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[Mars]
[dimples]
[Tokyo]
[seismograph]
6. Who was once known as the King of Soul, and now as the Godfather of Soul?
[James Brown]
[La La]
[Eldrick]
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Round 2
[stars]
[Grace Kelly]
[Gulf War]
4. Which 60s rock group recorded "Lighter Shade of Pale"?
[Procol Harum]
[weight lifting]
7. Which insect accurately indicates the air temperature: cricket, mosquito, or spider?
[cricket]
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Round 3
[12]
[Nepal]
[Canada]
[Type O]
5. The first television set was sold in which year: 1928, 1938, 1948?
[1928]
[Polynesia]
8. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous". Two are
tremendous and stupendous. Name the other two.
[horrendous or hazardous]
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Round 4
2. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is
[Blue Moon]
[electronic]
[Samuel Beckett]
5. What is the name given to the process of signaling with two flags?
[Semaphore]
[Swiss Franc]
[liquid assets]
8. Which country beginning with a 'T' has a shoreline on the Andaman Sea?
[Thailand]
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Round 5
[Jupiter]
[China]
[Phoenix]
4. Which US store chain is named after the first mate in Moby Dick?
[Starbuck's]
[False--none do.]
[John Lennon]
[gigabyte]
[trumpet]
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Round 6
1. Which Irish-American playwright wrote Moon for the Misbegotten, Long Day's
Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh ?
[Eugene O'Neil]
2. What is Triskadekaphobia?
[3]
6. Name the stock-market trader who sent Barings Bank into bankruptcy.
[Nick Leeson]
[collects coins]
[collects stamps]
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Round 7
[Mickey Rooney]
[Icarus]
[The Hague]
[Banquo]
[chlorophyll]
[Taiwan]
8. In terms of the amount of alcohol you get, which is the most expensive: whiskey,
beer, or wine?
[beer]
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Round 8
[Pretoria]
[Wellington]
[8]
[USA]
[Spain]
[stuffs animals]
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EXTRAS
[Ireland]
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Round 1
[Tinky Winky]
[atoll]
[terrorism]
[Tom Jones]
[1920s or 1930s]
[ostrich]
[John]
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Round 2
[James Watt]
2. In which year did Elvis die?
[1977]
[Morocco]
[Ferrari]
[nuclear plant]
6. Approximately how many weeks did it usually take the Famine ships to reach America
from Ireland?
[four or five]
[Baghdad]
[Tehran]
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Round 3
[proton]
[Greenland]
[Norma]
[18th, 1700s]
5. Who was the first man in space?
[Yuri Gagarin]
[heel]
[Mt. Vesuvius]
[Rupert Murdock]
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Round 4
3. Which Presley song has the same melody as an old Irish song?
[Love Me Tender]
[seven]
[gin]
[Zeus]
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[Kubrick]
3. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a leading role?
4. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a leading role?
5. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actor in a supporting role?
6. Who got the Oscar this year for best performance by an actress in a supporting role?
7. Which film got the Oscar this year for best picture?
[Shakespeare In Love ]
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Round 6
[Auto Racing]
[minister]
[Brezhnev]
5. Which former tennis star won the most Wimbledon women's' titles?
[El Salvador]
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Round 7
[Stephen Spielberg]
[US (notAustralia)]
[Henry VIII]
[five]
[shoes]
[Milan]
[Jane Austen]
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Round 8
[Steffie Graf]
[Andre Agasiz]
[Art Neuveau]
[Korea]
[1989]
[1961]
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Round 1
[three]
[Po]
[Mesolithic]
[Burgundy]
[True]
[taste wine]
[Belgrade]
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Round 2
[Chris Carter]
2. What is the name of the galaxy of which our sun is a member?
[Brazil]
[Raymond Burr]
[180]
[London]
[Sangria]
[Joseph]
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Round 3
[Ireland]
[Mark Knoffler]
[Fort Knox]
[nose]
[True]
7. The carpal bones are found in which part of the human body?
[wrist]
["Genetically Modified"]
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Round 4
[Mariah Carey]
[Audrie Hepburn]
[True]
[gin]
[1930]
7. Into which planet did a recent space probe crash because NASA mixed kilometers and
miles in their calculations?
