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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity	The giant tortoise
2	What herb do cats love	Catnip/ cat mint
3	Which animal can jump the highest	The whale
4	What kind of animal was willy in free willy	A killer whale
5	Which is the largest living rodent	Capybara
6	Which is the second heaviest land animal	The hippopotamus
7	What mammal of northern europe, asia & north america is sometimes called a glutton	Wolverine
8	Which bird has the best sense of smell	Kiwi
9	What is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
10	What is the most common uk bird	The blue tit

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which english author created horatio hornblower	C. S. Forester
2	What is the name of colvin dexter's fictional detective	Inspector morse
3	Agatha christie: in which novel did hercule poirot first talk about his little grey cells	The mysterious affair at styles
4	Artists: which artist , philosopher & poet worked on a new method of printing in order to illustrate his songs of innocence	William blake
5	Childrens books: who wrote the just so stories	Rudyard kipling
6	What are the christian names of jk rowling author of the harry potter books	Joanne kathleen
7	Who painted the creation of adam	Michelangelo
8	Which author wrote the book black beauty	Anna sewell
9	What colour is the 'art and literature' wedge in a game of 'trivial pursuit'	Brown
10	Which colour followed picasso's blue period	Pink

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'b' is a long-lived american comedian	Burns
2	What 'af' is an illness originating in china	Asian flu
3	What 'y' is the highest living domesticated animal	Yak
4	What 'v' is a wart of the foot	Verruca
5	What 'l' is a fabric of woven silver or gold threads	Lame
6	What 'nwh' is something valueless	Not worth having
7	What 'kd' is an arid region in southern africa	Kalahari desert
8	What 'boe' is called the old lady of threadneedle street	Bank of england
9	What 'pow' was an inmate of a war camp	Prisoner of war
10	What 'a' is a self-evident truth	Axiom

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	On what channel island was the series bergerac set	Jersey
2	I am a well known fictional character on tv i have a wife called sarah and a son called julian who am i	Postman pat
3	Movie one liners: because when you're cool, the sun shine on you 24 hours a day.	My science project
4	The simpsons: what was ned flanders' job before he opened the leftorium	Pharmacist
5	Movie taglines: 'don't answer the phone. Don't open the door. Don't try to escape. '	Scream (1996)
6	In which scottish city is the movie trainspotting set	Edinburgh
7	Movie taglines: 'his whole life was a million-to-one shot. '	Rocky (1976)
8	Movie taglines: 'you'll believe a man can fly! '	Superman: the movie (1978)
9	What was the character name of the nurse in the tv sitcom open all hours	Gladys emmanuelle
10	Cult films: where does the final fight scene of the 'bruce lee' movie 'enter the dragon' take place	A hall of mirrors

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What is the french word for a cake shop	Patisserie
2	Which of the following brands of drink sold the most in the uk in the year 2000 - ribena, lucozade or tango* *	Ribena
3	What is tabasco	A hot soup from mexico
4	Which village in county antrim gives its name to a brand of irish whiskey produced there and at a companion distillery in coleraine	Bushmills
5	Cumberland sauce is tradiotionally served cold with what	Venison
6	What p word is the name given to a german black rye bread	Pumpernickel
7	What name is given to a cockerel that is castrated and fattened for the table	Capon
8	What is the principle ingredient of mayonaise	Eggs
9	In which south american country is the city of fray bentos	Uruguay
10	Name the following foods :a very thick spicy italian sausage, usually flavoured with garlic	Salami

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Who wrote the novel '3 men in a boat'	Jerome k jerome
2	Who co-starred with walter matthau in the 1968 film 'the odd couple'	Jack lemon
3	In fashion, which knee length shorts are named after an atlantic island	Bermuda shorts
4	Who owned mr ed in the tv sitcom of the 60's (full character name)	Wilbur post
5	Which english nanny had her original conviction of second degree murder changed to one of involuntary manslaughter in november 1997	Louise woodward
6	Which actor won the best actor oscar in 1982 for his first major film role	Ben kingsley
7	In which country is the town of tequila	Mexico
8	Which character has been portrayed in more films than any other	Sherlock holmes
9	Susan hampshire and philip latham starred in which 1974 tv adaptation of an anthony trollope series of novels	The pallisers
10	What is missing from the venus de milo	It's arms

