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What is the word for “you” in Portuguese

This brief note is dedicated to all those who have spent a long time learning Spanish and want to add Portuguese as an easy “second” more or less in the same manner a German symphony orchestra would throw in a Strauss waltz as a “bonbon” to finish off an otherwise all-Bruckner night with a light touch.

A couple of years ago I flew to Porto Alegre. At the client’s office and after introductions, a young man asked: Voc� j� conhecia Porto Alegre? (Had you been in Porto Alegre before?), addressing me as voc�, the pronoun we use for equals and inferiors. I replied that I had lived for some time in the city, liked it very much and demonstrated my love in a few short sentences. The man started addressing me as tu, the pronoun reserved for family and friends in Rio Grande do Sul. I had been accepted.

Elsewhere in Brazil, tu is dying out. People are either voc� or o senhor.

Now, Brazilian soap operas and music are all the rage in Portugal and our ways are affecting theirs. So you already hear a lot of voc� in Lisbon.

Judges, who should be Vossa Excel�ncia, are often addressed as plain o senhor by witnesses (but not by lawyers). During press conferences, journalists address the president as o senhor, not Vossa Excel�ncia. The Pope is still His Holiness but o senhor has to do most of the time for the Archbishop and for the Chief Rabbi. We have very little time for formality. We got a big country to run.

On the rare occasions when tu is used outside Rio Grande do Sul, it usually takes a third-person verb: tu gosta? instead of tu gostas? and always assumes an intimate relationship. You don’t address a stranger as tu in Brazil. Strangers may be voc�, but never tu.

Voc� is a very interesting word. It always takes the verb in the third person: voc� gosta? and grammarians refuse to classify it as a pronoun. For all they know, voc� / voc�s are forms of treatment and the second-person pronoun is tu / v�s. From a historical standpoint, they are right: voc� is short for vossa merc� (your mercy), and that is why it takes the verb in the third person. Historically, according to grammarians, when I say voc�, I am talking to your mercy, not to you. So I should address my words to her (mercy being of the feminine gender in Portuguese) and use the verb in the third person.

The same happens in English: You know but Your Excellency knows. The habit of addressing people indirectly through their honorific titles seems to have developed in Latin and passed on to several other languages.

As I said, diachronically, voc� may be a forma de tratamento, but it now functions as any other pronoun.

Spanish Interlude

But, please, remember that the Spanish usted, through analogous to voc�, is formal, not familiar and tu is very much alive in that language. So you don’t address a Spanish-speaking person as usted just because you would call him voc� in Brazil. On second thought, you might, since they are a lot more formal than us and often use usted when we would use plain voc�. But that is another story.

Back to Portuguese, now in Portugal

This voc�-thing is more Brazilian than Portuguese. Even a few years ago, the Portuguese used voc� somewhat disparagingly to address their inferiors, but never their equals. I still remember a Portuguese merchant spitting voc�s at his employees, while he reserved o senhor for customers and tu for his partner. Tu is very much alive over there too.

Now, Brazilian soap operas and music are all the rage in Portugal and our ways are affecting theirs. So you already hear a lot of voc� in Lisbon. But they do not seem to feel very comfortable with that.

In addition, in Portugal, they use pronouns a lot less than in Brazil and things like would you like some more wine? often came out as o Danilo quer mais vinho? (Would Danilo like some more wine) as if I were somebody else. This is possible in Brazil, but extremely rare, perhaps humorous, sarcastic or used to talk to children.

At a Lisbon restaurant, a colleague was addressed as a doutora gostaria de… (would the doctor like to…) again as if she were somebody else.

In Portugal, as in Rio Grande do Sul, tu is for family and friends.

Many years ago part of my family moved from Portugal to Brazil and I was astonished to hear them addressing me as vossemec�, an intermediary form between Vossa Merc� and voc� used for young children at the time. I am not sure this usage is still alive. Maybe in rural areas. Didn’t hear it during a recent visit to Lisbon. Not that I am a child any longer either.

Back to Brazil, this time formally

Voc� is the most common form of address in Brazil. We have always been less formal than the Portuguese and are becoming more and more informal. O senhor, the corresponding formal address, is used less and less. When I was young, everybody whose age exceeded mine by more than a few years was o senhor. Today few of the youngsters I know address me as senhor.

Young children may add a tio (uncle) as a handle here and there, but it is usually tio Danilo, voc� quer… and not tio Danilo, o senhor quer….

Even professionals are often addressed as voc�. If I used anything but Denise, voc�… in talking to my dentist she would think something was wrong, but then she is young enough to be my daughter.

However, if you address someone as voc� and the addressee replies addressing you as o senhor, that can either show respect or a be a pointed remark meaning that distances should be kept.

In Brazilian mailing lists, where everybody is voc�, a message to senhor X or referring to o senhor spells trouble. As soon as the sky is bright again, people start voc�ing everybody else.

What about v�s?

V�s, the plural of tu, has died out in Brazil. The last person I heard addressing a group as v�s was president Juscelino Kubitschek, back in the late fifties. Now it is either voc�s or os senhores. Os senhores is considered too stiff and we often address a group as voc�s even if we would address individual members as o senhor.

V�s as a polite form of address to a single person has also disappeared, even in addressing God. When I learned to pray, back in the fifties, it was que estais no c�u (who art in heaven). Now it is que est�, indicating that the Lord is either voc� or o senhor?but certainly not tu or v�s.

Strangely enough, tu, which was considered too rude for use when addressing the butcher, was often used to address God. The theory behind this is that, God being our best friend, we ought to address Him as a member of the family. Not very convincing, I tell you.

