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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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