Collected Quiz
Collected Quiz
Collected Quiz
Q. An isohel on a map joins a place of equal what?
Ans: Sunshine
Q. A Regatta is a boat race – where was the original Regatta?
Ans: Venice. Collected Quiz
Q. From what country does Soave wine originally come?
Ans: Italy
Q. What fluid ran through the Greek Gods instead of blood?
Ans: Ichor
Q. The Marie Celeste sailed from which port?
Ans: New York. Collected Quiz
Q. How was William Huskinson killed in 1830 – first ever Run over by?
Ans: Railway Train
Q. In which country is Zug?
Ans: Switzerland (smallest Canton)
Q. Who was captured and kept in a cage by Stromboli?
Ans: Pinocchio
Q. Name the Hotel in Arthur Haley’s novel/film of the same name?
Ans: St. Gregory
Q. Frank and Jesse James’ father had what job?
Ans: Minister. Collected Quiz
Q. What was the Grammy album of the year in 1967?
Ans: Beatles Sergeant Peppers
Q. Who said: the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it?
Ans: George Orwell
Q. Edward Teach became famous as who?
Ans: Blackbeard the Pirate
Q. Who wrote the music to the film The Odessa File?
Ans: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Q. Which Dickens’ novel features Waxford Squeers?
Ans: Nicholas Nickleby. Collected Quiz
Q. What is the national flower of Australia?
Ans: The Wattle Blossom
Q. A nudist in Spain fined £65 – £60 for being nude and £5 for what?
Ans: Having no ID papers
Q. What links Sheffield, Edinburgh, Rome?
Ans: Built on 7 Hills
Q. What pet did Florence Nightingale carry with her?
Ans: An Owl (in her pocket)
Q. Women 375 – 1 Men 1400 – 1 chance of doing what?
Ans: Living to 100
Q.What colour is Octopus blood?
Ans: Blue. Collected Quiz
Q. In Maryland, it is illegal to maltreat which creature?
Ans: Oyster
Q. What are the world’s smallest trees – (not Bonsai)?
Ans: Dwarf Willows (Greenland) 2 inch
Q. Paul Revere was a silversmith, copper engraver and what?
Ans: Dentist
Q. What fruit did Eve give to Adam in the bible?
Ans: Fig (Apple mistranslation)
Q. What is the only bird that can smell?
Ans: Emus. Collected Quiz
Q. Apart from man what is New Zealand’s only native mammals?
Ans: Bats
Q. Who entered a contest to find his own look-alike and came 3rd?
Ans: Charlie Chaplin
Q. What colour is worn for funerals in Egypt?
Ans: Yellow
Q. What country excludes women from the graveside rituals?
Ans: China
Q. An Arab horse has less what than other horses?
Ans: Bones (one vertebra less)
Q. ‘An exultation’ is a group of what animals?
Ans: Larks. Collected Quiz
Q. Pertussis has what more common name?
Ans: Whooping Cough
Q. Which actress was jailed in 1982 for tax evasion?
Ans: Sophia Loren
Q. In what country did red onions originate?
Ans: Italy
Q. March 21st to April 20th is what Star sign?
Ans: Aries
Q. A haboob creates what?
Ans: Sandstorm – Desert Wind
Q. Felix Salten wrote which Disney cartoon?
Ans: Bambi. Collected Quiz
Q. Nephrologists study what?
Ans: Clouds (Meteorology)