[Mars]
[Gary Glitter]
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Round 5
1. Armani suits are from which city: Rome, New York, or Milan?
[Milan]
[Manchester United]
[Italian]
[Mexico City]
[Intel]
[microwaves]
[Tom Cruise]
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Round 6
2. Name one of the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?
[Q or Z]
[BeeGees]
[Ferrari]
7. True or False?: The Earth and the Moon are the same age.
[True]
8. From which star does the Moon get the most light?
[The Sun]
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Round 7
[cosmetics, or equivalent]
[1927]
[French]
6. Which story begins " all children except one grow up"?
[Peter Pan ]
[red]
[16]
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Round 8
1. Which dictator said, "In war it is not right that matters, but victory."?
[Hitler]
[Detroit]
[August]
[white]
[Frank McCourt]
[sneeze]
[adapt]
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Round 1
[Hawaii]
[15]
[Warren Beatty]
5. In which year was the first atom bomb dropped?
[1945]
[Holland]
[ski slope]
[Mongooses]
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Round 2
[standing]
[Floyd]
[cold soup]
[1941]
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Round 3
2. Is the normal number of bones in the adult human body 206 or 260?
[206]
[1938]
[Blue]
[1066]
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Round 4
[Eggplant]
[Sporran]
6. Which is the fastest land mammal?
[Cheetah]
["Time flies".]
8. What was the name of M's secretary in the James Bond films?
[Miss Moneypenny]
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Round 5
[Tuba]
[violin]
[Organ, Tambourine]
[violin]
[True]
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Round 6
[maps]
2. How many pairs of legs has the crab?
[five]
[French Toast]
[mammals]
[Tequila]
[13]
[d'Artagnan]
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Round 7
2. In which activity would one find the terms purl and plain ?
[knitting]
[water]
[Olympics]
[twenty four]
[set]
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Round 8
[Spain]
[A second passes.]
[four]
[Bill Bixby]
[porter]
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EXTRAS
Who were the composer and lyricist for the Sound of Music?
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Round 1
[sugar]
2. Which country has 60% of its citizens overweight?
{USA]
[philosopher]
[Greece]
[Plato]
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Round 2
[Jupiter]
[carbohydrates]
[Michael Jordan]
7. The Olympic Torch is carried from which mountain to the host stadium?
[Mount Olympus]
[Western]
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Round 3
[180]
[Zero, or equivalent]
[zero, or equivalent]
[The Antarctic]
[Albert Gore]
[True]
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Round 4
[Bushmills]
2. What is a Rhode Island Red?
[hen]
[Morgan Freedman]
{Kevin Spacey]
[David Schwimmer]
7. Name one of the two characters in Friends now doing TV ads for beauty products?
[spinach]
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Round 5
[cat]
[short-sightedness]
[Alps]
[100,000]
[seven]
["Happy Birthday"]
[Islamabad]
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Round 6
[curry]
2. What is gazpacho?
[puff pastry]
[peas]
[sleep]
[Oliver ]
[42]
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Round 7
[Charvet]
[gaggle]
[pneumonia]
[Tis ]
[Julia Roberts]
[88]
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Round 8
[Joseph Locke]
[Addams Family]
[Hawaii]
4. What does the Dell company make?
[computers]
[US]
6. What is the name of the new popgroup in which the oldest member
is 11 years old?
[Breeze]
7. True or False?: The Euro notes are all the same size regardless of denomination.
[False]
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Round 1
1. If you were born on the 24th of September, which star sign would you be?
[Libra]
{Derry]
[Phil Coulter]
[Manx]
[Paul Simon]
{Mr. Hyde]
8. With which activity is Carlos the Jackal associated?
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Round 2
[Marilyn Monroe]
[Fozzie]
[Anthony Edwards]
[antique dealer]
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Round 3
[Rubella]
[True]
6. According to some psychologists, what do men think about every nine minutes?
[sex]
[tail]
[Judy Garland]
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Round 4
[Jane Wyman]
[Charles Mitchell]
[John Cleese]
[the bee]
[New Orleans]
[India]
[clowder]
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Round 5
[R2D2 or C-3PO]
[July 14]
[the bat]
[Rainbow Warrior]
[Meath]
[Norway]
{waren Beatty]
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Round 6
[26]
[Galway]
[Bugs Bunny]
[cob]
{Copenhagen or Denmark]
{Loch Ness]
[Joseph]
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Round 7
[Ian Fleming]
[France]
[1986]
[vodka]
[flute]
