Quiz Treasury
Quiz Treasury
Quiz Treasury
Q. How – two thieves convicted 1984 executed in Sudan in August 1990?
Ans: Crucified
Q. What is Samsoe a type of?
Ans: Cheese
Q. A fylfot is a heraldic name for what symbol?
Ans: Swastika
Q. In what country is the language Fanti spoken?
Ans: Ghana. Quiz Treasury
Q. What flower’s name translated from the Greek as Water Vessel?
Ans: Hydrangea
Q. Which of Henry the Eight’s wives was the widow of an elder brother?
Ans: Catherine of Aragon
Q. The Boys from Syracuse is based on what Shakespearean play?
Ans: The Comedy of Errors
Q. Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of what?
Ans: The Sky
Q. The larva of the click beetle is called what?
Ans: Wireworm
Q. What is the name of the largest moon of Jupiter?
Ans: Ganymede
Q. The Mason-Dixon line separates Pennsylvania and what state?
Ans: Maryland. Quiz Treasury
Q. The kinkajou belongs to what family of animals?
Ans: Raccoon
Q. What is the Hindu Kush?
Ans: Mountain Range
Q. Caligari is the capital of what island?
Ans: Sardinia
Q. Grunge music originated in which American city?
Ans: Seattle. Quiz Treasury
Q. The word bungalow comes from which language?
Ans: Hindi
Q. In what country are the Drakensberg Mountains?
Ans: South Africa
Q. Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter?
