The French newspaper Le Monde translates as the...?
The World
What name is given to a cooking procedure in which alcohol is added to a hot pan to create a burst of flames?
Flambe
What is the only borough of NYC that is not on an island?
The Bronx
What name is given to the Celtic language of Scots or Irish people?
Gaelic
Which English novelist and social critic wrote "Great Expectations" and "David Copperfield" ?
Charles Dickens
The building in Washington DC in which the United States Congress meets is called the...?
The Capitol
Natural vanilla flavoring primarily comes from the dried and cured fruits of the Vanilla planifolia - to which group of flowering plants does it belong
Orchid
A word coined in 1868, the opposite of an Utopia is called a what?
Dystopia
What kind of birds would you find in a gaggle?
Geese
An English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections who wrote about fictional detective Hercule Poirot?
Agatha Christie
The first pop stars to appear in Madame Tussaud's where the...?
The Beatles
What is a popular American breakfast dish consisting of finely julienned potatoes that have been fried?
Hashbrowns
According to the bible, the three wise men were Gaspar, Balthazar and who?
Melchior
James Dean died during the filming of which film in 1955?
Giant
Who is the author of "The Hobbit" and the "Lord of the Rings"?
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Arthur Miller play which uses the witch trials of Salem to comment on the McCarthy witch hunts is the...?
The Crucible
What type of meat is used in the traditional Italian dish Osso buco?
Veal (veal shank)
Used in English, often in legal terms, what is the Latin word for 'elsewhere'
Alibi
Which fruit is affected by a grey type of fungus commonly known as "Noble Rot"
Grapes
Who declined the 1964 Nobel Prize for literature?
Jean-Paul Sarte
A sacerdotal person would likely be studying to join the...?
The Priesthood
Allium cepa is a perennial herb belonging to the Liliaceae family and one of the worlds most used foods - by what name is it better known?
Onion
In the Simpsons, what is the full first name of the only son of Homer and Marge?
Bartholomew
If someone said they were from Hellas - what country would they be from?
What instrument did Sherlock Holmes play?
Violin