Film
Art
Literature
Riddles
Science
Picture Round
Nature
100
This person played which of these Bond villains?
Julian Glover
Aristotle Kristatos
(For your eyes only)
100
Who is the Norwegian painter and printmaker whose painting The Scream has been taken as a symbol of anguished modernity?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Edvard Munch
Max Beckmann
James Ensor
Edvard Munch
100
What kind of book is a Nebula Award given for?
Drama, poetry, science fiction or romance?
Science Fiction
100
I met a man on the London bridge, he tipped his hat and drew his cane, in this riddle I told you his name. What is it?
Andrew (“and drew his cane”)
100
What is the main cause of seasons on the Earth?
- The distance between the Earth and the sun
- The speed that the Earth rotates around the sun
- The tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun
- Changes in the amount of energy coming from the sun
The tilt of the Earth's axis in relation to the sun
100
Which brand of beer is this?
Coors Light
100
The world’s largest lake is:
Lake Victoria
the Caspian Sea
Lake Michigan
Lake Geneva
The Caspian Sea
200
Which classic film noir is considered the definitive Rita Hayworth film?
Gilda
Charlie Chan in Egypt
The Lady from Shanghai
Only Angels Have Wings
Gilda
200
In which country might you attend a Kabuki performance?
Yemen, Yugoslavia, Japan, or Java?
Japan
200
Who wrote the Book "Ulysses"
James Joyce
200
My spine is stiff, my body is pale, I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?
A book!
200
Oil, natural gas and coal are examples of …
- Renewable resources
- Fossil fuels
- Biofuels
- Geothermal resources
?
Fossil fuels
200
Name the artist
Phil Collins
200
Name 3 3-letter animals
e.g. ant, dog, jay, eel, hen etc
300
Can you pick the movie that features the given quotes which are repeated in that film?
"It's good to be king"
Blade Runner
300
What painter did Pablo Picasso describe as “the father of us all”?
Paul Gauguin
Vincent van Gogh
Paul Cézanne
Henri Rousseau
Paul Cézanne
300
Who wrote "Sons and Lovers"?
D.H. Lawrence
300
In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995, that same person is 10 years old. How can this be?
It is because it’s 1995-1990 B.C.!
300
The time a computer takes to start has increased dramatically. One possible explanation for this is that the computer is running out of memory.
This explanation is a scientific …
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
- Experiment
- Observation
Hypothesis
300
Which brand of beer is this?
Brewdog
300
Through which of these countries does the Nile River not flow?
Sudan
Uganda
Botswana
Egypt
Botswana
400
Which actress portrayed Lola Lola, the sultry and world-weary female lead, in Germany’s first talking film?
Hedy Lamarr
Marlene Dietrich
Louise Brooks
Greta Garbo
Marlene Dietrich
400
Which of these artists is best known for her studies of mothers caring for small children
Lee Bontecou
Mary Cassatt
Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Frida Kahlo
?
Mary Cassatt
400
How many chapters are in the Qur’an?
114, 12, 47 or 99?
114
400
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
On a clock, 11:00 plus 2 hours = 1:00, 9:00 plus 5 hours = 2:00
400
Which of the following is an example of genetic engineering?
- Finding the sequences of bases in plant DNA
- Attaching the root of one type of plant to the stem of another type of plant
- Growing a whole plant from a single cell
- Inserting a gene into plants that makes them resistant to insects
Inserting a gene into plants that makes them resistant to insects
400
Which country?
Malaysia
400
Where is the Tonle Sap located?
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Korea
Cambodia
500
Which was Elizabeth Taylor’s debut film?
Father of the Bride
National Velvet
There’s One Born Every Minute
Lassie Come Home
here’s One Born Every Minute
500
Which work begins with the escape of people from plague-stricken Florence?
Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress
William Langland’s Piers Plowman
Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron
500
Which of these writers often deals with the experience of Indian immigrants in the United States?
Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Rabindranath Tagore?
Jhumpa Lahiri
500
I am seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter and you will get 80. Who am I?
Weighty
500
A scientist is conducting a study to determine how well a new medication treats ear infections. The scientist tells the participants to put 10 drops in their infected ear each day. After two weeks, all participants' ear infections had healed.
Which of the following changes to the design of this study would most improve the ability to test if the new medication effectively treats ear infections?
- Have participants use ear drops for only one week
- Create a second group of participants with ear infections who do not use any ear drops
- Create a second group of participants with ear infections who use 15 drops a day
- Have participants put ear drops in both their infected ear and healthy ear
Create a second group of participants with ear infections who do not use any ear drops
500
Seychelles
500
When large areas of forest are removed so land can be converted for other uses, such as farming, which of the following occurs?
- Greater oxygen production
- Colder temperature
- Increased erosion
- Decreased carbon dioxide
Increased erosion