7. In the nursery rhyme, with what did the dish run away?
[the spoon]
{saudi Arabia]
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Round 8
[poetry]
[Sean Moncrieff]
[Albert]
[painting, or surrealism]
6. In which year was the horse Shergar kidnapped: 1979, 1981, or 1983?
[1983]
[mint]
[fish]
EXTRAS
[yellow]
[rooks]
[topiary]
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What is the next line in the Xmas carol after 'O little town of Bethlehem'?
Where was the first movie shown on Dec. 28, 1895? [Paris]
What is the business term for assets which can be immediately turned into cash? [liquid
assets]
What piece of sport equipment has a head, face, heel, and toe? [golf iron]
[computer]
What is an assembly of Cardinal's called?
[conclave]
[environment, or equivalent]
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Round 2
Who was at the centre of the Barings Bank collapse? [Nick Leeson]
What is the term used for formally giving up the right to rule? [abdication]
Which European country has the largest representation in the European Parliament with
99 members? [Germany]
[femme fatale]
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Round 3
How soon did Romeo plan to marry Julliette after their first meeting?
[the next day]
Which novel tells the story of the duel between a Cuban fisherman and a large fish, a
marlin? [The Old Man and the Sea]
b) mankind
[barometric pressure]
On a weather map, an isohel [spell it] connects places having equal -----------?
[periods of sunshine]
What is the name of the fee paid to exchange one kind of money for another?
[agio]
The larkspur is better known by its Latin name to most gardeners. What is it?
[Delphinium]
What is the name given to a word that is a rearrangement of the letters of another
word?
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Round 4
[Icarus]
4. Ancient Egypt: What name is given to the rocky narrow gorge on the West Bank of
the Nile used as a cemetary by the Pharohs? [Valley of the Kings]
5. Which flamboyant American entertainer said after a negative review, "I cried all the
way to the bank"?
[Liberace]
7. Which desert, covering more than 1 million sq. kilometres, is part of Mongolia and
China?
[Gobi Desert]
[Whitney]
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Round 5
What is the legal term for willfully giving false evidence in court? [perjury]
'Clean & Jerk,' and 'Snatch' are terms used in which sport? [weight lifting]
What results from the chemical interaction of iron, oxygen, and water? [rust]
In the European Union, what does ' EMS ' stand for?
Who wrote, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."? [Thomas Gray]
Who said, "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support
of Paul."? [George Bernard Shaw]
Which town name means Church of the Sloes, or Church of the Plums? [Killarney] (P.W.
Joyce, Irish Local Place Names Explained, p. 56.)
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Round 6
['fa']
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995? [Seamus Heaney]
["Bill W."]
Which Hollywood star was not allowed to use his real name "Michael Douglas" because
the Screen Actor's Guild allows only one of each name, and there was already a "Michael
Douglas?" [Michael Keaton]
By what screen name was actor Marion Michael Morrison known as? [John Wayne]
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Round 7
What does the Latin above the MGM logo (Ars Gratia Arts), mean?
In the movie "2001: A Space Odysey, what was the computer's name?
Some centesimal years, i.e., those ending in 00, are leap years.
(3 of every 4 centesimal years (ending in 00) are common years, not leap years.
But because a common year is one day PLUS 11hrs longer, every fourth centesimal year
is made a leap year. 1600 was a leap year; 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not, but 2000 will
be." [Source: World Almanac])
Who shared the "1968 Best Actress" Oscar with Barbara Striesand?
Where would one find the world's largest gypsum quarry? [Nova Scotia]
Which American city, Detroit, New York, or Chicago, was described by Hunter S
Thompson as "This vicious stinking zoo; this mean-grinning, mace-smelling boneyard of a
city; an elegant rockpile of a monument to everything cruel and stupid in the human
spirit"? [Chicago]
What was the name of the "Bond Girl" played by Ursula Andress in Dr No?
[Honey Rider]
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Round 8
If you suffer from pogonophobia, of what would you have a fear? [beards]
Name one of the countries bordering Angola. [either Zaire, Zambia, or Namibia]
(It's the world's third largest island, home to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunai.)
