kth8/OpenTriviaQA · Datasets at Hugging Face

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brain-teasers	There are 15 birds sitting on the branches of a tree. A hunter goes by and shoots 3 of them. How many birds are left on the tree?	[ "12", "10", "3", "0" ]	0
brain-teasers	A man walked by an old fisherman and asked him how many fish he had caught. The fisherman replied: The half of the eight, the nine without its tail, and the six without its head. How many fish did the fisherman caught?	[ "9", "19", "6", "0" ]	0
brain-teasers	A tree is 20 meters tall. An ant is climbing it. Every day the ant climbs 5 meters, and each night it descends 4 meters. In how many days will the ant reach the top of the tree?	[ "10", "13", "20", "16" ]	16
brain-teasers	A bar of soap is placed on one of the sides of a pair of scales. On the other side there is 3/4 of a bar of the same soap and Ð° 3/4 kg metal weight. The scales are in balance. How much does a bar of soap weigh?	[ "2 kg", "1 kg", "4 kg", "3 kg" ]	3 kg
brain-teasers	There are three sorts of apples in a basket. How many apples have to be taken from the basket, without looking, to be sure that there are at least 2 apples of the same sort?	[ "3", "4", "10", "8" ]	4
brain-teasers	A boy and a pig weigh as much as 5 crates. The pig weighs as much as 4 cats. 2 cats and the pig weigh as much as 3 crates. How many cats weigh as much as the boy?	[ "5 cats", "6 cats", "8 cats", "9 cats" ]	6 cats
brain-teasers	A fish costs a dollar and half a fish. How much do 5 fish cost?	[ "$20", "$10", "$15", "$5" ]	$10
brain-teasers	There are three lemons. One of them is lighter than the other two, which have the same weight. Can we tell which of the lemons is the lighter one with just one measurement on the scales?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	A father has seven sons, and each son has one sister. How many children does the father have?	[ "15", "9", "14", "8" ]	8
brain-teasers	Several rabbits and hens are placed together in a cage. How many rabbits and hens are there, if the total number of their heads is 35, and the combined number of their legs is 94?	[ "10 rabbits and 24 hens", "13 rabbits and 20 hens", "12 rabbits and 23 hens", "20 rabbits and 13 hens" ]	12 rabbits and 23 hens
brain-teasers	Is there a kind of coat that can only be put on wet?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	10% of all the people living in a certain town in Georgia have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the towns phone book, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?	[ "0%", "15%", "35%", "10%" ]	0%
brain-teasers	A magician had a water glass filled to the top. Holding the glass above his head he let it drop to the floor without spilling a single drop of water. Is this possible?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	Can you take a picture of a person with a wooden leg?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
brain-teasers	Is it possible to name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	You are on a ship and over the side hangs a rope ladder with one foot rungs. The tide rises a one foot per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that 12 rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?	[ "none", "7 rungs", "5 rungs", "12 rungs" ]	12 rungs
brain-teasers	This is a gun dog breed which is subdivided into Springer, Cocker, Cavalier King Charles, etc.	[ "Collie", "Spaniel", "Labrador", "Alsatian" ]	Spaniel
brain-teasers	What family of animals has species called Oryx, Duiker, Dik-dik and Impala?	[ "Llamas", "Antelope", "Deer", "Buffalo" ]	Antelope
brain-teasers	What is the only venomous snake native to the British Isles?	[ "Fox Snake", "Bog Viper", "Pembrokeshire Whip-snake", "Adder" ]	Adder
brain-teasers	This animal, also known as Suricate, is a member of the mongoose family. It has a long, thin tail which is used for balance when standing on hind legs. It lives underground in colonies of up to 30 individuals that operate an early warning system where sentries stand guard beside the burrow entrances and warn of approaching danger from predators.	[ "Meerkat", "Marmoset", "Aye-aye", "Jackrabbit" ]	Meerkat
brain-teasers	This majestic bird can be golden, bald and tawny. One of the species is a symbol of the United States of America.	[ "Cuckoo", "Eagle", "Vulture", "Owl" ]	Eagle
brain-teasers	What is the name of the white crystalline sugar found in wood and straw?	[ "Xylene", "Xylem", "Xylose", "Xenon" ]	Xylose
brain-teasers	What is the name of the characters that have appeared in Brian Herberts Legends of Dune universe, Disneys Aladdin and the video game System Shock 2?	[ "Xebec", "Xeric", "Xerxes", "Xhosa" ]	Xerxes
brain-teasers	What X-word means a colourless, flammable liquid ingredient used to make synthetic resins, dyes and insecticides?	[ "Xylose", "Xylem", "Xylene", "Xenon" ]	Xylene
brain-teasers	Is xenophobia a fear of artificial lights?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
brain-teasers	What plant tissue conducts water and mineral salts from its roots to other parts of the plant and also provides mechanical support?	[ "Xylose", "Xylene", "Xebec", "Xylem" ]	Xylem
brain-teasers	Which word refers to a colourless, odourless gaseous element that occurs in trace amounts in air?	[ "Xylose", "Xenon", "Xanthene", "Xylene" ]	Xenon
brain-teasers	Were X-rays at one time proposed to be called RÃ¶ntgen rays?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	When you add 55 and 45 the sum is 100. When you add 65 and 35 the sum is also 100. But which is greater: 55 multiplied by 45 or 65 multiplied by 35?	[ "55 multiplied by 45", "They are equal.", "65 multiplied by 35", "None of these" ]	55 multiplied by 45
