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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which rodent has given it's name to a mean spirited or bad tempered woman	Shrew
2	What is the scientific study of birds called	Ornithology
3	Which is the only bird that casn fly backwards	The hummingbird
4	What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity	The giant tortoise
5	What is the male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen	The drone
6	Which are the three species of animal with stereoscopic vision	Monkeys, apes and man
7	Which flightless bird from mauritus is now extinct	The dodo
8	What is also known as the freshwater lobster	The crayfish
9	Which animal is the symbol of the world wide fund for nature	Giant panda
10	What is the most common uk bird	The blue tit

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which famous book begins with the line 'marley was dead, to begin with. There was no doubt about that'	A christmas carol
2	Dance: which ballet was originally called chopiniana	Les sylphides
3	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
4	What rank was biggles	Major
5	Artists: which french artist was exhibited at the louvre in 1961the first time a living artist had received such an accolade	Georges braque
6	Which famous book begins with the line: call me ishmael	Moby dick
7	Which publishing company was founded in london in 1935 by allen lane	Penguin
8	Agatha christie: in guy hamiltons film version of the mirror crack'd who played miss marple	Angela lansbury
9	Who wrote the barsetshire novels	Anthony trollope
10	Whose life was the subject of james boswell's biography, published in 1791	Samuel johnson

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'gb' was once head of the cia	George bush
2	What 'l' means wolf-like	Lupine
3	What 's' recorded the number one pop single 'viva espana'	Silvia
4	What 'i' does one have to keep up with	Jones's
5	What 'a' is a writer	Author
6	What 's' comes before cake and after mustard	Seed
7	What 'otd' means punctually	On the dot
8	What was named toy of the year in 1966	Action man
9	What 'nb' has the proper medical term epitaxis	Nose bleed
10	What 'w' is a container for money	Wallet

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Texas chainsaw massacre, there was a guy in a wheelchair. What was his name	Franklin
2	In soylent green, what was the last resort used for riot control	Scoups
3	In halloween, what is michael myers' middle name	Audrey
4	Which husband and wife team appeared in space 1999	Martin landau & barbara bain
5	What was the connection between family matters & full house	Steve urkel
6	Movie one liners: you better bury ned right. You better not cut up nor otherwise harm no whores, or i'll come back and kill every one of you sons of bitches. '	Unforgiven (1992)
7	Big brother: who won celebrity big brother in 2004	Nobody
8	Movie one liners: jesus f--king christ! '	Burn after reading (2008)
9	The simpsons: what public television show does troy mcclure urge people to sponsor	Edward the penitent
10	Movie taglines: 'pick up the pieces folks, jimmy's in action again! '	White heat (1949)

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	How is a drink served when it is described as frappe	With finely crushed ice
2	Which bewer produces owd roger	Marstons
3	What is pumpernickel	A type of bread
4	What did queen elizabeth i, most popes and adolf hitler all insist on having at their dinner table	Taster
5	From what is the red food dye cochineal derived	Beetles
6	What name is given to a cockerel that is castrated and fattened for the table	Capon
7	How is goose known in france	Foie
8	From what country does the alcoholic drink advocaat originate	Holland
9	What is a lift for food in a restaurant known as	A dumb waiter
10	In which dickens novel would one find this service 'united metropolitan improved hot muffin and crumpet baking and punctual delivery company '	Nicholas nickelby

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which magazine, established in 1922 says that it has the highest readership in the world	Readers digest
2	Who wrote a walk in the woods	Bill bryson
3	What is herman munster's twin brother called	Charlie (charlie munster was played by fred gwynne, who not surprisingly also played herman. )
4	The name of which pasta means quills in italian	Penne
5	In ancient history, from which country did the zapotec people come: mexico or japan	Mexico
6	What was the name of clint eastwood's animal sidekick in the film 'any which way but lose''	Clyde
7	A gathering of this type of animal is known as a dazzle whats the animal	A zebra
8	Who sang walk on the wild side in 1973	Lou reed
9	Children's tv programme featuring professor yaffle (the wooden woodpecker)	Bagpuss
10	What is the official language of pakistan	Urdu

