Q2. How many of the following are Italian airports: Cristoforo Colombo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Marco Polo and Galileo Galilei? ALL FOUR
Q3. What is the chemical symbol for plutonium? Pu
Q4. Which country was previously called the 'Gilbert Islands'? KIRIBATI
Q5. In which Dicken's novel would you meet John Jasper, Mr. Honeythunder and Mr. Tartar? THE MYSTERY OF EDWARD DROOD
Q6. Which musical does the song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah come from? SONG OF THE SOUTH
Q7. Who was the Roman God of Time? SATURN
Q8. Whose horse was called Black Agnes? MARY QUENN OF SCOTS
Q9. Which boxer's nickname was the 'Boston Gob'? JACK SHARKEY
Q10. Which was NOT an opera by Mozart?
A) Don Giovanni B) A Masked Ball C) The Magic Flute D) The Marriage of Figaro B) A MASKED BALL
Q11. In collective nouns terminology, what is a 'descent', a group of? WOODPECKERS
Q12. Which of the 'Ten Commandments' says 'Thou shalt not kill'? SIXTH
Q13. What is the name of the cocktail of Scotch and Drambuie? RUSTY NAIL
Q14. Which of the following birthstones are not used for both a month of the year and a sign of the zodiac?
A) Opal B) Agate C) Amethyst D) Topaz A) OPAL
Q15. How many chapters are there in 'Genesis', the first book of the bible? 50
16. Which book of the Old Testament does NOT exist?
A) Second book of Samuel B) Second book of Chronicles C) Second book of Kings D) Second Corinthians
Q17. Which artist had the forename Michelangelo? CARAVAGGIO
Q18. Spheksophobia is the fear of _________ ? WASPS
Q19. Whose paintings include 'The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist', 'David with Goliath's Head' and 'Sick Bacchus'? CARAVAGGIO
Q20. Anser Anser is the scientific name for which bird? GREYLAG GOOSE
Q21. The Nine Muses were the daughters of Zeus and ______ ? MNEMOSYNE
Q22. Who rode a horse called Lamri? KING ARTHUR
Q23. The formation of a word by the imitation of the sound associated with the action or object e.g. buzz, plop or pop is what literary term? ONOMATOPOEIA
Q24. Zorro's real name is Don Diego de la Vega. Zorro is Spanish for ____ ? FOX
Q25. Whose dying words were: 'My soul I resign to god, my body to the earth and my worldly goods to my next of kin'? MICHELANGELO [NOT RUCCI
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