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100
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
100
What is 27 x 13?
351
100
Name the song or the band/ singer. If you can name them both, you will get double points.
Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen
100
Watch the trailer, name the movie.
For double points - name the lead actor in the movie.
Forest Gump
The lead actor is Tom Hanks
100
What is the name of the instrument/ device used to measure RADIATION?
A Geiger Counter
200
What is the chemical formula for salt?
NaCl, Sodium Chloride
200
Look at the 9 dots in a square.
Join all the dots using four straight lines - but you can't lift your pen/ pencil from start to finish.
200
Name the song and the band. If you can name the lead singer of the band you will get double points.
In the End, by Linkin Park
The lead singer was Chester Bennington (who passed away in 2017)
200
Watch the trailer, name the movie - it's that simple!
Star Trek
This is the 2009 movie starring Chris Pine as Captain James Kirk.
200
How many bones are there is the adult human skeleton? Is it 186, 196, 206 or 216?
You can assume that the adult has all his/ her limbs and hasn't had an arm, leg, finger or other body part removed.
206
The adult human skeleton is made up of 206 bones.
300
Who were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay
On 29 May, 1953 they became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
300
Look at the picture - can you solve the puzzle?
0+4=4
or
5+4=9
300
Name the song and the band. If you can name lead singer of the band you will get double points.
Wheels, by Foo Fighters
The lead singer is Dave Grohl
300
What do these films have in common? If you get this correct, you will get the chance for double points by answering one more related question.
The Greatest Showman
The X-Men series
Les Miserables
Real Steel
They all starred the Australian actor Hugh Jackman.
The Greatest Showman, as P T Barnum
The X-Men series, as Wolverine
Les Miserables, as Jean Valjean
Real Steel, as Charlie Kenton
300
Saurology is the study of what types of animals?
Choose from
mosquitoes / turtles / lizards/ cockroaches/ dinosaurs / birds / fish / cats / elephants
Lizards
400
What are the next three letters in this sequence?
OTTFFSS.....
ENT
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
400
1. There are 7 girls on a bus.
2. Each girl has 7 backpacks.
3. In each backpack, there are 7 big cats.
4. For every big cat there are 7 little cats.
How many legs are on the bus, not counting the driver?
There are a total of 10,990 legs.
- There are 7 × 7 × 7 = 343 large cats. They have 343 × 4 = 1372 legs.
- There are 7 × 7 × 7 × 7 = 2401 little cats. They have 2401 × 4 = 9604 legs.
- There are 7 girls. They have 14 legs.
In total we get 1372 + 9604 + 14 = 10,990 legs.
400
Name the song or the band/ singer. If you can name them both, you will get double points.
Don't Fear the Reaper, by Blue Oyster Cult
400
Watch the scene - name the movie.
For double points - name the lead actor or actress
Last of the Mohicans.
Daniel Day Lewis / Madeline Stowe
400
At what temperature are the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales equal to one another?
-40 deg F = -40 deg C
0 deg F = -17.778 deg C / 32 deg F = 0 deg C
to convert C to F (deg C x 1.8)+32
for example (100 deg C x 1.8)+32 =212 deg F
500
In Greek mythology, what is the name of the monster with snakes on its head, which Perseus must kill?
Medusa
Medusa was one of three sisters, the gorgons. The myth says that she was so horrible to look at that anyone who looked at her face would be turned to stone.
500
In a new clothing store the owner has a very special way of setting the price of items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15, and a blouse costs $30.
How much does underwear cost?
$45
It's $5 for each letter in the name of the item
vest - 4 letters 4x5=20
socks - 5 letters 5x5=25
tie - 3 letters 3x5=15
underwear - 9 letters 9x5=45
500
Name the song or the singer. If you can name them both, you will get double points.
And for this one - as SPECIAL BONUS - triple points if you can name the year in which this song was released as a single.
Enter Sandman, by Metallica
It was the opening track and lead single from their 1991 album, titled Metallica
500
On the IMDB website (Internet Movie Database) this 1994 movie is consistently rated at No. 1 as the best movie of all time, with a rating of 9.2 out of 10.
What is its name?
And for double points - the movie is based on a short story by Stephen King - but what is the name of the short story?
The Shawshank Redemption
based on the short-story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King.
500
How many hearts does an octopus have?
Three
An octopus's three hearts have slightly different roles. One heart circulates blood around the body, while the other two pump it past the gills, to pick up oxygen.