1. What board game did an out of work architect Alfred Mosher Butts invent in 1938?
Scrabble
2. The motto of which sect or society is “Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth”?
Freemason
3. If Thermogenesis is the process by which body generates heat, what are Thermogenics?
Thermogenics are dietary supplements used to stimulate burning of body fat.
4. Which German town is popularly associated with the almond based confectionery Marzipan?
Lübeck
5. Which English surgeon in the 1860’s wrote the first medical description of Cerebral Palsy, but wrongly attributed it to a lack of oxygen during child birth?
Dr. William Little
6. The world championships of what strange sport has been taking place for the last 12 years in the Finnish town of
Wife carrying, with the winner getting beer equal to the weight of his wife.
7. Name the first female Pharaoh of Egypt?
Hatshepsut
8. Which 600 year old University has a tradition in which fresh students fight each other with shaving foam?
9. Name the giant sloth like mythical monster that is believed to inhabit the Amazon rainforest.
Mapinguary
10. What is the language used by kids who don’t want their parents to know what they are talking about?
Pig Latin
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