Of handles and articles

If you feel you should address people as o senhor, you must add a handle to their names too. Curiously, we can add handles to first names. So, people who address me as senhor, also call me “seu” Danilo. This particular “seu” is always used between inverted commas in written Portuguese. (Spoken Portuguese does not use inverted commas…) The reason is “seu” is a shortened form of o senhor developed by slaves and it seems the quotes are useful to explain that we know it is wrong, but…

Even doctors may be addressed by their first names, with handles. If I were a doctor?which I am not?it would be Doutor Danilo, o senhor gostaria de… Also, we can freely add articles to names: o Danilo disse que … (Danilo said that…). In other countries, people may add articles before proper nouns to show contempt or scorn, but not here. Even my mother says o Danilo?and I am her only son. This is quite Southern; however, North of Rio, names do not take articles. Don’t forget that the population of Brazil is concentrated in the center and south of the country.

The President and I are on a first-name basis

Even members of government are usually known by their first names, a custom that creates some strange differences between English-language texts on Brazil and what could be their Brazilian counterparts: President Cardoso: o Fernando Henrique; President Quadros: o J�nio. My parents have always referred to the Vargas Era as o tempo do Get�lio.

As long as he is the President, the President will be addressed as Presidente, but informally referred to as o Fernando Henrique. If he were not the president, he would probably have been o Doutor Fernando. His full name is Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and his has always been Fernando or formally Fernando H. Cardoso, but he had to select two components as his political name when elected to the Senate and thought Fernando Henrique would be better.

Very few Brazilians are addressed by their family names. When a Brazilian prefers his family name it usually means that his first name is very common and he wants to be seen apart from the herd. It may also mean he hates his given name for some reason we better not discuss here.

The case with writers is even more interesting. Because we often keep our mothers’ maiden names as a middle name, most of us have double family names (My full name is Danilo Ameixeiro Nogueira, good for a great laugh, because it means Plumtree – Walnuttree). Many writers use those double family names as their pen names.

We usually know them by the first of those names, but foreigners usually prefer the last?if they know the guy at all. So Jos� Maria d’E�a de Queir�s, who signed his writings E�a de Queiroz, may be Queir�s or Queiroz to you, but is E�a to me. Same with Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, (Machado de Assis) which may be Assis abroad, but is Machado in Brazil, and was always called Machado by his friends.

Dealing with females

The correct handle for a woman’s name is dona. If you ever meet my wife and decide you should address her as a senhora (which I recommend you don’t), it would be dona Vera, a senhora quer…. Better go the voc� way: Vera, voc� quer….

Never, never, never address a Brazilian woman by her husband’s family name. If you call her senhora Nogueira, my wife probably wouldn’t even notice that you were referring to her.

Ruth Cardoso, the President’s wife is Doutora Ruth (she has a degree in anthropology) or Dra. Ruth Cardoso, on formal occasions. She probably won’t mind being called just dona Ruth. But don’t call her senhora Cardoso, please. If you want to know the name of a married woman whose husband you know, ask someone como se chama a esposa do doutor Ant�nio?(What is the name of Dr. Antonio’s wife) and you will hear something like Ah, a dona M�rcia?
And, of course, senhorita has been dead for ages. The way we address a woman in these parts does not depend on her marital status.

Women still add their husband’s name to theirs when they get married. A woman that makes a professional name for herself before getting married often continues signing her maiden name at the office to avoid the trouble of telling everybody that M�rcia Antunes is now M�rcia Antunes da Silva. She will sign a check with her full name, though. In any case, she will probably go on being M�rcia. Or something like M�rcia da Contabilidade, if the company happens to employ several M�rcias and this particular one works in Accounting.

Unfortunately, American companies refuse to accept this local custom and make a point of having their e-mails as SilvaMA@br.something.com a demonstration of cultural intolerance that creates a lot of trouble locally. We most learn that M�rcia Antunes is SilvaMA, and keep an index cross-referencing such things.

Of subjects and objects

But I’m letting myself go astray, as usual. You is both object and subject, as you know. In Portuguese, as in other languages, the you in you know him is different from the you in he knows you. Here, guys, we have a real mess.
Because voc� is a form of treatment and not a darned simple second-person pronoun, it should take the same object forms as he. So it is I gave you the book yesterday should be dei-lhe o livro ontem and grammarians insist it is. Only it is not.

First, lhe is perceived by most of us as only applying to the third person or to the formal senhor. That is not what the grammar book says, I know, but this is not a grammar book and if you want one, by all means, buy one. I don’t give a hoot. I am telling it like it is, what I hear all the time and what I read, for instance, in translators’ mailing lists or in my daily paper. Not what grammarians claim I should write if I cared.

So, again, grammarians notwithstanding, dei-lhe o livro is usually felt as meaning I gave him the book. Or, at most, as another form of eu dei o livro ao senhor. Not as eu dei o livro para voc�. In addition, lhe is rarely used, because it is felt to be too stiff. If you gave him the book, please say eu dei o livro para ele, not eu lhe dei o livro.

But the object form of voc� in colloquial Brazilian Portuguese is te: Te dei o livro ontem. That makes the hair of our brothers across the Atlantic stand on end. Because te is �tono (unstressed) it cannot be placed before the verb except under special circumstances. They would say dei-te o livro ontem (notice the hyphen, please).

However, Brazilian pronunciation long ago lost the difference between stressed and unstressed words. Portuguese pronunciation distinguishes between te, the pronoun, and t�, the letter “T”, but the difference is felt very faintly or not at all in Brazil, and, in any case, the te is as stressed as the next word, so we don’t see why we should place it elsewhere.

Where do I place this little #@$%$! of a pronoun?

The rules for placing pronomes pessoais do caso obl�quo (personal pronouns in the objective case) are taught in Brazil at length and with little success.

