Question: You cannot be serious. According to the DVD interview of the movie Amadeus, Tom Hulce studied which tennis star's mood swings for his portrayal of Mozart's unpredictable genius?
Answer: John McEnroe

Question: In 1999, which tennis player ranked No.3 became the highest ranked player ever to announce retirement from the sport at that time? This record was broken by No.1 Justine Henin in 2008.
Answer: Steffi Graf

Question: In US college sports, what is the most common nickname/school mascot?
Answer: Eagles

Question: In curling, what is the name given to the target area towards which teams slide polished granite stones?
Answer: House

Question: In gymnastics, what are the only 2 events that are common to men and women?
Answer: Floor exercise and vault

Question: Which Swede is the only man in tennis history to have won at least two Grand Slam singles titles on each of the three surfaces of grass, clay and hardcourt?
Answer: Mats Wilander

Question: At Wimbledon, there is no play on which day as it is designated a rest day?
Answer: Middle Sunday of the 2-week tournament

Question: As of 2012, what are the only two Olympic sports in which no professionals compete?
Answer: Boxing and wrestling

Question: First held in 1981, the World Games are meant for what kind of sports?
Answer: Those not contested in the Olympic Games

Question: Tally-ho, in his 1893 play A Woman of No Importance, what activity did Oscar Wilde call "the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable"?
Answer: Fox hunting

Question: The tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis was a colorful character. After finally beating Jimmy Connors after 16 straight losses, what did he quip?
Answer: """Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."""

Question: The uniform of which NFL team is green because their once owner was born on St Patrick's day?
Answer: New York Jets

Question: """When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either."" Whose words?"
Answer: Jesse Owens

Question: In the Olympics, what is the longest race in athletics in terms of distance? Not so fast, junior.
Answer: 50 kilometre race walk

Question: The main news in London on July 7th, 2005 was the terrorist bombing in the Underground. What was the contrasting sports news the previous day that made Londoners happy?
Answer: London winning the Olympic bid

Question: If a chess player says j'adoube, what is he about to do?
Answer: Adjust a piece on its square without the intention of moving.

Question: Which chess opening named for a Spanish monk consists of the following moves? 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Bb5
Answer: Ruy Lopez

Question: Which General led the Allied forces which recaptured the South West Pacific between 1942-45?
Answer: Douglas Macarthur

Question: Who was the British Foreign Secretary who cleared Kim Philby of being the 'Third Man' in the 1955 Commons debate?
Answer: Harold Macmillan

Question: According to the proverb, what is it that pays all the debts?
Answer: Death

Question: According to the proverb, which animal always returns to its own vomit?
Answer: A Dog

Question: During World War II, who commanded the 'Chindits'?
Answer: Major General Charles Orde Wingate

Question: Name either of the films in which 'Emilio Largo' is the villain?
Answer: 'THUNDERBALL' or 'NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN'

Question: Which Australian river forms most of the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria?
Answer: The Murray

Question: What was the brand name of the unsuccessful Ford car that was named after Henry Ford's son?
Answer: Edsel

Question: Under what name did Nigel John Davies form the career of '60's model "Twiggy"?
Answer: Justin D'Villenneuve

Question: What was the forename of William Shakespeare's son?
Answer: Hamnet

Question: On which island did 'James Bond' confront actress Ursula Andress and villain 'Dr. No'?
Answer: 'Crab Key'

Question: Which independent local radio station serves the county of Kent?
Answer: Invicta Radio

Question: On the shores of which lake does the town of Lucerne stand?
Answer: Lake Lucerne

Question: During the current 'Gulf Conflict', who is the commanding officer of the joint British forces?
Answer: AIR MARSHALL BRIAN BURRIDGE (full name and title for maximum points)

Question: Who in the 'thunderbirds' puppet series, is the 'Space Monitor'?
Answer: John Tracy

Question: In the Bible, who demanded the head of 'John the Baptist'?
Answer: Salome

Question: In sport, what is 'The Maillot Jaune'?
Answer: The Yellow Jersey Worn In The Tour De France

Question: From which fruit is the drink Kirsch made?
Answer: Cherries

Question: In which sport is the 'Giro D'Italia'?
Answer: Cycling

Question: In the Bible, who's wife was turned into a pillar of salt?
Answer: Lot'S

Question: Who was the composer of the Oratorio, "The Dream Of Gerontius"?
Answer: Sir Edward Elgar

Question: Which Scandanavian was the 1998 Australian Formula One Grand Prix winner?
Answer: Mika Hakkinen

Question: Who wrote the 1944 play, 'The Man Who Had All The Luck'?
Answer: Arthur Miller

Question: Which British driver was the winner of the 1999 Australian Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: Eddie Irvine

Question: Which crime writer wrote the novel 'Pagan Babies'?
Answer: Elmore Leonard

Question: Which German composer wrote "A German Requiem"?
Answer: Brahms

Question: If you suffer from Cafard, what is wrong with you?
Answer: You Are Suffering From Depression

Question: Which comedy actor played 'Uriah Heap' in the 1999 BBC adaptation of "David Copperfield"?
Answer: Nicholas Lyndhurst

Question: Who commanded the RAF "Fighter Command" during the 'Battle of Britain'?
Answer: Sir Hugh Dowding.

Question: Which comedy actor played the part of a sadistic gangster in the 1960 British film 'Never Let Go'?
Answer: Peter Sellars

Question: Who commanded the German submarine fleet during World War II?
Answer: Admiral Karl Doenitz

Question: From which country did former Formula One driver Denny Hulme originate?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: What is the medical name for Rabies?
Answer: Hydrophobia

Question: In literature, whose ghost haunted 'Macbeth'?
Answer: Banquo'S

Question: What part of the body is affected by Blepharitis?
Answer: Eyelids.

Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character 'Autolycus' appear?
Answer: 'The Winter'S Tale'

Question: Which Knight of the Realm and former disc jockey from Leeds was once a wrestler?
Answer: Sir Jimmy Saville

Question: Which battle began on 1st. July 1916?
Answer: The Battle Of The Somme

Question: In 1932, Edward Elgar recorded his violin concerto, who was the sixteen year old soloist?
Answer: Yehudi Menuhin

Question: What was Elvis Presley's first UK hit?
Answer: 'Heartbreak Hotel'

Question: Who was married to both Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards?
Answer: Lauren Bacall

Question: By what name is Antonin Dvoraks ninth symphony known?
Answer: 'From The New World'

Question: What was Elvis Presley's first feature film?
Answer: 'Love Me Tender'

Question: Judy Carne was the first, and Loni Anderson the second wife of which American film star?
Answer: Burt Reynolds

Question: On which peninsula did 'Allied' forces land on 25th April 1915?
Answer: Gallipoli

Question: With which "boyband" did singer Stephen Gateley achieve fame?
Answer: Boyzone

Question: What nationality is runner Paul Kergat?
Answer: Kenyan

Question: Which poet does Linus Roache play in the 2000 film 'Pandemonium'?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the subtitle 'Flowers Of Progress'?
Answer: 'Utopia Limited'

Question: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical of 1945 features the songs,'June Is Bustin' Out All Over' and 'If I Loved You'?
Answer: 'Carousel'