1. ART AND LITERATURE When was Elvis' first ever concert? (1954) What is the capital of Australia? (Canberra)
Who sang "My Way"? (Frank Sinatra) What's the largest city in India? (Bombay)
What nationality was Chopin? (Polish) Who as the main actor in "Cocktail"? (Tom Cruise) How many avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe in
What's the best known artificial international language? Who was the main actor in Superman 2? (Christopher Paris? (12)
(esperanto) Reeve) What's the capital of Denmark? (Copenhagen)
Who lived at 221B, Baker Street, London? (Sherlock Who did Madonna marry? (Sean Penn) What's the capital of Brazil? (Brasilia)
Holmes) Who sang, "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"? (Bing Which river goes through London? (Thames)
Who cut off Van Gogh's ear? (he did) Crosby) What's the highest mountain in Africa? (Kilimanjaro)
Where did Salvador Dali live? (Figueras) Name the two main actors in "The Sting". (Paul What's the capital of Finland? (Helsinki)
Who painted the Mona Lisa? (Da Vinci) Newman and Robert Redford) Where is Mulhacen? (Granada, Spain)
What Spanish artist said he would eat his wife when she What year did Elvis Presley die? (1977) How many states are there in the United States of
died? (Dali) What film star who was in 9½ weeks is now a boxer? America? (50)
Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? (Mickey Rourke) Which river passes through Madrid? (Manzanares)
(Shakespeare) Who were the two main actors in "Pretty Woman"? Which German city is famous for the perfume it
Who wrote Lazarillo de Tormes? (anonymous) (Julia Roberts and Richard Gere) produces? (Cologne)
What did the crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? (alarm Name two actors who played James Bond. (Sean What's the capital of Monaco? (Monaco)
clock) Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Which is Britain's second largest city? (Birmingham)
Where was Lope de Vega born? (Madrid) Brosnan, David Niven, Roger Moore) What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240
What are the first three words of the bible? (In the Who was the director of the film "Psycho"? (Alfred kilometers long? (Great Wall pf China)
beginning) Hitchcock) What's the highest mountain in the world? (Everest)
What did the 7 dwarves do for a job? (miners) In which city is Hollywood? (Los Angeles) What's the capital of Scotland? (Edinburgh)
Who painted the Sistine Chapel? (Michelangelo) Who did John Lennon marry? (Yoko Ono and Cynthia Which country has the largest area: Australia, Brazil or
Who wrote La Colmena? (Cela) Powell) India? (Brazil)
Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played Name three of the beatles (Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Where are the Luxembourg Gardens? (Paris)
the violin. (Sherlock Holmes) Paul McCartney, George Harrison) Which mountains are between Spain and France?
How many people went onto Noah's Ark? (8) Which 2 actors were in "Gone with the wind"?(Clark (Pyrenees)
What was the name of Don Quijote's horse? (Rocinante) Gable and Vivien Leigh) Which is the smallest ocean? (Artic)
Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend? (Maid Marian) Who wrote the song "Johnny B good"? (Chuck Berry)
Who wrote the James Bond books? (Ian Fleming) What was the first film with sound? (the Jazz Singer) HISTORY
Who wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? (Robert Louis How many oscars did Alfred Hitchcock win? (none)
Stevenson) Which film about Germany won most prizes in 1976? How many wives did Henry the Eighth have? (six)
Who said, "I think, therefore I am"? (Descartes) (Cabaret) Where was General Franco born? (Teruel)
Who wrote the Ugly Duckling? (Hans Christian What year did the drummer of Def Lepperd loose his When did the first man go into space? (1961)
Andersen) arm? (1984) Who was the first man in space? (Gagarin)
Where was El Greco born? (Greece) Where did the first atomic bomb explode for the first
What's the Hungarian word for pepper? (paprika) GEOGRAPHY time in Japan? (Hiroshima)
Which painter did the group Mecano write a song about? Who said, "Vini, vidi, vici"? (Caesar)
(Dali) Where are the Dolomites? (Italy) What year did Christopher Columbus go to America?
Who wrote the Satanic Verses? (Salman Rushdie) What's the capital of Kenya? (Nairobi) (1492)
What was the first theatre play in Spain? (La Celestina) Which is the largest ocean? (Pacific) Who did Lady Diana Spencer marry? (Prince Charles)
What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? What's the capital of Honduras? (Tegucigarpa) Who did Prince Rainier of Monaco marry? (Grace Kelly)
(Koran) What's the capital of Ethiopia? (Addis Ababa)
What's the capital of Ecuador? (Quito) What year did the Spanish Civil War end? (1939)
ENTERTAINMENT What's the smallest country in the world? (Vatican City) When did the First World War start? (1914)

2. When did the Second World War end? (1945) What's the name of the main airport in Madrid? How many dots are there on two dice? (42)
Can Queen Elizabeth the Second vote? (no) (Barajas) What horoscope sign has a crab? (cancer)
Who was the first president of America? (Washington) What money do they use in Japan? (yen) In which shop can you buy books in England?