Q. Speed skating started in which country?
Ans: Netherlands
Q. What job did Ernest Hemmingway do in World War 1?
Ans: Ambulance Driver
Q. Betty Joan Perske is better known as who?
Ans: Lauren Bacall
Q. What was the name of the Roman God of sleep?
Ans: Somnos
Q. Vivaldi the composer had what other professions?
Ans: Priest. Collected Quiz
Q. What is the name of the four holy books of the Hindus?
Ans: The Vedas
Q. Pat Sullivan created which cartoon character?
Ans: Felix the Cat
Q. What is the national flower of Mexico?
Ans: Dahlia
Q. The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country?
Ans: Greece
Q. Les Reed wrote which famous song for a Welsh singer?
Ans: ‘It’s not Unusual’ (Tom Jone)
Q. What does ‘hours d’oeurve’ literally mean?
Ans: Out of course hence Extra Dish
Q. ‘Nossa Senhora da Aparecida’ is the Patron Saint of which country?
Ans: Brazil. Collected Quiz
Q. The Acropolis – what does the word literally mean?
Ans: Highest point (of a city)
Q. What animal always gives birth to same-sex twins?
Ans: Armadillo
Q. Joe Yule junior born 1920 became famous as who?
Ans: Mickey Rooney
Q. In what sport are Triffus, Miller and Rudolf moves?
Ans: Trampolining
Q. Douglas Engelbart invented what – we all use it?
Ans: Mouse
Q. Hans Christian Anderson had what job before writing?
Ans: Actor
Q. What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859?
Ans: Magenta. Collected Quiz
Q. Which author’s books are most borrowed from libraries?
Ans: Catherine Cookson
Q. What do you add to vegetables to make the dish salmagundi?
Ans: Duck or Chicken
Q. Collective nouns – what group of animals are labour?
Ans: Moles
Q. Durbarry is cream of vegetable soup – what one?
Ans: Cauliflower
Q. What is the Australian name for a ‘long narrow oxbow lake’?
Ans: Billabong
Q. In the Bolshoi ballet, what does the word ‘Bolshoi’ mean?
Ans: Big. Collected Quiz
Q. Which acid gives nettles their sting?
Ans: Formic acid
Q. In the Hindu religion, what is a Mandir?
Ans: Temple
Q. Which wine grape variety is most planted in California?
Ans: Chardonnay
Q. A ‘paddling’ is a group of which animals?
Ans: Ducks
Q. From what country does the dish ‘skordalia’ come?
Ans: Greece
Q. What nationality was Mata Hari shot as a spy?
Ans: Dutch
Q. Declan McManus became famous as who?
Ans: Elvis Costello
Q. Robert Fitzroy captained which famous ship?
Ans: The Beagle
Q. Who said: ‘I have no problems with drugs – only policemen?’
Ans: Keith Richard. Collected Quiz
Q. Which American city was named after a British Prime Minister?
Ans: Pittsburgh
Q. What plant was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow?
Ans: Iris
Q. Which sailor dreamed of Toasted Cheese in The Treasure Island?
Ans: Ben Gunn
Q. What writer was paid $5 for writing thanks?
Ans: Rudyard Kipling
Q. What sort of animal is a fennec?
Ans: Desert Fox. Collected Quiz
Q. ‘Vermicelli pasta’ literally translates as what?
Ans: Little worms
Q. How did Marc Quinquadron die while setting a new world record?
Ans: Food Poisoning ( ate 7 snails 3 min)
Q. Why two car thieves caught trying to sell stolen car in 1976?
Ans: Tried to sell to owner
Q. B. Holiday, J. Dean, E. Peron, J. Joplin – what is common to them?
Ans: All were Prostitutes
Q. Reginald Carey became famous as who?
Ans: Rex Harrison. Collected Quiz
Q. What do the quarters of a hot cross bun symbolize?
Ans: Four Seasons
Q. What is the literal translation of ‘terrapin’?
Ans: Eatable (Algonquin word)
