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People: Name Game: Name Game: Half the Name's the Same: the Other Half

1	Which Simon (first or last name) was a Venezuelan military and political leader?

Simon Bolivar

Paul Simon

Simon Cowell

Carly Simon

Humanities: Idioms and Proverbs: Idioms and Proverbs: Where Is My Mind?

2	I'm trying to concentrate on a game of chess and some idiot is vacuuming around my feet! If she bumps my toes again, I'm totally gonna give her a _____. Which of these phrases would be appropriate to complete the sentence?

Piece of my mind

Lesson on mindfulness

Mind game

Brain whipping

Geography: Canada - Territories: Canada - Territories: Ellesmere Island, an Arctic Jewel

3	Ellesmere Island forms part of which archipelago, having been given this name in 1953?

The Thousand Islands

Derawan Archipelago

Dodecanese

Queen Elizabeth Islands

World: Latin: Latin: Pretend to have an expensive education with Latin!

4	Spell out the full form of "vs.", as in "Friday night's league match will be Parramatta vs. the Bulldogs". [This statement should be immediately met with the reply: Go Eels!]

verses

virses

virsus

versus

History: Australian History: Australian History: Great Bloopers of Australian History

5	Thousands of Australian and other Allied soldiers were killed at Gallipoli (in modern Turkey), during World War I. Which of the following blunders contributed to their demise?

They were given blanks instead of real bullets

Anzac biscuits

Somebody forgot to bring shovels to dig trenches

Some troops arrived in the wrong place

Sci / Tech: Environmental Problems: Environmental Problems: Saving Water - Every Drop Counts

6	What products and practices can assist pool owners to save water?

Using a pool cover

All of these

Using a rainwater diverter

Maintaining the chemical levels

General: Mixed New Zealand: Mixed New Zealand: NZ General Knowledge

7	New Zealand has three official languages. English and New Zealand sign language are two. What is the other one?

Samoan

Maori

Indian

Fijian

Sports: NHL Mixture: NHL Mixture : Hockey Mix

8	What was an official NHL hockey puck made of in 2003?

Vulcanized Rubber

Lead

Plastic

Aluminum

Movies: Taglines - Average: Taglines - Average: Indiefan's Movie Taglines

9	"If only they knew she had the power." (1976)

Carrie

The Shootist

Satan's Slave

Panic

Literature: Literary Characters: Literary Characters: The Ten Most Famous Literary Characters

10	Frankenstein. The very word immediately makes one think of the word 'monster'. Author?

Bram Stoker

Louisa May Alcott

Wilkie Collins

Mary Shelley

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