As proof that we can place our pronouns as well as our European brethren, our grammar books and teachers often quote Machado (Assis, in English), whose pronouns are usually “correctly” placed. However, it is often said that he always let his wife Carolina correct his originals because she knew grammar a lot better than he did. Dona Carolina was Portuguese.

We place our pronouns where we damn well please and say things like Me d� o livro! using the pronoun to start a sentence, which is taboo in Portugal, even worse than using a preposition to end an English sentence with.

Mesoclitically speaking…

In addition, except in very formal style, we have abandoned mes�clise, the curious habit of inserting the pronoun inside the verb: Dar-te-ia (I would give to you), or its more serious cousin double mesoclisis, in which we insert two pronouns inside the verb: Dar-vo-lo-ia (I would give it to you

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Girl in portuguese can be translated as: rapariga, moça, gaiata, menina, garota, miúda.

Simply so How do you spell Menina? noun. In Spanish and Portuguese contexts: a young girl; (sometimes) specifically a young lady-in-waiting.

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also How do you say woman in Brazil? If you mean a girl around her early teens, then I’d say “menina”, “garota”, or even “mocinha” are some of the most commonly used terms in Brazil. For a young woman, “moça” is the one people seem to prefer.

What does Rapariga mean in Brazil?

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In other languages girl

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2. Arabic: بِنْت
3. Brazilian Portuguese: menina.
4. Chinese: 女孩
5. Croatian: djevojčica.
6. Czech: dívka.
7. Danish: pige.
8. Dutch: meisje.

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7. Let the conversation fall silent.
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What do you call a Brazilian boyfriend? Apart from “love”—the most commonly used, other pet names for a lover could be: amoreco (“beloved”), môre (“special”), fofo (“fluff”), fofinho (“cuddles”), minha vida (“my life”), meu bebê (“baby”), paixão (“passion”), coração (“heart”), xuxuzinho (“sweet pumpkin”), flor de maracujá (“passion flower”)…

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What does pica mean in Brazil?

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Translations

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2. लडकी {f} girl (also: daughter, kid, mademoiselle)
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Answer: Porcupine

Question: What’s a newly hatched butterfly called?

Answer: Caterpillar

Question: What does a snake shed a few times a year?

Answer: Its skin

Question: What type of reptile can detach their tails when they are in danger and then regrow it?

Answer: Lizards

Question: What do you call a cocktail consisting of coconut milk, rum, and pineapple?

Answer: Pina Colada

Question: What is James Bond’s preferred drink of choice?

Answer: Martini

Q: TRUE OR FALSE — Vietnam’s national flag is a red star in front of a yellow background.

Answer: FALSE

Q: The likeness of which president is featured on the rare $2 bill of USA currency?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Q: Who is depicted on the US hundred-dollar bill?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Q: What geometric shape is generally used for stop signs?

Answer: Octagon

Q: Area 51 is located in which US state?

Answer: Nevada

Q: Which musician has collaborated with American producer Porter Robinson and released the 2016 song «Shelter»?

Answer: Madeon

Trivia Question: Which director directed Interstellar?

Answer: Christopher Nolan

Q: On What Japanese City Was The First Atomic Bomb Dropped?

Answer: Hiroshima

Q: Who Was The First Woman To Fly Solo Across The Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Q: U.S. President, Herbert C. _________.

Answer: Hoover

Hard Trivia Questions

Q: How many balls are on a pool table at the start of a game?

Answer:  16

Question: Who invented peanut butter?

Answer: Marcellus Gilmore Edson

Question: The films The King’s Speech and The English Patient feature which English actor?

Answer: Colin Firth

Question: In Which Comedy Film Does Aretha Franklin Star As A Proprietress Of A Soul Food Joint?

Answer: The Blues Brothers

Question: In St. Louis, Missouri, it’s illegal for a firefighter to rescue who?

Answer: Undressed women (even if they are wearing a nightgown)

Question: What was banned in Indonesia for “stimulating passion?”

Answer: Hula hoops

Q: Generally, which component of a computer draws the most power?

Answer: Video Card

Q: In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the «position» property?

Answer: Center

Q: What is the name of the Duke of Milan who casts a spell on a ship in ‘The Tempest’?

Answer: Prospero

Question: What animal breathes out of its butt?

Answer: Turtles

Q: Chartreuse is a colour between yellow and what?

Answer: Green

Q: Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?

Answer: Finding shapes in clouds

Q: If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?

Answer: Trees

Q: Who penned the words, ‘Hubble, bubble toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble’?

Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?

Answer: They hold hands

Question: What animal is known by the nickname “sea cow?”

Answer: Manatees

Question: What kind of turtle can’t retract into its shell?

Answer: Sea turtle

Question: What kind of animal is a Komodo dragon?

Answer: A Lizard

Question: What U.S. state’s constitution is the longest in the world?

Answer: Alabama

Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States?

Answer: Playboy Bunny

Question: What two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet?

Answer: Lima and Quebec

Question: What were clocks missing before 1577?

Answer: Minute hands

Question: What is the number one seller at Walmart?

Answer: Bananas

Q: What was the third country to get the atomic bomb? Answer: Britain

Q: His wife was Roxana. His horse was Bacephalus. He was ________.

Answer: Alexander the Great

Q: What Was The 9th Century Tax Levied To Fight The Vikings?

Answer: Dane Geld

Q: In 1969 Richard Cawston Made A Documentary For The BBC About Which Famous Family?

Answer: The Royal Family

Q: What did Temujin change his name to?

Answer: Genghis Khan

Q: Of What Tribe Was Boadicea The Head?

Answer: Iceni

Q: In Which City Was John F Kennedy Assassinated?

Answer: Dallas

Q: Of which ship was Miles Standish captain?

