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6867 lines
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# Author: I really forgot, please tell me! No mails match this file.
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# Editor: Moxon, |casiotone|, Julika
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# Last edited: 2002/07/05 19:09:09
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# Comment:
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## Demo-Entry:
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# ----------
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# Category: History
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# Question: Chinese philosopher (um 500 v. Chr.) ?
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# Answer: Konfuzius
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# Regexp: [ck]onfu(ts|z)ius
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# Author: anonymous
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# Level: hard
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# Comment: demo-entry, ÄÖÜäöüß ^° !"§$%&/()=? `´
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# Score: 5
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# Tip: Kon......
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# Tip: ...fuz...
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# Tip: ......ius
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## valid keys:
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# ----------
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# Category? (should always be on top!)
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# Question (should always stand after Category)
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# Answer (will be matched if no regexp is provided)
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# Regexp? (use UNIX-style expressions)
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# Author? (the brain behind this question)
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# Level? [baby|easy|normal|hard|extreme] (difficulty)
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# Comment? (comment line)
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# Score? [#] (credits for answering this question)
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# Tip* (provide one or more hints)
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## WARNING:
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# -------
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# DO NOT ADD COMMENTS BEYOND THIS LINE, since they might get lost.
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# you may add as much comments as you want into the part above
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# <!========================================================!>
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What do the initials 'VCP' stand for?
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Answer: Video Cassette Player
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What do the initials 'VCR' stand for?
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Answer: Video Cassette Recorder
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does 'A&W' (of root beer fame) stand for ?
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Answer: Allen & Wright
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Regexp: Allen ?(and|&) ?Wright
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does 'AOL' stand for?
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Answer: America Online
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Category: Abbreviations
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Question: What does S.O.S. stand for?
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Answer: Save Our Souls
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Category: Acronyms
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Question: What does N.A.S.A stand for?
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Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Category: Acronyms
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Question: What does the acronym 'scuba' mean?
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Answer: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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Regexp: Self[- ]Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
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Category: Advertising
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Question: Who is the dog on the crackerjack box?
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Answer: Bingo
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Category: Agriculture
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Question: What is ground being 'rested' for a season called?
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Answer: fallow
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: After what were the B52 bombers named?
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Answer: a fifties #hairdo#
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Regexp: (hair ?style|hair ?do)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: How many engines are on a B52 bomber?
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Answer: eight
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Regexp: (eight|8)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: How many gallons of fuel does a jumbo jet use during take off?
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Answer: four thousand
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Regexp: (Four thousand|4[, ]?000)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What does a pilot drop to slow an airplane?
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Answer: flaps
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What is the world's fastest passenger aircraft?
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Answer: Concorde
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: What type of craft is the US's Airforce One?
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Answer: Boeing #747#
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Whic country developed the first jet fighter?
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Answer: Germany
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Which two nations built the concorde?
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Answer: Britain and France
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Regexp: (Britain|France) (and|&) (Britain|France)
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Who built the 'Cherokee' and 'Comanche' aircraft?
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Answer: Piper
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Category: Aircraft
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Question: Who built the hurricane aircraft?
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Answer: Hawker
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Category: Alcohol
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Question: From what is the liqueur kirsch made?
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Answer: cherries
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Regexp: cherr(y|ies)
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Category: Alcohol
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Question: From which plant is tequila derived?
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Answer: cactus
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Category: America
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Question: As what is California also known?
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Answer: Golden State
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Category: America
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Question: As what is Minnesota also known?
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Answer: Gopher State
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Category: America
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Question: What city is also known as Beantown?
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Answer: Boston
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Category: America
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Question: What state is 'The Golden State'?
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Answer: California
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Category: America
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Question: What state is also called the 'Garden State'?
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Answer: New Jersey
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Category: America
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Question: What state is the 'Hoosier State'?
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Answer: Indiana
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Category: America
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Question: Where are the headquarters of the CIA?
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Answer: #Langley#, Virginia
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Category: America
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Question: Which date is inscribed on the book held by the Statue Of Liberty?
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Answer: July 4 1776
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Category: American Cities
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Question: What is the most air polluted city in the United States?
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Answer: Los Angeles
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Regexp: (Los Angeles|LA)
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Category: American General Knowledge
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Question: Where is the Kitty Hawk?
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Answer: The #Smithsonian# Institute
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Category: American History
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Question: What mountain has the figures of three mounted confederate heroes of the Civil War?
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Answer: #Stone# Mountain
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Category: American History
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Question: What state is only part of the United States by treaty?
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Answer: Texas
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Category: Anagrams
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Question: Which two fruits are an anagram of each other?
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Answer: lemon and melon
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Regexp: [ml]e[ml]on (and |& )?[ml]e[ml]on
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: How many litres of air is in an adult lung?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: How many times do your ribs move every year during breathing?
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Answer: five million
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Regexp: ((Five|5) million|5[ ,]?000[ ,]?000)
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Like fingerprints, what other print is individual?
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Answer: #tongue#prints
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Of what does the typical man have 13,000?
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Answer: whiskers
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What do the auricularis muscles move?
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Answer: #ear#s
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the Scientific name for the eardrum?
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Answer: tympanic membrane
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the scapula?
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Answer: shoulder blade
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the sternum?
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Answer: breastbone
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the common name for the tympanic membrane?
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Answer: eardrum
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Regexp: ear ?drum
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the second largest bone in the foot?
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Answer: talus
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: What is the smallest bone in the human body?
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Answer: #stirrup# bone
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Where are one quarter of the bones in the human body?
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Answer: feet
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Category: Anatomy
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Question: Which is the most sensitive finger?
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Answer: forefinger
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Regexp: (fore|index)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a camelopard also known?
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Answer: giraffe
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a giraffe also known?
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Answer: camelopard
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is a moose also known?
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Answer: algonquin
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: As what is an algonquin more commonaly known?
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Answer: moose
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: At what age does a filly become a mare?
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Answer: five
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Regexp: (five|5)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Does a wild rabbit live 10, 15 or 20 years?
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Answer: 10
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Regexp: (ten|10)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How fast (mph) can a kangaroo hop?
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Answer: forty
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Regexp: (forty|40)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many hours a day does a ferret sleep?
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Answer: twenty
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Regexp: (twenty|20)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many hours does an antelope sleep at night?
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Answer: one
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Regexp: (one|1)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: How many teeth does a walrus have?
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Answer: eighteen
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Regexp: (eighteen|18)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: If a robin's egg is put in vinegar for thirty days, what colour does it become?
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Answer: yellow
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Name one male fish that gives birth?
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Answer: sea horse or pipe fish
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Regexp: (sea ?horse|pipe ?fish)
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Tip: s.. h.... or p... f...
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Tip: .e. .o... or .i.. .i..
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Tip: ..a ..r.. or ..p. ..s.
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Tip: ... ...s. or ...e ...h
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Tip: ... ....e or .... ....
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Of what are walrus tusks made?
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Answer: ivory
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Question: If body temperature was 86 degrees, how many years would a man man live?
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Answer: two hundred
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Regexp: (two hundred|200)
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Question: In 1986, what was the maximum fuel capacity (in litres) imposed in Formula 1 racing?
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Answer: 195
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Regexp: (one hundred (and )?ninety five|195)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: On what do honeybees have a type of hair?
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Answer: eyes
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Some animals always grow new teeth to replace the old. Name one of them!
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Answer: crocodile
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Some animals always grow new teeth to replace the old. Name one of them!
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Answer: shark
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal can get the disease 'heaves'?
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Answer: horse
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal can hop as fast as 40 mph?
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Answer: kangaroo
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal has red patches on its rear?
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Answer: mandrill
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal lives in a form?
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Answer: hare
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal lives in a warren?
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Answer: rabbit
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What animal's milk is more than 54% fat?
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Answer: humpback #whale#
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What are the only other animals on which the pill works?
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Answer: #gorilla#s
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What bird is associated with Lundy Island?
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Answer: puffin
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What colour is a robin's egg?
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Answer: blue
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What comprises than 54% of humpback whale's milk?
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Answer: fat
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What dog is named after a Mexican state?
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Answer: chihuahua
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What herbivore sleeps one hour a night?
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Answer: antelope
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What insect has a type of hair on it's eyes?
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Answer: honey#bees#
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a female deer called?
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Answer: doe
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a male deer called?
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Answer: buck
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a marsupium?
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Answer: pouch
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a word for a castrated ram?
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Answer: wether
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is a young whale called?
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Answer: calf
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is another name for the coyote?
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Answer: prairie wolf
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is another name for the prairie wolf?
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Answer: coyote
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the chihuahua named after?
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Answer: A #Mexican state#
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Regexp: (Mexican state|state in Mexico)
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the heaviest snake?
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Answer: anaconda
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the largest lizard?
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Answer: Komodo Dragon
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the longest venomous snake?
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Answer: king cobra
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the scientific name for a turkey's wishbone?
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Answer: furcula
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What is the technical name for an animal's pouch?
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Answer: marsupium
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What lives in a formicary?
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Answer: #ant#s
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What type of frog is the smallest frog?
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Answer: gold frog
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What was the first animal on the endangered species list?
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Answer: peregrine falcon
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: What well known marsupial is the wallaby related to?
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Answer: kangaroo
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Where do ants live?
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Answer: formicary
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Regexp: for[mn]icary
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest African bird of prey?
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Answer: lammergeyer
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest aquatic bird?
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Answer: albatross
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the largest known butterfly?
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Answer: Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
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Regexp: Queen Alexandra('s)? Bird ?wing
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which is the only animal other than humans that can get leprosy?
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Answer: armadillos
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which mammals fly?
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Answer: bats
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: Which snake kills the most humans?
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Answer: king cobra
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Category: Animal Kingdom
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Question: With which island is the puffin associated?
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Answer: #Lundy# Island
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Category: Animal kingdom
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Question: Where are there over 58 million dogs?
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Answer: USA
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Regexp: (U.?S.?A?.?|(United )?States?( of )?America)
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Category: Animals
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Question: What is the most venomous snake (no, it's not the king cobra!)?
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Answer: Inland #Taipan#
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Category: Archaeology
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Question: Approximately how many years old is the first known written advertisement?
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Answer: three thousand
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Regexp: (three thousand|3[, ]?000)
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Category: Archaeology
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Question: In which ruins was the first known written advertisement found?
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Answer: Thebes
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Category: Archaic Terms
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Question: What date is the 'Ides' of March?
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Answer: Fifteenth
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Regexp: (Fifteen|15)
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Category: Architecture
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Question: Which famous million dollar building cost more than a million dollars?
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Answer: Sydney #Opera House#
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Category: Art
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Question: Who painted 'Irises'?
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Answer: Vincent #Van Gogh#
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Category: Arts
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Question: What is the art of tracing designs and making impressions of them called?
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Answer: lithography
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Category: Arts
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Question: Which is the largest museum in the world?
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Answer: Louvre
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Category: Arts
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Question: Who is a successful recording artist, talented landscape artist, and author of children's books?
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Answer: Ricky Van Shelton
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Category: Astology
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Question: Who was born when Pluto, the astrological sign for death, was directly above Dallas, Texas?
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Answer: John F. #Kennedy#
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Category: Astrology
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Question: What is the astrological sign for death?
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Answer: Pluto
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Category: Astrology
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Question: What is the zodiacal symbol for Capricorn?
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Answer: goat
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Category: Astrology
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Question: Which constellation is represented by a goat?
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Answer: Capricorn
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: As what is Polaris also known?
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Answer: North Star
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: As what is the North Star also known?
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Answer: Polaris
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Saturday is named after which planet?
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Answer: Saturn
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What constellation is represented by scales?
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Answer: Libra
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the most essential tool in astronomy?
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Answer: telescope
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the name given to a group of stars?
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Answer: constellation
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the name of brightest asteroid visible from earth?
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Answer: Vesta
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the only day named after a planet?
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Answer: Saturday
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the small irregular white cloud that zips around Neptune approximately every 16 hours called?
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Answer: Scooter
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What is the technical name for 'falling stars'?
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Answer: meteors
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: What planet is nearest the sun?
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Answer: Mercury
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: When does a full moon rise?
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Answer: sunset
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise?
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Answer: Venus
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who coined the theory that the earth revolves around the sun?
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Answer: Nicolaus #Copernicus#
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter?
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Answer: Galileo
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Category: Astronomy
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Question: Who invented the telescope?
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Answer: #Galileo# Galilei
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Category: Atmosphere
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Question: What is the stratosphere immediately above?
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Answer: troposphere
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Category: Atmosphere
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Question: What is the troposphere immediately lower than?
|
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Answer: stratosphere
|
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Category: Aviation
|
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Question: How many 'Air Force One'(s) are there?
|
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Answer: two
|
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Regexp: (two|2)
|
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|
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Category: Baseball
|
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Question: Who wore a cabbage leaf under his cap?
|
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Answer: Babe Ruth
|
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|
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Category: Beverages
|
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Question: What drink is named after the queen of England who was famous for her 'sanguinary' persecution of the protestants?
|
||
Answer: Bloody Mary
|
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|
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Category: Beverages
|
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Question: What is made of fermented grape juice?
|
||
Answer: wine
|
||
|
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Category: Big Peepers
|
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Question: Which animal has the largest eyes?
|
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Answer: giant squid
|
||
|
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Category: Biology
|
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Question: As what is haemophilia also known?
|
||
Answer: royal disease
|
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|
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Category: Biology
|
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Question: Of what is keratitis an inflammation?
|
||
Answer: cornea
|
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|
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Category: Biology
|
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Question: On what side should you sleep to improve digestion?
|
||
Answer: right
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
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Question: To what disability can keratitis lead?
|
||
Answer: blindness
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
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Question: What appears when the sun activates melanocytes?
|
||
Answer: freckles
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What body function is improved if you sleep on your right side?
|
||
Answer: digestion
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What carries sensations from the tongue to the brain?
|
||
Answer: lingual nerve
|
||
|
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Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What does the body release that dilates small blood vessels and so causes a person to blush?
|
||
Answer: peptides
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What does the lack of iodine in the diet cause?
|
||
Answer: goitre
|
||
Regexp: (goiter|goitre)
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What does the pancreas produce?
|
||
Answer: insulin
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
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Question: What element is lacking in a diet when goitre occurs?
|
||
Answer: iodine
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
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Question: What falls out with phalacrosis?
|
||
Answer: hair
|
||
|
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Category: Biology
|
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Question: What falls out with phalacrosis?
|
||
Answer: hair
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What fleshy muscular organ is joined to the hyoid bone?
|
||
Answer: tongue
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What gland secretes fluid that washes the eyes?
|
||
Answer: #tear# gland
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is activated for freckles to appear?
|
||
Answer: melanocytes
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the biological name for the shin bone?
|
||
Answer: tibia
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
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Question: What is the biological term for the voice box?
|
||
Answer: larynx
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the common name for the larynx?
|
||
Answer: voice box
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the hardest bone in the human body?
|
||
Answer: jawbone
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the latin name for the top set of vertebrae?
|
||
Answer: cervical
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the royal disease?
|
||
Answer: haemophilia
|
||
Regexp: ha?emophilia
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What is the tibia more commonly known as?
|
||
Answer: shin bone
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What muscle is joined by the lingual nerve to the brain?
|
||
Answer: tongue
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What muscles move the ears?
|
||
Answer: auricularis
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What protein makes blood red?
|
||
Answer: Haemoglobin
|
||
Regexp: Ha?emolglobin
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: What small region at end of medulla oblongata serves as 'bridge' to brain?
|
||
Answer: pons
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: When a tumour is cancerous, what is it said to be?
|
||
Answer: malignant
|
||
|
||
Category: Biology
|
||
Question: With age, what organ shrinks faster in males than in females?
|
||
Answer: brain
|
||
|
||
Category: Birthstones
|
||
Question: What is the birthstone for May?
|
||
Answer: emerald
|
||
|
||
Category: Birthstones
|
||
Question: What is the birthstone for September?
|
||
Answer: sapphire
|
||
|
||
Category: Botany
|
||
Question: Approximately how many years old are oak trees before they produce acorns?
|
||
Answer: fifty
|
||
Regexp: (fifty|50)
|
||
|
||
Category: Botany
|
||
Question: One ragweed plant can release approximately how many grains of pollen?
|
||
Answer: one billion
|
||
Regexp: (one|1) billion
|
||
|
||
Category: Botany
|
||
Question: To which family does the coffee plant belong?
|
||
Answer: madder
|
||
|
||
Category: Botany
|
||
Question: Which tree only produces acorns after it is fifty years old?
|
||
Answer: oak
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: How many inches tall are the bearskins worn by the guards at Buckingham Palace?
|
||
Answer: twenty
|
||
Regexp: (twenty|20)
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: In the House of Lords, where does the Lord Chancellor sit?
|
||
Answer: wool#sack#
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: In which park are Queen Mary's gardens?
|
||
Answer: #Regents# Park
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: What are the only two london boroughs that start with the letter 'e'?
|
||
Answer: Ealing and Enfield
|
||
Regexp: (Ealing (and |& )?Enfield|Enfield (and |& )?Ealing)
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: What does 'The Monument' in London commemorate?
|
||
Answer: #Great Fire# of London
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: What was the second bridge built across the Thames?
|
||
Answer: #Westminster# Bridge
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: Where is Selfridges?
|
||
Answer: Oxford Street, London
|
||
Regexp: Oxford St(reet|.)?