brain-teasers	Two doctors and two mothers went to an ice cream shop. Each one of them ordered different flavors. The waiter then gave them one chocolate, one vanilla, and one strawberry and everybody on the table had an ice cream. Is this possible?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	Two children were on their way to school, when they began to question what day of the week it was. They were so confused in their reckoning that one of them gave the following riddle to help sort the matter out: When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!	[ " which day of the week were the children heading to school?", "Saturday", "Sunday", "Friday", "Monday" ]	Sunday
brain-teasers	We know very little about the life of the mathematician Diophantus (called the father of algebra) except that he lived around the year 250 B.C. Due to one admirer of his, who described his life by the means of an algebraic riddle, we can at least determine his age at death:	[ "ophantuss youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He had his first beard in the next 1/12 of his life. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life Diophantus got married. Five years from then his son was born. His son lived exactly 1/2 of Diophantuss life. Diophantus died 4 years after the death of his son.", "w long did Diophantus live?", "84 years", "96 years", "90 years", "72 years" ]	84 years
brain-teasers	My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years?	[ "65", "78", "72", "84" ]	72
brain-teasers	It was Emilys first day at school. The teacher suggested that it would be a good idea for each child to meet every other child in the class. The teacher said, When you meet, please shake hands and introduce yourself by name. If there were 10 children in the class, how many were the total handshakes?	[ "50", "45", "100", "55" ]	45
brain-teasers	A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.	[ "n this statement be true?", "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	Paul designs food displays for the local Supermarket. For one of his displays, he wants to set up soup cans in the form of a square pyramid. Hes decided to use 10 cans for each side of the square base of the pyramid. If each carton holds 25 soup cans, how many cartons will Paul need to open to build the pyramid?	[ "10", "15", "20", "16" ]	16
brain-teasers	A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have?	[ "28", "14", "30", "29" ]	29
brain-teasers	A man burst into a police station soaking wet and started screaming My wife has been murdered, my wife has been murdered! A police officer asked what had happened and the man explained that when they were walking along the cliffs of the shore, he heard a big roll of thunder come out of nowhere. No further thunder washeard after the first one. He turned around startled to see what happened and then a huge bolt of lightning struck and he heard his wife scream. He turned around and saw his wife lying mangled on the sharp rocks at the bottom of the cliff, and he saw a man running away. Can the mans story be true?	[ "No", "Yes" ]	No
brain-teasers	The stubs obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle if you melt them all together. If you burned 100 candles, how many extra candles could you make?	[ "11", "8", "9", "10" ]	11
brain-teasers	How long did the Hundred years war last?	[ "110 years", "98 years", "116 years", "100 years" ]	116 years
brain-teasers	Cold is faster than hot.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
brain-teasers	Its quarter past three. Of how many degrees is the angle formed by the hands of the clock at this moment?	[ "7.5", "180", "15", "0" ]	7.5
brain-teasers	Charlie asked Margaret how old she was and she answered him: In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago. How old is she?	[ "12", "6", "7", "24" ]	12
brain-teasers	A mother has 6 daughters and each of them has a brother. How many children are there?	[ "6", "7", "12", "10" ]	7
brain-teasers	What is the next letter in the sequence O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, ?	[ "N", "O", "T", "E" ]	N
brain-teasers	You meet two men who are playing a game. One of them tells only lies on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and during the rest of the week he speaks the truth. The other one lies only on Thursday Friday and Saturday and says the truth the rest of the time. Today they both say they were lying yesterday. Which day of the week is it?	[ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Sunday", "Thursday" ]	Thursday
brain-teasers	This dessert was created for and named after a famous ballet dancer in 1926.	[ "Pavlova", "Sara Lee Gateaux", "Tiramisu", "Rocky Road" ]	Pavlova
brain-teasers	What food can be Chinese, Jerusalem and Globe?	[ "Curry", "Cracker", "Artichoke", "Pork" ]	Artichoke
brain-teasers	This food is one of the most versatile and convenient. You can boil it, fry it, poach it, scramble it, use it in baking. What is it?	[ "Sugar", "Fish", "Wheat", "Egg" ]	Egg
brain-teasers	If there are three pineapples and you take two, how many will you have?	[ "2", "1", "0", "3" ]	2
brain-teasers	Imagine you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place. What place would you be in?	[ "4th", "1st", "3rd", "2nd" ]	2nd
brain-teasers	What letter should be added the group of letters P, N, N, E, S, O, R, H, E, T, and I to form a twelve-letter word that is related to blood?	[ "P", "S", "Y", "A" ]	Y
