1.
Round
1. What is the name of the battle in which king Harold Godwinson beat the
Norwegians three weeks before the battle at Hastings, if we know that the
name of that battle shares the name with the stadium of a 6 times
crowned champion of the English football league.
Stamford Bridge
2. What is the name of a fictional chief from the tribe of Apache about who is
a movie made, which was filmed, amongst other, on 20 locations in
Croatia.
Winnetou
3. In which country was the hard rock band AC/DC formed.
Australia
4. In 1986. the owners of Cadillac came up with the idea to give buyers of
their cars some other cheap car to attract customers. What car did they
give as a bonus?
Yugo
5. What are the names of Oedipus' daughters?
Antigone and Ismene
6. What is the name of an ex heavy weight boxing champion who was the
champion for 11 years, from 1937 to 1949? His nickname was Brown
Bomber, and he won 66 out of 69 matches.
Joe Luis
7. How many time zones are in Russia?
9
8. What is the name of the car from the movie Dukes of Hazard?
General Lee
9. Who is the current prime minister of United Kingdom?
Theresa May
10.Serial of books about Harry Potter has 7 books. What are the names of
those books?
Philosopher’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban,
Goblet of Fire, Order of Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deadly
Hallows.
2. Round
1. What year did the accident in Chernobyl happen?
1986
2. Who is the creator of The Simpsons?
Matt Groening
3. In the movie Forrest Gump, young Forrest is dancing on the sounds of a
young teenager playing a guitar. Because of his leg braces Forrest is
dancing weird. The guitarist likes his dance and later becomes famous with
his recognizable dance. Who is this rock star?
Elvis Presley
4. What is the name of the castle that was made in the 16th century which is
now owned by IvicaTodorić?
Kulmer ovidvori
5. What is the name of the twenty-sixth Ruling Steward of Gondor, and
father of heroes Boromir and Faramir from Lord of the Rings?
Denethor
6. Who is the ex footballer that wore number 1+8 on his jersey while playing
at Inter Milano?
Ivan Zamorano
7. What do letters D and C stand for in the name of the city Washington
D.C.?
District of Columbia
8. Which Croatian sculptor made the “Monument of Peace” that is standing in
front of the building of the United Nations in New York?
Antun Augustinčić
9. What is the name of the merchant that turns into an insect in Franz
Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”?
Gregor Samsa
10.What are the names of all main characters in the TV show “Friends”?
Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Chandler Bing, Joey
Tribbiani, Phoebe Buffay
3. Round
1. Who is the vice president of the USA?
Mike Pence
2. What are the names of the two agents that want to take down Pablo
Escobar in the TV series “Narcos”?
Javier Pena and Steve Murphy
3. “TBF” is a famous hip-hop band from Split, what does their name stands
for?
The Beat Fleet
4. Who is the patron saint of England?
St George
5. Against who did Beowulf led his 3 main battles?
Grendel, Grendel’s mother and a dragon
6. Who is the only European winner of the “Rookie of the Year” award that is
given in the NBA?
Pau Gasol
7. What was the name of the country Myanmar until 1989?
Burma
8. “Dafne” by Jacobo Peri is the first ever opera, but what is the second
written opera by same author, which is also the oldest that has been
preserved?
Euridice
9. What is the name of a farmer that Don Quixote recruits as his squire?
Sancho Panza
10.What are the names of the “Classic Seven Wonders of the World” made in
the 2nd century B.C.?
Colossus of Rhodes, Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of
Babylon, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus,
Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Round
1. What is the name of the last Roman king that ruled till 509 B.C.?
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
2. What is the name of character played by Clint Eastwood in the movie “The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly”?
Blondie
3. What is the name of the second song released by the band “The Jimi
Hendrix Experience”, which is thought to say about influence of drugs?
Purple Haze
4. What does the acronym “AIDS” stands for?
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
5. In the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, what’s the name of an underground
mine beneath the “Misty Mountains”, through which “Fellowship of the
Ring” passed? In ancient times it was city of dwarves named “Khazad-
dum”.
Moria
6. Who are the only two men that won FIFA World Cup both as players and
managers?
Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo
7. What was the name of the first prime minister of Croatia while she was
still a member of SFRJ in 1990.?
Stjepan Mesić
8. What animal is resurrected by John Coffey in the movie “Green Mile”?
Mouse
9. Who is the main antagonist in Edgar Rice Borrough’s “Tarzan of the Apes”?
Terkoz
10.Indonesia has 17000 islands, 6000 islands are inhabited. Which are the 5
largest islands?
Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, New Guinea
5. Round
1. War of the Spanish Succession lasted between 1701. and 1714. It was a
major conflict for Spanish throne and it ended with a peace treaty in which
European town?
Utrecht
2. What are the names of three hosts of the TV show “Grand Tour”?
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond i James May
3. In which city did the band “Zabranjeno Pušenje” held a concert when their
singer Nele Karajlić told the famous sentence: “crko maršal”?