Ans: Thomas Harris
Q. Venice stands on what river?
Ans: The Arno
Q. What country launched its first space rocket in January 1961?
Ans: Italy. Quiz Treasury
Q. What have Jan Zajic and Quang Duc got in common?
Ans: Self Immolation
Q. What was banned from New York schools in 1962?
Ans: Reading of Prayers
Q. Who won the Tour de France 4 times from 1961 to 1964?
Ans: Jacques Anquetil
Q. What new domestic device was launched by Hoover in 1963?
Ans: Steam Iron. Quiz Treasury
Q. What was the Soviet Vostok 3 space flight the first to do?
Ans: Send back TV pictures
Q. What was the first country to leave the United Nations?
Ans: Indonesia
Q. What car company made the first glass fibre racing car?
Ans: Lotus
Q. Who wrote the novel, ‘Love Story’?
Ans: Erich Segal
Q. What job did Agatha Christie’s husband do?
Ans: Archaeologist
Q. Britain, Ireland and what country joined the EEC simultaneously?
Ans: Denmark
Q. In Australian slang what kind of food is a mystery bag?
Ans: Sausage. Quiz Treasury
Q. Who recorded the Album in ‘Through the Out Door’?
Ans: Led Zeppelin
Q. Jan 21, 1976 what linked Bahrain and Rio de Janeiro?
Ans: 1st Concord passenger destinations
Q. In the 60s a Yellow Golliwog worn by a girl symbolized what?
Ans: Pride of non-virginity
Q. What kind of creature was Sam on the Muppet Show?
Ans: Eagle
Q. Who had a hit with Tiger Feet?
Ans: Mud
Q. Patty Hearst was kidnapped (later joined) which organization?
Ans: Symbionese Liberation Army
Q. The Murrayfield Racers play which sport?
Ans: Ice Hockey. Quiz Treasury
Q. Quakers Natural, Prewetts Honey, California Revival – types of what?
Ans: Museli
Q. What was Paul McCartney’s first solo album called?
Ans: McCartney
Q. What company pioneered floppy discs?
Ans: IBM. Quiz Treasury
Q. What were Tricity Triumph, Kelvinator, Lec De Lux?
Ans: Refrigerators
Q. Where in Australia were British satellites launched in the early 1970s?
Ans: Woomera
Q. What was Clint Eastwood’s first film as a director?
Ans: Play Misty for Me
Q. Who wrote the Science Fiction novel Slaughterhouse-Five?
Ans: Kurt Vonnegut
Q. Who wrote the novel ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’?
Ans: John Fowles
Q. Whose cat was sold for $153000 in an Arizona auction?
Ans: Adolf Hitler’s. Quiz Treasury
Q. Who wrote the play, Amadeus?
Ans: Peter Shaffer
Q. Jeff Lynne – Roy Wood – Bev Bevan – what pop group?
Ans: Electric Light Orchestra
Q. Mstislav Rostropovich was a maestro on what instrument?
Ans: Cello
Q. Margarita Carmen Casino became famous as who?
Ans: Rita Heyworth
Q. What job does the Gaffer do in the film industry?
Ans: Chief Electrician. Quiz Treasury
Q. What Shakespeare’s play was the basis of ‘The Forbidden Planet’?
Ans: The Tempest
Q. Frederick Austerlitz became famous as who?
Ans: Fred Astair
Q. In which EEC country is abortion still illegal?
Ans: Ireland
Q. What heavyweight boxer was nicknamed The Cinderella Man?
Ans: James J Braddock
Q. What is absinthe traditionally flavoured with?
Ans: Wormwood
Q. In 1829 Cyrill Damien invented which musical instrument?
Ans: Accordion
Q. At the battle of Actium who beat Mark Anthony and Cleopatra?
Ans: Octavian . Quiz Treasury
Q. What links Ada – Lisp – Algol Program?
Ans: Languages
Q. How did Joy Friedericke Victoria Adamson die in 1985?
Ans: Murdered in Kenya
Q. What city stands on the river Torrens?
Ans: Adelaide (Australia)
Q. In Hindu mythology, Agni is the god of what?
Ans: Fire
Q. To the ancient Greeks what was an Agora?
Ans: Public meeting place /market
Q. Tomika and Uyeshiba are the two main forms of what?
Ans: Aikido
Q. Where was Napoleon born?
Ans: Ajaccio (Corsican capital)
Q. Which Greek astronomer wrote the ‘Almagest’?
Ans: Ptolemy. Quiz Treasury
Q. The Queen has what music with her breakfast?
Ans: Bagpipes (Started by Victoria)
Q. Baile Atha Cliath – Official name of what capital city?
Ans: Dublin
Q. In the wild what animal pollinates banana plants?
Ans: Bats
Q. What colour is the Black Box carried in aircraft?
Ans: Orange
Q. Taidje Khan became famous under which name?
Ans: Yul Brynner
Q. Autolycus – accomplished invisible thief Greek myth whose son?
Ans: Hermes. Quiz Treasury
Q. Joe Yule became famous as who?
Ans: Mickey Rooney
Q. Who wrote the children’s classic Ann of Green Gables?
Ans: L M Montgomery
Q. Gaur, Gayal, Banteng and Kouprey are types of what?
Ans: Wild Cattle
Q. What is the literal meaning of the ‘Cenotaph’?
Ans: Empty Tomb
Q. Semiology is the study of what?
Ans: Signals
Q. What county has its map on its flag?
Ans: Cyprus
Q. What X rated movie won an Oscar?
Ans: Midnight Cowboy
Q. Lucknow is a city in India – and what another country?
Ans: Canada. Quiz Treasury
Q. What invention was nicknamed the ‘Noisy Serpent in 1902’?
Ans: Vacuum Cleaner
Q. What product was introduced as a cure for urinary problems?
Ans: Pepsi
Q. In what city was Audry Hepburn born?
Ans: Brussels
Q. In what country was the world’s first wildlife sanctuary set up?
Ans: Sri Lanka 3rd cent B. C.
Q. What word could Ernie Bilko not say without stuttering?
Ans: Million
Q. What country has a regiment of bicycle-mounted soldiers?
Ans: Switzerland
Q. Who (Shakespeare’s character) says “Blow winds and crack your cheeks”?
Ans: King Lear. Quiz Treasury
Q. Amaxophobia is the fear of what?
Ans: Riding in a vehicle
Q. The Bovespa is the stock exchange in which country?
Ans: Brazil
Q. Who wrote the satire ‘Candide’ published in 1759?
Ans: Voltaire
Q. Whose ghost appears in Shakespeare’s play, ‘Julius Caesar’?
Ans: Caesar’s Ghost
Q. In which play and film does Jean Valjean appear?
Ans: L’e Miserables’.
Q. What being can sleep 3 years but only mates once – 12 hours?
Ans: Snails. Quiz Treasury
Q. Louis the XVI of France only had twice (recorded) what in his lifetime?
Ans: Baths
Q. Only 6 people died in what historic event?
Ans: Fire of London, 1666
Q. How did Emperor Claudius die?
Ans: Choked on a Feather
Q. Average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what?
Ans: Carrots
Q. Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have done what?
Ans: Born in a Hospital
Q. Who won an Oscar posthumously?
Ans: Peter Finch ( for Network)
Q. Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors?
Ans: Charlie Chaplain
Q. Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what?
Ans: Pig Kissing. Quiz Treasury
Q. In California, you can’t legally buy a mousetrap without what?
Ans: Hunting License
Q. What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to enlarge them?
Ans: Crocodile shit
Q. Which animal has legs but can’t walk?
Ans: Hummingbird
Q. Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal containers?
