Quiz Questions

General Knowledge (Things in Order)

1) What is the 11th letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet? Kilo
2) What is the name of the second Harry Potter book? Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets
3) Who was the 4th winner of the X Factor? Leon Jackson
4) In what order do the colours of the letters appear on the Google logo?
Blue, red, yellow, blue, green, red
5) Name Henry VIIIs wives in order Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane
Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
6) Put these chocolate bars in order of first UK release: Boost, Dairy Milk,
Fingers, Kit Kat, Twix Fingers, Dairy Milk, Kit Kat, Twix, Boost
TV and Film
1) What are the names of the 2 aliens in the Simpsons? Kang and Kodos
2) Who was the director of the 2009 film Avatar? James Cameron
3) Name the 4 original Robot Wars robots Matilda, Shunt, Sgt. Bash, Dead
Metal
4) What address does Dory try to remember in the film Finding Nemo?P.Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
5) How many boxes are there in the show Deal or No Deal? 22
6) The domino scene from which film involved 22,000 dominoes and took 4
professional domino assemblers 200 hours to set up? V for Vendetta
7) Which film features the Knights who say Ni? Monty Python and the Holy
Grail
8) Name the 5 main characters that travel around in the Mystery Machine
Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Velma, Daphne
9) The first public television advertisement in 1941 advertised what? A
Watch
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What film is considered the first summer blockbuster for the
reasons that people queued around the block to see it and it became the
first film to earn over $100 million at the box office? Jaws
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Which blockbuster was filmed under the cover name A Boys Life
to avoid the plot being discovered and plagerised? E.T.
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What is the name of the robot that dreams in I, Robot? Sonny
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Name one of the three films that has won 11 Oscars Ben-Hur,
Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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What is the name of the woman that turns the tigers head in Fort
Boyard? Monique
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In which soap opera is The Woolpack the name of the local pub?
Emmerdale
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Which film features the character of Marty McFly? Back to the
Future
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Which film is set on Bouvet Island in 2004, an island about 1000
miles north of Antarctica? Alien vs. Predator
Scouting

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What is the Scouting motto? Be Prepared

What is the second Scout Law? - A scout is loyal
What is the left handshake a sign of? Trust
In which year was the first experimental camp at Brownsea Island? 1907
When is St. Georges Day? 23rd April
In which country did BP die and get buried in? Kenya
What did BP say you should do if you got annoyed? Whistle
What did BP suggest as the punishment for swearing or bad language?
Cold water down the sleeve
9) What do the two stars on the membership badge stand for? Truth and
Knowledge
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What time was lights out on the Brownsea Island Camp? - 9:30pm
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Complete the quote by BP: I dont mind confessing that I have a
weakness for Hippos
Sport
1) What sport has a playing are that is 14 metres long and between 1.5 and 2
metres wide? Fencing
Riddles
1) What becomes wetter the more it dries? A towel
2) I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land and sky
I lay, you may move towards me, yet distant Ill stay. What am I? Horizon
3) Anyone can hold me, even without hands, yet no one can do it for long.
What am I? Breath
4) What kind of coat can only be put on if its wet? A coat of paint
5) What has holes all around but can still hold water? A sponge
6) I am a word of letter three, add two and fewer there will be. What am I?
Few
7) What turns everything around without moving? Mirror
8) What can go around the world yet stays in a corner? A stamp
9) The more you take of me, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
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Whoever makes it tells it not, whoever takes it knows it not,
whoever knows it wants it not. What is it? Counterfeit Money
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HTML (internet) Hyper Text Markup Language

BBC (television) British Broadcasting Company
UAE (country) United Arab Emirates
DNA (genetics) Deoxyribonucleic Acid
PIN (credit card) Personal Identification Number
ATM (money withdrawal) Automated Teller Machine
RADAR (communication system) Radio Detection and Ranging
SOPA (internet) Stop Online Piracy Act

Animals
1) What is a baby goat called? A kid
2) What is the name of the dog that played Jack in The Artist? Uggie

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What colour is the fur of a polar bear? Transparent

What are a group of hippopotamus called? A crash
What is the largest living reptile? The saltwater crocodile
At 130 decibels in intensity, the most intense, airborne animal
vocalisations are produced by which animal? Bat
7) The hagfish uses which skill as a defence mechanism against predators?
It secretes slime
8) The jaguar is the only big cat that does not kill its prey by suffocation. How
does it kill its prey? By piercing its skull
9) What prompts tiger salamanders to mate? Rain
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What word means the opposite of nocturnal and is used to describe
behaviour characterised by activity during the day and sleeping at night?
Diurnal
Countries
1) Which country tops the all-time summer Olympic Games medal table,
having won 2297 medals? USA
2) Which Portuguese speaking country is the largest country in South
America? Brazil
3) Which country comes first alphabetically? Afghanistan
4) Mount Etna and Mount Vesuvius can be found in which country? Italy
5) Minsk is the capital of which country? Belarus
6) Which country accounts for 80% of the worlds production of platinum?
South Africa
7) Which South American country, other than Chile, does not border Brazil?
Ecuador
Geography
1) What is the biggest desert in the world? Antarctica

Trivia Quiz Book

1) What was built in Berlin in 1788 as a victory arch for triumphant Prussian
armies? Brandenburg Gate
2) Which city is known as the Venice of the North? Stockholm
3) In which city did Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis?
Amsterdam
4) Translating as Heavenly Peace, which square lies at the heart of Beijing?
Tiananmen Square
5) The Taj Mahal can be visited in which Indian city? Agra
6) Jazz music in the 1940s was the big band era. How many players were
needed for a big band? 13 or more
7) What is the national tree of Lebanon, featuring on their flag? Cedar
8) How many bits make a byte? 8
9) Where do the Flintstones live? Bedrock
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Who has a girlfriend named Olive Oyl? Popeye
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Chip and Dale are two cartoon chipmunks. What is the difference in
appearance between them? Chip has one tooth, Dale has two
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Which Roman emperor sentenced St Peter to crucifixion? Nero
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What was formally announced by George Bush and Mikhail
Gorbachev on 3rd December 1989? The end of the Cold War
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Which king ordered the construction of the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror
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