Quiz Night

[sillypants]

My dad is organising a quiz night in a few months, and he wants me to help him with questions.

So, do you guys know any good general knowledge questions?

Also, he wants a few obscure questions to use as tie-breakers, so if you know anything like that, that would be handy too.
(Eg. A question we had at one a few years back, I was the only one who knew the answer.
Q: What is Donald Duck's middle name?
A: Fauntleroy.)

Or just any random facts that can be turned into questions.

Or if you could point me in the direction of any sites that have that sort of stuff?

[Lord of Fools]

The capital city of Brunei is something that, for some reason, I convinced myself I needed to know. Bandar Seri Begawan. Nobody else seems to know it :P

[Hippie]

I found a site with a bunch of trivia (http://www.triviaplaying.com/index.htm)... but there's a lot of US trivia, I notice. Lots of US history which you probably don't learn in Australia (hell, I don't even learn them here!) so here are some of my favorites. :D


What Beatrix Potter tale is the top-selling children's book of all time?
A: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.


What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and sugar skulls?
A: The Day of the Dead.


What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste?
A: Lactose.


What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?
A: Uranus.


How many days does a cat usually stay in heat?
A: Five.

[schultzie]

How efficient was the average steam engine?
>Less than 2%

Diesel engines differ from gasoline engines how?
>There's no spark to ignite the diesel (which no one seems to know except me in all my auto classes)


*shrugs* I have no idea if those'll help at all...