Ans: His Urine
Q. Which classical poet said ‘Amor Vincit Omnia’ (Love conquers all)?
Ans: Virgil
Q. If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it?
Ans: Dog. Quiz Treasury
Q. What country invented Phonecards?
Ans: Italy
Q. What was invented in Rome 63 b.c. by Marcus Tiro?
Ans: Shorthand and the ‘&’ sign
Q. What is the literal Greek translation of ‘Sarcophagus’?
Ans: Flesh Eater
Q. French artist Aquabouse paints cows on what material?
Ans: Cow shit
Q. An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla – a record called?
Ans: Humping (meaning Enjoyable Gathering)
Q. In 1987 the Jockey Club disqualified a horse that had eaten what?
Ans:: Mars Bar. Quiz Treasury
Q. James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to play who?
Ans: Tarzan
Q. What said: I’m never through with a girl till I’ve had her three ways?
Ans: John F Kennedy
Q.What play is set in Venice and Cyprus?
Ans: Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’
Q. In 1797 3 pence could buy you a good (second hand) what?
Ans: Wife
Q. What Saint said – ‘Lord, grant me Chastity – but not yet’?
Ans: St. Augustine
Q. Roller coasters originated in what country?
Ans: Russia
Q. We’ve heard the phrase ‘I don’t give a toss’ – but ‘Toss’ Greek for what?
Ans: Bear
Q. What meat outsells mutton and lamb combined in Sweden?
Ans: Horsemeat. Quiz Treasury
Q. An American in Maine got a divorce because wife fed him only what?
Ans: Pea Soup
Q. How did Pope Hadrian IV die?
Ans: Choked on a fly
Q. St. Fiacre is the Patron Saint of what?
Ans: Piles
Q. Who said in 1951 – I married beneath me – All women do?
Ans: Lady Nancy Astor
Q. Until 1819 technically you could be hung for what in Britain?
Ans: Cutting down a tree
Q. What’s still legal in Paraguay if the participants are blood donors?
Ans: Duelling
Q. Tsar Paul-I decreed death by flogging to anyone if he mentioned what?
Ans: His Baldness
Q. What actress said, “I dress for women – Undress for men”?
Ans: Angie Dickinson. Quiz Treasury
Q. In what city 1985 was the world’s first computer museum opened?
Ans: Boston
Q. What element’s name comes from the Greek for light bearing?
Ans: Phosphorous
Q. ‘Skeleton’ is derived from Greek – what is its literal translation?
Ans: Dried up
Q. Edward Hunter USA Journalist invented what term?
Ans: Korean War Brainwashing
Q. A man has first at 18 then every day spent 106 days by 60 what?
Ans: Shaving
Q. What links Da Vinci, Picasso, Charlie Chaplain, Ben Franklin?
Ans: Left-Handed
Q. Flies and humans can both get which condition?
Ans: Athletes Foot
Q. We call them ‘Turkeys’ what do the Turks call them?
Ans: American Birds
Q. What country has the world’s most vending machines per capita?
Ans: Japan. Quiz Treasury
Q. Who said – “A woman only a woman – the good cigar is a smoke”?
Ans: Rudyard Kipling
Q. Hans Steininger had the world’s longest what – that killed him?
Ans: Beard (Tripped over it downstairs)
Q. What animal has a forked penis?
Ans: Possum
Q. What did the word ‘bald’ originally mean?
Ans: Clean or White
Q. What colour is a Grasshopper’s blood?
Ans: White
Q. The average male loses an lb (weight ) of what in 10 years?
Ans: Beard
Q. 39% of women admit doing this to their boyfriend?
Ans: Throwing a shoe at him
Q. In Saudi Arabia by law women may not become what?
Ans: A Doctor
Q. What country eats the most cereal per capita?
Ans: Turkey. Quiz Treasury
Q. Most blue-eyed cats are what?
Ans: Deaf
Q. There is one what for every 6 people in Canada?
Ans: River
Q. Ancient Egyptians worshipped what food item?
Ans: Cabbage
Q. What was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool?
Ans: Titanic. Quiz Treasury
Q. The word for ‘soda’ in Japanese when translated means what?
Ans: Poisoned Water
Q. In California, it is illegal to eat what while bathing?
Ans: Oranges
Q. What is unusual about a Racoon’s penis?
Ans: Contains a bone
Q. Eskimo culture encourages male visitors to do what?
Ans: Sleep with the host’s wife
Q. What is South Carolina’s official state dance?
Ans: The Shag
Q. Who was the first US to have indoor plumbing installed?
Ans: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Q. Who is the Patron Saint of bricklayers?