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Mountains: what is the name shared by mountains in iceland & the isle of man	Snaefell
2	In which state is the painted desert	Arizona
3	Which port of sicily shares its name with a city in new york state	Syracuse
4	Which group of islands are known as the friendly islands	The tonga islands
5	Rivers: which river flows through the grand canyon	The colorado
6	Islands: on which island is the volcanic mount etna	Sicily
7	London: which famous playwright was a shareholder & a player at the globe theatre	William shakespeare
8	What us state has the largest indian population	Oklahoma
9	In what country is thunder bay	Canada
10	In which continent would you find the nile river	Africa

History

	Question	Answer
1	Who became president of france after charles de gaulle	Georges pompidou
2	Religion & myth: purcell based an opera on the subject of dido's abandonment by her lover , what was the lovers name	Aeneas
3	Name the slave who lead an unsuccessful revolt by the gladiators against rome	Spartacus
4	The eldest sons of the kings of which country had the title (dauphin)	France
5	Natural history: which wood are divining rods usually made from	Hazel
6	British monarchs: who was on the throne at the time of the great fire of london	Charles ii
7	Natural history: which has the larger ears: the african or the indian elephant	The african
8	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled trans-europe express	Kraftwerk
9	What revelation did alexander butterfield make to the senate watergate committee	The oval office bugging
10	1980s: what did mcdonalds first introduce to it's menu in 1982	Breakfasts

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Name the legendary fourteen hour show that was held at london's alexandra palace in 1967	The 14-hour technicolour dream
2	Ace of base come from which country	Sweden
3	What band did james brown tour and record with in the 1950's	The famous flames
4	Who had a hit in 1981 with the song daddy's home	Cliff richard
5	From the 1980's which artists and song 'so strike a pose on a cadillac, if you want to find all the cops, they're hanging out in the donut shop, they sing and dance''	The bangles / walk like an egyptian
6	Which album cover did andy warhol design for the rolling stones	Sticky fingers
7	Who told us that it's only make believe in 1978	Child
8	Who had a hit in 1989 with 'i want it alll'	Queen
9	Which had a hit with the song 'obviously' in 2004	Mcfly
10	Name the company originally started by (and later sold) by richard branson	Virgin

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Which branch of science is the study of sound	Acoustics
2	Why was the psittacosaurus so called	It had a short head with a parrot like beak
3	What is the hardest bone in the human body	The jaw bone
4	Is your stomach positioned above or below your intestines	Above
5	What do the initals a. I. D. S. Stand for	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
6	Which record breaking video game character made it's debut may 10 th 1980	Pac man
7	Who was the first man to return to space	Virgil grissom
8	What name is given to opacity in the lens of the eye	A cataract
9	Which 3 colours are used to form the picture on a tv screen	Red, green, blue
10	Which model ferrari has a name which means redhead	Tetarossa

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	What did reginald stanley brooks give test cricket in 1882	The ashes
2	Which football team lost both the 1998 and 1999 fa cup finals	Newcastle united
3	Who won the first world cup in 1930	Uruguay
4	In indoor athletic races, over what distance is the shortest sprint race run	60 metres
5	Which tv sports presenter was associated with the catch phrase 'up and under''	Eddie waring
6	Which sport uses the lightest ball	Table tennis
7	Who did luther blisser play for	Ac milan
8	What caused the cancellation of the cheltenham festival in 2001	Foot & mouth disease
9	Which tennis player won their 5 th wimbledon title in 1998	Pete sampras
10	Name the 4 cities beginning with the letter a that have hosted the summer olympics (pfe)	Athens , amsterdam , antwerp & atlanta

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In which year was william wallace aka (bravheart) hung drawn & quartered	1305
2	The record for the largest ballet class was organized by south african ballet theatre, can anybody tell me how many dancers took part	551 dancers
3	During normal breathing what speed does the air travel (on the beaufort scale)	Force 2 - a gentle breeze
4	How many times it's own weight can an ant lift	50 times
5	How many different herbs and spices are contained within a piece of kfc	Eleven
6	On what date was 'countdown' first shown on british television	November 2nd 1982
7	Approximately how long does it take a garden spider to spin a complete web (in hours)	1 hour
8	Number of beatles conventions held each year worldwide	15
9	In which year was desert island discs first broadcast	1942
10	In channel 4's survey of the top 100 scariest movies what number did silence of the lambs come in at	28

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