Trivial Pursuit Flashcards
Which British explorer first circumnavigated Antarctica?
Captain James Cook
Which bearded Kiwi directed the Lord of the rings film trilogy?
Peter Jackson
Which head of state was colourfully labelled ‘Pootie Poot’ by George W. Bush?
Vladimir Putin
Summer medley, Bermuda cocktail and Royal Regatta a shade of what colour paint?
Blue
A British polar research vessel commissioned in 2016 was called Boaty McBoatface after the name topped a public poll. True or false?
False. The ships owners overruled the poll and instead named it the RSS Sir David Attenborough. 
On Fitbit fitness trackers, which of these badges awards the highest number of daily steps: boat shoe, trail shoe or urban boot?
Trail shoe. Representing 30,000 steps in a day. 
Which is the longest aboveground mountain range in the world?
Andes. It spans seven countries in South America. 
Which notable filmmaker is responsible for founding Pixar?
George Lucas. But it was Steve Jobs who saved the company after buying it in the mid-1980s. 
Which Irish clothing retailer opened its first English shop in derby in 1973?
Primark
In which Spanish city is the first Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum?
Bilbao. Gehry also designed one for Abu Dhabi
A human hand has more bones than a human foot. True or false?
True. We have 27 bones in each hand and 26 in each foot. 
What is the name of the stadium complex at which the French open tennis tournament take place?
Roland-Garros
Which US bridge is painted a distinctive International orange?
Golden Gate Bridge – the paint colour has its own formula
What is the title of David Bowie’s final album, released two days before his death in 2016?
Blackstar – it is his only album to debut as number one on the US Billboard chart
As at the beginning of the 21st-century, what was the tallest building in the United Kingdom?
One Canada Square (Canary Wharf) – It was overtaken by the shard, which was completed in 2012
In which sport do you wear a lamé, a plastron and a mask?
Fencing – a lamé is an overvest that defines the target area; a plastron is an underarm protector
Which European language is the official language of Senegal?
French
Which television documentary series about genealogy shares its name with a Spice Girls hit?
Who do you think you are?
Name one of Shakespeare’s plays that has an Italian place name in its title.
The merchant of Venice, the two gentlemen of Verona
The iPod name was inspired by which Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic?
2001: a space Odyssey – ‘open the pod bay doors, HAL. ‘
Which is not a room in the game of Cluedo – conservatory, cellar or kitchen?
Cellar
Which Windmill-topped Parisian landmark first opened in 1889?
Moulin Rouge
What is the name of the title character in Steig Larson’s ‘the girl with the dragon tattoo’?
Lizbeth Salander
A tigers stripes are unique to each animal. True or false?
True
Which popstar, known for being Swift on his feet, took an ownership stake in my space in 2011?
Justin Timberlake
In which town is the headquarters of the open University?
Milton Keynes
Alternative music radio station Radio X was launched in 2015 following a revamp of which former station?
Xfm
The motto of which of the armed forces is usually translated as ‘through adversity to the stars‘?
Royal air force
Under what pen-name has Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling written a series of Detective novels?
Robert Galbraith
What is the actual colour of the Sun?
White – it’s the earth’s atmosphere that makes it look yellow, red or orange
What distance is covered by participants in a parkrun running event, held each Saturday morning at more than 400 locations across the UK?
5km – 2km junior parkruns for children aged 4–14 are held at some locations on Sunday mornings
Which island drink, invented in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, has a Spanish name that translate into English as ‘strained pineapple‘?
Piña colada
Which artist had the fastest selling album of 2015, moving 3.38 million copies in its first week of release?
Adele – the album is 25
Which British government intelligence agency is based at Thames house?
MI5
Which social networking website closed down in 2016 after 16 years of helping to reconnect old school friends?
Friends reunited
The active volcano Popocatepetl is located about 40 miles from which capital city?
Mexico City
Bamm-bamm is the son of which Stone Age couple?
Barney and Betty rubble
Which prime minister of Canada was the 1st to follow in the footsteps of a father who was also prime minister?
Justin Trudeau
What is the artistic term for the radiant light or halo that surrounds sacred or mythological figures in classical art?
Nimbus
Which mobile app started out with the name Picaboo?
Snapchat
Which sport has produced the most winners of the BBC sports personality of the year award?
Athletics
Which South American country was the home of Paddington Bear before he moved to London?
Peru
Which stop-animation film follows the antics of a flock of sheep from mossy bottom farm?
Shaun the sheep movie
Which military crackdown in China, on 4th June 1989, effectively ended a vibrant student democracy movement?
