1 Brickipedia is which companys alternative to Wikipedia?

2 The original design for which object was 27cm long, weighed around 450 grams, and was made by
Friedrich Krupp AG in 1936 for the Olympic Games in Berlin?
3 At approximately 5,525 miles (8,893 km), which TWO countries share the world's longest land
border?
4 According the the title of an 1831 Bellini opera, Amina is also known as what?
5 For the Game. For the World. is the motto of which sports organization?
6 In 1898, the Italian lawyer and amateur photographer Secondo Pia created a sensation when his
picture of an artefact revealed a face. What did he photograph?
7 Not connected with modern Romania, Romania was a popular but unofficial name of which
Roman empire of the East and meant "land of the Romans"?
8 What is the name of the savoury dish in which the ingredients are set in a jelly made from meat or
fish stock, or consomm, and gelatine?
9 Which record label first made a name for itself with the release of 'Tubular Bells' in 1973 and then
for signing the Sex Pistols after EMI dropped them?
10 Named after a philosopher and mathematician, what is the name of the mathematical operation
which returns a set from multiple sets?
11 I first appeared in All-Story Magazine in October 1912. I am the son of a British lord who, after a
revolt on a ship, was abandoned on an island close to West Africa. I was raised by a race of
monkeys called Mangani, who gave me the name that in their language meant White Skin. Later,
I pursued a white woman to America, but we returned to live in Africa and have many more
adventures. Who am I?
12 In Italian football, what is a 'calcio di rigore'?
13 In 1953, the Austrian Hermann Buhl was the first to conquer which 8,126m high mountain in
Pakistan, the Urdu name of which means 'naked mountain'?
14 The name of which company, founded in 1869, is on 32 soup cans featured in a 1962 work of art
by Andy Warhol?
15 Which American film director, known for movies such as 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Captains
Courageous', was the personal camera man to Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference in
1919?
16 Mua Roi Nuoc, or water puppetry, originating in the 11th century in the villages along the delta of
the Red River, is traditional in which country?
17 The Femme Fatales, called Knockout (Elizabeth Rawson), Bloodlust (Beatta Dubiel), Mindblast
(Danielle Forte) and Whiplash (Leeann Foreman), are the ultimate enemies of which Marvel super
hero who first appeared in 1962 in the comic book 'Amazing Fantasy'?
18 Name the year in which: Italy wins its only UEFA European Championship title, defeating
Yugoslavia in the final; The Beatles release 'Hey Jude'; Richard Nixon is elected president of the US;
and Yasunari Kawabata is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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19 Which TWO words are missing from this incredibly long book title? The Life and Strange Surprizing
Adventures of ________ ______, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in
an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque;
Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An
Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates.'
20 In 1948, which American engineer at Edwards Air Force Base said of his technician that if there is
any way to do it wrong, he will find it, leading to a 'law' being named after him?
21 In 1874, Charles Romley Alder Wright, a British physician and chemist, was the first man to
synthesize which famous drug that is also named diacetylmorphine (C21H23NO5)? Numbers in
subscript?
22 Playing at Lambeau Field, which NFL team is the only non-profit, community-owned professional
sports team based in the United States?
23 In 1661, because its copper coins were too large, which was the first European country to
introduce paper banknotes?
24 "Esta a Nossa Ptria Bem Amada" (This Is Our Beloved Country), the current national anthem of
Guinea-Bissau, used to be the anthem of which other African country until 1996?
25 Which phrase, meaning that whilst options are offered there is only one actual choice, originates
from a liveryman who offered every customer the horse next to the stable door?
26 Currently, there are only two queens in the world. One is Queen Elizabeth II of the United
Kingdom, and the other is the queen of Denmark who is the second queen of Denmark with this
name. What is her given name?
27 Hybristophilia is a form of perversion in which the sexual excitement and the orgasm depend on
being with a partner that committed a brutal crime such as murder, rape or armed robbery. It is
also known as which syndrome, named after a famous couple?
28 What is the name of the branch of botanical science that deals specifically with the study of trees?
29 Originally referring to a stagecoach, what is the Japanese name for a long-distance relay running
race, typically taking place on roads?
30 Not to be confused with Kingston in Jamaica, Kingstown is the capital of which Caribbean country?
31 One of the most enduring forms of folk literature, which literary genre is a succinct fictional story
often featuring animals as characters and conveying a moral lesson?
32 This is a type of chamber music for multiple voices without instrumental accompaniment.
Developed in Italy in the 16th and 17th centuries as pastoral music for between 3 and 6 voices.
Famous composers included: Orlando di Lasso, Luca Marenzio, Carlo Gesualdo, Claudio
Monteverdi, Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes and John Wilbye. Name the song type/musical
genre.
33 Which rebellion against the Bolshevik regime in 1921 on the island of Kotlin, near the head of the
Gulf of Finland, was one of the reasons why Lenin decided to relax the control of the state over the
economy in the New Economic policy (NEP)?
34 The champagne-like sparkling wine Cava is made mainly in Peneds, in which autonomous region
of Spain?