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: Which building commemorates the Great Fire of London?
|
||
Answer: Monument
|
||
|
||
Category: Britain
|
||
Question: Who at Buckingham Palace wears bearskins?
|
||
Answer: guards
|
||
|
||
Category: British History
|
||
Question: What was Margaret Thatcher's nickname?
|
||
Answer: Iron Lady
|
||
|
||
Category: Buildings
|
||
Question: What is the largest inhabited castle in the world?
|
||
Answer: Windsor Castle
|
||
|
||
Category: Buildings
|
||
Question: Where is the 'whispering gallery'?
|
||
Answer: St. Paul's Cathedral
|
||
Regexp: St.? Paul'?s
|
||
|
||
Category: Buildings
|
||
Question: Where would you find a nave, apse, atrium and narthex?
|
||
Answer: Basilica
|
||
|
||
Category: Cars
|
||
Question: How is 75% of petrol in an engine wasted?
|
||
Answer: combustion
|
||
|
||
Category: Cars
|
||
Question: What make of car is a 'Thunderbird'?
|
||
Answer: Ford
|
||
|
||
Category: Cars
|
||
Question: What make of car is an 'Espace'?
|
||
Answer: Renault
|
||
|
||
Category: Cars
|
||
Question: Which country has the most cars per mile of road?
|
||
Answer: England
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Decorum
|
||
Question: Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he didn't wear ······?
|
||
Answer: pants
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: For which cartoon character was Beethoven a favourite composer?
|
||
Answer: Shroeder
|
||
Regexp: Sc?hroeder
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: How many freckles did Howdy Doody have?
|
||
Answer: forty eight
|
||
Regexp: (forty eight|48)
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: The maiden names of which two cartoon characters are Slaghoople and Mcbricker?
|
||
Answer: Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What are the names of Donald Duck's nephews?
|
||
Answer: Huey Dewey and Louey
|
||
Regexp: Huey,? (Duey|Dewey),?( and)? (Louey|Louie|Lewey)
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What city do Batman and Robin patrol?
|
||
Answer: Gotham City
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What expression did Clark Kent's newspaper boss like to use?
|
||
Answer: #Great Caesar's ghost#!
|
||
Regexp: Great Caesar'?s ghost
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What is Dennis the Menace's surname?
|
||
Answer: Mitchell
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What was the first cartoon character called?
|
||
Answer: Oswald the Rabbit
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: What were Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble's maiden names?
|
||
Answer: Slaghoople and Mcbricker
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Which comic is drawn by Sam Keith?
|
||
Answer: The Maxx
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Which magician did Lothar assist?
|
||
Answer: Mandrake
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did the voices of Bugs Bunny, Sylvester and Tweety Pie?
|
||
Answer: Mel Blanc
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who drew the comic 'The Maxx'?
|
||
Answer: Sam Keith
|
||
|
||
Question: Baseball: The San Diego ·······?
|
||
Answer: Padres
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who patrols Gotham City?
|
||
Answer: Batman and Robin
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who took dictation from Perry Mason?
|
||
Answer: Della Street
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was Barney Rubble's best friend?
|
||
Answer: Fred Flintstone
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was Fred Flinstone's best friend?
|
||
Answer: Barney Rubble
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was born on Krypton?
|
||
Answer: Superman
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the black assistant of Mandrake the Magician?
|
||
Answer: Lothar
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the first voice of Mickey Mouse?
|
||
Answer: Walt Disney
|
||
|
||
Category: Cartoon trivia
|
||
Question: What film was the last featuring Mel Blanc's voice?
|
||
Answer: Jetsons
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: 20% of what is in the metal part at the end of a pencil?
|
||
Answer: sulphur
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: As what is sulphur also known?
|
||
Answer: brimstone
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: For what is the chemical formula H2O2?
|
||
Answer: hydrogen peroxide
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: For what metal is 'Au' the chemical symbol?
|
||
Answer: gold
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: Of what is 98% of the weight of water made?
|
||
Answer: oxygen
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: To what group of elements do cerium, praesiodymium and promethium belong?
|
||
Answer: #rare earth# metals
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What does the symbol 'Am' represent?
|
||
Answer: americium
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is a corrosive substance with a pH value less than 7 called?
|
||
Answer: acid
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is calcium oxide commonly called?
|
||
Answer: lime
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the atomic number for thalium?
|
||
Answer: eighty one
|
||
Regexp: (eighty one|81)
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the atomic number of Bromine?
|
||
Answer: thirty five
|
||
Regexp: (thirty five|35)
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the atomic number of Molybdenum?
|
||
Answer: forty two
|
||
Regexp: (forty[- ]two|42)
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the atomic number of sulphur?
|
||
Answer: 16
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the atomic number of uranium?
|
||
Answer: ninety two
|
||
Regexp: (ninety two|92)
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the chemical name for quicksilver?
|
||
Answer: mercury
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the chemical symbol for gold?
|
||
Answer: Au
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the chemical symbol for iron?
|
||
Answer: Fe
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the heaviest naturally occuring element?
|
||
Answer: uranium
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the symbol for copper?
|
||
Answer: Cu
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the symbol for tin?
|
||
Answer: Sn
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What term is applied to ethyl alcohol that has been treated with poison to make it unfit for human consumption?
|
||
Answer: denatured
|
||
|
||
Category: Chemistry
|
||
Question: What type of paper is used to test for acidity and alkalinity?
|
||
Answer: litmus
|
||
|
||
Category: Choking
|
||
Question: On what do approximately 100 people choke to death every year?
|
||
Answer: ballpoint pens
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: How long did it take God to create the Universe?
|
||
Answer: #six days# - he rested on the seventh
|
||
Regexp: (six|6) days
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: How many children did Noah have?
|
||
Answer: three
|
||
Regexp: (three|3)
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: How many sayings did Jesus say from the cross?
|
||
Answer: seven
|
||
Regexp: (seven|7)
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: How many times did Peter deny Jesus?
|
||
Answer: three
|
||
Regexp: (three|3)
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: How old was Sarah when she had a child?
|
||
Answer: ninety
|
||
Regexp: (ninety|90)
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: On which day was the resurrection of Christ?
|
||
Answer: Easter Sunday
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: What are the first three words of The Bible?
|
||
Answer: In the beginning
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: What two biblical cities did God destroy with fire and brimstone?
|
||
Answer: Sodom and Gomorrah
|
||
Regexp: Sodom (&|and) G[eoa]mm?orr?ah
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: Which two books in the Old Testament list the ten commandments? (in order of appearance)
|
||
Answer: Exodus and Deuteronomy
|
||
Regexp: Exodus (and |& )?Deuteronomy
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: Who killed Goliath?
|
||
Answer: David
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: Who replaced Moses as the prophet of the Israelites?
|
||
Answer: Joshua
|
||
|
||
Category: Christianity
|
||
Question: Whose name did God change to Israel?
|
||
Answer: Jacob
|
||
|
||
Category: Christmas Trivia
|
||
Question: In the 'Twelve days of christmas', how many items in total are sent by 'my true love'?
|
||
Answer: seventy eight
|
||
Regexp: (seventy eight|78)
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: A bird in the hand is worth ······?
|
||
Answer: two in the bush
|
||
Regexp: (two|2) in the bush
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: A stitch in time saves ····?
|
||
Answer: nine
|
||
Regexp: (nine|9)
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As clear as a ·······?
|
||
Answer: bell
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As close as two ······ in a pod?
|
||
Answer: peas
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As easy as ······?
|
||
Answer: pie
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As hard as ·······?
|
||
Answer: nails
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As mad as a ·······?
|
||
Answer: wet hen or hatter
|
||
Regexp: (wet hen|hatter)
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of ······?
|
||
Answer: rocking chairs
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As pretty as a ······?
|
||
Answer: picture
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As sick as a ······?
|
||
Answer: dog
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: As sly as a ······?
|
||
Answer: fox
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: Hell hath no fury like a ······?
|
||
Answer: woman scorned
|
||
|
||
Category: Clichés
|
||
Question: Time ···· when you're having fun?
|
||
Answer: flies
|
||
|
||
Category: Clothing
|
||
Question: On what is an espadrille worn?
|
||
Answer: foot
|
||
Regexp: (foot|feet)
|
||
|
||
Category: Cocktails
|
||
Question: What are the essential ingredients of a daiquiri?
|
||
Answer: rum and lemon
|
||
Regexp: (rum (and |& )?lemon|lemon (and |& )?rum)
|
||
|
||
Category: Cocktails
|
||
Question: What cocktail is based on rum and lemon?
|
||
Answer: daiquiri
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'c'?
|
||
Answer: charlie
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'f'?
|
||
Answer: foxtrot
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'h'?
|
||
Answer: hotel
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 't'?
|
||
Answer: tango
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: In alphabet radio code, what word is used for 'x'?
|
||
Answer: X-ray
|
||
Regexp: X[- ]?ray
|
||
|
||
Category: Codes
|
||
Question: Using morse code, what does trasmitting using 3 dots, 3 dashes and 3 dots?
|
||
Answer: SOS
|
||
|
||
Category: Coins
|
||
Question: What is a south african coin containing 1 troy ounce of gold called?
|
||
Answer: Krugerrand
|
||
|
||
Category: Collective Names
|
||
Question: What is a group of donkeys called?
|
||
Answer: herd
|
||
|
||
Category: Collective Names
|
||
Question: What is a group of geese called?
|
||
Answer: gaggle
|
||
|
||
Category: Companies
|
||
Question: The De Beers group of companies controls more than 80% of the world's supply of ······?
|
||
Answer: rough #diamonds#
|
||
|
||
Category: Companies
|
||
Question: What product built Hershey, Pennsylvania?
|
||
Answer: chocolate
|
||
|
||
Category: Companies
|
||
Question: Which company controls more than 80% of the world's rough diamond supply?
|
||
Answer: De Beers
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What country did the operating system 'Linux' come from?
|
||
Answer: Finland
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What does 'IBM' stand for?
|
||
Answer: International Business Machines
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What does the 'x' mean when referring to the speed of a CD-rom (eg. 32x)?
|
||
Answer: #times# (faster than standard speed)
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What type of printer did Seiko develop for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
|
||
Answer: dot matrix
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What was invented over 3000 years ago that is now considered the first 'computer'?
|
||
Answer: abacus
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What was the first version of Microsoft Windows to have networking capabilities?
|
||
Answer: Windows for #Workgroups#
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: What was the first version of Microsoft Windows?
|
||
Answer: Windows #286#
|
||
|
||
Category: Computers
|
||
Question: Who is the CEO of Apple computers?
|
||
Answer: Steve Jobs
|
||
|
||
Category: Contraception
|
||
Question: After who is the 'Ramses' brand condom named?
|
||
Answer: Pharaoh #Ramses II#
|
||
|
||
Category: Corporations
|
||
Question: As what is America Online better known?
|
||
Answer: AOL
|
||
|
||
Category: Cosmology
|
||
Question: What is the most widely accepted theory for the creation of the universe?
|
||
Answer: Big Bang
|
||
|
||
Category: Cosmology
|
||
Question: What was created with the big bang?
|
||
Answer: Universe
|
||
|
||
Category: Crafts
|
||
Question: What is kaolin?
|
||
Answer: pure china #clay#
|
||
|
||
Category: Crafts
|
||
Question: What is liquid clay used in pottery called?
|
||
Answer: slip
|
||
|
||
Category: Crafts
|
||
Question: What is pure china clay called?
|
||
Answer: kaolin
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Because the emu and the kangaroo cannot walk backwards, they are on the Australian ······?
|
||
Answer: coat of arms
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: For which country is the lotus flower the national symbol?
|
||
Answer: India
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: In which country is it polite to stick your tongue out at your guests?
|
||
Answer: Tibet
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: In which country is milk the most popular beverage?
|
||
Answer: USA
|
||
Regexp: (U.?S.?A?.?|(United )?(States)? ?(of )?America)
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: In which town does the famous 'running of the bulls' take place?
|
||
Answer: Pamplona
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Israel has the highest per capital consumption of ······?
|
||
Answer: turkey
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What London landmark has an 11 foot long hand?
|
||
Answer: Big Ben
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What animals are on the Australian coat of arms?
|
||
Answer: emu and kangaroo
|
||
Regexp: (kangaroo (and|&) emu|emu (and|&) kangaroo)
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What are the roads of Guam paved with?
|
||
Answer: coral
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What are the sandals called that are worn in ceremonial japanese tradition?
|
||
Answer: tabi
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What city do the Italians call the Monaco of bavaria?
|
||
Answer: Munich
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What do the Italians call Munich?
|
||
Answer: Monaco of Bavaria
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What famous building is located on the banks of the river Jumna?
|
||
Answer: Taj Mahal
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What happened on screen for the first time in India in 1977?
|
||
Answer: Screen #kiss#
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is a water taxi known as in Venice?
|
||
Answer: gondola
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the most common name in italy?
|
||
Answer: Mario Rossi
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the name of a quarter of Jerusalem that can be translated as 'hundred gates'?
|
||
Answer: Mea Shearim
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the name of the wrought iron tower in Paris?
|
||
Answer: #Eiffel# Tower
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the national symbol for India?
|
||
Answer: lotus flower
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the sacred river of Hinduism?
|
||
Answer: Ganges
|
||
Regexp: Gang(a|es)
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: What is the tribal african word for dowry?
|
||
Answer: lobola
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: When is turkey traditionally eaten in America?
|
||
Answer: thanksgiving
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Where are the Hausa and Ibo tribes?
|
||
Answer: Nigeria
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Where do the English monarchs live?
|
||
Answer: Buckingham Palace
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Where is the Blarney Stone?
|
||
Answer: Blarney Castle, Ireland
|
||
Regexp: (Blarney|Ireland)
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Where was it once against the law to have a pet dog?
|
||
Answer: Iceland
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Where would one eat a taco?
|
||
Answer: Mexico
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Which country eats the most turkey per capita?
|
||
Answer: Israel
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Which famous museum is in Paris, France?
|
||
Answer: Louvre
|
||
|
||
Category: Culture
|
||
Question: Which nationality calls Munich the 'Monaco of Bavaria'?
|
||
Answer: Italians
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Germany's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: deutsche mark
|
||
Regexp: deutsch(e )?mark
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Israel's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: shekel
|
||
Regexp: (shekel|sheqel)
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Italy's equivalant to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: lira
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Japan's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: yen
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Mexico's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: peso
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Spain's equivalent to the dollar is the ······?
|
||
Answer: peseta
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: The quetzal is the currency of ······?
|
||
Answer: Guatemala
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: What is the Japanese currency?
|
||
Answer: yen
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: What is the currency of Guatemala?
|
||
Answer: quetzal
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: What is the monetary unit of India?
|
||
Answer: rupee
|
||
|
||
Category: Currencies
|
||
Question: Which country has the currency 'yen'?
|
||
Answer: Japan
|
||
|
||
Category: Currency
|
||
Question: What country's currency is the Bolivar?
|
||
Answer: Venezuela
|
||
|
||
Category: Currency
|
||
Question: What is the currency of Venezuela?
|
||
Answer: Bolivar
|
||
|
||
Category: Definition
|
||
Question: What is armagnac?
|
||
Answer: brandy
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What does a chronometer measure?
|
||
Answer: Time
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is a catalogue of languages called?
|
||
Answer: ethnologue
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is a gondola?
|
||
Answer: water taxi
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is a one-party system of government in which control is maintained by force and regimentation?
|
||
Answer: fascism
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is a word for a sorcerer who deals in black magic?
|
||
Answer: necromancer
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is another name for a sleepwalker?
|
||
Answer: somnambulist
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is ornamental work in silver or gold thread called?
|
||
Answer: filigree
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What is the name given to a pregnant goldfish?
|
||
Answer: twit
|
||
|
||
Category: Definitions
|
||
Question: What word means 'to chew the cud'?
|
||
Answer: ruminate
|
||
Regexp: ruminan?t
|
||
|
||
Category: Dimples
|
||
Question: What has 336 dimples?
|
||
Answer: a #golf ball#
|
||
Regexp: Golf ?ball
|
||
|
||
Category: Disease
|
||
Question: Sleeping sickness is carried by which insect?
|
||
Answer: tsetse fly
|
||
|
||
Category: Disease
|
||
Question: What disease is carried by the tsetse fly?
|
||
Answer: sleeping sickness
|
||
|
||
Category: Distress Signals
|
||
Question: What is the international cry for help?
|
||
Answer: mayday
|
||
|
||
Category: Education
|
||
Question: What degree do the intials 'DDS' stand for?
|
||
Answer: Doctor of Dental Surgery
|
||
|
||
Category: Egypt
|
||
Question: What egyptian object is also known as 'the key to the Nile'?
|
||
Answer: Ankh
|
||
|
||
Category: Electronics
|
||
Question: As what was Sony's video recorder known?
|
||
Answer: betamax
|
||
|
||
Category: Electronics
|
||
Question: Circuits can be wired in parallel or ······?
|
||
Answer: series
|
||
|
||
Category: Entomology
|
||
Question: What is the only insect that can turn its head?
|
||
Answer: praying mantis
|
||
|
||
Category: Environmentalism
|
||
Question: Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for how many hours?
|
||
Answer: three
|
||
Regexp: (three|3)
|
||
|
||
Category: Famous Dead Bodies
|
||
Question: Where is Sir Herbert Baker buried?
|
||
Answer: Westminster Abbey
|
||
|
||
Category: Famous Genitals
|
||
Question: For how much did an American urologist buy Napoleon's penis? (US Dollars)
|
||
Answer: $#3800#
|
||
|
||
Category: Famous Initials
|
||
Question: For what are Allen and Wright most famous?
|
||
Answer: root beer
|
||
|
||
Category: Famous Places
|
||
Question: What Surrey town is famed for its salts?
|
||
Answer: Epsom
|
||
|
||
Category: Farming
|
||
Question: What is the most rural state in the USA?
|
||
Answer: North Dakota
|
||
|
||
Category: Fear
|
||
Question: If hell is a lake of fire, what would the temperature be? (in degrees Fahrenheit)
|
||
Answer: 833
|
||
|
||
Category: Film and Television
|
||
Question: Who is the main character in 'Touched By An Angel'?
|
||
Answer: Monica
|
||
|
||
Category: Flags
|
||
Question: How many stars are there on the New Zealand flag?
|
||
Answer: four
|
||
Regexp: (four|4)
|
||
|
||
Category: Flags
|
||
Question: What colours are on the Belgian flag?
|
||
Answer: yellow, black and red
|
||
Regexp: (yellow|black|red),? ?(yellow|black|red),? ?(and )?(yellow|black|red)
|
||
|
||
Category: Flags
|
||
Question: Which country has a plain green flag?
|
||
Answer: Libya
|
||
|
||
Category: Flags
|
||
Question: Whose flag has the national arms on one side and the treasury seal on the other?
|
||
Answer: Paraguay
|
||
|
||
Category: Flea Abilities
|
||
Question: How many times its own length can the average flea jump?
|
||
Answer: 150
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?fifty|150)
|
||
|
||
Category: Folklore
|
||
Question: Who was the tallest of Robin Hood's men?
|
||
Answer: Little John
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: How many herbs and spices are used in Kentucky Fried Chicken?
|
||
Answer: eleven
|
||
Regexp: (eleven|11)
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: How many pieces of bun are in a Mcdonald's Big Mac?
|
||
Answer: three
|
||
Regexp: (three|3)
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: In which country did edam cheese originate?
|
||
Answer: Holland
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: In which country did the word 'biscuit' originate?
|
||
Answer: France
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: What breakfast cereal was invented at Battle Creek Sanitarium?
|
||
Answer: Cornflakes
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: What did Charles Jung invent?
|
||
Answer: fortune cookies
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: What is another name for the carambula?
|
||
Answer: star fruit
|
||
Regexp: star ?fruit
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: What is the most widely used seasoning?
|
||
Answer: salt
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: What is the oldest known vegetable?
|
||
Answer: pea
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: Where were Cornflakes invented?
|
||
Answer: Battle Creek Sanitarium
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: Where were fortune cookies invented?
|
||
Answer: United States
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: Who invented fortune cookies?
|
||
Answer: Charles Jung
|
||
|
||
Category: Food
|
||
Question: Who invented the Egg Mcmuffin?
|
||
Answer: Ed Peterson
|
||
|
||
Category: Food and Drink
|
||
Question: What berries give gin its flavour?
|
||
Answer: #juniper# berries
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: A tayberry is a cross between which two fruits?
|
||
Answer: blackberry and raspberry
|
||
Regexp: (rasp|black)berry (and|&) (rasp|black)berry
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: Unlike other oranges, what does a navel orange not have?
|
||
Answer: seeds
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: What fruits are usually served 'belle helene'?
|
||
Answer: pears
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: What is a cross between a blackberry and a raspberry?
|
||
Answer: tayberry
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: What is another name for the star fruit?
|
||
Answer: carambula
|
||
|
||
Category: Fruit
|
||
Question: Where is most of the vitamin C in fruits?
|
||
Answer: skin
|
||
|
||
Category: Fun Runs
|
||
Question: What is San Francisco's equivalent to Sydney's 'City To Surf' race?
