1. TRIVIAL QUIZ
1. What does ET stand for? Extra-terrestrial
2. How do you call your wife's brother? Brother in law
3. What's the best known artificial international language? Esperanto
4. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Leonardo da Vinci
5. Who wrote Lazarillo de Tormes? The author is anonymous
6. What did the crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? He swallowed the Capitan Garfio’s hand
7. What did the 7 dwarves do for a job? They works in a mine
8. Who painted the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo
9. Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played the violin. Sherlock
10. What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? Quran
11. In which city is Hollywood? Los Angeles
12. Where are the Dolomites? North of Italy
13. What's the capital of Kenya? Nairobi
14. What's the smallest country in the world? Vatican city
15. Which river goes through London? Thames
16. What's the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro
17. What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240 kilometers long?
18. What's the capital of Scotland? Edinburg
19. Where are the Luxembourg Gardens? In Paris
20. How many wives did Henry the Eighth have? Six
21. Where did the first atomic bomb explode for the first time in Japan? Hiroshima
22. What's the name of the famous big clock in London? Big Ben

2. 23. What country gave Florida to the USA in 1891?
24. What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? Balloon
25. What money do they use in Japan? Yen
26. Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? David Cameron
27. How many months have 31 days? Seven months
28. In what language does "obrigado" mean "thank you"? Portuguese
29. How many players are there in a volleyball team? Six
30. What horoscope sign has a crab? Cancer
31. In which shop can you buy books in England? In a bookshop
32. What does the female praying mantis do after she's made love? Kill the male
33. What are the three primary colours? Cyan, magenta and yellow
34. What temperature does water boil at? 100ºC
35. Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming
36. Which is the only mammal that can't jump? The elephant
37. What's the smallest type of tree in the world? Bonsai
38. What colours make purple? Whit blue and red
39. Which is the largest state in the United States of America? Alaska
40. Which company is the largest producer of computer software for personal computers? Windows
41. Sony: Play station :: Microsoft : Xbox?
42. Earth is located in which galaxy? Milky Way
43. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope? Hubble
44. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Venus
45. What is the main gas found in the air we breathe? Oxygen
46. Atoms of the same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as? Isotopes
47. What is the name of the substance that gives skin and hair its pigment? Hemoglobin
48. The solid state of water is known as what? Ice

3. 49. What is the longest river on Earth? Nil
50. What food is used as the base of guacamole? Avocados, onion and green pepper
51. What is the popular food used to carve jack-o-lanterns during Halloween? Pumpkin
52.What famous islands west of Ecuador were extensively studied by Charles Darwin? Galapagos
islands
53. What is the next prime number after 7? 11
54. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet? Bamboo
55. Botany is the study of? Plants
56. Bacterial infections in humans can be treated with what? With antibiotic
57. A change of the DNA in an organism that results in a new trait is known as a? Mutation
58. The most recognized model of how the universe begun is known as the? Big Ben
59. Which is the only planet in our solar system that rotates in a different direction from the other
planets? Venus
60. This city, famous for music, is the capital of Austria. Sidney
61. Transylvania, the home of Dracula, is located in this country. Hungary
62. Visitors to Rome can visit this ancient sports arena. Coliseum
63. Monet, Renoir, and Degas all contributed to the art movement known as impressionism.
64. Peter Parker is better known by his superhero name. What is it? Spiderman
65. In which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Italy