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• 1.

Bert Patenaude
• 2. Guillermo Stabile.
• 27. ?????
• 42. Miroslav klose
• 43. Pauleta
• Geoff hurst
• Which is the world’s oldest republic ?
• San marino
• Barak Obama
• On June 15, 1992 during a spelling bee at
a Trenton, New Jersey elementary school,
U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle
erroneously corrected a student's spelling
of the word potato. What correction did the
vice-president suggest ?
• An “e” at the end or “potatoe”
• What was the name of the plane built
entirely out of wood used by the Allies in
WW2 ?
• Mosquito (De Havilland)
• The Kloran is the ritual book of which
organization ?
• Ku Klux Klan
• 14 years before the Titanic sank in 1898, a
novel “Futility” by Morgan Robertson
released which described incidents
incredibly similar to those involving the ill-
fated Titanic. What was the name of the
ship in the novel ?
• Titan
• In the Mangani language what is the word
for “White skin” ?
• Tarzan
• Mangani is the fictional language spoken
by the herd of apes who raised Tarzan
• Stilleto
• Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir who recently
became the first openly gay head of
government in history is the Prime minister
of which European country ?
• Iceland
• In the Ramayana whose son was
makardhwaj ?
• Hanuman
• Located at Bowling Green Park, created
by Arturo De Modica it is a symbol of
aggressive optimism. What ?
• The Wall street Bull
• Complete this poem from a musical
• “Some live n die in debt
Others make millions on the internet
Contradictions, city of extremes
Everything’s possible in …………”
• Bombay Dreams
• Scunthorpe Utd
• Which according to Doyle is the best
Sherlock Holmes story he has written ?
• Adventure of the speckled Band
• What operation in south india was
nicknamed “Operation cocoon” ?
• Operation to catch Veerappan
• Spiridon louis
• Orlando Bloom n Johnny Depp
• Elijah wood n Daniel Radcliffe
• Natalie Portman n kiera Knightley
• She was granted the gift of prophecy by
Apollo who fell in love with her. However,
when she did not return his love, Apollo
placed a curse on her so that no one
would ever believe her predictions. Who ?
• Cassandra
• Which band
got their
name from a
character in
this movie ?
• Duran Duran
• Devika Rani
• Against whom did Nadal win his first grand
slam final ?
• Mariano Puerta
• The only island on which water-body is
called “Cherry island” at 57°18′N 4°27′W ?
• Loch Ness
• Pocahontas
• Born 1876 worked as an oyster pirate,
fishing patrol seaman, Klondike gold rush
explorer & became a best-selling author in
1903 ?
• Jack London
• Which country is named after stone ruins
of an ancient empire near the town of
Masvingo ?
• Zimbabwe
• Named after Sir Benjamin Hall what will
celebrate it’s 150th birthday this year ?
• Big Ben
• Why did Rip Van Winkle get into trouble
for declaring himself a loyal subject of
King George III ?
• Because he had slept through the
American War of Independence & did not
know that America was now a free country
• Which land-animal has the highest blood
pressure ?
• Giraffe
• What is triskaidekaphobia the fear of ?
• Fear of the number 13
• What pen-name was used by the author
Mary Ann Evans n why ?
• George Elliot as she felt a woman writer
would not be taken seriously
• It’s a wonderful life
• Scorpions
• The scorpion king (Rock)
• Scorpion kick (Higuita)
• Entrance to centre court at wimbledon
• Who created the fictional character Mrs.
Ariadne Oliver and on which real life
person was she based ?
• Agatha christie n she based the character
on herself
• Julie andrews
• Whose first screen appearance was as a
student of "The Copacabana School of
Dramatic Art” ?
• In Paris 1960 whose post cards outsold
those with the Eiffel tower ?
• Bridgette bardot
• In the hit American cartoon series
“Clone High” whose affections are the
clones of JFK and Abe Lincoln fighting
over ?
• Dolly Parton
• She signed a contract with MGM in 1935 and
was considered somewhat plain-looking
compared to her contemporaries which was the
cause of insecurity and numerous suicide
attempts. Charles Walters, who directed her in a
number of films once remarked “She was the big
money-maker at the time, a big success, but she
was the ugly duckling ... .” Her insecurity was
increased by the attitude of the studio chief who
referred to her as his "little hunchback". Who ?
• Her song was voted No. 1 on AFI’s list of
100 years 100 songs
• Judy Garland
• Her nickname was first used in a report in
the Times and was further popularized in
Longfellow’s poem "Santa Filomena" .
Who ?
• Her older sister Parthenope was named
after the city of her birth in Greece. Her
parents did the same for her when she
was born in a different country.
• Florence Nightingle
• Lion in winter – Katherine Hepburn
• Funny girl – Who ???
• Barbara Streisand
• She was an Olympic silver medallist in
1988
• Gabriela sabatini
• The English Cricketing fixture Yorkshire vs
Lancashire is known by what name ?
• War of the Roses
• Theme
• Roses
• All have roses named after them

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