Another name for peppers (the red, green, yellow fruit) particularly in Australia |Capsicum
Another name for peppers (the red, green, yellow fruit) particularly in North America |Bell peppers
Another name for peppers (the red, green, yellow fruit) particularly in continental Europe |Paprika
Lucky syno: coriander (Indian English) |Dhania
Lucky syno: coriander (Spanish/American English) |Cilantro
*** 2 Lucky syno: coriander |Chinese parsley
English actress and female star of movies such as Underworld, Van Helsing, Serendipity and Brokedown Palace |Kate Beckinsale
Movies: Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale take on werewolves and vampires |Van Helsing
Movies: Kate Beckinsale plays the female lead in which vampire vs werewolf movie trilogy |Underworld
*** 2 Books: Author of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo |Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson wrote which famous book which was turned into a movie (2011) of the same title? |Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Books: Who is the author of the Twilight series of books about vampires? |Stephenie Meyer
*** 2 Short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald turned into a movie (2008) with Brad Pitt. The Curious Case of B_______ B_____ |Benjamin Button
Books: Douglas Adams' famous radio series/comedy science fiction novels |Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Name the band: Gotta be somebody (2008) |Nickelback
Name the band: If Everyone cared (2005) |Nickelback
Name the band: Savin’ me (2005) |Nickelback
Name the band: Rockstar (2005) |Nickelback
Name the band: How you remind me (2001) | Nickelback
Name the band: If today was your last day (2008)|Nickelback
Name the artist: Oral Fixation Volume 1&2 (2006 album) |Shakira
Name the artist: Whenever, wherever |Shakira
*** 2 Name the song: Shakira ft Wyclef Jean (2006) H___ D__’_ L__ |Hips don’t lie
Name the artist: She wolf (2009) |Shakira
Name the artist: Did it again (2009) |Shakira
*** 2 Complete the lyrics: A__ M_ L___ I’__ B___ G___, But now….I’m thinking, “What the hell?” (Avril Lavigne 2011) |All my life I've been good
Name the artist: Girlfriend (2007) |Avril Lavigne
Name the artist: He wasn’t (2005) |Avril lavigne
Name the artist: My happy ending (2004) |Avril Lavigne
Name the artist: Sk8er Boi (2002) |Avril Lavigne
Name the artist: Lithium (2007) |Evanescence
Name the artist: Going Under (2003) |Evanescence
Name the artist: Everybody’s fool (2004) |Evanescence
Name the artist: Bring me to life (2003) |Evanescence
*** 2 Complete the lyrics: I drew a line, I drew a line for you, Oh what a thing to do, A__ I_ w__ a__ Y_____ (Coldplay 2000, yellow) |And it was all yellow
Name the artist: Speed of Sound (2005) |Coldplay
Name the artist: Fix you (2005) |Coldplay
Name the artist: The hardest part (2006) |Coldplay
Name the artist: Crawling (2001) |Linkin Park
Name the artist: In the end (2001) |Linkin Park
Name the artist: Somewhere I belong (2003) |Linkin Park
*** 2 Name the artist: Numb (2003) |Linkin Park
Name the artist: Breaking the Habit (2004) |Linkin Park
Name the artist: The Catalyst (2010) |Linkin Park
Disney Channel series: A girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl by day and a famous pop singer by night|Hannah Montana
Name the "artist": The best of both worlds (2006) |Hannah Montana
Name the "artist": See you again (2007) |Miley Cyrus
Name the "artist": 7 things (2008) |Miley Cyrus
Name the "artist": Can’t be tamed (2010) |Miley Cyrus
Name the "artist": Party in the U.S.A (2009) |Miley Cyrus
Name the "artist": SOS (2007) |Jonas Brothers
Name the "artist": Paranoid (2009) |Jonas Brothers
Human hormones: An antioxidant that also causes drowsiness |Melatonin
Human Hormones: Controls mood, appetite, and sleep |Serotonin
Human Hormones: less active form of thyroid hormone |Thyroxine
Human Hormones: potent form of thyroid hormone |Triiodothyronine
Human Hormones: fight or flight hormone (North America) |Epinephrine
*** 2 Human Hormones: fight or flight hormone |Adrenaline
Human Hormones: Increase heart rate and blood pressure |Dopamine
Human Hormones: Stimulates appetite |Ghrelin
Human Hormones: Stimulates growth and cell reproduction |Growth Hormone
Human Hormones: Controls blood glucose |Insulin
Human Hormones: Decreases appetite and increases metabolism |Leptin
Human Hormones: Release breast milk and involved in orgasms |Oxytocin
Human Hormones: Milk production/sexual satisfaction |Prolactin
Human Hormones: Responsible for libido; growth of muscle mass; increased bone density; strength; growth of beard… |Testosterone
*** 2 Human hormones: Support pregnancy among other regulatory things |Progesterone
Human Hormones: Stimulate gastric acid secretion |Histamine
*** 100 Impossible Question - The longest place name in the UK, a village in north Wales commonly known as Llanfair PG |Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
*** 2 Wales - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest placename in the UK, the village is located on which island? |Anglesey
Wales - What is the welsh name for the island known as Anglesey? |Ynys Mon