The majority of the land area of Africa lies in which hemishpere? [Northern]
the U.S.)
Which countries make up the United Kingdom? [Great Britain and Northern Ireland]
True or False: rocky soils are good for growing grapes for wine because they tend to be
less fertile? [TRUE]
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1. TRUE or FALSE: computers double in speed and memory size every 18 months?
[TRUE]
2. What term originated with the Norse practise of consuming large quantities of Mead,
(which is made with honey) during the first month of a marriage? [Honeymoon]
3. When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called? [Blue
Moon]
6. TRUE or FALSE: The four largest planets in our Solar System all have rings around
them? [TRUE]
7. What is made with fermenting yeast and held in tanks for 2 months at 40 degrees?
[Lager or Beer]
[False]
9. Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the
mix to find the right temperature for adding yeast. Too cold, and the yeast wouldn't
grow. Too hot, and the yeast would die. Which well-known term grew out of this?
[THE RULE OF THUMB] [Source: Hog's Head Beer Cellar Newsletter- 10/97]
10. Months which begin on a Sunday will always have what? [A Friday the 13th]
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Round 2
1. TRUE or FALSE: Dalmatian dogs are born pure white with no spots?
[TRUE] They don't start getting spots until they are three or four days old.
2. How long did it take the 3 Wise Men from the East to reach the
3. In the carol 'Twelve Days of Christmas,' what is the total number of gifts that 'my
TRUE love gave to me' ? [364]
4. On which day of the week are people statistically more likely to suffer back injuries
or a heart attack? [Monday]
5. Does an average man sweat 2 1/2 quarts, 2 1/2 pints, or 2 1/2 ounces every day?
[2 1/2 quarts]
6. In which city: Bombay, Boston, Los Angeles, or Paris do workers get the highest
average number of paid holidays? [Bombay!]
7. TRUE or FALSE: On average, a man will speak 7000 words over the course of a day
while a woman will only speak 2000 words. [FALSE. It's the reverse.]
8. Does a woman or a man hold the record for the longest time in space? [woman]
During her record 188 day stay in the Mir Space Station, NASA astronaut Shannon
Lucid covered 75 million miles circling the Earth 3,008 times, aloft longer than any US
astronaut. [Source: NASA]
9. Does the average human heart beat 10,000 times each day, or 100,000 times a day?
[100,000]
10 By using plastic drink containers instead of glass, do airliners save an average per-
flight cost of $20,000 or $2,000 on fuel costs? [$20,000]
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Round 3
1. There are only two independent nations in Europe that are smaller than Central Park in
New York City. One is Monaco. Name the other. [Vatican City]
2. TRUE or FALSE: The decimal number system was invented by the ancient Greeks?
The McDonalds in Beijing is 28,000 square feet, 2 stories high, and seats 700 and
employs 1,000. The Moscow McDonald's also seats 700. [Source: McDonalds, Inc.]
5. Complete this quote by George Bernard Shaw: "Youth is wasted on the ..."
[young]
7. Which uses more energy: shaving with a hand razor or with an electric razor?
[hand razor] because of the water wasted and the electricity used by the water pump.
9. What is the person called who is taken on board a ship in order to guide it in and out
of port? [pilot]
10 What is the name of the milky fluid produced by rubber trees? [latex]
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Round 4
1. Which two countries occupy the Scandinavian Peninsula? [Norway & Sweden]
[Helen of Troy]
3. What is the name of the aire used in the song Danny Boy? [Londonderry Aire]
4. How do leprechauns earn a living? [cobblers, shoemakers]
5. Which ancient title for Japanese rulers is also the title of a Gilbert & Sullivan
operetta? [Mikado]
6. What is the name of the process of breaking down of chemical compounds by electric
current? [electrolysis]
7. What is the lowest denomination postage stamp you can buy an An Post? [ 1p ]
8. What is the highest denomination postage stamp you can buy an An Post? [ £ 5 ]
9. What was the name of the Titan who was the father of Zeus? [Chronos]
[Emperor]
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Round 5
1. In which decade did Mrs. Ghandi become leader of India, Yasser Arrafat become
leader of the PLO, and Col. Kaddaffi become leader of Lybia? [1960s]
2. Which Irish American playwright wrote Moon for the Misbegotten, Long Day's
Journey Into Night and The Iceman Cometh ? [Eugene O'Neil]
3. When one is very afraid, one can be said to be petrified; but what literally does the
word petrified mean? [turned to stone]
4. In computer terminology, what does the letters DOS stand for? [Disk Operating
System]
