Trivial Pursuits

Entertainment

1 What was the first name of the character played by Macauley Culkin in the Home Alone films?

2 What is the nationality of TV vet Trude Mostue?

3 What was the name of the caterpillar in the Dangermouse cartoons?

4 During which monarch’s reign was Blackadder II set?

5 Which movie star was unveiled as the new face of Chanel in 2003?

6 The TV drama Tumbledown was set during which war?

7 Who connects The Crystal Maze and The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

8 Which opera singer is nicknamed The Doncaster Diva?

9 What was the title of Russ Abbot’s 1984 top 10 hit?

10 Which TV duo’s offices are located at Marshall & Brooks Street in London?

Sport & Leisure

1 In the 20th century which country won the world championships a record 12 times at badminton?

2 In England, which rugby union venue is known as HQ?

3 The Super G is an event in which sport?

4 In which game might a player collect a pung of east winds?

5 Which legendary sports star was portrayed by Glenn Ford in the 1951 film Follow the Sun?

6 Which board game is set at Tudor Close?

7 Which horse race derives its name from the Roman name for York?

8 How many chance squares are there on a Monopoly board?

9 Who won his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in 1996 for the long jump?

10 Which game marketed by Hasbro is played with 54 wooden blocks?

Answers for Entertainment

1 Kevin
2 Norwegian
3 Nero
4 Queen Elizabeth I
5 Nicole Kidman
6 Falklands War
7 Richard O’Brien, as presenter and creator
8 Lesley Garrett
9 Atmosphere
10 Randall & Hopkirk

Answers for Sport

1 Indonesia
2 Twickenham
3 Skiing
4 Mah Jong
5 Golfer, Ben Hogan
6 Cluedo
7 Ebor Handicap
8 Three
9 Carl Lewis
10 Jenga

Art & Literature

1 Which novel is associated with the phrase, four legs good, two legs bad?

2 Which British artist’s painting depicting a scene of Venice sold at auction for $36 million in 2006?

3 The book Hell’s Angel by Steve Johnson was a warts and all biography of which singer?

4 Which author acquired the nickname of, the Father of Science Fiction?

5 Whose painting Boy with a Pipe sold at auction for $140 million in 2004?

6 Which literary character is known as The Fat Owl of the Remove?

7 Which artist acquired the nickname of Jack the Dripper?

8 Who penned the novel Bambi?

9 Who created The Borrowers?

10 Which artist penned the book Autobiography of a Genius?

Geography

1 Which European capital city is home to Treptower Park?

2 Entebbe was the former capital of which country?

3 Which two capital cities lie on either side of the River Plate?

4 The supermarket chain Lidl originated in which country?

5 Into which bay does the River Ganges empty?

6 Which South American city was designed in the shape of an aeroplane?

7 Which American Indian tribe shares its name with the state capital of Wyoming?

8 In Germany it is known as der Schwartzwald. What is the English translation?

9 By population what is the largest city within the Arctic Circle?

10 Which country declared a state emergency in 1997 after its pyramid saving scheme collapsed?

Answers to Art & Literature

1 Animal Farm
2 JMW Turner
3 Charlotte Church
4 Jules Verne
5 Pablo Picasso
6 Billy Bunter
7 Jackson Pollock
8 Felix Salten
9 Mary Norton
10 Salvador Dali

Answers to Geography

1 Berlin
2 Uganda
3 Buenos Aires and Montevideo
4 Germany
5 Bay of Bengal
6 Brasilia
7 Cheyenne
8 Black Forest
9 Murmansk
10 Albania

Science & Nature

1 The element Rutherfordium is named after which scientist?

2 What breed of animal must be at least 17 hands high to meet the breed standard?

3 Which flower family does garlic belong to?

4 What is a collective noun for a group of crows?

5 What are the only two elements in the periodic table that begin with the letter O?

6 If an animal is described as succivorous, what does it feed on?

7 Which gas is named after the Greek word for sun?

8 Which protein forms hair and nails?

9 What does it mean if an animal is described as oviparous?

10 What is the ancient name of potassium, from which the element derived its symbol of K?

History

1 Which company was founded in 1914 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford?

2 Why was a new 2006 statue of Winston Churchill strongly criticised?

3 In times past what did a jagger sell for a living?

4 Which war began on June 25, 1950?

5 Which king was responsible for the Massacre of the Innocents?

6 Who was voted Woman of the Year by Time Magazine in 1936?

7 In which building was Winston Churchill born?

8 Who designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge?

9 Matilda of Flanders was the wife of which monarch?

10 Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of which country?

Answers to Science & Nature

1 Ernest Rutherford
2 Shire horse
3 Lily
4 Murder
5 Oxygen and osmium
6 Sap
7 Helium
8 Keratin
9 Egg laying
10 Kalium

Answers to History

1 Aston Martin
2 He was depicted wearing a strait jacket
3 Fish
4 Korean War
5 King Herod
6 Wallis Simpson
7 Blenheim Palace
8 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
9 William the Conqueror
10 India