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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What kind of animal was willy in free willy	A killer whale
2	Which is the largest land living carnivore	Brown or grizzly bear
3	What bird uses a stone to smash open its prey	The thrush
4	Which creature has the largest brain in proportion to its body	The ant
5	What animal can change its colour	A chameleon
6	What type of creature is a whydah	A bird
7	What is the male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen	The drone
8	Archaeopteryx differed from it's modern counterparts in that it had teeth, clawed fingers & a bony tail core. Otherwise it bore the characteristics of which group of creatures	Birds
9	Which is the smallest mammal in europe	Pygmy shrew
10	Which species of creature have to keep swimming in order to survive	Sharks

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which character invariably misused english words	Mrs malaprop
2	Impressionists: whose last great painting was 'a bar at the folies-bergere'	Edouard manet
3	American writers: whose books include the world according to garp, the new hotel hampshire & the cider house rules	John irving
4	The renaissance: in carol reed's the agony and the ecstacy, who plays michelangelo	Charlton heston
5	Artists: which famous erotic work by fragonard is exhibited in the wallace collection in london	The lady on the swing
6	Where is the louvre	Paris, france
7	The renaissance: who designed the dome of st peter's cathedral in the vatican	Michelangelo
8	Agatha christie: which novel was turned into a film directed by billy wilder and starring merlene dietrich	Witness for the prosecution
9	What were the tree like creatures in the lord of the rings called	The ents
10	Impressionists: who said 'i want to establish the right to dare everything'	Paul gauguin

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 's' is the name for the skin on the skull	Scalp
2	What 'oe' can mean at the rim with nerves	On edge
3	What 'b' is an army officer's soldier servant	Batman
4	What 'o' turns metals green	Oxygen
5	What 's' that is the name of an area of very poor housing.	Slum
6	What 'g' is to eat or drink greedily	Guzzle
7	What 'p' is the mooring place for large ships	Port
8	What 'km' was declared bankrupt in september 1992 with debts of over 400 million	Kevin maxxwell
9	Which 'wc' was the first english printer	William caxton
10	What 's' is a range of hills or mountains	Sierra

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Which 2002 movie features the character 'amsterdam vallon'	Gangs of new york
2	The simpsons: on whose real life tv show did the simpsons make their first appearance	Tracy ullman
3	Films at sea: which 1995 brink of nuclear disaster thriller set aboard a submarine starred denzel washington	Crimson tide
4	Advertising slogans: and all because the lady loves	Milk tray
5	Family guy: how did stewie get his football shaped head	He fell while jumping on a bed
6	Which film featured a brothel called the chicken ranch	The best little whore house in texas
7	Who was an acquaintance of dirty gerty from number 30	Basil brush
8	Who co-starred with steve mcqueen in the film the thomas crown affair	Faye dunnaway
9	Movie taglines: 'they'll never get caught. They're on a mission from god. '	The blues brothers (1980)
10	Movie one liners: i can't seem to stop singing wherever i am. And what's worse, i can't seem to stop saying things - anything and everything i think and feel	The sound of music

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	After 1066 the french introduced such joys as cidre to england with 'staggering' success. If pears replaced apples in the process, what was it called (clue, if needed, a famous lawyer. )	Perry
2	Which bewer produces owd roger	Marstons
3	What country is the home of the relish called chutney a=korea, b= china, c= india, d= japan	C=india
4	What is karahi	A type of wok used in asian cooking
5	Which two fruits are crossed to make an ugly fruit	Grapefruit & tangerine
6	Often drunk, this liquid is normally harvested from female cows	Milk
7	Thick spicy fish soup from provence	Bouillabaisse
8	Name the only fruit named for its color	Orange
9	Which cereal is the only one grown standing in water	Rice
10	Where exactly were cornflakes invented	Battle creek sanitarium

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	What is the total of the 3 internal angles of a triangle	180 degrees
2	What name is given to the upper chamber of the british parliament	House of lords
3	Morocco mole was the side kick of which cartoon character	Secret squirrel
4	What is the bell tower of the santa maria della spina cathedral better known as	The leaning tower of pizza
5	What would you find in an arboretum	Trees
6	Fashion, in which year did levi strauss take out a patent on his denim workpants	1872
7	Which duo has won seven oscars	Ton & jerry
8	With what other large building society did the nationwide merge in the 1980's	The anglia building society
9	Currently, in britain, is father's day on the second or third sunday in june	Third
10	Which novel is associated with the phrase (four legs good, two legs bad)	Animal farm