5. In which city in 1945 was the United Nations Charter produced? [San Francisco]
6. Which famous sci-fi movie was based on the short story The Sentinel? [2001]
9. Music: What is the name of the stringed instrument named for the Greek god of the
10 Which Latin phrase, ofter used in law, means 'way of working'? [modus operandi]
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Round 6
1. Who said, "England and America are two countries divided by a common language."
[George Bernard Shaw]
2. Name one of the two people recently involved in the first digital signing of an
international document. [Ahern or Clinton] Sept. 4th, 1998 at Gateway plant in Dublin.
6. In which decade did the Olympic Games take place in Los Angeles, Moscow, and
Seoul? [80s]
8. The area of which ocean exceeds the whole of the land area of the globe? [Pacific]
9. Which poet wrote the famous line, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."?
[Alexander Pope]
10. What term describes the path of one celestial body around another? [orbit]
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Round 7
1. In which area of the arts is the firm Boosey & Hawkes associated? [music]
2. Harrison Ford starred in three Indiana Jones movies. The first was Raiders of the
Lost Ark. What was the second?
4. By multiplying a number by nine, dividing by 5, and adding 32, what conversion have
you achieved?
6. In which decade was Juan Peron overthrown in Argentina, did Stalin die, and
7. What is the minimum number of faces which a pyramid can have? [4]
10. With which field are the names Pestilozzi amd Montesorri associated?
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Round 8
2. What is the only substance on Earth that is naturally present in solid, liquid and gas
form? [water]
3. Which vitamin can be formed in the skin by the action of sunlight? [D]
6. Complete the expression, "A fool and his money are ..."
[soon parted]
9. In the board game Monopoly, there are three ways to get out of jail. One is to throw
a double with the dice; another is to use a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card. What is the third
way ? [Pay a fine]
10. The word disciple means something other than follower. What is its proper meaning?
[pupil, learner, student, apprentice, scholar]
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Round 1
1. In which country was ice cream invented: England, America, or China?
[China] Ice Cream was invented in China in about 200 B.C., when a soft milk & rice
mixture was further solidified by packing it in snow.
4. If you drink a pint of lager, or a standard shot of whiskey (35.5ml), or a standard 6oz
glass of wine, from which would you get the most alcohol?
[pint of lager]
5. On the Richter scale, how many times more powerful is a 6.0 earthquake than a 5.0?
Is it twice as powerful, ten times more powerful, or 32 times more powerful?
[32]
Charles Darrow invented the game in 1932 during the Great Depression when he was out
of work. [Source: Trivia Book]
8. True or False: The Biro Pen was invented by George and Lazlo Biro?
[True]
[Leonardo DaVinci]
[MCMXCIX]
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Round 2
1. In 1965, who got the Grammy for Best Vocal Group: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones,
the Supremes, or the Anita Kerr Quartet? [Anita Kerr Quartet!]
2. TRUE OR FALSE: Sugar is not fattening?
[FALSE] Not only is sugar high in calories, it is also fat supporting. The minute you begin
to eat sugar, the body will stop burning fat and start to burn the sugar instead.
[Source: www.lowfat4life.com]
3. Who wrote the song "Stairway to Heaven"? [Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, or Led
Zepplin]
4. Computer history question: The User-Grafic Interface uses a mouse to point and click
instead of typing in commands. Was it invented by Apple, Microsoft, or IBM? [Apple]
6. True or False: According to physicists, the fastest moving thing in the universe
7. In the US, which is increasing faster, murder in the street or in the workplace?
[workplace]
The increase in mass murders in offices in the last 10 years is over 200,000 percent.
8. Approximately what percentage of the people in the world have a telephone: 50% or
75% [50%]
10. Which American singer's album was on the Billboard Charts for longer than any other
album in history? [Johnny Mathis] His Greatest Hits album spent 490 consecutive weeks
on Billboard’s Pop Album chart. That's almost 9 ½ years. [Source: The Music Of Johnny
Mathis: A Personal Collection]
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Round 3
1. Which famous rock group got their name from by taking the first letter from each of
their first names [ABBA: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-frid.)