Ans: St. Steven
Q. Saudi Arabian law women get a divorce if their husbands don’t give them what?
Ans: Coffee. Quiz Treasury
Q. The back of what item is called a gore?
Ans: A Sock
Q. What is Homer Simpson’s middle name?
Ans: Jay
Q. In 1000 b. c. Israelites paid their taxes in what?
Ans: Raisins
Q. In 1999, 470 Chinese were injured by what?
Ans: Exploding beer bottles
Q. The word ‘Calendar’ comes from Latin and means what?
Ans: To Call Out
Q. In Alberta, it’s illegal to play craps if you are using what?
Ans: Dice. Quiz Treasury
Q. What did Pope John XXI use as effective eyewash?
Ans: Babies Urine
Q. Siddhartha (Gautama) became better known as who?
Ans: Buddha
Q. In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what?
Ans: Their Dolls (show they were grown up)
Q. Caer-Lud was the former name of what capital city?
Ans: London. Quiz Treasury
Q. 4% of women never do what according to the survey?
Ans: Wear Underwear
Q. In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what?
Ans: No luck at all
Q. Who founded Methodism in 1738?
Ans: John Wesley
Q. What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids?
Ans: Beer ( lots of beer)
Q. Where was Ice Cream invented?
Ans: China
Q. Brittany Spears – what is her favourite drink?
Ans: Sprite. Quiz Treasury
Q. International direct dialling codes what country has 353?
Ans: Republic of Ireland
Q. 30% of people quit this job in the USA each year – what job?
Ans: School Bus Driver
Q. What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show?
Ans: Duck Tales
Q. You could be executed for drinking what in ancient Turkey?
Ans: Coffee
Q. Where did the ancient Egyptians paint pictures of their enemies?
Ans: Foot of Sandals. Quiz Treasury
Q. What is found in one-third of American homes?
Ans: Scrabble
Q. The name ‘Jesse’ means what in Hebrew?
Ans: Wealth
Q. In what country was the ‘longbow’ invented?
Ans: Wales
Q. What is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the USA?
Ans: Herpes
Q. Who was the Angel in Milton’s Paradise Lost?
Ans: Beelzebub. Quiz Treasury
Q. 300000 American teenagers get what every year?
Ans: Venereal disease
Q. Francesco Seraglio invented what in Australia in the early 1960s?
Ans: The Woolmark logo
Q. What was Socrates wife’s name?
Ans: Xanthippe
Q. Ancient Roman brides wore a wedding dress – what colour?
Ans: Yellow
Q. 64% of American teenagers have what in their bedrooms?
Ans: Television
Q. Charles Stratton became famous as what circus act?
Ans: Tom Thumb. Quiz Treasury
Q. What is the most common sexual complaint of females over 50?
Ans: Vaginal Dryness
Q. The name ‘Calvin’ has what unfortunate Latin meaning?
Ans: Bald
Q. What author was first published by Bantam paperbacks?
Ans: Mark Twain (‘Life on the Mississippi’)
Q. In ancient India what was cut off adulterers?
Ans: Noses (and they tried to hide it)
Q. In British, Columbia it is illegal to kill what?
Ans: Sasquatch
Q. The Spear Leek was the original name of what food item?
Ans: Garlic. Quiz Treasury
Q. What was the name of the first Wings album?
Ans: Wild Life
Q. In a 1988 survey 12 million Americans don’t know what?
Ans: Washington DC was capital
Q. In 18th century England what would you do with whim-wham?
Ans: Eat it (Cream sponge)