|
||
Answer: #Bay to Breakers# footrace
|
||
|
||
Category: Furniture
|
||
Question: What is the metal part of a lamp surrounding the bulb and supporting the shade called?
|
||
Answer: harp
|
||
|
||
Category: Furniture
|
||
Question: Where did venetian blinds originate?
|
||
Answer: Japan
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: How many dots are on a twister mat?
|
||
Answer: thirty
|
||
Regexp: (thirty|30)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: How many folds does a Monopoly board have?
|
||
Answer: one
|
||
Regexp: (one|1)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: How many numbers are on the spinner in the game of 'Life'?
|
||
Answer: ten
|
||
Regexp: (ten|10)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: How much does Park Place cost in Monopoly (in US Dollars)?
|
||
Answer: 450
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: In a game of horseshoes, how many feet apart must the stakes be?
|
||
Answer: forty
|
||
Regexp: (forty|40)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: In roulette, what number is green?
|
||
Answer: zero
|
||
Regexp: (zero|0)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: Moving anti-clockwise on a dartboard, what is the number next to '4'?
|
||
Answer: eighteen
|
||
Regexp: (eighteen|18)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: To what do opposite faces of a dice always add up?
|
||
Answer: seven
|
||
Regexp: (seven|7)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What is another name for the card game 'Blackjack'?
|
||
Answer: Twenty-one
|
||
Regexp: (twenty[- ]one|21)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What is another name for the card game 'Twenty-one'?
|
||
Answer: Blackjack
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What is the best possible score in blackjack?
|
||
Answer: twenty one
|
||
Regexp: (twenty one|21)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What is the most popular sport in england?
|
||
Answer: darts
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What is the tallest piece on a chessboard?
|
||
Answer: king
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What number is at 12 o'clock on a dartboard?
|
||
Answer: 20
|
||
Regexp: (twenty|20)
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: What sport/game is Bobby Fischer associated with?
|
||
Answer: chess
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: Where did the card game 'bridge' originate?
|
||
Answer: Turkey
|
||
|
||
Category: Games
|
||
Question: Where does the annual Poker World Series take place?
|
||
Answer: Las Vegas
|
||
|
||
Category: Gastronomy
|
||
Question: Approximately how many pounds of cereal will the average american/canadian eat every year?
|
||
Answer: twelve
|
||
Regexp: (twelve|12)
|
||
|
||
Category: Gems
|
||
Question: Peridot is the birthstone for ······?
|
||
Answer: August
|
||
|
||
Category: Gems
|
||
Question: What is the birthstone for August?
|
||
Answer: peridot
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: During which month is the longest day in the Northern hemisphere?
|
||
Answer: June
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: During which month is the longest day in the Southern hemisphere?
|
||
Answer: December
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: During which month is the shortest day in the Northern hemisphere?
|
||
Answer: December
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: During which month is the shortest day in the Southern hemisphere?
|
||
Answer: June
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: What does a month beginning with a Sunday always have?
|
||
Answer: Friday the 13th
|
||
Regexp: Friday (the )?(13th|thirteenth)
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: What game usually starts with 'is it animal, vegetable or mineral'?
|
||
Answer: twenty questions
|
||
Regexp: (twenty|20) questions
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: What is the name of the office used by the president in the Whitehouse?
|
||
Answer: Oval office
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: What is viewed during a a pyrotechnic display?
|
||
Answer: fireworks
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: What system do the blind use for reading?
|
||
Answer: braille
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: Where will children as young as 15 be jailed for cheating on their finals?
|
||
Answer: Bangladesh
|
||
|
||
Category: General Knowledge
|
||
Question: With what day does a month start if it has a Friday the 13th?
|
||
Answer: Sunday
|
||
|
||
Category: Genetics
|
||
Question: How many chromosomes do each body cell contain?
|
||
Answer: forty six
|
||
Regexp: (forty[- ]six|46)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geograhy
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo?
|
||
Answer: Kinshasa
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Abuja is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Nigeria
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Accra is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Ghana
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Albany is the capital of ·····?
|
||
Answer: New York
|
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Answer: Turkey
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Question: As what is Constantinople now known?
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Answer: Istanbul
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Question: As what is Formosa now known?
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Answer: Taiwan
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Category: Geography
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Question: As what is Krung Thep is more commonly known?
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Answer: Bangkok
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Question: As what is the South Pole also known?
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Answer: Amundsen Scott Station
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Category: Geography
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Question: As what was the Taj Mahal originally built?
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Answer: tomb
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Question: Austin is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Texas
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Category: Geography
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Question: Bamako is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Mali
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Question: Bangkok is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Thailand
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Question: Banjul is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Gambia
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Category: Geography
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Question: Bismarck is the capital of ······?
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Answer: North Dakota
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Category: Geography
|
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Question: Bissau is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Guinea-Bissau
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Regexp: Guinea[- ]Bissau
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Category: Geography
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Question: Bogota is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Colombia
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||
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Category: Geography
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Question: Boise is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Idaho
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Category: Geography
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Question: Bridgetown is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Barbados
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Category: Geography
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Question: Budapest is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Hungary
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Category: Geography
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Question: Cheyenne is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Wyoming
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Question: Columbus is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Ohio
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Category: Geography
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Question: Dakar is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Senegal
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Category: Geography
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Question: Des Moines is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Iowa
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Category: Geography
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Question: Dhaka is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Bangladesh
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Category: Geography
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Question: Djibouti is the capital of ······?
|
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Answer: Djibouti
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Category: Geography
|
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Question: Five US states border which ocean?
|
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Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
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Category: Geography
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Question: Guatemala is the capital of ······?
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Answer: Guatemala
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Category: Geography
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Question: Helena is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Montana
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: How many Great Lakes are there?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
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Category: Geography
|
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Question: How many countries border the black sea?
|
||
Answer: #six# - Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria
|
||
Regexp: (six|6)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: If you flew due West from Portugal, what is the first continent you would reach?
|
||
Answer: North America
|
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||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: In what state is Silicon Valley?
|
||
Answer: California
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: In which city is Westminster Abbey?
|
||
Answer: London
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: In which city is Westminster Abbey?
|
||
Answer: London
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which city is the Arch of Hadrian?
|
||
Answer: Athens
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which city is the famous Bond Street?
|
||
Answer: London
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which country is Tobruk?
|
||
Answer: Libya
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which country is the largest active volcano in the world?
|
||
Answer: Ecuador
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which county are all ten of England's highest peaks?
|
||
Answer: Cumbria
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which modern day country is ancient Troy?
|
||
Answer: Turkey
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: In which state is Tupelo?
|
||
Answer: Mississippi
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: In which state is the Natchez Trail?
|
||
Answer: Mississippi
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Into what ocean does the Zambezi River empty?
|
||
Answer: #Indian# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Into which bay does the Golden Gate Strait lead?
|
||
Answer: #San Francisco# Bay
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Into which estuary do the Trent and Ouse flow?
|
||
Answer: Humber
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: Is Belfast in Northern or Southern Ireland?
|
||
Answer: Northern
|
||
|
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Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Is Dublin in Northern or Southern ireland?
|
||
Answer: Southern
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Jefferson City is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Missouri
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Kathmandu is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Nepal
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Kigali is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Rwanda
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Kingston is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Jamaica
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Kinshasa is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
||
Regexp: (democratic republic of the congo|congo)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Kuwait City is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Kuwait
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Lansing is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Michigan
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Libreville is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Gabon
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Lilongwe is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Malawi
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Lome is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Togo
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Luxembourg is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Luxembourg
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Malabo is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Equatorial Guinea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Mayfair, London is a district of little streets near ······?
|
||
Answer: Hyde Park
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Mexico City is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Mexico
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Montevideo is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Uruguay
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Nashville is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Tennessee
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Near what river is the Temple of Karnak?
|
||
Answer: Nile
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: New Delhi is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: India
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Nicosia is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Cyprus
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Of what are Quemoy and Matsu part?
|
||
Answer: Taiwan
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Of which country does the Kalahari Desert cover 84%?
|
||
Answer: Botswana
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On the London Underground, which station has a different name on two of its platforms?
|
||
Answer: Bank and Monument
|
||
Regexp: (Bank (and|&) Monument|Monument (and|&) Bank)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On the banks of which river is the Taj Mahal?
|
||
Answer: River #Jumna#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On what island is Pearl Harbor?
|
||
Answer: Oahu
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On what river is Blackpool?
|
||
Answer: River #Fylde#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On what river is Liverpool?
|
||
Answer: Mersey
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On what sea is the Crimea?
|
||
Answer: Black Sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: On which coast of Australia is Sydney?
|
||
Answer: East
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Ouagadougou is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Burkina Faso
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Port Louis is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Mauritius
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Port Moresby is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Papua New Guinea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Raleigh is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: North Carolina
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Richmond is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Virginia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Riyadh is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Saudi Arabia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Rome is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Italy
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Santiago is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Chile
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Santo Domingo is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Dominican Republic
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Singapore is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Singapore
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Springfield is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Illinois
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Sydney is on the east coast of ······?
|
||
Answer: Australia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Tegucigalpa is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Honduras
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Through which ocean does the International Date Line approximately follow the 180 degree meridian?
|
||
Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Tirana is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Albania
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Ulan Bator is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Mongolia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Vaduz is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Liechtenstein
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What Central American country extends furthest north?
|
||
Answer: Belize
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What Scandinavian capital begins and ends with the same letter?
|
||
Answer: Oslo
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What city has the world's largest black population?
|
||
Answer: #New York# City
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What continent is part of both the East and Aest hemispheres?
|
||
Answer: Antarctica
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country borders Egypt on the West?
|
||
Answer: Libya
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country borders Egypt to the South?
|
||
Answer: Sudan
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country borders Libya on the East?
|
||
Answer: Egypt
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country borders Sudan to the North?
|
||
Answer: Egypt
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country has the biggest population?
|
||
Answer: China
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country is situated between Panama and Nicaragua?
|
||
Answer: Costa Rica
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country is surrounded by Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia?
|
||
Answer: Paraguay
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country was once known as 'The Breadbasket of Russia'?
|
||
Answer: Ukraine
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What country's capital is Caracas?
|
||
Answer: Venezuela
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What divides the American North from the South?
|
||
Answer: The Mason-Dixon Line
|
||
Regexp: Mason[- ]Dixon Line
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What do Americans traditionally eat on thanksgiving day?
|
||
Answer: turkey
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What does the George Washington Bridge span?
|
||
Answer: #Hudson# River
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is a peanut if it is not a pea or a nut?
|
||
Answer: legume
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is also known as Amundsen Scott Station?
|
||
Answer: South Pole
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the Southernmost country in continental Europe?
|
||
Answer: Spain
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Albania?
|
||
Answer: Tirana
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Australia?
|
||
Answer: Canberra
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Bangladesh?
|
||
Answer: Dhaka
|
||
Regexp: (dhakk?a|dacc?a)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Barbados?
|
||
Answer: Bridgetown
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Brazil?
|
||
Answer: Brasilia
|
||
Regexp: Bra[zs]ilia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
|
||
Answer: Ouagadougou
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of California?
|
||
Answer: Sacramento
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Chile?
|
||
Answer: Santiago
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Colombia?
|
||
Answer: Bogota
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Cyprus?
|
||
Answer: Nicosia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Djibouti?
|
||
Answer: Djibouti
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
|
||
Answer: Malabo
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Gabon?
|
||
Answer: Libreville
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Gambia?
|
||
Answer: Banjul
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Ghana?
|
||
Answer: Accra
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Guatemala?
|
||
Answer: Guatemala
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
|
||
Answer: Bissau
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Honduras?
|
||
Answer: Tegucigalpa
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Hungary?
|
||
Answer: Budapest
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Idaho?
|
||
Answer: Boise
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Illinois?
|
||
Answer: Springfield
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of India?
|
||
Answer: New Delhi
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Iowa?
|
||
Answer: Des Moines
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Italy?
|
||
Answer: Rome
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Jamaica?
|
||
Answer: Kingston
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Kuwait?
|
||
Answer: Kuwait
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Liechtenstein?
|
||
Answer: Vaduz
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Luxembourg?
|
||
Answer: Luxembourg
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Luxembourg?
|
||
Answer: Luxembourg
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Malawi?
|
||
Answer: Lilongwe
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Mali?
|
||
Answer: Bamako
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Mauritius?
|
||
Answer: Port Louis
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Mexico?
|
||
Answer: Mexico City
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Michigan?
|
||
Answer: Lansing
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Missouri?
|
||
Answer: #Jefferson# City
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Mongolia?
|
||
Answer: Ulan Bator
|
||
Regexp: (Ulan Bator|Ulaanbaatar)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Montana?
|
||
Answer: Helena
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Nepal?
|
||
Answer: Kathmandu
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of New York state?
|
||
Answer: Albany
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Nigeria?
|
||
Answer: Abuja
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of North Carolina?
|
||
Answer: Raleigh
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of North Dakota?
|
||
Answer: Bismarck
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Ohio?
|
||
Answer: Columbus
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
|
||
Answer: Port Moresby
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
|
||
Answer: Harrisburg
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Rwanda?
|
||
Answer: Kigali
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?
|
||
Answer: Riyadh
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Senegal?
|
||
Answer: Dakar
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Singapore?
|
||
Answer: Singapore
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Tennessee?
|
||
Answer: Nashville
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Texas?
|
||
Answer: Austin
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Thailand?
|
||
Answer: Bangkok
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Togo?
|
||
Answer: Lome
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the capital of Turkey?
|
||
Answer: Ankara
|
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|
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Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the capital of Uruguay?
|
||
Answer: Montevideo
|
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|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the capital of Virginia?
|
||
Answer: Richmond
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the capital of Wyoming?
|
||
Answer: Cheyenne
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the capital of the Dominican Republic?
|
||
Answer: Santo Domingo
|
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|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the circle of the earth at 0 degrees latitude called?
|
||
Answer: equator
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the correct name of Bangkok?
|
||
Answer: Krung Thep
|
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|
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Category: Geography
|
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Question: What is the deepest land gorge in the world?
|
||
Answer: Grand Canyon
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the fifth largest country in the world?
|
||
Answer: Brazil
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the highest peak in Fiji?
|
||
Answer: Mount Victoria
|
||
Regexp: M(oun)?t.? ?Victoria
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest city in China?
|
||
Answer: Shanghai
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest city in Ecuador?
|
||
Answer: Guayaquil
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest city in Switzerland?
|
||
Answer: Zurich
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest country in Central America?
|
||
Answer: Nicaragua
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest exclusively Indonesian island?
|
||
Answer: Sumatra
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the largest ocean?
|
||
Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the most mountainous country in Europe?
|
||
Answer: Switzerland
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the oldest town in Belgium?
|
||
Answer: Tongeren
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the only borough of New York City that is not on an island?
|
||
Answer: Bronx
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the river capital of the world?
|
||
Answer: Akron
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the saltiest sea in the world?
|
||
Answer: The #Dead Sea#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the second largest continent in the world?
|
||
Answer: Africa
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the second largest ocean?
|
||
Answer: #Atlantic# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the second largest state in the USA?
|
||
Answer: Texas
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the smallest Canadian province?
|
||
Answer: Prince Edward Island
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the smallest state in the USA?
|
||
Answer: Rhode Island
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the windiest place on earth?
|
||
Answer: #Mount Washington#, New Hampshire
|
||
Regexp: (Mount|Mt.?) ?Washington
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the world's highest waterfall?
|
||
Answer: Angel Falls
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the world's largest desert?
|
||
Answer: #Sahara# Desert
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the world's largest lake?
|
||
Answer: Caspian Sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the world's largest sea?
|
||
Answer: Mediterranean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What is the world's widest river?
|
||
Answer: Amazon
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What lake is approximately 394,000 sq. km in area?
|
||
Answer: Caspian Sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What ocean is found along the East border of Asia?
|
||
Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What place is known as 'the land nowhere near'?
|
||
Answer: Cape Three Points
|
||
Regexp: Cape (Three|3) Points
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What seaport's name is spanish for 'white house'?
|
||
Answer: Casablanca
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: What small island is in the bay of Naples?
|
||
Answer: Isle of #Capri#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where are the 'wallops'?
|
||
Answer: Hampshire
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where are the Nazca lines?
|
||
Answer: Peru
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where are the two steepest streets in the USA?
|
||
Answer: San Francisco
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Angel Falls?
|
||
Answer: Venezuela
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Calcutta?
|
||
Answer: India
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Cape Hatteras?
|
||
Answer: North Carolina
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Eurodisney?
|
||
Answer: #Paris#, France
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Gorky Park?
|
||
Answer: Moscow
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Lake Maracaibo?
|
||
Answer: Venezuela
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Mount Washington?
|
||
Answer: New Hampshire
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Tabasco?
|
||
Answer: Mexico
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is Tongeren?
|
||
Answer: Belgium
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is area 51 generally said to be?
|
||
Answer: Groom Lake
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the Blue Grotto - la Grotta Azzurra ?
|
||
Answer: Capri, Italy
|
||
Regexp: Capri
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the Machu Picchu?
|
||
Answer: Peru
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the Taj Mahal?
|
||
Answer: India
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the bridge of San Luis Rey?
|
||
Answer: Peru
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the land of 10,000 lakes?
|
||
Answer: Minnesota
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the statue 'Le Petit Pissoir'?
|
||
Answer: Brussels
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the wailing wall?
|
||
Answer: Jerusalem
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the world's biggest prison camp?
|
||
Answer: Siberia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Where is the world's largest desert?
|
||
Answer: North Africa
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which Californian desert drops below sea level?
|
||
Answer: Death Valley
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which English county has the smallest perimeter?
|
||
Answer: Isle of Wight
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which Portuguese colony reverted to China in December 1999?
|
||
Answer: Macau
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which South American country has both a Pacific and Atlantic coastline?
|
||
Answer: Colombia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which US state gets the most rainfall?
|
||
Answer: Hawaii
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which bridge spans the Hudson River?
|
||
Answer: #George Washington# Bridge
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which country administers Martinique?
|
||
Answer: France
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which country has the most emigrants?
|
||
Answer: Mexico
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which country is known as the roof of the world?
|
||
Answer: Tibet
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which country occupies the 'horn' of Africa?
|
||
Answer: Somalia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which country owns Corfu?
|
||
Answer: Greece
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which imaginery line approximately follows the 180 degree meridian through the Pacific Ocean?
|
||
Answer: International Date Line
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the largest lake in South America?
|
||
Answer: Lake #Maracaibo#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the most populated state/territory in Australia?
|
||
Answer: New South Wales
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the most remote island in the southern atlantic ocean?
|
||
Answer: #Bouvet# Island
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the only musical bird that can fly backwards?
|
||
Answer: hummingbird
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the only sea below sea level?
|
||
Answer: Dead Sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which is the smallest independent country?
|
||
Answer: Vatican City
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which island country lies immediately to the East of Réunion?
|
||
Answer: Mauritius
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which island country lies immediately to the West of Mauritius?
|
||
Answer: Réunion
|
||
Regexp: r[ée]union
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which island country lies to the East of Mauritius?
|
||
Answer: Australia
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which island country lies to the West of Australia?
|
||
Answer: Mauritius
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which large city is on the Southeastern coast of Australia?
|
||
Answer: Sydney
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which ocean has an area of approximately 166 sq. km?