2. Who was injured in the world's first airplane accident? [Orville Wright] His
passenger was killed, by the way.
3. True or False: According to the official rules of Tic-Tac-Toe, the letter O is actually
supposed to go first? [False. X must be first.]
4. According to scientists, which came first, the chicken or the egg. [egg]
They say that the first chicken came from an egg laid by a bird that was not quite a
chicken.
5. True or False: The largest pyramid in the world is in Egypt. [False] It is located near
Mexico City and covers more than forty acres. The largest Egyptian Pyramid, The Great
Pyramid at Giza, covers about 13 acres.
6. The letters YKK appear on the clothes of nearly everyone in this room wearing Levis,
jeans, or dungarees, or whatever you call them. Where does that 'YKK' appear?
[the zipper] The YKK stands for the Japanese companyYoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha,
the worlds largest zipper manufacturer.
7. Pluto is our Solar System's smallest planet. Which is the next smallest planet?
[Mercury]
9. Which city in the world has the most people? [Mexico City] [Source: World Almanac]
10. At the present time, the planet Pluto has crossed inside the orbit of the planet next
closest to the sun. Which planet is that? [Neptune] [Source: SJI Sky and Space]
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Round 4
2. TRUE or FALSE: The first people came to Ireland in approx. 2000BC. [FALSE. It's
8000BC]
3. TRUE or FALSE: Mother Theresa was the most photographed woman in the world?
[FALSE] Princess Diana was.
6. In which region of the world is the largest body of fresh water AND the
10 Which city has the largest area: New York City, Los Angeles, or Jacksonville
Florida? [Jacksonville]
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Round 5
1. True or False: The fourth largest Navy in the world is in Disneyland. [TRUE]
2. True or False: The Nobel Prize for Peace is not awarded every year. [True]
3. Which country lost the most soldiers in World War II? [The Soviet Union]
5. True or False: The ovens used in Hitler's 'final solution' during World War II were
manufactured by Mercedes Benz.
6. The movie All About Eve got 14 Oscar Nominations. Which is the only other movie
ever to do so? [Titanic]
9. Which Internet website currrently holds the record for the most people viewing it?
[World Cup '98]
10. Gerontology is the study of what? [old age, elderly, the aged, etc.]
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Round 6
5. Music. What are Kochel (pr, "ker-kull) numbers? [numbers that catalog the works of
Mozart]
9. In geometry and navigation, how many minutes are there in one degree? [60]
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Round 7
2. In George Orwell's 1984, what was the official language of Oceania? [Newspeak]
3. Five of the 6 Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden. Which one is awarded in Norway?
[Nobel Peace Prize]
10. In business and commerce, what term refers to the illegal practice of selling shares
while in possession of priviledged information? [insider trading, insider dealing]
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Round 8
1. In English grammar, which part of speech are the words 'a' and 'an'?
[indefinite article]
6. What was the name of Scrooge's good-natured clerk in "A Christmas Carol"?
[Bob Cratchet]
10. In which year did the Great Wall Street Crash occur? [1929]
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Extra Questions
Palpation is the act of examining something by what means? [touch, hands, fingers,
Which Irish city's name is derived from the Irish word for marsh? [Cork]
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Round 1
[crocodile, alligator]
[earthquakes]
4. How many of his five stones did David use to slay Goliath?
[one]
5. Fill in the missing word from the famous quote, "There are lies, damned lies,
[NO]
8. Rodgers's first name was Richard. What was Hammerstein's first name?
[Oscar]
9. Who was the last British monarch to be divorced while still on the throne?
[Henry 8th]
[Jim Carrey]
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Round 2
1. Name the two metals that have the chemical symbols Ag and Au ?
[Cleopatra]
4. What is the main ingredient and flavor of marzipan : onion, almond, or tomato?
[almond]
or not to be..."
[soliloqy (pr. "sole-lillo-qwee")]
6. Which Italian city, Rome, Venice, or Milan is best known for men's fashion?
[Milan]
[Charles Darwin]
9. Which Old Testament book tells the story of a good man who loses
his money, his health, his family, but not his belief in God?
long-running musical?