Q. The FIC govern what sport?
Ans: Canoeing
Q. In England what is the most popular boy’s name of the 90s?
Ans: Daniel
Q. International car registration letters of what country is I S?
Ans: Iceland
Q. The star constellation ‘Ara’ has what English name?
Ans: The Alter
Q. Which Roman Emperor’s name means little boats?
Ans: Caligula. Quiz Treasury
Q. In England what can you not hang out of your window?
Ans: A Bed
Q. The constellation Norma has what English name?
Ans: Level
Q. ‘Chu’ is the Chinese year of what animal?
Ans: Boar
Q. Vor was the Norse Goddess of what?
Ans: Truth
Q. OB is the international aircraft registration letters of what country?
Ans: Peru. Quiz Treasury
Q. What was the last sequel to win the best picture award?
Ans: Silence of the Lambs to Manhunter
Q. How did Stonewall Jackson die?
Ans: Shot by own troops – by mistake
Q. What are The Chiuhauhan Nubian and Alaskan?
Ans: Deserts
Q. International dialling codes of what country is 86?
Ans: China
Q. Alphabetically what is the first element in the periodic table?
Ans: Actinium. Quiz Treasury
Q. What order of insects contains the most species?
Ans: Beetles
Q. What famous battle was fought at Pancenoit?
Ans: Waterloo (four miles away)
Q. What colour is natural cheddar cheese?
Ans: White (it’s dyed red)
Q. Where was the first Pony Express set up?
Ans: Outer Mongolia
Q. Abraham Zapruder made the most scrutinized film of all time what?
Ans: Kennedy Assassination
Q. ‘Aesculus’ is the Latin name of what type of tree?
Ans: Horse Chestnut. Quiz Treasury
Q. Where were bagpipes invented?
Ans: Iran – then Persia
Q. Jorn Utzon of Denmark designed what landmark?
Ans: Sydney Opera House
Q. What is the most popular pizza topping in South Korea?
Ans: Tuna
Q. Which people used to settle legal disputes by headbutting?
Ans: Inuit (Eskimo)
Q. How does a male koala attract a mate?
Ans: Belching
Q. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was on what Queen album?
Ans: A Night at the Opera
Q. Bugs Bunny was a caricature of what actor?
Ans: Clark Gable. Quiz Treasury
Q. Spumador was whose horse?
Ans: King Arthur
Q. In what American state do most fail to graduate?
Ans: Georgia
Q. Names from Jobs – what in the Middle Ages did a walker do?
Ans: Clean cloth
Q. Alfred Butta invented what in 1941 – marketed 1948?
Ans: Scrabble
Q. Phobos and Deimos are moons of Mars – what do names mean?
Ans: Fear and Terror
Q. What colour is a giraffe’s tongue?
Ans: Black
Q. ‘Erica’ is the Latin name for what shrub?
Ans: Heather. Quiz Treasury
Q. What is the capital of Fiji?
Ans: Suva
Q. What is the name of Shakespeare’s first play?
Ans: Titus Andronicus
Q. ‘Regnat Populus’ (The people rule) motto of what US state?
Ans: Arkansas
Q. A Cow moos, a Cock crows-What does an Ape do?
Ans: Jibber
Q. The IHF govern what sport?
Ans: International Handball Federation
Q. The constellation Lacerta has what English name?
Ans: Lizard
Q. Collective nouns – An Army of what?
Ans: Frogs
Q. What US state has no motto?
Ans: Alaska. Quiz Treasury
Q. Babs Gorden is better known as what heroine?
Ans: Batgirl
Q. First Impressions was the original title of what classic novel?
Ans: ‘ Pride and Prejudice’.
Q. What country spends the most per capita in casinos?
Ans: Australia
Q. In India in 1994 who were finally allowed to vote?
Ans: Eunuchs
Q. John Wayne called what film “The most un-American thing ever”?
Ans: High Noon
Q. What country produces the most tobacco in the world?
Ans: China. Quiz Treasury
Q. Collective nouns – A Business of what?
Ans: Flies and Ferrets
Q. If you were eating ‘Olea Europea’ what would it be?
Ans: Olive
Q.Who is the Roman Goddess of flocks and herds?
Ans: Pales
Q. Where were the first winter Olympics held in 1924?
Ans: Chamonix, France
Q. David John Moore Cornwell became famous as who?
Ans: John Le Carre
Q. In what game might you use a flat stick called a kip?
Ans: Two Up. Quiz Treasury
Q. Collective nouns – A Husk of what?
Ans: Jackrabbits
Q. ‘Black and Blue play Red and Yellow’ at what game?
Ans: Croquet
Q. What rank was George Armstrong Custer when he was killed?
Ans: Lieutenant Colonel
Q. Old superstitions – it is bad luck to do what in the morning?
Ans: Sing
Q.Who said, “Bigamy is one husband too many like Monogamy”?
Ans: Erica Jong. Quiz Treasury
Q. What is the smallest species of penguin?
Ans: The Fairy Penguin
Q. In the original Wizard of Oz what colour were the slippers?
Ans: Silver
Q. The Beverley Hillbillies came from what Ozarks town?
Ans: Hooterville
Q. Collective nouns – A leap of what?
Ans: Leopards. 0 0 0.
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