JUMBO TRIVIA

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1 Is a fox’s adjective leporine, lupine or vulpine?

2 Who was the first female prime minister of New Zealand?

3 What sport features intervals known as chukkas?

4 What was the title of Delta Goodrem’s debut album?

5 What is the first prime number?

6 Who did Ivana Zelnickova marry in 1977?

7 Which two South American countries have no coastline?

8 What is the name of the fictional moon on which the movie Avatar is set?

9 Chloe Lattanzi is the daughter of which singer and actress?

10 What fruit is dried to make a prune?

11 What is the fastest running two-legged creature?

12 What is this building and in which country would you be able to see it?

13 Sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood are characters in which Jane Austen novel?

14 What turns litmus paper red?

15 Hatshepsut was a ruler of which ancient civilisation?

16 And was Hatshepsut male or female?

17 What is a fandango?

18 What is the square root of 441?

19 In chess, on what colour square does the white king begin?

20 Is a tui a bird or a reptile?

21 How many different letters are used in Roman numerals?

22 How many times a year does the moon orbit the earth?

23 What is the only country that has coasts on both the Atlantic and Indian oceans?

24 Gallophobia is the irrational fear of what?

25 How many crotchets are there in a semibreve?

26 How many ribs does the average human have?

27 What is the principal monetary unit of China?

28 Which decade saw the start of the hippie movement?

29 What does an entomologist study?

30 How many times did Albert Einstein marry?

31 What is a female whale called?

32 What sauce e is isi traditionally served with Eggs Benedict?

33 What is the name of this ancient counting device?

34 Is a papillon a breed of dog or cat?

35 And what does the French word papillon mean?

36 In the NATO phonetic alphabet, what name is used to represent the letter O?

37 Which day is often nicknamed ‘hump day’?

38 What is the capital city of Syria?

39 What is the only continent where bees are not found?

40 Bono is the lead singer with which band?

41 What is 250 per cent of 250?

42 Minestrone is a soup from which country?

43 Where would you normally wear a Fitbit device?

44 What is the most common type of plant in the world?

45 In which decade was the TV show Charlie’s Angels first broadcast?