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Capitals: on the banks of which river is lisbon	River tagus
2	Kingston is the capital of which country	Jamaica
3	In what country is the jutland peninsula	Denmark
4	Which is the smallest continent	Europe
5	Can you give me the capital of the following three countries: syria, morocco and libya	Damascus, rabat, tripoli
6	Which capital city stands on the potomac river	Washington d. C.
7	In what year did captain cook reach new zealand	1769
8	How many stars are on the flag of new zealand	Four
9	In which country was the battle of waterloo fought	Belgium
10	Holiday destinations: where is the original geyser	In iceland 'geysir' is the icelandic for 'to rush forth'

History

	Question	Answer
1	Who commanded the confederate armies during the american civil war	General robert e. Lee
2	What process is used for dating ancient organic objects	Radio carbon dating
3	1980s: who was the chef on friends	Monica
4	The french revolution: which famous dickens novel is set during the french revolution	A tale of 2 cities
5	2000s: which 2002 song features the line 'gonna burn this goddamn house right down''	Murder on the dancefloor
6	Which (age) occured between the stone and the iron ages	Bronze age
7	1980s: what colour is missing from a rubik's cube (white, green, yellow, green, blue)	Orange
8	1970s: which doctor offered good advice in when youre in love with a beautiful woman	Dr hook
9	1970s: the following is a line from which 1970's film 'is it safe'	Marathon man
10	1980s: which red-head won star search and then went on a shopping mall singing tour that took america by storm in 1987 and 1988	Tiffany

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Eurovision: which of the following acts failed to win the trophy for the uk a) bucks fizz, b) lulu, c) cliff richard, d) sandie shaw	C= cliff richard
2	Which girl group consisted of 'esther bennett, vernie bennett, louise nurding, kelle bryan'	Eternal
3	Johnny halliday was a massive star over three decades in which country	France
4	Who released their debut 'the prince' on 2 tone in 1979	Madness
5	On which label was the human leagues greatest hits released in 1988	Virgin
6	The tramps came from which us city	Philadelphia
7	Who was the original basist in the bay city rollers	Alan longmuir
8	Whose breakthrough single came with messages	Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
9	What is kylie minogues middle name	Ann
10	In the world of music how is 'harry roger webb' more commonly known	Cliff richard

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Which false idol was worshipped by the hebrews at the foot off mount sinai	The golden calf
2	The crown, the neck and the root are the three main parts of a what	Tooth
3	Which nationality was the man who built the first bicycle propelled by pedals	Scottish kirkpatrick macmillan 1840
4	What is ag the chemical symbol for	Silver
5	Caries is an extremely common disease by what name is it better known	Tooth decay
6	How many tons of gem diamonds are mined every year	Two
7	Which gland produces insulin	The pancreas
8	What value is pi to 6 significant figures	3. 141592
9	In the wizard of oz, what was the lion looking for	Courage
10	First marketed in 1958 by the kodak company as 'eastman 910' by what name is their cyanoacrylate adhesive better known	Superglue

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	In which californian city was the 1994 final played	Pasadena
2	Which swimming stroke is the first leg of the medley relay race	Backstroke
3	What is the final event in a decathlon	1500 metres
4	Which sport do the detroit red wings play	Ice hockey
5	Why was mathew simmons in the news in 1995	Eric cantona kung fu kick
6	The 2009 movie 'the damned'' is about which legendary football manager	Brian clough
7	Who was arsenals caretaker manager prior to the arrival of arsene wenger in november 1996	Stewart houston
8	The song 'back home'' was released by the england football squad before leaving for the world cup in which country	Mexico
9	Where were the winter olympics held in 1928 & 1948	St moritz
10	What type of creature is sonic in the computer game	A hedgehog

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	How many seconds long is the queen classic bohemian rhapsody	355 secs
2	How many 5 pointed stars are depeicted on the flag of brazil	27
3	As of 2008 what was the population of the island of malta	400000
4	In what year did percy l spencer invent the microwave	1947
5	Tom baker played dr who in how many episodes of the show	172
6	How old was the wrestler big daddy when he died	68
7	During sex a mans testicles increaase in size by what percent	0. 75
8	In which year was 'wuthering heights' by emily bronte first published	1847
9	How many times a second does a mosquito flap it's wings	587
10	What is sir donald bradman's test cricket batting average	99. 94

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