Answer: The Mayflower

Q: Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?Answer: Oklahoma

Q: In a game of netball how many players on a team are allowed To score? Answer: Two

Q: In Which Sport Was Desmond Douglas Britain’s Leading Competitor? Answer: Table Tennis

Q: In A Decathlon What Is The First Event Answer: 100 Metres

Q: Which Sporting Event Was BBC2’s First Ever Colour Transmission In 1967? Answer: Wimbledon

Q: What is the ‘perfect score’ in a game of Ten Pin Bowling? Answer: 300

Q: With which sport would you have associated Jocky Wilson? Answer: Darts

Q: With what did cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi frequently play within his hands? Answer: A glass eye

Q: What 3 Letter Word It The Name Given To A Replayed Point In Tennis? Answer: Let

Q: Which Heavyweight Boxer Was Known As The Real Deal? Answer: Evander Holyfield

Q: In 1998 Who Became The Youngest Footballer To Score A Hat Trick In The English Premiership?

Answer: Michael Owen

Q: Which Boys Name Is Also The Name Of The Object Ball In Bowls? Answer: Jack

Q: What football team was formerly known as the Frankford Yellow Jackets? Answer: Philadelphia Eagles

Q: TRUE OR FALSE — An eggplant is a vegetable.

Answer: FALSE

Q: What is the unit of currency in Laos?

Answer: Kip

Q: What alcoholic drink is mainly made from juniper berries?

Answer: Gin

Q: Which Italian automobile manufacturer gained majority control of U.S. automobile manufacturer Chrysler in 2011?

Answer: Fiat

Q: What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

Answer: Omega

Animal Trivia

Question: Which mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the world?

Answer: Hippopotamus

Question: What object does a male penguin often gift to a female penguin to win her over?

Answer: A pebble

Question: How long is an elephant pregnant before it gives birth?

Answer: 22 Months

Question: What are the only two mammals are the only ones known to lay eggs?

Answer: The anteater and the duck-billed platypus

Question: Why are flamingos pink?

Answer: Because of their diet of algae, shrimps and crustaceans

Question: A dog sweats through which part of its body?

Answer: Its paws

Question: What is the size of a newborn kangaroo?

Answer: 1 inch

Trivia Question: How far away can a wolf smell its prey?

Answer: Almost 2 miles

Trivia Question: Which animal is known to spend 90% of its day, sleeping?

Answer: Koalas

Trivia Question: What color is the tongue of a giraffe?

Answer:  Purple

Trivia Question: Which animal’s stripes are on their skin as well as their fur?

Answer: Tiger

Trivia Question:  Which animal’s poop is known to take the shape of cubes?

Answer: Wombat

Trivia Question: Under their white fur, what color is a polar bear’s skin?

Answer: Black

Trivia Question: How many compartments are in a cow’s stomach?

Answer: Four

Trivia Question: How long does it take a sloth to digest a meal?

Answer: Two weeks

Trivia Question: What is the name of the fastest land animal?

Answer: Cheetah

Trivia Question: A baby goat is called what?

Answer: Kid

Trivia Question: What’s the only mammal that’s able to fly?

Answer: Bat

Trivia Question: What’s a group of kittens called?

Answer: Kindle

Trivia Question: What are the horns of a rhinoceros made of?

Answer: Hair

Trivia Question: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

Answer: Two

Trivia Question: What name is given to a female deer?

Answer: Doe

Trivia Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?

Answer: They hold hands

Trivia Question: What animal is known by the nickname “sea cow?”

Answer: Manatees

Trivia Question: What animal is said to have 9 lives?

Answer: Cat

Trivia Question: What is the only mammals that can’t jump?

Answer: Elephant

Trivia Question: What animal is the largest mammal in the world?

Answer: Blue Whale

Trivia Question: What animal eats mainly bamboo?

Answer: Panda

Question: What animal is known to be ‘man’s best friend’?

Answer: Dog

Trivia Question: Which animal can stand on its tail?

Answer: Kangaroo

Question: Which animal is the tallest in the world?

Answer: Giraffe

Trivia Question: How far can a skunk spray?

Answer: 10 feet

Question: What animal is covered in quills?

Answer: Porcupine

Trivia Question: A Pomsky is a mixture of what two dog breeds?

Answer: Pomeranian and Siberian Husky

Trivia Question: How much weight can ants lift?

Answer: 5,000 times their own body weight.

Trivia Question: What color are elephant hawk-moths?

Answer: Pink

Trivia Question: How are an insect’s eyes different from human eyes?

Answer: They are made up of thousands of tiny lenses

Trivia Question: How many eyes do caterpillars have?

Answer: Twelve

Trivia Question: What’s the largest group of insects?

Answer: Beetles

Trivia Question: What’s a newly hatched butterfly called?

Answer: Caterpillar

Trivia Question: How many legs do cockroaches have?

Answer: Six

Trivia Question: Fireflies are also known by what name?

Answer: Lightning bug

Trivia Question: What kind of turtle can’t retract into its shell?

Answer: Sea turtle

Trivia Question: What kind of animal is a Komodo dragon?

Answer: A Lizard

Trivia Question: What does a snake shed a few times a year?

Answer: Its skin

Trivia Question: Which animal can move its eyes independently?

Answer:  A chameleon

Trivia Question: What animal breathes out of its butt?

Answer: Turtles

Trivia Question: How many layers of skin does a chameleon have?

Answer: Four

Trivia Question: What do snakes use to smell?

Answer: Their tongue

Trivia Question: What type of reptile can detach their tails when they are in danger and then regrow it?

Answer: Lizards

Entertainment Trivia

Trivia Question: Who was Saturday Night Live’s first celebrity host?

Answer: George Carlin

Trivia Question: What year saw the launch of the Academy Awards?

Answer: 1929

Trivia Question: How many seasons did the ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’ run for?

