20th Century Pop
Complete this Spice Girls lyric: “If you wanna be my [BLANK], you gotta get with my friends”
'Lover'
What is the most well read book of all time?
The Bible, followed by 'Quotations of Mao Tse-Tung' and Harry Potter
In which sport will you use a shuttlecock?
Badminton
Name the largest animal on the planet?
The Blue Whale
Calves at birth are about 23 feet (7 m) long and weigh 5,000 to 6,000 pounds (2,267 to 2,722 kg)
In what decade was pop icon Madonna born?
1950's (1958), Madonna is now 62
A short form of poetry from Japan consisting of three phrases?
Answer is Haiku,
Although it may not suit you,
More questions to do.
Which country holds the most Six Nations titles (both shared and outright)?
Wales which holds 39 victories, England is next holding 28.
What type of bird is the smallest in the world?
Hummingbird, specifically the Bee Hummingbird (2 - 2.4 inches)
Which singer penned the hit made famous by Whitney Houston in 1992 in the film 'The Bodyguard', titled 'I will always love you'?
Dolly Parton, Dolly recorded the song in 1974. Elvis Presley had requested that Dolly allow him to sing the song, but she refused as he was requesting half of the publishing rights. On Houston's break with the song, Dolly was quoted as saying 'I made enough money to buy Graceland'.
The utterance of this Shakespeare play, which involves witchcraft and evil, is supposed to bring bad luck and has been associated with a curse, name the play or its alternative title?
The Scottish Play, or Macbeth
Which Olympian has won the most medals of all time?
Michael Phelps, 28 medals.
Name one other mammal that goes through the menopause?
Pilot Whale or Orcas
Give all five of the Spice Girls 'Spice' names?
Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh
One of the most popular diaries of all time, detailing persecution and teenage love life?
The Diary of Anne Frank
With what sport would you associate Sachin Tendulkar?
Cricket, Sachin was captain of the Indian cricket team and regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in history
Which primate has the closest DNA to humans?
Chimpanzees (or Bonobos)
Recorded in 1971, what is the longest song to ever top the billboard hot 100?
American Pie by Don McLean
Name the following in order of outings (counting stories and books) penned by the author; Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, Ian Fleming's James Bond and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes?
Holmes at 56 stories and 4 novels,
Poirot at 47 books and
Bond at 14 books
What are the five colours of the olympic rings?
Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red. The five rings represent the five continents of the world. Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas and Oceania. The colours were originally supposed to represent all of the colours used in the flags of participating countries.
Which animal has the longest migration?
Artic tern
Arctic breeding grounds to the Antarctic and back again each year, the shortest distance between these areas being 19,000 km (12,000 mi)