Sports
How many hurdles are there in a 100 m race?
10
This city is known as the City of Angels.
Los Angeles
J. R. R. Tolkien is the author of which novel(s)?
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy
What predatory fish can smell blood as far away as a quarter mile and has a sense of smell hundreds of times stronger than humans?
A. carp B. flounder C. sharks D. trout
C. sharks
Sharks' olfactory system is highly sensitive
Which movie contains the famous quote, "May the Force be with you"?
Star Wars (1977)
How many holes are there on a standard golf course?
18
Which U.S. state has the most national parks?
California
The Emerald City was the working title of which classic novel?
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Far from having a memory of just a few seconds, what fish can remember things for months?
A. goldfish B. moonfish C. silverfish D. starfish
A. goldfish
Goldfish can remember things for months, NOT just a few seconds
In which movie does the character Neo appear?
The Matrix
Which was the first South American city to host the Olympic Games?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This river is the longest in the United States.
Missouri River
Which murder-mystery writer created the legendary detective Hercule Poirot?
Agatha Christie
What city has a baseball team named for a speedy sporting fish with a spear-like bill?
A. Anaheim B. Miami C. San José D. Seattle
B. Miami (Miami Marlins)
Anaheim Angels, San Jose Giants, Seattle Mariners
In The Wizard of Oz, what does the Scarecrow want from the Wizard?
A brain
The most popular Japanese form of wrestling is called what?
Sumo
Which two continents are situated entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Australia and Antarctica
Which American-British travel writer famously took a step into history writing with A Short History of Nearly Everything?
Bill Bryson
It is the males of what “equine” fish species that give birth?
A. sailfish B. swordfish C. zebrafish D. seahorse
D. seahorse
What is the name of the spaceship in Alien?
Nostromo
What sport is the only sport that has been played on the moon.
Golf
What is the name of the line that separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
The Prime Meridian
American writer F Scott Fitzgerald's gravestone epitaph is the last line from one of his novels: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past". What novel is this?
The Great Gatsby
What sort of fish was Nemo in Finding Nemo, a female-dominated species in which the most dominant male changes gender if the top female dies?
A. clownfish B. lionfish C. angelfish D. swordfish
A. clownfish
All the mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan are named after peaks in which movie?
The Lord of the Rings