brain-teasers	A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.	[ "n this statement be true?", "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	Which letter comes next in this series:	[ "L-C-N-I-T-?", "S", "W", "T", "Z" ]	S
brain-teasers	A total of 15 delegates from Africa, Asia, America, and Europe meet at an international conference.	[ "ch continent sends a different number of delegates, and each is represented by at least 1 delegate.", "erica and Asia send a total of 6 delegates.", "ia and Europe send a total of 7 delegates.", "ich continent has sent 4 delegates?", "Europe", "Asia", "America", "Africa" ]	Asia
brain-teasers	Yesterday I heard an interesting conversation in a shop:	[ "ient: How much is one?", "lesman: Twenty cents.", "ient: What about ninety four?", "lesman: Thirty cents.", "ient: OK, Ill buy twenty nine. How much is it?", "lesman: Twenty cents.", " it possible that it was a real product they were talking about?", "Yes", "No" ]	Yes
brain-teasers	What on earth could dance, and live and die?	[ "thout legs, or lungs, or being alive?", "Water", "Darkness", "Fire", "Wind" ]	Fire
brain-teasers	Each morning I appear	[ " lie at your feet, ", "l day I follow you ", " matter how fast you run, ", "t I nearly die ", " the midday sun. ", "at am I?", "A doppelganger", "Someone Elses shadow", "An apparition", "Your shadow" ]	Your shadow
brain-teasers	Im one of five, and Im not alive.	[ "e one who sent me forth became king, ", "at am I?", "A rock", "A banana", "A boulder", "A stone" ]	A stone
brain-teasers	I am related to the water but I am not wet.	[ "am related to a shadow but I am multicolored.", "create an illusion but show what is real. What am I?", "a bed", "gold", "a mirror", "shiny things" ]	a mirror
brain-teasers	I have eight to spare, in case I lose my one.	[ " not a number.", "at am I?", "a dog", "nine", "a cat", "one" ]	a cat
brain-teasers	Two children were on their way to school, when they began to question what day of the week it was. They were so confused in their reckoning that one of them gave the following riddle to help sort the matter out: When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!	[ " which day of the week were the children heading to school?", "Monday", "Sunday", "Friday", "Saturday" ]	Sunday
brain-teasers	We know very little about the life of the mathematician Diophantus (called the father of algebra) except that he lived around the year 250 B.C. Due to one admirer of his, who described his life by the means of an algebraic riddle, we can at least determine his age at death:	[ "ophantuss youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He had his first beard in the next 1/12 of his life. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life Diophantus got married. Five years from then his son was born. His son lived exactly 1/2 of Diophantuss life. Diophantus died 4 years after the death of his son.", "w long did Diophantus live?", "96 years", "84 years", "72 years", "90 years" ]	84 years
brain-teasers	Three goddesses were sitting in an old Indian temple. Their names were Truth (who always tells the truth), Lie (who is always lying) and Wisdom (who sometimes lies). In order to figure out which goddess was which you posed the following questions to each:	[ "king the left one: Who is sitting next to you?", "uth, she answered.", "king the middle one: Who are you?", "sdom.", "d at last question for the right one: Who is your neighbor?", "e, she replied.", "om left to right in what order are goddesses sitting?", "1. Truth 2. Lie 3. Wisdom", "1. Wisdom 2. Truth 3. Lie", "1. Wisdom 2. Lie 3. Truth", "1. Lie 2.Truth 3. Wisdom" ]	1. Wisdom 2. Lie 3. Truth
brain-teasers	There are two kinds of people who live on a mysterious island. They are the so-called Honestants, who always speak the truth, and the others are the Swindlecants, who always lie.	[ "visitor to the island went to a local pub and had a few drinks. When he was ready to leave he asked the bartender how much he owed. The bartender told him the total for his bill. It was quite expensive, so he asked the bartender if he spoke the truth. But the visitor did not hear the whispered answer so he asked a man sitting next to him about it. And the man said: The bartender said yes, but he is a big liar.", "s the bartender a Honestant?", "Yes", "No" ]	No
brain-teasers	You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. Its her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes youve made.	[ "tween your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake.", "at is the minimum number of cakes you will have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandmas with exactly 2 cakes?", "14", "24", "2", "5" ]	2
brain-teasers	There are these two country farmers milking their cows. While the one farmer is milking, a fly zooms into the cows ear. The cow starts jumping around, shaking its head and mooing. He tries to steady the cow and suddenly it settles down. He looks down and sees the	[ "its a miracle beyond understanding.", "in one ear and out the other", "in one ear and out the udder", "ya win a few ya lose a few" ]	in one ear and out the udder
celebrities	One of Johnny Depps earliest film roles was as Gator Lerner in what 1986 movie?	[ "The Color of Money", "Platoon", "Top Gun", "Aliens" ]	Platoon
celebrities	Which of these Tim Burton films, starring Johnny Depp, came first?	[ "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Ed Wood", "Sleepy Hollow", "Edward Scissorhands" ]	Edward Scissorhands
celebrities	This Scottish author, portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie Finding Neverland, created the fictional character Peter Pan.	[ "John Dunne", "George Eliot", "Joseph Grimm", "James Barrie" ]	James Barrie
