TRIVIA QUESTIONS - EPISODE 6

Warm it up

Countries of South America. Players get turns to name a country of South America. If you miss or give the wrong answer you get eliminated.

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela

ROUND ONE

1. GEOGRAPHY

British Isles is the name of a group of islands situated off the north western corner of mainland Europe. What is the difference between the United Kingdom and Great Britain?

UK – Great Britain + Northern Ireland
Great Britain – England, Scotland, Wales

2. History

Catherine of Aragorn, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleaves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr. Of the six wives of Henry the 8th who were beheaded ? 2 point bonus for who were divorced

Anne Bolyn, Catherine Howard / Catherine of Aragorn, Anne of Cleves


3. 4 clues.

Teams have an option to lock in after each clue is read out. Team that gets the correct answer with the least clues wins ten points.

a. I was once an archipelago of 7 isles united over 5 centuries
b. On 16 April 1853, India’s first train service commenced from here
c. My name comes from the patron goddess of a fishing community
d. I am the economic capital of India

Mumbai

ROUND TWO

1. SONG FACTS

The first two lines of this famous song by men at work reads :-

Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie

What is the meaning behind the words fried-out Kombi and Zombie?

Broken down VW Kombivan

Zombie was a particularly strong batch of marijuana - Zombie Grass


2 . Cleopatra’s Needle, the Egyptian artefact located in London, was erected in 1838. Many things were placed underneath, including a map of London, a copy of the Bible, some daily newspapers, 12 photographs of the best looking English women of the time and what reminder of British dominion of the Indian Subcontinent?

A rupee

3. MINT CONDITION

If you look closely at Indian coins symbols have been placed below the year to denote where the coin was minted, either Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai or Noida. For ten points match the symbols correctly with the Mint

Nothing – Kolkata
Diamond – Mumbai
Star – Hyderabad
Dot - Noida

ROUND THREE - MIDPOINT - MAN what a BOOKER !

For four points each give me the names of the five Indian origin authors that have won a Man Booker Prize

V S Naipaul 1971 A free state
Salman Rushdie 1981 Midnight’s Children
Arundhati Roy 1997 The God of Small Things
Kiran Desai 2006 The Inheritance of Loss
Aravind Adiga 2008 The White Tiger

ROUND FOUR

1. YOHAN MURDERS A HIT – (say it dramatically)

No stop signs, Speed limit
Nobody's gonna slow me down
Like a wheel, Gonna spin it
Nobody's gonna mess me around
Hey satan, Payin' my dues
Playin' in a rockin' band
Hey mumma, Look at me
I'm on the way to the promised land

What is the title of this 1979 release and for two bonus points from which country does the band originate?

Highway to hell– ACDC
Australia

2. Musical Geography

The musical King and I is set in which country? You have to give me the old name as well as the new name.

Siam / Thailand

3. Ngwenama?

The opening lines of circle of life from The Lion King are sung in what African language?

Zulu

ROUND FIVE

1. Do you have a flag ?

Of all the flags in the world , only three defy the rectangle rule. The Vatican and Switzerland have square shaped flags. Name the other mountainous country on this list whose flag is the only non quadrilateral flag in the world

Nepal

The flag take the shape of two triangular pennants. It has a crimson red background with blue edges. The upper pennant has a stylized white moon at the center while the lower pennant has a white twelve-pointed sun.

2. Its Greek to me

The goddess Athena cruelly turned Medusa into a creature with snakes for hair and eyes that turned people into stone. What is the name of that creature ?

A Gorgon

3. Five Stars

What is the highest attainable rank in he Indian Army ?

Field Marshal
Cariappa

Sam Manekshaw

ROUND SIX

1. SPORTS

What is the term used in Golf for a score of one above par?

Bogey

2. All knotted up

Kelvin, Balthus, and Hanover are all examples of what kind of even knots? These objects originated in the 17th century during the 30 yr war in France

Neck tie Knots

King Louis XIII hired Croatian mercenaries who wore a piece of cloth around their neck as part of their uniform. He actually liked it so much that he made these ties a mandatory accessory for Royal gatherings.

The necktie was named “La Cravate” in honour of the Croatian soldiers

3. SPORTS

Nicknames are commonly given out to exceptional sports players and for ten points name the sportperson from these nicknames

Magic– Earwin Johnson

The fastest man on no legs – Oscar Pistorius

Slinga – Lasith Malinga

GAUNTLET - I’d like some Tea Please

1.Called Pho Cha what ingredient is added to milky black tea by natives of this Himalayan region?

Yak Butter

2. What term borrowed from the weather report is the collective noun of a group of hippopotami ?

Thunder

3. The Second world war served as a boost to the American popularity of what European dish ?

Spaghetti

Teams

JinXD(W)     Jamcrackers
Deepa            Zac
Xan              Priyanka
Josh             Yoshua
                 Poulose

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