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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which gentle creature did walt disney create in 1942	Bambi, the fawn
2	What name is given to the study of insects	Entomology
3	What kind of animal is a marmoset	A monkey
4	What name is given to a female swan	Pen
5	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
6	What animal is a chester white	A pig
7	Which small rodent , highly valued for it's fine , silky fur, lives almost exclusively high in the andes	Chinchilla
8	Which creature had a short nose horn & two larger horns on the brow	Triceratops
9	What kind of animal was willy in free willy	A killer whale
10	What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue	Crocodile

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Childrens books: who wrote the borrowers	Mary norton
2	Impressionists: which of manet's favourite models married his brother in 1876	Bertha morisot
3	Name the philadelphia artist who introduced the world to (pop art)	Andy warhol
4	Artists: which artist , philosopher & poet worked on a new method of printing in order to illustrate his songs of innocence	William blake
5	Poets: which american poet was escorted home from italy in 1945 but was never tried & instead placed in a mental asylum where he won the bollingen prize for poetry	Ezra pound
6	Which author wrote to books the shining and pet sematary	Stephen king
7	In which city is leonardo da vinnci's (last supper) displayed	Milan
8	In which book which is also a film has the characters pod, arrietty, homily & peagreen	The borrowers
9	Who composed the ballet (romeo & juliet)	Prokofiev
10	Poets: which female greek poet was born on the island of lesbos & wrote 'love lyrics to women'	Sappho

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'p' is russian for reconstruction	Perestroika
2	What 'r' is a flat floating structure - and a film star	Raft
3	What 'bf' is a solo artist, who was once with roxy music	Bryan ferry
4	What 'db' iis the alternative name for the tumblebug	Dung beetle
5	What 'lrrh' is a classic childrens story	Little red riding hood
6	What 'n' are fives, tens, twentys and fifties if coins are loose change	Notes
7	What 'dttw' can mean unconscious or fast asleep	Dead to the world
8	What 'i' is an obsession with somebody	Infatuation
9	What 'nn' do you pay on with hire purchase	Never never
10	What 'n' is the point of a quill, or fountain pen	Nib

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Maynard ferguson created a well known trumpet solo that was featured in which series of movies	Rocky
2	In what year was the first episode of eastenders broadcast	1985
3	Movie one liners: i've heard relationships based on intense experiences never work!	Speed
4	The simpsons: what is grandma bouvier's first name	Jacqueline
5	In which series was david addison a key character	Moonlighting
6	Advertising slogans: happiness is a cigar called	Hamlet
7	How many nightmare on elm street movies were made in the 80's	5
8	Which business in eastenders is owned by the ever absent mr papadopoulas	The launderette
9	Movie one liners: this is an a and b conversation so c your way out before d and e f you up, okay, g?	Boyz n the hood
10	The simpsons: what was ned flanders' job before he opened the leftorium	Pharmacist

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What are cos & density both types of	Lettuce
2	What is the main flavour in the following alcohols 'sambuca'	Elderberry / aniseed
3	Saffron comes from the stamen of which flower	Crocus
4	Where might you encounter a balti	At an indian restaurant or meal
5	From which fish does caviar come	Sturgeon
6	From what is american bourbon distilled	Corn mash and malted barley
7	In french cookery, what is the earthenware dish in which pat is served	Terrine
8	What causes baker's itch	Yeast
9	What type of sauce traditionally goes with roast beef	Horseradish
10	What two fruits grow on palm trees	Coconuts and dates

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Who had a massive 90's hit with the song (murder on the dancefloor)	Sophie ellis bextor
2	When was basketball invented: 17th, 18th or 19th century	19th
3	Who was founder of the monster raving looney party	Screaming lord sutch
4	What is noise measured in	Decibells
5	In television's star trek, which starship captain is associated with the phrase 'beam me up, scotty'	Captain kirk
6	Which british daily newspaper features the fred bassett cartoon strip	Daily mail
7	The right page of an open book	Recto (the left page is verso)
8	In the human body what is the scapula	The shoulderblade
9	Which roman emperor was the subject of two novels by robert graves	Claudius
10	Who created the fairy tale character 'little red riding hood'	The brothers grim

