TRIVIA QUESTIONS - EPISODE 12
Warm it up - Countries of the USSR
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
1.Rat Salad - Van Halen
2.Pen Cap Chew – Nirvana
3.The New Yardbirds – Led Zeppelin
4.Atomic Mass – Def Leppard
5.The Tea Set – Pink Floyd
1.Overheard at a beauty parlour
Which movie gave us this iconic line – Wax on Wax off ?
The Karate Kid
2.Geography
Two territories which are part of South America were also part of the European Union but after 2020 one was removed from the list. Name that country.
Falkland Islands because UK opted out of the EU
3.Do you have a flag?
Which is the only asian country that features in the list of ten oldest flags in the world?
Nepal
1. Homonyms
From the following sentences, discover the homonyms.
Pens and pencils lie still on a table
Stationery, Stationary
He went off color and kicked the bucket
Pale, Pail
Keep them distinct but be hushed about it
Discrete, discreet
2. Pseudonyms
Armand seeks solace in wine. His ex wife is a spy
Isaac is fashionable and the least cerebral
Henri vacillates between his fondness for religion and women
As a trio they are famous in both prose and picture. Who were they ?
The three musketeers Athos (Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle) , Porthos(Isaac de Porthau) , Aramis (Henri d'Aramitz)
3. Acronyms
IMHO YOLO ICYMI
In my honest opinion
You only live once
In case you missed it
3
2.Which Biblical story finds an uncanny echo among the reincarnations of Vishnu ?
Noah’s Ark, Killing of first borns by Herod
3.Complete this English Proverb - A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he …….
Stays
Teams
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova
Russia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
ROUND TWO
Old and New
From the former names of famous rock bands you have to give me the names that we know them by
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
ROUND ONE
1.Villains
The first movie in the Star Wars saga is titled – The Phantom Menace.
To whom does the title refer to?
Senator Palpitine (Darth Sidious)
2. Villains
What dental tool was kept among other items like holy water, wooden stakes and crucifixes to fight against vampires ?
Extraction Forceps/ Dental pliers
3. Villains
Which Disney villain was tyrannical, deranged and had a penchant for beheadings?
Queen of Hearts (Alice in wonderland)
Queen of Hearts (Alice in wonderland)
ROUND TWO
1.Strange Professions
In the 50’s and 60’s, in England if someone said I’ll knock you up in the morning, what did they mean?
Wake you up
We had a knocker-up and our knocker-up had a knocker-up
And our knocker-ups knocker-up didn’t knock our knocker up
So our knocker-up didn’t knock us up…Cos he’s not up
2. Sports
In the world of Boxing what does TKO mean?
Technical Knock Out
3. Inventions
What name did Thomas and Walter Davies give to their device, invented in the early 1900’s, which consisted of an inflated tyre on a circular metal rim. A name that is still used in automobile parlance in India ?
Stepney Spare wheel named after the stepney street where they worked
ROUND THREE - MIDPOINT
In the 50’s and 60’s, in England if someone said I’ll knock you up in the morning, what did they mean?
Wake you up
We had a knocker-up and our knocker-up had a knocker-up
And our knocker-ups knocker-up didn’t knock our knocker up
So our knocker-up didn’t knock us up…Cos he’s not up
2. Sports
In the world of Boxing what does TKO mean?
Technical Knock Out
3. Inventions
What name did Thomas and Walter Davies give to their device, invented in the early 1900’s, which consisted of an inflated tyre on a circular metal rim. A name that is still used in automobile parlance in India ?
Stepney Spare wheel named after the stepney street where they worked
ROUND THREE - MIDPOINT
Old and New
From the former names of famous rock bands you have to give me the names that we know them by
1.Rat Salad - Van Halen
2.Pen Cap Chew – Nirvana
3.The New Yardbirds – Led Zeppelin
4.Atomic Mass – Def Leppard
5.The Tea Set – Pink Floyd
ROUND FOUR
1.We are family
What is the common between Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs and John Lennon ?
They were all adopted
2.We are family
How many direct living siblings did Michael Jackson have at the time of his death and for two bonus points who is the youngest Jackson?
8 Janet Jackson 1966
3. Another family
Which actress, the first South African to win an Oscar in an acting category for her portrayal of a serial killer voiced Morticia in the movie The Addams Family ?
Charlize Theron (monster)
What is the common between Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs and John Lennon ?
They were all adopted
2.We are family
How many direct living siblings did Michael Jackson have at the time of his death and for two bonus points who is the youngest Jackson?
8 Janet Jackson 1966
3. Another family
Which actress, the first South African to win an Oscar in an acting category for her portrayal of a serial killer voiced Morticia in the movie The Addams Family ?
Charlize Theron (monster)
ROUND FIVE
Which movie gave us this iconic line – Wax on Wax off ?
The Karate Kid
2.Geography
Two territories which are part of South America were also part of the European Union but after 2020 one was removed from the list. Name that country.
Falkland Islands because UK opted out of the EU
3.Do you have a flag?
Which is the only asian country that features in the list of ten oldest flags in the world?
Nepal
ROUND SIX
From the following sentences, discover the homonyms.
Pens and pencils lie still on a table
Stationery, Stationary
He went off color and kicked the bucket
Pale, Pail
Keep them distinct but be hushed about it
Discrete, discreet
2. Pseudonyms
Armand seeks solace in wine. His ex wife is a spy
Isaac is fashionable and the least cerebral
Henri vacillates between his fondness for religion and women
As a trio they are famous in both prose and picture. Who were they ?
The three musketeers Athos (Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle) , Porthos(Isaac de Porthau) , Aramis (Henri d'Aramitz)
3. Acronyms
IMHO YOLO ICYMI
In my honest opinion
You only live once
In case you missed it
GAUNTLET - Reincarnation
1.How many Oscars were won by the film Avatar? 3
2.Which Biblical story finds an uncanny echo among the reincarnations of Vishnu ?
Noah’s Ark, Killing of first borns by Herod
3.Complete this English Proverb - A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he …….
Stays
Teams
Chafing the dream Phantom of the Chopra
Rohan Sridhar
Ananth Vikram
Anu Ollie
Zubin * Tanvi *
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