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35 Which theory developed in the Middle Ages states that the Sun is located in the centre of the solar
system, dismissing the old theory of Geocentrism?
36 Among all the sports included at the Olympics (winter or summer), after athletics, which sport has
the most events?
37 Which is the only US state whose capital city's name STARTS with the LAST four letters of the name
of the state?
38 Born in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos to an aristocratic family, which famous poet of the Greek
ancient world is often called the tenth Muse?
39 On which ship did Ernest Shackleton and his team get stuck in pack ice in 1914?
40 Based on the height of a man with his arm raised, and developed as a visual bridge between two
incompatible scales - the imperial and metric systems, what name is given to the anthropometric
scale of proportions devised by the architect Le Corbusier?
41 Which prominent Russian was awarded an 8th dan in Judo in 2012 for 'presenting a high
expression of the judo values in the world?'
42 In China it is called the Silver River. In Sanskrit it is called Ganges of the heavens. According to
Cherokee legend, it was formed when a dog stole some cornmeal and was chased way. Edwin
Hubble (18891953) is credited with discovering the shape of it. What is it?
43 Name the Oscar-winning film whose title includes the same name repeated twice, representing
the two lead characters. Both actors won Oscars for the film too: him in the leading role, and her in
the supporting role.
44 Developed by Pierre Schaeffer, beginning in the early 1940s, which electro-acoustic musical genre
(named using two French words) features recorded sounds composed into pieces of music?
45 Finally completed in 1880 after 632 years, and attracting an average of 20,000 visitors per day,
which is Germany's most visited building?
46 The 'Dartmouth', the 'Eleanor' and the 'Beaver' are three famous ships that were involved in which
18th-century event in North America?
47 Popularised by popstars and actors, such as Lee Joon Gi, kkonminam (meaning 'the flower boy') is a
fashion for effeminate male beauty in which country?
48 One of the three members constituting the Italian School of Elitists, together with Vilfredo Pareto
and Robert Michels, which Italian political scientist and public servant is credited with developing
the Theory of Elitism and the doctrine of the Political class? (Hint: his last name means "fly" in
Italian).
49 In 1941, the French Vichy government prohibited a specific form of a popular sport in France
because of its links with the Allies; which sport? (Note: two-word answer required)
50 In 1899, Letitia Mumford Geer, a nurse from New York, invented a version of a common medical
item that which can operated with one-hand. The name of this device is derived from an ancient
Greek word for 'tube'. Name it.
51 Our names are Yvonne Dickinson and Elizabeth Sawyer. In a famous film, we depart in a 1966 Ford
Thunderbird for a two-day trip to escape the monotony of our lives. How are we better known?

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52 The musical 'West Side Story' was inspired by which William Shakespeare play?
53 Which name applies to both a steep slate rock on the bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge at
Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, and a feminine water spirit in German mythology that is similar
to a siren or mermaid?
54 The daughter of Jacques Necker, the finance minister of Louis XVI, whose resignation in 1789 was
one of the events that triggered the storming of the Bastille, this famous writer and courtesan is
nowadays mainly known for her open conflict with Napoleon. Her house became a meeting place
of the liberals opposing Napoleon. After being ousted from Paris by Bonaparte, she travelled
throughout Europe, consolidating her fame. In the epilogue of 'War and Peace', Tolstoy references
her as an influential force in the 19th century. Who is she?
55 Which German company, known by a four-letter acronym, was founded in 1865 in Ludwigshafen,
and is the largest chemical producer in the world?
56 What name is given to the biological product prepared from pathogenic germs or from microbial
secretions, which is administered by injection or by mouth to a person or an animal as a deterrent
(to gain immunity against infectious diseases) or as a curative?
57 Who is the only driver in history to win both the Formula 1 motor-racing drivers' championship
and the famous Mille Miglia race?
58 Name both countries separated by the Indian-owned tract of land known as the Siliguri Corridor.
59 Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and John Maynard Keynes were all members of which famous
intellectual group named for an area of London?
60 Between 1981 and 1983, with which other pop superstar did Freddie Mercury record the following
songs: 'State of Shock', 'There Must be More to Life Than This' and 'Victory'?
61 Sometimes celebrated in the eastern Orthodox calendar on 30 July, who is the martyred priest
who, in the 3rd century AD, officiated marriages in high secret despite laws edicted by Claudius II
banishing marriages in the Christian tradition?
62 The Wars of the Roses was a series of battles for control of the throne of England between the
houses of Lancaster and York, two rival branches of which royal house that originated from the
lands of Anjou in France?
63 The Maid of the Mist is a boat tour of which important tourist attraction in North America?
64 From the Arabic word for 'direction', which navigational term describes the direction of a celestial
object from the observer, expressed as the angular distance from the north or south point of the
horizon to the point at which a vertical circle passing through the object intersects the horizon?
65 The South African national football team is known by which two-word Zulu phrase meaning 'boys,
boys'?
66 One of the largest airline companies by revenue, International Airlines Group, S.A. (often
shortened to IAG), is a multinational airline holding company with operational headquarters in
London, but is registered in which other country?
67 Wade Winston Wilson, created by artist/writer Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza, made his first
appearance in the pages of 'The New Mutants #98', cover dated February 1991. By what name is
this fictional anti-hero better known?

