TRIVIA QUESTIONS EPISODE 13

WARM UP – BANNED or NOT


The following items have been listed as either permitted or banned in check in luggage on INDIGO (1-23) and AMERICAN AIRLINES (24 …). You have to say whether it is banned or permitted
1. UPS – B     

2. Trimmer with Battery – P 

3. Sharp edged umbrellas – P    

4. TV – P 

5. Skeleton – B   

6. Raw green vegetables - P 

7. Pickles – B    

8. Cooking Oil – B 

9. Sphygmomanometer – B(mercury) 

10. Chain Saw – P 

11. Liquor – P 

12. Kirpan – P 

13. Holy water/ ganga Jal – P 

14. Hammer – P 

15. Air Gun – P 

16. Ghee – P 

17. E- cigarettes – B 

18. Drone with camera – P 

19. CPU – P 

20. Car Seat– B 

21. Biriyani – P 

22. Honey – P(if sealed well) 

23. Insecticide – P (if labelled) 

24. Antlers – P (AA) 

25. Bear Spray – B 

26. Brass Knuckles – P 

27. Liquid Chocolate – P 

28. CO2 Cartridge – B 

29. Cooking Spray – B 

30. Cowboy Spurs – P 

31. Fertilizer – B 

32. Hockey Stick – P 

33. Light Saber – P 

34. Live Lobster – P 

35. Medical Marijuana – P 

36. Nail Guns - P 

Round One 

1. Can’t touch this 

In 2011, France banned face coverings by prohibiting concealment of the face in public space Name any two European countries that have a similar law. Bonus 2 points if you can name all 5 

Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, Netherlands 

2. Ina tha beningging 

While we refer to USA and UK as the US or the UK, name any of the two countries that officially have the article ‘the’ included in their name 

The Gambia The Bahamas 

3. Racissistic In America, if you called a foreign person suspected of criminal activity Ali Baba … what nationality would you be alluding to ? 

Iraq 

Round Two 

1. Down Under 

If you were sitting with your Billy by a Billabong in Australia what might you be doing ? 

Brewing tea by a pond in the middle of a dry river 

2. Only Human Being bibulous or sottish is synonymous with what human condition ? 

Under the influence of a banned substance or alcohol 

3. Comfortably Numb 

If you were in a cuddle-puddle with one boogahead where might you be ? - describe the situation by decoding the slang 

An ecstasy party with one person snorting cocaine 

Round Three MIDPOINT - How Rude! 

The following gestures are considered inappropriate in certain countries. For four points each match a country to the sign 

a. The OK sign – BRAZIL malodorous body part

 

b. Pointing at the moon – TAIWAN She’ll cut your ear off, or at the very least maim it 

c. Backward peace sign – UK it stems from a 15th-century battle. War prisoners were said to have had their second and third fingers chopped off so that they’d no longer be able to fire bows. Prisoners who escaped before undergoing this punishment, therefore, would flash those two fingers as they ran away. 

d. Thumbs up – IRAN/ IRAQ the thumbs-up is equivalent to the middle finger 

e. Pointing with your index finger – MALAYSIA the common alternative is to point with your thumb 

Round Four 

1. Up to no gouda I have a list of cheese names and you have to tell me which one or ones on this list have been made up 

Barely Buzzed (rubbed in espresso coffee grounds mixed with lavender) 

Slack ma Girdle (A soft almost runny cheese with a natural mouldy rind) 

Ticklemore (pasteurized goat milk ) 

Little Dragon (tarragon covered chèvre) 

Fat Bottom Girl (Does Fat Bottom Girl make the dairyin’ world go round?) 

2. Its sticky and slurpy 

The following dishes are all noodles but belong to different south east Asian countries. Match the country with the dish 

Guksu – Korea 

Mee Goreng – Indonesia 

Nom Banh Chok – Cambodia (khmer noodles) 

Ba Mee Hang – Thailand 

Banh Canh - Vietnam 

3. When it fits, you feel it 

The category title is taken from an ad campaign by JC Penney – a department store for clothes. I have a list of more such inappropriateness. Guess the company, from the tag line 

SEGA - The More You Play with It, The Harder It Gets (Video Games) 

Gatorade – Is it In You? (Energy Booster) 

Timex – It Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking (Measuring device) 

Exxon – Put a Tiger in Your Tank (Oil Company) Holiday Inn – Pleasing People the World Over (Hotel Industry) 

Round Five 

1. Comes again 

The Tokyo Olympics just finished. When and where is the next Olympics? 

Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 

2. Comes again and again 

The Covid pandemic is due to a SARS-CoV2 virus. What virus (specific name) was responsible for the worse pandemic the world has ever seen? 

H1N1 Spanish flu of 1918 One third of the worlds population at that time was infected At least 50 million deaths 

3. Comes again and again and again 

What is going to be Gibbous between tonight and Aug 30 ? 

The Moon Gibbous moon can be both waxing or waning and refers to an intermediary stage of moon visibility between half and full. The opposite of a Gibbous moon is a crescent moon

Round Six 

1. Guess the poem title from the pictures. Bonus points for naming the poet 

One hundred Love Sonnets– Pablo Neruda 

2. I taste a liquor never brewed– Emily Dickenson 

3. Guess the song title from the pictures. Bonus points for naming the singer 

Stir it up – Bob Marley 

Gauntlet – more Deepah 

1. The Sun festival (Chhath), celebrated after Diwali sees many clay lamps or deepas lined along water bodies. Which two gods are venerated in this festival ? Surya and Usha 

2. Which acclaimed director has the distinction of having gone more deepah than any other director in the world? James Cameron 

3. Deepa Malik, an Arjun Awardee as well as a Padma Shri is the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the Paralympic Games. In which Track and Field throwing event did she get this silver medal ? Shot Put Rio 2016

Teams

Toby NehMD - Sridhar Zubin Anu 

Wolfsbane Wombats - Rohan Ananth Sumi 

Shappy Ponam - Ollie Vikram Ruqi 

Quizicle Cats - Xan Josh Sherral