Answer: 25 seasons

Trivia Question: What is the name of the district in New York that is famous for hosting multiple touring musicals?

Answer: Broadway

Q: Which broadcasting network in the United States is solely dedicated to entertainment news and updates?

A: E! Entertainment

Q: What does the BBC stand for?

A: British Broadcasting Corporation

Q: Who was the host of the ‘Tonight Show’ from 1962-1992?

A: Johnny Carson

Q: What film won the most ‘Golden Raspberry’ awards in 2010?

A: The Last Airbender

Q: Which popular ‘Vocaloid’ character is most associated with leeks?

A: Hatsune Miku

Q: What viral video predominantly featured the song ‘Dragostea Din Tei’ by Moldovan pop group ‘O-Zone’?

A:’ Numa Numa

Food & Drink Trivia

Question: Which country invented Gazpacho?

Answer: Spain

Question: Which hotel was the Singapore Sling originally invented?

Answer: Raffles Hotel

Question: Which country does the dish ‘Nasi Goreng’ come from?

Answer: Indonesia

Question: Which city was Currywurst invented?

Answer: Berlin

Question: Which country is famous for the fast-food chain ‘Jolibee’?

Answer: Philippines

Question: What chain of Canadian coffee shops can you find ‘Timbits’?

Answer: Tim Hortons

Question: Kimchi is a popular side dish from where?

Answer: Korea

Question: Guinness, the beer is an invention from where?

Answer: Ireland

Question: What is a popular dessert served in Japan during the summer months?

Answer: Kakigori

Trivia Question: What ingredients do you find in kaya jam?

Answer: Eggs, coconuts, and pandan leaves

Trivia Question: What is the name of a popular chicken/pork/beef skewer served in Southeast Asia?

Answer: Satay

Trivia Question: Which province of China is known for its spicy chilli peppers?

Answer: Sichuan

Trivia Question: Who invented peanut butter?

Answer: Marcellus Gilmore Edson

Question: Which country popularised the ‘Tim Tam Slam’?

Answer: Australia

Question: Which US State is known for their juicy peaches?

Answer: Georgia

Question: What is sushi traditionally wrapped in?

Answer: Nori (Seaweed)

Question: What does ‘Kosher’ mean in Hebrew?

Answer: Proper

Question: What is the main ingredient of a mince pie?

Answer: Fruit

Question: What is the official state fruit of New York?

Answer: Apple

Question: What is the name of a coffee drink prepared by diluting espresso with water?

Answer: Americano

Question: What does ‘Carne Asada’ mean in Spanish?

Answer: Grilled Beef

Question: What do you call a snack made up of marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate?

Answer: S’mores

Question: Which U.S State did the stew, Gumbo originate from?

Answer: Louisiana

Question: What do you call a cocktail consisting of coconut milk, rum, and pineapple?

Answer: Pina Colada

Question: What is James Bond’s preferred drink of choice?

Answer: Martini

Question: When was burger chain ‘In’n’Out’ founded?

Answer: 1948

Question: Which U.S State is the only state to grow its own coffee beans?

Answer: Hawaii

Question: Which soft drink was invented during WW2?

Answer: Fanta

Question: What is the name of a traditional Italian dessert composed of coffee, mascarpone cheese, and ladyfingers?

Answer: Tiramisu

Question: Mageirocophobia is the fear of what?

Answer: Cooking

Question: How many varieties of avocados are there?

Answer: 500

Question: What type of nuts are a Hawaiian staple?

Answer: Macadamia Nuts

Question: What is Sauerkraut made out of?

Answer: Cabbage

Question: What disease can be caused by a lack of Vitamin C?

Answer: Scurvy

Question: Who is the mascot for the fast food chain, KFC?

Answer: Colonel Sanders

Question: Which alcoholic beverage featured an advertising campaign focused on the ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’ ?

Answer: Dos Equis

Question: What is the name of a Mexican street food consisting of corn on a stick?

Answer: Elotes

Question: What is the name of the salad that was invented at Hotel Caesar’s in Tijuana?

Answer: Caesar Salad

Question: Where can you commonly find Tzatziki sauce as a topping?

Answer; Gyros

Question: What does ‘UHT’ serve as an abbreviation for?

Answer: Ultra Heat Treated

Question: Under Muslim dietary restrictions, what is the name for foods that are acceptable under their lifestyle?

Answer: Halal

Question: When was tea first introduced into Europe from Asia?

Answer: 17th Century

Question: What was the name for chocolate consumed by Aztecs?

Answer: Xocoatl

Question: What do you call a popular mixed rice, meat, and vegetable dish in Korea?

Answer: Bibimbap

Question: How many ‘varieties’ are there in Heinz Tomato Ketchup?

Answer: 57 Varieties

Question: What is ‘fancy sauce’ (popularised from the movie Step Brothers) made up of?

Answer: Ketchup and Mayonnaise

Question: Prior to being called the Big Mac, what was this McDonald’s menu item’s previous name?

Answer: Blue Ribbon Burger

Question: Which berries give gin its strong flavor?

Answer: Juniper

Question: What is Ryuk’s favorite fruit?

Answer: Apples

Question: Which vegetable is a variant of Bananas, and used as a staple food in most Tropical regions?

Answer: Plantain

Funny Trivia

Question: In the state of Georgia, it’s illegal to eat what with a fork?

Answer: Fried chicken

Question: Which Tasmanian marsupial is known for its temper?

Answer: Tasmanian devil

Question: Iceland diverted roads to avoid disturbing communities of what?

Answer: Elves

Question: What can be broken but is never held?

Answer: A promise

Question: What does come down but never goes up?

Answer: Rain

Question: What is measured in «Mickeys»?

Answer: The speed of a computer mouse

Question: What was Marilyn Monroe’s natural hair color?