Who did General Franco designate as his successor in What year did Paquirri die? (1984 or 1985) (bookshop)
1969? (Juan Carlos) Where does the American president live? (The White Where does the British Prime Minister live? (10,
How many fingers did Ann Boleyn have? (11) House) Downing Street)
Who was Felipe el Hermoso's wife? (Juana la Loca) What is the first letter on a typewriter? (Q) How long is the compulsory military service in England?
Did Neil Armstrong put his left or his right foot on the What do the opposite sides of a dice add up to? (7) (it doesn't exist)
moon first? (left) Which fast food restaurants were established by Ray
What year did King Juan Carlos get married? (1962) Kroc? (McDondalds) What is a duble-decker? (a bus)
In what decade was the last execution at the Tower of How long is a round in boxing? (3 minutes)
London? (1940s) Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? (Tony Blair) SCIENCE AND NATURE
When did the Americans leave Vietnam? (1973) What's the highest score in a gymnastics exercise? (10)
Who was the first man on the moon? (Neil Armstrong) What time do the pubs normally close in England? (11
Where was Marco Polo's home town? (Venice) o'clock) What does the female praying mantis do after she's made
Which Italian leader was terribly afraid of the evil eye? How many months have 31 days? (7) love? (she eats the male)
(Mussolini) How many eyes are there on a pack of 52 cards? (42) How many colours are there in a rainbow? (7)
How many children has Queen Elizabeth the Second got? What is the main language in Albania? (Tosco) How many legs has a spider got? (8)
(4) What's the fastest passenger plane in the world? What are the three primary colours? (red, blue and
What's the real name of Siddartha Gautama? (Buddha) (concorde) yellow)
What's the name of the famous big clock in London? What are the Sun, the Independent and the Guardian? What type of elephant has got the biggest ears? (African)
(Big Ben) (newspapers) Who invented the electric light bulb? (Thomas Edison)
Where was Christopher Columbus born? (Genoa) How many coloured balls are there in billiards? (15) Who invented the telephone? (Bell)
When did the American Civil War end? (1865) What's the longest word in Spanish? Which nail grows fastest? (middle)
What country gave Florida to the USA in 1891? (Spain) (superextraordinarissimo) What temperature does water boil at? (100ºC)
Who gave his name to the month of July? (Julius Caesar) How many players are there in a basketball team? (5) Who discovered penicillin? (Fleming)
What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? (the balloon) Which is the most spoken language? (Chinese) What did Joseph Priesley discover in 1774? (Oxygen)
Who is the president of Iraq? (Sadam Hussein) How many lanes does an olympic swimming pool have? Where is the smallest bone in the body? (ear)
When was President Kennedy killed? (1963) (8) Which is the only mammal that can't jump? (elephant)
What stopped in London at 3.45 on August 5th, 1975? In what language does "obrigado" mean "thank you"? What does the roman numeral C represent? (100)
(Big Ben) (Portuguese) What colour is a panda? (black and white)
What nationality was Marco Polo? (Italian) How many squares are there on a chess board? (64) What's the smallest type of tree in the world? (Bonsai)
How many prongs are there on a fork? (4) Who invented television? (John Logie Baird)
Who starts first in chess? (white) Who said E=mc2 (Einstein)
Where is Nessie supposed to live? Which planet is nearest the sun? (Mercury)
How many events are there in the decathlon? (10)
What activity other than jumping are kangaroos good at? What colours make purple? (red and blue)
SPORT AND LEISURE What's the hardest rock? (diamond)
(boxing)
How many players are there in a volleyball team? (6) How much does a litre of water weigh? (1kg)
Who won a gold medal for Spain in cycling in the 1992 What are the five colours of the Olympic rings? (red,
Olympics? (Jose Manuel Moreno) yellow, green, blue black)
Who is the tallest basketball player in the world? Where are the most expensive seats at a bullfight? (in
(Manute Boll - 2.31m) the shade)
What do you use to take a cork out of a bottle? (a Who named a perfume for her fashion shows on the 5th
corkscrew) day of the month? (Chanel)
What language has the most words? (English)