faster than they can run on the ground.
Squirrels
Kalium. is the Latin name for which element
Potassium
What do male butterflies like to lick
Stones - to get nutrients
Women do it weekly to sleep better men every two weeks what
Change sheets
What was the print left on the car in the boat in the movie Titanic?
A handprint
The Process Where Food Browns During Cooking Is Known As The What
Maillard Reaction
The Ten Commandments what was number four
Keep the Sabbath holy
In which country was Rudyard Kipling born
India
In which Commonwealth country is Cobra beer brewed
India
Which river passes through germany, austria, slovakia, hungary, croatia, yugoslavia, romania, blugaria and ukraine before arriving at the black sea
Danube
A ballet in which the women wear white tutus, such as the second and fourth acts of Swan Lake.
Ballet blanc
The Coromandel Coast is an area which can be found in which two countries?
India or New Zealand
An Ochlophilliac gets sexually aroused from what
Being in crowds
In The Peter Kay Video To Is This The Way To Amarillo Who Are The First 2 People To Join Peter Kay On His Journey In This Charity Video
Ken & Deirdre (Barlow)
“Safety Dance” Was A Hit For Which Band
Men Without Hats
Phoenix is the capital of ______
Arizona
Who wrote the humorous books on One Upmanship
Steven Potter
What links the Isle of Portland to the mainland coast of Dorset
Chesil bank
Who designed the bouncing bomb in World War II
Barnes wallis
Who founded ‘Live Aid’ and ‘Band Aid’?
Bob Geldof & Midge Ure
Lou Rawls, Sam & Dave , Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding Who Is Next In Line And Why
James Brown
What links George Patton Jayne Mansfield Margaret Mitchell
Died in car crashes
What Is The Worlds Longest Manmade Waterway
The Grand Canal In China
What is the capital of Moldova?
Kishinev
The art of tracing designs and taking impressions of them is _______.
Lithography
By Law in Massachusetts what can you not do to a pigeon
Scare it
Which bank holiday was first celebrated in Britain in 1978?
1st May
N2O is more commonly known as what
Laughing gas
On a standard rainbow what colour is on the inside of the curve
Violet
In what film does Steve McQueen get to race a Mustang round the streets of San Francisco
Bullitt
What is the flower that stands for: charity
Turnip
The Colosseum received its name not for its size, but for a colossal statue of who that stood close by?
Nero
What Is The Name Of Stephen Hawkins Famous Cosmology Book Published In 1998
A Brief History Of Time
Mauritania is in which continent
Africa
From pasadena Whose soldiers were the first ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize
United
Under what name is thomas lanier williams better known
Tennessee williams
What is a water taxi
Gondola
Acadia was the original name of which canadian province
Nova scotia
The “canebrake”, “timber” and “pygmy” are types of what?
Rattlesnake
Who wrote the Prisoner of Zenda?
Anthony Hope
Every ship in the Royal Navy have customised what
Zippo Lighters
Measured from base to summit, what is the highest mountain
Mauna kea
Kuwait is the capital of ______
Kuwait
Arched or domed recess at the end of a church
Apse
What European city is nicknamed Auld Reekie
Edinburgh
If You Drove In A Straight Line From Moscow To Madrid How Many Countries Would You Drive In All Together
Eight (Russia, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, France & Spain
A person who works with iron
Blacksmith
What Is The Principle Ingredient Of The Indian Dish Biryani
Rice
What European country has no head of state
Switzerland
What Is The 3rd Most Populous Country On Earth
The Usa
Of the 266 popes, how many died violently
Thirty three
What is the correct name for a virgin (uncalfed) cow
Heifer
What is the flower that stands for: concealed love
Motherwort
Guru Nanak founded which religion
Sikhism
What was the capital of East Germany?
East Berlin
What Is The Name Of The Russian National Ballet
The Kirov Ballet
Which Regard To The Po Boyband “JLS” What Do The Initials JLS Stand For
Jack The Lad Swing
In which month is the Earth nearest the Sun ?
January
Rod Stewart’s first album was called after whiuch alley?
Gasoline Alley
In the fairy tale ‘Cinderella’’, which slipper did she lose, the left or the right
Left
Who Released The 70’s Album Entitled Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart
What is the name of the pig that Jim Davis draws
Orson
Which Card Appeared In The UK For The Very First Time In 1963
American Express
Who became Prime Minister following the assassination of Spencer Percival in 1812
Robert banks jenkinson
If you landed at MCO airfield where are you
Orlando Florida
Jeff Lynne - Roy Wood - Bev Bevan - what pop group
Electric Light Orchestra
International dialling codes - what country has 61 as code
Australia
The film The Madness of King George III Dropped III - why
So Americans don’t think it’s a sequel
What is a roker
A foot long ruler
In October 1999, who replaced Frank Dobson as Secretary of State for Health
Alan milburn
What is the top New Years Resolution
Lose weight
Illnesses in which the immune system reacts to normal components of the body as if they were foreign substances and produces antibodies against them
Autoimmune Diseases
“Louis, 1 think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship” are the last words of which film
Casablanca
What is the flower that stands for: cleanliness
Hyssop
Which Shakespeare play shares it’s title with a 1981 Dire Straits hit
Romeo & Juliet
How long can a bedbug live without food
One Year
Which is the only musical bird that can fly backwards?