[Cats ]
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Round 3
[YES]
2. Which American Vice-President said, "I Was recently on a tour of Latin America, and
the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse
with those people."
[Dan Quayle]
[ex officio ]
[Six]
[Ira Gershwin]
[one tenth]
[YES]
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Round 4
[Northern Ireland]
[Insects]
[Louis Armstrong]
8. What was the "Underground Railway" in the US during the 19th Century?
[Dallas, Texas]
[Austrian]
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Round 5
1. According to Forbes Magazine , who is presently the richest man in the world?
[Bill Gates]
[Ardfert]
[Cork]
[Telephone.]
5. NEWS QUESTION: A prominent US politician, who led the forces against Clinton,
recently resigned. What is his name?
[Knewt Gingrich]
[Champs Elysee]
7. "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta..." What comes next?
[Echo]
8. Which rock group wrote and first recorded the song Nights in White Satin ?
[Yoko Ono]
10. Was Ireland invaded by the Milesius [pr. "mill-ee-suss"] of Spain in circa
1,000 AD or BC ?
[1000 BC]
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Round 6
2. Two of the last three American presidents claim Irish heritage. Name both.
[Reagan, Clinton]
3. In weather folklore, does the expression, "red sky at dawn" mean impending
[bad]
4. In commerce & industry, what does the term 'R & D' stand for?
[MM]
[Frank Sinatra]
7. In the song, "California Dreamin', "All the leaves are _____"
[brown]
8. What is the name of the order of mammal which is derived from the
[Marsupial]
10. The musical instrument Oillean Pipes derives its name from which
[elbow]
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Round 7
[taxi-ing]
[Jefferson]
[Rene Descartes]
4. Which Irish song begins with the words, "My young love said to me,
my mother won't mind, and my father won't slight you for your lack of kind..."
[YES]
6. Which Oscar-winning movie was about a pig who could speak and was
liked by sheep?
[Babe ]
[Aristotle]
8. Which American actress has written a book about channeling to her past lives?
[Shirley MacLean]
[Karen Carpenter]
10. Who wrote the book Mein Kamph [pr. "Mine Komff"] ?
[Adolph Hitler]
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Round 8
1. MUSIC: Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music to which Boyzone song?
2. MUSIC AGAIN: In the song, what was the Wild Colonial Boy's name?
[Jack Doolin]
4. [Re previous question] Name the famous novelist who received a fatwa.
[Socrates]
6. COMPUTER YES or NO: The term 'software' refers to the disks one inserts into a
computer?
[NO. The disk is 'hardware' which contains 'software' programs.
7. The Samuel French Company publishes books related to which of the Arts?
[bread]
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Round 1
[four]
2. [Re 2] Name them and get 1 point for each correct answer!
[Volkswagon]
4. OPERA: The title of which Puccini aria means "none shall sleep"?
[Nessun Dorma]
[Luciano]
[IBM]
7. Which movie has made the most money in history? Hint: it's not yet Titanic.
[E.T.]
[Mensa]
[Yuri Gagarin]
[Rodham]
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Round 2
[Patsy Cline]
[Willy Nelson]
[rhetorical]
[Aristotle Onassis]
7. [Re 6] Which famous opera singer was the tycoon's girlfriend prior to his marriage?
[Maria Callas]
[mezzo ]
9. Which Biblical characters are the basis for the puppets Punch & Judy?
[Microsoft]
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Round 3
1. In the song "The 12 Days of Xmas", what did my true love send to me on the 9th day?
2. Irish History: From which county was the female pirate Grainne Mhaol (pr. "Grann-ya
Whale") ?
[Mayo]
3. Which of the Ten Commandments says, "Thou shalt honor thy father and mother"?
[Fifth]
[auto racing]
5. During the American Civil War, who was President of the Confederate States?
[Jefferson Davis]
6. Which Greek philosopher, the central character of Plato's Dialogues, was executed
because the authorities claimed he was corrupting the morals of the youth of Athens.
[Socrates]
7. Which company was responsible for Santa Claus being dressed in the colors
[Cosmology]
[Tripoli]
10. Which rock group wrote and first recorded Pres. Clinton's favorite song "Don't Stop
Thinkin' About Tomorrow" ?