Wales - The Great Orme is a 207 m high headland on the coast of north Wales next to which town? |Llandudno
Wales - A strategic castle built in by English King Edward I between 1283 and 1289 during the welsh wars |Conwy castle
Wales - On the island of Anglesey is Wylfa _______ _____ ________ built in 1963 |Nuclear power station
Wales - At 1085 m what is the highest point in Wales? |Mount Snowdon
Wales - The last Welshman to be prince of Wales fighting unsuccessfully to drive the English out of Wales (welsh spelling) |Owain Glyndwr
Wales - Which animal is on the flag of Wales? |Dragon
Wales - What is the Welsh for Wales? |Cymru
*** 2 Wales - The Welsh language is spoken by 750,000 people in primarily in Wales, England and the province of Chubut in which country? |Argentina
Wales - Which vegetable of the onion family is a symbol of Wales? |Leek
Wales - Which bright yellow flower is the national flower of Wales? |Daffodil
Lingua franca - Of islam |Arabic
Lingua franca - Of judaism |Hebrew
Lingua franca - Of international business, science, technology, diplomacy, aviation, etc... |English
Lingua franca - Of European diplomacy from 17th century to WWII |French
Lingua franca - Of diplomacy and science in Europe until 19th century and of catholicism |Latin
Reinforced concrete - Meaning reinforced concrete in spanish, this can refer to a group of Bolivian shoeshiners |Hormigon armado
Reinforced concrete - Meaning reinforced concrete in finnish, this can refer to a heavy metal band |Terasbetoni
Reinforced concrete - Which Frenchman invented reinforced concrete in 1849 |Joseph Monier
It is impossible to see your own eyes moving because your brain blinds you while they move, in effect you are blinded for _ _____ a day. |2 hours
*** 2 Where in the world did the 30th December 2011 not exist? |Samoa and Tokelau
The world’s rainiest place is Mt. Wai-‘ale-‘ale in ______ where is rains 350 days a year |Hawaii
*** 2 Mass times velocity (impetus; power residing in a moving object) |Momentum
Computers: Considered a “father of the computer”, Who is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer? |Charles Babbage
Computers: Who is considered a pioneer in computers (built a mechanical calculator) and is known for his contribution to probability theory? |Blaise Pascal
Computers: Considered by some as the first calculating “machine” |abacus
Computers: Considered “the first Computer Programmer” and daughter of poet Lord Byron |Lady Ada Lovelace
Computers: Programming language (named after Blaise Pascal) developed by Borland under Philippe Khan’s leadership |Turbo Pascal
Which ancient Greek mathematician and Pythagorean philosopher was drowned to death for discovering the existence of irrational numbers |Hipassus
Lycanthropy is the professed ability or power of a human being to transform into a ________ |werewolf
The professed ability or power of a human being to transform into a werewolf is called __________ |Lycanthropy
Name the song that is traditionally sang to celebrate the start of the New Year |Auld Lang Syne
Mythical creatures: winged reptilian creature with a dragon’s head, two legs (sometimes none), and a barbed tail |Wyvern
Mythical creatures: monstrous fire-breathing female creature with lioness whose tail is a snake’s head and a goat’s head arising from the middle of the lioness’ back, also used as a term for an organism whose cells do not all share the same DNA sequence |Chimera
Mythical creatures: Fire-breathing serpentine/reptilian creature. The European version has bat-like wings and scales. Chinese version resembles large snakes |Dragon
Mythical creatures: Resembles a white horse with a spiralling horn projecting from its forehead |Unicorn
Norse mythology: series of predictions about a great battle (where the major figures such as Odin and Thor die) and the world ending in water |Ragnarok
*** 5 A metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable (used in colloquial English but originating from Hinduism used to describe a giant temple car that would crush devotees under its wheels) |Juggernaut
*** 2 Animals: Aquatic creature with a unicorn-like horn |Narwhal
Books: What’s the name of the submarine in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |Nautilus
Books: What is the name of the master of the Nautilus (Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) |Captain Nemo
Books: Who wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |Jules Verne
One of life’s catch-22’s : You can’t find your _______ without your _______ |Glasses
Language: Spanish: Mister (use n for ñ) |Senor
Language: Spanish: Mrs (use n for ñ) |Senora
Language: Spanish: Miss (use n for ñ) |Senorita
Language: A play on words is a ___ |Pun
Language: A husband whose wife dominates or harasses him with persistent nagging is a h________ husband |Henpecked
Language: The climactic sentence, phrase or statement that makes the point in a joke, speech, advertisement or story. |Punchline
Movies: Charlize Theron acts as the leather clad secret agent, skilled in assassination and acrobatics A___ F___ |Aeon flux