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1
Emerald is the birth stone for which month?
June
January
May
April
2
Which two colours make purple?
Blue and Yellow
Red and Green
Green and Orange
Red and Blue
3
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world ?
Mount McKinley
Mount Everest
K2
Mount Cook
4
Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
Fiji
India
USA
Australia
5
Which car company makes the Celica?
Nissan
Mercedes
Toyota
Hyundai
6
What language has the most words?
Japanese
Mandarin
Russian
English
7
Friction can be reduced by changing from
rolling to sliding
potential energy to kinetic energy
sliding to rolling
dynamic to static
8
Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's...
largest railway station
longest railway station
none of the above
highest railway station
9
When did the first McDonalds open in Australia?
1953
1983
1971
1976
10
In the Bible, who was found in a basket among the bullrushes?
Moses
Jonah
Levi
Job
11
In the film 'Forrest Gump', who did Forrest help discover a new way to dance?
Little Richard
Elvis Presley
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
12
What was the first James Bond film?
Dr. No
Skyfall
ThunderBall
The Man with the Golden Gun
13
First China War was fought between
China and Greece
China and France
China and Britain
China and Egypt
14
What is the capital of Mali called?
Kigali
Bamako
Tripoli
Cairo
15
Blue Mountain Coffee comes from where?
Kenya
Jamaica
Colombia
Costa Rica
16
What letter is silent in the word "business"
E
S
I
U
17
Which company is owned by Bill Gates?
Microsoft
Snapchat
Facebook
Twitter
18
Which among the following is the World’s largest Wetland System?
Everglades (USA)
Okavango (Botswana)
Pantanal (South America)
Camargue (France)
19
How long are dogs pregnant for?
9 months
12 months
9 days
9 weeks
20
After more than 2000 years, in 2017 China allowed the commercial distribution of:
Silkworms
Rice
Salt
Alcohol
21
What is the highest point on Earth's continental crust?
K2
Annapurna
Everest
Lhotse
22
Plant and animal cells both have...
Vacuole
Cell Membrane
Chloroplasts
Cell Wall
23
For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are
26 m x 14 m
28 m x 15 m
27 m x 16 m
28 m x 16 m
24
Disney question - who are Daisy Ducks three nieces?
April, May & July
April, May & December
April, May & January
April, May & June
25
What pop group had a "Message in a Bottle"
Derek Ryan
Foster and Allen
Sean Wilson
The Police
26
Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following religion?
Shintoism
Judaism
Taoism
Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)
27
What is the current mens 100m world record time?
9.71s
9.58s
9.51s
9.68s
28
What is it called when the moon blocks out the sun during the day?
Envelope
Eclipse
Enbola
Ellipse
29
In the Chinese Zodiac, which year follows the Rat?
Panda
Pig
Ox
Snake
30
Who is the Roman goddess of love and beauty?
Venus
Prosperina
Ceres
Luna
31
The last Soccer world cup was won by?
Brazil
Germany
France
Spain
32
Where will the next Winter Olympics be held?
Korea
Japan
Canada
France
33
Which Ed Sheeran song starts; 'The club isn't the best place to find a lover, so the bar is'
Shape of You
Galway Girl
Perfect
Thinking Out Loud
34
Which Italian city has a famous leaning tower?
Venice
Rome
Florence
Pisa
35
In a deck of playing cards, the only king without a moustache is...
King of Diamonds
King of Spades
Kings of Clubs
King of Hearts
36
The ozone layer restricts
X-rays and gamma rays
Ultraviolet radiation
Infrared radiation
Visible light
37
How many bridges are there across the River Thames, which flows through London?
10
350
200
150
38
Who has won the most Wimbledon titles?
Martina Navratilova
Roger Federer
Pete Sampras
Steffi Graf
39
Pick the correct spelling:
Hypotanuse
Hypottenuse
Hippoppotanus
Hypotenuse
40
Which tree grows from an acorn?
Oak
Ash
Elm
Birch
41
Where is Nantucket?
Canada
Australia
England
USA
42
Who composed 'The Nutcracker'?
Tchaikovsky
Handel
Mozart
Beethoven
43
2017's highest paid actor on 68 million is who?
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Tom Cruise
Mark Whalberg
Shah Rukh Khan
44
Game of Thrones is based on the book series A song of ice and fire. What is the author's name?
G.R.R Martin
Steven King
J.K Rowling
J.R.R Tolkien
45
What colour is a polar bear's skin?
White
Pink
Grey
Black
46
The highest selling book of all time, with approx 500 million sales is?
A Tale of Two Cities
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Don Quixote
47
When was Peter Rabbit published?
1901
1900
1902
1899
48
Which male animal gives birth to babies?
Platypus
Dolphin
Seahorse
Echidna
49
How many lions are estimated to be left in the wild?
120,000
20,000
80,000
40,000
50
Who has the most followers on instagram?
Justin Bieber
Jake Paul
Taylor Swift
Selena Gomez
51
Which animal kills the most people in Africa?