|
||
Answer: #Pacific# Ocean
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which river passes through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine before arriving at the Black Sea?
|
||
Answer: Danube
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Which tropic passes through Australia?
|
||
Answer: Tropic of #Capricorn#
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Who owns the island of Bermuda?
|
||
Answer: Britain
|
||
|
||
Category: Geography
|
||
Question: Yaounde is the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: Cameroon
|
||
|
||
Category: Geogrophy
|
||
Question: Approximately what percentage of the earth do the oceans cover?
|
||
Answer: seventy one
|
||
Regexp: (seventy one|71)
|
||
|
||
Category: Geology
|
||
Question: What is the highest active volcano in the world?
|
||
Answer: Cotopaxi
|
||
|
||
Category: Geology
|
||
Question: What is the most reliable geyser in the world?
|
||
Answer: Old Faithful
|
||
|
||
Category: Geology
|
||
Question: What type of rock is marble?
|
||
Answer: metamorphic
|
||
|
||
Category: Geometry
|
||
Question: What is the sum of all the angles in a square? (in degrees)
|
||
Answer: three hundred and sixty
|
||
Regexp: (three hundred (and )?sixty|360)
|
||
|
||
Category: Glass Making
|
||
Question: What is the glass capital of the world?
|
||
Answer: Toledo
|
||
|
||
Category: Handy Hints
|
||
Question: By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, in what can you not sink?
|
||
Answer: quicksand
|
||
|
||
Category: Hisory
|
||
Question: Who invented the predecessor to today's computers?
|
||
Answer: Charles Babbage
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: After who was America named?
|
||
Answer: Amerigo Vespucci
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: After who was Mickey Mouse named?
|
||
Answer: Mickey Rooney
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Approximately how many children did pharaoh Ramses II father?
|
||
Answer: one hundred and sixty
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and )?sixty|160)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: As what was Istanbul previously known?
|
||
Answer: Constantinople
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: As what was Taiwan formerly known?
|
||
Answer: Formosa
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: As what was winchester known by the Romans?
|
||
Answer: Venta Bulgarum
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Between which countries was the shortest war in history?
|
||
Answer: Zanzibar and England
|
||
Regexp: (zanzibar( and| &|,)? england|england( and| &|,)? zanzibar)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: By who was Gerald Ford almost assassinated?
|
||
Answer: Squeaky Fromme
|
||
Regexp: (Lynette|Squeaky) Fromme
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: East Berlin was the capital of ······?
|
||
Answer: East Germany
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: From what did Alexander the Great suffer?
|
||
Answer: epilepsy
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: George Washington Carver advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace what?
|
||
Answer: cotton and tobacco
|
||
Regexp: (cotton (and |& )tobacco|tobacco (and |& )cotton)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: George Washington Carver advocated planting what to replace cotton and tobacco?
|
||
Answer: peanuts and sweet potatoes
|
||
Regexp: (Pea ?nuts (and |& )(sweet )?potatoe?s|(Sweet )?potatoe?s (and |& ) pea ?nuts)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Germany was split into two zones by which agreement?
|
||
Answer: #Yalta# agreement
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: His wife was Roxana, his horse was Bacephalus, he was?
|
||
Answer: Alexander the Great
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: How many British officers were forced by Indian troops into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
|
||
Answer: 146
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?forty[- ]six|146)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: How many people were killed in the battle of Lexington?
|
||
Answer: eight
|
||
Regexp: (eight|8)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison?
|
||
Answer: twenty seven
|
||
Regexp: (twenty seven|27)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: In 1962, for what did Britain and France sign an agreement to build together?
|
||
Answer: Concorde
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: In 1975, what re-opened after an 8 year closure?
|
||
Answer: Suez Canal
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: In the 15th century, what was the war between the houses of Lancaster and York?
|
||
Answer: War of the #Roses#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: In which battle was George A. Custer defeated?
|
||
Answer: Battle of #Little Bighorn#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: In which country was paper money first used?
|
||
Answer: China
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: King Richard the ········?
|
||
Answer: Lionhearted
|
||
Regexp: Lionheart
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Near what falls did Jimmy Angel crash his plane in 1937?
|
||
Answer: Angel Falls
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Of which Cambodian party was Pol Pot the leader?
|
||
Answer: Khmer Rouge
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Of which ship was Miles Standish captain?
|
||
Answer: The #Mayflower#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: On what date did America become an independant nation?
|
||
Answer: July 4th, 1776
|
||
Regexp: (July 4(th)?,? 1776|4(th)?( of)? July,? 1776)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: On what day of the week did Solomon Grundy die?
|
||
Answer: Saturday
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: On what was Pennsylvania incorrectly spelled?
|
||
Answer: Liberty Bell
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: The date of which Christian festival was fixed in 325AD by the Council of Nicaea?
|
||
Answer: Easter
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: The ······ Tea Party?
|
||
Answer: Boston
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Through the streets of what town did Lady Godiva ride naked?
|
||
Answer: Coventry
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What 19th century war between Russia and England, Turkey, Britain and France, was named after a peninsula in the Black Sea?
|
||
Answer: #Crimean# War
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What English city was known to the Romans as Venta Bulgarum?
|
||
Answer: Winchester
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What Shakespearean king was actually king of Scotland for 17 years?
|
||
Answer: Macbeth
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What United States president was in office during the civil war?
|
||
Answer: Abraham #Lincoln#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What colour was Diana Spencer's engagement photograph suit?
|
||
Answer: blue
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What country was formerly known as Siam?
|
||
Answer: Thailand
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What country was ruled by Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge party?
|
||
Answer: Cambodia (Kampuchea)
|
||
Regexp: (Kampuchea|Cambodia)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did 'DMZ' stand for in the vietnam war?
|
||
Answer: Demilitarized Zone
|
||
Regexp: Demilitari[sz]ed Zone
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did David Stirling found?
|
||
Answer: SAS
|
||
Regexp: S.?A.?S.?
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Ed Peterson invent?
|
||
Answer: Egg Mcmuffin
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Eli Whitney invent?
|
||
Answer: cotton gin
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Erik Rotheim invent in 1926?
|
||
Answer: aerosol
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Henry Shrapnel invent?
|
||
Answer: The #exploding shell#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Louis Cartier invent?
|
||
Answer: wristwatch
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Marie Curie die of on 4th July, 1934?
|
||
Answer: #radiation# poisoning
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Pennsylvania legalise before any other colony?
|
||
Answer: witchcraft
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What did Victorian women bathe in to try to enlarge their breasts?
|
||
Answer: strawberries
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What famous artist could write with both his left and right hand at the same time?
|
||
Answer: Leonardo #da Vinci#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What food was almost non-existent in Ireland in the 1840's?
|
||
Answer: potatoes
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What is the 15' by 18' cell that 146 captured british officers were forced into by indian troops in the 19th century called?
|
||
Answer: Black Hole of Calcutta
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What kind of teeth did George Washington have?
|
||
Answer: #wood#en
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What missionary station was built by Albert Schweitzer?
|
||
Answer: Lambarene
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What period is also known as the age of fish?
|
||
Answer: #Devonian# period
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What pre-tv radio show turned film caused people to commit suicide when it was first aired?
|
||
Answer: War Of The Worlds
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: What war lasted from June 5 to June 11, 1967?
|
||
Answer: Six day war
|
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Regexp: (Six|6) days? war
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Category: History
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Question: What was Alaska called before 1867?
|
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Answer: Russian America
|
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Category: History
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Question: What was Alexander The Great's wife's name?
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Answer: Roxana
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Category: History
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Question: What was George A Custer's horses' name?
|
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Answer: Comanche
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Category: History
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Question: What was King Arthur's mother's name?
|
||
Answer: Igraine
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Category: History
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Question: What was Russian America called after 1867?
|
||
Answer: Alaska
|
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|
||
Category: History
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Question: What was Thailand formerly known as?
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Answer: Siam
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Category: History
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Question: What was named after Amerigo Vespucci?
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Answer: America
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Category: History
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Question: What was the D-Day invasion password?
|
||
Answer: Mickey Mouse
|
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Category: History
|
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Question: What was the capital of East Germany?
|
||
Answer: East Berlin
|
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Category: History
|
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Question: What was the first American colony to legalise witchcraft?
|
||
Answer: Pennsylvania
|
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|
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Category: History
|
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Question: What was the first fighting vehicle?
|
||
Answer: war #chariot#
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|
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Category: History
|
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Question: What was the first product to have a barcode?
|
||
Answer: Wrigley's gum
|
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Regexp: Wrigley'?s
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
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Question: What was the first ship to reach the Titanic after it sank?
|
||
Answer: Carpathia
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
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Question: What was the last chinese dynasty?
|
||
Answer: Manchu
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
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Question: What was the leading cause of death in the late 19th century?
|
||
Answer: tuberculosis
|
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|
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Category: History
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Question: What was the name of the first ironclad warship ever launched?
|
||
Answer: HMS #Warrior#
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|
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Category: History
|
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Question: What was the name of the scandal that resulted in the resignation of president Nixon?
|
||
Answer: Watergate
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
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Question: What wonder stood 32m high in rhodes harbour?
|
||
Answer: Colossus of Rhodes
|
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|
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Category: History
|
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Question: When was D-day?
|
||
Answer: June 6th, 1944
|
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Regexp: (6(th)? (of )?June,? 1944|June 6(th)?,? 1944)
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: When was Julius Caesar murdered?
|
||
Answer: Ides of March
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
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Question: When was the Greek alphabet first used?
|
||
Answer: 800 BC
|
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Regexp: 800 ?BC
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did 'The Mayflower' take the pilgrims?
|
||
Answer: New World
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did Bill and Hilary Clinton switch on Christmas lights in 1995?
|
||
Answer: Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
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Regexp: (belfast|northern ireland)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in 1945?
|
||
Answer: Yalta
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did Guinevere retire to die?
|
||
Answer: Amesbury
|
||
|
||
Question: When was the date of the Christian festival Easter fixed by the Council of Nicaea?
|
||
Answer: #325# AD
|
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|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did the Bay Of Pigs take place?
|
||
Answer: Cuba
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did the Birkenhead sink?
|
||
Answer: Danger Point
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where did the bayonet originate?
|
||
Answer: Bayonne, France
|
||
Regexp: (Bayonne|France)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where was Napoleon defeated?
|
||
Answer: Waterloo
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where was Nelson mandela in prison?
|
||
Answer: Robben Island
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where were numerous French nuclear tests conducted?
|
||
Answer: Muraroa Atoll
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where were the Hanging Gardens?
|
||
Answer: Babylon
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Where were the first books printed?
|
||
Answer: China
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which Apollo space mission put the first men on the moon ?
|
||
Answer: Apollo 11
|
||
Regexp: Apollo (eleven|11)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which Baltic seaport was the German rocket centre during WWII?
|
||
Answer: Peenemunde
|
||
|
||
Question: What was the name of Buffy's doll in the 1970's show 'Family Affair'?
|
||
Answer: Mrs. #Beasley#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which Spanish explorer first travelled to Jamaica?
|
||
Answer: Christopher #Columbus#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which US president said 'the buck stops here'?
|
||
Answer: Harry #Truman#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which british comedian was the first man to appear on the cover of 'playboy'?
|
||
Answer: Peter Sellers
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which country blew up a Greenpeace ship in New Zealand?
|
||
Answer: France
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which country was split into two zones by the Yalta agreement?
|
||
Answer: Germany
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which emperor made his horse a senator?
|
||
Answer: Caligula
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which famous actor is honored in a statue in Leicester Square?
|
||
Answer: Charlie Chaplin
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which famous explorer visited Australia and New Zealand, then surveyed the Pacific coast of North America?
|
||
Answer: Captain George #Vancouver#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which frontiersman died at the Alamo?
|
||
Answer: Davy Crockett
|
||
Regexp: Dave?y Crockett
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which houses fought the War of the Roses?
|
||
Answer: Lancaster and York
|
||
Regexp: (York (and |& )?Lancaster|Lancaster (and |& )?York)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which is the most ancient walled city?
|
||
Answer: Jericho
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which nation did Moshoeshoe found?
|
||
Answer: Basotho
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which nation was led by Genghis Khan?
|
||
Answer: #Mongol#ia
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which nursery rhyme was the first gramophone recording?
|
||
Answer: Mary Had A Little Lamb
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which period was first, jurassic or carboniferous?
|
||
Answer: carboniferous
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which president was responsible for the 'Louisiana Purchase'?
|
||
Answer: Thomas #Jefferson#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which racist organisation was formed in Tennessee in 1865?
|
||
Answer: Ku Klux Klan
|
||
|
||
Question: Which film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer won the Oscar for best picture in 1965?
|
||
Answer: The #Sound Of Music#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which ship did Charles Darwin captain?
|
||
Answer: HMS Beagle
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which was the first Chinese dynasty?
|
||
Answer: Shang
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Which was the first magazine to publish a hologram on its cover?
|
||
Answer: National Geographic
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton and tobacco?
|
||
Answer: George Washington #Carver#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who appeared on the back of a US banknote in 1875?
|
||
Answer: Pocahontas
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who assassinated John Lennon?
|
||
Answer: Mark David Chapman
|
||
Regexp: Mark (David )?Chapman
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who assassinated president Kennedy?
|
||
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald
|
||
Regexp: Lee (Harvey )?Oswald
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who became president of South Africa in 1989?
|
||
Answer: F.W. #de Klerk#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who built Camelot?
|
||
Answer: King #Arthur#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who built the Lambarene missionary station?
|
||
Answer: Albert #Schweitzer#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who built the Taj Mahal?
|
||
Answer: Shah Jahan
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who burned Atlanta in 1864?
|
||
Answer: General #Sherman#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who captained the HMS Beagle?
|
||
Answer: Charles #Darwin#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who committed the first daytime robbery?
|
||
Answer: Frank and Jesse James
|
||
Regexp: (Jesse (and|&) Frank|Frank (and|&) Jesse) James
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who developed the first nuclear submarine?
|
||
Answer: Soviet Union
|
||
Regexp: (Russia|U.?S.?S.?R.?|Soviet Union)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who did Squeaky Fromme try to assassinate?
|
||
Answer: Gerald Ford
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who died three days after Elvis Presley?
|
||
Answer: Groucho Marx
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who died three days before Groucho Marx?
|
||
Answer: Elvis Presley
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who discovered the Grand Canyon?
|
||
Answer: Francisco #Coronado#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who drafted most of the American Declaration of Independence?
|
||
Answer: Thomas #Jefferson#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who fiddled while Rome burned?
|
||
Answer: Nero
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who fixed the date of the Christian festival 'Easter'?
|
||
Answer: Council of Nicaea
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who forced 146 captured British officers into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
|
||
Answer: #Indian# troops
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who introduced bagpipes to the British Isles?
|
||
Answer: Romans
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented crop insurance?
|
||
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the aerosol?
|
||
Answer: Erik Rotheim
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the ballpoint pen?
|
||
Answer: Georgo and Laszlo #Biro#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the cotton gin?
|
||
Answer: Eli #Whitney#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the exploding shell?
|
||
Answer: Henry Shrapnel
|
||
|
||
Question: If Brazil had won the 1998 tournament, how many times would they have won the soccer World Cup?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the gatling gun?
|
||
Answer: Richard Gatling
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who invented the wristwatch?
|
||
Answer: Louis #Cartier#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who is considered the father of medicine?
|
||
Answer: Hippocrates
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who is identified with the word 'eureka'?
|
||
Answer: Archimedes
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who is known as the high priest of revenge?
|
||
Answer: Philip Seldon
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who is known for his 'theory of evolution'?
|
||
Answer: Charles #Darwin#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who is recognised as the father of geometry?
|
||
Answer: Euclid
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who killed Jesse James?
|
||
Answer: Robert #Ford#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who led 900 followers in a mass suicide in 1979?
|
||
Answer: Jim Jones
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who led the children of Israel out of Egypt?
|
||
Answer: Moses
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who led the mongols?
|
||
Answer: Genghis Khan
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who married actress Nancy Davis?
|
||
Answer: Ronald Reagan
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who met in Yalta in 1945 (in alphabetical order)?
|
||
Answer: Churchill Roosevelt Stalin
|
||
Regexp: Churchill,? Roosevelt,? (and )?Stalin
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who ordered the persecution of the Christians in which Peter and Paul died?
|
||
Answer: Nero
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who presided over the trial of Jesus?
|
||
Answer: Pontius Pilate
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who received the nobel peace prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership?
|
||
Answer: #Martin Luther King# Jr
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who ruled rome when Christ was born?
|
||
Answer: Augustus Caesar
|
||
Regexp: (Caesar Augustus|Augustus Caesar)
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who said 'eureka'?
|
||
Answer: Archimedes
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who said 'public service is my motto'?
|
||
Answer: Al Capone
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who sailed to the new world in 'The mayflower'?
|
||
Answer: pilgrims
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
|
||
Answer: John Wilkes Booth
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who signed the 'thanksgiving proclamation'?
|
||
Answer: Abraham #Lincoln#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who started the second Punic war?
|
||
Answer: Carthage
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who succeeded Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of England?
|
||
Answer: Anthony Eden
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who tried to create the 'Great Society'?
|
||
Answer: Lyndon B #Johnson#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was 'The Elephant Man'?
|
||
Answer: Joseph Merrick
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was George Washington's vice-president?
|
||
Answer: John #Adams#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was Joseph Merrick?
|
||
Answer: The #Elephant Man#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was King Arthur's foster-father?
|
||
Answer: Ector
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was Ulysses' son, who grew to manhood in his absence?
|
||
Answer: Telemachus
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was assassinated on December 8, 1980 in New York City?
|
||
Answer: John Lennon
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas?
|
||
Answer: President John F. #Kennedy#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was captain of 'The Mayflower'?
|
||
Answer: Miles #Standish#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
|
||
Answer: George A. #Custer#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was forced by Indian troops into the Black Hole of Calcutta?
|
||
Answer: #British# officers
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was given the only Nobel Peace Prize award during WWI?
|
||
Answer: International #Red Cross#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was kidnapped on the night of March 1, 1932?
|
||
Answer: Charles Lindbergh Jr
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was known as 'the peanut president'?
|
||
Answer: Jimmy Carter
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the first (and last) catholic president?
|
||
Answer: John Fitzerald #Kennedy#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?
|
||
Answer: Chuck Yeager
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?
|
||
Answer: Captain #Matthew Webb#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the first woman in space?
|
||
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the lead singer for Creedence Clearwater Revival, and recently released 'Blue Moon Swamp'?
|
||
Answer: John Fogerty
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the leader of the Khmer Rouge?
|
||
Answer: Pol Pot
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who was the only survivor of Custer's last stand?
|
||
Answer: his #horse#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who were the first people to be elected into the Aviation Hall Of Fame?
|
||
Answer: The #Wright Brothers#
|
||
|
||
Category: History
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?
|
||
Answer: Galileo
|
||
|
||
Category: Hobbies
|
||
Question: What hobby was developed by the Palmer Paint Company?
|
||
Answer: Painting by #number#s
|
||
|
||
Category: Hobbies
|
||
Question: Who invented painting by numbers?
|
||
Answer: palmer paint company
|
||
|
||
Category: How many?
|
||
Question: How many years in a vicennial?
