1. Which English house had the red rose as its symbol?
House of Lancaster
2. What coffee concoction is named after the Capuchin monks?
Cappucino
3. What is winnie-the-pooh's real name?
Edward bear
4. What is a resident of Moscow?
Muscovite
5. What passenger train once ran between London and Edinburgh?
Flying Scotsman
6. What do you call hair like or feathery clouds?
Cirrus
7. In order for a deck of cards to be mixed up enough to play with properly, at least how many times should it be shuffled?
Seven times
8. Who was the greek goddess of love?
Aphrodite
9. Who was the original voice of Darth Vader (hint: NOT James Earl Jones)?
David Prowse
10. What are the three winter months in the southern hemisphere?
June, July, August
11. What is the english word for 'fiesta'?
Festival
12. Who starred in the film 'the man with two brains'?
Steve Martin
13. 'You get a shiver in the dark, it's raining in the park ...' What's the Dire Straits song title?
Sultans of swing
14. Colorless, corrosive liquid that has the chemical formula HNO3?
Nitric acid
15. What do the auricularis muscles move?
Ears
16. Spell the name of the largest city in New Mexico?
Albuquerque
17. Which song did the Easybeats record that everyone sang at the end of a work week?
Friday on my mind
18. What is the branch of medicine dealing with curing by operative procedures?
Surgery
19. Who spun straw into gold?
Rumplestiltskin
20. What famous mountain is often photographed by film of the same name?
Fuji

21. The first metered taxi become operational in 1899, 1903 or 1907?
1907
22. Which president married Martha Dandridge Custis?
George Washington
23. What is the spanish word for 'fox'?
Zorro
24. Who recorded the 1983 hit "china girl"?
David Bowie
25. What was the first x-rated animated cartoon film?
Fritz the cat
26. What 1942 naval engagement saw the sinking of four japanese aircraft carriers?
Battle at Midway
27. Four thirds multiplied by pi multiplied by the radius cubed, gives you the volume of what geometric object?
Sphere
28. What was the name of the Addams family's giant man-eating plant?
Cleopatra
29. What structure in the back of the brain governs motor control?
Cerebellum
30. Which musical was based on the play The Matchmaker?
Hello Dolly
31. What bird builds a nest about 12 feet deep and eight and a half feet wide?
Bald Eagle
32. As who is the Frankish ruler Charles the Great better known?
Charlemagne
33. Of what was charlie chaplin's cane made?
Bamboo
34. In greek mythology, who solved the riddle of the sphinx?
Oedipus
35. The electric chair was first used in 1890, 1900 or 1910?
1890
36. What film found Bruce Willis at 'flotsam paradise'?
Fifth Element
37. What does yellow gold contains 10% of?
Copper
38. What sport's been the subject of the most American movies?
Boxing
39. Into what body of water does the yukon river flow?
Bering sea
40. How many tunes blared from the 1948 wurlitzer model 1100 jukebox?
Twenty Four

Tiebreaker - In what year was Diet Pepsi introduced?
1965
What year saw the launch of Sputnik I?
1957

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