Trivia Database_94 Flashcards
The Pentagon uses, on average, about 666 rolls of ___________ every day
Toilet paper
Name the remake of a 1960’s film with the aid of the following actors. The first actor was in the 60’s original, the second actor played the same role in the remake Robert Mitchum and Robert de Niro
Cape Fear
Who played Garth in “Wayne’s World”?
Dana Carvey
Who Did Paul McCartney Perform a Duet With On The Song “Say Say Say”
Michael Jackson
By what process is rum created
Fermenting molasses
What was Vivian Leigh’s character won Oscar in her 30s
Blanche Dubois
Which character of the ‘Bloom County’ comic strip ran for president even though he was dead at the time?
Bill the Cat
The Sound and the Fury took its title from what other work
Macbeth
Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?
Nectarine
What event led to Hirohito ascending to the Japanse throne in 1926
His fathers death
The video for which eighties song features nothing but 5 cheerleaders?(Name the artist too)
Mickey Toni Basil
What links elephanta, bad-i-sad-o-bistroz, oe, whuly, zonda
All winds
What nationality is footballer Davor Suker
Croatian
What is the art of fighting with gloves on the hand
Boxing
What was the operative name of WWI spy Geertruida Zelle
Mata hari
What is the largest BBS in the world
CompuServe
In which London Square is the American Embassy situated
Grosvenor square
Palaeontology is the study of what
Fossil remains
In Simon & Simon,what unusual thing did Rick live in?
In a boat
Kynophobia is the fear of
Rabies
In which sport would you see a Boston Crab or a Full Nelson
Wrestling
Which popular singer of the 80’s has the real name Christopher Davidson
Chris de burgh
Who followed Grover Cleveland as U.S. President in 1897
William mckinley
What was the first offical international boat race
Hundred guineas cup
What is the flower that stands for: chivalry
Great yellow daffodil
Who wrote the opera the Snow Maiden
Rimsky-korsakov
What occurs in September and December more than any other month
Letter E
Where does Dilbert think of inventions
In the bathtub
What was Elvis Presley’s twin brother’s name?
Garon
Elvis Presley collected statues of what famous woman
Joan of Arc
In what athletic event is it illegal to carry weights
Long Jump
If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it
Dog
What Canadian province was the site of England’s first overseas possession
Newfoundland
What Did Lord Carnavon & Howard Carter vDiscover In 1922
The Tomb Of Tutankhamen
Why Was The Seismosaurus So Named
Because Of It’s Size Hence Earth Shaking Lizard
Which King Was Overthrown As A Result Of The French Revolution
Louis XVI
Who was the chief spokesman for the lost generation
F scott fitzgerald
What drink did Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee advertise singing off-key around a piano
Heineken Lager
Jesus was born in Bethlehem what does Bethlehem mean
House of Bread
After how many years marriage do you celebrate your emerald wedding anniversary
55
What is produced in a ginnery
Cotton
What day of the week was JFK assassinated on
Friday
In 1937 American Chester Carlson Invented A Process Called Xerography What Do We Know It As Today
Photocopying
Name The Italian Composer That Provided The Scores To The Spaghetti Westerns “The Good The Bad And The Ugly”
Ennio Morricone
What Was Pato Banton’s Follow Up to His No.1 “Baby Come Back” Reaching No.15
Bubbling Hot
What trade name was given to the phenol-formaldehyde resin developed as the first synthetic plastic in 1909
Bakelite
Who married queen victoria
Prince albert
What Is The Longest Living Mammel?
Man
Which country became the second to issue postage stamps in 1843
Brazil
What fruits are usually served ‘belle helene’
Pears
Who Were The First Europeans To Reach Mount Kilimanjaro In Tanzania
2 Germans , Johannes Rebmann & Ludwig Krapf
Which Is The Largest Owl Found In Britain
Snowy Owl
What is the main ingredient of an edible faggot
Liver
Work done, equals force multiplied by ________.
