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1.What comes next in the following sequence:
20, 1, 18, 4, 13, 6, 10, 15, 2, 17, __?
 
3 (numbers on a dart board)
2.The French word for the Italian city of Genoa is thought to lend its name to what type of clothing?
 
Jeans (Gênes)
3.On a standard computer keyboard, the $ (dollar) sign shares a key with what number?
 
4
4.What was the currency of Austria before it was replaced by the Euro between 1999 and 2002?
 
Austrian Schilling (Österreichischer Schilling)
5.Before 2013, what was the last year to be written with four different digits?
 
1987
6.What type of structures appear on the reverse of Euro banknotes?
 
Bridges
7.What mythical bird is considered to be a symbol of rebirth, immortality, and renewal?
 
Phoenix
8.Germany's pre-Euro currency, the Deutsche Mark, was divided into 100 what?
 
Pfennig
9.Which religion celebrates the festival of Vesak or Vesākha?
 
Buddhism (The birth, enlightenment, and passing away of Gautama Buddha)
10.In Greek mythology, what is the name of the winged horse?
 
Pegasus
11.What 'B' is a nickname often used to describe Cadillac One, the official state car used by the President of the United States?
 
The Beast
12.What paper size measures 148mm × 210mm?
 
A5
13.Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda all have independent currencies bearing what common name?
 
Shilling
14.Meaning "instrument of thought" in sanskrit, what 'M' is the term used in Hinduism and Buddhism to describe a repeated word or sound used as an aid to concentration?
 
Mantra
15.Formerly known as MSN Search, Live Search, and Windows Live Search; by what name has Microsoft's internet search engine been known since June 2009?
 
Bing
16.If a right angled triangle has one side 5cm long and a hypotenuse 13cm long, what is the length of the third side?
 
12cm (132 - 52 = 122 .. 169-25=144)

17.Prathet thai is to Thailand as Zhōng guó is to where?
 
China (中华人民共和国 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó)
18.In Greek mythology, who is described as a winged human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair?
 
Medusa
19.How many Sacraments of the Catholic Church are there?
 
7 (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony)
20.After how many years of marriage would you celebrate a Ruby anniversary?
 
40
21.How many U.S. states begin with the letter A?
 
4 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas)
22.What does a graphologist study?
 
Handwriting
23.What was Germany's Red Army Faction commonly known as, named after its two founders?
 
Baader-Meinhof Group (Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.)
24.Name the driver of the car in which Princess Diana was killed.
 
Henri Paul
25.If a thousand billion is a trillion, what is a thousand trillion?
 
Quadrillion (1015 - 1,000,000,000,000,000)
26.Named after one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy in 1845, what unofficial code of conduct is sometimes referred to as the "Birkenhead drill"?
 
"Women and children first" (HMS Birkenhead)
27.What 'R' describes a revolving disk with radiating points attached to a cowboy's spur?
 
Rowel
28.When sworn in on 20th January 2017, what number U.S. President will Donald Trump become?
 
45th
29.If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would you be?
 
Teacher
30.Whose official residence is at Number One Observatory Circle, Washington DC?
 
Vice President
31.What is the birth surname of Pope Francis?
 
Bergoglio (Jorge Mario Bergoglio)
32.Who was the Roman god of fire?
 
Vulcan

33.What is the sum of all the numbers round a dart board?
 
210 (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20)
34.Who took over as CEO of Apple Inc. after Steve Jobs announced his resignation in August 2011.
 
Tim Cook
35.What 'C' describes a small bouquet of flowers worn on a woman's dress or around her wrist for a formal occasion?
 
Corsage
36.Which member of the cat family is a term used to describe an older woman who is attracted to, and often has sex with, much younger men?
 
Cougar
37.By what name is Barbara Millicent Roberts better known?
 
Barbie
38.In Norse mythology, who had an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir?
 
Odin / Óðinn
39.What do the letters H.W. stand for in the name of former president George H.W. Bush?
 
Herbert Walker
40.Harald V is the reigning King of what country?
 
Norway
41.What do the initials DB stand for in Aston Martin car models?
 
David Brown (former company owner)
42.What is the official national animal of Scotland?
 
Unicorn
43.In a wallet you have ฿5,130. It is made up of three different denominations of notes. There is exactly the same number of each note. How many of each note is there and what are their values?
 
9 of each. ฿20 ฿50 ฿500
44.What comes next in this sequence?
ANH, TESB, ROTJ, TPM, ____?
 
AOTC (The first five Star Wars films in order of release: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones)
45.In what language does Obrigado (male) or Obrigada (female) mean "Thank you"?
 
Portuguese
46.What was the first commercial jet airliner in the world?
 
Comet (de Havilland DH 106 Comet)
47.Which letter of the Greek alphabet is this?
 
Gamma
48.What number should replace the question mark in this sequence?
6  11  9  14  12  17  15  ?  18
 
20 (Alternate between adding 5, and subtracting 2)
49.Using the English language algebraic notation for chess pieces, K stands for King. What letter is used to represent a Knight?
 
N
50.Replace these initials with words to make a true statement: 8 S on a S S
 
8 Sides on a Stop Sign


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