Tiebreaker

List the 36 teams that competed in the football world cup last year.

Sports

1. In Superbowl 37, two weekends ago, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Oakland Raiders. What was the score?
2. Zero points in tennis is known as ‘love’. From where does this word derive?
3. What country won the handball world cup?
4. “If it wasn’t for Christian Olsson, I would have stopped competing” – who said this?
5. What is the name of the Utah basketball team?

Kinda recent news

6. The other week, we lost the space shuttle Columbia, and19 years ago, we lost the Challenger. The first shuttle, the Enterprise, has been retired. There are three space shuttles left. Give me the name of at least two of them. (If nobody gets two, I will give points for just one, so it’s worth writing it down, if that’s all you can come up with)
7. A bomb went off in Nigeria last week, killing approximately 50 people. What is the name of the city where this happened - the Nigerian economic capitol?
8. The shoe bomber was just sentenced to life in prison. What is his name?
9. What is the full name of Göran Persson’s new girlfriend?
10. Volvo just showed their brand new model. What is it called?

Entertainment.

11. What band recorded the original of this song? (played Unicorn Jones' version of "The Ace of Spades")
12. How did the former bass player of the Police get his nickname “Sting”?
13. Shadow, Speedy, Bashful and Pokey were the spooky foursome in what video game?
14. What is Michael Caine’s given name?
15. What is the name of the first person voted out of the current Big Brother house?

Visual

Tell me the titles of the films

General Knowledge

16. “Elementary, my dear Watson”, “Play it again, Sam” “Beam me up, Scotty”. Famous lines from fictional characters, but what else do they have in common?
17. What was the original name of the giraffe?
18. What animal has killed the most human beings? Clue: they didn’t die immediately.
19. Second-largest island in the world and home to fully 1/6th of all the world’s languages. What is it called?
20. The first nation to produce stamps is also the only one not to print its name on them. What nation?
21. America’s current President is often known by his middle initial, W. What does the W stand for?
22. Who said “women are meant to be loved, not understood”?
23. What is the name of the lead character in the book “Moby Dick”?
24. One quarter of the body’s bones are in what part of the body?
25. A boomer is the male of what animal?
26. What was Mickey Mouse’s original first name?
27. Name the tallest building in the world – the other Twin Towers.
28. Chinese New Year has just been celebrated. What is this the year of?
29. How did swedish magic star Joe Labero come up with his name?
30. Which dinosaur has a name that means “speedy thief”?

Brain Teasers

1. I build up castles.
I tear down mountains.
I make some men blind,
I help others to see.
What am I?
2. As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives,
every wife had seven sacks,
every sack had seven cats,
every cat had seven kits:
kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?
3. comp144etence
What do you see above?
4. How many triangles are there in the figure below?

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