Flashcards in Part 3 Deck (83)
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By what name is Gabrielle Bonheur better known?
Coco Chanel
2
If you were born on June 1st, what star sign would you be?
Gemini
3
What is the birthstone for the month of July? Ruby, Pearl or Diamond?
Ruby
4
What is the average of the numbers 1, 10 and 100
37
5
After how many years of marriage would you celebrate a china anniversary?
20
6
What is ombrophobia the fear of?
Rain
7
In which game would you find Misty, a midriff-bearing teenager?
Pokemon
8
How did the inventors of the dice game Yahtzee come up with it`s name?
They invented it on a yacht
9
If you were born in June, you must be one of which two star signs?
Gemini and Cancer
10
What was the name of the bank for which Nick Leeson worked?
Barings
11
you were born in March, you must be one of which two star signs?
Pisces and Aries
12
How many years are celebrated in a Sesquicentennial?
150
13
Which US President`s signature is on a plaque on the Moon?
Richard Nixon
14
Which chocolate manufacturer makes Crunchie?
Cadbury
15
According to the Bible, who was the father of the Jewish race?
Abraham
16
Crystal anniversary
15 years
17
month`s name is derived from the ninth month of the old Roman calendar?
November
18
What is the common name for Hansen`s Disease?
Leprosy
19
JVC stands for
Japanese Victory Company
20
A dagger, lead piping, a revolver, rope and a candlestick - which murder weapon is missing from the game of Cluedo?
Spanner
21
1 third divided by one half
2 thirds
22
Roman numeral for 1999
MCMXCIX
23
How many wheels does a hansom cab have?
2
24
What is orology the study of? Mountains, Rivers or Precious Stones?
Mountains
25
If you were born on April 29th, what star sign would you be?
Taurus
26
Which English Cathedral has the tallest spire?
Salisbury Cathedral
27
What was Morpheus the Greek god of? Sleep, Dreams or Time?
Dreams
28
What is the name given to someone who makes arrows?
Fletcher
29
April birthstone?
Diamond
30
In what month and year did the Berlin Wall come down?
November 9th 1989
31
Tin anniversary?
10
32
Which N. M. married Graca Machel on his 80th birthday?
Nelson Mandela
33
What nationality is Pope John Paul II?
Polish
34
If you were born on New Years day, what would your star sign be?
Capricorn
35
June birthstone?
Pearl
36
In the police force, what rank comes above Chief Inspector?
Superintendent
37
For how many years is a French President elected?
7
38
20 year anniversary?
China
39
In 1998, who did Bill Clinton agree to pay $850,000 to drop her sexual harrassment lawsuit?
Paula Jones
40
Which article of clothing would you associated with designer Patrick Cox?
Shoes
41
What letter of the alphabet is the most common letter to come at the start of words?
S
42
If you were born on 4th March, what star sign would you be?
Pisces
43
Name given to a triangle with 3 unequal sides?
Scalene
44
Is Saint Apolline the patron saint of earache, toothache or headaches?
Toothache (yanked teeth out as torture)
45
In Greek mythology, who hit Achilles in his heel with a poisoned arrow?
Paris
46
Internal sum of angles of a pentagon
360/5= 72
180-72=108
108 *5 = 540
47
What does MI stand for in MI5?
Military intelligence
48
In February 2000, which Scandanavian country elected it`s first female President?
Finland (Tarja Halonen)
49
Muhammed Ali, Cher, Michael Jackson and Ronald Reagan have all admitted to suffering from the fear of what?
Flying
50
10 to the power of 15
Quadrillion in US
51
If you were born on April Fools Day, what star sign would you be?
Aries
52
Diana is the Roman Goddess of what?
The moon and the hunt
53
Greek goddess of moon?
Selene
54
Greek goddess of hunt?
Artemis
55
What is sold by a costermonger?
Fruit
56
What is the official London residents of the Queen Mother?
Clarence House
57
What is the birthstone for the month of March?
Aquamarine
58
Which of Santas reindeer would come first alphabetically?
Blitzen
59
In which quarter of the Australian flag does the Union Jack appear?
Top left
60
What is Saint Stephen's Day better known as?
Boxing day
61
What two months are covered by the Starsign Aquarius?
January and February
62
In Scrabble how many points is a C worth?
Three points
63
What is the name of the Christian holiday that occurs 12 days after Christmas?
The epiphany
64
What Starsign runs from December into January?
Capricorn
65
If you were born in July you must be one of either two star signs
Cancer and Leo
66
Peridot is the birthstone for which month?
August
67
What is the name of Snoopy's little bird friend?
Woodstock
68
Tabula in medieval Europe, Tables in England, and Tric-Trac in France and Germany, by what name was this popular game now known?
Backgammon
69
What four words in the English language end with the letters `dous`?
Tremendous, hazardous, horrendous, stupendous
70
What does SMS stand for?
Short messaging service
71
How many cards are dealt in the game gin rummy?
10
72
How long is the channel tunnel?
31 miles
73
What is a Flemish giant?
Rabbit
74
How many stars appear on the flag of Australia?
Six
75
What is the birthstone for the month of May?
Emerald
76
Which is bigger one leader or two pints?
2 pints
77
Maastricht Treaty 1992
European Union
78
Pearl is the birthstone for which month?
June
79
What is the first prime number greater than 100?
101
80
What are the seven deadly sins?
Pride greed lust envy gluttony wrath and sloth
81
If penultimate means next to last, what is the correct word for second to last?
Antepenultimate
82
In the 12 days of Christmas what are there 4 of?
Calling Birds
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