celebrities	In the 2001 movie Blow, Johny Depps role is based on the real life story of his character.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
celebrities	What is the first name of Johnny Depps character in the 2004 film Secret Window?	[ "Tom", "Alan", "Lou", "Mort" ]	Mort
celebrities	Johnny Depp played the role of Inspector Fred Abberline in what 2001 film?	[ "From Hell", "Nick of Time", "Chocolat", "The Astronauts Wife" ]	From Hell
celebrities	Johnny Depp publicly stated that he, in part, had based his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl on which musician?	[ "Jim Morrison", "Ozzy Osbourne", "Mick Jagger", "Keith Richards" ]	Keith Richards
celebrities	In the 1993 movie Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, Gilbert Grape is the name of the character played by Johnny Depp.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
celebrities	When was Elvis born?	[ "January 8, 1935", "January 8, 1977", "August 16, 1935", "August 8, 1977" ]	January 8, 1935
celebrities	Who were Elviss parents?	[ "Billy and Joseph", "Gladys and Vernon", "Lisa Marie and Vernon", "Priscilla and Dee" ]	Gladys and Vernon
celebrities	What is Elviss mansion called?	[ "Neverland", "Swampland", "Kingstown", "Graceland" ]	Graceland
celebrities	What town was Elvis born in?	[ "Branson", "Memphis", "Tupelo", "Nashville" ]	Tupelo
celebrities	He played Nicholas Bradford on the ultra popular 70s sitcom Eight is Enough.	[ "Adam Rich", "Jason Bateman", "Meeno Peluce", "Danny Pintauro" ]	Adam Rich
celebrities	Rapper turned actor Will Smith married this actress in 1997.	[ "Brandy Norwood", "Nia Long", "Jada Pinkett", "Shia LeBeouf" ]	Jada Pinkett
celebrities	Former tennis great Steffi Graf married this former tennis great in 2001.	[ "John McEnroe", "Boris Becker", "Andre Agassi", "Jimmy Connors" ]	Andre Agassi
celebrities	In 1997, Actor Matthew Broderick married this Sex and the City star.	[ "Kristen Davis", "Sarah Jessica Parker", "Cynthia Nixon", "Kim Catrall" ]	Sarah Jessica Parker
celebrities	What famous actor did Catherine Zeta Jones marry in 2000?	[ "Kirk Douglas", "Michael Douglas", "Jeff Bridges", "Lloyd Bridges" ]	Michael Douglas
celebrities	Actor James Brolin married this famous singer in 1998.	[ "Aretha Franklin", "Barbra Streisand", "Bette Midler", "Maria Muldaur" ]	Barbra Streisand
celebrities	Singer Jennifer Lopez married this famous singer in 2004.	[ "Dave Grohl", "Enrique Iglesias", "Gavin Rossdale", "Mark Anthony" ]	Mark Anthony
celebrities	Actor Ben Stiller married this actress in 2000.	[ "Pam Anderson", "Nikki Taylor", "Christine Taylor", "Heather Graham" ]	Christine Taylor
celebrities	In 2002, pop diva Gwen Stefani married the former lead singer of the band Bush. What is the name of Stefanis significant other?	[ "Ross Gavindale", "Nigel Pulsford", "Gavin Rossdale", "Chris Traynor" ]	Gavin Rossdale
celebrities	What actor did Demi Moore marry in 2005?	[ "Ashton Kutcher", "Bruce Willis", "Brendan Fraser", "Patrick Dempsey" ]	Ashton Kutcher
celebrities	In 2005, actress Jennifer Garner married this Hollywood movie star.	[ "Matt Houston", "Matt Damon", "Ben Affleck", "John Stamos" ]	Ben Affleck
celebrities	This actor made his film debut in Rubberface and followed it with appearances in Copper Mountain, Once Bitten and Peggy Sue Got Married before he hit the big time.	[ "Dean Cain", "Jim Carrey", "Matt Dillon", "Alan Cumming" ]	Jim Carrey
celebrities	This American actor played the roles of Mr. Big in the 007 film Live and Let Die and Parker in the hit Sci-Fi movie Alien. He later starred in the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street.	[ "Yaphet Kotto", "Nicholas Downs", "Dana Carvey", "George Chakiris" ]	Yaphet Kotto
celebrities	This British actor is the eldest of a pair of twins and who played George Weasley in the Harry Potter series of films.	[ "Yaphet Kotto", "Sean Astin", "Samuel Sarpong", "Oliver Phelps" ]	Oliver Phelps
celebrities	This American actor was one of the child stars of The Goonies and also played a brave and helpful hobbit in Lord Of The Rings.	[ "Orlando Bloom", "Garrett Hedlund", "Sean Astin", "Norman Reedus" ]	Sean Astin
celebrities	This American actor has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning it once for his portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas.	[ "Steve Buscemi", "Nicholas Cage", "Macaulay Culkin", "Danny Glover" ]	Nicholas Cage
celebrities	This British actor came to fame playing a drug addict in Trainspotting and has appeared in a variety of independent and blockbuster movies, including the recent Star Wars films.	[ "Ian McKellen", "Ryan Reynolds", "Norman Wisdom", "Ewan McGregor" ]	Ewan McGregor
celebrities	This American is an actor, producer, director and general philanthropist. He is responsible for setting up the Sundance Independent Film Festival.	[ "Stephen Dorff", "Matthew Broderick", "Nick Nolte", "Robert Redford" ]	Robert Redford
celebrities	This British actor is mainly known for his portrayal of a schoolboy wizard, but has also appeared on stage naked!	[ "Frank Converse", "Kenneth Branagh", "Ewan McGregor", "Daniel Radcliffe" ]	Daniel Radcliffe
celebrities	This versatile young actor has played a diverse range of characters in films, but is known best as a heroic little hobbit in Peter Jacksons blockbuster trilogy of Lord Of The Rings.	[ "Haley Joel Osment", "Elijah Wood", "Ryan Reynolds", "Edward Speleers" ]	Elijah Wood
celebrities	This British actor is probably best known for playing the villain Blofeld in the James Bond series of films and Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies.	[ "Stuart Townsend", "Samuel West", "Donald Pleasence", "Tom Baker" ]	Donald Pleasence

