Trivia Database_76 Flashcards
Which spice gives curry its colour
Turmeric
The Three Stars is the national ice hockey team which country
Sweden
Mail old trek: the providers live on what planet
Triskelion
Which Singer Was The Father Of Linda Womack
Sam Cooke
Which literary character lives at 4 Privet Road
Harry Potter
In which state is the source of the Mississippi River?
Minnesota
In Indiana it’s illegal for liquor stores to sell what
Cold milk/soft drinks warm ok
Who Did Sid Vicious Replace In The Sex Pistols
Glen Matlock
Who Won The 2007 Masters Snooker Final On Sunday Night?
Ronnie O’‘Sullivan
Which group of Marvel superheroes fought Doctor Doom
Fantastic Four
In what Australian state would you find Shellharbour
New south wales nsw
Which country (capital Luanda) lies just south of Zaire
Angola
Who was the female star of ‘Bewitched’
Elizabeth Montgomery
What Was Designed In 1997 By Art Teacher “Bruce Rushin” To Symbolise The Progress Of Technology Within British Industry
The £2 Coin
What did Sir Rowland Hill introduce in Britain in 1840
Envelopes
What is the proper name for a falling star
Meteor
What is the name of the horse in the black stallion
The black
What made Michael Milken famous and rich?
Junk Bonds
What is the punishment for drunk driving in Norway
Three months of Government lectures
In 1981 Who Was Arrested By The Indian Army On Suspicion Of Spying During A Round The World Flight
Gary Numan
What is a non-cancerous tumour
Benign
What is an example of a notable “football stadium”
Wembley stadium
From Which Movie Did The Pop Group “Duran Duran” Get Their Name?
Barbarella
Actor Larry Hagman Is Actually The Son Of Which Very Famous Actress
Mary Martin
In sailing ship days who often acted as the ships doctor
Cook
On what mountain are four presidents’ faces carved
Rushmore
What Is A Common Name For The Trachea
The Windpipe
Whose name did God change to Israel?
Jacob
What do you give on the third wedding anniversary
Leather
Who is known as the father of genetics
Gregor mendel
In which of Goldsmith’s Comedies does Kate Hardcastle appear
She stoops to conquer
Where can Americans always see the time as 4.10
$100 bill Independence hall clock
Zipporah was the wife of who in the Bible
Moses
Which football team plays it’s home games at The Dell?
Southampton
Who is the Norse god of thunder & war
Thor
In the Christmas song who ‘are getting fat’?
Geese/Goose
King Farouk the First of Egypt was overthrown in 1952 and spent his exiled years mainly in which country, of which he became a citizen
Monaco
What is the tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
Ureter
Name the ruling family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1914.
Habsburg
Two door car with a hard roof and slopping back
Coupe
What common word comes from Knights after the Crusades
Freelance
Which film, directed by Oliver Stone, won Best Film Oscar in 1986
Platoon
Who wrote “the french lieutenant’s woman”
John fowles
Whose Hit Singles Album Was Entitled “Around The World” The Journey So Far
East 17
“Seven And The Ragged Tiger” Was An Album By Which 80’s Band
Duran Duran
In Disney’s 1973 animated Robin Hood what creature was Robin
A Fox like Marion
Which Solo Artist Won A Brit For Best Single At The 2005 Brits For The Song “Your Game”
Will Young
Rleased By Island In 1984 “Legend” Was A Collection Of Whose Singles
Bob Marley
2 + 5 x 6 = ?
32
Blackburn Manager (2008) Paul Ince Has A Very Famous Sporting Cousin Who Is It
Nigel Benn
What Is The Largest Island In The Mediterranean
Sicily
What is a group of ducks on the water
Raft
The ghost of Anne Boleyn might be expected to walk in which London palace
Hampton court
Whose work is never done, according to a popular saying
A woman’s
Eva Gabor and Johnny Carson popularized this game by climbing over each other.
Twister
What was sherlock holmes most famous novel?
The Hound of The Baskervilles
Who married shania twain
John lange
Which 60’s Tv Comedy Show is Mentioned On The Sargeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Album
Meet The Wife On (Goo Morning Good Morning)
In which country do the Indri and Sifaka Lemurs live
Madagascar
Myositis affects the _________.
Muscles
What designation denotes the hardest type of pencil lead?
9H
Which tube line goes to Brixton
Victoria
Aretha Franklin sang this song in the original Blues Brothers movie?
Think
In which English city is the Martyr’s Memorial
Oxford
Who produced the album In My Life, featuring covers of Beatles’ songs by various artists
Sir george martin
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to what?
Carrots
Who was the first woman to receive The Order of Merit 1907
Florence Nightingale
Which Magazine Was Founded In 1979 By “Chris & Simon Donald”
Viz
In what film was line A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do
Alan Ladd Shane
What is ‘murgh’ in an Indian restaurant?
Chicken
Which native of Flint, Michigan, once advised us to “drive your Chevrolet through the USA”?
Pat Boone
From which village did the pop group ‘The Village People’ hail
Greenwich village
What toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head?
Big toe
A connoisseur of good food
Gourmet
The Aphrodite of Melos has a more famous name - what
Venus de Milo
So far 11 US presidents have been what
Generals
Who Wrote A personal cheque for $23,000,000 when buying RKO ?
Howard Hughes
Which Influential Electro Band Were Founded In Sheffield In The 1970’s By Stephen Mallinder & Richard H Kirk
Cabaret Voltaire
These animals were once used to bleed the sick.
