Questions:
The Official Dubliners' Uselessknowledge Daini Trivia Taikai for
November 1999
General-World:
1. There are 4 questions of value in life. What is sacred?
Of what
is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth
dying for?
They all have the same answer. What is this answer?
2. What milk is the only kind that doesn't curdle when boiled?
camel
cat cow, goat, or moose?
3. Why do we yawn?
4. Every year 1 out of 5 Americans does this. What?
5. What English sentence includes all the letters of the English
alphabet?
6. The only common metal that's liquid at room temperature is?
7. What is it's symbol?
8. What part of a tiger was used in the Chinese treatment for
revenge
where the parts were finely chopped up and put into the victims
food to
cause an upset stomach, sores or infection?
9. Drinking alcohol lowers or raises the body's temperature?
10. The strongest liquor is at what proof?
11. The B-2 bomber is designed to fly undetected by radar,
but it's
known to be 'visible' under what conditions?
12. T/F The alteration of the architectural appearance of a
city by the
construction of tall buildings & high rises is known as 'sky
scraping'?
13. The first black female to own her own TV-film-production studio was?
14. What is there more of flowering plants or all other kinds of plants?
15. What was the original intention of tablecloths?
16. What is the English equivalent for the most popular euphemism
for
vomiting in Denmark?
17. Babies have how many bones in their bodies? more than: 100 200 300
18. What does a cat use to judge the precise width of a passage?
19. What makes 'glow-in-the-dark items glow?
20. What's the chemical that makes these items glow green?
21. What's the 20 min rule for serving chilled white & red wines?
22. The name of the US Navy ship looking for the "black
boxes" of the
recent Egyptair crash is?
23. How many people did Noah take with him on the Ark?
24. According to an Amer. survey what's the most popular day for eating out?
25. "Wassailing", an old Engl holiday tradition of
toasting a long &
healthy life, has now become what today?
26. T/F? A nautical mile(6,080 ft) is longer than a statute mile(5,280ft)
27. T/F? Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly the Atlantic & live?
28. In a deck of cards which king doesn't have a moustache?
29. How many times does the Lord's prayer appear in the Bible?
30. When did Xmas start?
31. What does Xmas mean?
32. La Marseillaise tells the French to take up arms and drink what?
Animals:
33. In 1420 and 1438 what animals roamed the streets of Paris?
34. What are the most carnivorous of all bears?
35. T/False? Vampire bats do not really suck blood?
36. Whatwill happen to a chicken egg if you change the lighting
to make
1 day to become 28 hours?
37. How many toes does an ostrich have?
38. In what situation(s) do birds sing?
39. What is the 2nd fastest land animal to the cheetah?
40 An animal's name that comes from a Native peoples word meaning, 'he who scratches with his hands'?
41. The rufous hummingbird migrates between Mexico and what American state?
Entertainment:
42. Oprah Winfrey was the 3rd all-time female to own her own
TV-film-production studio. Name either of the other 2.
43. T/F? "Keanu" of Keanu Reeves first name, means
'cool breeze over
the mountains" in Lebanese?
44. How many categories are there awarded in the Academy Awards?
45. What was the name of the O'Hara mansion/plantation in "Gone
With
the Wind"?
46. Skylar Satensteen was the character name for the student
in the hit
movie "Good Will Hunting". Who was she in real life?
47. Harrison Ford considers this Paul Theroux novel(of the
same name)
to be his favourite film. what's the name of it?
48. Her real name was Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston
but
known around the world as whom?
49. Charlie Chaplin did something in 1933 probably because
of his
dismay at the poor acting performance of his leading lady. What?
50. T/False? Mae West never said, 'come up and see me sometime'
51. What was the first word spoken by an ape in the movie,
"Planet of
the Apes"?
52. Name one of 2 movies sharing the record for Oscar nominations
(11)
but never getting any.
53. In what country was the TV series from 1966-68, 'The Rat
Patrol',
starring Christopher George as Sgt. Sam Troy, partly filmed?
54. What is an ocarina?
55. Suzie Derkens appears in what comic strip?
56. "Please Mr. Postman" has been a No. 1 hit twice,
first for The
Marvelettes and second for whom?
57. The Beatles last concert took place in 1966 in what city?
58. In 1952, what was the first toy product advertised on TV?
Japan Trivia:
59. In what Japanese city was the world's first domino liver
transplant
done?
60. How many members are there in the pop group Tokio?
61. Who was the 1999 PL homerun champ?
62. Who set a CL record of 192 hits?
63. According to a recent Ministry of Education report all
students who
apply will be admitted to an institution of their choice in what
year?
64. In 1998 how many suicides were there in Japan? 3,170
317
31, 170
65 The ´2000 bill will appear in July 2000 with Shureimon,
gate at
Shurei Castle in Okinawa on the front. What will be on the back?
Sport:
66. How many countries hosted this year's Rugby World Cup?
67. On what day did Walter Payton die of bile duct cancer?
68. Akebono weighs how many kilos?
69. 30% of NBA players have something only 4% of all Amer. have, what?
70. Amers. spend $638 million on this every year, what?
71. What Yankee great participated in D-Day during W.W.II?
72. Where did badminton gets its name from?
73. On Jan. 01st, 1942 the Rose Bowl game was not played in Pasadena, CA between Ore.SU and Duke, but in Raleigh,N.C. Why?
74. Aug. 6, 1926 Gertrude Ederle was the first woman swimmer
to do
this; what was it?
75. In 1990, The Brat, John McEnroe became the first player
in 27 years
to do this; what?
76. In baseball terminology, what is a "can of corn"?
77. What was the name of the 1996 (Atlanta) Olympic mascot?
78. From what bird's feathers are badminton shuttlecocks made from?
79. Ty Cobb (1905-1926), one of the all-time great Amer baseball
players never had his uniform number retired. Why not?
80. The Academy of Tauromaguia is world renowned as a school for what?