Movies    Players - Average +/- 10: Match The Actors

1 Who was the main actor in 'The Green Mile'?

Tom Jones

Bill Murray

Tom Hanks

Mel Gibson

Religion    Islam: Muslim Prayers

2 What do you call the funeral prayer?
Salat-al-Janazaa

Salat-al-Death

Qaza Salat

There is no funeral prayer

Sci / Tech    Miscellaneous Science: The Greek Alphabet in

Science, Technology & Maths

3 The last of the Greek alphabet, this letter lends its name
to entire classes of fatty acids. In the upper case, this
letter is used to represent the SI unit of electrical
resistance, the ohm. In the lower case, this letter
denotes the angular velocity of a body. Which Greek
letter is this?
Zeta

Omega

Epsilon

Alpha

History    U.S. History: U.S. History - A Miscellany

4 Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
John Thompson

Ben Matlock

Perry Mason

Francis Scott Key

Humanities    Words Within Words: Pots and Pans

5 If something exists in possibility, then it is...
potpourri

potty

potential

potted

Animals    Horse Care: Simple Horse Care

6 You want to take your horse for a little stroll in-hand.
Some of the route involves going on the road, what is
the safest way to do this?
You should always lead your horse from your bicycle

Put your horse between the cars and you

Put yourself between the cars and your horse

It doesn't matter which side you have the horse on

Literature    Mixed Literature: Name That Author

7 "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "State of Fear".
H. G. Wells

Henry Gee

Michael Crichton
 Orson Scott Card

People    Explorers: Explorer Series - Cortes

8 Who was the Aztec emperor when he first reached
Tenochtitlan?
Montezuma

Tenochtitloc

Blanco

Cuauhtemoc

Geography    Australia: Big Things in Australia

9 Big Guitar, New South Wales
Tamworth

Dubbo

Armidale

Tenterfield

Hobbies    Tabletop Games: Warhammer Fantasy

10 Other than the Empire, what is the other dominant
Human kingdom in the western part of the Old World?
Brettonian Republic

The Empire of Stirland

Brettonia

Imperium of Mankind
 Music    Name the Singer: Who Sings It?
11 "It was seven hundred fenceposts from your place to
ours"
Diamond Rio

Lonestar

Montgomery Gentry

George Strait

Sports    NHL Mixture: Hockey Mix

12 On the Stanley Cup itsef, there have been many
misspelled names including Adam Deadmarsh who won it
in 1996. How was his name misspelled?
Adame Deadmashe

Adame Deadmarsh

Adam Deadmarch

Adam Deadman

Celebrities    USA Celebs: NYC's Oscar Winners

13 James Cagney was born and raised on East 79th St. in
Manhattan. For which film did he win his Best Actor
Oscar?
Yankee Doodle Dandy

White Heat

Angels With Dirty Faces

Love Me or Leave Me

World    Spanish: Spanish for Beginners

 14 You're very warm after dinner, so you decide to cool off
a little by swimming. Where do you go?
la calle

el arbol

la piscina

la escuela

General    Thematic 10Q Average: The Answer is a Lemon

15 The Lemon laws in the USA help protect the consumer
from the purchase of a defective what?
lemon

car

fruit tree

lemonade

MASTERMIND QUESTIONS (LOWER INTERMEDIATE)

SCIENCE

1. What does your heart pump? blood

2. Which is the nearest star? the sun
3. Which is heavier, gold or silver? gold
4. How many sides does a triangle have? three
5. What is H20? water
6. How many legs does a butterfly have? six

GEOGRAPHY
1. Which is bigger, a lake or an ocean? an ocean
2. Which country has the most people? China
3. What is the capital city of Norway? Oslo
4. What is the biggest state in the U.S.A.? Alaska
5. Which country has the biggest land area? Russia
6. In which ocean is Hawaii? the Pacific Ocean

SPORTS

1. What sport is played at Wimbledon? tennis

2. In which country were the 2008 Olympic Games held? China
3. What country does the football player Rivaldo come from? Brazil
4. What is the most popular indoor sport in the U.S.A.? basketball
5. In which sport was Muhammad Ali the world champion? boxing
6. Which famous golf player's mother comes from Thailand? Tiger Woods

MUSIC

1. How many strings does a violin have? four

2. Where was Ricky Martin born? Puerto Rico
3. What pop group is Howie D. in? The Backstreet Boys
4. Which singer usually sings rap music, Mariah Carey or Eminem? Eminem
5. Which instrument is often used in jazz music, a saxophone or a
a saxophone
tuba?
6. What nationality is Robbie Williams? English or British