Tiananmen Square
What is the title of the second book in the classic sci-fi hitchhiker series written by Douglas Adams?
The restaurant at the end of the universe – sequel to the hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.
Which footballer scored after 79 seconds on his debut appearance for England, against Lithuania, in 2015?
Harry Kane
Which of these motorways is the longest – M4, M5 or M6?
M6 – it runs from Rugby in the Midlands to the Scottish border near Gretna. 
In the 1975 film Jaws, Captain Quint famous and crushes account of which brand of beer?
Narraganset
The title of which Aretha Franklin hit is also the name of a former political party led by George Galloway?
“Respect”
How many of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five are boys?
Two
Weighing in at approximately 1400 g what is the most complex object in the known universe?
The human brain
Which savoury sandwich filling was invented by Rosemary Hume in 1953?
Coronation chicken
The flag of which South Asian country looks similar to that of the United States, complete with red and white stripes and a field of blue?
Malaysia
Who is deputy director of the Pawnee Department of Parks and Recreation?
Leslie Knope - played by Amy Poehler
Which germ fighting mouthwash was once sold as a floor cleaner?
Listerine – created as a surgical antiseptic, it was commercialised to increase sales.
In ballet, a dance performed by two dancers is known as what?
Pas de deux
What are the three main types of honey bees in a hive?
Queen, drone, worker
What is the combine distance of the four track events in the men’s Decathalon in Olympic competition?
2,110m – 1,500m, 400m, 100m and 110m hurdles. 
Which British bridge was designated a UNESCO world heritage site in 2015?
Forth bridge – it is Scotland’s sixth world heritage site.
In 1978, which publishing magnate held a fund-raising event to save the then crumbling Hollywood sign?
Hugh Hefner
In which year did the treaty of Paris officially end the American revolutionary war?
1783
What pricey materials, apart from human teeth, did Damien Hirst use for his controversial artwork ‘for the love of God?‘?
Diamonds and platinum – the diamond encrusted skull had a pricetag of £50 million. 
Which company, founded by the British Mogul Sir Richard Branson, has a space plane called SpaceShipTwo?
Virgin galactic
What are the four events in which female artistic gymnast compete?
Vault, floor exercise, uneven bars, balance beam
The Cathedral of St Basil the Blessed sits on the Central Square of which city?
Moscow – it is on red Square.
Which comedy character is known for the catchphrase “am I bovverd?“– Lauren Cooper, Vicky pollard or Waynetta slob?
Lauren Cooper – the outspoken teenager is played by Catherine Tate
Who was the first female prime minister of Pakistan?
Benazir Bhutto – she was elected twice, in 1987 and in 1993.
Who is the owner of the garden that Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit wanders into?
Mr McGregor
Which part of a flower contains bright yellow sacs that produce and contain the pollen grains?
Anther
Which Latin dance style is also the name for a group of rattlesnakes?
Rumba
Which landmark, nicknamed ‘la dame de fer’, is one of the most visited tourist spots in the world?
Eiffel Tower – ‘the iron Lady’ has 7 million visitors per year
How many sentries are on guard at Buckingham Palace if the Queen is in residence?
4 - when her Majesty is not at home, only two senties are on duty
Who paints with a ‘pallet of blue and grey’, according to a 1971 song by “American pie” singer Don McLean?
Vincent van Gogh – the song is “Vincent“, sometimes known as “starry, starry night“.
How many pixels in a megapixel?
1 million
What was the occupation of the winner of the first recorded Olympic event, held in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. – soldier, Cook or actor?
Cook - his name was Coroebus, and he ran a 192 meter footrace
Which is the busiest stop on the London underground?
Waterloo station – as at 2015, 99.2 million passengers per year passed through. 
Which camera shy Australian singer Scored her first billboard top 100 hits as a solo artist with the song “chandelier”?
Sia
What does the A stand for in the name of the government department DEFRA – agriculture, administration or affairs?
Affairs – info, the Department for environment, Food and rural affairs.
Which series of books is set on the island of Sodor?
Thomas the Tank Engine
What was the cost of the first Ford model, ordered by a dentist in Chicago in 1903?
$850
Which Japanese video game company started out producing playing cards?
Nintendo
Of which country are the islands of Islay, Mull and St Kilda located?
Scotland – there are more than 790 islands in Scotland; about 130 are inhabited. 
Which 1995 film, starring Tom Hanks, was promoted with the tagline ‘Houston, we have a problem‘?
Apollo 13 – the film was about the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970
The term ‘yuppies’ was born in which decade?
