Trivia
1. ‘Pescatarians’ are semivegetarians who eat something fleshy. What is it? 1 point 2. Excluding Tasmania, which is Australia’s largest island? 2 points 3. What was the stage name of the renowned French playwright who was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in 1622? 2 points 4. What New Zealand town is the only place in the world where you can find a hot thermal soda water geyser? 1 point 5. Which Beatle decided to ‘act naturally’ when he starred in the much-panned film Caveman? 1 point 6. What is the signature spice used in Hungarian cuisine? 1 point 7. How many children does US President Donald Trump have? 1 point 8. SpaceX was founded by what South African–born inventor? 2 points 9. Titan, Enceladus and, Mimas and Iapetus are just some of the moons orbiting which planet? 1 point 10. What actor plays a stranded astronaut in both Interstellar and The Martian? 1 point 11. The 19th-century chemist Alfred Nobel considered naming one of his inventions ‘safety powder’, but it wasn’t actually very safe. What was it? 1 point 12. Which fashion designer is credited with the invention of the concept of the ‘little black dress’? 1 point 13. What beverage gets prepared in a French press? 1 point 14. The ‘mela’ of melancholy, melatonin, melanin and melanoma means what? 2 points