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68 The late Lonnie Donegan was a British singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the king of
which music genre with jazz, blues, and folk influences, usually incorporating homemade or
improvised instruments?
69 What is the name of the Assyrian-Babylonian numerology system, later adopted by the Jews,
which assigns numbers to letters, words and phrases and is used in the Jewish faith to interpret
religious Scriptures?
70 This 4-letter acronym is associated with the sentence The Roman Senate and people, referring to
the government of the Roman Republic. At the time, the acronym was imprinted on currency,
flags, official documents and monuments; in the correct order, which 4 letters?
71 Which crime organization from Napoli is said to be related to a Spanish secret society from the
15th century known as the Gardua, or Holy Warriors of Spain?
72 The name of which famous scientist translates from German into English as 'a stone'?
73 In 2014, citing animal welfare issues, India's Supreme Court banned the sport of Jallikattu, also
called Eruthazhuvuthal or Manju virattu. Traditional to Tamil Nadu, it required the enforced
participation of which particular animal?
74 The austral was the currency of which South American country from 1985-1991?
75 First published in London in 1748, who is the title character in the erotic novel by John Cleland is
subtitled 'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'?
76 The Mighty Handful, also known as The Five, is a famous group from 1856 to 1870 that consisted of
Csar Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Borodin and which other
Russian composer, considered the leader of the group?
77 Maman, a series of sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, depicts which type of creatures?
78 Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by South Slavic nationalist Gavrilo
Princip, a major diplomatic crisis occurred among the great powers of Europe. Taking place in the
summer of 1914, after which month is this crisis named?
79 Kum Nye, literally meaning "massage of the subtle body", is a type of massage found in which
culture?
80 What is the name of the endocrine gland situated at the bottom of the brain, that weighs less than
a gram and controls the activity of all the endocrine glands in the human body?
81 One of the most successful in the world, which racing video game series, released in 1994 by
Electronic Arts, takes its name from a famous quote from the 1986 film 'Top Gun'?
82 The Hopi call it Ongtupqa, whilst the Yavapai know it as Wi:kai:la. What is the most famous name
of this wonder of nature?
83 Considered by many to be the first Italian neorealist film, 'Obsession', an Italian 1943 movie
directed by Luchino Visconti, is based on which 1934 crime novel? This novel was also adapted into
a famous 1946 movie, probably the best known, and is regarded as an important film noir. It was
re-filmed in 1981, and in 1982 the novel was turned into an opera.
84 ABC is the major national broadcaster of which country?
85 How many sacraments are there in the Catholic Church?

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86 Which pop star has almost three-times as many Twitter followers as there are people living in his
home country of Canada?
87 Coined by Kenji Kawakami, a Japanese inventor, which term is the Japanese art of inventing
ingenious everyday gadgets that, on the surface, seem like an ideal solution to a particular
problem but are actually completely useless?
88 Which Arabian scientist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, born in 965 and deceased
in 1040, is famous for his seven-volume treatise on optics 'Kitab al-Manazir' ('Book of Optics'),
written from 1011 to 1021?
89 In 2014, French former professional tennis player, and former World No. 1, Amlie Mauresmo
became the first woman to coach a top male tennis player. Which player was this?
90 Which bay, located between El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, was named by the explorer Gil
Gonzlez de vila after his patron the Bishop of Burgos?
91 [image] In classical European architecture, an atlas is a support sculpted in the form of a man,
which may take the place of a column, a pier or a pilaster. In Roman architecture this type of
support is named after the son of King Aeacus of Aegina and Queen Endes, and is the brother of
Peleus; what is the Roman name?
92 [image] The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS Movement) is a global campaign
attempting to increase economic and political pressure on which modern-day country founded in
the 20th century?
93 [image] These two people appear in a famous painting, posed in front of the Dibble House in Eldon,
Iowa; what is the name of the famous painting?
94 [image] This is the crest of which billionaire family, originating from the ghettos of the German city
of Frankfurt; the founder lived from 1744 to 1812 and had the first names Mayer Amschel?
95 [image] This traffic sign, used particularly in the US states of Ohio, Kentucky and Pennsylvania,
warns of vehicles used by which religious community?
96 [image] From the Clupeidae family, what species is this, the most widely eaten fish in the world?
97 [image] Name the strategy board game invented by New Zealander Mike McManaway with 56
unique hexagonal pieces. Each piece has three lines of different colours; the only colours used are
red, yellow, green and blue.
98 [image] On which festively-named island in the Indian Ocean, does a migration of around 40
million red crabs take place each year, travelling from the jungle toward the sea?
99 [image] This endemic animal belonging to the family Eupleridae Cryptoprocta ferox, the largest
carnivorous mammal in Madagascar, is also known by what name?
100 [image] Montenegro-born Antonije Pui musician, author and performer, is closely associated
with the term 'turbo-folk'; taken from a fictional character first appearing in the 1972 novel 'First
Blood' and a famous 18th century composer, what is his stage name?

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