|
||
Answer: twenty
|
||
Regexp: (twenty|20)
|
||
|
||
Category: Human Achievment
|
||
Question: Who hit the first golf shot on the moon?
|
||
Answer: Alan Sheppard
|
||
|
||
Category: Humanitarianism
|
||
Question: What does the abbreviation 'UNICEF' stand for?
|
||
Answer: United Nations Childrens' Emergency Fund
|
||
Regexp: United Nations Childrens'? Emergency Fund
|
||
|
||
Category: IRC
|
||
Question: In mIRC, what colour does control-K + 4 give?
|
||
Answer: red
|
||
|
||
Category: IRC
|
||
Question: On IRC, how do you ask age, sex, location?
|
||
Answer: asl
|
||
Regexp: a[/,]? ?s[/,]? ?l
|
||
|
||
Category: IRC
|
||
Question: On irc, what does a/s/l mean?
|
||
Answer: age/sex/location
|
||
Regexp: Age[/,]? ?Sex[/,]? ?Location
|
||
|
||
Category: Impressive Fauna
|
||
Question: What animal can live several weeks without its head?
|
||
Answer: cockroach
|
||
|
||
Category: Industry
|
||
Question: South africa is the biggest producer and exporter of ······?
|
||
Answer: mohair
|
||
|
||
Category: Industry
|
||
Question: Which country is the biggest producer and exporter of mohair?
|
||
Answer: South Africa
|
||
|
||
Category: Intelligence
|
||
Question: Who founded the SAS?
|
||
Answer: David Stirling
|
||
|
||
Category: Interesting Fact
|
||
Question: More people are killed by donkeys every year than are killed in ······?
|
||
Answer: plane crashes
|
||
|
||
Category: Inventors
|
||
Question: Who invented 'bifocal' lenses for eyeglasses?
|
||
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
|
||
|
||
Category: Inventors
|
||
Question: Who invented the most common projection for world maps?
|
||
Answer: Gerardus #Mercator#
|
||
|
||
Category: Jokes
|
||
Question: In the old gag, where is Prince Albert?
|
||
Answer: In a #can#
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: From what Irish words is 'Dublin' derived?
|
||
Answer: dubh linn
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: From what language is the term 'finito'?
|
||
Answer: Italian
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: Merging the words 'melt' and 'weld' created which word?
|
||
Answer: meld
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: Other than Germany, whose official language is German?
|
||
Answer: Austria
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
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Question: The word rodent comes from the italian 'rodere', which means?
|
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Answer: gnaw
|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What city's name is derived from the words 'dubh linn'?
|
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Answer: Dublin
|
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|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What does 'alma mater' mean in English?
|
||
Answer: bountiful mother
|
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|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What does 'majuba' mean?
|
||
Answer: place of rock pigeons
|
||
|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What does 'shogun' mean in English?
|
||
Answer: military governor
|
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|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What does the Irish 'dubh linn' mean?
|
||
Answer: black pool
|
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Regexp: black ?pool
|
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|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What does the word 'karate' translate to in English?
|
||
Answer: open hand
|
||
|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What is 'blackpool' in Irish?
|
||
Answer: dubh linn
|
||
|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What is 'bountiful mother' in Latin?
|
||
Answer: alma mater
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is 'military governor' in Japanese?
|
||
Answer: shogun
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is the English word for 'fiesta'?
|
||
Answer: festival
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
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Question: What is the Israeli 'knesset'?
|
||
Answer: parliament
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
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Question: What is the Old English word for 'sneeze'?
|
||
Answer: fneasan
|
||
|
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Category: Language
|
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Question: What is the Spanish word for 'festival'?
|
||
Answer: fiesta
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is the language of Hungary?
|
||
Answer: Magyar
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is the literal meaning of 'pince-nez'?
|
||
Answer: pinch nose
|
||
Regexp: pinch[- ]?nose
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is the meaning of the Mercedes Benz motto 'Das beste oder nichts'?
|
||
Answer: The best or nothing
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What is the official language of Austria?
|
||
Answer: german
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What two words make the word 'meld'?
|
||
Answer: melt and weld
|
||
Regexp: (weld (and |& )?melt|melt (and |& )?weld)
|
||
|
||
Category: Language
|
||
Question: What was the language of ancient India?
|
||
Answer: Sanskrit
|
||
|
||
Category: Law
|
||
Question: In which country was it once against the law to slam your car door?
|
||
Answer: Switzerland
|
||
|
||
Category: Lawn Mowers
|
||
Question: How fast does the tip of a standard rotary mower travel? (in km/h)
|
||
Answer: two hundred
|
||
Regexp: (two hundred|200)
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: What was the Lone Ranger's real name?
|
||
Answer: John Reid
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Where does Nessie live?
|
||
Answer: Loch Ness
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who are santa's reindeer, in alphabetical order?
|
||
Answer: blitzen, comet, dancer, dasher, prancer and vixen
|
||
Regexp: blitzen(,| and)? comet(,| and)? dancer(,| and)? dasher(,| and)? prancer(,| and)? vixen
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who created the round table?
|
||
Answer: Merlin
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who was Bonnie Parker's partner?
|
||
Answer: Clyde Barrow
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who was Clyde Barrow's partner?
|
||
Answer: Bonnie Parker
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who was John Reid?
|
||
Answer: Lone Ranger
|
||
|
||
Category: Legends
|
||
Question: Who was the Lone Ranger's Indian companion?
|
||
Answer: Tonto
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: As what did H.G. Wells refer to Adolf Hitler?
|
||
Answer: A #certifiable lunatic#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: How many books are there in Anne Rice's vampire series?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: How many stories did enid blyton publish in 1959?
|
||
Answer: fifty nine
|
||
Regexp: (fifty[- ]nine|59)
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'A Christmas Carol', how many ghosts visited Scrooge?
|
||
Answer: four
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'A Christmas Carol', what was the name of the miser?
|
||
Answer: Ebenezer #Scrooge#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Alice In Wonderland', who never stopped sobbing?
|
||
Answer: Mock Turtle
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', about what was Mercutio's long monologue?
|
||
Answer: Queen Mab
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who gave a long monologue about Queen Mab?
|
||
Answer: Mercutio
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who said 'I have a faint cold, fear thrills through my veins'?
|
||
Answer: Juliet
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who says 'make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies?
|
||
Answer: Juliet
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In 'Romeo and Juliet', who says 'what must be must be'?
|
||
Answer: Juliet
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In one of Donald Horne's novels, as what was Australia dubbed?
|
||
Answer: The #lucky country#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In one of Donald Horne's novels, which was 'the lucky country'?
|
||
Answer: Australia
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In the Dr Seuss books, which elephant hatched an egg?
|
||
Answer: Horton
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: In which book did four ghosts visit Scrooge?
|
||
Answer: A Christmas Carol
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: On what book was 'Three Days Of The Condor' based?
|
||
Answer: Six Days Of The Condor
|
||
Regexp: (Six|6) Days Of The condor
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: The Hardy Boys and ······?
|
||
Answer: Nancy Drew
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What Dr Seuss character steals Christmas?
|
||
Answer: Grinch
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What controversial book did Germaine Greer write?
|
||
Answer: The #Female Eunuch#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What shakespearean play refers to the date of epiphany?
|
||
Answer: Twelfth Night
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What story features flopsy, mopsy and cottontail?
|
||
Answer: Peter Rabbit
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What subject did 'Mr. Chips' teach?
|
||
Answer: Latin
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What was H.G Wells' first novel?
|
||
Answer: The #Time Machine#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What was Lestat's last name?
|
||
Answer: de Lioncourt
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What were the dolls in the novel 'Valley Of The Dolls'?
|
||
Answer: pills
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: What were the two cities in 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
|
||
Answer: London and Paris
|
||
Regexp: (Paris,? (and |& )?London|London,? (and |& )?Paris)
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Which Tennesee Williams play is about a Sicilian-American woman?
|
||
Answer: The #Rose Tattoo#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Which book featured the miser Scrooge?
|
||
Answer: A Christmas Carol
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Which is the only book written by Margaret Mitchell?
|
||
Answer: Gone With The Wind
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who created 'Horton' the elephant?
|
||
Answer: Dr. Seuss
|
||
Regexp: Dr.? Seuss
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who created 'Maudie Frickett'?
|
||
Answer: Jonathan Winters
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who created 'The Saint'?
|
||
Answer: Leslie Charteris
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who did Macduff kill?
|
||
Answer: Macbeth
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who did author Leslie Charteris create?
|
||
Answer: The #Saint#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who dubbed Australia 'the lucky country'?
|
||
Answer: Donald Horne
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who killed Macbeth?
|
||
Answer: Macduff
|
||
Regexp: Ma?cduff
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who said 'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks'?
|
||
Answer: Romeo
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who was Winnie the Pooh's neighbour?
|
||
Answer: Piglet
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who was the author of 'Dracula'?
|
||
Answer: Bram Stoker
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who was the human companion of Willow?
|
||
Answer: Mad Mardigan
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote '1984'?
|
||
Answer: George Orwell
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'A Christmas Carol'?
|
||
Answer: Charles #Dickens#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
|
||
Answer: Charles #Dickens#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?
|
||
Answer: Charles #Dickens#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Alice In Wonderland'?
|
||
Answer: Lewis Carroll
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Gone With The Wind'?
|
||
Answer: Margaret Mitchell
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Psycho'?
|
||
Answer: Robert Bloch
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Birds'?
|
||
Answer: Daphne du Maurier
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Female Eunuch'?
|
||
Answer: Germaine Greer
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Hobbit'?
|
||
Answer: J.R.R. #Tolkien#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Rose Tattoo'?
|
||
Answer: Tennessee Williams
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'The Time Machine'?
|
||
Answer: H.G. Wells
|
||
Regexp: H.?G.? Wells
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Valley Of The Dolls'?
|
||
Answer: Jacqueline Susann
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Weird Harold and Fat Albert'?
|
||
Answer: Bill Cosby
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'little lamb, who made thee'?
|
||
Answer: William Blake
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote the 'Dragonriders Of Pern' series?
|
||
Answer: Anne McCaffrey
|
||
Regexp: Anne Ma?cCaffrey
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote the 'Father Brown' crime stories?
|
||
Answer: G.K. #Chesterton#
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote the 'Myth' series?
|
||
Answer: Robert Asprin
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote the 'Noddy' books?
|
||
Answer: Enid Blyton
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who wrote the vampire series that featured Lestat as the main character?
|
||
Answer: Anne Rice
|
||
|
||
Category: Literature
|
||
Question: Who's last words were 'Thus with a kiss I die'?
|
||
Answer: Romeo
|
||
|
||
Category: Longevity
|
||
Question: How old was the world's oldest man?
|
||
Answer: one hundred and forty one
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and )?forty[- ]one|141)
|
||
|
||
Category: Longevity
|
||
Question: Who was the world's oldest man?
|
||
Answer: Bir Narayan Chaudhari
|
||
|
||
Category: Maritime Trivia
|
||
Question: On a ship, what is the line that indicates the maximum load that may be transported?
|
||
Answer: #Plimsoll# Line
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: How many different letters are used in the roman numeral system?
|
||
Answer: seven
|
||
Regexp: (seven|7)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is 65% of 60?
|
||
Answer: 39
|
||
Regexp: (Thirty[- ]nine|39)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in a reflex angle?
|
||
Answer: three hundred and fifty nine
|
||
Regexp: (three hundred (and |& )?fifty[- ]nine|359)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in an acute angle?
|
||
Answer: eighty nine
|
||
Regexp: (eighty[- ]nine|89)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the maximum number of integer degrees in an obtuse angle?
|
||
Answer: one hundred and seventy nine
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?seventy[- ]nine|179)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in a reflex angle?
|
||
Answer: one hundred and eighty one
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and |& )?eighty[- ]one|181)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in an acute angle?
|
||
Answer: one
|
||
Regexp: (one|1)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the minimum number of integer degrees in an obtuse angle?
|
||
Answer: ninety one
|
||
Regexp: (ninety[- ]one|91)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value?
|
||
Answer: four
|
||
Regexp: (four|4)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mathematics
|
||
Question: What is the square root of one quarter?
|
||
Answer: one half
|
||
Regexp: ((One |A |1 )?half|1/2)
|
||
|
||
Category: Measurement
|
||
Question: What instrument measures walking distance?
|
||
Answer: pedometer
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicien
|
||
Question: In what body part does an osteopath specialise?
|
||
Answer: #bone#s
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: A salt enema was given to children to rid them of ······?
|
||
Answer: Threadworm
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: Heroin is the brand name of morphine once marketed by which pharmaceutical company?
|
||
Answer: Bayer
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: In the early 20th century, rattlesnake venom was used to treat which illness?
|
||
Answer: epilepsy
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: North American Indians ate watercress to dissolve gravel and stones in the ······?
|
||
Answer: bladder
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: North American Indians ate watercress to dissolve what in the bladder?
|
||
Answer: gravel and stones
|
||
Regexp: (gravel|stones)
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: On what part of the body is an 'LTK procedure' performed?
|
||
Answer: eyes
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What did North American Indians eat to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder?
|
||
Answer: watercress
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What does a sphygmomanometer measure?
|
||
Answer: blood pressure
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What does hepatitis affect?
|
||
Answer: liver
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What instrument measures blood pressure?
|
||
Answer: sphygmomanometer
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What is a the technical name for a heart attack?
|
||
Answer: myocardial infarct
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What is acute nasopharyngitis?
|
||
Answer: A #cold#
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What is another name for consumption?
|
||
Answer: tuberculosis
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What is another name for tuberculosis?
|
||
Answer: consumption
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: What was given to children to rid them of threadworm?
|
||
Answer: salt enema
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: Who ate watercress to dissolve gravel and stones in the bladder?
|
||
Answer: North American #Indians#
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: Who invented the smallpox vaccine?
|
||
Answer: Edward Jenner
|
||
|
||
Category: Medicine
|
||
Question: Who was the first to use rubber gloves during surgery?
|
||
Answer: Dr. W. S. #Halstead#
|
||
|
||
Category: Military
|
||
Question: As a result of their wearing high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, as what were the first US marines known?
|
||
Answer: leathernecks
|
||
|
||
Category: Military
|
||
Question: What do the letters 'SAM' mean in SAM missiles?
|
||
Answer: Surface To Air
|
||
Regexp: Surface[- ]To[- ]Air
|
||
|
||
Category: Military
|
||
Question: What is the mascot of the US naval academy?
|
||
Answer: goat
|
||
|
||
Category: Military
|
||
Question: What is the naval equivalent of an army Major?
|
||
Answer: Lieutenant Commander
|
||
|
||
Category: Military
|
||
Question: With which hand do soldiers salute?
|
||
Answer: right
|
||
|
||
Category: Minerals
|
||
Question: What forms when a diamond is cut with a laser?
|
||
Answer: #graphite# dust
|
||
|
||
Category: Minerals
|
||
Question: What is also known as the 'bishop's stone'?
|
||
Answer: amethyst
|
||
|
||
Category: Minerals
|
||
Question: What is the violet variety of quartz otherwise known as?
|
||
Answer: amethyst
|
||
|
||
Category: Mining
|
||
Question: Approximately how deep are the deepest mines? (in km)
|
||
Answer: four
|
||
Regexp: (4|four)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mining
|
||
Question: In which country is the largest gold refinery?
|
||
Answer: South Africa
|
||
|
||
Category: Mining
|
||
Question: What is the deepest mine in the world?
|
||
Answer: Western Deep Levels Mine
|
||
|
||
Category: Mining
|
||
Question: What is the name of the largest gold refinery?
|
||
Answer: Rand Refinery
|
||
|
||
Category: Mining
|
||
Question: Where are the deepest mines?
|
||
Answer: South Africa
|
||
|
||
Category: Minreals
|
||
Question: Graphite dust is formed when what is cut with a laser?
|
||
Answer: diamond
|
||
|
||
Category: Misnomers
|
||
Question: What are Swedish buns called?
|
||
Answer: Danishes
|
||
Regexp: Danish(es)?
|
||
|
||
Category: Modern Myths
|
||
Question: What has no reflection, no shadow, and can't stand the smell of garlic?
|
||
Answer: vampire
|
||
|
||
Category: Monuments
|
||
Question: Which man has the most monuments erected in his honour?
|
||
Answer: Buddha
|
||
|
||
Category: Monuments
|
||
Question: Which woman has the most monuments erected in her honour?
|
||
Answer: Virgin Mary
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: From which team did Marlboro switch its backing to Mclaren in the 1974 season?
|
||
Answer: BRM
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: How many pole positions did Ayrton Senna score?
|
||
Answer: sixty five
|
||
Regexp: (sixty[- ]five|65)
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: In 1976, James Hunt was disqualified after winning which Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: British
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Name the first automobile racetrack in America.
|
||
Answer: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
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Question: Over what time period is the Le Mans endurance motor race?
|
||
Answer: Twenty four hours
|
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Regexp: (Twenty[- ]four|24) ?(h(ou)?rs?|(One |1 ?)day)
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: To which team did Marlboro switch its backing from BRM in the 1974 season?
|
||
Answer: Mclaren
|
||
Regexp: Ma?claren
|
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|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: What colours was the Ferrari Formula 1 car in the 1964 US Grand prix?
|
||
Answer: blue and white
|
||
Regexp: (blue (and |& )white|white (and |& )blue)
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: What event marked the 1954 french grand prix?
|
||
Answer: The return of #Mercedes#
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Where do the Italians host the Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: Monza
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
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Question: Which car won the 1953 Italian Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: Maserati
|
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|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
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Question: Which new engine regulation replaced the 2.5 litre rule at the start of the 1961 season?
|
||
Answer: #1.5 litre# rule
|
||
Regexp: 1.5
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Who hosts the Monza Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: Italy
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Who qualified for pole position in the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: Elio #de Angelis#
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Who was disqualified after winning the 1976 British Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: James Hunt
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Who was the driver for the Jordan team in the 1998 Grand Prix?
|
||
Answer: Damon Hill
|
||
|
||
Category: Motor Racing
|
||
Question: Who won the 1966 F1 championship?
|
||
Answer: Jack Brabham
|
||
|
||
Category: Mottos
|
||
Question: Whose motto is 'Be prepared'?
|
||
Answer: Boy Scouts
|
||
|
||
Category: Mountain Climbing
|
||
Question: Who conquered the Matterhorn in 1865?
|
||
Answer: Edward Whymper
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Stars
|
||
Question: Who was Lauren Bacall's first husband?
|
||
Answer: Humphrey Bogart
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: About which family are the Godfather films?
|
||
Answer: Corleone
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: For which film did Art Carney win best actor Oscar in 1974?
|
||
Answer: Harry and Tonto
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In 'Star Wars', who was C3P0's sidekick?
|
||
Answer: R2D2
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In 'The Shining' what was the child's imaginary friend's name (the one who told him things that were going to happen)?
|
||
Answer: Tony
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the 'Nightmare On Elm Street' films, who played Freddy Krueger?
|
||
Answer: Robert Englund
|
||
Regexp: Robert Engl[au]nd
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'American Hot Wax', who did Jay Leno play?
|
||
Answer: Mookie
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'American Hot Wax', who played the 'Mookie'?
