Trivia Database_77 Flashcards
Lisa Kudrow plays which character in the television series Friends
Phoebe
The first person other than royalty to be portrayed on a British stamp was?
William Shakespeare
What Was The First Country In The World To Make Seatbelts Compulsory
Czechoslovakia
A trained fighter in ancient Rome
Gladiator
With Regeard To The Beatles, What Is The Significance Of The Date 6 July 1957
Day John Lennon Met Paul McCartney
What is always served early in a formal Japanese meal
Sashimi - raw fish
Who wrote the song ‘There’s no business like show business’
Irving berlin
What is the most common disease in the world
Tooth decay
In baseball, who won their first world series in 1969?
New York Mets
Glen Frey & Bernie Leadon Are Original Mebers Of Which Group
The Eagles
Though human noses have an impressive 5 million olfactory cells with which to smell, sheepdogs have 220 million, enabling them to smell 44 times better than __________
Man
Who played bobby ewing in the tv series ‘dallas’
Patrick duffy
What is the oldest word in the English language
Town
Carl Switzer was the real name of which of the Our Gang characters
Alfalfa
Which instrument did jazz musician Jack Teagarden principally play
Trombone
How old was Leann Rhimes when she recorded her first album?
Eleven
How old was Sarah when she had a child?
90
Which drink was advertised on TV by David Bowie’s wife Iman
Tia maria
What language do the locals speak in Bogota?
Spanish (Bogota is the capital of Columbia)
The British army used to wear puttees - what’s it literally mean
Bandages from Hindu
The __________ whale is often referred to as the “sea canary” because of the birdlike chirping sounds it makes.
Beluga
Memory Almost Full Was A 2007 Album Released By Who?
Paul McCartney
What modern word comes from the Latin Dilatare - open wide
Dildo
What is a volcano that is neither active nor extinct?
Dormant
Who first said “The Games Afoot”
William Shakespeare
______________ was the U.S. Confederacy’s largest city.
New orleans
What does a necrographer do
Writes Obituaries
______________ is the largest French_speaking city in the Western Hemisphere.
Montreal
What is the highest waterfall in the USA?
Yosemite
Company that brews Michelob beer
Anheuser_busch
What Was At No.1 For Fifteen In 1994
Wet Wet Wet / Love Is All Around
Which flag is raised when a ship is about to leave port?
Blue Peter
What is the river capital of the world
Akron
Who assassinated president Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald
What is the name of brightest asteroid visible from earth?
Vesta
During what period in american history did thousands of people die or go blind from drinking bad liquor
Prohibition
What wonder stood 32m high in rhodes harbour
Colossus of rhodes
If You Were Born On Christmas Day What Star Sign Would You Be?
Capricorn
What sort of an animal is an anchovy
Fish
What was the punishment in Ancient Rome for water pollution
100 lashes
What country produces Wiibroe beer?
Denmark
An area seperating potential belligerents
Buffer zone
Who was the first fully Danish king of England ?
Canute the Great
2 categories of ballroom dance are used in competition Latin and
Smooth
In which film starring Humphrey Bogart and set in Martinique, did he play a character called Harry Morgan
To have and have not
What is the u.s military’s newspaper
Stars and stripes
Who Became Archbishop Of Caterbury in 1980
Robert Runcie
Which group had the hit album ‘Urban Hymns’
The verve
How many standard bottles of wine are there in a Jereboam
Four
What Hugely Successful Chain Of Stores First Opened It’s Doors In 1954 In California
McDonalds
Building occupied by monks
Abbey
During WW I, it was at this city & battle where the Germans introduced mustard gas.
Ypres
Who 2 Members Of The England Football Team Missed Penalties Against Portugal In Euro 2004? (PFE)
David Beckham & Darius Vassell
Hanoi stands on the Song-Koi - what’s it mean
Red River
What do strikers call those that refuse to strike
Scabs
What did shirley temple always have in her hair
Curls
Which Group Took Their Version Of “Help” To No.3 In The Uk In 1989
Bananarama
Who is the dog on the crackerjack box?
Bingo
What name is given to an equilateral parallelogram which contains a right angle
A square
A salad containing diced apple, celery, walnuts and mayonnaise is known as what
Waldorf salad
For what is spirits of salt another name
Hydrochloric acid
Pharmacophobia is the fear of
Taking medicine
Who was the only man to win non-consecutive terms as u.s president
Grover
What is the basic unit of currency for Mauritius ?
Rupee
What is the misshapen ear that boxers often have
Cauliflower ear
Which band had a 1999 hit single with “Flying Without Wings”
Westlife
Film - who was the star of “a boy and his dog”
Don johnson
Lusophone describes countries whose main language is what
Portuguese
Who was nicknames The desert Fox (both Names)
Erwin Rommel
Who was woden to the anglo-saxons
Chief god
What is the more scientific name for quicksilver?
Mercury
What did Alexander Graham Bell muffle to keep it from interrupting his work
His telephone the telephone telephone
What is a violoncello usually called?
Cello
What sequence is this the start of: 1 4 11 20 31 44 61 100
Octal squares
According to the Talmud, who was the first wife of Adam
Lilith
Which Is The Most Sensitive Of The Senses
Smell
What Is The Original Name For Halloween
Samhain (pron) sow-en
What brand name did Galvin Manufacturing give to its line of radios for motorists
Motorola
What does the acronym NIMBY mean
Not in my back yard
What do the auricularis muscles move?