Leeches
What was Paul Tibbett’s claim to fame, established on August 6th 1945
Pilot of the plane which dropped atom bomb on hiroshima
Which is the U.S. Mormon State
Utah
What expression did clark kent’s newspaper boss like to use
Great caesar’s
In the Star Trek: Voyager series, name the ex-Borg who is a member of the ‘Voyager’ crew
Seven of nine
Which Beatles movie won the Oscar for Best Original Score?
Let It Be
Which group of people first used gold fillings
Incas of Peru
A cholecyst is more commonly known as a(n)___.
Gallbladder
What Is The First Word Of The Classic Gloria Gaynor Hit “I Will Survive”
At (First I Was Afraid)
What in London are the Whitechaple, Courtald and Heywood
Art Galleries
What is the decimal equivalent of binary 1111
Fifteen
After leaving ‘The Belmonts’, which was Dion’s first hit on the Laurie label in October 1960
Lonely Teenager
Which is the last of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments to be played in the year
Us open
What river is Liverpool on?
Mersey
Particularly fond of dahlias and chrysanthemums, which garden insect has the scientific name forficula auricularia
Earwig
What Was The Name Of The Film Which First Featured Bing Crosby’s Song ‘White Christmas’’
Holiday Inn
Whose character name was also the title of the show?
Punky Brewster
Who introduced bagpipes to the british isles
Romans
Where could you spend a Markka
Finland
He Wears a No.10 Jersey, I Thought It Was His Position But It Turns Out To Be His IQ Who Was George Best Describing
Paul Gascoigne
Which star is nearest the Earth ?
Sun
What is a group of this animal called: Geese
Flock gaggle skein
In the film Gremlins what is the true name for Gizmos race
Mogwi
Why do Tibetans grow long nails on little fingers
To pick noses efficiently
Dire straits sings ‘here i am again in this mean old town, and you’re ______’
So far away from me
In 1997 There Was A Mid Air Collision Between A Saudi Boeing 747 And A Kazak Airliner That Claimed The Lives Of All 349 People On Board Near Which City Did It Occur
New Delhi
Which chenical element has the highest melting point?
Carbon
In What Year Did Wet Wet Wet Top The UK Singles Chart For 15 Weeks With “Love Is All Around”?
1994
“ Gracie Fields ” Was Born In A Fish N Chip Shop On January 9 th 1898 In Which North West Town
Rochdale
Name Alley Oop’s girl friend
Oola
From what language does the word alphabet come
Greek -alpha beta
What character did robert urich play in SWAT
Jim street
__________ sea otters spend almost all of their time in the water. Alaska sea otters often sleep, groom, and nurse on land.
California
Books original title 4.5 years struggle against lies stupidity & co
Mein Kampf
Which Is The Only English Football Team To Play In The Welsh Football League
Owestry FC
Who performed the worlds first human heart transpant
Dr christian barnard
What number wood is a driver in golf?
One
What Was The Bangles Only Number One Hit In The UK?
Eternal Flame
What was the club house of the Get Along Gang?
A red Caboose
What was Brenda Lee doing Around The Christmas tree in 1958
Rocking
The hardy boys and ______
Nancy drew
What is the closest planet to the sun
Mercury
What was Rocky Balboa’s nickname in the ring
The italian stallion
Who said “sex older women best they think its their last time”
Ian Fleming
What is the Capital of: Dominican Republic
Santo domingo
Which song was Britain’s first Eurovision Song Contest winner
Puppet on a string
What ‘MBC’’ Was A Christmas Number One In December 1978
Mary’s Boy Child
How many tail feathers has a Kiwi
None
What is a group of this animal called: Kangaroo
Troop mob
Who Wrote The Songs Manic Monday, Nothing Compares To You And I Feel For You
Prince
In which movie, in 1962, did Muhammad Ali appear
Requiem for heavyweight
Whose middle names are Charles Linton
Tony blair
How long did the hundred years war last
116 years
Who created Tarzan (all names) in 1914
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Poland has a coastline along which sea
Adriatic
Where is the world’s largest restaurant
Bangkok
Whose Report Led To A Much Reduced British National Rail system The 1960’s
Dr Beeching
The green variety of beryl is called ________.
Emerald
When the students in ‘dead poets’ society’ stood on their desks and said ‘o captain! my captain’, who were they quoting
Walt whitman
Plus fours, the type of trousers much loved by golfers, are an example of which type of men’s fashion
Knickerbockers
Chuck McKinley was the only American to do what in the 60s
Win Wimbledon
What kind of animal is named after the botanist PeterPallas
Cat
What was Tom Jones’ first UK number one single
It’s Not Unusual
What is the fear of changes known as
Metathesiophobia
The Canadian air force won the 1948 olympic gold medal for what sport
Hockey
What lollies are named after the safety devices they look like
Life savers
What year did Neil Armstrong land on the moon
1969
What is the common name for Sturnus vulgaris
Starling
What do you put on bread & butter to make fairy bread
Hundreds & thousands
What Colour Does Litmus Paper Become If It Is In Contact With An Alkaline?
Blue
Alexandria MN if wife asks man must do what before sex by law
Brush Teeth
Which is the largest aquatic bird
Albatross
What is the most widely spoken member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European languages
Persian
What U.S. city is called the Gateway to the West
St louis
Who Uttered The Immortal lines ‘They Think It’s All Over, It Is Now’’
Kenneth Wolstenholme
What Connecticut town introduced the first telephone directory in 1878
New
Calpurnia Was The 3rd Wife Of Which Roman Emperor
Julias Caesar
In a bar in which European country might you be served ‘tapas’
Spain
What does “c’est la vie” mean?
That’s life
The cocktail “Daiquiri” contains limejuice and which spirit
Rum
Who Is The Lead Singer And Prolific Songwriter Of Babybird
Stephen Jones
China 300 bc you could not speak to the Emperor without what
Clove in your mouth
