dangermouse77/FromAnswerToQuestion-SQuADplusTriviaQA

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Paris	Where is the 'Sorbonne' university?
New Zealand	The 'Chatham Islands' belong to which country?
Cassava	Tapioca is derived from which plant?
Mother of Pearl	What is the common name for 'Nacre'?
Leonardo da Vinci	The 'Mona Lisa' was painted by which artist?
Fire	'Pyrophobia' is the fear of what?
Polecat	The Ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?
1805	The 'Battle of Trafalgar' took place in which year?
4	A violin has how many strings?
Maps	What would a cartographer make?
The road to hell	According to the saying what is paved with good intentions?
Carbon Monoxide	Which dangerous gas is given off when coke burns?
Three	How many Godfather films have been made?
The spinal cord	What does the vertebral column protect?
True	True or False, The Earth and the Moon are the same age?
Heat	What travels by conduction, convection and radiation?
The yo-yo	Which toy was originally a Filipino jungle weapon?
The Earth	The sun is 330,330 times larger than what?
1/100th of a second	A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time. How long?
A skein	A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, what is a group of geese in the air?
King of Hearts	Which king is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card?
Q	What is the only letter in the English alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States?
E	"Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, ""Gadsby"", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with which letter?"
Rat	Which can last longer with out water a camel or a rat?
Cornwall	In which county would you find 'The Lost Gardens of Heligan'?
Cactus	What kind of plant is a prickly pear?
Crocus	The saffron flower often used in cooking is a type of which plant?
Blue	If your soil has a ph of around 4, what colour are your hydrangeas likely to be?
Winter	If you have a 'Mahonia Japonica', in which season will it be in flower?
Windpipe	What's the common name for your trachea?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Ian Fleming known for writing the Bond films also wrote about a car that could fly. What was it?
Rome	Where would you find the 'Spanish Steps'?
Trappists	Cistercians of the Strict Observance are commonly known as what?
France	St Denis is the patron Saint of which country?
Cats	Cornish Rex and Devon Rex are types of which animal?
Boulder Dam	The Hoover Dam was originally called what?
May	The Chelsea Flower Show is held in which month?
Collar Bone	Which human bone is the Clavicle?
Chalk	By what common name is Calcium Carbonate known?
Brigitte Bardot	The French actress Camille Javal is better known as who?
Vitamin C	If you were suffering from scurvy what would you most likely be lacking?
Eggplant	What do the Americans call the aubergine?
cilantro	What do Americans call coriander?
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall	Which TV Cook has a series of 'River Cottage' programmes?
Tajine	I you are trying the national dish of Morocco, what are you eating?
Fusilli	What is pasta shaped as a spiral called?
Okra	If you are eating a vegetable known as 'ladies fingers', what are you eating?
Hazelnut	Sometimes called a cobnut or a filbert, what is it?
Cheese	Haloumi is a type of what?
Veldt	Vast areas of grassland in South Africa are called what?
1917	The Russian Revolution occurred in which year?
Holt	An otter's home is a what?
Shrove Tuesday	Ash Wednesday follows which day?
Menai Strait	Name the stretch of water separating Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Channel Islands	St Helier is the largest town in which islands?
Amsterdam	Anne Frank's famous diary was written in which city?
Upper Volta	The country 'Burkina Faso' was known as what prior to changing it's name in 1984?
The Searchers	"""When You Walk In The Room"" was a hit for which group in 1964?"
The Cascades	"Which group had a hit with ""Rhythm of the Rain"" in 1963?"
The Shadows	Kon Tiki was a number 1 hit for which British group in 1961?
Suzanne	The Hollies were apologising to whom in their 1969 hit?
Mud	"Who were ""Lonely This Christmas"" with their No.1 hit in 1974?"
Take My Breath Away	From the film 'Top Gun' in 1986, what was the No.1 hit song for Berlin?
Slade	"""Coz I Luv You"" was a No.1 hit in 1971 for which group?"
Wilson Picket	"Who had a Top 10 hit with ""Mustang Sally"" in 1966?"
Bon Jovi	"Who's album ""New Jersey"" was released in 1988?"
A Hard Day's Night	"""Tell Me Why"" is featured in which Beatles film?"
Karl Denver	"Who had a 1962 hit with ""Wimoweh?"
Led Zeppelin	"Which 1970's super group recorded ""Stairway to Heaven""?"
Andrew	We know the famous cricketer as 'Freddie' Flintoff. What's his real first name?
Eric Bristow	Which Dart player was known as 'The Crafty Cockney'?
California	In which US state was golfer Tiger Woods born?
Croquet	Apart from tennis, which other sport considers 'The All England Club', Wimbledon it's home?
The French Open	Which Grand Slam event did tennis player Pete Sampras fail to win?
South African	What's the nationality of golfers Ernie Els and Gary Player?
Ian Woosnam	Who captained Europe's winning Ryder Cup team in 2006?
Bogey	What term is given to a score of one over par in golf?
Maine	Which is the only US state whose name is just one syllable?
"""Dreamt"""	"What is the only English word that ends in the letters ""mt""?"
seven	The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to what?
James Buchanan	Who was the only unmarried president of the US?
5	All 17 children of Queen Anne died before she did. How many live births were there?
Feather weight	What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?
Butter Bean	What nickname do boxing fans call 300 pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?
George Foreman	"Who beat Michael Moorer in a 1994 heavyweight title fight hyped as "" One for the Ages""?"
Pernell Whitaker	"What boxer answers to the nickname ""Sweet Pea""?"
Cruiserweight	What boxing weight class is limited to 190 pounds?
Julio Cesar Chavez	What Mexican boxing champ lost for the first time to little known Frankie Randall?
Howard Cosell	Who was the first sports announcer to address Muhammad Ali by his Muslim name?
1979	What year in the 1970s was Muhammad Ali's last as heavyweight champ?
Evander Holyfield	What boxer successfully defended his title against George Foreman and Larry Holmes?
Idi Amin	Who reigned as heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-1960?
Azumah Nelson	What did boxer Nelson Azumah change his name to?
Don King's	"What boxing promoter's favourite expression is ""Only in America""?"
Belgium	If you are known as a 'Walloon', to what country do you belong?
Two	How many engines would you find on a Boeing 737, two; three or five?
Truffle	What edible fungi is traditionally found using a pigs sense of smell?
Bob Champion	Which jockey won the 1981 Grand National after beating cancer?
Philip Marlowe	What was Humphrey Bogart's character in the 1949 film 'The Big Sleep'?
True Grit	John Wayne won just one Oscar, for which film?

