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Famous Murderers
100
What is the name of the actress who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series of films?
(HINT: She recently just starred in the remake of "Beauty and the Beast".)
Emma Watson
100
This is the capital of which country?
Havana
Cuba
100
What is the staple food of one third of the worlds population
Rice
100
What dog breed has the longest ears in the world?
Basset hounds are considered to be the dog breed with the longest ears, they are easy to spot with their long body, short legs, and droopy ears.
100
What country is Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther" from?
France
100
Which serial killer of boys and young men tried to turn his victims into zombies by drilling holes in their heads while they were still alive and injecting hydrochloric acid or boiling water into their brains?
Jeffrey Dahmer
200
Who does the voice over for Dory from "Finding Nemo" and "Finding Dory"?
Ellen Degeneres
200
This is the capital of which country?
Ottawa
Canada
200
What is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
200
From 3000 species how many species are poisonous, and can harm human?
Just to name a few: (scorpion, frogs, pufferfish, blue ringed octopus)
(This isn't a trick question. It's NOT 3000. But you can be 50 off)
600 species
200
Gerard Butler spent on average 4 hours a day training in a gym, for over 4 months, to get in shape for the role of the king.
300 - THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!
200
Which serial killer of boys and young men performed as Pogo the Clown at charitable events and children's parties?
John Wayne Gacy
300
Which horror movie character is a serial killer possessing a doll?
Chucky
300
Scotland exports what to Saudi Arabia?
Sand. Yup.
You wouldn't think it could ever run short but it turns out that like many other resources, humans are consuming sand faster than the earth's capacity to replenish stocks.
1. Sand used for construction comes mainly from riverbeds and oceans
2. If you wonder why we can't simply lift it from the deserts, it is because desert sand is too smooth for construction
1. All the major building materials — concrete, bricks, glass — are made using sand
2. That makes sand the second most used natural commodity after water
1. Dubai now imports sand from Australia, because it has exhausted its marine sand supply
300
The title of whose book translates as my struggle
Adolf Hitler
300
***DAILY TRIPLE***
Which animal doesn’t have a brain and doesn’t have blood?
Starfish
300
This 1993 movie featured the line " Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. "
Jurassic Park
300
What woman was believed by many to have "killed her family with an axe"?
Lizzie Borden
400
In what year was the first Harry Potter movie released?
2001
400
Which country has the largest population in South America?
Brazil
400
Who wrote about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory & other books like James and the Giant peach?
Roald Dahl - Also wrote other great books like Matilda!
400
Snakes have existed everywhere in the world except which areas? Name one of the 5 places.
Antarctica, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, and New Zealand
400
In the Harry Potter movies, how many brothers does Ron Weasley have?
5
400
RANDOM SPOTLIGHT & POWER!!!
Directions: Who ever picked this question has the only opportunity to answer this question and get 400 points if correct - if answered incorrectly they MUST give it to anyone of their choice for half the points (200). CHOOSE WISELY :)
QUESTION: What does the name Bella mean?
Bella is related to the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Latin words for beautiful, to the name Belle, meaning beautiful in French.
500
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Infamous English prisoner, Charles Bronson, was played by what actor in the 2008 film "Bronson"?
Tom Hardy
500
What country?
Madagascar
500
Who discovered blood circulation?
William Harvey
500
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
The spiny anteater and the duck billed platypus.
500
Who actually drew the sketch in Titanic?
Director James Cameron
Kate Winslet wore a bathing suit while Cameron sketched the picture.
500
One of America's first serial killers, Herman Webster Mudgett is better known by this name.
Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or, more commonly, as H. H. Holmes - While he confessed to 27 murders, only nine could be plausibly confirmed and several of the people he claimed to have murdered were still alive.
600
What is Forrest Gump's IQ?
Only can be 1 point off
75 - Forrest Gump's IQ score is 75, which is 5 points higher than what is generally considered to be mentally impaired.
600
At which location can you find this country?
C
600
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Consumption was the former name of which disease?
Tuberculosis - It was historically called "consumption" due to the weight loss
600
What is the only mammal capable of actual flight?
Bats are mammals with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of real flight. Other mammals such as flying squirrels, colugos and gliding possums can’t actually fly.
600
RANDOM SPOTLIGHT & POWER!!!
Directions: Who ever picked this question has the only opportunity to answer this question and get 600 points if correct - if answered incorrectly they MUST give it to anyone of their choice for half the points (300). CHOOSE WISELY :)
QUESTION: The video game "Assassin's Creed: Black Flag" (2013) is what number in the series?
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
600
Which serial killer was the inspiration for the character Leatherface in the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre?
Ed Gein
700
What Was The First Sports Film To Win An Academy Award For Best Picture?
Rocky.
Much like the film's character of Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone's Rocky overcame the odds and fought its way to become the highest-grossing film of 1976. It then went on to win three Academy Awards in total, particularly Best Picture which shockingly beating out contenders such as All the President's Men and Taxi Driver.
700
At which location can you find this country?
C
700
Linus Torwalds invented and wrote what
Linux computer
700
What animal can go its entire life without drinking water?
It can, astonishingly, go its entire life without ever drinking a single drop of water. The kangaroo rat, has large, powerful back legs that allow it to jump up to 3 meters (9 ft) at once to avoid predators, survives primarily on seeds and beans that are high in water content, meaning every bit of water they need to survive is in the food they eat.
700
Some of the velociraptor noises in Jurassic Park are actually...What were the noises actually of in real life to make the velociraptor sounds?
Tortoises mating
At least that’s what the sound designer used when the raptors were communicating. Other scenes of the species used horse breathing and goose hisses.
700
Which notorious killer was known as the Night Stalker?
Richard Ramirez
800
***Daily Double***
Movie Synopsis: "In the near future, a mechanized police force patrols the streets and deals with lawbreakers -- but now, the people are fighting back. When one police droid is stolen and given new programming, he acquires the ability to feel and think for himself."
What is the name of this film?
CHAPPIE
800
At which location can you find this country?
D
800
Why is Louise Brown - born 1978 famous
First test tube baby
800
Interestingly, *** can shrink their liver and heart – which in turn causes them to breathe and respire less often, thereby preventing extra moisture loss. Many people often assume the camel to be the epitome example of an animal that can survive without water, and while to some extent, they can. There are other unique ways this *** of the sands conserve water, such as the way it can re-absorb some of its urine back into its body.
Sand gazelles/ I'll accept antelopes
800
***DAILY DOUBLE***
E.T. and WHAT OTHER MOVIE started from the same script?
Poltergeist - Steven Spielberg was going to produce filmmaker’s John Sayles’ Night Skies script about a rural family invaded by aliens that could kill with a touch of the finger but decided to go a more family-friendly route with the story by creating E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Sayles wouldn’t rewrite the script, but Spielberg kept the idea for Poltergeist.
800
This actor turned assassin is known to have killed the 16th president of the United States.
John Wilkes Booth - Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president