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Ireland: when did cromwell invade ireland	August 1649
2	Africa: what type of animal has species named grant's & thompson's	Gazelle
3	Name the largest cathedral in the world.	St. Peter's
4	What london museum features a chamber of horrors	Madame tussaud's
5	London: who was the first poet to be buried at poets corner in londonÃ¢â¬â¢s westminster abbey	Geoffrey chaucer
6	In what country is mandalay	Burma
7	What is the nearest town to the lightwater valley theme park	Ripon
8	The british isles: which irish river, the site of a famous battle, rises in the bog of allen , county kildare & enters the irish sea just south of drogheda	Boyne
9	Frankfort is the capital of which state	Kentucky
10	New york: what was transported complete from egypt in 1960 in order to become an exhibit at the metropolitan museum	The 1st century temple of dendur

History

	Question	Answer
1	1960s: which theatre, that `never closed', closed in the sixties for good	The windmill
2	1980s: name the toy that consisted of color pencils and plastic which you would put in the oven to create.	Shrinky dinks
3	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled autobahn	Kraftwerk
4	1980s: what type of men's jacket featured it's name on the outer breast pocket,and epaulets on the shoulders	Member's only
5	1980s: which pop duo sang these lyrics- taste forbidden pleasures, whatever you want.	Pet shop boys
6	The french revolution: which famous dickens novel is set during the french revolution	A tale of 2 cities
7	When cook discovered the hawaiian islands what did he name them	Sandwich islands
8	Who was the british prime minister at the outbreak of the second world war	Neville chamberlain
9	1980s: what company introduced its popular 'entertainment system' in 1985	Nintendo
10	Firsts: which operation was a world first for dr christian barnard in december 1967	First heart transplant (capetown, south africa)

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Hello, hey now & wonderwall are tracks of which best selling album	Whats the story morning glory
2	Which 1986 no. 1 hit for a group was a cover of a 1970 no. 1 hit for a solo artist	Spirit in the sky
3	Eurovision: which british group won the 1981 eurovision song contest	Bucks fizz
4	Who co-wrote 'stop the world i want to get off' with anthony newley in 1960	Lionel bart
5	Prince's 'baby im a star' featured on the sou8ndtrack to which film	Purple rain
6	Chris stein worked with which sex siren to produce a string of 80's hits	Deborah harry
7	She was the greatest of all blues singers but nobody placed a headstone on her grave until janis joplin helped fund a memorial many years after her death who was she	Bessie smith
8	Which songwriters connect david bowie, chris farlowe , melanie & marianne faithful	Mick jagger & keith richards
9	What reason did peter criss give for leaving kiss in 1980	The makeup was ruining his complexion
10	What is the name given to a piano that plays mechanically	A pianola

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What speed did saturn v have to reach to escape the earths gravitational pull	40,000 km/h
2	From where do the european ariane rockets lift off	French guyana south america
3	Who was inspired by an apple falliing	Sir isaac newton
4	Which british pop group had a hit with brontosaurus	The move
5	What is the correct name for the adam's apple	The larynx
6	Which is the most infectous disease	Measles
7	Technically, what type of fruit is a pineapple	A berry
8	How many colours are the in a rainbow	7
9	What frightened miss muffet away	A spider
10	What is the most common element in the universe	Hydrogen

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which sport do we associate with the term glorious goodwood	Horse racing
2	Who was ferrari's number two in 2001	Barichello
3	As of 2008 which english club has won the european cup the most times	Liverpool
4	Who missed the penalty that put england out of the 1996 european championships	Gareth southgate
5	At which sporting venue do competitors travel down the brabham strait	Brands hatch
6	In indoor athletic races, over what distance is the shortest sprint race run	60 m
7	Which football player has played first team football for liverpool 658 times and for wales 67 times	Ian rush
8	Which water sport was introduced to the olympics at sydney 2000	Water polo
9	Which finnish runner held the 5,000 & 10,000 metres world record & won both in the 1972 & 1976 olympics	Lasse viren
10	What achievement is shared by hungarian lazlo papp & cuban teofilio stevenson	Both won 3 consecutive olympic gold medals

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	The highest waterfall in the world is the angel falls, in feet, how long is the drop	3121 feet
2	The royal national lifeboat institution is the oldest life saving organization to date, but can anyone tell me how many lifeboat stations there are in the uk & ireland	223 stations
3	What is the actual height in feet of angel falls in venezuela	3,212 feet
4	When was the nobel prize for literature first awarded	1901
5	How fast can a hungry tortoise run in metres per second	0. 08 m/s
6	In what year did terrorists seize the iranian embassy in london	1980
7	In which year did woman first get the right to vote in great britain	1918
8	Peter shilton is englands most capped player but how many caps did he get	125
9	The burj dubai is now the worlds tallest building (2010) but how many elevators does it have	57
10	In which year did bugs bunny first ask elmer fudd 'what's up doc'	1940

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