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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity	The giant tortoise
2	What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue	Crocodile
3	What mammal of northern europe, asia & north america is sometimes called a glutton	Wolverine
4	Which mammal fires a mixture of methane, butane and sulphur from its scent glands	The skunk
5	Where do birds of paradise come from	New guinea
6	What kind of animal was willy in free willy	A killer whale
7	What term is given to the annual marking of swans on the thames	Swan upping
8	What animal is a chester white	A pig
9	Which creature had a short nose horn & two larger horns on the brow	Triceratops
10	Which animal is the symbol of the world wide fund for nature	Giant panda

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	American writers: who has written under the name richard bachman	Stephen king
2	The renaissance: in which century did the renaissance begin	The 15th century
3	What was the name of the author who released a guide to baby and child care in 1946	Dr spock (no kidding)
4	Dance: which 1914 ballet was composed by satie & designed by picasso	Parade
5	Who wrote jurassic park	Michael crichton
6	In which book which is also a film has the characters pod, arrietty, homily & peagreen	The borrowers
7	The renaissance: which architect designed the great florence cathedral dome	Brunelleschi
8	Which novel features perks the station porter	The railway children
9	Dance: who was a founder & first director of the new york city ballet	George balanchine
10	Artists: whose bigger splash takes place in a swimming pool in california	David hockney

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'p' is a heap of combustible material	Pyre
2	What 'o' is the opposite of the orient	Occident
3	What 'r' is defined as grim when meaning death personified	Reaper
4	What 'o' is a sky darkened by many clouds	Overcoat
5	What 'm' precedes and shakers to describe influential people	Movers
6	What 'fae' is a jeffrey archer novel about parliamentary candidates	First among equals
7	What 'p' means unreasonably different	Perverse
8	What 'g' was the composer of porgy and bess	Gershwin
9	What 'w' is a soft-bodied limbless invertebrate	Worm
10	What 'c' is a computer language used almost exclusively for business work	Cobol

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Nostalgia: what was the name of captian pugwash's pirate ship	The black pig
2	Who 2 people wrote the songs in walt disneys the lion king	Tim rice and elton john
3	Movie one liners: end of story. '	High society (1956)
4	Which 1995 oscar nominated movie features the character 'red'	The shawshank redemption
5	Movie one liners: why would a man leave his apartment three times on a rainy night with a suitcase and come back three times?	Rear window
6	Music shows: which member of the rat pack had a hit tv series from 1965 - 1974	Dean martin
7	Which 80's star's real name is michael barrett	Shakin stevens
8	The jets and the sharks were the names of the gangs in which film	West side story
9	The simpsons: what is martin's favourite video game	My dinner with andre
10	Which television drama series helped to establish colin firth as a sex symbol	Pride & prejudice mr darcy

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What is the italian name for squid in a restaurant	Calamari
2	What p word is the name given to a german black rye bread	Pumpernickel
3	Saffron comes from the stamen of which flower	Crocus
4	According to ken dodd what are mined in knotty ash	Jam butties
5	How or when can one eat angel hair or bridegrooms	When eating pasta
6	Apparently resembling a marine creature, which morsel of meat found in a fowl's back is reckoned by some to be the tastiest	Oyster
7	Which seed is the basic ingredient for tahina paste	Sesame
8	What type of fruit is a damson	Plum
9	What is another name for the star fruit	Carambula
10	What type of milk is a basic ingredient of thai cookery	Coconut milk

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	What does the (venus de milo) lack	Arms
2	In 1974 parts of yorkshire & licolnshire were used to form which new county	Humberside
3	Who is the most famous manservant created by pg. Wodehouse	Jeeves
4	During wwii who commanded the 8th army	Montgommery
5	The song 'it aint necessarily so' comes from which opera by george gershwin	Porgy and bess
6	In building, the sandstone 'darley dale', also known as stancliffe, comes from which county	Derbyshire
7	In geography, is angola on the east or west coast of africa	West coast
8	What colour is a live lobster	Dark blue/ black (its red when its cooked)
9	Which drug is obtained from foxgloves	Digitalis
10	In maths, what is 25 per cent of 200	50