1980s
Which of these female Shakespearean characters has the most lines - Cleopatra, Juliet, Ophelia or Portia?
Cleopatra – she has about 680 lines compared with Portia’s 590, Juliet’s 540 and Ophelia’s 170. 
Which of the following can elephants do – jump, crawl or swim?
Swim – they can displace a lot of water but, at upwards of eight tons, they are just too heavy to jump
Since 1927, which hymn has been sung before kickoff at the FA Cup final?
“Abide with me”
Tenerife is the largest island in which archipelago?
Canary Islands – named after the Latin word for ‘dog‘, the birds are named after the islands
What was the name of the relentless cyborg played in 1991 by Robert Patrick in terminator 2?
T–1000 – the malleable metal terminator was justly liquefied by hero Arnold Schwarzenegger
In which century was Britain first ruled by a king named George?
18th-century – George I was on the throne from 1714 to 1727. 
The first appearance of Andy Warhol’s commercial art was a 1949 illustration in which magazine ‘for the girl with a job’?
Glamour – it accompanied the article ‘what is success‘. 
The ‘milk’ of which unappetising insect could join kale as our next superfood?
Cockroach – the Pacific beetle cockroach secretes a liquid that is highly calorific and nutritious. 
Which of these wine grapes is not used in white wine – Gamay, Riesling, Semillon or Silvaner?
Gamay
In 1949, Horizon Holidays introduced the first package holidays, including flights. Which Mediterranean island was the destination?
Corsica
Which actor, who coproduced TVs band of Brothers, was instrumental in getting the World War II memorial built in Washington DC?
Tom Hanks
Henry Dunant, founder of the international committee of the Red Cross, was the first recipient of which prestigious award in 1901?
Nobel peace prize - a prize he shared with French peace activist Frederic Passy.
Which Romanian region, known for its mediaeval castles, provided the inspiration for the setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula?
Transylvania
Which kind of nerves in the human body are called cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sarcal andcoccygeal? 
Spinal nerves
Who did Andy Murray beat in the final to win his first Grand Slam title?
Novak Djokovic – at the US Open in 2012. 
What is the name of the narrow body of water between Sudan and Saudi Arabia?
Red sead
Which Brit with a near perfect US accent first one over American audiences as stone-cold mastermind Stringer Bell in The Wire?
Idris Elba
Which 16th century Italian astronomer’s middle finger is displayed in the Florence history of science museum?
Galileo – a fitting salute to those who jailed him for saying the Sun is the centre of the solar system. 
Jake and Dinos Chapman scandalised the art world when they added clowns and puppies to a legendary series of prints by which Spanish artist?
Goya – His ‘the disasters of war’ series was ‘rectified‘ by the pair to make insult to injury. 
Rubies and sapphires are both variations of which mineral?
Corundum
What is the Japanese name for boiled soya beans?
Edamame
Mexico City was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlán, the Capital city of which lost civilisation?
Aztec empire
The inauguration of which US president was the first to be streamed live on the Internet?
Bill Clinton – it was the inauguration for his second term on the 20th January 1997
Which moustachioed artist designed the logo for a popular Spanish lollipop called Chupa Chups, a branding that has lasted almost 50 years?
Salvador Dalí
Which scientist sailed the HMS beagle to South America including a stop in Galapagos Islands?
Charles Darwin – Darwin based his theory of natural selection on observations from this voyage
For what type of heat does a volleyball setter usually try to prepare a teammate?
Spike
Which London skyscraper is nicknamed the salt cellar?
The shard
What is the name given to The official responsible for announcing the result of a local or Parliamentary election?
(Acting) returning officer
Mark Rylance won a Tony and an Olivier for his portrayal of Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in which ‘green and pleasant’ play?
Jerusalem
Edward O. Wilson is considered a great modern thinker. Which small but organised critter is the focus of much of his work?
Ant
What are you doing if you make a riposte with a foil, or parry with an épée?
Fencing
Which NYC neighbourhood is home to the Apollo theatre, and is the namesake of the river that separates the Bronx from Manhattan?
Harlem
Susan Boyle won Britain’s got talent the TV show that made her a star.
True or false?
False – she came 2nd to a dance group called diversity
In which decade did it become compulsory for passengers travelling in the front seat of a car to wear seatbelts?
1980s – unless they have a medical exemption, front seat passengers have been required to belt up in the UK since 1983.
The tale of kitty in boots was published in 2016 from a long lost manuscript by which children’s author?
Beatrix potter
In Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece, what kind of fish did the angler in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ hook?
Marlin – it’s a big game fish that can be up to 4.2 M long and weigh up to 900 kg.
