New Questions added June 2004

QTriv xmas trivia

1 Whose eyes were made of coal?
Frosty's

2 What song was originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh"?
"Jingle Bells"

3 In It's A Wonderful Life, what two friends share their names with two Sesame Street characters?
Bert and Ernie

4 What is the most popular xmas tree topper?
Angel

5 In It's a Wonderful Life, who starred as George Bailey?
Jimmy Stewart

6 What does the nutcracker become after killing the Mouse King?
A handsome prince

7 What do most elves wear on the tips of their shoes?
Bells

8 What two words are normally pre-printed on gift tags?
To, From

9 Where was Mommy when she was kissing Santa Claus? 91
Underneath the mistletoe

10 What was Brenda Lee doing around the Christmas Tree?
Rockin' (around the Christmas tree)

1 Name the three reindeer whose names begin with a "D"?
Dasher, Donder, Dancer

2 What was the first gift my true love sent on the sixth day of Christmas?
Six geese a-laying

3 In what city did Miracle on 34th Street take place?
New York

4 What three characters sing "The Chipmunk Song"?
Alvin, Theodore, and Simon

5 What is the name of the little girl in most versions of The Nutcracker?
Clara

6 What is the last ghost called in A Christmas Carol?
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

7 What colour is the Grinch?
Green

8 How many pipers piping did my true love give to me?
Eleven

9 What one reindeer is never mentioned in "The Night Before Christmas"?
Rudolph

10 Name the two reindeer whose name begins with a "C"?
Comet and Cupid

1 In Frosty the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life?
Santa Claus

2 Who lost $8,000 in It's a Wonderful Life?
Uncle Billy

3 In “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, what biological shortcoming made the Grinch so mean?
His heart was two sizes too small

4 Name the reindeer whose name begins with a "B"?
Blitzen

5 What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time?
"White Christmas"

6 What was Scrooge's first name?
Ebenezer

7 Where was I when I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus?
On the Stairs

8 What 1990 movie told of a boy's experience when two men break into his house during Christmas?
Home Alone

9 Which character said "God Bless Us, Every One!"?
Tiny Tim

10 What carol contains the line "O tidings of comfort and joy"?
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

QTriv 883

1/ The daily newspaper of the Communist party was called “PRAVDA” what does it translate to?
Truth

2/ What disease is the “BCG” vaccine used to combat?
Tuberculosis

3/ In the bible - who performed the “dance of the 7 veils” for Herod?
Salome

4/ How many children did Queen Victoria & Albert have?
9

5/ How many strings does a violin have?
4

6/ Which American President withdrew American troops from Vietnam?
Nixon

7/ Which bird did “The Ancient Mariner” kill?
Albatross

8/ In a lunar month , how many phases of the moon are there ?
Four - 4

9/ What is the name of the Professor in Cludo ?
Plum

10/ In the BBC TV series ,who was the actor who played the 2nd Doctor Who?
Patrick Troughton

1/ In which country is the city of Calcutta?
India

2/ Who plays The “Relic Hunter” is the TV show of the same name
Tia Carrera

3/ What is the smallest city in Wales?
St David’s , Dyfed

4/ In the summer of what year did the Battle Of Britain take place?
1940

5/ Which desert has the largest surface area?
Sahara – 3,320,000 sq miles

6/ What is the 5th planet in out solar system called?
Jupiter

7/ What is the chemical symbol for water?
H2O

8/ What was the real name of The 1st Duke Of Wellington?
Arthur Wellesley

9/ Who was the last woman to be hanged for murder in Britain?
Ruth Ellis

10/ Which side of a boat is “port”?
Left

Trivia 1

1/ Who plays/played Father Ted?
Dermot Morgan

2/ What letters represents the number 2001 in Roman Numerals?
MMI

3/ How many full days are in a "Leap Year" ?
366 (A normal year is 365 or 365.25)

4/ Which animal was Bingo of the Banana Splits?
Bingo was a gorilla

5/ Which football team do Everton FC play as the last league match for 2004?
Manchester City

6/ What is the official designation of “The Mid Wirral motorway”?
M53

7/ What is the highest mountain in Wales?
Snowdon

8/ What was the name of Captain Cook's famous ship?
HMS Endeavour.

9/ The Munich Agreement between Neville Chamberlain & Adolf Hitler took place in what year?
1938

10/ Donald F. Duncan introduced in 1929 a toy based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters. What is it called?
Yo-yo

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Trivia 2

1/ What spirit is added to brandy to make a sidecar?
Cointreau or Triple Sec

2/ Who officially made the first telephone call to the moon?
Richard Nixon

3/ Which was the first credit card?
Diner´s Club

4/ Who was the youngest president of the United States?
Theodore Roosevelt at 42 - JFK was 43 and Clinton was 46

5/ Contrary to popular belief, brides do not walk down the aisle to the altar. What do they walk down?
The nave of the church - aisles are along the sides

6/ How many stars does the flag of the European Union now have?
12 - the number of stars will not change when new members are admitted

7/ What does VSOP on a brandy bottle stand for?
Very Special Old Pale

8/ What is the collective name for Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po?
Teletubbies

9/ Which is the largest denomination dollar bill currently issued?
$100, larger denominations were discontinued in 1969

10/ Who was the founder of Lotus Cars Ltd.?
Colin Chapman

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Trivia 3

1/ Who won the 1936 'Miss Hungary' title but had to give it up because she was under 16?
Zsa Zsa Gabor

2/ Which element has atomic number 2?
Helium

3/ How many astronauts crewed the Mercury series of spacecraft?
one

4/ What is an Ishihara test used for?
To test for colour blindness

5/ Which period came after the Triassic?
Jurassic

6/ Which two planets in our solar system do not have moons?
Mercury and Venus

7/ What is a rhinoceros' horn made of?
Hair (compressed)

8/ Name anything that happened in Britain on September 3rd, 1752.
Nothing. After September 2, the next day was September 14, due to the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.

