Tiebreaker

List as many as you can of Shakespeare’s plays.

Sports

1. The Swiss – coming from a landlocked country – won the Americas Cup. What was the name of the team?
2. Which sport uses the terms “volté”, “turn on the haunches” and “serpentine”?
3. The Bosman ruling was a landmark decision for which sport?
4. “Being called gay is a compliment, but I do have a girlfriend”. Who said it?
5. With nine straight high jump wins in a row behind him, he’s heading for the world cup in Birmingham. Who is this Swede?

Kinda recent news

6. What is the name of the missile type that Saddam Hussein is dismantling in order to comply with UN rulings?
7. Charles Ingram is currently on trial, thought to have cheated his way to a top win in the British edition of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. What is the method that he is supposed to have used?
8. Which two artists were the last to go straight to the Swedish Eurovision Final on Saturday evening?
9. Recent studies show that women who get breast implants are three times more likely to die of what than those who don’t?
10. What is the name of the Swedish promotor who recently received a one-year jail sentence for tax fraud?

Entertainment.

11. Who is this artist, also known as "The King of Ska"? (Played 007 (Shanty Town))
12. The TV series Buffy, The Vampire Slayer has generated one spinoff series. What is it called?
13. The movie Daredevil stars Ben Affleck, and his love interest is the female ninja Elektra – who plays her?
14. Blind Faith was arguably the world’s first Rock supergroup when they formed in 1969. The only member who was not already quite famous was bass player Rick Grech. Who were the other three members?
15. What is The African Queen in the Humphrey Bogart film of the same name?

Visual.

"Smells like Teen Spirit"

Tell me the names of the perfumes. Half a point each, and a bonus point if you tell me all the maker's names as well.

General Knowledge

16. What is the official name of the capitol of Guatemala?
17. In cooking, what is “foie gras”?
18. The flags of of Tonga, Monaco, Tunisia and Bahrain have something in common. What?
19. Apart from Victoria and Bernadotte, our crown princess has three more names. Tell me at least one of them.
20. What is the human version of mad cow disease called?
21. Who or what is Holden Caulfield?
22. Selenology is the study of what?
23. A megabyte is how many bites, exactly?
24. Which operatic character marries Lieutenant Pinkerton?
25. In heraldry, what color does the word “gules” represent?
26. Jacques-Louis David’s most famous painting, painted during the French Revolution, depicts a dead man in a copper bathtub. It is called “The assassination of...” Who?
27. What was it Prometheus stole from the gods?
28. In the Bible, which disciple would only believe the evidence of his own eyes?
29. How many are there in “a baker’s dozen”?
30. What is the main ingredient of a Tom Collins?

Brain Teasers

1. Complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5 letter word with its first and last letters missing. The missing letters form a word when read downwards and the same word appears both at the start and at the end. What is the missing word?

*OMI*
*EVE*
*ROM*
*OAK*
*ATC*

2. What word is represented below?

amUous

3.

I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force
To hold down both cow, sheep and horse
As you've doubtlessly found,
I am always around,
And I'm constantly working, of course.

4. What is the unifying theme for these abbreviations?

COM
DRA
ADV
ACT
SPO
MUS
HOR
SCI

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