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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.

  1. There are 7 × 7 × 7 = 343 large cats. They have 343 × 4 = 1372 legs.
  2. There are 7 × 7 × 7 × 7 = 2401 little cats. They have 2401 × 4 = 9604 legs.
  3. 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.