ENGLISH TRIVIA GAME

What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."?

A: The Declaration of Independence.
What ethnic group was largely responsible for building most of the early
railways in the U.S. West?
A: The Chinese.
What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?
A: A net.
What Soviet dictator was training to be a priest when he got turned on to
Marxism?
A: Joseph Stalin.
What single name is more commonly applied to Holy Roman Emperor Charles
the Great?
A: Charlemagne.
What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in
1989?
A: Apartheid.
What was 11th-century Spanish military leader Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better
know as?
A: El Cid.
Q: What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we
ourselves:?
A: Sinn Fein.
Q: What physicist's last words were not understood because his nurse did not
speak German?
A: Albert Einstein's.
Q: What dictator is affectionately dubbed EL Maximo by fans?
A: Fidel Castro.
Q: What socialist writer's last words were: "Last words are for fools who haven't
said enough"?
A: Karl Marx's.
Q: What strategic group of islands did Portugal allow Britain to access during
World War II?
A: The Azores.
Q: Who's believed by many to be buried in Downpatrick under a tombstone
marked with the letter "F"?
A: St. Patrick.
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Q: What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would
have become a watchmaker"?
A: Albert Einstein.
Q: Who was the longest reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?
A: King Hussein of Jordan.
Q: What queen briefly banished Sir Walter Raleigh to the Tower of London after
hearing of his secret marriage to her maid of honor?
A: Elizabeth I.

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Q: What war lasted from June5, 1967 to June 10, 1967?

A: The six day war.
Q: What Argentinean was buried in a Milan cemetery under the pseudonym
Maria Maggi?
A: Eve Peron.
How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico?
A: Five.
What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S. Atlantic
seaboard?
A: Michigan.
Which country has more tractors per capita, Canada, Iceland or Japan?
A: Iceland.
Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?
A: Thomas Edison.
What continent is cut into two fairly equal halves by the Tropic of Capricorn?
A: Australia.
What explorer introduced pigs to North America?
A: Christopher Columbus.
What railway linked Moscow and Irkutsk in 1900?
A: The Trans-Siberian Railway.
What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered
a "big band"?
A: Ten.
What continent has the fewest flowering plants?
A: Antartica.
What element begins with the letter "K"?
A: Krypton.
What country saw a world record 315 million voters turn out for elections on
May 20, 1991?
A: India.
What Lewis Carroll book was banned in China after censors decided: "Animals
should not use human language"?
A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
What is the least popular month for U.S. weddings?
A: January.
What surname means "son of Nick"?
A: Nixon.
How many months per year do residents of Tromoso, Norway go without seeing
a sunset?
A: Three.
What Beatrix Potter tale is the top-selling children's book of all time?
A: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and
sugar skulls?
A: The Day of the Dead.
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What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
A: Uranus.
What was an official language in 87 nations and territories, by 1994?
A: English.
What's the third-largest continent in square miles?
A: North America.
What's the second most populous continent?
A: Europe.
Which is further from the equator, Tasmania, Tanzania, or Transylvania?
A: Transylvania.
What's the University of Paris more commonly called?
A: The Sorbonne.
What two French cities are connected by the planet's fastest passenger train?
A: Paris and Lyons.
What religion has the most adherent, Buddhism, Christianity or Islam?
A; Christianity.
What European country uses its Latin name, Helvetia, on its stamps?
A: Switzerland.
What country is only bordered by Spain?
A: Portugal.
What's the flattest U.S. state?
A: Florida.
What Australian city boasts the largest Greek population in the world outside of
Greece?
A: Melbourne.
What island nation is a must for anyone wishing to see 40 species of lemours?
A: Madagascar.
What country is almost twice as large as either the U.S. or China?
A: Russia.
What South Asian city is the planet's biggest feature film producer?
A: Bombay.
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What 1961 movie has Audrey Hepburn note: "Personally, I think it's a bit tacky
to wear diamonds before I'm 40"?
A: Breakfast at Tiffany's.
What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win four Academy Awards?
A: Terminator 2.
What actor did author Anne Rice first denounce, then praise in the role of her
beloved Lestat?
A: Tom Cruise.
What martial artist warbles the theme song for Walker, Texas Ranger?
A: Chuck Norris.
Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in Toy Story?
A: Tom Hanks.
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Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards Ceremony?
A: Whoopi Goldberg.
What European country delights the Pope with the lowest divorce rate in the
western world?
A: Italy
What foreign language do Norwegians study for seven years, beginning in the
second grade?
A: English
What country sends the most tourists to Australia?
A: Japan
What Spanish ethnic group do geneticists consider the most direct descendants
of Cro-Magnons?
A: Basques
What U.S. state is the eighth largest economic power in the world?
A: California
What U.S. city is across the Rio Grande from Juarez?
A: El Paso
What European capital used to be called Lutetia?
A: Paris
What nation in the Western Hemisphere is the world's largest exporter of forest
products?
A: Canada
What color are a zebra's black stripes during the first six months of life?
A: Brown.
What mollusk was obliged to share its name with the first waterproof watch?
A: The oyster.
What amphibians do you raise if your run a ranarium?
A: Frogs.
What caused half of all deaths from natural disasters from 1945 to 1986?
A :Earthquakes.
What did the ancient Greeks believe to be a cross between a tiger and a horse?
A: A zebra.
What simple creature is employed to turn organic garbage into "vermicompost"?
A: Worms.
How many days can an ant survive under water?
A: Two.
What's the term for an adult male pig?
A: Boar.
What creature's tongue weighs as much as a full grown elephant?
A: The blue whale's.
What's the least expensive and most popular fruit?
A: The banana.
What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?
A: Wind.

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What's the most common trick a pet dog can perform?

A: Sit.
What characteristic of minerals is described by the Mohs Scale?
A :Hardness.

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