Rijeka
4. Lazar Ludwig Zamehof in 1887. created international auxiliary language, in
order to allow the understanding of all people in the world. The name of
that language means “the one who hopes”. What is the name of this
famous artificial language?
Esperanto
5. “A Song of Ice and Fire” is a series of epic fantasy novels written by
GeorgeR.R. Martin which was later adapted into the TV series “Game of
Thrones”. What is the name of the first book from that series?
Game of Thrones
6. Flag of only one country in the world does not have neither blue, red nor
white color on it. Flag of what country is that?
Jamaica
7. Who is the Greek god of dreams, son of Hypons and Nyx, by whom an
anesthetic was named?
Morpheus
8. In “Matrix” trilogy, what is the name of main antagonist and enemy of
Neo, nihilistic agent who appeared to be more intelligent, emotional and
destructive than others agents?
Agent Smith
9. Who is the eldest son of biblical King David, one who rebelled against his
father and died during the rebellion?
Absalom/Avshalom
10.Real Madrid won the UEFA Champions League 12 times, Milan 7 times,
Liverpool, Bayern and Barcelona won it 5 times. Seven more clubs won
UEFA Champions League more than once, what are the names of that
clubs?
Ajax, Inter, Manchester United, Juventus, Benfica, Porto,
Nottingham Forrest.
6. Round
1. What was the capital of Croatia before Zagreb, until a fire caused
enormous damage to that town?
Varaždin
2. What does acronym DEA stands for?
Drug Enforcement Administration
3. Guess the name of a German band and their song if you know that the
song celebrates the end of Cold War and speaks of hope at a time when
tense conditions had arisen due to the fall of Communist-run
governments. The band is named as an animal from the phylum of
Arthropod.
Scorpions – Wind of change
4. What is the name of a Native American from the tribe of Cherokee, who
created the alphabet for Cherokee language? The tree species that has the
largest trees and is one of the highest woods in the world is named after
him.
Sequoyah
5. Ziusudra was the last Sumerian king of Shuruppak, to the persuasion of
GodEnki he built the ship he embarked on with his family and a couple of
each animal and thus survived a great flood. His biblical personification is
Noah, in Greek mythology Deucalion, but what is the Akkadian name of
Ziusudra?
Utnapishtim
6. Since the establishment of the NBA League 33 different players were “Top
Scorers” of it, but just two of them did it as rookies. What players are
they?
Wilt Chamberlain and Elvin Heyes
7. What is the largest African country?
Algeria
8. What is the name of the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein
in the red blood cells?
Hemoglobin
9. In the book, Hamlet’s father is mostly referred as a “Ghost”, but what is
his real name?
Hamlet
10.Who are the four American presidents which heads are on Mount
Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and
Abraham Lincoln
7. Round
1. What was the name of a famous Confederate general in American Civil
War who became famous in the battle of Bull Run in 1861? His nickname
was “Stonewall”, and he shares the first name with third and last name
with seventh American president.
Thomas Jackson
2. In movie “Seven”, John Doe kills pregnant wife of detective David Mills to
punish him for which deadly sin?
Wrath/Anger
3. Who killed John F. Kennedy?
Lee Harvey Oswald.
4. Who are the three main characters in the popular game Grand Theft Auto
V?
Michael Townley, Trevor Philips and Brad Snider.
5. What is the name of literary style from 19th century named after Greek
mountain that was home of Muses. It includes poets such as Charles
Leconte de Lisle, Théodore de Banville, Sully Prudhomme,
StéphaneMallarmé, Paul Verlaine… who were influenced by Théophile
Gautier and his doctrine of "art for art's sake”?
Parnassianism/Parnassism
6. Which Jamaican sprinter held a 100 meter record with 9.74 seconds until
his countryman Usain Bolt broke his record?
Asafa Powell
7. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan, but what is the most populous city of
that country?
Karachi
8. Who was Forrest Gump's childhood friend, love interest, and later, wife?
Jenny Curran
9. What is the name of ancient Greek poetess from the island of Lesbos, she
wrote hymns, love songs and epithalamiums, and for her is a
characteristic satirical verse?
Sappho
10.Pop band from Split “Magazin” changed 7 singers from its beginning in
1979 till now. What are the names of those singers?
Majda Šoletić, Marija Kuzmić, Ljiljana Nikolovska, Danijela
Martinović, Jelena Rozga, Ivana Kovač and Andrea Šušnjara
BONUS ROUND:
1. Who was the only emperor of Second French Empire?
Napoleon III.
2. Michael Phelps holds the record with 8 Olympic gold medals from the
same Olympic games, but who had previously held the record with 7
swimming gold medals won at Munich in 1972.?
Mark Spitz
3. Which world capital is located at the lowest altitude, -28 meters?
Baku
4. From which American federal state comes singer Bruno Mars?
Hawaii
5. A group of Romance languages is divided into 5 languages. What are
those 5 languages?
French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romaninan