Q. What is it against the law to kill in Pacific Grove?
Ans: California Butterflies
Q. According to E. Hemmingway- what would protect against allergies?
Ans: Having lots of sex
Q. The Gettysburg Address was written on what?
Ans: Used envelopes. Collected Quiz
Q. Who was banned from writing USA Constitution?
Ans: Benjamin Franklin
Q. The 9 banded armadillo and humans have what in common?
Ans: Both catch Leprosy
Q. How do you Rizzle something?
Ans: Sun dry
Q. If you suffered from pruritus – what would be wrong?
Ans: Itching
Q. Andre Gide the writer was expelled from school for what crime?
Ans: Masturbating during lessons
Q. What type of food is a Munster plum?
Ans: Potato
Q. Old superstition- Wearing socks inside out protection from what?
Ans: Witches. Collected Quiz
Q. What food item did Pythagoras advise his followers to avoid?
Ans: Beans
Q. What happened to the first traffic lights outside HP 1868?
Ans: They exploded
Q. What was unusual – beauty contest judge Percy Moorby 1985?
Ans: He was Blind
Q. John Ruskin said: Marriage collapsed when the wife had ————. what?
Ans: Pubic Hair
Q. Who called himself 8th wonder of the world because of his big dick?
Ans: Charlie Chaplain
Q. What would a nidologist be interested in?
Ans: Bird’s nests. Collected Quiz
Q. In the 18th century, what job did a fart-catcher do?
Ans: A footman – walk behind the master
Q. What is a young pigeon called?
Ans: Squab
Q. Around which French town is the champagne industry located?
Ans: Epernay
Q. What country invented castanets?
Ans: Egypt
Q. Who is the patron saint of music?
Ans: St. Cecilia
Q. Whose first box office film was called ‘Risky Business’?
Ans: Tom Cruise. Collected Quiz
Q.What is the smallest state of Australia?
Ans: Tasmania
Q. What is measured by an interferometer?
Ans: Wave-length of light
Q. What airlines identification code is VS?
Ans: Virgin Atlantic
Q. What emperor ordered St. Peter crucified?
Ans: Nero
Q. What was the name of Ali Baba’s female slave?
Ans: Morgiana
Q. In which novel does the character ‘Quebec Bagnet’ appear?
Ans: ‘Bleak House’
Q. Sarah Josepha Hall wrote what?
Ans: ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’
Q. What is the main ingredient of faggots?
Ans: Liver. Collected Quiz
Q. Who were the first people to measure the year?
Ans: Babylonians
Q. Anthony McMillan became famous as who?
Ans: Robbie Coltrane
Q. Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV series?