Paris

Where is the 'Sorbonne' university?

New Zealand

The 'Chatham Islands' belong to which country?

Cassava

Tapioca is derived from which plant?

Mother of Pearl

What is the common name for 'Nacre'?

Leonardo da Vinci

The 'Mona Lisa' was painted by which artist?

Fire

'Pyrophobia' is the fear of what?

Polecat

The Ferret is a domesticated variety of which animal?

1805

The 'Battle of Trafalgar' took place in which year?

4

A violin has how many strings?

Maps

What would a cartographer make?

The road to hell

According to the saying what is paved with good intentions?

Carbon Monoxide

Which dangerous gas is given off when coke burns?

Three

How many Godfather films have been made?

The spinal cord

What does the vertebral column protect?

True

True or False, The Earth and the Moon are the same age?

Heat

What travels by conduction, convection and radiation?

The yo-yo

Which toy was originally a Filipino jungle weapon?

The Earth

The sun is 330,330 times larger than what?

1/100th of a second

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time. How long?

A skein

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, what is a group of geese in the air?

King of Hearts

Which king is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card?

Q

What is the only letter in the English alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States?

E

"Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, ""Gadsby"", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with which letter?"

Rat

Which can last longer with out water a camel or a rat?

Cornwall

In which county would you find 'The Lost Gardens of Heligan'?

Cactus

What kind of plant is a prickly pear?

Crocus

The saffron flower often used in cooking is a type of which plant?

Blue

If your soil has a ph of around 4, what colour are your hydrangeas likely to be?

Winter

If you have a 'Mahonia Japonica', in which season will it be in flower?

Windpipe

What's the common name for your trachea?

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ian Fleming known for writing the Bond films also wrote about a car that could fly. What was it?

Rome

Where would you find the 'Spanish Steps'?

Trappists

Cistercians of the Strict Observance are commonly known as what?

France

St Denis is the patron Saint of which country?

Cats

Cornish Rex and Devon Rex are types of which animal?

Boulder Dam

The Hoover Dam was originally called what?

May

The Chelsea Flower Show is held in which month?

Collar Bone

Which human bone is the Clavicle?

Chalk

By what common name is Calcium Carbonate known?

Brigitte Bardot

The French actress Camille Javal is better known as who?