brain-teasers

There are 15 birds sitting on the branches of a tree. A hunter goes by and shoots 3 of them. How many birds are left on the tree?

[ "12", "10", "3", "0" ]

0

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A man walked by an old fisherman and asked him how many fish he had caught. The fisherman replied: The half of the eight, the nine without its tail, and the six without its head. How many fish did the fisherman caught?

[ "9", "19", "6", "0" ]

0

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A tree is 20 meters tall. An ant is climbing it. Every day the ant climbs 5 meters, and each night it descends 4 meters. In how many days will the ant reach the top of the tree?

[ "10", "13", "20", "16" ]

16

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A bar of soap is placed on one of the sides of a pair of scales. On the other side there is 3/4 of a bar of the same soap and Ð° 3/4 kg metal weight. The scales are in balance. How much does a bar of soap weigh?

[ "2 kg", "1 kg", "4 kg", "3 kg" ]

3 kg

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There are three sorts of apples in a basket. How many apples have to be taken from the basket, without looking, to be sure that there are at least 2 apples of the same sort?

[ "3", "4", "10", "8" ]

4

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A boy and a pig weigh as much as 5 crates. The pig weighs as much as 4 cats. 2 cats and the pig weigh as much as 3 crates. How many cats weigh as much as the boy?

[ "5 cats", "6 cats", "8 cats", "9 cats" ]

6 cats

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A fish costs a dollar and half a fish. How much do 5 fish cost?

[ "$20", "$10", "$15", "$5" ]

$10

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There are three lemons. One of them is lighter than the other two, which have the same weight. Can we tell which of the lemons is the lighter one with just one measurement on the scales?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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A father has seven sons, and each son has one sister. How many children does the father have?

[ "15", "9", "14", "8" ]

8

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Several rabbits and hens are placed together in a cage. How many rabbits and hens are there, if the total number of their heads is 35, and the combined number of their legs is 94?

[ "10 rabbits and 24 hens", "13 rabbits and 20 hens", "12 rabbits and 23 hens", "20 rabbits and 13 hens" ]

12 rabbits and 23 hens

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Is there a kind of coat that can only be put on wet?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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10% of all the people living in a certain town in Georgia have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the towns phone book, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

[ "0%", "15%", "35%", "10%" ]

0%

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A magician had a water glass filled to the top. Holding the glass above his head he let it drop to the floor without spilling a single drop of water. Is this possible?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Can you take a picture of a person with a wooden leg?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

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Is it possible to name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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You are on a ship and over the side hangs a rope ladder with one foot rungs. The tide rises a one foot per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that 12 rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?

[ "none", "7 rungs", "5 rungs", "12 rungs" ]

12 rungs

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This is a gun dog breed which is subdivided into Springer, Cocker, Cavalier King Charles, etc.

[ "Collie", "Spaniel", "Labrador", "Alsatian" ]

Spaniel

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What family of animals has species called Oryx, Duiker, Dik-dik and Impala?

[ "Llamas", "Antelope", "Deer", "Buffalo" ]

Antelope

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What is the only venomous snake native to the British Isles?

[ "Fox Snake", "Bog Viper", "Pembrokeshire Whip-snake", "Adder" ]

Adder

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This animal, also known as Suricate, is a member of the mongoose family. It has a long, thin tail which is used for balance when standing on hind legs. It lives underground in colonies of up to 30 individuals that operate an early warning system where sentries stand guard beside the burrow entrances and warn of approaching danger from predators.

[ "Meerkat", "Marmoset", "Aye-aye", "Jackrabbit" ]

Meerkat

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This majestic bird can be golden, bald and tawny. One of the species is a symbol of the United States of America.

[ "Cuckoo", "Eagle", "Vulture", "Owl" ]

Eagle

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What is the name of the white crystalline sugar found in wood and straw?

[ "Xylene", "Xylem", "Xylose", "Xenon" ]

Xylose

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What is the name of the characters that have appeared in Brian Herberts Legends of Dune universe, Disneys Aladdin and the video game System Shock 2?

[ "Xebec", "Xeric", "Xerxes", "Xhosa" ]

Xerxes

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What X-word means a colourless, flammable liquid ingredient used to make synthetic resins, dyes and insecticides?

[ "Xylose", "Xylem", "Xylene", "Xenon" ]

Xylene

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Is xenophobia a fear of artificial lights?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

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What plant tissue conducts water and mineral salts from its roots to other parts of the plant and also provides mechanical support?

[ "Xylose", "Xylene", "Xebec", "Xylem" ]

Xylem

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Which word refers to a colourless, odourless gaseous element that occurs in trace amounts in air?

[ "Xylose", "Xenon", "Xanthene", "Xylene" ]

Xenon

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Were X-rays at one time proposed to be called RÃ¶ntgen rays?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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When you add 55 and 45 the sum is 100. When you add 65 and 35 the sum is also 100. But which is greater: 55 multiplied by 45 or 65 multiplied by 35?