Answer: Red

Question: Who sang about being an “eggman” and a “walrus”?

Answer: The Beatles

Question: Which Tasmanian marsupial is known for its temper?

Answer: Tasmanian Devil

Question: Where on the human body is the zygomatic bone found?

Answer: Facial cheek

Question: It was illegal for women to wear what in 19th century Florence?

Answer: Buttons

Question: Who claimed he could “drive away the devil with a fart?”

Answer: Martin Luther

Question: In St. Louis, Missouri, it’s illegal for a firefighter to rescue who?

Answer: Undressed women (even if they are wearing a nightgown)

Question: What was banned in Indonesia for “stimulating passion?”

Answer: Hula hoops

Question: What was Hugh Hefner’s jet plane named?

Answer: Big Bunny

Question: In June in Wyoming, it is illegal to take a picture of what?

Answer: A rabbit

Question: What Benedictine monk invented champagne?

Answer: Dom Pierre Pérignon

Question: What flavor is Cointreau?

Answer: Orange

Question: In football, who was nicknamed ‘The Divine Ponytail’?

Answer: Roberto Baggio

Question: What do you call a group of unicorns?

Answer: A blessing

Question: Where were the fortune cookies invented?

Answer: San Francisco

Question: What is banned in public places in Florida after 6 pm on a Thursday?

Answer: Farting

Question: In Swedish, what is “entrance” and “driveway,” respectively?

Answer: “Infart” and “Uppfart.”

Question: When held to ultraviolet light, what animal’s urine glows in the dark?

Answer: Cat

Question: What animal cannot stick out its tongue?

Answer: Crocodiles

Question: A kangaroo can’t hop if what?

Answer: If something lifts its tail off the ground

Question: With how many bricks is the Empire State Building made of?

Answer: 10 million

Question: According to Russian law, a homeless person must be where after 10 pm?

Answer: At home

Question: How many years old the oldest piece of chewing gum?

Answer: 9,000 years

Question: On Sunday, what is illegal to sell in Columbus, Ohio?

Answer: Cornflakes

Question: What was Walt Disney afraid of?

Answer: Mice

Question: The police officers of the Washington officers to get a half-hour class about what?

Answer: Sitting down

Question: On average, what is the thing that Americans do 22 times in a day?

Answer: Open the fridge

Question: What is illegal to eat with a cherry pie in Kansas?

Answer: Ice cream

Question: What ailment kills the most fruit flies?

Answer: Constipation

Question: A crossbreed between a donkey and the zebra is known as?

Answer: Zonkey

Question: At which place you can find the Andamooka?

Answer: South Australia

Question: What kind of an animal is known as a horned toad?

Answer: A lizard

Question: Where do kiwi fruits originally come from?

Answer: China

Question: Who is known as Gambrinus?

Answer: Someone who is full of beer

Question: What kind of animal is a firefly?

Answer: Beetle

Question: What was the first fruit that was eaten on the moon?

Answer: Peach

Question: What is the highest-grossing holiday movie of all time?

Answer: Home Alone

Question: What is a haboob?

Answer: A type of sandstorm

Question: Who is the oldest man to win People Magazine’s sexiest man alive?

Answer: Sean Connery

Question: What U.S. state’s constitution is the longest in the world?

Answer: Alabama

Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States?

Answer: Playboy Bunny

Question: What two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet?

Answer: Lima and Quebec

Question: What were clocks missing before 1577?

Answer: Minute hands

Question: What is the number one seller at Walmart?

Answer: Bananas

Geography Trivia

Q: What is the capital of Scotland?

A: Edinburgh

Q: TRUE or FALSE — Nova Scotia is on the east coast of Canada.

A: TRUE

Q: Which country was NOT part of the Soviet Union?

A: Romania

Q: Which small country is located between the borders of France and Spain?

A: Andorra

Q: Where would you find the «Spanish Steps»?

A: Rome, Italy

Q: In which city, is the Big Nickel located in Canada?

A: Sudbury, Ontario

Q: Which of these island countries is located in the Caribbean?

A: Barbados

Q: What year is on the flag of the US state Wisconsin?

A: 1848

Q: How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?

A: 4

Q: What is the area of Vatican City?

A: 0.44km^2

History Trivia

Q: In what year did the UK’s lease on Hong Kong expire?

Answer: 1997

Q: What Became America’s 50th State On August 21st 1959? Hawaii

Kid-Friendly Trivia

Q: Which monster is addicted to nothing but cookies?

A: Cookie Monster

Q: Which children’s show is known for its blue dog?

A: Blue’s Clues

Q: What is the name of the Royal English family’s residence?

A: Buckingham Palace

Q: Answer this riddle: “I am circular but not edible. I keep things moving and usually come in fours. What am I?”

A: A wheel

Q: What insects make honey?

A: Bees

Q: Why type of fish is Nemo?

A: Clownfish

Q: Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

A: New York

Q: What engines power airplanes?

A: Jet engines

Q: True or false: A tomato is a vegetable

A: False

Q: What does ‘piano’ refer to in music pitch?

A: Soft

Q: What is chocolate made from?

A: Cocoa beans

Q: What is the fastest animal on land?

A: Cheetah

Q: Where do you get milk?

A: Cows

Movie Trivia

Question: In the movie «Finding Nemo», who was Marlin’s wife?

Answer: Coral

Question: In what year was the original «Jurassic Park» film released?

Answer: 1993

Question: What substance is Han Solo frozen in during «The Empire Strikes Back»?

Answer: Carbonite

Trivia Question: What famous character is known for saying, «I’ll be back»?

Answer: The Terminator

Trivia Question: What is Forrest Gump’s IQ?

Answer: 75

Question: What is Batman’s city?

Answer: Gotham City

Question: Which villain is known for saying the following: “Why So Serious?”