Ans: The Invaders
Q. What colour is the cap given to an England cricket player?
Ans: Blue
Q. What capital city began as the village of Edo?
Ans: Tokyo. Collected Quiz
Q. In Penny Lane what is the nurse selling from a tray?
Ans: Poppies
Q. Whose last words were “let’s do it”?
Ans: Garry Gilmore
Q. The Black Swan is native to which country?
Ans: Australia
Q. Who said, “All the world’s art aren’t worth a good potato pie”?
Ans: L. S. Lowrie
Q. Collective nouns a ‘Toc’ of what?
Ans: Capercailzie
Q. If you had podobromhidrosis what would you have?
Ans: Smelly Feet. Collected Quiz
Q. What instrument is also called the octave flute?
Ans: Piccolo
Q. What type of food is coulibiac?
Ans: Russian Fish Pie
Q. What spice is used to make a whiskey sling?
Ans: Nutmeg
Q. What sort of creature is a tarantula hawk?
Ans: Wasp – hunts spiders. Collected Quiz
Q. Where does the spice saffron come from?
Ans: The Crocus
Q. What tennis player had trials with Bayern Munich soccer club?
Ans: Boris Becker
Q. Which children’s character was created by Mary Tourtel?
Ans: Rupert the Bear
Q. What does the name ‘Chengis Khan’ mean?
Ans: Very Mighty Ruler. Collected Quiz
Q. Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
Ans: Sir John MacDonald
Q. ‘In Utmost Good Faith’ is the motto of which organization?
Ans: Lloyds of London
Q. The Shadows first record went straight to no 1 – what was it?
Ans: Apache
Q. What is the most common disease in the world?
Ans: Dental Caries
Q. ‘Cirrus is a cloud type’ – what literal translation of its Latin name?
Ans: Lock of Hair. Collected Quiz
Q. Which country was the first to make seat belts compulsory?
Ans: Czechoslovakia
Q. What do Stacey Keach and Oscar Wilde have in common?
Ans: Reading in Jail
Q. Mathew Webb swam the channel – where did he drown?
Ans: Niagara Falls
Q. Whose last unfinished novel was ‘The Last Tycoon’?
Ans: Scott Fitzgerald
Q. What do callipygian people have?
Ans: Prettily shaped buttocks
Q. Zubin Mehta conducted who in concert?
Ans: Three Tenors
Q. Who wrote and starred in the 1922 version of ‘Robin Hood’?
Ans: Douglas Fairbanks
Q. Where were the 1952 Olympics held?
Ans: Helsinki
Q. Who was given an honorary Oscar in 1985 after 50 years acting?
Ans: James Stuart. Collected Quiz
Q. Handel’s Harmonious Blacksmith was written for what instrument?
Ans: Harpsichord
Q. Which US state is known as the Nutmeg State?
Ans: Connecticut
Q. In a Gynocracy – who rules?
Ans: Women
Q. In golf, the no. 10 iron is usually called what?
Ans: Wedge
Q. What was the name of the Jester in ‘As You Like It’?
Ans: Touchstone. Collected Quiz
Q. What alternative scale (not Richter) measures earthquakes?
Ans: Mercalli
Q. A paratrichosic person has extra what?
Ans: Hair in unusual places
Q. Josip Broz became famous as who?
Ans: Marshal Tito
Q. The Pampero blows over which mountains?
Ans: Andes
Q. Which Canadian city is known as ‘The Steel City’?
Ans: Hamilton . Collected Quiz
Q. If an alloy is an amalgam what metal must it contain?
Ans: Mercury
Q. What stretch of water separates Italy and Sicily?
Ans: Straights of Messina
Q. The Althing rules in which country?
Ans: Iceland
Q. Who won an Oscar for the soundtrack to Chariots of Fire?
Ans: Vangelis
Q. Collective nouns – a Barren of what?
Ans: Mules
Q. Dorothy Parker said – ‘Scratch an actor and you will find- what’?
Ans: An Actress
Q. What animal could be Siberian or Caspian?
Ans: Tiger. Collected Quiz
Q. Collective nouns – an Array of what?
Ans: Hedgehogs
Q. The Plains of Abraham overlook which city?
Ans: Quebec
Q. The Mariners Compass or Pyxis is what?
Ans: Constellation
Q. The Sam Maguire Trophy is played for in which sport?
Ans: Gaelic Football
Q. The Somers Islands has what more familiar name?
Ans: Bermuda
Q. The Three Stars is the national ice hockey team of which country?
Ans: Sweden
Q. What type of animal is a markhor?
Ans: Wild Goat. Collected Quiz
Q. What is the National Bird of India?
Ans: Peacock
Q. ‘The Weir of Hermiston’ – last unfinished novel of whom?
Ans: Robert Louis Stevenson
Q. What is the last book of the Bible?
Ans: Revelations
Q. What organization did C T Russell found?
Ans: Jehovah Witnesses
Q. Paris and what other capital had the world’s first telephone link?
Ans: Brussels
Q. Tempera uses water and what to paint with?
Ans: Egg Yolk
Q. What colour is the cross on the Greek Flag?
Ans: White
Q. What was used before the baton was invented to conduct A Violin?
Ans: Bow
Q. Leslie Lynch King became famous as who?
Ans: Gerald Ford. Collected Quiz
Q. Lack of vitamin B1 causes what condition?
Ans: Beri Beri
Q. What song was ‘The Pittsburgh Pirates anthem’?
Ans: ‘We are Family – Sister Sledge’.