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	What country covers more than 194,000 square miles of the iberain peninsula	Spain
2	The world's largest lake has a very misleading name. What is it	Caspian sea
3	Public buildings: which church contains napoleons tomb	St louis's church in the hotel des invalides , paris
4	Which county is basingstoke in	Hampshire
5	In which continent would you find the nile river	Africa
6	Parks: which group has a big hit with parklife	Blur
7	Parks: what is the largest urban park in the world	The maiden in calcutta india
8	What is rhodesia now called	Zimbabwe
9	In which town in london will you find the william morris gallery	Walthamstow
10	Holiday destinations: which tourist attraction is the only living structure visible from outer space	The great barrier reef

History

	Question	Answer
1	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled out of the blue	Elo
2	1970s: which us singer duetted with donna summer on the us number one 'no more tears''	Barbara streisand
3	1980s: which sci-fi sitcom star like to eat cats	Alf
4	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled here come the warm jets	Eno
5	The land that would eventually be known as oklahoma was part of the what in 1803	Louisiana purchase.
6	Who was prime minister when edward viii abdicated	Stanley baldwin
7	What happened to alaska in 1867	It was sold by russia to the united states
8	1980s: what type of shoes did run-d. M. C. Sing about, which were what most rappers in the early eighties were into	Addidas
9	What common theme unites helios , sol & re	All sun gods
10	Oklahoma has more man-made ___ that any other state	Lakes

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What was on the other side of boney m's double a side 'brown girl in the rain'	Rivers of babylon
2	Who had a live album from 1962 released in 1977 against their wishes	The beatles
3	According to the beatles how many holes does it take to fill the albert hall	4000
4	Who wrote aretha franklins 'respect'	Otis redding
5	Which band were saving all their kisses in 1976	The brotherhood of man
6	What was elvis presleys middle name	Aaron
7	Maya angelou made herself unavailable for rehearsals after working on which miusical	King - the musical (1990)
8	In which year did donna summers disco anthem 'i feel love' get to no. 1	1977
9	What was singing duo 'chan n dave's' first uk top ten hit	Rabbit
10	Which now famous actress did bruce springsteen pull on stage during his 'dancing in the dark' video	Courtney cox

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is a chuckwalla	A lizard
2	And in which year did this happen	1969
3	What was special about the iron bridge at coal brookdale	It was the worlds first major iron construction
4	What is the name given to the opiate-like substances produced by the pituitary gland	Endorphins
5	Where is the world's largest atomic establishment	Underground at cern between france & switzerland
6	What is 'nitrous oxide' more commonly known as	Laughing gas
7	In 1955 dane ole christiansen invented a children's toy. Still in use today, and with theme parks of it's own, what is it called	Lego
8	Which company introduced the first 'instamatic' camera in 1963	Kodak
9	Approximately how long does it take the suns light to reach earth	Eight minutes
10	Where will you find the characters blinky, pinky, inky & clyde	Pacman (the ghosts)

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which scottish golfer was captain of europes 2002 ryder cup team	Sam torrance
2	Where was footballer john barnes born	Jamaica
3	Which country was represented by the athlete don quarrie	Jamaica
4	When was the first final	1872
5	Who was the first football transfer over 10m between english clubs	Alan shearer (blackburn-newcastle in 96)
6	Who won ice skating men's gold in 1978	John curry
7	Which england international holds the record for being the heaviest england goalkeeper ever weighing 26 stone	Willie henry 'fatty' foulkes
8	What name is given to the electronic eye used at wimbledon tennis tournaments	Cyclops
9	Which event was won by miroslav mecir in 1988, marc rosset in 1992, andre agassi in 1996 and yevgeny kafelnikov in 2000	The men's olympic singles title
10	In which sport did audley harrison win an olympic gold medal	Boxing

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	On average how many pounds of potatoes are eaten by each briton each year	110 lbs
2	Grease the musical opened on broadway in 1972 where it ran until april 13 1980 how many performances were there in total	3388
3	What was the crowd attendance at the 1966 world cup finals at wembley	98000
4	In which year were bar codes first introduced in shops	1974
5	In dollars, how much did the 1997 film titanic gross in its opening weekend in america	$28,638,131
6	What was the last year in which we had a british player win a singles title at wimbledon	1977 (who)
7	In what year was the very frist british grand prix held at 'brooklands'	1926
8	In what year was gengis khan born	1206
9	In what year was children in need first broadcast on british tv	1987
10	How many rubies make up the crown jewles	5

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