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1. How many minutes of play are in an American football match?
Ans: 60
2. Which company produces the computer operating system Windows?
Ans: Microsoft
3.Which novel, first published in 1719, is based on the real-life exploits of Alexander Selkirk?
Ans: Robinson Crusoe
4.What is the deepest lake in the world, with depths over 1,600 metres?
Ans: Baikal (Baykal)
5.Complete this advertising slogan "Murraymints, Murraymints..."?
Ans: Too good to hurry mints
6. Which country`s flag consists of just the colour green?
Ans: Libya
7. Who played Vivien in the BBC comedy The Young Ones?
Ans: Adrian Edmondson
8. In which European country is Transylvania?
Ans: Romania
9. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park, which the Spielberg film was based on?
Ans: Michael Crichton
10. What is the square root of 121?
Ans: 11
11. How many dimes are in a US dollar?
Ans: 10
12.What is the chemical symbol for Gold?
Ans: Au
13.Which television character has the car registration plate FAB1?
Ans: Lady Penelope
14. Which king was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?
Ans: Richard III
15.Who composed the ballets "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"?
Ans: Peter Tchaikovsky
16. If you suffered from `arachnophobia`, what would you have an irrational fear of?
Ans: Spiders
17.What city does Sugar Loaf mountain overlook?
Ans: Rio de Janeiro
18.Which gas is the most abundant in air, making up over 77%?
Ans: Nitrogen
19.What were the names of the three ships Christopher Columbus led, in his discovery of the Americas in 1492?
Ans: Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina
20.Which of William Shakespeares` plays has the most lines?
Ans: Hamlet
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