Question 1: Which Shakespeare play features the line ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’?
Question 2: How many children did Baron Georg Von Trapp have in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music?
In The Sound of Music, Baron Von Trapp has 7 children. They are, from oldest to youngest: Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl!
Question 3: What are Suffolk Punch and Hackney?
Suffolk Punch and Hackney are both breeds of horses from the United Kingdom.
Question 4: Which president presented Forrest Gump with a Medal of Honor?
In one of the many iconic scenes from Forrest Gump, he can be seen accepting the Medal of Honor for saving several of his comrades. It was given to him by President Lyndon Johnson.
Question 5: In which movie did Agent 007 first utter the iconic phrase: ‘Bond… James Bond’?
The iconic line ‘Bond… James Bond’, which has been repeated throughout the classic spy franchise, was first mentioned in 1962’s Dr No, in which Sean Connery played James Bond.
Question 6: Which fish does a chef need a special license for to be able to prepare in Japan?
In Japan, chefs need a license to prepare pufferfish. This is to ensure that they’re skilled enough to remove the poisonous parts of the fish, which can be potentially deadly if handled poorly.
Question 7: Who was Erik Weisz better known as?
Magician Harry Houdini! Singer Prince's full name is Prince Rogers Nelson, French astrologist Nostradamus' is Michel de Nostradame, and Sir Elton John's real name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
Question 8: What is the nationality of the woman with the most recorded number of children in history?
According to the Guinness World Records, an anonymous woman, only known as the first wife of Russian peasant Feodor Vasilyev bore him 69 children: 16 pairs of twins, seven triplets, and four quadruplets. Each birth was recorded by a local monastery and reported to Moscow by February 1782!
Question 9: In which country is the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls, located?
The tallest waterfall in the world is located in the southeastern part of Venezuela. It stretches to a whopping 979 meters and has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Question 10: Which of these famous landmarks' construction was completed first?
Construction of the Big Ben Clock Tower began in 1843 and was completed in 1859. On the other hand, the Empire State Building in New York City was completed in 1931, the Royal Albert Hall in London was completed in 1871, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris was completed in 1889.
The line, ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ is from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. It is spoken by the character Polonius in Act I, Scene III, as he gives advice to his son Laertes before he leaves for France.