Q. What country’s parliament is called ‘The Storting’?
Ans: Norway
Q. Who directed Four Weddings and a Funeral?
Ans: Mike Newell
Q. Which company developed the Laser Printer?
Ans: Cannon
Q. Parsley is a member of which family?
Ans: Carrot
Q. What does ‘lager’ literally mean in German?
Ans: Storage. Collected Quiz
Q. Franz Kafka wrote in German what nationality was he?
Ans: Czeck
Q. Which car company produced the first front-wheel drive in 1934?
Ans: Citroen
Q. Who produced the Tom and Jerry cartoons until 1956?
Ans: Fred Quimby
Q. The sackbut developed into which modern instrument?
Ans: Trombone
Q. Which record label signed the ‘Rolling Stones’ in 1991?
Ans: Virgin
Q. In heraldry, gules are of what colour?
Ans: Red. Collected Quiz
Q. Reginald Truscott-Jones became famous as who?
Ans: Ray Miland
Q. What is the food of the secretary bird?
Ans: Snake
Q. What bridge links a Palace with a State Prison?
Ans: Bridge of Sighs (Venice)
Q. The African and French marigolds are native to what country?
Ans: Mexico
Q. Who is the Patron Saint of ‘Gravediggers’?
Ans: St. Anthony
Q. Mary Read and Anne Boney had what job in common?
Ans: Pirates. Collected Quiz
Q. Short actors stand on what wooden object – to appear bigger?
Ans: Pancake
Q. What is the commonest name for a pub in Britain?
Ans: The Red Lion
Q. What does the word ‘Economy’ mean in original Greek?
Ans: Home Management
Q. ‘Pokta Pok’ started in Mexico – what modern game/sport is it?
Ans: Basketball
Q. Country singer Hank Wangford had what profession?
Ans: Gynecologist. Collected Quiz
Q. In what film did Bruce Willis play a time-travelling criminal?
Ans: Twelve Monkeys
Q. What bird is sacred in Peru?
Ans: Condor
Q. What industry would use a mordant?
Ans: Dying (to fix a colour)
Q. Catherine the Great of Russia was born in which country?
Ans: Poland
Q. In which city would you find ‘The Blue Mosque’?
Ans: Istanbul
Q. What country makes Sukhindol wine?
Ans: Bulgaria
Q. The minnow is the smallest member of what fish family?
Ans: Carp
Q. Lucille Le Sueur became famous as who?
Ans: Joan Crawford
Q. In which city is The Abbey Theatre?
Ans: Dublin. Collected Quiz
Q. Which island’s capital is ‘Flying Fish’?
Ans: Cove Christmas Island
Q. Where in the world is Radwick racecourse situated?
Ans: Sydney, Australia
Q. Treifa foods are forbidden to which religious group?
Ans: Jews
Q. Which metal is the best conductor of electricity?
Ans: Silver
Q. What ship was sunk in Auckland harbour in 1987?
Ans: Rainbow Warrior
Q. A Mycologist studies what?
Ans: Fungi
Q. Orpheus went into the underworld to rescue whom?
Ans: Eurydice. Collected Quiz
Q. Colleen McCullough wrote which bestselling book?
Ans: ‘ The Thorn Birds’
Q. What would you put on your escutcheon – if you had one?
Ans: Coat of Arms
Q. Who might wear a wimple?
Ans: A nun
Q. What is the largest country in Africa?
Ans: Sudan
Q. What tree can be English, American or Eurasian?
Ans: Elm
Q. Which dictator preferred 50,000 rifles to 50,000 votes?
Ans: Benito Mussolini. Collected Quiz
Q. What would be happening if you suffered from ‘canotis’?
Ans: Graying Hair
Q. According to the proverb which fruit tastes sweetest?
Ans: Forbidden fruit
Q. What animal’s name literally translates as’ earth pig’?
Ans: Aardvark
Q. What dance is usually performed to Orpheus in the Underworld?
Ans: ‘Can Can’.
Q. What country was once named New France?
Ans: Canada. Collected Quiz
Q. In which country was modern banknotes first used?
Ans: Sweden
Q. Which country produces wine in the Casablanca Valley?
Ans: Chile
Q. The Air Canada Silver Broom is won in which sport?
Ans: Curling
Q. Iain Stewart – dropped – looked too normal – what pop group?
Ans: The Rolling Stones
Q. What is the main flavour of aioli?
Ans: Garlic
Q. What was the world’s first passenger jet aircraft?
Ans: Comet. Collected Quiz
Q. What does the syrinx help a bird to do?
Ans: Sing
Q. What member of the weasel family is over 1 meter or 3 feet long?
Ans: Badger
Q. Boccaccio’s collection of ten stories are known as what?
Ans: ‘Decameron’.
