Percolator

Name as many as you can of the movies Woody Allen has directed. TV work doesn’t count, nor does only writing and/or acting in a movie. For his work in the anthology film New York Stories, I need the title of his section.

Sports

1. Nackas Minne is an indoor football competition that was recently resurrected after 13 years. What team won this 5-on-5 cup-style tournament?
2. How many referees are there in a game of handball?
3. For most of his career, Wayne Gretzky wore the same number on his hockey jersey. What was that number? (Name the last team Gretzky played for)
4. 16 years old, fifth world cup downhill ski race ever and he wins. What country is he from? (Give me his name for a bonus point)
5. All-time tennis great Björn Borg chose to pursue a career in tennis over which other sport?

Kinda Recent News

1. Departing governor George Ryan recently pardoned 156 death-row inmates and instated a moratorium on executions. In what US state was this?
2. Four north african nationals were recently arrested in London for posession of a deadly poison. Give me the poison’s name, please.
3. Norwegian teenager Jon Johanssen was just acquitted in a landmark legal case? What was he charged with? (what did the Norwegian press call him?)
4. The cricket World Cup is set to be played primarily in South Africa. But some matches will be played in two other nations, one of which is causing some controversy. Which nation?
5. What is the name of the actor who was so mean to Regina Lund that she quit a play she was rehearsing at Dramaten? (What was the name of the play?)

Entertainment

1. [A song is played, and the chorus goes like this: Film star, propping up the bar, driving in the car, it looks so easy] Name this band (name the guitarist who left just before this album).
2. What is the first word spoken in the movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral”?
3. Before the Chemical Brothers became really famous, they had to change their name, from what?
4. In Peter Jackson’s films of Lord of the Rings, what is the name of the actor who plays Frodo? (who plays Legolas?)
5. The Hannibal Lecter movie Red Dragon was originally filmed in 1986 by Miami Vice director Michael Mann. What was that film called? (on what TV show is the star of that movie now regularly seen?)

General Knowledge

1. What is the name of the citrus fruit used as the primary flavoring in Earl Grey tea?
2. Who said “I think, therefore I am”? (Who said “To do is to be”?)
3. What is the nearest star to the Earth?
4. Who invented waterproof rubber? You’re sure to have heard his last name, and no, it’s not Goodyear.
5. What was the real name of the writer known as Mark Twain? (tell me where he got his pen name from)
6. What country has the only flag in the world that isn’t square or rectangular?
7. What is the former name of Iran?
8. What artist is generally credited with having been the first to display “objets trouvées”, found objects, as art?
9. What is special about the glue on Israeli postage stamps?
10. Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth and Shub-Niggurath are the monstrous creations of what author?
11. When served as a delicacy around the world, what are fish eggs called?
12. What is the youngest letter of the English alphabet, added as late as the 1600’s?
13. One of the first electronic instruments ever created, invented by a russian electrical engineer, played without actually touching it and often used in horror soundtracks from the 50’s – what is it called? (Give me the full name of the inventor)
14. How many valves does a human heart generally have?
15. What was the given name of the founder of Buddhism?

More than Horsepower...

Identify the car brand logos. 0,5 points per correct answer.

Brain Teasers

1.
Start with a half cup of tea and a half cup of coffee. Take one tablespoon of the tea and mix it in with the coffee. Take one tablespoon of this mixture and mix it back in with the tea. Which of the two cups contains more of its original contents?

2.
Whoever makes it, tells it not.
Whoever takes it, knows it not.
And whoever knows it wants it not.
What is it?

3.
What do you see below?
Give Get
Give Get
Give Get
Give Get

4.
Dandy Dan is a used car salesman. He sold half his cars plus one more to his first customer of the day. To the second customer, he sold half of the remainder plus one more. To the third customer, he sold half the remainder plus one more; and to the fourth customer, he sold half the remainder plus one more. Dan was now the proud salesman on an empty car lot. How many cars did Dan have for sale at the start of this fantastic day?

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