Potpourri Trivia Game (5)
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What fashion did General Ambrose Burnside start in Civil War?, In what village do Tom Sawer and Huckleberry Finn live?, What Opera's story is about a female cigar factory worker?, E is the international car registration plate for which country?, USA has most roads what country has second most?, In the Chinese calendar what year follows Monkey?, What river flows through 8 countries and four capitols?, What does the word Desert (from Latin desertus) translate as?, In 1848 The London Daily News carried the worlds fist what?, What is a Kakapoo?, Part of the human body can expand 20 times its normal size?, In the 1920s Dr Ida Rolf developed Rolfing as what alt therapy?, Which dinosaurs name translates as speedy predator?, Price one kilo went from $63 to $260 in 1976 when sale illegal?, The island of Yap has the worlds largest what?, Which tennis player was sued by his fan club?, What animal - faster horse - longer no water than camel - see behin What is a chemically castrated cock called?, Nessus killed Hercules - What was Nessus?, Eva Shain was the first woman to do what?, Ben Franklin invented it - Britain tried it in 1916 - What?, In which country is Mount Aspiring National Park?, Alfred Wallace coined which phrase - Wrongly given to Darwin?, Who won the first Nobel prize for Physics in 1901 - gave away?, What countries days include Fire day, Water day and wood day?, What city has the longest metro system?, Yoga (the meditation) is a Sanskrit word meaning what?, What was invented 1903 - patented 1906 G C Beilder?, Which SF author invented the idea of the com Satellite?, What country consumes the most coal each year?, What was Hebe the goddess of?, What are a Galliard, Sarabande, Morisca and Courente? Who composed the overture Hebrides (Fingals cave) two names? Tanjong Panger Container Terminal - where is the worlds largest containerport? What would an anemometer measure? In Britain pool and snooker players call it side what USA name? What form modern sculpture invented Calder named Dechamp? What book featured Topsy who growed? Where - accident 1953 - motor sport killed 83 spectators? James Outram invented what? If you were eating calemare - what are you snacking on? Which women injured riding eloped with a poet dog called Flash? The Bermuda Bowl is world championship in which game? ROK international car registrations which country? USA has most cars what country has second most? All Sikhs must possess five things one is a Kangha what is it? What colour graded slope do expert skiers use? Randy Newman said short people don't have what? To which gentleman's club did Phineas Fogg belong? What's the only alt therapy fully recognised Western medicine? Over 90% of the worlds total population of what gone since 1970? 1804 J M Jacquard invented first programmable device - what? Sobek was an Egyptian god - in what form is he seen? The Amati family were famous for making what? Oliver was fed gruel - its made from water and what? Arnold Cream was a famous (early) boxer - who? Bunyon wrote Pilgrims Progress - where? Who did Mork call to each week on Ork? What composer boasted "I could set a laundry list to music"? What dinosaurs name translates as three horned? Nacre is more commonly known as what? In the 18th century Siberia used solid blocks of what as money? In fable who pulled the thorn from the lions paw - not eaten? Thomas Chippendale mostly worked in what wood? The USA has the most railtrack - what country second? What device did Henry Doherty patent in 1972? Earl D Biggers created which oriental detective (both names)? Whose backing group was The Coconuts? What does soviet mean? What is a smew? Aleksei Leanov was the first to do what? What is the name of Moses and Aaron's sister? The American Triple Crown - Belmont st Kentucky Derby and what? John Gore, Edward Saunders pioneered what org in Australia? What dog in ancient China was restricted to the aristocracy? Which actor wrote the book The Outlaw Trail? What was pirate Captain Flint's ship called? Bartommelo Christofori invented what? What is a ziggurat? Daisy Hawkins original name of which Beatles hit song? Name Captain Nemo's pet seal? Rouget de Lisle did what to make him famous? The Caspian Java Bali what became extinct in 19th Century? Whose magazine is called The Watchtower? What does a manometer measure? Why did the USA govt open Lincolns coffin in 1887 and 1901? You'll Never Walk Alone came from which 1945 musical show? Which Greek philosopher wrote The Republic and The Laws? EAU international car registration plate which country? Iolanda Balas - Romania - won 150 consecutive events - what? What county has the largest army in the world? In which city is the worlds oldest museum - Ashmolian 1679? Which American state has the motto Esto Perpetua - its forever? What is the correct name for The Laughing Jackass? Marilyn Munroe was the model for which Disney Character? Which insect has the best eyesight? The Campbell-Stokes recorder measures what with a glass ball? Which country are the current Olympic Rugby Champions 1924? What did William Young invent in 1800? Who was La Purcelle of Voltair's poem?
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