Distance
What is measured in units called jnd
Sensitivity Just noticeable difference
Which substance, occurring naturally in fruit, causes jams and preserves to set
Pectin
As sly as a ______
Fox
Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Which City Is The Capital Of Pakistan
Islamabad
The massacre at Kent State occurred as students protested the bombing of Cambodia and the _____ war.
Vietnam
German mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller named what
America – after Amerigo Vespucci
I’ll Be There For You, sung by the Rembrandts, is the theme song of which American television comedy series
Friends
In Horse Racing Which Of the 5 Classics Is Run Over The Longest Distance
The St Leger
Septicaemia is better known as _____
Blood poisoning
What nation has its capital in Zagreb
Croatia
Sixteen pounds is the maximum legal weight of what sporting device
Bowling
Who Kills Nancy In Dickens Novel Oliver Twist
Bill Sykes
What and where is the longest group of coral reefs in the world
Great
1k equals how many bytes
1024
When was the record breaking flood of the North Sea
1953
Who had a major hit with joni mitchell’s ‘both sides now’
Judy collins
In the Mystical Ninja series, who is Goemon’s sidekick?
Ebisumaru
Hugo Quotations: “The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
Sir Winston Churchill
Arc, radius, and sector are parts of a(n) _________.
Circle
What is the language of hungary
Magyar
What is a person in his eighties
Octogenarian
Division of geologic time in the Cenozoic era following the tertiary period (geology)
Quaternary period
Where is Mount Washington?
New Hampshire
The word mattress what taken from which language
Arabic
In mythology, which King of Cyprus fell in love with a statue
Pygmalion
Who Had A Hit With “Get Outa My Dreams Get Into My Car”
Billy Ocean
Who was the first person elected to US swimming hall fame
Johnny Weismuller
What animal lives in a form
Hare
This is the lowest ranking suit in Bridge.
Clubs
In which year was the Berlin Wall constructed?
1961
What unit of currency will buy you dinner in Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia and Yugoslavia
Dinar
What did d.w griffith invent
False eyelashes
Which seattle-based band had a hit with ‘daughter’
Pearl jam
Meaning ‘Black Knife’ in Gaelic what is the dagger worn in the sock with full Highland Dress
Skean dhu
Kind of mild pale Welsh cheese
Caerphilly
What is the capital of Burundi
Bujumbura
A herd of sixty cows is capable of producing a ton of milk in less than a __________
Day
What kind of animal is a possum
Marsupial
How many dimples does a golf ball have?
336
What Is The Name Given To The Type Of Singing That Mimics An Instrumental Solo
Scat Singing
What type of pastry is usually bought frozen in wafer thin slices
Filo
The Braves moved to Atlanta from where
Milwaukee
Which variety of apple is on the Beatles apple label
Granny Smith
What was the name of Thomas Jefferson’s home
Montecello
In ancient India how were dead parents traditionally disposed of
Eaten by offspring as a sign of respect
Ward Green wrote the story for which famous film
Lady and the Tramp
What is the animated videogame by Don Bluth, where the hero had to work his way through a trap infested castle
Dragons lair
What is the estimated weight of the great pyramid of Egypt
6,648,000 tons
U.S. Captials - South Carolina
Columbia
What does the symbol ‘Am’ represent?
Americium
What is quicksilver better known as
Mercury
Gin - lemon Juice - Sugar - Soda make what cocktail
Tom Collins
A receptacle for holy water is a(n) ____.
Font
Tropical plant with large flowering bracts
Bougainvillaea
Which American state passed a bill declaring Pi to be 3 ?
Indiana
What painting depicts the sister & the dentist of artist Grant Wood as rural farm folk
American gothic
Singapore uses the colours blue and yellow at funerals to ward off ______
Evil spirits
Followers of the unification church are nicknamed _______
Moonies
What was the name of king arthur’s castle
Camelot
The Who’ had a guiness world record for what?