[ "55 multiplied by 45", "They are equal.", "65 multiplied by 35", "None of these" ]

55 multiplied by 45

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Two doctors and two mothers went to an ice cream shop. Each one of them ordered different flavors. The waiter then gave them one chocolate, one vanilla, and one strawberry and everybody on the table had an ice cream. Is this possible?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

Yes

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Two children were on their way to school, when they began to question what day of the week it was. They were so confused in their reckoning that one of them gave the following riddle to help sort the matter out: When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!

[ " which day of the week were the children heading to school?", "Saturday", "Sunday", "Friday", "Monday" ]

Sunday

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We know very little about the life of the mathematician Diophantus (called the father of algebra) except that he lived around the year 250 B.C. Due to one admirer of his, who described his life by the means of an algebraic riddle, we can at least determine his age at death:

[ "ophantuss youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He had his first beard in the next 1/12 of his life. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life Diophantus got married. Five years from then his son was born. His son lived exactly 1/2 of Diophantuss life. Diophantus died 4 years after the death of his son.", "w long did Diophantus live?", "84 years", "96 years", "90 years", "72 years" ]

84 years

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My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 120 years. Can you tell me my age in years?

[ "65", "78", "72", "84" ]

72

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It was Emilys first day at school. The teacher suggested that it would be a good idea for each child to meet every other child in the class. The teacher said, When you meet, please shake hands and introduce yourself by name. If there were 10 children in the class, how many were the total handshakes?

[ "50", "45", "100", "55" ]

45

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A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.

[ "n this statement be true?", "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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Paul designs food displays for the local Supermarket. For one of his displays, he wants to set up soup cans in the form of a square pyramid. Hes decided to use 10 cans for each side of the square base of the pyramid. If each carton holds 25 soup cans, how many cartons will Paul need to open to build the pyramid?

[ "10", "15", "20", "16" ]

16

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A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have?

[ "28", "14", "30", "29" ]

29

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A man burst into a police station soaking wet and started screaming My wife has been murdered, my wife has been murdered! A police officer asked what had happened and the man explained that when they were walking along the cliffs of the shore, he heard a big roll of thunder come out of nowhere. No further thunder washeard after the first one. He turned around startled to see what happened and then a huge bolt of lightning struck and he heard his wife scream. He turned around and saw his wife lying mangled on the sharp rocks at the bottom of the cliff, and he saw a man running away. Can the mans story be true?

[ "No", "Yes" ]

No

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The stubs obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle if you melt them all together. If you burned 100 candles, how many extra candles could you make?

[ "11", "8", "9", "10" ]

11

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How long did the Hundred years war last?

[ "110 years", "98 years", "116 years", "100 years" ]

116 years

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Cold is faster than hot.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

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Its quarter past three. Of how many degrees is the angle formed by the hands of the clock at this moment?

[ "7.5", "180", "15", "0" ]

7.5

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Charlie asked Margaret how old she was and she answered him: In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago. How old is she?

[ "12", "6", "7", "24" ]

12

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A mother has 6 daughters and each of them has a brother. How many children are there?

[ "6", "7", "12", "10" ]

7

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What is the next letter in the sequence O, T, T, F, F, S, S, E, ?

[ "N", "O", "T", "E" ]

N

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You meet two men who are playing a game. One of them tells only lies on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and during the rest of the week he speaks the truth. The other one lies only on Thursday Friday and Saturday and says the truth the rest of the time. Today they both say they were lying yesterday. Which day of the week is it?

[ "Monday", "Tuesday", "Sunday", "Thursday" ]

Thursday

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This dessert was created for and named after a famous ballet dancer in 1926.

[ "Pavlova", "Sara Lee Gateaux", "Tiramisu", "Rocky Road" ]

Pavlova

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What food can be Chinese, Jerusalem and Globe?

[ "Curry", "Cracker", "Artichoke", "Pork" ]

Artichoke

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This food is one of the most versatile and convenient. You can boil it, fry it, poach it, scramble it, use it in baking. What is it?

[ "Sugar", "Fish", "Wheat", "Egg" ]

Egg

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If there are three pineapples and you take two, how many will you have?

[ "2", "1", "0", "3" ]

2

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Imagine you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place. What place would you be in?

[ "4th", "1st", "3rd", "2nd" ]

2nd

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What letter should be added the group of letters P, N, N, E, S, O, R, H, E, T, and I to form a twelve-letter word that is related to blood?

[ "P", "S", "Y", "A" ]

Y

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A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.

[ "n this statement be true?", "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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Which letter comes next in this series:

[ "L-C-N-I-T-?", "S", "W", "T", "Z" ]

S

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A total of 15 delegates from Africa, Asia, America, and Europe meet at an international conference.

[ "ch continent sends a different number of delegates, and each is represented by at least 1 delegate.", "erica and Asia send a total of 6 delegates.", "ia and Europe send a total of 7 delegates.", "ich continent has sent 4 delegates?", "Europe", "Asia", "America", "Africa" ]

Asia

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Yesterday I heard an interesting conversation in a shop:

[ "ient: How much is one?", "lesman: Twenty cents.", "ient: What about ninety four?", "lesman: Thirty cents.", "ient: OK, Ill buy twenty nine. How much is it?", "lesman: Twenty cents.", " it possible that it was a real product they were talking about?", "Yes", "No" ]

Yes

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What on earth could dance, and live and die?

