Art and Literature
In which Shakespeare play does the line `To be or not to be, that is the question` appear?
Hamlet
What creature appears on the flag of Wales?
A dragon
What is the largest desert in the world?
Sahara
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
In the music world, by what name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III better known?
Eminem
In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks?
Hermione Granger (from the Harry Potter stories)
`Woman Hitler` is an anagram of which relative?
Mother-in-law
What is the only American state with a name which has just one syllable?
Maine
After which famous person in history was the teddy bear named?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was the Spice Girls` debut single called?
'Wannabe'
Which famous painting is also known as `La Gioconda`?
The Mona Lisa.
Which is the largest country in the world with only one time zone?
China (It actually spans 5 zones)
In which American city is the largest settlement of Chinese people outside of Asia?
San Francisco
Which country declared war on both Germany and the Allies in World War II?
Italy
Who was the first singer to get 5 top ten hits from the same album?
Michael Jackson (from `Thriller`)
In the book `Jurassic Park`, blood from what is used to bring dinosaurs back to life?
Fossilized mosquitoes
Which fruit contains the most calories?
Avocado
What is the second longest river in the world?
Amazon
The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
Dynamite
Which singer was the biggest selling female artist in America in the 1990s?
Mariah Carey
How old is Juliet when she dies in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
13 years of age (nearly 14)
What `D` was the original name for the breathalyser?
Drunkometer
What are the only two American state capitals which rhyme?
Austin (Texas) and Boston (Massachusetts).
Who was the first US President to appear on television?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which Oscar winner was born with the name Cherilyn La Pierre?
Cher