Q. What do fennel leaves taste of?
Ans: Aniseed
Q. What country is the home of the Ashanti people?
Ans: Ghana
Q. 12 is the atomic number of which metal?
Ans: Magnesium. Collected Quiz
Q. What was Beethoven’s only opera?
Ans: Fidelio
Q. In which of Aristophanes plays do the women refuse sex?
Ans: Lysistrata
Q. Which Australian writer won the Nobel Prize in 1973?
Ans: Patrick White
Q. What is a hypocaust?
Ans: Roman Heating System
Q. What 18th-century German soldier told very tall tales of himself?
Ans: Baron Munchhausen
Q. Which country imports the most champagne?
Ans: Great Britain. Collected Quiz
Q. Thomas Keneally wrote which book (Oscar-winning film)?
Ans: ‘Schindler’s Ark’
Q. What is the name of the metal discs set in a tambourine’s rim?
Ans: Jingles
Q. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Liszt, Ravel what in common?
Ans: Bachelors
Q. What were China 14, Raduga 14 ,Himwari 3,?
Ans: Orbiting satellites
Q. What food item in French literally means ‘twice-cooked’?
Ans: Biscuit. Collected Quiz
Q. What religion’s sacred writings are collected in the Tripitaka?
Ans: Buddhism
Q. Herodotus the Greek is known as the father of what?
Ans: History
Q. We have used the Latin phrase ‘ad hoc’ – what literally mean?
Ans: Arranged for a special purpose
Q. Which dancer died in 1927 strangled by scarf on a car wheel?
Ans: Isadora Duncan
Q. What do astronomers call the red sky before sunrise?
Ans: Aurora
Q. A beast of prey sometimes called a glutton – what is it?
Ans: Wolverine
Q. What is the correct name for food permitted under Moslem laws?
Ans: Hal-al. Collected Quiz
Q.What country is known to its inhabitants as Suomen Tasavalta?
Ans: Finland
Q. What French blue cheese (similar to stilton) is made of ewe’s milk?
Ans: Roquefort
Q. Segmental, Primitive, Doucine, Elliptical are types of what?
Ans: Arch (in construction)
Q. What animals make up the Suidae family?
Ans: Pigs
Q. Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories?
Ans: ‘Uncle Remus’. Collected Quiz
Q. We have heard of the Renaissance – what does it literally mean?
Ans: Rebirth
Q. What do we call what the Japanese call ‘Oshugatsu’?
Ans: New Year. Collected Quiz
Q. ‘Tete-beche’ is a familiar term in which hobby?
Ans: Stamp Collecting
Q. Good King Wenceslas was the King of which country?
Ans: Bohemia (Germany)
Q. Sir Jack Cohen founded what?
Ans: Tescos (supermarkets)
Q. What does Rabbi literally mean?
Ans: My Master. Collected Quiz
Q. What port lies at the mouth of the Swan River?
Ans: Freemantle (Perth)
Q. Who starred in the film Sixth Sense?
Ans: Bruce Willis
Q. KLM is the national airline of which country?
Ans: Holland. Collected Quiz
Q. Name the most famous English artist who painted mostly horses?
Ans: George Stubbs
Q. Who were Curier Ellis and Acton Bell?
Ans: Bronte sisters (pen names)
Q. What is the official title of the ambassador of the Pope?
Ans: Nuncio
Q. Chaconne, Rigadoon, Passepied are all types of what?
Ans: Old style dances
Q. What British birds lay only one egg during the nesting season?
Ans: Fulmar or Guillemot
Q. If an Italian was having Pranzo what would they be having?
Ans: Lunch
Q. What currency consists of 100 Groschen?
Ans: Austrian Schilling. Collected Quiz
Q. In Greek mythology who created man?
Ans: The demigod Prometheus. 0 0 0.
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