Loudest Band
The aardvark is the first animal in the dictionary what’s second
Aardwolf
Where is mount augustus
Western australia
What Indian word means “big village”
Canada
The Duo Erasure Consisted Of Vince Clark And Which Other Singer?
Andy Bell
In the creation myth on the fourth day God made what
Sun Moon Stars
Hamburgers were invented in what country
China
What was the name of long john silver’s parrot
Captain flint
Of what is cetology a study
Whales
What did dr john pemberton invent in atlanta, georgia in 1886
Coca cola
What does a hotwalker do
Walks a hot racehorse
Which Famous Book Begins With The Line ‘Not long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs named Pongo and Misses Pongo’
101 Dalmations
What is the name given to the green pigment in plants
Chlorophyl
Who wrote The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan kundera
In which tv series do james van der beek, katie holmes, joshua jackson and michelle williams play
Dawson’s creek
What monster is said to be living in a Scottish lake
Loch ness monster
France has the highest per capita consumption of ______
Cheese
When was the miss world competition founded
1951
The Triassic, Jurrasic, and Cretaceous periods make up which era ?
Mesozoic Era
What do Cleopatra, Margarett Thatcher, & Mia Farrow all have in common
They All Had Twins
A non-cancerous tumor is said to be _______.
Benign
Which metal was invented by British metallurgist Harold Brearley in 1912?
Stainless Steel
To which London club did Mycroft Holmes belong
Diogones
Which character lived at 3 stable mews City of London
John Steed in the
Which artist painted ‘Guernica’
Picasso
Marine iguanas, saltwater crocodiles, sea snakes, and sea turtles are the only surviving seawater_adapted __________
Reptiles
Fifty who had the nickname ‘golden bear’
Jack nicklaus
What is the common name for the aurora borealis
Northern lights
What florentine held that the ends justified the means
Machiavelli
What bird has double-plumed feathers
Emu
Samhain’, literally means ‘end of summer’ and is a Gaelic language word. What is it’s direct English equivalent
November
What is the capital of Venezuela
Caracas
What was the setting for “The Sound of Music”?
Austria
Francis What prime-time soap opera debuted as a five-part miniseries in 1978
Dallas
What is the Capital of: Slovenia
Ljubljana
What fabled monster has a lions head and a serpents tail
Chimera
Who proclaimed thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863
Abraham lincoln
The Brodway version of Disney “The Lion King” uses more than ___________ puppets
232
What are the units of measurement for Power ?
Watt
On the Moh Hardness scale what has a hardness of 10?
Diamond
Which Author Wrote The ‘Just So Stories’’?
Rudyard Kipling
Who discovered gold on the Witwatersrand?
George Harrison
What travels in gaggles
Geese
What is the name of the largest South American lake
Lake maracaibo
What was the first name of Captain Dobey on Starsky & Hutch?
Harold
Where or what is a birds lore
Space between eye and beak
Who wrote Cliff Richards hit song Living Doll
Lionel Bart
Which Fast Foon Advertised With The Slogan ‘Wheres The Beef’’
Wendy’s
Countries of the world: north western Africa, Nouakchott is the capital
Mauritania
As who is Cassius Clay now known
Mohammed Ali
A prostitute with wealthy or upper class connections
Courtesan
All Sikhs must possess five things - one is a Kangha - what is it
Comb
What is the fear of being buried alive known as
Taphephobia
Where is the ‘whispering gallery’?
St. Paul’s Cathedral
What is the most populous domesticated creature in the US
Honey Bees
If you were eating calemare - what are you snacking on
Squid
What is a cyclone
Area of low pressure
Who Released Their 2nd Album Rhythm & Stealth In 1999
Left field
Marine creature with tusks
Walrus
Which is the only English football league team that has a name ending with the letter G?
Reading
Ecophobia is a fear of what
Home
The fastest bird is a spine tailed swift. How fast can it fly (mph)
106
What Is The Slowest Fish?