[ "thout legs, or lungs, or being alive?", "Water", "Darkness", "Fire", "Wind" ]

Fire

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Each morning I appear

[ " lie at your feet, ", "l day I follow you ", " matter how fast you run, ", "t I nearly die ", " the midday sun. ", "at am I?", "A doppelganger", "Someone Elses shadow", "An apparition", "Your shadow" ]

Your shadow

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Im one of five, and Im not alive.

[ "e one who sent me forth became king, ", "at am I?", "A rock", "A banana", "A boulder", "A stone" ]

A stone

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I am related to the water but I am not wet.

[ "am related to a shadow but I am multicolored.", "create an illusion but show what is real. What am I?", "a bed", "gold", "a mirror", "shiny things" ]

a mirror

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I have eight to spare, in case I lose my one.

[ " not a number.", "at am I?", "a dog", "nine", "a cat", "one" ]

a cat

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Two children were on their way to school, when they began to question what day of the week it was. They were so confused in their reckoning that one of them gave the following riddle to help sort the matter out: When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, then today will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!

[ " which day of the week were the children heading to school?", "Monday", "Sunday", "Friday", "Saturday" ]

Sunday

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We know very little about the life of the mathematician Diophantus (called the father of algebra) except that he lived around the year 250 B.C. Due to one admirer of his, who described his life by the means of an algebraic riddle, we can at least determine his age at death:

[ "ophantuss youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He had his first beard in the next 1/12 of his life. At the end of the following 1/7 of his life Diophantus got married. Five years from then his son was born. His son lived exactly 1/2 of Diophantuss life. Diophantus died 4 years after the death of his son.", "w long did Diophantus live?", "96 years", "84 years", "72 years", "90 years" ]

84 years

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Three goddesses were sitting in an old Indian temple. Their names were Truth (who always tells the truth), Lie (who is always lying) and Wisdom (who sometimes lies). In order to figure out which goddess was which you posed the following questions to each:

[ "king the left one: Who is sitting next to you?", "uth, she answered.", "king the middle one: Who are you?", "sdom.", "d at last question for the right one: Who is your neighbor?", "e, she replied.", "om left to right in what order are goddesses sitting?", "1. Truth 2. Lie 3. Wisdom", "1. Wisdom 2. Truth 3. Lie", "1. Wisdom 2. Lie 3. Truth", "1. Lie 2.Truth 3. Wisdom" ]

1. Wisdom 2. Lie 3. Truth

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There are two kinds of people who live on a mysterious island. They are the so-called Honestants, who always speak the truth, and the others are the Swindlecants, who always lie.

[ "visitor to the island went to a local pub and had a few drinks. When he was ready to leave he asked the bartender how much he owed. The bartender told him the total for his bill. It was quite expensive, so he asked the bartender if he spoke the truth. But the visitor did not hear the whispered answer so he asked a man sitting next to him about it. And the man said: The bartender said yes, but he is a big liar.", "s the bartender a Honestant?", "Yes", "No" ]

No

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You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. Its her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes youve made.

[ "tween your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake.", "at is the minimum number of cakes you will have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandmas with exactly 2 cakes?", "14", "24", "2", "5" ]

2

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There are these two country farmers milking their cows. While the one farmer is milking, a fly zooms into the cows ear. The cow starts jumping around, shaking its head and mooing. He tries to steady the cow and suddenly it settles down. He looks down and sees the

[ "its a miracle beyond understanding.", "in one ear and out the other", "in one ear and out the udder", "ya win a few ya lose a few" ]

in one ear and out the udder

celebrities

One of Johnny Depps earliest film roles was as Gator Lerner in what 1986 movie?

[ "The Color of Money", "Platoon", "Top Gun", "Aliens" ]

Platoon

celebrities

Which of these Tim Burton films, starring Johnny Depp, came first?

[ "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Ed Wood", "Sleepy Hollow", "Edward Scissorhands" ]

Edward Scissorhands

celebrities

This Scottish author, portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie Finding Neverland, created the fictional character Peter Pan.

[ "John Dunne", "George Eliot", "Joseph Grimm", "James Barrie" ]

James Barrie

celebrities

In the 2001 movie Blow, Johny Depps role is based on the real life story of his character.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

celebrities

What is the first name of Johnny Depps character in the 2004 film Secret Window?

[ "Tom", "Alan", "Lou", "Mort" ]

Mort

celebrities

Johnny Depp played the role of Inspector Fred Abberline in what 2001 film?

[ "From Hell", "Nick of Time", "Chocolat", "The Astronauts Wife" ]

From Hell

celebrities

Johnny Depp publicly stated that he, in part, had based his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl on which musician?

[ "Jim Morrison", "Ozzy Osbourne", "Mick Jagger", "Keith Richards" ]

Keith Richards

celebrities

In the 1993 movie Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, Gilbert Grape is the name of the character played by Johnny Depp.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

celebrities

When was Elvis born?

[ "January 8, 1935", "January 8, 1977", "August 16, 1935", "August 8, 1977" ]

January 8, 1935

celebrities

Who were Elviss parents?

