Some sample questions from this category:
* Which light hearted film set in Ireland starred John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara?
* An extinct variety of zebra, this animal had a striped neck and head, sandy coloured hindquarters and white legs and tail.
* This 20th century Italian poet was an engineer before turning to writing. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1959. His name is Salvatore-------?
* This was a system of accounting developed by the Peruvian Incas using knotted cords of various colours.
* What is the name of the pole used to propel a barge or a punt?
* In the sci fi series 'Deep Space Nine' what was the name of the Ferengi bar keep?
* Broomsticks at the ready! The game of quidditch,played at Hogwarts, from the imagination of J.K.Rowling, requires a ball to be thrown through hoops to score points. But what is this ball called?
* Always referred to as P.T. Barnum,this U.S. showman's middle name was Taylor but what did the 'P' stand for?
* For which of the following films did Charles Laughton win the best actor oscar?
* What is the term for having more than 5 fingers or toes on a hand or foot?
* Which of the following is a shape-shifting being of Irish folklore?
* It's Latin name is pastinacci sativa but what is this tasty vegetable's english name?
* Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of what?
* What is the name for the study of the structure of the the skull to determine a person's character and mental capacity?
* This one is so difficult that I want to give you a multiple choice. What's the name of an extinct African animal, something between a donkey and a zebra?
* Who is the boy who never grew up?
* In "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" what is the name of the character that sings "The Wages of Sin"?
* What game show has "Whammies"?
* In the original Broadway cast of "South Pacific" who played Emile de Becque?
* What kind of bird is usually seen with a pirate?
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