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Trivia Questions
- Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of which country?
- Which bird has a super-strength skull to prevent brain injuries?
- Which fictional boarding school is the primary setting for the Harry Potter books?
- What’s longer, a nautical mile or a mile?
- What fruit is the most eaten fruit in the world?
- Which country is made up of 26 cantons?
- We have one, a leach has 32 - what?
- In which film did father and son actors Will and Jaden Smith first appear together?
- The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by which Italian artist?
- In which Italian city did modern pizza first evolve from similar flatbread dishes in the 18th century?
- Which city is the capital and most-populated city in the Australian state of Victoria?
- The Reverend William Webb Ellis famously attended which public school?
- The Spanish Steps are a set of steps in which European city?
- Who is considered the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
- Who was mother of Queen Elizabeth I?
- In which year did it become law to wear a seatbelt in the UK?
- Who first coined the phrase "the world is your oyster"?
- In Only Fools and Horses what is Del Boy's version of the phrase "the world is your oyster"?
- In the nursery rhyme, how many men did the grand old Duke of York have?
- What is the smallest ocean in the world?
- What animal causes the most power cuts in the US?
- What was the name of the coffee shop in the TV series Friends?
- Which novel is the most famous written by French author Gaston Leroux?
- What shape past are conchigliette and conchiglioni?
- Can you name the second largest European peninsula by area, after the Scandinavian Peninsula?
- What was the name of Ronnie Barker’s character in Porridge?
- Cynophobia is the fear of what?
- What links the passenger airliner Concorde to the first single to be released by the band Oasis?
- Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
- Which country changed its name to Myanmar in 1989?
- How many moons does Mars have?
- Billund, a town in Jutland, Denmark, is best known for what?
- What is the only flying mammal?
- What is the special skill of a funambulist?
- Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on a nerve in which part of the body?
- Who is the only host country not to win gold at its own Summer Olympics?
- Officially, how many continents are there?
- Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA?
- What item of furniture is mensa in Latin?
- Who created the acronym EPCOT, which stands for 'Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow'?
Answers:
- Israel
- Woodpecker
- Hogwarts
- A nautical mile (1.15 miles)
- Tomatoes
- Switzerland
- Brains
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Naples
- Melbourne
- Rugby (supposed inventor of rugby football)
- Rome (Italy)
- Thomas Jefferson
- Anne Boleyn
- 1983
- William Shakespeare (in The Merry Wives Of Windsor)
- The world is your lobster
- Ten thousand men (10,000)
- Arctic Ocean
- Squirrels
- Central Perks
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Shell-shaped
- Iberian Peninsula (consisting mostly of Spain and Portugal)
- Fletcher (Norman Stanley Fletcher)
- Dogs
- Supersonic
- Marie Curie (1903)
- Burma
- Two (named Phobos and Deimos)
- Lego
- Bats
- Tightrope walking
- Wrist
- Canada
- Seven (Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica)
- France
- Table
- Walt Disney