[Fleetwood Mac]
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Round 4
[Poland]
[cheetah]
[15 million]
4. Business: This week, a new bank became the largest in the world.
5. Which country is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal?
[India]
[antonym]
7. Which singer is most famous for song that begins "Chestnuts roasting
on an open fire..."
[Nat King Cole]
9. SCIENCE: Which 16th Century astronomer first proposed the theory that the planets
go around the sun rather than the earth?
[Copernicus]
10. Which city had the world's largest population when Columbus sailed in 1492 ?
[Mexico City]
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Round 5
1. Last week, which American singer became the first ever to sell
[Garth Brooks]
3. Who wrote the poem beginning with the words "Because I could not stop for death..."
[Emily Dickinson]
4. Which rock group wrote and first recorded the song "California Dreamin' "?
5. Which company owns the Ferrari and Alfa Romeo car companies?
[Fiat]
[YWCA]
[Portugal]
8. In which decade were the modern Olympic games established, Oscar Wilde sent to
prison, and Queen Victoria's celebration of her diamond jubilee?
[1890s]
[astronautics]
[Extra-Vehicular Activity]
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Round 6
1. If one alters course from due South to due West, through how many degrees would
one turn?
[90]
[John Glenn]
[Cats]
5. Who is the richest songwriter in history? Hint: Paul & John shared the royalties.
[Irving Berlin]
[3]
[Norway]
10. Who said in 1891, "Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."?
[Oscar Wilde]
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Round 7
1. Singers Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond went to the same high school in which
city?
2. Which part of Los Angeles has the postal zip code 90610?
[Beverly Hills]
[Steven Spielberg]
4. Helios and Selene [pr. "sill-een-ee"] were the Greek god and goddess of what?
[Fats Waller]
6. Which American president was elected four times, serving longer than any other?
[7]
[Margaret Thatcher]
[gums, or mouth]
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Round 8
1. What is the legal term for willfully giving false evidence in Court?
[perjury]
2. What were the comedy duo Abbott & Costello's first names?
[bilge water]
[Hawaii]
6. From which Broadway musical is the song "New York, New York" ?
[Cabaret ]
[day]
[Italy]
9. Who said in 1903, "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history."?
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Round 1
[India]
[Batman]
4. Astigmatism is a condition affecting which part of the body?
[the eye]
[Alexander Dumas]
[America On Line]
[bass]
9. On the ninth day of Christmas, what did my true love send to me?
[Victor Hugo]
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Round 2
[Paris]
[persona grata ]
4. The mineral galena [pr. "gal-ee-na"] is the chief source of which metal?
[lead]
[6]
8. With which style of painting were Manet and Monet associated?
[Impressionism]
[55]
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Round 3
[drums]
[Czech Republic]
[12]
4. What is the second line of the Christmas Carol, "Angels We Have Heard on High"?
[beer]
[Apple Records]
[Atlantic Ocean]
9. Last month, satellites orbiting the Earth were temporarily in danger of what?
McDonalds?
[China]
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Round 4
[Edison]
2. In which board game would you find a top hat, a boot, a flatiron, and a car?
[Monopoly]
[weightlifting]
6. What pet-name for a dog is taken from the Latin for "I trust"?
[Fido]
[120 degrees]
[Christian Science]
[Raymond Burr]
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Round 5
1. GLOBAL WARMING? What is the second line of the song "White Christmas"?
2. DARTS: On a standard dart board, what is the lowest number that cannot be scored
with a single dart?
[23]
[Motown]
[Romania]
[Greece, or Crete]
[Ireland]
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Round 6
[TRUE]
[lungs]
3. For which university degree does the abbreviation Ph.D. stand?
[Doctor of Philosophy]
[Robert Burns]
[Africa]
7. SPORT: 1998 saw the breaking of America's greatest sport record by not one but two
players who took health-food steroids. Which record was it?
8. What is the main unit of currency in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada?
[dollar]
9. Don't muff it: When milk curdles, the solid part is called "curd".
[whey] ("Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds & whey")
[Six]
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1. What does the French fashion term "Pret Apporter" [pr. "prett-apportay"] mean?
[ready to wear]
[Baker St.]
[FALSE]
4. What is the name of the new space station presently under construction?
[Unity]
[2]
[oboe]
[26]
Santa traveling?