Hey team!

So I'm running a trivia night for my local football team. I'm making the questions up myself. I've got 5 categories - tv/movies, music, general knowledge, general sport, football.

I've got most questions for most categories, but thought I'd open my thinking space to you guys. What trivia questions have you had in the past that you thought "man, that was awesome", and I can use?

Cheers

What is capital of Liberia? Monrovia

N.B. Founded in 1822, Monrovia is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe, a prominent supporter of the colonization of Liberia. Along with Washington, D.C., it is one of two national capitals to be named after a U.S. President.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monrovia

If you make a date with a girl in Constantinople where will she be waiting? She'll be waiting in Istanbul

The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface. Who remained in lunar orbit in the Command Module? Michael Collins

Which band became the only group, and one of just three acts, to have a hit in every year of the 1970s in the UK charts (the other two being Elvis Presley and Diana Ross)

Hot Chocolate

who holds the distinction of being the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s?

Shakin Stevens

Which album became the best-selling record on The US Billboard charts for two consecutive years. Michael Jackson's Thriller

Trevor Chappell bowled an underarm delivery to which New Zealand cricketer to stop the batsman from hitting a six. Brian McKechnie


Edited by Joffa: 28/6/2013 12:55:29 PM

It's well known that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first and second people respectively to walk on the moon.

Name the third crew member of Apollo 11 that never left the command spacecraft and missed out on a moon walk.

Fuck, Joffa.

That's just cost us another 250,000 fully funded stickers, you bastard!

Thanks for these guys. Keep the coming. Preferably ones that haven't already been mentioned notor :lol:

Greg Williams played for Sydney, Carlton and?

Answer Geelong.

Who is the only Test Cricketer to be executed and which country did he play for? Leslie Hylton West Indian fastbowler

This shit is Joffa's specialty :lol:

David Gower was fined 1000 pounds for buzzing Carrara oval in 1990-91, in a Tiger moth,whilst a tour match in which he was playing was occurring, who was the other English cricketer with him?

John Morris

Edited by Joffa: 28/6/2013 05:57:00 PM

Who were the opposing captains in the 1993 Ashes tour of England?

Captains   

Allan Border   

Graham Gooch
Mike Atherton

pv4, what have you done.

For doing WHAT?

Which South African, who wás later named Wisden cricketer of the year in 1981, was sełected to play Test cricket before South Africa's expulsion from international sport and recommenced his international career with his selection as captain when South Africa returned to cricket in 1991.


Clive Rice.

More like an opportunity to boost his post count so he googled "obscure trivia questions".

Hey, I was trying to help, but if that is how it is viewèd, I'll leave it there...

:-" :-" :-"


Edited by Joffa: 28/6/2013 06:34:59 PM

At the risk of being accused of increasing my post count I submit the following trivia questions.

What is the most watched sport in the world?
A: Soccer (football).

Which sport has the largest number of participants in the world?
A: Fishing.

Which two countries have not missed one of the modern day Olympics?
A: Greece and Australia.

What were the names of the "Three Little Pigs"?
A: They don't have names.

What is the name of Popeye's favourite daughter?
A: Sweet Pea.

Who is the second Socceroo to be signed by El Nasr?
A: Brett Holman.

What height is Brett Holman?
A:5'10" OR 1.77M

Edited by Bilby: 28/6/2013 06:52:34 PM

Q: Which sea separates Italy from Croatia?
A: The Adriatic

Q: Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility?
A: On the moon

Not even Brett Holman knows the answer to that :lol:

I pm'd him-said he would get back to me.

Keep going Joffa. Haterz gonna hate.

Heiny - things like:

- What is the address of the Simpsons house
- What colour is Mr Squiggles hair
- What was the inspiration behind Australias green & gold sporting colours
- How many times have Brazil won the WC
- Which team did Sydney FC beat in the HAL Grand Final season 1?
- What is Snoop Doggs real first name
- In the 2nd verse of the Australian national anthem, what do we have for those who've come across the seas?
- What does the Scoville scale measure?

and more.

Keep them coming guys!

You could just add them all to the same post, thus being helpful and avoiding accusations of post boosting. ;)

What? Common sense? No fucking way!

What animal are the Canary Islands named after? A: a type of dog.

What is the only letter that doesn't appear on the periodic table? A: J

Which is the lowest whole number, when spelt out, is in correct alphabetical order? A: Forty

In 2012, Lionel Messi broke the world record for most goals in a calendar year. How many did he score? A: 91

Timbuktu is located in which country? A: Mali

Myanmar is known in many parts of the world by what prior name? A: Burma

What was the score in the first ever A-League game? A: Adelaide 1-0 Newcastle

Who scored the first ever A-League goal? Carl veart

What is the post office box number for the ABC head office in Sydney? 9994 (same as don bradmans average)