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100

In what year did Disneyland open?

a) 1962
b) 1955
c) 1971
d) 1959

1955

100

Which of the following is a narrow strip of land?

a) Isthmus
b) Erasmus
c) Ignoramus
d) Humus

a) Isthmus

100

Which musical does "You'll Never Walk Alone" come from?

a) Showboat
b) Cabaret
c) South Pacific
d) Carousel

d) Carousel

100

What year did Canada officially become a country?

1867

100

What is "nori"?


a) Eel
b) Fish roe
c) Edible seaweed
d) Squid

c) Edible seaweed

100

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

a) The Nevada
b) The Mississippi
c) The Colorado
d) The Arizona

c) The Colorado

100

What is the most common type of tree found in the world?

Pine Tree

100

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

Seven

200

Which prime number is the only even one?

200

Which word is the nearest in meaning to "embellish"

a) Adorn
b) Agate
c) Affix
d) Aglow

a) Adorn

200

Skid Row, Pen Cap Chew, Bliss, and Ted Ed Fred are previous names of which band?

a) Nirvana
b) Guns N Roses
c) Pearl Jam
d) Red Hot Chili Peppers

a) Nirvana

200

The first city to reach a population of one million was WHERE?

a) New York
b) Paris
c) Rome
d) Hong Kong

c) Rome

200

Traditionally, which herb is used to flavour the tomato-based sauce on pizza?

Oregano

200

Which of these countries has the highest population?

a) Spain
b) UK
c) Argentina
d) Colombia

b) UK

200

What type of insect spreads malaria, estimated to kill nearly a million people every year?

mosquito

200

What has many rings but no fingers?

A phone

300

An oenophile is a connoisseur of what?

Wine

300

Which is a "petulant fit"?

a) Tiff
b) Miff
c) Doff
d) Huff

d) Huff

300

Rob Thomas was the lead single of which band?

Matchbox 20

300

Which of the following occurred first?

a) Old age
b) Iron age
c) Stone age
d) Bronze age

c) Stone age

300

From which country does Leerdammer cheese originate? 

a) France
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Netherlands 


d) Netherlands

300

Which animal appears on the national flag of Sri Lanka?

a) Horse
b) Seal
c) Lion
d) Eagle

c) Lion

300

What name is given to the positive electrode of a battery?

Anode

300

Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?

Ton
400

The middle names Elizabeth and Chestnut are associated with which famous couple?

Bonnie and Clyde

400

Which word means awkward?

a) Geisha
b) Gauche
c) Gouda
d) Gaucho


b) Gauche

400

Who won a Grammy Award in 1991 for the smash hit "U Can't Touch This"?

MC Hammer

400

What Canadian province was the last to join Confederation?

Newfoundland and Labrador

400

Which drink is bohea a variety of?

a) Lemonade
b) Absinthe
c) Coffee
d) Tea

d) Tea

400

Which country's flag is called Old Glory?

USA

400

Where in the body is the 'atlas bone'?

Spine

400

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat

500

In which sport was Thomas Hearns a champion?

Boxing

500

What is "prosody" the study of?

Poetic verse

500

Who wrote "The Wishing-Chair" series of children's books?

Enid Blyton

500

Who was the 32nd President of the United States during the 1940s?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

500

What are 'pansotti' and 'rigati' types of?

Pasta
500

Andorra lies between France and which other country?

Spain

500

The distance between two rails on a track is called the WHAT?

Train guage

500

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look back, you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?

All the people on board are married.

600

What type of creature is mongoose?

Mammal

600

What is the name for a male ferret or part of a stove?

Hob

600

What is the best-selling album of all time?

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson

600

What British Queen married a prince called Albert?

Queen Victoria

600

Corned beef is cured in what?

Brine

600

Cape Verde is found in what ocean?

Atlantic Ocean

600

What is measured on the Mercalli scale?

Earthquake intensity

600

I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?

Popcorn

700

"Everybody loves somebody sometime" was whose classic song?

Dean Martin

700

To '"pontificate" means to do WHAT?

To speak or express opinions in a pompous or dogmatic way.

700

What television series about a Korean War mobile army surgical hospital was wildly popular in the 70s?

M*A*S*H

700

How is Robert Emmet remembered in history?

Irish rebel

700

Which ingredient do you adjust in a martini to make it dry or wet?

Vermouth

700

What is the smallest nation in Central America?

El Salvador

700

Which animal can move its eyes in two directions at the same time?

Chameleon

700

Which word, when written in all capital letters, looks the same when viewed upside down?

SWIMS

800

Which product did Proctor and Gamble launch in 1966 that revolutionized baby care?

Pampers

800

What is a "dirndl"?

An alpine dress

800

By which stage name was the French actress Henriette-Rosine Bernard better known?

Sarah Bernhardt

800

What toy was introduced in the 1950s and quickly became a popular craze?

Hula Hoop

800

Egg yolk, vanilla and WHAT make up advocaat?

Brandy

800

A black letter 'A' in a white oval on the back of a car denotes it is from what country?

Austria

800

Who invented the gramophone in 1887?

Emile Berliner

800

What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS

E N T. (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.)

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