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December
22, 2002
Percolator
Name as many elements as you can from the periodic table.
Sports
1.
Martina Navratilova spent 331 weeks as the female tennis #1. Who
finally beat her record?
2. Between 1968 and 1970 there were two recognized heavyweight champions,
one was Joe Elllis who got it when Muhammad Ali had been stripped
of his title in 1967. Who was the other?
3. Three female gymnasts risk suspension (although one is no longer
competing), after appearing in a “pornographic” nude movie.
What country is the trio from?
4. What Swedish football player was accused of being part of beating
up a photographer in Britain last week, but has since been cleared?
(What team does he play for?)
5. In water polo, each period lasts seven minutes. How many periods
are there in a regulation game, not counting extra time?
Kinda
Recent News
1.
Norwegian minister Tore Tönne was recently found dead, having
commited suicide. Why did he kill himself?
2. What country currently holds the presidency of the EU for another
9 days? (Who’s next in line?)
3. German cannibal Armin May has said that there is one thing he
won’t eat. What?
4. In Hagfors, the deportation of a family of three was delayed
by their friends, until the family themselves decided to leave.
What nation did they return to?
5. Paul Reubens pleaded innocent to posession of child pornography
last week. Reubens is more famous under what name?
Entertainment
1.
Sound Question; This artist is one of the two main figures in what
band? (Name the other guy for a bonus)
2. Bruce Willis and John Travolta both starred in Pulp Fiction.
Name at least one of the two movies that had featured both of them
before that. Hint: one of them is a sequel to the other.
3. Whose comeback album is called “Charmbracelet”? (what
was the artist’s previous album called?)
4. What movie is this dialogue from? “Shit. What? Rollers.
No? Yeah. Shit!”
5. Ringo Starr’s birth name. (Paul McCartney’s birth name)
General
Knowledge
1.
When someone in Japan says “moshi-moshi”, what are they
doing? (What animal goes “kero – kero”?)
2. What is the name of the Egyptian god of the Underworld?
3. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap...oh,
did you already say that?” Who was the second man on the moon?
4. What country again became the worlds largest oil producer in
2002, after having been behind Saudi Arabia for many years? It doesn’t
mean they’re the most profitable, just the biggest.
5. In what year was the state of Israel founded? (Name their first
prime minister)
6. I changed this one during play, and don't recall what I changed
it to.
7. In South America, there are many stories, but little proof, of
the Chupacabra, a vicious nocturnal beast that drains animals of
their blood. What does “Chupacabra” translate to in English?
8. Jennifer Lopez is engaged to, evidently, the world sexiest man
– what is his name? (He has an Oscar – in what category?)
9. What star sign is this? I am interested in 'taboo' things. Don’t
cross me, chances are I will never forgive you. I am the most determined
and sexual sign in the zodiac, and I never give up.
10. What non-African nation is the world’s largest producer
of diamonds?
11. In French cooking what does “a la bonne femme” usually
mean?
12. What planet has the moon of Phobos? (Name the planet’s
other moon)
13. In the Mario Bros. Series of games, what is the name of Mario’s
green dinosaur pal?
14. TWAIN is an interface standard that allows scanning pictures
and images directly into image editing software. What, in words,
does TWAIN mean?
15. The Christmas carol “Oh, come all ye faithful” is
often known by its latin name. What?
Teasers
of the Brain
1.
What do you see below?
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2.
Decode the following seasonal cryptogram:
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vfjb qcxb wk igkb igdgmi gj bnf bgtf jqfmb pnwwjgmi bnf igkb.
3.
How many flowers do I have if all of them are roses except two,
all of them are tulips except two, and all of them are daisies except
two? Give a number and explain it.
4.
Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?
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