The Sea Horse
If you’re involved in firing, throwing, and glazing, what do you do
Pottery
Who dubbed australia ‘the lucky country’
Donald horne
Which colourless, odourless light gas is used to lift airships
Helium
Which record breaker won the first major Marathon she entered in 1996?
Liz McColgan
Billy the Kid was born in _____
1859
What is the Capital of: Nicaragua
Managua
What is the name of the Chicago baseball team based at Wrigley Field
Chicago cubs
In 1925 the worlds first what opened Luis Obispo California
Motel - Called Motel Inn
What is the only venomous british snake
Adder
Which Big Voiced Singer Is Usually Associated With The Irving Berlin Song “Theres No Business Like Showbusiness”
Ethel Merman
Which South African President was assassinated in 1966
Hendrik verwoerd
An Italian vinegar matured in wooden barrels
Balsamic
What is examined by an otoscope
The ear
Which Band Accompanied Vic Reeves On His Chart Topper “Dizzy”?
The Wonder Stuff
What Ohio city is known as “the rubber capital of the world”
Akron
What is the opposite of wet - if its not wet
Sweet
Kleptophobia is the fear of
Stealing
What word originally meant a dark cosmetic eye powder
Alcohol from Al Kuhul antimony
Which Tennis Player Was Jimmy Connors Engaged To
Chirs Evet
Who Released The 70’s Album Entitled Lark’s Tongue in Aspic
King Crimson
In Gaelic legend, who had a dog called Bran
Fingal
Who played Sarah Connor in 1984’s “Terminator”?
Linda Hamilton
Which British Pop Star Named His Son After The Singer “Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay”?
Bryan Ferry (Otis)
Name Buddy Holly’s Texas Home Town
Lubbock
How did Virginia Woolf die
Committed suicide
When was D-day?
June 6th, 1944
Toxicophobia is a fear of ______
Poison
On which story by Arthur C. Clarke was the film ‘2001 - A Space Odyssey” based
The sentinel
Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party
Die Hard’’
The highest temperature ever recorded occurred in Libya in 1922. What was the temperature (fahrenehit)
136
The FEI govern what sport
Equestrian
Which Group Was Put Together For A TV Programme Based In Miami
S Club 7
Who directed the film A Fistful of Dollars
Sergio leona
Who was the girl in Peter Seller’s soup
Goldie hawn
Which country borders Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Liechtenstein?
Austria
What character did Disney add to Winnie the Pooh not in books
Gopher
Who is credited with inventing television
John baird
What, in Australian English is a coolabah
Tree
Who Had A Hit In 1981 With “Mustang Sally”
The Commitments
Chysoprase is a shade of what primary colour
Red
Within Which Sport Might You Encounter The Cyclops System
Tennis
The first atom bomb was dropped on which Japanese city
Hiroshima
Before it meant tall building what did skyscraper mean
Tall sailing ships masts
Who’s First Top Ten Hit Was “Harvest For The World” In 1998?
The Christians
2 Bands Signed Their Very First Recording Contracts On The Day Elvis Died Name Either
Kiss / The Buzzcocks
Over here we have a current account with a bank, what do the Americans call it
Checking account
What is the capital of Wales??
Cardiff
If you wanted to buy liver sausage in the US, what product name should you look for?
Liverwurst
The word athletics comes from the Greek athlos meaning what
Contest
On which continent would you be standing if you were visiting the Republic of Surinam
South america
Who said - “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”
Henry Thoreau
Which is the only middle eastern county without a desert
Lebanon
What country has the car registration letter T
Thailand
Where, in 1955, was one of the worst accidents in motor racing history, when 82 spectators were killed
Le mans
Which Composer Wrote The Classic Waltz ‘The Blue Daube’
Johann Strauss
What has 336 dimples
Golf ball
What do fennel leaves taste of
Aniseed
The spaceship voyager found geysers on triton, a moon of which planet
Neptune
What does the lady in the cafe order after Sally finishes proving to Harry that he can’t tell the difference between a real and a faked orgasm in “When Harry Met Sally”?
