Trivia Database_43 Flashcards
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What is the Ishihara test designed to detect
Colour blindness
What are scutes
Snakes belly scales
Who named the st lawrence river
Jacques cartier
The song “Some Day My Prince Will Come” was introduced in the 1937 Disney movie ________________________
Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs
What was the destination of the ship ‘Mary Celeste’ on it’s final voyage November 1872, where it should never arrive ?
Genoa
Where did the most famous encirclement of the Nazi troops during WWII take place?
Stalingrad
What is the approximate temperature on the planet Pluto
Minus 230 degrees celsius
Who wrote the opera ‘i pagliacci’
Ruggiero leoncavallo
On an analogue clock, what number faces 4
10
Depending on the geographic region, about 30 to 60 percent of all animals brought in to animal shelters in the United States are __________
Euthanized
What country does the island of Mykonos belong to?
Greece
What type of food is Dorset Blue Vinney?
Cheese
Who was John Wayne’s musical co-star in true grit?
Glen Campbell
In Japan what is an obi
A wide Sash worn like a belt
What colour is the cross on the Swedish national flag
Yellow
The cities of Cairo in Egypt and Fez in Morroco are generally accepted to have the oldest of what type of institution in the world?
University
Which Greek astronomer wrote the Almagest
Ptolomy
In Islam what is the fourth piller of wisdom - there’s 5 in total
Fasting in Ramadan
How many countries border the black sea?
Six - Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria
Harry Alan Robert Stewart made redundant Britain 1960s Job
Official Hangman
What are the Twin Cities
Minneapolis and St Paul
Which English king married Berengaria of Navarre, who never set foot on English soil
Richard the first
Who sang the theme for the James Bond film, “You Only Live Twice”
Nancy
Who invented the ‘bunsen burner’
Robert bunsen