1. Who wrote the quot;A Song of Ice And Firequot; fantasy novel series?

a. !George R. R. Martin
b. George Orwell
c. George Eliot
d. George Lucas

2. Which author and poet famously wrote the line, quot;The female of the species is
more deadly than the malequot;?
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Wordsworth
c. !Rudyard Kipling
d. Edgar Allan Poe

3. In the book quot;The Martianquot;, how long was Mark Watney trapped on Mars in
Sols?
a. 765 Days
b. 324 Days
c. 401 Days
d. !549 Days

4. By what nickname is Jack Dawkins known in the Charles Dickens novel, 039;Oliver
Twist039;?
a. Fagin
b. Mr. Fang
c. !The Artful Dodger
d. Bullrsquo;seye

5. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament?

a. Leviticus
b. !Numbers
c. Genesis
d. Exodus

6. What was the name of the Mysterious Island, in Jules Verne039;s quot;The
Mysterious Islandquot;?
a. Vulcania Island
b. Neptune Island
c. !Lincoln Island
d. Prometheus Island

7. What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes book by Arthur Conan Doyle?
a. The Doings of Raffles Haw
b. The Sign of the Four
c. !A Study in Scarlet
d. A Case of Identity

8. In Michael Crichton039;s novel quot;Jurassic Parkquot;, John Hammond meets his

demise at the claws of which dinosaur?
a. !Procompsognathus
b. Tyrannosaurus Rex
c. Velociraptor
d. Dilophosaurus
9. In which classic novel by Mark Twain did a beggar and Prince of Wales switch
clothes, and learn about social class inequality?
a. Hamlet
b. Wealthy Boy and the Schmuck
c. !The Prince and the Pauper
d. A Modern Twain Story

10. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. Swallow
b. !Falcon
c. Eagle
d. Kyte

11. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who was not a member of the Peach Garden
Oath?
a. Zhang Fei
b. Guan Yu
c. Liu Bei
d. !Zhao Yun

1. Named after a character he played in a 1969 film, what is the name of the ski
resort in Utah that Robert Redford bought in 1968?
a. !Sundance
b. Turner
c. Woodward
d. Booker

2. What was the cause of death for Freddie Mercury?

a. HIV
b. !Pneumonia
c. Stomach Cancer
d. Brain Hemorrhage

3. When was Elvis Presley born?

a. !January 8, 1935
b. April 17, 1938
c. December 13, 1931
d. July 18, 1940

4. How tall is Tom Cruise?

a. 5prime; 4Prime;
b. 5prime; 5Prime;
c. !5prime; 7Prime;
d. 5prime; 9Prime;

5. What was the name of Marilyn Monroe039;s first husband?

a. !James Dougherty
 b. Arthur Miller
c. Joe Dimaggio
d. Kirk Douglas

6. In which of these TV shows did the chef Gordon Ramsay not appear?
a. Ramsay039;s Kitchen Nightmares
b. !Auction Hunters
c. Hell039;s Kitchen
d. Hotel Hell

7. Which school in Surrey, England did Steve Backshall attend?

a. Kings International College
b. !Collingwood College
c. Lyndhurst School
d. Tomlinscote School

8. Neil Hamburger is played by which comedian?

a. !Gregg Turkington
b. Todd Glass
c. Tim Heidecker
d. Nathan Fielder

9. Which American celebrity died in 1977 playing golf in La Moraleja, Madrid?

a. !Bing Crosby
b. Elvis Presley
c. Charlie Chaplin
d. Groucho Marx

10. By which name is Ramon Estevez better known as?

a. Emilio Estevez
b. Charlie Sheen
c. Ramon Sheen
d. !Martin Sheen

11. Which TV chef wrote an autobiography titled quot;Humble Piequot;?

a. !Gordon Ramsay
b. Jamie Oliver
c. Antony Worrall Thompson
d. Ainsley Harriott

12. What year was O.J. Simpson aquitted of his murder charges?
a. 1991
b. 1996
c. 1992
d. !1995

1. Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?
a. Sicily
b. !Crete
 c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus

2. This Greek mythological figure is the godgoddess of battle strategy among other
things.
a. !Athena
b. Apollo
c. Artemis
d. Ares

3. Who was the Roman god of fire?

a. !Vulcan
b. Mercury
c. Jupiter
d. Apollo

4. The Japanese god Izanagi successfully returned his wife Izanami from the
Underworld.
a. !False
b. True

5. The greek god Poseidon was the god of what?

a. !The Sea
b. Fire
c. War
d. Sun

6. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.

a. Tyr
b. Snotra
c. !Jens
d. Loki

7. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Hawaii
b. Fiji
c. !New Zealand
d. Vanuatu

8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and
quot;Muninnquot;. What do their names mean?
a. Sleeping amp; Waking
b. !Thought amp; Memory
c. War amp; Learning
d. Power amp; Peace

9. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur
in Greek Mythology?
a. Pig
b. Ox
c. !Bull
d. Horse