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1
By what nickname is Edward Teach better known?
The Dandy Highwayman
Doctor Doolittle
Blackbeard
The Thin White Duke
2
Which movie was incorrectly announced as the winner of Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards?
Zootopia
La La Land
Silence
Moonlight
3
Which British archaeologist discovered Tutankhamun's tomb?
Mortimer Wheeler
Arthur Evans
Howard Carter
Leonard Wooley
4
What is Jay Gatsby’s real name?
Jeremy Gate
Bob Mortimer
James Gatz
Jarred Greets
5
Veranika's favourite NGW characters are Roony and Marty
False
True
6
What 1994 crime film revitalized John Travolta’s career?
Saturday Night Fever
Blow Out
Look who's talking
Pulp Fiction
7
What is the name of the tribe of man-eating giants which feature in Homer’s The Odyssey?
Laestrygonians
The Cattle of the Sun
Lotus Eaters
Sirens
8
How many novels did Roald Dahl write?
30
12
7
19
9
For what movie did Tom Hanks score his first Academy Award nomination?
Forrest Gump
The man with one red shoe
Sleepless in Seattle
Big
10
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire in the late 12th century?
Tolui Khan
Genghis Khan
Töregene Khatun
Ögedei Khan
11
Who discovered the wreckage of the Titanic?
Veranika
Leonardo Di Caprio
Josse
Robert Ballard
12
The four Little Women sisters are called Margeret, Josephine, Elizabeth and …
Amy
Rebecca
Trevor
Katherine
13
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and…? Who was the third astronaut involved in the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon?
Michael Collins
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordan
Michael Buble
14
Which is the best ESL school in the world?
Skyeng
Magic ears
Vipkid
Novakid
15
In which decade did the potato famine strike Ireland?
1840s
1620s
1990s
1730s
16
What was the first feature-length animated movie ever released?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Winnie-the-Pooh
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Cinderella
17
In which country was Benazhir Bhutto twice the Prime Minister?
Morocco
Turkey
Malaysia
Pakistan
18
In which ocean did Blackbeard operate?
Indian
Pacific
Southern
Atlantic
19
Where did Leo Tolstoy study languages and law but returned without degree?
Kazan University
St. Petersburg University
Tashkent University
Moscow University
20
Which Queen gave birth to her son Caesarion in 47 BC?
Cornelia
Boadicea
Cleopatra
Zenobia
21
Which British Prime Minister was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Anthony Eden
Margaret Thatcher
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
22
For what movie did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Jaws
E.T.
Schindler's list
The Blues Brothers
23
What song plays over the opening credits of
Guardians of the Galaxy
?
"Hooked on a Feeling"
“Come and Get Your Love”
"Spirit in the Sky"
"Go All the Way"
24
Which American pilot flew solo across the Atlantic in 1932?
Bob Hoover
Amelia Earhart
Jacqueline Auriol
Charles Lindbergh
25
Which species in Guide To The Galaxy is described as not actually evil but bad-tempered, bureaucratic and officious
Babel Fish
Dolphins
Vogons
Grebulons
26
What is the name of the pig in Charlotte’s Web by EB White?
Pinky
Paddy
Wilbur
Percy
27
In Pride and Prejudice, who does the youngest Bennet daughter, Lydia, marry?
Mr Wickham
Mr Collins
Mr Darcy
Mr Bingley
28
“Well, nobody’s perfect” is the final line (and punchline) from what classic 1959 comedy starring Marilyn Monroe?
Bus Stop
How to Marry a Millionaire
Some Like it Hot
The Misfits
29
Which Apollo mission allowed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon?
12
9
10
11
30
Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a
Lord of the Rings
movie?
Ian McKellen
Sean Astin
Elijah Wood
Liv Tyler
31
In
The Matrix
, does Neo take the blue pill or the red pill?
Blue Pill
Red Pill
32
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
Malcolm X
Abraham Lincoln
Julius Caesar
Gandhi
33
For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Mary Poppins
Torn Curtain
Sound of Music
My Fair Lady
34
What is the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time?
Matrix Reloaded
Deadpool
It
Joker
35
What year did the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster take place?
1986
1983
1981
1987
36
Which Shakespearean play features the characters Bianca, Roderigo and Lodovico?
Othello
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hamlet
The Tempest
37
What’s the name of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous, recurring character?
Hynkel
Henri Verdoux
The Tramp
38
Who was the second President of the United States?
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
39
What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?
Beatrice
Rachael
Jane
Agnes
40
How many seasons of
Friends
are there?
4
8
15
10
41
Name the young hero of Treasure Island.
Abraham Gray
Ben Gunn
Jim Hawkins
John Trelawney
42
Which 1948 Alfred Hitchcock movie starred James Stewart and was shot to look like one continuous take?
Rebecca
Notorious
Rope
Rear Window
43
At what famous French landmark was the document signed which set out the terms of ‘peace’ following the First World War?
Notre Dame Cathedral
The Palace of Versailles
Arc de Triomphe
Parc de Princes
44
Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Marseilles
Corsica
Réunion
Paris
45
In what 1976 thriller does Robert De Niro famously say “You talkin’ to me?”
The Deer Hunter
Mean Streets
1900
Taxi Driver
46
Which Argentine was the first woman anywhere in the world to hold the title of President?
Martha Argerich
Evita Perón
Isabel Perón
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
47
Which of these musicians has won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Garth Brooks
Bob Dylan