Give the next item in the series - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

•Neptune

•Saturn

•Jupiter

•Pluto

Question 1

Which movie would you hear the song 'Hakuna Matata'?

•Beauty and the Beast

•Hercules

•Cinderella

•Lion King

Question 2

Which type of scientist studies and forecasts the weather?

•Meteorologist

•Astrologist

•Astronomer

•Biologist

Question 3

What color would you get if you mixed red and yellow together?

•Deeper Shade of Yellow

•Pink

•Orange

•Gray

Question 4

Are there movies based on the Harry Potter series?

•Yes

•No

Question 5

Which American fast food franchise serves Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

blizzards?

•Dairy Queen

•Wendy’s

•Baskin Robbins

•McDonald’s

Question 6

What is the name of the dog in Garfield?

•Oliver

•Tyson

•Fred

•Odie

Question 7

What is the formula for water?

•HO2

•2HO

•OH2

•H2O

Question 8

When we breathe we use oxygen and create what?

•Carbon Dioxide

•Helium

•Oxygen

•Carbon Monoxide

Question 9

The UV in UV Rays stand for what?

•Universal Violence

•Ultra Violet

•Ultra Violence

•Ultra Violence

Question 10

The Indians sold Manhattan for how much?

•$24

•$422

•$42

•$22

Question 1

What is the capital of Australia?

•Sydney

•Canberra

•Melbourne

•Perth

Question 2

Who wrote the book 'Eiger Dreams' about adventures between men and mountains?

•Bill Bryson

•Dennis Cooke

•Bill Bradley

•Jon Krakauer

Question 3

What is the most visited natural wonder of the world?

•Victoria Falls

•The Grand Canyon

•The Amazon

•Mt. Everest

Question 4

What is the largest animal-made structure on the face of the earth?

•The Empire State Building

•The Great Wall of China

•The Great Barrier Reef

•Uluru

Question 5

In game 6 of the 1986 world series, who is the infamous first baseman who missed a ball that

rolled through his legs, eventually costing him and his team the series?

•Mookie Wilson

•Will Buckman

•Lenny Dykstra

•Bill Buckner

Question 6

How did actress Judy Garland die?

•She overdosed on sleeping pills

•She shot herself in the head

•She was an alcoholic and drank herself to death

•She was killed in a car accident

Question 7

Which one of these battles DID NOT occur during World War II?

•Siege of Naples

•The Battle of the Bulge

•Siege of Leningrad

•The liberation of Paris and Rome

Question 8

What is Elvis' birthday?

•8 January

•16 August

•14 October

•25 December

Question 9

What is one of the most important deities of Buddhism, who upon chanting his name you receive enlightenment?

•Dionichi Nyorai

•Ayzein Buddha

•The Great Buddha

•Amid Buddha

Question 10

Places in Literature : The classic tale of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' describes how the Pied Piper helped the residents got

rid of the rats that had been plaguing the town. When the residents refused to pay him, he played his pipe and led the children of the town away, into the mountain and never to be

seen again. Into which river did he initially lead the rats to drown by playing his pipe?

•The Elbe River

•The Rhine River

•The Neckar River

•The Weser River

Question 1

Literature : Critics of the Bush administration's foreign policy, especially with respect to its war on Iraq, have made references to this powerful novel by Graham Greene. Published in 1955, it

features the protagonist named Alden Pyle, and vividly portrays the catastrophic results that can arise from misguided good intentions and naive policies. What is the title of this novel?

•‘The Quiet American’

•‘Our Man In Havana’

•‘The Power and the Glory’

•‘The Captain and the Enemy’

Question 2

History : This Roman emperor's reign lasted for only 2 years (AD 79-81), but was certainly eventful enough. In AD 79, Mount

Vesuvius erupted and destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. The next year, Rome suffered an epidemic of plague. Fortunately some good things did come out of his reign : the Colosseum

(begun in his father's time) was completed. Can you name this ruler, son of Vespasian and brother of Domitian?

•Titus

•Hadrian

•Trajan

•Caracalla

Question 3

Physiology : The blood that courses through our bodies perform a variety of vital functions to keep us alive. Red blood cells carry oxygen to our tissues, platelets enable leaky vessels to clot and

stop bleeding, while the white blood cells protect the body against infections. Which subclass of white blood cells have a special role in allergic responses as well as in defense against

parasites?

•Basophils

•Eosinophils

•Neutrophils

•Monocytes

Question 4

Archaeology : In 1952, the British scholar Michael Ventris deciphered the Linear B script, that subsequently revolutionized

our knowledge of which ancient civilisation?

•The Myceneans

•The Phoenicians

•The Assyrians

•The Babylonians

Question 5

Music : In 1897, this Russian composer suffered a tremendous setback when his First Symphony in D minor was performed at a

concert, conducted by a supposedly drunk conductor. It was such a disaster that Cesar Cui described it as a ‘symphony on

the Seven Plagues of Egypt’. He subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown and only resumed composing 3 years later, after a course of hypnotic therapy. Exiled in 1917 to Sweden and then

the US, he is known for works such as ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’ and ‘The Bells’. Who is he?

•Sergei Rachmanimov

•Mikhail Glinka

•Alexander Glazunov

•Sergei Prokofiev

Question 6

Classical Mythology : In 'Ode to the West Wind', Percey Shelley compares the 'locks of the approaching storm' to the 'bright hair uplifted from the head of some fierce Maenad'. The Maenads, in Greek mythology, are women clad in bear skin often depicted in orgiastic rituals with satyrs. Which Greek god was particularly

worshipped by the Maenads?

•Hephaestus

•Dionysus

•Pan

•Aphrodite

Question 7

Art : One of the greatest Spanish painters of all time, Francisco de Goya once served as court painter to King Charles IV. A

mysterious illness struck in 1792 and left him deaf - as well as turning his painting style towards the morbid and macabre. He fell seriously ill again in 1819, and on his recovery produced a

remarkable series of 14 paintings with horrific scenes and themes, such as 'Saturn Devouring His Children'. What name is popularly given to this series of murals, now on display at the

Prado Museum?

•The Black Paintings

•The Blue Paintings

•The White Paintings

•The Red Paintings

Question 8

Geology: In 1996, the presence of a remarkable lake was confirmed after the European Remote Sensing Satellite had

studied it. It was named Lake Vostok, and is roughly the size of Lake Ontario. What is so remarkable about this body of water

that has got everybody so excited?

•It lies beneath 4 km of ice at Antarctica

•It is located beneath the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon

•It is located beneath the Sahara desert

•It is located beneath the Valles Marineris on Mars

Question 9

Singapore, My Country : Outside the old Parliament Building, there is a statue of a bronze elephant. It is a gift from the king of

a nearby country as a sign of goodwill, and was presented in 1872. Which country are we talking about?

•Malaysia

•The Philippines

•Indonesia

•Thailand

Question 10

How many questions did you just answer before this one?

•7

•9

•10

•15

Bonus Question