|
||
Answer: Jay Leno
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'Hackers', how old was 'zero_kool' when he was first arrested?
|
||
Answer: eleven
|
||
Regexp: (eleven|11)
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'Home Alone', who played the baddies?
|
||
Answer: Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern
|
||
Regexp: (Joe Pesci (and |& )Daniel Stern|Daniel Stern (and |& )Joe Pesci)
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'Pretty Woman', for who was Goldie Hawn the body double?
|
||
Answer: Julia Roberts
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In the film 'The Day Of The Jackal', who played the Jackal?
|
||
Answer: Edward Fox
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In what did someone squish her hands to make the sound of e.t walking?
|
||
Answer: jelly
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In what film did Whoopi Goldberg make her screen debut?
|
||
Answer: The #Color Purple#
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In which James Bond film does the villain cheat at golf?
|
||
Answer: Goldfinger
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In which film did Henry Fonda play a fallen priest?
|
||
Answer: The Fugitive
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In which film did Paul Newman and Robert Redford hold hands and jump into a river?
|
||
Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: In which film was Goldie Hawn the body double for Julia Roberts?
|
||
Answer: Pretty Woman
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Juliette Binoche won an academy award for best supporting role in which film?
|
||
Answer: English Patient
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Pancho was whose faithful sidekick?
|
||
Answer: #Cisco Kid#'s
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: The film 'The Wizard Of ······'?
|
||
Answer: Oz
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Tippi Hedren is best known for her lead role in which film?
|
||
Answer: The #Birds#
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Was Shirley Temple 21, 25 or 29 when she made her last film?
|
||
Answer: 21
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What Marlon Brando film was widely banned?
|
||
Answer: Last Tango In Paris
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What did Dorothy's house land on in 'The Wizard Of Oz'?
|
||
Answer: The #Wicked Witch of the West#
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What film featured a cat named Mr. Bigglesworth?
|
||
Answer: Austin Powers
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What film is generally considered the worst film ever made?
|
||
Answer: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What film marked James Cagney's return to the screen after 20 years?
|
||
Answer: Ragtime
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What film starred Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes and Bill Paxton?
|
||
Answer: Twister
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What film starred Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson and Meg Ryan?
|
||
Answer: Sleepless in Seattle
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the name of the film in which Steven Segal's character dies?
|
||
Answer: Executive Decision
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the sequel to the film 'Every Which Way But Loose'?
|
||
Answer: Every Which Way You Can
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Ben Stiller's character called in 'Mystery Men'?
|
||
Answer: Mr. Furious
|
||
Regexp: (Mr.?|Mister) Furious
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Eddie Murphy's character name in 'Beverley Hills Cop'?
|
||
Answer: Axel Foley
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Garth's last name in 'Wayne's World'?
|
||
Answer: Algar
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was John Wayne's real name?
|
||
Answer: Marion Morrison
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Keanu Reeves' computer world alias in 'The Matrix'?
|
||
Answer: Neo
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Keanu Reeves' first big film?
|
||
Answer: Point Break
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Kevin Bacon's first big hit?
|
||
Answer: Footloose
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was painted on Peter Fonda's helmet motorcycle helmet in 'Easy Rider'?
|
||
Answer: stars and stripes
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was the first film directed by Robert Redford?
|
||
Answer: Ordinary People
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was the name of the pinball machine in the film 'Tommy'?
|
||
Answer: Wizard
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was the name of the two space shuttles in 'Armegeddon'?
|
||
Answer: Freedom and Independence
|
||
Regexp: (Freedom (& |and )?Independence|Independence (& |and )?Freedom)
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: What was used for blood in the film 'psycho'?
|
||
Answer: #chocolate# syrup
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Which basketball star played a genie in 'Kazaam'?
|
||
Answer: Shaquille O'Neal
|
||
Regexp: Shaquille O'?Ne[ai]l
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Which film preceded 'Magnum Force' and 'The Enforcer'?
|
||
Answer: Dirty Harry
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Which films are about the Corleone family?
|
||
Answer: The #Godfather# films
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Which was the first 'Indiana Jones' film?
|
||
Answer: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who appeared in 'St. Elmo's Fire', 'The Scarlett Letter' and 'Striptease'?
|
||
Answer: Demi Moore
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did Charlie Becker play in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
|
||
Answer: The #mayor of the munchkins#
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who directed 'The Shining'?
|
||
Answer: Stanley #Kubrick#
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who directed the Movie 'Psycho' from Robert Bloch?
|
||
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who directed the classic thriller 'The Birds'?
|
||
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who directed the film 'Ordinary People'?
|
||
Answer: Robert Redford
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who directed the film 'The Birds' from Daphne du Maurier?
|
||
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who does the voice for Yoda in the Star Wars films?
|
||
Answer: Frank Oz
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played 'Johnny Mnemonic'?
|
||
Answer: Keanu Reeves
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Clyde to Faye Dunaway's Bonnie?
|
||
Answer: Warren Beatty
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Dr. Frankenfurter in the pop-culture film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
|
||
Answer: Tim Curry
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Dr. Kildare?
|
||
Answer: Richard Chamberlain
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Eddie in the pop-culture film 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
|
||
Answer: Meat Loaf
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Hopalong Cassidy?
|
||
Answer: William Boyd
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Louis in 'Interview With The Vampire'?
|
||
Answer: Brad Pitt
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Queen Amidala in the latest 'Star Wars' film?
|
||
Answer: Natalie Portman
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played in the film 'Ragtime' after 20 years offscreen?
|
||
Answer: James Cagney
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the 'Universal Soldier'?
|
||
Answer: Jean-Claude Van Damme
|
||
Regexp: Van[- ]Damme
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the mayor of the munchkins in 'The Wizard of Oz'?
|
||
Answer: Charlie Becker
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the murder victim in the original version of 'Psycho'?
|
||
Answer: Janet Leigh
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the president of the U.S in 'Air Force One'?
|
||
Answer: Harrison Ford
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the title role in the 'Mad Max' series of films?
|
||
Answer: Mel Gibson
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played the title role in the 1978 version of 'Superman'?
|
||
Answer: Christopher Reeve
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who starred in 'Conan The Barbarian'?
|
||
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who starred in the 1952 film 'Niagara'?
|
||
Answer: Marilyn Monroe
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who starred in the film 'The Man With Two Brains'?
|
||
Answer: Steve Martin
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who starred in the film version of 'To Kill A Mockingbird'?
|
||
Answer: Gregory Peck
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was Dr. Zhivago's great love?
|
||
Answer: Lara
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was John Wayne's musical co-star in true grit?
|
||
Answer: Glen Campbell
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was Miss Hungary in 1936?
|
||
Answer: Zsa-Zsa Gabor
|
||
Regexp: (zsa[- ]zsa gabor|gabor)
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the Cisco Kid's faithful sidekick?
|
||
Answer: Pancho
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the director of 'Terminator' and 'Titanic'?
|
||
Answer: James Cameron
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the villain in 'Star Wars'?
|
||
Answer: Darth Vader
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie Trivia
|
||
Question: Whose films include 'Giant', 'Written On The Wind' and 'A Farewell To Arms'?
|
||
Answer: Rock Hudson
|
||
|
||
Category: Movie trivia
|
||
Question: In which film did Jay Leno play 'Mookie'?
|
||
Answer: American Hot Wax
|
||
|
||
Category: Multiple Meanings
|
||
Question: What animal has the same name as a high church official?
|
||
Answer: cardinal
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: 'Hang On Sloopy' was the official rock song of which band?
|
||
Answer: Ohio
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: 'White Room' was a hit off which Eric Clapton album?
|
||
Answer: Cream
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: As what is Merle Haggard also known as?
|
||
Answer: Okie from Muskogee
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Besides the Stones, which group had the longest touring career until the founder's death in 1995?
|
||
Answer: The #Grateful Dead#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Bill Justis was a studio musician when he recorded this 'sloppy' instrumental in october 1957?
|
||
Answer: Raunchy
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Country singer Vince ····?
|
||
Answer: Gill
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Crosby, Stills and Nash's debut album included a song about a girl and the colour of her eyes. Name that song.
|
||
Answer: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: For whom did Colonel Tom Parker act as manager?
|
||
Answer: #Elvis# Presley
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Formerly with Spencer Davis, he went on to form Traffic with Dave Mason. He is?
|
||
Answer: Steve Winwood
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: From what platform does the 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' leave Pennsylvania station?
|
||
Answer: twenty nine
|
||
Regexp: (twenty nine|29)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: From which station does the 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' leave?
|
||
Answer: #Pennsylvania# station
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Hey! What was the name of the hit song released by 'The Romantics' in February 1980?
|
||
Answer: That's #What I Like About You#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: How many members are in the 'fairfield four'?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: How old was Leann Rhimes when she became a country music star?
|
||
Answer: fourteen
|
||
Regexp: (fourteen|14)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: How old was Leann Rhimes when she recorded her first album?
|
||
Answer: eleven
|
||
Regexp: (eleven|11)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 'La Traviata', what does Violetta sing?
|
||
Answer: Sempre Libera
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 'La Traviata', who sings 'Sempre Libera'?
|
||
Answer: Violetta
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 1958, who had a pop music hit with 'Willie and the Hand Jive'?
|
||
Answer: Johnny Otis
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 1968, who released 'Carnival of life' and 'Recital'?
|
||
Answer: Lee Michaels
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 1981, who won song of the year with 'Sailing'?
|
||
Answer: Christopher Cross
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In 1987, who released her second album 'Solitude Standing'?
|
||
Answer: Suzanne Vega
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In a 1976 release, who wanted to 'fly like an eagle'?
|
||
Answer: #Steve Miller# Band
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In late 1957, Buddy Holly's solo release 'Peggy Sue' challenged which song recorded with The Crickets?
|
||
Answer: Oh Boy
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In the opera 'Don Giovanni', what was Leporello?
|
||
Answer: servant
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In which Verdi opera does Violetta sing 'Sempre Libera'?
|
||
Answer: La Traviata
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: In which opera does Leporello entertain a vengeful jilted lover?
|
||
Answer: Don Giovanni
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Michael di Lorenzo was one of the lead dancers on which Michael Jackson video?
|
||
Answer: Beat It
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: R. Kelly sings: 'If I can see it then I can do it, if I just believe it, there's nothing to it'. What's the song title?
|
||
Answer: I Believe I Can Fly
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Randy Travis said his love was 'deeper than the ······'?
|
||
Answer: holler
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Savage Garden took 13 nominations and 10 wins at which awards?
|
||
Answer: #ARIA# awards
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Singer Paula ······?
|
||
Answer: Abdul
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Sung by Robert Palmer, '······ to love'?
|
||
Answer: Addicted
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What Don Mclean song laments the day Buddy Holly died?
|
||
Answer: American Pie
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What album holds the world record for copies sold?
|
||
Answer: Thriller
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What are the separators on a guitar neck called?
|
||
Answer: frets
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What classic rock band sang the song 'Paint It, Black'?
|
||
Answer: Rolling #Stones#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What did George Harrison discover on the Witwatersrand?
|
||
Answer: gold
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What did Sheryl Crow do before she became a singer?
|
||
Answer: teach
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What does the term 'DJ' mean?
|
||
Answer: Disc Jockey
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What hardcore rock group sings, 'Blind' and 'Clown'?
|
||
Answer: Korn
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What instrument are you playing when you perform a rim shot?
|
||
Answer: #drum#s
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What instrument does an organ grinder play?
|
||
Answer: hurdy gurdy
|
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|
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Category: Music
|
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Question: What is Cape Town's major choir called?
|
||
Answer: #Philharmonic# choir
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is Elton John's real name?
|
||
Answer: Reginald Dwight
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is Vanilla Ice's real name?
|
||
Answer: Robert van Winkle
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is a cello's full name?
|
||
Answer: violoncello
|
||
Regexp: viol[io]ncello
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is a violoncello usually called?
|
||
Answer: cello
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is the name given to the type of West Indian music made famous by artists such as Bob Marley and Peter Tosh?
|
||
Answer: reggae
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What is the official birthplace of country music?
|
||
Answer: Bristol
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What license plate number is on the Volkswagon on the cover of The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' Album?
|
||
Answer: 281F
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What song did Elton John and George Michael sing as a duet?
|
||
Answer: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
|
||
Regexp: Don'?t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What song was originally 'Good Morning To You' before the words were changed and it was published in 1935?
|
||
Answer: #Happy Birthday# To You
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What song's words were changed and then published in 1935 as 'Happy Birthday To You'?
|
||
Answer: Good Morning To You
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What was Elvis Presley's twin brother's name?
|
||
Answer: Garon
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What was Jethro Tull before donating his name to a British epic rock group?
|
||
Answer: agriculturist
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What was the average age of United States soldiers in the Vietnam war?
|
||
Answer: nineteen
|
||
Regexp: (19|nineteen)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What was the first CD pressed in the USA?
|
||
Answer: Born In The USA
|
||
Regexp: Born in the U.?S.?A
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: What was the original name of Paul McCartney's fictional church cleaner 'Eleanor Rigby'?
|
||
Answer: Miss Daisy Hawkins
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Where did George Harrison discover gold?
|
||
Answer: Witwatersrand
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Where is the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame?
|
||
Answer: Cleveland, Ohio
|
||
Regexp: (cleveland|ohio)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which 1960's group sang a song inspired by 'Alice In Wonderland'?
|
||
Answer: The #Jefferson Airplane#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which 1980's Pink Floyd album was made into a film that starred Bob Geldof, and featured the artwork of cartoonist Gerald Scarfe?
|
||
Answer: The Wall
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which Australian duo took 13 nominations and 10 wins at the ARIA awards?
|
||
Answer: Savage Garden
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which Elton John song was re-recorded as a requiem for Lady Diana Spencer?
|
||
Answer: Candle In The Wind
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which british group recorded the 1983 hit 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'?
|
||
Answer: Yes
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which country and western singer is known as the 'okie from muskogee'?
|
||
Answer: Merle Haggard
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which singer is a former school teacher?
|
||
Answer: Sheryl Crow
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Which singer/songwriter worked in a factory making toilets for airplanes before he recorded 'Aint No Sunshine'?
|
||
Answer: Bill Withers
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who 'imagined' a better world?
|
||
Answer: John Lennon
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who advised us to 'break on through to the other side'?
|
||
Answer: #Jim Morrison# (of The Doors)
|
||
Regexp: (Jim Morrison|Doors)
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who appeared solo at the Woodstock festival after leaving 'The Lovin' Spoonful'?
|
||
Answer: John Sebastian
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who began his career with 'The Yardbirds' and established himself as one of the best rock guitarists of his generation?
|
||
Answer: Eric Clapton
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who began his professional career with Black Sabbath?
|
||
Answer: Ozzy Osbourne
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who collaborated with John Lennon on 'Whatever Gets You Through The Night'?
|
||
Answer: Elton John
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who did a version of 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' on his 1977 debut album?
|
||
Answer: George Thorogood
|
||
Regexp: George Thou?rou?gh?ood
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who did the music for the 1970's film 'Saturday Night Fever'?
|
||
Answer: Bee Gees
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who discovered gold on the Witwatersrand?
|
||
Answer: George Harrison
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who founded 'Live Aid' and 'Band Aid'?
|
||
Answer: Bob Geldof & Midge Ure
|
||
Regexp: (bob)? geldof( and| &|,)? (midge)? ure
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who is Reginald Dwight known as?
|
||
Answer: Elton John
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who is Robert van Winkle?
|
||
Answer: Vanilla Ice
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who is the elder statesman of 'british blues', and fronted 'The Bluesbreakers'?
|
||
Answer: John Mayall
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who is the lead singer of 'The Doors'?
|
||
Answer: Jim Morrison
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who is the only singer to have no.1 hits in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's?
|
||
Answer: Cliff Richard
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who produced 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'?
|
||
Answer: George Martin
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who recorded 'A Boy Named Sue'?
|
||
Answer: Johnny Cash
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who released 'Time, Love and Tenderness' in 1981?
|
||
Answer: Michael Bolton
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who released 'Tuesday Night Music Club' in 1993?
|
||
Answer: Sheryl Crow
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who released a chart-busting album in 1976 which featured 'The Lido Shuffle'?
|
||
Answer: Boz Scaggs
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who released the double album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' in 1973?
|
||
Answer: Elton John
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'All Right Now'?
|
||
Answer: Free
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Any Way You Want Me'?
|
||
Answer: Elvis Presley
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Bad Case Of Loving You'?
|
||
Answer: Robert Palmer
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Beat It'?
|
||
Answer: Michael Jackson
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Beauty and the Beast'?
|
||
Answer: Celine Dion
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Born In The USA'?
|
||
Answer: Bruce Springsteen
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Forever and Ever, Amen'?
|
||
Answer: Randy Travis
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Good Morning To You?
|
||
Answer: Mildred and Patty Hill
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'I'm A Believer'?
|
||
Answer: Monkees
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'In The Air Tonight'?
|
||
Answer: Phil Collins
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Islands In The Stream' with Dolly Parton?
|
||
Answer: Kenny Rogers
|
||
Regexp: Kenny Rod?gers
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Islands In The Stream' with Kenny Rogers?
|
||
Answer: Dolly Parton
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Jet Airliner'?
|
||
Answer: #Steve Miller# Band
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'Rescue Me'?
|
||
Answer: Fontella Bass
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'That's Alright Mama'?
|
||
Answer: #Elvis# Presley
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'We've only just begun'?
|
||
Answer: Carpenters
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang 'You Can Call Me Al'?
|
||
Answer: Paul Simon
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang about 'Commitment'?
|
||
Answer: Leann Rhimes
|
||
Regexp: Leanne? Rhimes
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang about 'The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B'?
|
||
Answer: The #Andrews Sisters#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang about Desmond and Molly Jones?
|
||
Answer: The #Beatles#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang for 'Bad company' and 'Free', then went out on his own?
|
||
Answer: Paul Rodgers
|
||
Regexp: Paul Rod?gers
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sang with 'The Dakotas'?
|
||
Answer: Billy J. Kramer
|
||
Regexp: Billy J.? Kramer
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who sings 'Sweet Home Alabama'?
|
||
Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wanted 'a lover with a slow hand'?
|
||
Answer: The #Pointer Sisters#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wanted 'a new drug'?
|
||
Answer: #Huey Lewis# and The News
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was 'hooked on a feeling'?
|
||
Answer: Blue Suede
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was a member of 'Crosby, Stills and Nash' and 'The Hollies'?
|
||
Answer: Graham Nash
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was the Indian maiden in Johnny Preston's 'Running Bear'?
|
||
Answer: Little White Dove
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was the first female to enter the Billboard charts in 1985?
|
||
Answer: Whitney Houston
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was the oldest member of The Beatles?
|
||
Answer: Ringo Starr
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who was the only songwriter to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice?
|
||
Answer: Johnny Logan
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Roll Over Beethoven'?
|
||
Answer: Chuck Berry
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the opera 'The Giant'?
|
||
Answer: Sergei #Prokofiev#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the opera 'The Masked Ball'?
|
||
Answer: Giuseppe #Verdi#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the opera 'Tosca'?
|
||
Answer: Giacomo #Puccini#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the opera 'norma'?
|
||
Answer: Vincenzo #Bellini#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the oprea 'La Traviata'?