Fortune cookies, a mainstay of Chinese American restaurants, originated in Japan. True or false?
True — they can be traced back to the 19th century Kyoto. 
Which continent has a capital city where there are the most French people speaking outside of Paris – more than 9 million?
Africa – Kinshasa, the capital of the democratic republic of the Congo.
Which med students travels, before he came a Marxist icon, I celebrated in the 2004 Oscar winning film ‘the motorcycle diaries‘?
Che Guevara
The African country formally known as Rhodesia was named after which English man, who discovered diamonds there?
Cecil Rhodes
What is the title to the 2016 sequel to JoJo Moyes’ 2012 bestselling novel ‘me before you‘?
After you
Which planet is known as the jewel of the solar system?
Saturn – for its many beautiful rings, of course
What is the Palio, a Medieval event that takes place twice a year in the Italian city of Siena?
Horse race – after 800 years, the event still works citizens into a frenzy
Which of these cities is closest to the equator – Cairo, Jakarta, Nairobi or Rio de Janeiro?
Nairobi
Which 2013 film featured an ill-fated expedition to Jupiters moon Europa in search of life?
Europa report
Which is the only country of the United Kingdom to have an official bank holiday every March?
Northern Ireland – for Saint Patrick’s Day; Saint David’s day on the 1st of March is not an official bank holiday in Wales.
What is magma called when it reaches the Earth surface?
 lava – flowing at a cool 1200–2000°F
Which profession practice in 18th century London markets is believed to have given its name to a dark beer?
Porter
Which of the seven wonders of the ancient world still exists?
Great pyramids of Giza – one of which was the tallest structure on the planet for four millennia
Singer songwriter George Ezra enjoy chart success in 2014 with a single that shares its name with which European capital city?
Budapest
From which European country did Bartolomeu Dias set sail on his voyage of discovery around the Cape of good Hope?
Portugal
In 2013, a crater on the planet mercury was named after which early 20th century master of horror?
H. P. Lovecraft
At sea level, what degrees Celsius is pure water freeze?
Zero degrees
Which powdered substance is combined with hot water to make the drink Matcha?
Green tea
Which religious artefact is kept in the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Italy?
Shroud of Turin
Blue Ivy is the child of which to music moguls?
Jay-Z and Beyoncé
Which member of the royal family got married at Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, in July 2011?
Zara Phillips – to England rugby player Mike Tindall
For which men’s magazine did Hugh Hefner work as a copy writer, two years before launching playboy?
Esquire
What is notable about the collared lemming – it’s coat turns white in winter, it grow special winter claws, or both?
Both
Several thousand tons of sand were shipped to the Horse Guards Parade in London so that it could host which sport during a 2012 Olympics?
Beach volleyball
Which country borders 14 other countries, including Norway, Finland and Poland?
Russia – China also has borders with 14 countries.
Which rodent crime fighter lives in a postbox outside 221B Baker Street, London?
Danger mouse
Which insurance brand-name was introduced in 2002, following the merger of Norwich union and CGU?
Aviva
What type of animal is the first character introduced in ‘the wind in the Willows‘?
Mole
Which organ produces the hormone insulin?
Pancreas
Which British football club, once a European giant, was forced to begin life again in the bottom divisions after being liquidated in 2012?
Rangers FC
What is the name of the island nation directly to the south of India?
Sri Lanka
What is the title of Wes Anderson’s first feature length film about three buddies who go ‘on the lam‘?
Bottle rocket – released in 1996, it stars Wilson brothers Owen and Luke
Who was the British prime minister at the time of the Suez crisis in 1956?
Anthony Eden – he resigned in January 1957
Which artist had her bed moved into her gallery, in 1953, because of her gangrenous leg?
Frida Kahlo
Mushrooms and toadstools can form naturally growing arcs, or circles, which are known by what magical name?
Fairy rings
Which staple of British late night dining was ‘invented’ in Berlin in the 1970s?
The doner kebab – Turkish immigrant Kadir Nurman is credited with introducing the snack to Berlin commuters.
The Roman Catholic nun Mother Teresa is recognised for her missionary work with the poor people of which Indian city?
Calcutta/Kolkata – she was canonised by the Roman Catholic Church in 2016 as Saint Theresa of Calcutta
In which city and its suburbs does Ferris Bueller’s Day off take place?
Chicago
By what shortened name is the office for standards in education, children services and skills commonly known?
OFSTED
Which two super popular hip-hop trio joined forces for 1987’s together forever tour?
Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys
Astronauts from which country are sometimes referred to as ‘taikonauts’?
China