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which group of islands are known as the friendly islands	The tonga islands
2	Which port of sicily shares its name with a city in new york state	Syracuse
3	Frankfort is the capital of which state	Kentucky
4	London: to which reformer is eros in piccadilly a tribute	The 7th earl of shaftsbury
5	London: what is the origin of the name london	Lyn dun (the fortified town on the lake)
6	Rivers: the putumayo, the purus & madeira are three of the many tributaries of which great south american river	The amazon
7	Islands: where in canada would you find elk island & reindeer island	Lake winnipeg
8	Where would you find the queen alexandra, queen elizabeth and queen maud mountain ranges	Antarctica
9	What continent's westernmost point is called cape verde	Africa
10	Which italian city is famous for its leaning tower	Pisa

History

	Question	Answer
1	What was the nickname of president duvalier of haiti, who died in 1971	Papa doc
2	Natural history: what is also known as the freshwater lobster	The crayfish
3	British history: who told the british people 'they've never had it so good'	Harold macmillan
4	Which was the first town to be liberated by the allies on d-day	Caen
5	1980s: who was the youngest child on the cosby show	Rudy
6	Mottos & epitaphs: who was famously buried under the words 'workers of all lands unite'	Karl marx
7	2000s: how many gold medals did england win at the 2008 summer olympics in beijing	19
8	2000s: what did the tv channel fox kids change its name to in jan 2004	Jetix
9	Natural history: what is the most common uk bird	The blue tit
10	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled madman across the water	Elton john

Music

	Question	Answer
1	In which comedy film does aretha franklin, star as a proprietress of a soul food joint sing her 1968 hit think	The blues brothers
2	Over which 2 years did the bay city rollers achieve most of their chart sucess	1974 & 1975
3	Who recorded the albums 'nevermind', 'incesticide', an 'in utero'	Nirvana
4	Who had 'self control' in 1984	Laura brannigan
5	Which was the main instrument used by vangelis on his film score chariots of fire	Synthesizer
6	In the 1960's who released the albums 'twist', 'twistin round the world', 'your twist party'	Chubby checker
7	Name the year relax reaches no. 1 in the uk, 'this is spinal tap', born in the usa	1984
8	In the 1980's which actor became motown records 'biggest selling white artist ever'	Bruce willis
9	From which metal band was dave mustaine fired in 1982	Metallica
10	Which american president was fighting in the ring in the frankie goes to hollywood video two tribes	Ronald reagan

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is the horn of a rhinoceros made from	Keratin (hair)
2	What is the study of earthquakes called	Seismology
3	What does a palaeontologist study	Fossils
4	Which colour is at the top of a rainbow	Red
5	What layer of the atmosphere lies between heights of aproximately six and a half miles & 30 miles above the earths surface	Ozone
6	The e-type jaguar was introduced in fixed head coupe form at the 1961 geneva motor show. To the nearest 100 pounds what was its selling price	1550
7	Which model ferrari has a name which means redhead	Tetarossa
8	True or false, fresh fish is always healthier than frozen fish	False
9	What does a normal human being have 206 of	Bones
10	By what abbreviated term is the group of eight industrialized nations known	G8 (g8 sumit)

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Who was the first player to play for england who had not been born when england won the world cup in 1966	Tony adams
2	Over how many laps is the indianapolis 500 contested	200
3	In 1998 who became the youngest footballer to score a hat trick in the english premiership	Michael owen
4	In which decade was cricket's first world cup final played	1970's
5	Where foreign team did steve archibald move to	Barcelona
6	In which sport is the camanachd association challenge cup contested	Shinto
7	What is the most landed on square in a game of monopoly	Jail
8	Who rode shergar to victory in the epsom derby	Walter swinburn
9	Which of the following is not a style opf kung fu white crane, flying fish, lama pai	Flying fish
10	What number did the great brazilian soccer player pele wear on his back	10

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	For his role in the movie pulp fiction how much was actor john travolta paid	$140,000
2	How many deaths are caused by mosquito's every year world wide	1 million
3	Paul hunn from london has the largest burp in the world, some say it's as loud as a pneumatic drill and can be heard over the music in a nightclub but how loud in decibells is it	118 decibells
4	Austria was the first country to abolish capital punishment but in what year	1787
5	In which year did the boer war begin	1899
6	When was the barbie doll first sold with bendable legs	1965
7	John cassidy holds the record for the most balloon sculptures done in 1 hour, how many did he do	654
8	Pycr:- in which year did alton towers first open as a theme park	1980
9	How many years did it take to build the whitehouse	17 years 1792-1809
10	How many people witnessed brazil's defeat by uruguay in the 1950 world cup final	200000

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