Geography
Which cold dessert derives its name for the Italian for “cooked cream”?
a) Tiramisu
b) Sfoggliatelle
c) Panna cotta
d) Vanilla sundae
Panna cotta
In England, a pub lunch of cheese, pickles, bread and onions is known as what?
a) Bricklayer‘s lunch
b) Undertaker’s lunch
c) Ploughman’s lunch
d) Secretary’s lunch
Ploughman’s lunch
Who was the leading actor in the epic “Ben Hur”?
Charlton Heston
On which temperature scale is 212 degrees the boiling point of water?
a) Richter
b) Celsius
c) Centigrade
d) Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit
Melanoma mainly affects which part of the body?
a) Stomach
b) Heart
c) Lungs
d) Skin
Skin
What is usually served “Thermidor”?
a) Lobster
b) Prawns
c) Oysters
d) Scallops
Lobster
What shape is cannelloni pasta?
a) Square
b) Tubular
c) Flat
d) Spiral
Tubular
Who was the female actress dancing in “Singing in the Rain”?
Debbie Reynolds
What is done to a herring to make it into a kipper?
a) filleted and rolled
b) frozen
c) smoked
d) gutted
Smoked
In which country would you find the Suez Canal?
a) Egypt
b) India
c) Jordan
d) Mexico
Egypt
Which of the following are things traditional Dutch waffles with a syrup filling?
a) Sweetwafflen
b) Wafleswat
c) Stroopwafel
d) Gutwafflik
Stroopwafel
The Swedish feast “smorgasborg” means what?
a) always eating
b) sandwich and salad
c) eating plate
d) open sandwich table
Open sandwich table
In 1962, the film Dr No introduced audiences to a suave British secret agent code-named 007. Who was the very first actor to play him on the big screen?
Sean Connery
Which word is the correct spelling?
a) Entrepreneur
b) Enterpreneur
c) Enntrepenur
d) Entrepeneur
Entrepreneur
The Galápagos Islands are governed by which country?
a) Ecuador
b) Brazil
c) Ireland
d) Australia
Ecuador
What were the former rulers of India called?
a) Hula Hulas
b) Tandooris
c) Maharajahs
d) Moguls
Maharajahs
In the 1965 musical masterpiece “The Sound of Music”, Julie Andrew’s plays a young woman who leaves her convent to become a governess for seven children.What is her character’s name?
Hint: the movie’s early song asks “How do you solve a problem like …….”
Maria
Which is a name for a new-born baby’s clothing?
a) Palette
b) Corvette
c) Layette
d) Noisette
Layette
The famous English landscape gardener was nicknamed who?
a) Capability Brown
b) Horticulture Brown
c) Honesty Brown
d) Green Thumbs Brown
Capability Brown
In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 spy thriller “North by Northwest”, Cary Grant is famously chased across a barren field by what unexpected object?
A crop dusting aeroplane
What is measured on the Kelvin Scale?
a) Wind velocity
b) Volume
c) Temperature
d) Weight
Temperature