MASTERMIND QUESTIONS (INTERMEDIATE)

SCIENCE

1. Blood is filtered by which pair of organs? the kidneys

2. Which planet is the fifth from the sun? Jupiter
3. Who developed the theory of relativity? Albert Einstein
4. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol N? nitrogen
5. In which organelle of a living cell is DNA found? nucleus
6. Which travel faster, light or sound waves? light waves

GEOGRAPHY
1. In which country is Mount Everest? Nepal
2. Which continent has the biggest population? Asia
3. What is the capital city of New Zealand? Wellington
4. In which continent is the Sahara desert? Africa
5. Name the two longest rivers in the world. Amazon and Nile
6. Which ocean is to the east of Africa? Indian Ocean

SPORTS

1. What is longest running race in the Olympic Games called? the marathon
2. Who won the 2003 British Open golf tournament? Ben Curtis
3. In snooker, what is the colour of the last ball potted? black
4. What nationality is the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt? Australian
5. In which sport can you throw a 'curve ball'? baseball
6. Which team won the 2003 Formula One car racing championship? Ferrari

MUSIC

1. Which pop singer married British movie director Guy Ritchie? Madonna
2. Which rock group did George Harrison belong to? The Beatles
3. Which classical composer became deaf near the end of his life? Beethoven
4. How many strings does a bass guitar usually have? four
5. In what country did reggae music originate? Jamaica
6. How many instruments are there in a string quintet? five

MASTERMIND QUESTIONS (UPPER INTERMEDIATE)

SCIENCE

1. Which vitamin is abundant in citrus fruits? vitamin C

2. What instrument is used for measuring temperature? a thermometer
3. Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection? Charles Darwin
4. What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere? carbon dioxide (CO2)
5. What do we call a shape with eight sides? octagon
6. What is the study of plants called? botany

GEOGRAPHY
1. Which South American country has the greatest land area? Brazil
2. What is the capital city of Sri Lanka? Colombo
3. Which climate is generally hotter and more humid, tropical or
tropical
temperate?
4. What do we call a mountain which could erupt? volcano
5. Antarctica covers which of the earth's poles? the South Pole
6. On which continent is Sierra Leone? Africa

SPORTS

1. In which sport would you use a 'sand iron'? golf

2. In boxing, what do the letters K.O. stand for? knock out
3. Baseball originated in the U.S.A. in which century? the 19th century
4. How many rings are there in the Olympic Games symbol? five
5. Which country won the 1998 FIFA World Cup football
France
tournament?
6. Who won the 2003 Wimbledon women's tennis championship? Serena Williams

MUSIC

1. Which female pop singer had a hit called 'Baby, One More Time'? Britney Spears
2. What pop group was Michael Jackson in when he was young? The Jackson Five
3. What type of music did Louis Armstrong play? jazz
4. What does an orchestra's conductor wave to keep time? a baton
5. What nationality was Mozart? Austrian
6. Which rock group is Michael Stipe the lead singer of? R.E.M.

MASTERMIND QUESTIONS (ADVANCED)

SCIENCE

1. Triton is a moon of which planet? Neptune

2. For what process do plants need sunlight, CO2 and water? photosynthesis
3. Which physicist wrote a book called 'A Brief History of Time'? Stephen Hawking
4. Which chemical element is represented by the symbol Zn? zinc
5. In which organ of the body is the cerebrum found? the brain
6. What do we call the study of birds? ornithology

GEOGRAPHY
1. In which country is the world's highest waterfall? Venezuela
2. What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'? earthquakes
3. Which two oceans does the Panama Canal link? Atlantic and Pacific
4. What is South America's highest mountain range? the Andes
5. What is the capital city of Kenya? Nairobi
6. What is the line of latitude 23.5 degrees north of the equator
tropic of Cancer
called?

SPORTS

1. In which athletic event is a heavy metal ball thrown? shot put

2. In what sport could you 'hit a six' or 'bowl a leg spinner'? cricket
3. Golf was first played in which country? Scotland
4. In which sport could you find yourself in a headlock? wrestling
5. In which sport are a bow and arrow used? archery
6. What does a third-place getter at the Olympic Games win? a bronze medal

MUSIC

1. What instrument did the jazz musician Miles Davis play? trumpet
2. Which British rock group do Liam and Noel Gallagher belong to? Oasis
3. Which instrument has keys, pedals and strings? piano
4. In which country is a 'gamelan orchestra' most commonly found? Indonesia
5. Who wrote the song entitled 'Yesterday'? Paul McCartney
6. Which is the largest stringed instrument in a classical orchestra? double bass