General Trivia

1. Asian Geography: Located just west of Tokyo this mountain is the highest in
Japan? Answer: Mount Fuji
2. Asian Geography: What country is known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon?
Answer: Bhutan
3. Asian Culture: The term “seppuku” made famous by the Japanese samurai
honor code, refers to? Answer: Ritual Suicide
4. Computers: .LBM this extension refers usually to what kind of file? Answer:
Image File
5. Computers: What does an Error 403 mean? Answer: Site Access
Forbidden/Password Protected
6. Computers: The computer abbreviation “SSL” stands for? Answer: Secure
Socket Layer
7. Computers: What was the first computer with a GUI and Mouse? Answer:
Apple Lisa
8. Computers: 1Kb is equal to? Answer: 1024 bytes
9. Computers: What is the name of Linux’s Mascot? Answer: Tux
10.Computers: The “ADSL” computer abbreviation stands for? Answer:
Asymetric Digital Subscriber Line
11.Computers: In what year was the “@” symbol chosen for use in email
addresses? Answer: 1972
12.Computers: What is CIH also known as? Answer: Chernobyl Virus
13.Computers: In what year was ASCII formed? 1963
14.Computers: The “UTP” computer abbreviation stands for? Answer: Unshielded
Twisted Pair
15.Computers: Where is the headquarters of Intel located? Answer: Santa Clara,
California
16.Computers: Who invented the computer mouse? Answer: Doug Englebart
17.Computers: The computer abbreviation “WYSIWYG” stands for? Answer: What
You See Is What You Get
18.Computers: Who is considered to be the world’s first programmer? A software
language was named in this person’s honor. Answer: Ada Byron Lovelace
19.Computers: The computer abbreviation “WAN” stands for? Answer: Wide Area
Network
20.Computers: Who created Napster? Answer: Shawn Fanning
21.Computers: In 1989, he invented the World Wide Web. Answer: Tim Berners-
Lee
22.Computers: The computer abbreviation “Y2K” means? Answer: Year 2000
23.Computers: What does “HTML” Stand for? Answer: Hypertext Markup
Language
24.Astronomy: Who was the first woman in space? Answer: Valentina
Tereshkova
25.2009 Movie: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner and Rob Lowe they starred
together in what movie? Answer: The Invention of Lying
26.Roman Numerals: MDCCCXII is equivalent to what number? Answer: 1812
27.Military Alphabet: What is the modern word for the letter “K” in the military
phonetic alphabet? Answer: Kilo
28.Fear & Phobias: The fear of Amphibians is known as what phobia? Answer:
Batrachophobia
29.Astronomy: The satellite Phoebe orbits which planet? Answer: Saturn
30.Soundtracks: Who performed the James Bond song “Thunderball”? Answer:
Tom Jones
31.Currencies: What is Singapore’s main currency? Singapore Dollar
32.Fear & Phobias: The fear of the colour purple is know as what phobia?
Answer: Porphyrophobia
33.Inventions: Philip Diehl is associated with the invention of what? Ceiling Fan
34.Currencies: New Sheqalim is the main currency for what country? Answer:
Israel
35.Chemistry: The official abbreviation of this element is “Te”. Answer: Tellurium
36.Astronomy: Between which two planets can we find the most asteroids in our
solar system? Answer: Mars and Jupiter
37.Soundtracks: The song Following the Leader is from which Disney movie?
Answer: Peter Pan
38.2009 Movie: What movie had the tagline “Freedom begins with an act of …!”
Answer: Defiance
39.2009 Movie: Mark Whitacre is a character from which movie? Answer: The
Informant
40.2009 Movie: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler and Colm Meaney , these actors
starred together in what movie? Answer: Law Abiding Citizen
41.Religions: Name the demon who tried to seduce, harm and bribe Siddartha Gautama the
Buddha when he was seated under a Bodhi tree. Answer: Mara
42.History: Which leader was born with the name Temujin? Answer: Genghis
Khan

Valentine’s Day Trivia

1. This famous inventor applied for his patent on Valentine’s Day, 1876. Answer:
Alexander Graham Bell
2. What fruit is also known as the "love apple"? Answer: Tomato
3. Sailors often scratched or carved designs on bone, tusk or wood to give as a
love token, this hobby was called? Answer: Scrimshaw
4. What is the Greek word for Cupid, God of Love? Answer: Eros
5. What do you need to kiss to turn it into a Prince? Answer: Frog
6. Saint Valentine was Bishop of where? Answer: Interamna, Terni in Italy
 7. St. Valentine is indeed the patron saint of love, but he has many other duties.
He is also the patron saint of? Answer: Bee keepers
8. Which king made Valentine’s Day a holiday in England? Answer: Henry VIII
9. What is the name of the city that Shakespeare chose for the setting of his play “Romeo &
Juliet? Answer: Verona. Italy
10.Valentine was stoned, clubbed and beheaded because he. Answer: Secretly
married young lovers (Emperor Claudius II banned marriage in an attempt to
attract more young men to the army.)
11.Why is the name Asterius important to the Valentine's Day? Answer: Answer:
Valentine's jailer (Legend has it that his daughter's blindness was cured by
Valentine.)
12.The letter X represents a kiss in Valentine's Day cards. The letter X was once
used to convey what message? Answer: Sworn Oath

Chinese New Year

1. 2010 is the year of what animal? Answer: Tiger

2. The Chinese calendar is represented by how many animals? Answer: 12
3. 2011 will be the year of what animal? Answer: Rabbit
4. Chinese New Year for 2010 will be celebrated on what date? Answer:
February 14
5. What year will the next Chinese New Year be celebrated on February 14?
Answer: 2048
6. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the new year for what religion? Answer:
Jewish
7. What festival marks the end of the Chinese New Year? Answer: Lantern
Festival
8. How long does the Chinese New Year celebrations last? Answer: Fifteen Days
9. During Chinese New Year a Plum Blossom floral décor symbolizes? Answer:
Luck
10.What colored clothing is commonly worn throughout Chinese New Year?
Answer: Red