[ "Billy and Joseph", "Gladys and Vernon", "Lisa Marie and Vernon", "Priscilla and Dee" ]

Gladys and Vernon

celebrities

What is Elviss mansion called?

[ "Neverland", "Swampland", "Kingstown", "Graceland" ]

Graceland

celebrities

What town was Elvis born in?

[ "Branson", "Memphis", "Tupelo", "Nashville" ]

Tupelo

celebrities

He played Nicholas Bradford on the ultra popular 70s sitcom Eight is Enough.

[ "Adam Rich", "Jason Bateman", "Meeno Peluce", "Danny Pintauro" ]

Adam Rich

celebrities

Rapper turned actor Will Smith married this actress in 1997.

[ "Brandy Norwood", "Nia Long", "Jada Pinkett", "Shia LeBeouf" ]

Jada Pinkett

celebrities

Former tennis great Steffi Graf married this former tennis great in 2001.

[ "John McEnroe", "Boris Becker", "Andre Agassi", "Jimmy Connors" ]

Andre Agassi

celebrities

In 1997, Actor Matthew Broderick married this Sex and the City star.

[ "Kristen Davis", "Sarah Jessica Parker", "Cynthia Nixon", "Kim Catrall" ]

Sarah Jessica Parker

celebrities

What famous actor did Catherine Zeta Jones marry in 2000?

[ "Kirk Douglas", "Michael Douglas", "Jeff Bridges", "Lloyd Bridges" ]

Michael Douglas

celebrities

Actor James Brolin married this famous singer in 1998.

[ "Aretha Franklin", "Barbra Streisand", "Bette Midler", "Maria Muldaur" ]

Barbra Streisand

celebrities

Singer Jennifer Lopez married this famous singer in 2004.

[ "Dave Grohl", "Enrique Iglesias", "Gavin Rossdale", "Mark Anthony" ]

Mark Anthony

celebrities

Actor Ben Stiller married this actress in 2000.

[ "Pam Anderson", "Nikki Taylor", "Christine Taylor", "Heather Graham" ]

Christine Taylor

celebrities

In 2002, pop diva Gwen Stefani married the former lead singer of the band Bush. What is the name of Stefanis significant other?

[ "Ross Gavindale", "Nigel Pulsford", "Gavin Rossdale", "Chris Traynor" ]

Gavin Rossdale

celebrities

What actor did Demi Moore marry in 2005?

[ "Ashton Kutcher", "Bruce Willis", "Brendan Fraser", "Patrick Dempsey" ]

Ashton Kutcher

celebrities

In 2005, actress Jennifer Garner married this Hollywood movie star.

[ "Matt Houston", "Matt Damon", "Ben Affleck", "John Stamos" ]

Ben Affleck

celebrities

This actor made his film debut in Rubberface and followed it with appearances in Copper Mountain, Once Bitten and Peggy Sue Got Married before he hit the big time.

[ "Dean Cain", "Jim Carrey", "Matt Dillon", "Alan Cumming" ]

Jim Carrey

celebrities

This American actor played the roles of Mr. Big in the 007 film Live and Let Die and Parker in the hit Sci-Fi movie Alien. He later starred in the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street.

[ "Yaphet Kotto", "Nicholas Downs", "Dana Carvey", "George Chakiris" ]

Yaphet Kotto

celebrities

This British actor is the eldest of a pair of twins and who played George Weasley in the Harry Potter series of films.

[ "Yaphet Kotto", "Sean Astin", "Samuel Sarpong", "Oliver Phelps" ]

Oliver Phelps

celebrities

This American actor was one of the child stars of The Goonies and also played a brave and helpful hobbit in Lord Of The Rings.

[ "Orlando Bloom", "Garrett Hedlund", "Sean Astin", "Norman Reedus" ]

Sean Astin

celebrities

This American actor has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning it once for his portrayal of a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas.

[ "Steve Buscemi", "Nicholas Cage", "Macaulay Culkin", "Danny Glover" ]

Nicholas Cage

celebrities

This British actor came to fame playing a drug addict in Trainspotting and has appeared in a variety of independent and blockbuster movies, including the recent Star Wars films.

[ "Ian McKellen", "Ryan Reynolds", "Norman Wisdom", "Ewan McGregor" ]

Ewan McGregor

celebrities

This American is an actor, producer, director and general philanthropist. He is responsible for setting up the Sundance Independent Film Festival.

[ "Stephen Dorff", "Matthew Broderick", "Nick Nolte", "Robert Redford" ]

Robert Redford

celebrities

This British actor is mainly known for his portrayal of a schoolboy wizard, but has also appeared on stage naked!

[ "Frank Converse", "Kenneth Branagh", "Ewan McGregor", "Daniel Radcliffe" ]

Daniel Radcliffe

celebrities

This versatile young actor has played a diverse range of characters in films, but is known best as a heroic little hobbit in Peter Jacksons blockbuster trilogy of Lord Of The Rings.

[ "Haley Joel Osment", "Elijah Wood", "Ryan Reynolds", "Edward Speleers" ]

Elijah Wood

celebrities

This British actor is probably best known for playing the villain Blofeld in the James Bond series of films and Dr. Loomis in the Halloween movies.

[ "Stuart Townsend", "Samuel West", "Donald Pleasence", "Tom Baker" ]

Donald Pleasence