Ears
What kind of dog was “rin tin tin”
German shepherd
What links Sword, Square, Floral and Barn
Types of Dance
Of which fruit is “pearmain” a variety
Apple
What tragedy occurred two years to the day after the federal raid on the branch Davidian complex in Waco
Oklahoma city bombing
There are about 5,000 species of __________ known. Only about half of them build reefs.
Coral
For which film did James Cagney win an oscar
Yankee doodle dandy
Which brand of guitar is played by Jimmy Page, Slash, and Brian May?
Gibson Les Paul
Which group sang the song “All The Small Things”?
Blink 182
Gymnophobia is the fear of __________.
Naked bodies
American rocket engineer, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, & educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute & Clark University
Goddard
What is the fear of choking or being smothered known as
Pnigophobia
What is a group of this animal called: Ant
Colony army
Who went to sea with silver buckles at his knees
Bobby shaftoe
The celtic queen, Boudicca (Boadicea), allegedly took poison to prevent torture by the Romans after they defeated her rebel forces in battle. Where is she thought to be buried
Kings cross station
What sport can you play at Indonesia’s Senayan Statium
Badminton
Betsy ross is the only real person to ever have been the head of a ______
Pez dispenser
What Is The Most Common Blood Group
O
Maclaine how many letters (maximum) can a thoroughbred horse can have in its name
Fourteen
How many stars are on the paramount film studio logo
22
Where would you find Puck Miranda and Ariel
Circling Uranus
Which instrument did George Harrison of the Beatles play?
Lead guitar
What type of animal is a jennet
Small Spanish horse
What is the nickname for Paterson, New Jersey
Silk city
The city of _________ used to be known as Puerto Rico (which means “rich port” in Spanish), while the island of Puerto Rico was originally named San Juan.
San juan
In 1982 which group declared they were ‘hungry like the wolf’
Duran duran
Dactylography is the study and practice of what
Finger printing
Who sang ‘any way you want me’
Elvis presley
Nolan Bushnell, creator of the first arcade game, also founded the video arcade chain now known as what?
Chuck E. Cheese’s
In Which Lake Did Otis Redding’s Plane Crash In 1967
Lake Monoma
What was named after amerigo vespucci
America
Who was beaten at the battle of Actium by Octavian
Mark antony
What Group Consisted Of Marki King, Boon Gould, Mike Lindup, Phil Gould
Level 42
Who Provided The Voice Of Charlie In The TV Show ‘Charlies Angels’’
John Forsythe
What Was The Official Single Of Euro 96
We’re In This Together (Simply Red)
What is athens’ old quarter
Plaka
Which musical features the song ‘Happy Talk’
South pacific,
Whats traditionally the first event in a rodeo
Bareback riding
Which Large Feline Of Asia Is Sometimes Called An Ounce
Snow Leopard
You’re eating maggots Michael.
Lost Boys
What Was Founded In The UK In 1694 Because Of Englands War With France
The Bank Of England
Who is the Norse god of poetry ?
Bragi
How long does it take for Earth to travel around the Sun?
1 Year
Who made his name with Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
Jimmy Hendrix
Who was the first choice to play Beverley Hills Cop
Sylvester Stallone
Of who was atahualpa king
Incas
Who did pat sajak play on the soapie ‘days of our lives’
Kevin hathaway
Saul Hudson Is The Real Name Of Which Guitarist
Slash
How many clubs a day did the girl who came in through the bathroom window work at?
Fifteen
If you were eating aloo in an Indian restaurant what would you be eating?
Potato
Which Of Courtney Cox’s Co Stars From The Scream Films Is Now Her Husband
David Arquette
Tethys is a moon of which planet in the solar system?
Saturn
What type of adornment is a Postiche
Small Hairpiece
An angle greater than 90 degrees is said to be _________.
Obtuse
In Delaware by law a newlywed must do what if wife asks
Take her Shopping
Which playwright wrote Lady Windermere’s Fan
Oscar wilde
Name The Fabulous Winged Horse Of Greek Mythology?
Pegasus
What was the first cartoon to feature sound
Steamboat willy
Which Baltic seaport was the German rocket centre during WWII?
Peenemunde
Which 1956 film about the pocket battleship Graf Spec starred John Gregson
Battle of the river plate
What red fruit is most often eaten in green salads
Tomato
Who Was Ian Flemming’s Top Choice To Play James Bond Before “Sean Connery” Eventually Got The Part
Roger Moore
Who sold the most albums on a single day
Elvis 20 million day after death
This imaginary line approximately follows the 180 degree meridian through the Pacific Ocean.
International date line
What does a Puissance event test in showjumping
High Jump wall
Who wrote “Ender’s Game” ?
Orson Scott Card
What are you doing if you use the egg position
Skiing
Who Designed The Mini And The Morris Minor
Sir Alexander Issigonis
A Limousine was originally what (From Limousine in France)
French shepherds protective cloak
What did Jeannie C. Riley describe as “a little Peyton Place”
Harper valley
What is the capital of Iraq ?
Baghdad
Who did Lennox Lewis beat to win his first world heavyweight title?
Nobody, Riddick Bowe relinquished his title
Pteromerhanophobia is the fear of
Flying
Whats the secret identity of Don Vito Corleone
The godfather
Equinophobia is a fear of ______
Horses
What is the capitol of Fiji
Suva
What canadian island has a capital named charlottetown
Prince edward island
What is the name for 0.1 Newtons ?
Dyne
Which Scottish Loch Is The Deepest
Loch Ness
What canadian professional snooker player is nicknamed the grinder
Cliff
Which 60’s Star Was Born In Johannesburg And Christened Michael Lubowitz
Manfred Mann