Answer: The Joker

Question: Who always made an appearance in Marvel films until his death?

Answer: Stan Lee

Question: Which movie franchise character holds ‘family’ as the most important thing in the world?

Answer: Dominic Toretto

Question: Which movie franchise is known for the following: “May the odds be ever in your favour.”

Answer: Hunger Games

Question: On the day of his wife’s murder, what drink was Andy drinking in the movie «The Shawshank Redemption»?

Answer: Bourbon

Question: What is the name of Edward Norton’s character in «Fight Club»?

Answer: Narrator

Question: What film is about a chocolate factory run by Willy Wonka?

Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Question: Which movie famously featured ‘My Heart Will Go On’ by Celine Dion?

Answer: Titanic

Question: Which actor’s roles include Rashomon and Yojimbo?

Answer: Bryan Singer

Question: Who was the director of X-Men (2000)?

Answer: Bryan Singer

Question: Which American singer and songwriter has starred in films including Dick Tracy and Evita?

Answer: Madonna

Question:  Which movie is known for this famous quote: “Yo Adrian!”

Answer: Rocky

Trivia Question: Which actor’s roles include Two and a Half Men and Mystic River?

Answer: Sean Penn

Trivia Question: Which series of films features a habitual serial killer called Michael Myers?

Answer: Halloween

Trivia Question: Which director directed Apocalypse Now?

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

Question: What was the name of Eddie Murphy’s character in Beverly Hills Cop?

Answer: Axel Foley

Trivia Question: Which actor has featured in films including The Last Emperor and Lawrence of Arabia?

Answer: David Lean

Trivia Question: Who directed Alien?

Answer: Ridley Scott

Trivia Question: Who plays the lead role of the accident-prone Clark Griswold in the 1989 ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation»?

Answer: Chevy Chase

Trivia Question: The films Inglourious Basterds and 12 Years a Slave feature which actor?

Answer: Michael Fassbender

Question: The films The King’s Speech and The English Patient feature which English actor?

Answer: Colin Firth

Question: The following is a line from which 1970’s film? ‘You talkin to me’?»

Answer: Taxi Driver

Question: The films ‘8 Women’ and ‘Dancer in the Dark’feature which French actress?

Answer: Catherine Deneuve

Question: In which 1970’s films does Dustin Hoffman play the character ‘ Babe Levy’?

Answer: Marathon Man

Question: The following is a line from which film directed by Martin Scorcese? “Never rat on your friends, and keep your mouth shut.”

Answer: Goodfellas

Question: Which Italian-American actor, director and producer has starred in films including Sesame Street and The Godfather trilogy?

Answer: Robert De Niro

Question: Which film does Jack Black voice a shark in?

Answer: SharkTale

Question: Which Bond film did Daniel Craig’s begin portraying James Bond?

Answer: Casino Royale

Question: In Which Comedy Film Does Aretha Franklin Star As A Proprietress Of A Soul Food Joint?

Answer: The Blues Brothers

Question: Who directed Terminator 2: Judgment Day?

Answer: James Cameron

Question: What Was The Name Of The Film Which First Featured Bing Crosby’s Song ‘White Christmas»?

Answer: Holiday Inn

Question: Who plays the role of the Prime Minister, in the 2003 Christmas film ‘Love Actually»?»

Answer: Hugh Grant

Question: Which American actor has starred in films including Hawaii Five-0 and Die Another Day?

Answer: Michael Madsen

Question: Which film stars Samuel L. Jackson and involves a bunch of snakes that have snuck onto an aeroplane?

Answer: Snakes on a Plane

Question: Which film series stars Johnny Depp as pirate Jack Sparrow?

Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean

Trivia Question: Which film series stars Jason Statham as a getaway driver?

Answer: The Transporter

Trivia Question: Which film features a young boy called Ralphie Parker who is constantly told he will ‘shoot his eye out’.

Answer: A Christmas Story

Question: The films Boardwalk Empire and Pulp Fiction feature which actor?

Answer: Steve Buscemi

Question: Who was the director for Interstellar?

Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: Which film involves people entering other people’s dreams?

Answer: Inception

Question: In which American state is George A. Romero’s 1968 film ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ set?

Answer: Pennsylvania

Question: What is the name of Simon Pegg’s and Nick Frost’s film trilogy?

Answer: Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy

Music Trivia

Q: Which musician sang the National Anthem during the 2010 Super Bowl?

A: Christina Aguilera

Q: Which male Hawaiian musician was well known for his cover of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow?”

A: Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Q: In 2009, this song by the Black Eyed Peas was nominated as ‘Song of the Year’ during the 2009 World Music Awards. What song was it?

A: I Gotta Feeling

Q: 2011 saw the release of this house music track produced by the late Avicii. What was the song?

A: Levels

Q: Where was the singer Adele born?

A: London, England

Q: What is the full name of the rapper ‘Puff Daddy’?

A: Sean John Combs

Q: True or False: Hatsune Miku is a real-life human singer from Japan

A: False

Q: Which song made the Korean rapper ‘PSY’’  a viral sensation in 2012?

A: Gangnam Style

Q: Comedian Jack Black is also a singer for which band?

A: Tenacious D

Q: What is the name of this music trio from Saturday Night Live who was also behind the show’s ‘Digital Sketches’?

A: The Lonely Island

Q: Which band wrote songs that also served as the theme songs for CSI, CSI: NY, and CSI: Miami respectively?

A: The Who

Q: This former WWE wrestler also provided the vocals for ‘You’re Welcome’ in the film ‘Moana’. Name him.

A: Dwayne Johnson (‘The Rock’)

Q: ‘1989’ is an album title for which pop singer?