I’ll have what she’s having
Which Patti Smith Album Featured A Cover Shot By Controversial Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe
Horses
Mel gibson starred in the film version of which play that grossed the most
Hamlet
What is the capital of Tuvalu
Fanafuti
What is the capital of Cyprus?
Nicosia
Type of glazed earthenware
Delft
Playing cards in which the pips are part of an art design are called this.
Transformation cards
When did the series ‘lost in space’ premier on cbs
1965
When the Hoovers did not want to be overheard by White House guests, they spoke to each other in what language
Chinese
Which English King Was Given The Title Defender Of The Faith By Pope Leo X?
Henry VIII
All inhabitants of Pitcairn island belong to what US religion
Seventh Day Adventists
Which U2 Music Video Featured The Band Working Round The Streets Of Las Vegas
I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For
Stanley Burrell became famous as who
MC Hammer
Where is the black forest
Germany
What is the name of Hamlet’s tragic admirer?
Ophelia
Whose stories were illustrated.by ‘Phiz’
Charles dickens
What is a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers or services on nine consecutive days called
Novena
What country does the Galapagos Islands belong to
Ecuador
Who was the only astronaut to lose his spacecraft
Gus grissom
What’s the longest river in the british isles
Shannon
In 1956 David Bryant became the first World Champion in which sport
Bowls
What is a ‘hotel-dieu’ in france
Hospital
What film was a California cinema showing when it went on fire
The Towering Inferno
Who was the first test-tube baby
Louise joy brown
Middle of the Road’ was recorded by which group in 1984
Pretenders
Canadians are sometimes thought of as
Canucks
What is the flower emblem of Wales?
Daffodil
Who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper lee
What item were originally called Hanways
Umbrellas
Who was the mother of Castor and Pollux
Helen of Troy
What come in types Transverse Scimitar and Barchan
Sand Dunes
This gypsy swing guitarist nearly had his left hand destroyed by fire as a child?
Django Reinhardt
If you have a rhytidectomy what procedure has occurred
A Face Lift
What is china’s sorrow
Yellow river
Under the snow and ice Antarctica is actually a what
Desert
During the 1960’s who recorded the Albums ‘Exile On Main Street’ & ‘Beggars Banquet’
The Rolling Stones
In the cartoon Scooby Do what is Scrappy Do’s battle cry
Puppy Power
When did richard burton die
1984
Which liqueur has blackcurrant as its main source
Cassis
The Mariana Trench is the deepest point of the Pacific Ocean to what depth does it reach. Give answer in feet.
36160
Who won three ladies singles titles at Wimbledon in the 1950’s?
Maureen Connolly
Which Welsh actor won Christ’s Robe in a dice game in The Robe?
Richard Burton
What is the general term used for various forms of insanity and mental derangement
Mental illness
What was the first commercial readymix food
Pancake mix
Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique prints. Koala prints cannot be distinguished from human __________
Fingerprints
Who Had A Uk Top 20 Hit In 1990 With No More Mr Nice Guy
Megadeath
Which word refers to the internal diameter of a gun barrel
Calibre
Name Four Of The Artists Attributed To The 1970 Version Of “Black Knight”
Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord & Paice
As what is a giraffe also known?
Camelopard
The ____ ____ school of poetry includes poets such as Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch
New York
For What Do The Initials SYSLJFM Stand For In Joe Tex’s “The Letter Song”
Save Your Sweet Love Just For Me
What is a Hummum
Turkish bath
On Night Court,who was Harry’s idol?
Mel Torme
What is the full name of the flavour enhancer MSG?
Monosodium glutamate
What was a large cask with a lidded opening, used to hold day’s supply of drinking water for a ship’s crewmen
Scuttlebutt
A Tagine Is A Speciality Dish That Originated In Which Country
Morocco
What was the name of the skunk in Bambi
Flower
-isms: An economic system characterized by private ownership and competition.
