1. What kind of "Wind" was a number one hit single in 1956 and 1963?
a. Summer Wind,  b. Hickory Wind,  c. Autumn Wind,  d. Wayward Wind

2. The name for which controversial science stems from the Greek for "good race"?

3. "Cut the red one" was the movie poster tag line for which Ocsar winning film?

4. Which band had a group of die-hard fans nicknamed "Apple Scrufs"?

5. What was the Morse code signal for victory?

6. What is the name of the fictional metal alloy bonded to the skeleton of superhero Wolverine?

7. What is the largest island in
a. Canada
b. Russia?

8. The scientific name for which popular hobby loosely translated means "the love of that which is tax free"?

9. What colour is vermilion?

10. "No 5, 1948" sold for a record 140 million dollars in 2006. What is "No 5,1948"?

11. With an estimated 1-5 vipers per sq. metre, "Snake Island" has the highest concentration of venomous snakes in the world. Off the coast of which country is it located?
a. Sri Lanka  b. South Korea  c. Brazil  d. Vietnam

12. Which book sold a record 11 million copies in the first 24 hours after its release on July 21, 2007?

13. The NKVD was the predecessor of what?

14. What did the golden apples found in the Garden of Hesperides give to those who ate them?

15. What variety of baked potato takes its name from a restaurant in Stockholm?

16. Which number one hit from Boyszone was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber?
a. No Matter What  b. Words  c. Baby Can I Hold You  d. Picture Of You

17. In film, what is the perferred fuel or energy source used by the Transformer race?

18. Where would a North American be if he or she was spelunking?

19. Which "Waltz" was the very first number one hit single in the US Billboard music charts?

20. In which novel and 1998 film is there an alien intelligence named Jerry?

ANSWERS

1. Answer d. The Wayward Wind

2. Eugenics

3. Hurt Locker

4. The Beatles

5. 3 dots and a dash

6. Adamantium

7. Two answers.
a. Baffin
b. Sakhalin

8. Stamp collecting (philately)

9. Red (scarlet)

10. Oil painting (Jackson Pollock)

11. Answer c. Brazil

12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

13. KGB

14. Immortality

15. Hasselback

16. Answer a. No Matter What

17. Energon

18. In a cave

19. Tennesse Waltz (Patti Page)

20. Sphere

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