Hummingbird
Which Liberal Leader Was Aquitted Of Attempted Murder
Jeremy Thorpe
Bell’s palsy results in numbness in which area
Face
Which phrase means computer simulation that seems life like
Virtual reality
Slugs have four of them - what
Noses
In Japan what is Yomiyuri Shimbun
Newspaper – worlds best seller
Fill in the blank: when you ____ upon a star
Wish
The first US copyrighted film showed what in 1894
A man sneezing
What is the name of the layer between the Earth’s crust and the Earth’s core ?
Mantle
Booze Name: Vodka, consomme, lemon, tabasco sauce, salt, pepper, celery salt.
Bullshot
Who plays Auntie Wainwright in Last Of The Summer Wine
Jean alexander
In Greek mythology Penthesilea was the queen of which people
Amazons
What was the annihilation of the jews in wwii called
Holocaust
Baseball: the st louis ______
Cardinals
Translate “january river” into portuguese
Rio de janeiro
Name The 4 Members Of The Travelling Wilburys PFE
George Harrison, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan
What is biltong
Dried meat
Any of a group of composite organisms made up of a fungus & an alga living in symbiotic association (symbiosis)
Lichen
What’s the only city today split in two by a wall
Nicosia Cyprus
What battle does the French Legion Celebrate Annually
Camerone - A Defeat
Reuben Tice died trying to invent a machine to do what
Dewrinkle prunes
What kind of animal is Beatrix Potters Mrs Tiggy Winkle
Hedgehog
The Sega Genesis game about two lost aliens looking for their spaceship was called what?
ToeJam and Earl
Who sailed in a ship called the Argo
Jason
To what country does the Gaza Strip belong?
Egypt
Ben Franklin invented it - Britain tried it in 1916 - What
Daylight saving Time
What was the first credit card
Diners Club
What country would a Bulgarian with a good sense of direction walk through to reach Armenia by foot
Turkey
Who is Scooby Doo’s nephew??
Scrappy Doo
Name the largest city in canada
Toronto
Who was the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion
Floyd patterson
The only member of the band zz top without a beard has what last name?
Beard
Which Platinum Selling Recording Artist Survived An Assassination Attempt In 1976
Bob Marley
Which classic 1946 Christmas film features the line ‘Daddy, every-time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings’’
It’s a Wonderful Life
What is a group of this animal called: Owls
Parliament
What is the name of the Dukes of Hazzards car?
General Lee
The volume of which solid is given by the formula 4/3(pi)r^3?
Sphere
Who said “A Single death is a tragedy a million a statistic”
Joseph Stalin
What name is given to twins who are joined together by some part of their anatomy
Siamese
The Lee Dorsey Song “Working In A Coal Mine” Was Later Covered By Which Quirky Band
Devo
What is Myrrh? Is it a herb, a gum resin or an essence distilled from orchids
Gum resin
Laetrile is associated with the pit of which fruit
Apricot
Thomas Harris created what character
Hannibal Lector
What was known as Arabian Wine
Coffee
What is the capital of north carolina
Raleigh
Who claimed that in the garden of eden god spoke swedish, adam spoke danish, and the serpent spoke french
Swedish philologist
In which 1945 film starring Lauren Bacall, did Humphrey Bogart play a Martinique bar-owner who was opposing the Nazis
To have and have not
Field of engineering & applied physics dealing with the design & application of devices, usually electronic circuits, the operation of what depends on the flow of electrons for the generation, transmission, reception, & storage of information
Electronics
Tracey and Hepburn first film in 1942 was what
Woman of the Year
How Many Hearts Does An Octopus Have?
Three Hearts
Property of a fluid that tends to prevent it from flowing when subjected to an applied force
Viscosity
The nest of an eagle or bird of prey is an
Eyrie
Filo pastry stuffed with chopped nuts and honey
Baklava
In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, about what was Mercutio’s long monologue?
Queen Mab
What is the flower that stands for: call me not beautiful
Unique rose
In what country is the town of Liege
Belgium
In which film was the best supporting actor Oscar won in 1975
The Sunshine Boys George Burns
34% of Californian Male students 10% of Female lied to get what
Sexual Partner
A scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians is known as a:
Herpetologist
International Phonetice Alphabet: N
November
Two of the permanent residents of Fawlty Towers were old ladies. One is Miss Tibbs, what is the name of the other
Miss gatsby
If silver is stamped with a leopard in which city was it assayed
London
Who invented Coca Cola
Dr john pemberton
Henry the Eighth was the father of two English Queens, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Which other King was the father did the same
James the second
What model of automobile is known for its water-tight characteristics
Volkswagen beetle
Bibliophobia is a fear of __________.
Books
In the movie snow white, what instrument did sneezy play
Accordian
As what is the North Star also known?
Polaris
Who was the dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
Idi amin
The ionian and cyclades are island groups of which country
Greece
The Scottish Band The Soup Dragons Got Their Name From Which Childrens TV Show
The Clangers
What is the hobby of a ‘twitcher’
Bird watching
Jack Haley played the Tin Man what was the Tin Mans name
Hickory Twicker
In dentistry, what are “angle irons” and ‘rolex’
Braces
To “testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on what
Their testicles
What legendary character is rooted in U.S. pioneer John Chapman
Johnny appleseed
“Which former star of ‘Crossroads’’ Played ““Meg Richardson”” And was born on 25th December,1923”
Noel Gordon
Which Famous Artists Designed The Chupa Chups Logo In 1969
Salvador Dahli
How Many Ribs Do You Have
24 Ribs
What is the only English football team without a vowel in the first five letters of it`s name?
Crystal Palace
What do ladybugs do in the winter
Hibernate
What 3 flags does the Union Jack comprise of?
England Scotland Ireland
