Is tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit - Knowledge is knowing tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad
What is the most well read book of all time?
The Bible, followed by 'Quotations of Mao Tse-Tung' and Harry Potter
What was the name of the archduke whose assassination prompted the start of World War I?
Franz Ferdinand
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)
What number is in a baker's dozen?
13 - In medieval England laws related the price of bread to the price of the wheat used to make it. Bakers who were found to be “cheating” their customers by overpricing undersized loaves were subject to strict punishment, including fines or flogging - solution throw in an extra loaf.
A short form of poetry from Japan consisting of three phrases?
Answer is Haiku,
Although it may not suit you,
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Put in order of construction date, Egypt's Sphinx, England's Stonehenge and Ireland's Newgrange?
Newgrange 3,200 BC,
Sphinx 2,500 BC,
Stonehenge 1,848 B.C
What type of bird is the smallest in the world?
Hummingbird, specifically the Bee Hummingbird (2 - 2.4 inches)
What is the world's third most popular drink after water and tea?
Beer
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 five star world war II general later became a U.S president?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name one other mammal that goes through the menopause?
Pilot Whale or Orcas
The popular cheese Gouda, comes from which European country?
The Netherlands
One of the most popular diaries of all time, detailing persecution and teenage love life?
The Diary of Anne Frank
Who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamen?
Howard Carter
Which primate has the closest DNA to humans?
Chimpanzees (or Bonobos)
The cheese Parmesan, that has an identical smell to baby sick, is made from what type of milk and is usually aged for a minimum of what time?
Cow's milk, 12 months (to 36 months). Within the EU both Parmigiano-Reggiano and Parmesan, means you are getting the real thing. Outside of the EU, 'Parmesan' has free reign.
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
Which Norwegian was the first person to get to the South Pole?
Roald Amundsen
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)