|
||
Answer: Guiseppe #Verdi#
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with Bob Geldof?
|
||
Answer: Midge Ure
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who wrote the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas' with Midge Ure?
|
||
Answer: Bob Geldof
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: Who's first release was 'Talking Heads 77'?
|
||
Answer: Psycho Killer
|
||
|
||
Category: Music
|
||
Question: ····· in the name of love?
|
||
Answer: Stop
|
||
|
||
Category: Muthology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, the riddle of what did Oedipus solve?
|
||
Answer: sphinx
|
||
|
||
Category: Mytholgy
|
||
Question: Apollo was the Greek god of ······?
|
||
Answer: prophecy and archery
|
||
Regexp: (prophecy (and|&) archery|archery (and|&) prophecy)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Dionysus was the greek god of ······?
|
||
Answer: Wine
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Egyptian mythology, what is the life force called?
|
||
Answer: Ka
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Egyptian mythology, who is known as the god of the desert?
|
||
Answer: Ash
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Egyptian mythology, who is the god of the underworld?
|
||
Answer: Osiris
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Egyptian mythology, who was Horus' mother?
|
||
Answer: Isis
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Egyptian mythology, who was Isis the wife of?
|
||
Answer: Osiris
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In English mythology, who caused the death of the Lady of Shallot?
|
||
Answer: Sir Lancelot
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology who did Athena turn into a spider?
|
||
Answer: Arachne
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, how many heads did Hydra have?
|
||
Answer: nine
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, into what did Athena turn Arachne?
|
||
Answer: spider
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, what animal is associated with Athena?
|
||
Answer: owl
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, what did Daedalus construct for Minos?
|
||
Answer: labyrinth
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, what was Minos the king of?
|
||
Answer: Crete
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, where did Perseus kill his grandfather?
|
||
Answer: #Larrisan# games
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who did Jocasta marry?
|
||
Answer: Oedipus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who did Minos hire to construct the labyrinth?
|
||
Answer: Daedalus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who had nine heads?
|
||
Answer: Hydra
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who hired Daedalus to construct the labyrinth?
|
||
Answer: Minos
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who ruled over the island of Samos?
|
||
Answer: Polycrates
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
|
||
Answer: Oedipus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who turned Arachne into a spider?
|
||
Answer: Athena
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who was Jason's wife?
|
||
Answer: Medea
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who was Medea's husband?
|
||
Answer: Jason
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the only mortal gorgon?
|
||
Answer: Medusa
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who was the son of Peleus and Thetis?
|
||
Answer: Achilles
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: In Greek mythology, who were Achilles' parents?
|
||
Answer: Peleus and Thetis
|
||
Regexp: (Peleus (and |& )Thetis|Thetis (and |& )Peleus)
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Neptune was the Roman god of the ······?
|
||
Answer: sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Persephone was the Greek goddess of ······?
|
||
Answer: spring
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Poseidon was the Greek god of the ······?
|
||
Answer: sea
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: What mythical Scottish town appears for one day every 100 years?
|
||
Answer: Brigadoon
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Which Norse god had the Valkyries as handmaidens?
|
||
Answer: Odin
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Which Titan had snakes for hair?
|
||
Answer: Medusa
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who did the Norse god Odin have as handmaidens?
|
||
Answer: #Valkyrie#s
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who is the Greek messenger god?
|
||
Answer: Hermes
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who is the Norse god of lightning?
|
||
Answer: Odin
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who is the Norse god of mischief?
|
||
Answer: Loki
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who is the Norse god of thunder and war?
|
||
Answer: Thor
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who is the mother of Apollo and Artemis?
|
||
Answer: Leto
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was Hercules' father?
|
||
Answer: Zeus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was Hercules' stepmother?
|
||
Answer: Hera
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was the Greek god of fire?
|
||
Answer: Hephaestus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was the Greek god of prophecy and archery?
|
||
Answer: Apollo
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was the Greek god of wine?
|
||
Answer: Dionysus
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who was the Greek goddess of spring?
|
||
Answer: Persephone
|
||
|
||
Category: Mythology
|
||
Question: Who, in Egyptian mythology, is the god of the dead?
|
||
Answer: Anubis
|
||
|
||
Category: Nationalities
|
||
Question: Which people invented the compass?
|
||
Answer: Chinese
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: Approximately how many pounds of salt is in every gallon of seawater?
|
||
Answer: one quarter
|
||
Regexp: ((One|1) quarter|1/4)
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: At which time of year do children grow fastest?
|
||
Answer: #spring#time
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: By what process is rock worn down by the weather?
|
||
Answer: erosion
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: During pregnancy, how many times its normal size does the human uterus expand?
|
||
Answer: five hundred
|
||
Regexp: (five hundred|500)
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: How many hearts do earthworms have?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: Of what do earthworms have five?
|
||
Answer: #heart#s
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: What animal has bony plates and rolls up into a ball if it is frightened?
|
||
Answer: armadillo
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: What has approximately 1/4 pound of salt in every gallon?
|
||
Answer: seawater
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: What is the heart rate of the blue whale? (in beats per minute)
|
||
Answer: nine
|
||
Regexp: (nine|9)
|
||
|
||
Category: Nature
|
||
Question: When does the human uterus expand 500 times its normal size?
|
||
Answer: during #pregnancy#
|
||
|
||
Category: Nomenclature
|
||
Question: Eras are divided into units called ········?
|
||
Answer: periods
|
||
|
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Category: Not Telling!
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Question: What can be either new, last or gibbous?
|
||
Answer: The #moon#
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Category: Nuresry rhymes
|
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Question: Who sat on her tuffet?
|
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Answer: Little Miss Muffet
|
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
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Question: In the song 'Skip To My Lou', in what beverage are the flies?
|
||
Answer: Buttermilk
|
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|
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
|
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Question: Where did Little Miss Muffet sit?
|
||
Answer: On her #tuffet#
|
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Category: Nursery Rhymes
|
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Question: Who is Mother Goose's son?
|
||
Answer: Jack
|
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|
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Category: Nutrition
|
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Question: Is wholemeal bread brown or white?
|
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Answer: brown
|
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|
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Category: Nutrition
|
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Question: Lack of Vitamin D causes which disease?
|
||
Answer: rickets
|
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|
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Category: Nutrition
|
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Question: Rickets is caused by a lack of which vitamin?
|
||
Answer: vitamin #D#
|
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|
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Category: Nutrition
|
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Question: Six ounces of orange juice contains the minimum daily requirement for which vitamin?
|
||
Answer: vitamin #C#
|
||
|
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Category: Nutrition
|
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Question: What does iron deficiency cause?
|
||
Answer: anaemia
|
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Regexp: Ana?emia
|
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|
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Category: Nutrition
|
||
Question: What makes brown bread healthier than white bread?
|
||
Answer: wholemeal
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
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Question: Basmati is a type of what?
|
||
Answer: Rice
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What does a notaphile collect?
|
||
Answer: Banknotes
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What does a philluminist collect?
|
||
Answer: Match box labels
|
||
Regexp: Match[- ]?box labels
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What does an ombrometer measure?
|
||
Answer: rainfall
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What is a 'funambulist'?
|
||
Answer: A #tightrope walker#
|
||
Regexp: tightrope
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What is a pugilist?
|
||
Answer: boxer
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What is another name for a tightrope walker?
|
||
Answer: funambulist
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: What is someone who collects banknotes called?
|
||
Answer: Notaphile
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd Words
|
||
Question: With what is rainfall measured?
|
||
Answer: ombrometer
|
||
|
||
Category: Odd words
|
||
Question: What is a 'somnambulist'?
|
||
Answer: sleepwalker
|
||
|
||
Category: Oil Production
|
||
Question: Which south african oil company has estblished the only commercially proven 'oil from coal' operations in the world?
|
||
Answer: Sasol
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: In ancient Greece, where were the original Olympics held?
|
||
Answer: Olympia
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: The Olympic motto 'citius, altius, fortius' means what?
|
||
Answer: Faster, higher, stronger
|
||
Regexp: Faster,? higher,? stronger
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: What is the Olympic motto in the original Latin?
|
||
Answer: Citius, altius, fortius
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: Where were the 1956 Summer Olympics held?
|
||
Answer: Melbourne, Australia
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: Where were the 1960 summer Olympics held?
|
||
Answer: Rome, Italy
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: Who did Zola Budd trip in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
|
||
Answer: Mary Decker
|
||
|
||
Category: Olympics
|
||
Question: Who tripped Mary Decker in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
|
||
Answer: Zola Budd
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: How many episodes were there in the original Star Trek series?
|
||
Answer: seventy five
|
||
Regexp: (seventy five|75)
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: In 'Star Trek' Jean ······ Picard?
|
||
Answer: Luc
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: In 'Star Trek', what is Data's rank?
|
||
Answer: Lieutenant Commander
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: In 'Star Trek', who was the captain of the 'Enterprise C'?
|
||
Answer: Rachel Garret
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: What is the registry number of the enterprise in the original Star Trek?
|
||
Answer: NCC 1701
|
||
Regexp: NCC ?1701
|
||
|
||
Category: One For The Trekkies
|
||
Question: Who played Deanna Troi in 'Star Trek The Next Generation'?
|
||
Answer: Marina Sirtis
|
||
|
||
Category: Optics
|
||
Question: What colour on black produces the most visible combination?
|
||
Answer: yellow
|
||
|
||
Category: Orienteering
|
||
Question: On maps, what is the technical name for the 'you are here' arrow?
|
||
Answer: ideo locator
|
||
|
||
Category: Philosophy
|
||
Question: The last line of which document is 'working men of all countries, unite!'?
|
||
Answer: Communist Manifesto
|
||
|
||
Category: Physics
|
||
Question: At what angle above the horizon must the sun be to create a rainbow? (in degrees)
|
||
Answer: forty
|
||
Regexp: (forty|40)
|
||
|
||
Category: Physics
|
||
Question: Waves 'break' when their height is how much more than the depth of the water?
|
||
Answer: seven tenths
|
||
Regexp: (seven tenths|7/10|(seventy|70) (percent|%))
|
||
|
||
Category: Physics
|
||
Question: What is the name given to elementary particles originating in the sun and other stars, that continuously rain down on the earth?
|
||
Answer: cosmic rays
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: In England, what is the Speaker of the House not allowed to do?
|
||
Answer: speak
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: Of which island do Ireland, Britain, Iceland and Norway dispute ownership?
|
||
Answer: Rockall
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: What does Israel call its parliament?
|
||
Answer: Knesset
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: Which island do the nationalist Chinese occupy?
|
||
Answer: Taiwan
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: Which nation calls its parliament 'The Knesset'?
|
||
Answer: Israel
|
||
|
||
Category: Politics
|
||
Question: Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as president of France?
|
||
Answer: Georges #Pompidour#
|
||
|
||
Category: Pop Optics
|
||
Question: What colour lenses are required to view a 3-D film?
|
||
Answer: red and green
|
||
Regexp: (red|green) (and|&) (red|green)
|
||
|
||
Category: Popsicle Inventors
|
||
Question: Who invented popsicles?
|
||
Answer: Frank Epperson
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: As who is Vincent Furnier known?
|
||
Answer: Alice Cooper
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: What is Alice Cooper's real name?
|
||
Answer: Vincent Furnier
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: What is Conway Twitty's real name?
|
||
Answer: Harold Lloyd Jenkins
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: What is Harold Lloyd Jenkins' stage name?
|
||
Answer: Conway Twitty
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: What is Wynonna Judd's real name?
|
||
Answer: Christina Clair Ciminella
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: Who is Anne Mae Bullock better known as?
|
||
Answer: Tina Turner
|
||
|
||
Category: Pseudonyms
|
||
Question: Who is Christina Claire Ciminella otherwise known as?
|
||
Answer: Wynonna Judd
|
||
|
||
Category: Psychology
|
||
Question: Of what did Sigmund Freud have a morbid fear?
|
||
Answer: ferns
|
||
|
||
Category: Psychology
|
||
Question: Who wrote 'Sexual Behavior In The Human Male' in 1948?
|
||
Answer: Alfred #Kinsey#
|
||
|
||
Category: Psychology
|
||
Question: With what branch of medicine is Franz Mesmer associated?
|
||
Answer: hypnotism
|
||
|
||
Category: Railways
|
||
Question: New York has the longest subway system in ······?
|
||
Answer: North #America#
|
||
|
||
Category: Railways
|
||
Question: What city has the most underground stations in the world?
|
||
Answer: New York
|
||
|
||
Category: Recorded Media
|
||
Question: Who is the spokesperson for the exercise tapes 'Tae Bo'?
|
||
Answer: Billy Blanks
|
||
|
||
Category: Recreational Chemistry
|
||
Question: What is the common name for lysergic acid diethylamide?
|
||
Answer: LSD
|
||
Regexp: L.?S.?D.?
|
||
|
||
Category: Relativity
|
||
Question: What does the 'c' in the equation e=mc^2 stand for?
|
||
Answer: speed of light
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: A catholic minister is known as a?
|
||
Answer: Priest
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: In what city does a certain church forbid burping or sneezing?
|
||
Answer: #Omaha#, Nebraska
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: Of the 266 popes, how many died violently?
|
||
Answer: thirty three
|
||
Regexp: (thirty three|33)
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: To where do Muslims make pilgrimage?
|
||
Answer: Mecca
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: What is God called in the Muslim faith?
|
||
Answer: Allah
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: What is a person who has made a pilgimage to Mecca?
|
||
Answer: Hajji
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: What religious movement was founded by William Booth?
|
||
Answer: Salvation Army
|
||
|
||
Category: Religion
|
||
Question: Who founded the Salvation Army?
|
||
Answer: William Booth
|
||
|
||
Category: Sad, But True
|
||
Question: What are 35% of people using personal ads for dating?
|
||
Answer: married
|
||
|
||
Category: Saints
|
||
Question: St Frideswide the patron saint ······?
|
||
Answer: Oxford
|
||
|
||
Category: Saints
|
||
Question: St Patrick the patron saint of ······?
|
||
Answer: Ireland
|
||
|
||
Category: Saints
|
||
Question: St. Bernard the patron saint of ·····?
|
||
Answer: skiers
|
||
|
||
Category: Saints
|
||
Question: St. Christopher the patron saint of ······?
|
||
Answer: travellers
|
||
|
||
Category: Saints
|
||
Question: Who is the patron saint of skiers?
|
||
Answer: St. Bernard
|
||
Regexp: (Saint |St.? ?)Bernard
|
||
|
||
Category: Satellites
|
||
Question: What country has the third most satellites in orbit?
|
||
Answer: France
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: As what is minus forty celcius the same?
|
||
Answer: minus forty fahrenheit
|
||
Regexp: (minus forty fahrenheit|-40 ?f)
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: As what is minus forty fahrenheit the same?
|
||
Answer: minus forty celcius
|
||
Regexp: (minus forty celcius|-40 ?c)
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: How many beams of light are used to record a holograph?
|
||
Answer: two
|
||
Regexp: (two|2)
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: In what does a rhinologist specialise?
|
||
Answer: human #nose#
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: In what was the strength of early lasers measured?
|
||
Answer: gillettes
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: In which branch of science are monocotyledon and dicotyledon terms?
|
||
Answer: Botany
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Meteorology is the study of ······?
|
||
Answer: weather
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Of what did Aristotle say all things were made up?
|
||
Answer: air, earth, fire, and water
|
||
Regexp: (air|earth|fire|water),? ?(air|earth|fire|water),? ?(air|earth|fire|water),? ?(and )?(air|earth|fire|water)
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Of what is genetics the study?
|
||
Answer: heredity
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Paedology is the study of ...... ?
|
||
Answer: soil
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What did Wilhelm Roentgen discover in 1895?
|
||
Answer: X-rays
|
||
Regexp: X[- ]?rays
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What does breaking the sound barrier cause?
|
||
Answer: A #sonic boom#
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What does the Rankine scale measure?
|
||
Answer: temperature
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is name applied to the study of soil?
|
||
Answer: paedology
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the number of blue razor blades a given beam can puncture?
|
||
Answer: gillette
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the scientific name for brimstone?
|
||
Answer: sulphur
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the scientific name for earth's outer layer of surface soil or crust?
|
||
Answer: lithosphere
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the study of prehistoric plants and animals?
|
||
Answer: paleontology
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the study of the composition of substances and the changes they undergo?
|
||
Answer: chemistry
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the study of the earth's physical divisions termed?
|
||
Answer: Geography
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What is the term that refers to the search for the existence of ghosts?
|
||
Answer: eidology
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: What was the first recorded message?
|
||
Answer: Mary had a little lamb
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Which freezes faster - hot or cold water?
|
||
Answer: hot
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Who developed the laws of electrolysis?
|
||
Answer: Michael #Faraday#
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Who discovered X-rays?
|
||
Answer: Wilhelm Roentgen
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Who first transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic?
|
||
Answer: Enrico #Marconi#
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Who said all things were made up of air, earth, fire, and water?
|
||
Answer: Aristotle
|
||
|
||
Category: Science
|
||
Question: Who spoke the first recorded message?
|
||
Answer: Thomas #Edison#
|
||
|
||
Category: Scouts
|
||
Question: What is the boy scout motto?
|
||
Answer: Be prepared
|
||
|
||
Category: Scouts
|
||
Question: Who founded the Boy Scouts?
|
||
Answer: Lord #Baden Powell#
|
||
|
||
Category: Sea Crawlies
|
||
Question: How many legs does a crab have?
|
||
Answer: ten
|
||
Regexp: (ten|10)
|
||
|
||
Category: Secretions
|
||
Question: What is cerumen?
|
||
Answer: earwax
|
||
|
||
Category: Secretions
|
||
Question: What is the scientific name for earwax?
|
||
Answer: cerumen
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a female calf called?
|
||
Answer: heifer
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a female cat called?
|
||
Answer: queen
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a male cat called?
|
||
Answer: tom
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a person who makes barrels called?
|
||
Answer: cooper
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a resident of Manchester called?
|
||
Answer: Mancunian
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is a resident of liverpool?
|
||
Answer: Liverpudlian
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is another word for a female sheep?
|
||
Answer: ewe
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is podobromhidrosis?
|
||
Answer: Smelly feet
|
||
Regexp: (Foot[- ]Odou?r|Smelly feet)
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is the name given to male sheep?
|
||
Answer: ram
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is the name given to the switching of letters in an expression (e.g. saying Jag of Flapan instead of Flag of Japan)?
|
||
Answer: spoonerism
|
||
|
||
Category: Semantics
|
||
Question: What is the study of weather technically called?
|
||
Answer: meteorology
|
||
|
||
Category: Shoe Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the covering on the tip of a shoelace called?
|
||
Answer: aglet
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: After who was Deana Carter named?
|
||
Answer: Dean Martin
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What instrument does Woody Allen play?
|
||
Answer: clarinet
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What is Cher's maiden name?
|
||
Answer: Sarkassian
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What is Tina Turner's real name?
|
||
Answer: Anne Mae Bullock
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What is tattooed on Glen Campbell's arm?
|
||
Answer: dagger
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What musical instrument did Jack Benny play?
|
||
Answer: violin
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What was Betty Grable's nickname?
|
||
Answer: The #Legs#
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: What was Don Rickles' nickname?