Capitalism
A large sea birdor greedy person
Gannet
What Is The Small 4 String Instrument Originally From Hawaii
The Ukulele
Who was the French sculptor of the Statue of Liberty
Frederic bartholdi
In the film ‘Hackers’, how old was ‘zero_kool’ when he was first arrested?
Eleven
To His Friends He Is Known As “Eric Claudin” How Is He Better Known Throughout The World?
The Phantom Of The Opera
Who Had A Number One Hit In 1962 With the Song Telstar
The Tornadoes
Who Thanked Heaven For Little Girls In Gigi
Maurice Cevalier
The film ‘The Wizard Of ______’?
Oz
Which American Metal Band Of The Late 1980’s Featured The Singer “Sebastian Bach”
Skid Row
Name the Egyptian God of funerals
Anubis
Gandalf’s elven name.
Mithrandir
In 1949 what was introduced to cars for the first time
The Ignition key
What type Of Creature Is Sonic In The Computer Game
A Hedgehog
In Minnesota it is illegal to tease what animal
Skunk
What is the worlds third largest island
Borneo
Who had a hit in 1976 with “you to me are everything”?
The real thing
Grotesque carved spout usually projecting from the gutter of a building
Gargoyle
What is the force that slows down or stops a moving thing
Friction
Vicky Pollard’ is a character in which British TV comedy series?
Little Britain
In 1977 The Darts & Boney M Had Hits With Different Songs With The Same Title What Was The title
Daddy Cool
What is it that walks on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening ?
Man
Koniophobia is the fear of
Dust
What actor played woody allen’s best friend in “annie hall”
Tony roberts
What did charles jung invent
Fortune cookies
Which author wrote “If not actually disgruntled, he was far from gruntled”
P g wodehouse
What is the applied science to the study of society
Sociology
What country controls access to the North Sea from the rivers Schelde, Meuse & Rhine
Netherlands
What sea separate Naples and Algiers?
Meditteranean
What is the main ore of aluminium
Bauxite
What did Dagwood give up to marry Blondie?
A family inheritance
What is the seaport capital of Sardinia
Cagliari
What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
Santo Domingo
The original plan for Disneyland included a land called what
Lilliputland
Which Band Released The Album “Caught In The Act” In 1984
Styx
What is the currency of denmark
Krone
For which novel did A S Byatt win the Booker Prize in 1990
Possession
Dominica, Mexico, Zambia, Kiribati, Fiji & Egypt all have what on their flags
Birds
Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels (both names)
Jonathon Swift
Nyse in Swedish Tusszents in Hungarian Kychat in Czeck what
Sneeze
A method of painting developed by Seurat and Signac in the 1880s. It used dabs of pure color that were intended to mix in the eyes of viewers rather than on the canvas. It is also called divisionism or neoimpressionism.
Pointillism
What city boasts Leonardo’s famed fresco of the Last Supper
Milan
Which is Argentina’s second most populous city
Cordoba
What is the biggest disqualifying factor for prospective astronauts
Eyesight
What Is The Name Of The Place Where Ice Hockey Players Are Sent For Breaking The Rules
The Sin Bin
In Which Country Is The Source Of The River Thames
Gloucestershire
What are the names of the Simon brothers from Simon & Simon?
Rick & AJ
Which liqueur gives the cocktail “Tequila Sunrise” its red glow
Grenadine
What did Julia Ward Howe originate
Mothers day
Homo sapiens” means:
Man of knowledge
John Dunlop developed pneumatic tyres - what profession
Vet
Steely Dan is a band but what was the original steely dan
Chrome dildo
What is the old term for a golfer’s nine iron
Niblick
How many pieces of bun are in a mcdonald’s big mac
Three
Name The Film In Which Spandau Ballet’s Kemp Brothers Later Starred
The Krays
What is the longest golf course to stage the British Open
Carnoustie 7066 yards
USA supreme court 1962 said who cant be imprisoned - illegal
Drug Addicts
What singer did Elvis Presley say was the greatest in the world
Roy Orbison
If something is caseous what is it like
Cheese
Spice made from the berry of the pimento plant
Allspice
A series of small, fast steps executed with the feet very close together.