Lions
Hippopotamus
Buffalo
Crocodiles
52
Which author wrote 'Brave New World'?
D H Lawrence
Grahame Greene
Thomas Hardy
Aldous Huxley
53
Rowan Atkinson has a degree in?
Mathematics
ICT
Physical Education
Engineering
54
Each year World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is celebrated on
May 18
June 8
June 18
May 8
55
Which Sporting star was/is known as 'The greatest'?
Sir Donald Bradman
Ian Thorpe
Muhammad Ali
Cristiano Ronaldo
56
What is Arizona's nickname?
The Golden State
The Cooper State
The Yellow State
The Grand Canyon State
57
What are the first five digits of pi?
3.1514
3.1416
3.1451
3.1415
58
Maths: Which of these is a Prime number?
15
7
1010
4
59
What is the second highest grossing movie at the US domestic box office?
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Beauty and the Beast
Wonder Woman
Spider-Man: Homecoming
60
In Australian dollars, how much did Rebel Wilson get awarded, in damages, in a defamation case?
6 million
3.5 million
2 million
4.5 million
61
Which country will lift its ban on woman drivers in June 2018?
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Iran
United Arab Emirates
62
Which dinosaur's name means 'roof lizard'?
Tyrannosaurus
Pteradactyl
Triceratops
Stegosaurus
63
The most poisonous snake in the world is?
Inland Taipan
King Cobra
King Brown Snake
Tiger Snake
64
How many people in a water polo team?
7
3
5
9
65
Who founded Marvel Comics?
Martin Goodman
Jack Kirby
Stan Lee
Jim Mooney
66
How many coloured balls are there in
billiards
?
10
15
18
12
67
How many sheets are in a standard roll of toilet paper?
5000
500
1000
100
68
The Capital of New Zealand is?
Cairns
Wellington
Auckland
Queenstown
69
What colour is the black box (flight recorder) on a plane?
Green
Black
Blue
Orange
70
Literally translated, what does television mean?
Depth Seeing
Near Seeing
Recorded Seeing
Far Seeing
71
Which is the land of the rising Sun?
Japan
India
Australia
Thailand
72
Which social media company hired James Blunt to carry out reviews of its users?
Facebook
Twitter
Tinder
Instagram
73
The first mobile phone text message was sent in
2001
1996
1986
1992
74
What colour is a Grasshoppers blood?
Red
Grey
Green
White
75
What colour is worn for funerals in Egypt?
Blue
Black
Red
Yellow
76
Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
Venus
Earth
Mars
the Moon
77
1. In Greek mythology, Erebus was the God of what?
Mountains
Darkness
Light
Forests
78
For which of the following disciplines is Nobel Prize awarded?
Literature, Peace and Economics
All of the above
Physics and Chemistry
Physiology or Medicine
79
"Idiot" is a greek word, what is the original meaning of the word?
Being stupid
A politician
Not a politician
Being smart
80
What was Elvis' biggest hit?
Suspicious Minds
"Hound Dog"
Blue Suede Shoes
Heartbreak Hotel
81
Which musical family does the saxophone belong to?
Strings
Percussion
Jazz
Woodwind
82
According to the nursery rhyme, who "ran up the hill to fetch a pail of water"?
The Grand Old Duke of York
Jack and Jill
Humpty Dumpty
Little Miss Muffet
83
What is the name of the Bic logo?
Brainy Bic
Bic Boy
Bic Buddy
Bic Baby
84
What species of bird is Big Bird?
South American Rhea
African Ostrich
New Zealand Moa
Australian Emu
85
Algophobia is the fear of?
Alligators
Pain
Algebra
Algae
86
How many main islands does New Zealand have?
2
1
4
3
87
Which word? The students didn’t know when ……….. teacher was returning.
Where
There
They're
Their
88
Which boys name means - "he who resembles God"
Michael
Brendan
George
John
89
The 'Michelin Man' is associated with what product?
Books
Candles
Tyres
Sweets
90
Entomology is the science that studies...
Behaviour of human beings
Insects
The origin and history of technical and scientific terms
formation of rocks
91
Where will the 2020 olympics be held?
Melbourne
Beijing
Atlanta
Tokyo
92
How old is Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper) from Big Bang Theory in real life?
37
41
39
44
93
Pick the correct spelling:
Parallel
Parrallel
Paralell
Parellel
94
What language do Pakistani's speak?
Sindhi
Hindi
Nauruan
English
95
Emma Watson has a degree in?
Geography
Psychology
English Literature
Economics
96
Which team won the wooden spoon for the 2017 AFL season?
Brisbane Lions
Carlton Blues
Fremantle Dockers
Gold Coast Suns
97
Which fruits are most commonly used to make wine?
Oranges
Strawberries
Grapes
Lemons
98
Who painted "Sunday in the Park"
Henri Rousseau
George Seurat
Claude Monet
Pierre Bonard
99
"Dydd Iau" is Welsh for which day of the week?
Thursday
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
100
Eugenics is the study of
altering human beings by changing their genetic components
people of European origin
different races of mankind
genetics of plants