A: Taylor Swift

Q: What is the name of a genre of electronic music that consists of “ slowed-down, samples of smooth jazz, R&B, and lounge music from the 1980s and 1990s.”?

A: Vaporwave

Q: When did Swedish House Mafia break up, before announcing their return in 2019?

A: 2014

Q: True or False: While known for ‘What a Wonderful World’, jazz musician Louis Armstrong also sang a theme for a James Bond film.

A: True

Q: ‘Stellar Stellar’ is a song by which Japanese music artist?

A: Hoshimachi Suisei

Q: Which band is ‘will.i.am’  part of?

A: Black Eyed Peas

Pop Culture Trivia

Q: Pan Tadeusz’ was written by which author?
animal
Answer: Adam Mickiewicz

Science Trivia

Sports Trivia

Technology Trivia

Q: The Harvard architecture for micro-controllers added which additional bus?

Answer: Instruction

Q: What are the base station trackers used for the HTC Vive called?

Answer: Lighthouse

Q: The term «battery» to describe an electrical storage device was coined by?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Q: Which company designed the «Betamax» video cassette format?

Answer: Sony

Q: Which buzzword did Apple Inc. use to describe their removal of the headphone jack?

Answer: Courage

Q: Who patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion?

Answer: James Watt

Q: When was the Tamagotchi digital pet released?

Answer: 1996

Q: In what year was the Oculus Rift revealed to the public through a Kickstarter campaign?

Answer: 2012

Q: When was the DVD invented?

Answer: 1995

Q: When did the CD begin to appear on the consumer market?

Answer: 1982

Q: When was the iPhone released?

Answer: 2007

Q: Who built the first laser?

Answer: Theodore Harold Maiman

Q: Which company developed the Hololens?

Answer: Microsoft

Q: Which of the following cellular device companies is NOT headquartered in Asia?

Answer: Nokia

Q: Mobile hardware and software company «Blackberry Limited» was founded in which country?

Answer: Canada

Q: What round is a classic AK-47 chambered in?

Answer: 7.62x39mm

Q: What is the «Mitsubishi Wakamaru»?

Answer: A robot

Q: Out of all of the NASA Space Shuttles, which 2 have been destroyed in disasters?

Answer: Challenger and Columbia

Q: What is the most significant side venture the popular firearms company, Remington, has pursued?

Answer: Typewriters

Q: Moore’s law originally stated that the number of transistors on a microprocessor chip would double every…

Answer: Year

Q: Which of these is the name for the failed key escrow device introduced by the National Security Agency in 1993?

Answer: Clipper Chip

Q: In CSS, which of these values CANNOT be used with the «position» property?

Answer: Center

Q: The numbering system with a radix of 16 is more commonly referred to as

Answer: Hexidecimal

Q: What is known as «the brain» of the Computer?

Answer: Central Processing Unit

Q: What is the main CPU is the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis?

Answer: Motorola 68000

Q: What vulnerability ranked #1 on the OWASP Top 10 in 2013?

Answer: Injection

Q: Who invented the «Spanning Tree Protocol»?

Answer: Radia Perlman

Q: In computing, what does MIDI stand for?

Answer: Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Q: How many bits make up the significand portion of a single precision floating point number?

Answer: 23

Q: What language does Node.js use?

Answer: JavaScript

Q: Which kind of algorithm is Ron Rivest not famous for creating?

Answer: Secret sharing scheme

Q: What was the name of the security vulnerability found in Bash in 2014?

Answer: Shellshock

Q: What does AD stand for in relation to Windows Operating Systems?

Answer: Active Directory

Q: What is the most preferred image format used for logos in the Wikimedia database?

Answer: .svg

Q: How many cores does the Intel i7-6950X have?

Answer: 10

Q: In the server hosting industry IaaS stands for…

Answer: Infrastructure as a Service

Q: What is the name of the default theme that is installed with Windows XP?

Answer: Luna

Q: Which of these was the name of a bug found in April 2014 in the publicly available OpenSSL cryptography library?

Answer: Heartbleed

Q: Dutch computer scientist Mark Overmars is known for creating which game development engine?

Answer: Game Maker

Q: Which RAID array type is associated with data mirroring?

Answer: RAID 1

Q: When did the online streaming service «Mixer» launch?

Answer: 2016

Q: When Gmail first launched, how much storage did it provide for your email?

Answer: 1GB

Q: Who is the original author of the real-time physics engine called PhysX?

Answer: NovodeX

Q: According to the International System of Units, how many bytes are in a kilobyte of RAM?

Answer: 1000

Q: .rs is the top-level domain for what country?

Answer: Serbia

Q: Nvidia’s headquarters are based in which Silicon Valley city?

Answer: Santa Clara

Q: The teapot often seen in many 3D modelling applications is called what?

Answer: Utah Teapot

Q: Unix Time is defined as the number of seconds that have elapsed since when?

Answer: Midnight, January 1, 1970

Q: The computer OEM manufacturer Clevo, known for its Sager notebook line, is based in which country?

Answer: Taiwan

Q: What is the name of the American film actress who laid the foundation for the development of technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS?

Answer: Hedy Lamarr

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Trivia

Q: How long does a typical game of Trivia take?

There is no minimum length by which any Trivia game needs to meet. It is up to the organizer/s to decide how many rounds the game will last. It can be a few questions that will last a few minutes, or it can go for an hour or two (even longer if you really want to test everyone’s knowledge).

Q: What type of questions can I ask in my game of Trivia?

Once again, it is entirely up to you! You decide if you want a broad range of topics to be included within your trivia questions, or focus on a specific subject or topic of interest.

Q: Do I have to play Trivia at night?

Absolutely not! While Trivia nights are a popular team activity, you are not strictly limited to playing Trivia only at night. Trivia can be played at any time, any day, with as many people as you desire.

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