GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Rio de Janeiro is a city in which South American country?
BRAZIL
In which country did the first Football World Cup finals take place in 1930?
URUGUAY
‘With the lights out, it’s less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us.’
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT - NIRVANA
‘The Godfather’ was released in 1972; who played the title role?
MARLON BRANDO
Five apples are in a basket. How do you divide them among five girls so that each girl gets an apple, but one apple remains in the basket?
Give the fifth girl her apple in the basket.
Nostradamus was famous for making what?
PREDICTIONS
Tennis. The two girls who won the women’s doubles for the USA at the 1992 Olympic Games had the same surname. What name?
FERNANDEZ
‘No New Year’s Day to celebrate, No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away’
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER
What is the name of the villain in the first Superman movie (1980) played by Gene Hackman?
LEX LUTHER
I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?
When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.
Which is Britain’s oldest Sunday newspaper, published for the first time in 1791?
OBSERVER
Who, in 1991, became the first driver to win the first four races of a Formula One grand prix season?
ARYTON SENNA
Living easy, living free, season ticket on a one-way ride.’
HIGHWAY TO HELL - AC/DC
Which TV show detailed the planned invasion of earth by an alien force called the ‘Visitors’?
V
I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?
A CARPET
In mythology, Romulus and Remus were brought up by which animal?
A WOLF
Who was declared the Sportsman of the Century in 1999 by both the prestigious US magazine ‘Sports Illustrated’ and the BBC?
MUHAMMAD ALI
‘I got this feeling inside my bones, It goes electric, wavey when I turn it on.’
CAN´T STOP THE FEELING - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Who played James Bond in “For Your Eyes Only”?
ROGER MOORE
How can you take 2 from 5 and leave 4?
F I V E
Remove the 2 letters F and E from five and you have IV.
The Velocipede was a nineteenth-century prototype of what?
A BICYCLE
What was the nationality of Eugenio Monti, a bobsleigh driver who won 11 world titles?
ITALIAN
‘Mutual misunderstanding after the fact. Sensitivity builds a prison in the final act.’
SACRIFICE - ELTON JOHN
Which British actor died whilst still filming his supporting role in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator?
OLIVER REED
Three playing cards in a row. Can you name them with these clues? There is a two to the right of a king. A diamond will be found to the left of a spade. An ace is to the left of a heart. A heart is to the left of a spade. Now, identify all three cards.
Ace of Diamonds, King of Hearts, Two of Spades.