9/ What is panphobia?
Fear of everything

10/ Which hangs from the ceiling, a stalactite or a stalagmite?
Stalactite

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Trivia 4

1/ Which is the main component of Brass and Bronze?
Copper

2/ Which unit of measurement was defined by Henry III of England by placing three barleycorns in a line?
an inch

3/ How many hours from Tulsa was Gene Pitney in 1963?
24

4/ What runs for 2,200 miles from Michigan Avenue in Chicago to Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California?
Route 66

5/ Which city became the capital of the USA in 1788?
New York

6/ Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
Georges Pompidou

7/ What was the name of the blind Benedictine monk who allegedly invented Champagne?
Dom Perignon

8/ What is 1999 in Roman numerals?
MCMXCIX

9/ In which decade does Stanley meet Livingstone, William I of Prussia become Kaiser of a united Germany, and the Paris Commune is set up?
1870's

10/ What did members of the Nazi SS have tattooed on their armpits?
their blood group

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Trivia 5

1/ What was Operation Sea Lion in the Second World War?
The invasion of Britain

2/ Who did Henry VIII marry at the age of 18 (she was 24)?
Catharine of Aragon

3/ In slang, how much money is a monkey?
£500

4/ In the game of draughts, how many men does a player start with?
12

5/ What license cost 37 pence when it was abolished in 1988?
Dog Licence

6/ Which is the only vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters?
A

7/ Alison Hannigan plays which character in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
Willow

8/ How is actress Ilyena Lydia Mironoff better known?
Helen Mirren

9/ Who directed the film Dune? A) David Lynch, b) Ridley Scott, c) David Fincher -
answer A - David Lynch

10/ Who, upon splitting with her partner said, "At least I can wear high heels now."?
Nicole Kidman

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Trivia 6

1/ One half of a comedy due, by what name was Arthur Jefferson better known?
Stan Laurel

2/ What letter is given to a car number plate when the age or identity of the vehicle is unknown or if it may have been built from parts?
Q

3/ In which street is the Bank of England?
Threadneedle Street

4/ In the drink, what are the components of a “Screwdriver? “?
Vodka and orange juice

5/ In Scrabble how many letters have a value of 2?
Two ("D and G")

6/ Lending her name to a famous brand, who was the Greek Goddess of Victory?
Nike

7/ Which French car design achieved fame in motoring circles for his 'double chevron' gear and logo?
Citroen

8/ Astrologically speaking, two of the fire signs are LEO and ARIES. Which is the third?
Sagittarius

9/ What was Fanny Craddocks real first name?
Phyllis

10/ On what day of creation did God make the sun, the moon and the stars?
4th

section 1

1/ Which short lived soap was ITV's answer to rival the BBC's 'East Enders'?
Albion Market

2/ The name of which African noctural mammal comes from the Dutch for "earth pig"?
aardvark

3/ In which English county would you find the Rivers Ribble, Wyre and Lune?
Lancashire

4/ Which country shares borders with Thailand, Laos and Vietnam?
Cambodia or Kampuchea

5/ Which anchorage in the Orkneys was the main base of the British fleet in both World Wars? The German naval fleet was scuppered there in 1919.
Scapa Flow

6/ Name either of the European Union countries, apart from the United Kingdom, who will not be adopting the Euro as their national currency on 1 January 2002?
Denmark or Sweden

7/ Which Mediterranean port, now a suburb of Tel Aviv, is famous for its oranges?
Jaffa

8/ The English composer Henry Purcell lived in which century?
17th, 1600s (1659-1695)

9/ Which actor, who died in 1993, played the boy Indiana in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade?
River Phoenix

10/ Formed in 1944, the German Volkssturm was the equivalent of which British organisation?
Home Guard

section 2

1/ Before 1925 it was called Tsaritsyn and after 1961 it was called Volgograd, but what was it called between 1925 and 1961?
Stalingrad

2/ In which prison was Ronnie Barker residing at Her Majesty's pleasure in the TV show Porridge?
H.M.P. Slade

3/ The Barbie doll has been manufactured since 1959 by which California-based company?
Mattel

4/ In a standard deck of cards which is the only one-eyed King ?
King of Diamonds

5/ What letter represents the number 500 in Roman Numerals?
D

6/ How many states in the USA begin with the letter "A"?
4 - Alabama; Arizona: Arkansas; Alaska

7/ Where will the 2004 Olympic games be held?
Athens - Greece

8/ Which sports personality was named the Sports Personality of the 20th Century?
Mohammed Ali

9/ Who succeeded Hitler as the Fuhrer in 1945?
Karl Donitz

10/ Who wrote the victorian book The Time Machine?
H.G. Wells

section 3

1/ What nationality is the actor Donald Sutherland?
Canadian

2/ What was the Wright Bothers’ first plane called?
Flyer

3/ What is the capital of the Philippines?
Manila

4/ Who was the first DJ to be heard on Radio 1?
Tony Blackburn

5/ Which metal is liquid at normal temperatures?
Mercury

6/ What is the fifth planet in our solar system?
Jupiter

7/ In what year did the "Lockerbie" disaster occur?
1988

8/ Homer's epic the Iliad describes the siege of where?
Troy

9/ Which TV secret agent’s real name was Paul Metcalfe?
Captain Scarlet

10/ In the nursery rhyme how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
24 or 4 & 20