Vitamin C

If you were suffering from scurvy what would you most likely be lacking?

Eggplant

What do the Americans call the aubergine?

cilantro

What do Americans call coriander?

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall

Which TV Cook has a series of 'River Cottage' programmes?

Tajine

I you are trying the national dish of Morocco, what are you eating?

Fusilli

What is pasta shaped as a spiral called?

Okra

If you are eating a vegetable known as 'ladies fingers', what are you eating?

Hazelnut

Sometimes called a cobnut or a filbert, what is it?

Cheese

Haloumi is a type of what?

Veldt

Vast areas of grassland in South Africa are called what?

1917

The Russian Revolution occurred in which year?

Holt

An otter's home is a what?

Shrove Tuesday

Ash Wednesday follows which day?

Menai Strait

Name the stretch of water separating Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?

Channel Islands

St Helier is the largest town in which islands?

Amsterdam

Anne Frank's famous diary was written in which city?

Upper Volta

The country 'Burkina Faso' was known as what prior to changing it's name in 1984?

The Searchers

"""When You Walk In The Room"" was a hit for which group in 1964?"

The Cascades

"Which group had a hit with ""Rhythm of the Rain"" in 1963?"

The Shadows

Kon Tiki was a number 1 hit for which British group in 1961?

Suzanne

The Hollies were apologising to whom in their 1969 hit?

Mud

"Who were ""Lonely This Christmas"" with their No.1 hit in 1974?"

Take My Breath Away

From the film 'Top Gun' in 1986, what was the No.1 hit song for Berlin?

Slade

"""Coz I Luv You"" was a No.1 hit in 1971 for which group?"

Wilson Picket

"Who had a Top 10 hit with ""Mustang Sally"" in 1966?"

Bon Jovi

"Who's album ""New Jersey"" was released in 1988?"

A Hard Day's Night

"""Tell Me Why"" is featured in which Beatles film?"

Karl Denver

"Who had a 1962 hit with ""Wimoweh?"

Led Zeppelin

"Which 1970's super group recorded ""Stairway to Heaven""?"

Andrew

We know the famous cricketer as 'Freddie' Flintoff. What's his real first name?

Eric Bristow

Which Dart player was known as 'The Crafty Cockney'?

California

In which US state was golfer Tiger Woods born?

Croquet

Apart from tennis, which other sport considers 'The All England Club', Wimbledon it's home?

The French Open

Which Grand Slam event did tennis player Pete Sampras fail to win?

South African

What's the nationality of golfers Ernie Els and Gary Player?

Ian Woosnam

Who captained Europe's winning Ryder Cup team in 2006?

Bogey

What term is given to a score of one over par in golf?

Maine

Which is the only US state whose name is just one syllable?

"""Dreamt"""

"What is the only English word that ends in the letters ""mt""?"

seven

The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to what?

James Buchanan

Who was the only unmarried president of the US?

5

All 17 children of Queen Anne died before she did. How many live births were there?

Feather weight

What boxing class is heaviest - flyweight, bantam weight or feather weight?

Butter Bean

What nickname do boxing fans call 300 pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?

George Foreman

"Who beat Michael Moorer in a 1994 heavyweight title fight hyped as "" One for the Ages""?"

Pernell Whitaker

"What boxer answers to the nickname ""Sweet Pea""?"

Cruiserweight

What boxing weight class is limited to 190 pounds?

Julio Cesar Chavez

What Mexican boxing champ lost for the first time to little known Frankie Randall?

Howard Cosell

Who was the first sports announcer to address Muhammad Ali by his Muslim name?

1979

What year in the 1970s was Muhammad Ali's last as heavyweight champ?

Evander Holyfield

What boxer successfully defended his title against George Foreman and Larry Holmes?

Idi Amin

Who reigned as heavyweight boxing champ of Uganda from 1951-1960?

Azumah Nelson

What did boxer Nelson Azumah change his name to?

Don King's

"What boxing promoter's favourite expression is ""Only in America""?"

Belgium

If you are known as a 'Walloon', to what country do you belong?

Two

How many engines would you find on a Boeing 737, two; three or five?

Truffle

What edible fungi is traditionally found using a pigs sense of smell?

Bob Champion

Which jockey won the 1981 Grand National after beating cancer?

Philip Marlowe

What was Humphrey Bogart's character in the 1949 film 'The Big Sleep'?

True Grit

John Wayne won just one Oscar, for which film?