|
||
Answer: Mr. Warmth
|
||
Regexp: Mr.? Warmth
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who is Melanie Griffith's mother?
|
||
Answer: Tippi Hedren
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who is Tippi Hedren's daughter?
|
||
Answer: Melanie Griffith
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who is married to Eddie Van Halen?
|
||
Answer: Valerie Bertanelli
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who is married to Valerie Bertanelli?
|
||
Answer: Eddie Van Halen
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who married Mutt Lange?
|
||
Answer: Shania Twain
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who married Shania Twain?
|
||
Answer: Robert "Mutt" Lange
|
||
Regexp: (Robert|Mutt) Lange
|
||
|
||
Category: Show Biz
|
||
Question: Who said 'you'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap'?
|
||
Answer: Dolly Parton
|
||
|
||
Category: Similes
|
||
Question: As neat as a ······?
|
||
Answer: pin
|
||
|
||
Category: Space
|
||
Question: In which state is the Houston Space Centre?
|
||
Answer: Texas
|
||
|
||
Category: Space
|
||
Question: What is the biggest criterion for prospective astronauts?
|
||
Answer: eyesight
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: As who is Cassius Clay now known?
|
||
Answer: Mohammed Ali
|
||
Regexp: m[uo]hamm[ae]d ali
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Atlanta ······?
|
||
Answer: Braves
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Boston ······?
|
||
Answer: Red Sox
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Chicago ······?
|
||
Answer: Cubs
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Cleveland ······?
|
||
Answer: Indians
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Florida ······?
|
||
Answer: Marlins
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Houston ······?
|
||
Answer: Astros
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Kansas City ······?
|
||
Answer: Royals
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Baseball: The Milwaukee ······?
|
||
Answer: Brewers
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Baseball: The New York ······?
|
||
Answer: Mets
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Baseball: The Philadelphia ······?
|
||
Answer: Phillies
|
||
|
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Category: Sport
|
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Question: Baseball: The St. Louis ······?
|
||
Answer: Cardinals
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Baseball: The Texas ······?
|
||
Answer: Rangers
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Basketball: The Denver ······?
|
||
Answer: Nuggets
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Football: The Chicago ······?
|
||
Answer: Bears
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Football: The Dallas ······?
|
||
Answer: Cowboys
|
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|
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Category: Sport
|
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Question: Football: The Denver ····?
|
||
Answer: Broncos
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Football: The Pittsburgh ······?
|
||
Answer: Steelers
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Football: The San Diego ······?
|
||
Answer: Chargers
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
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Question: Hockey: The Calgary ·······?
|
||
Answer: Flames
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Hockey: The Toronto ······?
|
||
Answer: Maple Leafs
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: How many dimples does a golf ball have?
|
||
Answer: three hundred and thirty six
|
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Regexp: (three hundred (and |& )?thirty[- ]six|336)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: How many sides does a baseball homeplate have?
|
||
Answer: five
|
||
Regexp: (five|5)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: How many stitches are on a regulation baseball?
|
||
Answer: 108
|
||
Regexp: (One hundred (and )?eight|108)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In baseball, who won their first world series in 1969?
|
||
Answer: New York #Mets#
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In hockey, what is the equivalent of a rugby scrum?
|
||
Answer: face-off
|
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Regexp: face[- ]?off
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In rugby, what is the equivalent of a hockey face-off?
|
||
Answer: scrum
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In showjumping, how many points are incurred for knocking down a fence?
|
||
Answer: four
|
||
Regexp: (four|4)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In what sport did the word 'crestfallen' originate?
|
||
Answer: cockfighting
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In what sport do you find 'coursing'?
|
||
Answer: #greyhound# racing
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: In what sport is the term 'terminal speed' used?
|
||
Answer: Drag Racing
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Other than England, which european country took part in the 1996 cricket World Cup?
|
||
Answer: Netherlands
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Other than skiing, which sport takes place on a piste?
|
||
Answer: fencing
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: The first cricket one-day international was held between england and ······?
|
||
Answer: Australia
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What are the two basic aids in orienteering?
|
||
Answer: map and compass
|
||
Regexp: (map|compass) (and|&) (map|compass)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is soccer star Pele's real name?
|
||
Answer: Edson Arantes do Nascimento
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the maximum number of clubs a golfer may use in a round?
|
||
Answer: fourteen
|
||
Regexp: (fourteen|14)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the misshapen ear that boxers often have called?
|
||
Answer: cauliflower ear
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the name given to a rower who competes in an individual event?
|
||
Answer: sculler
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the regulation height for a pin in tenpin bowling? (in inches)
|
||
Answer: fifteen
|
||
Regexp: (fifteen|15)
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the score of a forfeited baseball game?
|
||
Answer: 9-0
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What is the score of a forfeited softball game?
|
||
Answer: 7-0
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What nationality is Gabriela Sabatini?
|
||
Answer: Argentinian
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What sport has sprint, tandem and team pursuit events?
|
||
Answer: cycling
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What sport is sometimes called 'rugger'?
|
||
Answer: rugby union
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What sport/game is Chris Evert associated with?
|
||
Answer: tennis
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What trophy is awarded to the winner of the NHL playoffs?
|
||
Answer: Stanley Cup
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What was Jack Nicklaus' nickname?
|
||
Answer: Golden Bear
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: What was Mohammed Ali's original name?
|
||
Answer: Cassius Clay
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Where is Capitol Hill?
|
||
Answer: #Washington# DC
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Which country always leads the opening Olympic procession?
|
||
Answer: Greece
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Which cricket player holds the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket?
|
||
Answer: Brian Lara
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Which sport allows substitutions without stoppage in play?
|
||
Answer: hockey
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Which tennis star wore denim shorts during matches?
|
||
Answer: Andre Agassi
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who did 'Tennis World' name rookie of the year in 1974?
|
||
Answer: Martina Navratilova
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who had the nickname 'Golden Bear'?
|
||
Answer: Jack Nicklaus
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who has played in the most consecutive baseball games?
|
||
Answer: #Cal Ripken# Jr
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who holds the NHL record for the most goals scored during a regular season?
|
||
Answer: Wayne #Gretzky#
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who hosted the 1999 cricket World Cup?
|
||
Answer: England
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known as?
|
||
Answer: Pele
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who was the 1990 Wimbledon women's singles runner-up?
|
||
Answer: Zina #Garrison#
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who was the NBA MVP in 1976, 1977 and 1980?
|
||
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
|
||
Regexp: Kareem Abdul[- ]Jabbar
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who was the NBA's most valuable player in 1976, 1977 and 1980?
|
||
Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
|
||
Regexp: Kareem Abdul[- ]Jabbar
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who was the last Briton to win the men's singles at Wimbledon?
|
||
Answer: Fred Perry
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who was the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali?
|
||
Answer: Larry Holmes
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: Who won the 1982 soccer world cup?
|
||
Answer: Italy
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: With what did cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi frequently play with in his hands?
|
||
Answer: glass eye
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: With what sport is Chris Boardman associated?
|
||
Answer: cycling
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: With what sport is Gabriela Sabatini associated?
|
||
Answer: tennis
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport
|
||
Question: With what sport is Jack Nicklaus associated?
|
||
Answer: golf
|
||
|
||
Category: Sport and Entomology
|
||
Question: What swimming stroke is named after an insect?
|
||
Answer: butterfly
|
||
|
||
Category: Squid Trivia
|
||
Question: How many tentacles does a squid have?
|
||
Answer: ten
|
||
Regexp: (ten|10)
|
||
|
||
Category: Superstition
|
||
Question: What were comfrey baths were believed to restore?
|
||
Answer: virginity
|
||
|
||
Category: Superstitions
|
||
Question: According to superstition, what do you make when you stub the toes on your right foot?
|
||
Answer: A #wish#
|
||
|
||
Category: Swimming
|
||
Question: What did Captain Matthew Webb swim first?
|
||
Answer: English Channel
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: As who is Terry Bollea known?
|
||
Answer: Hulk Hogan
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: For which ad campaign was the line 'I can't believe I ate the whole thing' used?
|
||
Answer: Alka Seltzer
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: From where was Ricky in 'I Love Lucy'?
|
||
Answer: Cuba
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In 'Coronation Street', who is Ken and Denise's son?
|
||
Answer: Daniel
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV series 'Seinfeld', who does Michael Richards play?
|
||
Answer: Kramer
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV series 'Seinfeld', who plays Kramer?
|
||
Answer: Michael Richards
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV series 'The Brady Bunch', what was Cindy's toy doll's name?
|
||
Answer: Kitty Carrie All
|
||
Regexp: Kitt(ie|y) Carr(ie|y) All
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV series 'The Fall Guy', who did Lee Majors play?
|
||
Answer: Colt Seavers
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV series 'The Fall Guy', who played Colt Seavers?
|
||
Answer: Lee Majors
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the TV sitcom 'Married With Children', what is the dog's name?
|
||
Answer: Buck
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: In the children's tv series 'Sesame Street', what two characters were roomates?
|
||
Answer: Bert and Ernie
|
||
Regexp: (Bert (and|&) Ernie|Ernie (and|&) Bert)
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Kelsey Grammer sings and plays the theme song for which TV show?
|
||
Answer: Frasier
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: On 'Dragnet', who played officer Bill Gannon?
|
||
Answer: Harry Morgan
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: On 'The Lucy Show', who played Vivian Bagley?
|
||
Answer: Vivian Vance
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: TV series: 'American ······'?
|
||
Answer: Bandstand
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: To which elemetary school did TV's 'Brady Bunch' go?
|
||
Answer: #Dixie Canyon# Elementary
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What TV network features programming just for children?
|
||
Answer: Nickelodeon
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What TV series from 1970-1974 starred Susan Dey?
|
||
Answer: Partridge Family
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What did Dr. David Banner become when he got angry?
|
||
Answer: The #Incredible Hulk#
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What is Hulk Hogan's real name?
|
||
Answer: Terry Bollea
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What is Kermit D Frog's girlfriend's name?
|
||
Answer: Miss Piggy
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the drummer's name in 'The Muppet Show'?
|
||
Answer: Animal
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the frog's name in 'The Muppet Show'?
|
||
Answer: #Kermit# D Frog
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the name of Jaleel White's character in the tv series 'Family ties'?
|
||
Answer: Steve Urkel
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What night club did Ricky work at on 'I Love Lucy'?
|
||
Answer: The #Tropicana#
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What show/game has characters such as Bulbasaur and Pikachu?
|
||
Answer: Pokemon
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What was Lucy's maiden name on 'I Love Lucy'?
|
||
Answer: McGillicuddy
|
||
Regexp: Ma?cGillicuddy
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: What was the name of Ross' pet monkey on 'Friends'?
|
||
Answer: Marcel
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Which famous male actor made his name in 'I Dream Of Jeannie'?
|
||
Answer: Larry Hagman
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did Larry Hagman portray in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
||
Answer: J.R. Ewing
|
||
Regexp: (J.R.|JR)
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did Pat Sajak play on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?
|
||
Answer: Kevin Hathaway
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did Patrick Duffy portray in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
||
Answer: Bobby Ewing
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who did Vivian Vance play on 'The Lucy Show'?
|
||
Answer: Vivian Bagley
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who killed Kenny?
|
||
Answer: They
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Bobby Ewing in the TV series 'Dallas'?
|
||
Answer: Patrick Duffy
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played George Costanza on 'Seinfeld'?
|
||
Answer: Jason Alexander
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Kevin Hathaway on the soapie 'Days Of Our Lives'?
|
||
Answer: Pat Sajak
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played Steve Erkel in 'Family Matters'?
|
||
Answer: Jaleel White
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who played commander Riker in 'Star Trek'?
|
||
Answer: Jonathan Frakes
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who plays many voices, such as Dr Nick, and Moe on 'The Simpsons'?
|
||
Answer: Hank Azaria
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who sings and plays the theme song for the TV show 'Frasier'?
|
||
Answer: Kelsey Grammer
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who starred as 'ouboet' in the first TV series of 'Orkney Snork Nie'?
|
||
Answer: Frank Opperman
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who was the alter ego of 'The Incredible Hulk'?
|
||
Answer: Dr. #David Banner#
|
||
|
||
Category: TV Trivia
|
||
Question: Who were Lucy and Ricky's next door neighbours and best friends?
|
||
Answer: Fred and Ethel
|
||
Regexp: (Fred (&|and) Ethel|Ethel (&|and) Fred)
|
||
|
||
Category: Taboos
|
||
Question: Over what place in india is it forbidden to fly an airplane?
|
||
Answer: Taj Mahal
|
||
|
||
Category: Technology
|
||
Question: Who has the world's largest double-decker tram fleet?
|
||
Answer: Hong Kong
|
||
|
||
Category: Textiles
|
||
Question: What colour thread is used for filigree?
|
||
Answer: silver or gold
|
||
Regexp: (silver|gold)
|
||
|
||
Category: The Space Race
|
||
Question: What was the name of the first space shuttle ever built?
|
||
Answer: Enterprise
|
||
|
||
Category: Theatre
|
||
Question: In the opera 'La Traviata', what was Violetta's occupation?
|
||
Answer: courtesan
|
||
|
||
Category: Theme Parks
|
||
Question: Which is the largest theme resort hotel?
|
||
Answer: Lost City
|
||
|
||
Category: Things
|
||
Question: What can be tulip, balloon or flute?
|
||
Answer: #wine glass#es
|
||
|
||
Category: Toys
|
||
Question: From what were balloons originally made?
|
||
Answer: animal #bladders#
|
||
|
||
Category: Toys
|
||
Question: What toy was originally made from the bladder of an animal?
|
||
Answer: balloon
|
||
|
||
Category: Travel
|
||
Question: What city does Orly airport serve?
|
||
Answer: Paris
|
||
|
||
Category: Travel
|
||
Question: Which airline has the registration prefix 'VR'?
|
||
Answer: Cathay Pacific
|
||
|
||
Category: Travel
|
||
Question: Which city is served by Ringway Airport?
|
||
Answer: Manchester
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: 5% of Canadians don't know the first seven words of the Canadian anthem, but know the first nine words of which anthem?
|
||
Answer: The #American# anthem
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: 7% of Americans don't know the first nine words of the American anthem, but know the first seven words of which anthem?
|
||
Answer: #Canadian# anthem
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head of a ······?
|
||
Answer: Pez dispenser
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: How much do nine pennies weigh?
|
||
Answer: one ounce
|
||
Regexp: (one |1 ?)(ounce|oz)
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: Like what can a fully ripened cranberry be dribbled?
|
||
Answer: basketball
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: Of what are throat, foxing and platform parts?
|
||
Answer: shoe
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: What have woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth and giraffe tails all been used as?
|
||
Answer: money
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: What is 'mother's ruin'?
|
||
Answer: gin
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: What is the range, in miles, of an Aim-7 Sparrow?
|
||
Answer: twenty eight
|
||
Regexp: (twenty[- ]eight|28)
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: What keeps one from crying when peeling onions?
|
||
Answer: chewing gum
|
||
|
||
Category: Trivia
|
||
Question: Who is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser?
|
||
Answer: Betsy Ross
|
||
|
||
Category: Tunnels
|
||
Question: How long is the longest tunnel? (in kms)
|
||
Answer: one hundred and sixty nine
|
||
Regexp: (one hundred (and )?sixty[- ]nine|169)
|
||
|
||
Category: Tunnels
|
||
Question: The world's longest tunnel connects Delaware and ······?
|
||
Answer: New York
|
||
|
||
Category: Tunnels
|
||
Question: The world's longest tunnel connects New York and ······?
|
||
Answer: Delaware
|
||
|
||
Category: Tunnels
|
||
Question: What is the world's longest tunnel?
|
||
Answer: The #Water Supply# Tunnel
|
||
|
||
Category: US Aeronautics
|
||
Question: Where is the Kennedy Space Centre?
|
||
Answer: #Cape Canaveral#, Florida
|
||
|
||
Category: United States
|
||
Question: In the USA, for how many years is a patent good?
|
||
Answer: seventeen
|
||
Regexp: (seventeen|17)
|
||
|
||
Category: United States
|
||
Question: What is on a 5000 acre landfill at the head of Jamaica Bay near New York City?
|
||
Answer: John F. Kennedy #Airport#
|
||
|
||
Category: United States
|
||
Question: What is the most popular street name in the US?
|
||
Answer: #Park# Street
|
||
|
||
Category: United States
|
||
Question: What was Nancy Davis Reagan's birth name?
|
||
Answer: Anne Frances Robbins
|
||
|
||
Category: United States
|
||
Question: What was the Statue Of Liberty originally named?
|
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Answer: Liberty Enlightening The World
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Category: United States
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Question: Where is Stone Mountain?
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Answer: Atlanta
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Category: United States
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Question: Where were Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore freshman roommates?
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Answer: #Harvard# University
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Category: United States
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Question: Which city is a 'player with railroads, and the nation's freight handler'?
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Answer: Chicago
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Category: United States
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Question: Which two cities are known as the twin cities?
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Answer: Minneapolis and Saint Paul
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Regexp: (Minneapolis (and |& ) S(ain)?t.? Paul|S(ain)?t.? Paul (and |& )Minneapolis)
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Category: United States
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Question: Who is the only man to have been both chief justice and president of the US?
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Answer: William #Taft#
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was Al Gore's freshman roommate at Harvard?
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Answer: Tommy Lee Jones
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was Tommy Lee Jones' freshman roommate at Harvard?
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Answer: Al Gore
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was born Anne Frances Robbins?
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Answer: Nancy Davis Reagan
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was born Sarah Jane Fulks?
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Answer: Jane Wyman Reagan
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Category: United States
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Question: Who was the first black mayor of Chicago?
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Answer: Harold Washington
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Category: United states
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Question: What was Jane Wyman Reagan's birth name?
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Answer: Sarah Jane Fulks
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Category: Ventilation
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Question: If locked in a completely sealed room, of what will you die before you suffocate?
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Answer: carbon monoxide poisoning
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Category: Very Big Guns
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Question: Where is the biggest calibre cannon?
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Answer: Kremlin
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Category: Weather
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Question: Approximately how many times a minute does lightning strike the earth?
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Answer: six thousand
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Regexp: (six thousand|6[, ]?000)
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Category: Weather
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Question: Which US state holds the record for most snowfall in a day, recorded February 7, 1916?
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Answer: Alaska
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Category: What is it?
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Question: What is 9 metres high, 7 metres wide and 2,500 kilometres long?
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Answer: Great Wall of China
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Category: Wines
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Question: Good Rhine wines are bottled in what colour bottles?
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Answer: brown
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Category: Woodchucks
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Question: How much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Answer: All the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood
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Category: Word Association
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Question: Which word is related to these three: rat, blue, cottage?
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Answer: cheese
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Category: Word Pairs
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Question: Cattle are bovine, sheep are ······ ?
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Answer: ovine
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Category: Words containing 'for'
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Question: Pardon?
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Answer: FORgive
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Category: World Affairs
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Question: What arabian peninsula nations recently merged under communist leadership?
|
||
Answer: Yemen
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Category: World Climate
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Question: What is a calm ocean region near the equator called?
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Answer: doldrums
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Question: Which two teams automatically qualified for the France '98 soccer world cup?
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Answer: France and Brazil
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Regexp: (France (and|&) Brazil|Brazil (and|&) France)
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