Pas de bourrée
What did physicist Lord Rutherford discover inside the nucleus of the atom
Protons
Which country won the World Cup of Soccer in 1982.
Italy
Which are the most used muscles in the body
Eye muscles
Which Groups First Top Ten Hit Was Entitled “Right Now” And Released in 1999
Atomic Kitten
In 1899 the Eastman company in the USA produced first what
Kodak 1 - hand held roll film cam
Which class of racing yacht has the same name as a Shakespeare play
Tempest
In Fresh Prince of Bel-Air what was the butlers name?
Gefforey
The sliothar is a leather covered cork ball used in which sport
Hurling
The Salto Alto (Angel Falls) in ______________ is the highest waterfall known. It is more than twenty times higher than Niagara.
Venezuela
Which two countries were involved in the ‘Battle of the Thames’
Britain & canada
What is the native form in which dna most commonly found
Double stranded helix
Which famous sporting event first held in 1981, was won by Dick Beardsley?
London Marathon
The Monegasque _ natives of ________________ _ constitute only about 16 percent of the nation’s population.
Monoco
What event in the Bible occurred at Bethany
Raising of Lazarus
Type of precious stone has a name literally means blue rock
Lapis Lazuli
Which Screen Legend Died On Christmas Day In 1977 In Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
In which country is loch ness
Scotland
What 1980s TV series written by Alan Bleasdale dramatised the life of Percy Toplis, a First World War deserter?
The Monocled Mutineer
Name Elvis Presley’s twin brother
Aaron
Relating to food what are ‘quenelles’ type of
Dumpling
Which Actor Shares His Name With A 1984 Hit By Madness
Michael Caine
While USSR sent Laika the dog into space, the USA sent Laska and Benjy, which were?
Mice
The Hart memorial trophy is awarded in which professional sport
Ice Hockey
Which Female Icon Brought Out A Book Entitled “Sex”
Madonna
What Word Represents Q In The Phonetic Alphabet?
Quebec
What is made by heating carbon plasma to 20,000 degrees and condensing it under ultra high pressure
Diamonds
George V1 Mozart Al Jolson Casanova - which organisation
Freemasons
Why is the city La Paz in Bolivia safe from fire
To high - Not enough air to burn
Which Comedy Duo Performed The Stonk In 1991
Hale & Pace
Who Was At The Centre Of Englands Match Fixing Scandal
Hansie Cronje
David Coverdale Was A Member Of “Def Leppard” Or “Whitesnake”
Whitesnake
These license plates are manufactured by prisoners in the state prison in Concord. What is the slogan on them
Live free or die
Who wrote the opera ‘rigoletto’
Guiseppe verdi
Which city is on the east side of San Francisco Bay
Oakland
Farok Pluto Bulsara became more famous as who
Freddie Mercury
What is the fastest stroke in swimming
Freestyle
Riveting is a method of joining pieces of what
Metal
Name The Only Climax Blues Band Hit Whose Title Seems A Fitting Epitaph To Their Following Career
Couldn’t Get It Right
What m°a°s°h unit does Hawkeye Pierce operate in
4077th
Who invented the dumb waiter
Thomas Jefferson
What does awol stand for
Absent without leave
What name’s given to a number that exactly divides into another
Factor or Divisor
What color is the last and most valuable ball a snooker player must pocket
Black
Who made the first commercial boeing 747 flight from new york to london
Pan
Which Long Running TV Show Began With a Pilot Episode Aptly Named “Killer” In 1983
Taggart
From the Greek meaning apple what do we call this fruit
Melon
What was Sherpa Tensing surname
Norgay
