As what is the north star also known
Polaris
As who is the Frankish ruler Charles the Great better known
Charlemagne
Carmenta is the roman goddess of ______
childbirth
Who is Snoopy's arch enemy?
baron
In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
china
This Shakespearean king was the actual king of Scotland for 17 years.
macbeth
The Nebuchadnezzar king was of this nation.
babylon
Mark Chapman shocked the world by shooting who?
John Lennon;Lennon
In cookery, what does the term "Julienne" mean
in strips;strips
In Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, what is the name of the merchant
antonio
In which year was the Gulf War
1991
Kathisophobia is the fear of?
sitting down;sitting;sit
Who wrote "Death of a Salesman" in 1949?
arthur miller;miller
Who wrote "Farwell to Arms"?
ernest hemingway;hemingway
Who was the last king of Troy?
priam
Who released the No.1 hit single 'Barbie Girl' in October 1997
aqua
Who is the babylonian goddess of love and fertility
ishtar
Who discovered oxygen
joseph priestley;priestley
Which is the highest capital city in Europe
madrid
Which is the largest river forming part of the US-Mexico border
rio grande
What is the longest river in Scotland
tay
What phobia is the fear of germs known as
spermophobia
What is the astrological sign for death?
pluto
Which german philosopher claimed morality required a belief in god and freedom
immanuel kant;kant
Which country developed the crossbow?
china
Which instrument is used for measuring radio activity
geiger counter
Who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird
harper lee;lee
Who wrote the hit musical West Side Story
leonard bernstein;bernstein
Who wrote the book on which the Oscar winning film 'The Godfather' was based
mario puzo;puzo
Who composed the opera, "The Queen of Spades"
tchaikovsky
Which mountain range forms a geographical boundary between Europe and Asia
urals
What is the only English word to both begin and end with the letters U-N-D ?
Underground
Which country's national flag consists only of a green field
libya
Which Canadian city was originally called Bytown
ottawa
Which acid builds up in the body during excessive exercise
lactic acid;lactic
What woman is thought of as the greatest trick shot artist of all time?
annie oakley;oakley
What does a phyllophagus animal eat
leaves;leaf
What does an anthropophagist eat
people;humans;person;human
What the French call la manche, the english call
the english channel;channel
Americans have astronauts, Russians have cosmonauts, what do Cubans have?
castronaut;castronauts
What counrty would you visit to ski in the Dolomites
italy
This was the site of worse nuclear accident in history
chernobyl
Which composer and organist was married twice and had 20 children
johann sebastian bach;bach
Into what body of water does the yukon river flow
bering sea
In what country is K2 the world's second-highest mountain
pakistan
In what month is Bastille Day
july
Who is the Barber of Seville
Figaro
Which Shakespeare character described himself as having "Loved not wisely but too well"
othello
Which country owned jerusalem before israel
jordan
Who wrote A Clockwork Orange
anthony burgess;burgess
Who wrote Murders of Rue Morgue
edgar allan poe;poe
As what was Louis XIV also known as
the sun king;sun king
Who wrote Lolita
vladimir nabokov;nabokov
Who wrote Lightning
Dean Koontz;koontz
Annapolis & Minneapolis contain the suffix "polis", which in Greek means ____
city
After who was the month of July named
Julius Caesar
The toronto maple leafs used to be originally called what
the toronto arenas;arenas
Who was the egyptian god of the dead
anubis
Who was the egyptian god of the underworld and vegetation
osiris
Who was the egyptian god of war and divine vengeance
sakhmet
Who is credited with invention of the nuclear reactor
Enrico Fermi;Fermi
Where was napoleon defeated
waterloo
What florentine held that the ends justified the means
machiavelli