The Great 250-Point Giveaway! Trivia Quiz

Answer: 4

The Winter Olympics are also 4 years apart. The Ancient Games were in Olympia, Greece, thousands of years ago. They were revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece. The 2000 Games were held in Sydney, Australia. But there are also 4 years between each Winter Olympics (2002 was held in Salt Lake City), and 2 years between the Summer and Winter Games since 1994.

Answer: Friends

This show has characters Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Monica (Courtney Cox Arquette), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Ross (David Schwimmer). Other names considered for the show were "Six In One", "Insomnia Cafe" and "Across the Hall".

Answer: Steven Spielberg

He is a famous movie director. Christie wrote murder mysteries, Austen wrote British 19th century novels, and King writes great thrillers such as "The Shining" and "The Green Mile".

Answer: The Simpsons

A great cartoon show, and took over the previous longest-running animated show of "The Flintstones". The 5 family members are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

Answer: Disney World

Walt Disney World is in Florida, U.S.A., and the other three are all in the sunny Pacific Ocean state. There is also a Disney Land in Paris, France.

Answer: Aussie Rules

Or as Australian Rules. Ireland plays a similar game to this, and it is Gaelic Football. They are really the only sports in which you get points for missing the goal!

Answer: Indian-Pacific

The journey crosses the country from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. The Ghan travels through Central Australia (from Adelaide to Darwin); the Zig Zag Railway is in Lithgow, New South Wales; and the Cross-Country Express I made up.

Answer: Red

The flag has three vertical columns of colour. The first is green (for the Catholics), the second is white, and the third is orange (for the Protestants).

Answer: Mariah Carey

This was at Walt Disney World in Florida. Spears and Timberlake used to go out. Timberlake was part of *NSync, and he and Britney and Christina all became successful recording artists. Keri from "Felicity" was also a member of "The All-New Mickey Mouse Club".

Answer: Edmund Barton

Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia, in 1901. Deakin was also P.M. in 1901. Phillip was the first Governor of New South Wales, in about 1790. Washington was the first President of the U.S.A.

Answer: Siamese

Siamese is a breed of cat. They originated in Siam (the old name for Thailand).

Answer: "Over the Rainbow"

Dorothy sings it. "My Favourite Things" is from "The Sound of Music", "A Friend Like Me" is from "Aladdin" and "Colours of the Wind" is from "Pocahontas".

Answer: Sir Donald Bradman

He played for Australia from 1928 until 1948, and captained an Ashes tour in from which his team were to become known as "The Invincibles". "The Don" once held the record for the highest Australian individual score in a Test Match, 334. Mark Taylor equalled this record in 1998 and Matthew Hayden broke it, scoring 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. Sir Bob Geldof is an Irish entertainer. Babe Ruth was a baseball player.

Answer: McDonald's

They also sell burgers like the Quarter Pounder or McChicken. Hungry Jack's (Burger King) sell the Whopper, and KFC sell the Original.

Answer: Calculator

I was going to put computer as an alternative but then I remembered that most computers now have calculators on them, and mobile phones do now as well.

Answer: Upwords

Monopoly is also a fun game except at my house it always ends up in an argument.

Answer: 1966

Settled by the English in 1788, the pounds were used until decimalisation in 1966. Federation was in 1901, 1915 was the ANZAC tragedy in Gallipoli, and in 1956 Melbourne held the Summer Olympics. Sydney held them in 2000.

Answer: Beethoven

Beethoven was a deaf musician. Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Italy.

Answer: Bill Gates

Microsoft is a world leading software company. Disney is the father of cartoon animation, Armstrong was the first man on the moon, and Clinton was a President of the U.S.A

Answer: Both of these

Yes they are all singers from the land of ice hockey. Morissette's first album was "Jagged Little Pill" and it sold 13 million copies worldwide.

Answer: 0 degrees

This is freezing point of water. Boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit). The conversion equation from Celsius to Fahrenheit is F=9/5*C + 32 and from Fahrenheit to Celsius is C=(F-32)*5/9

Answer: Roman Catholic

And Rome is the capital of Italy. The main place to find Hindus is in India.

Answer: Avogadro's Number

Avogadro's Number is equal 6.02 x (10) to the power of 23. A mole of any substance contains Avogadro's Number of particles (ions, electrons, protons, neutrons and so on). Pi = 22/7, about 3.1415 and is used in Mathematics a lot.

Answer: Harper Lee

It is a really good book too (it's sold over 30 million copies), and so is the movie. Grisham wrote "A Time To Kill" and Guterson wrote "Snow Falling On Cedars". The three books have similar types of plots and virtually the same set of moral issues.

Answer: Merci

Gracias is Spanish, Grazie is Italian. Thank you for doing my quiz! Please rate it, and check out my other quizzes sometime.