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Instant Quiz

10 questions from each category.
The Pub Quiz Company: Not in a pub quiz

Animals

Question Answer
1 Which is the second heaviest land animal The hippopotamus
2 Which creature had 2 rows of plates running down it's neck, back & tail culminating in large
spikes at the end
Stegosaurus
3 With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis Rabbits
4 What term is given to the annual marking of swans on the thames Swan upping
5 What does a butterfly use to taste Its feet
6 Smuck is the collective noun for which marine creature Jelly fish
7 What type of animal is pulex irritans Flea
8 What are animals called if they are abl to live on land or in water Amphibians
9 Which flightless bird from mauritus is now extinct The dodo
10 What animal can change its colour A chameleon

Art & Literature

Question Answer
1 Dance: who choreographed west side story Jerome robbins
2 Artists: where did joseph wrights experiment on a bird take place An experiment on a bird in the air pump 1768
3 What was the name of charles dickens last novel unfinished at his death The mystery of edwin drood
4 Whose smile remained after the rest of it had vanished The cheshire cat's
5 Artists: whose bigger splash takes place in a swimming pool in california David hockney
6 The renaissance: leonardo da vinci & michelangelo were simultaneously employed to decorate
different parts of which room
The council chamber in the palazzo vecchio, florence
7 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
8 Impressionists: whose nude olympia in 1863 outraged the paris salon Edouard manet
9 Which author penned the disc- world series of sci-fi novels Terry pratchett
10 Which sculptor produced a lobster telephone Salvador dali

Blockbusters

Question Answer
1 What 'tt' is used for drying dishes Tea towel
2 What 'u' is a secret resistance group known as Underground
3 What 'mmw' do you tell someone to do when you want them to pay close attention to what you are
saying
Mark my words
4 What 'u' is the occupation of oliver twists employer and what americans call a mortician Undertaker
5 Which 'sj' was a famous ragtime composer- his music was used as the theme for the film the
sting
Scott joplin
6 What 'g' is a famous type of tapestry Gobelin
7 What 'o' is a type of birds famous for having an eye thats bigger than it's brain Ostritch
8 What 'gp' is a means of finding people's opinions -usually in the street Gallup poll
9 What 'h' is a burnt offering, or wholesale destruction Holocaust
10 What 'm' is the second heaviest primate weighing on average a 3rd of the weight of a gorilla Man

Entertainment

Question Answer
1 What links the films mermaids, the addams family & casper Christina ricci starred in all 3
2 Revolver, dagger, spanner, candlestick, rope so what's missing Lead piping
3 Nostalgia: what was known as big head Whitbread trophy bitter
4 Presenters: which disc jockey played himself in george lucas's film american graffiti Wolfman jack
5 Of which hollywood star was it said wet she was a star Esther williams
6 What was the club house of the get along gang A red caboose
7 Which best selling author had the middle name ronald ruel J. R. R tolkien
8 Which show do you associate ken brockman The simpsons
9 The simpsons: on which tough guy actors voice did hank azaria base that of chief wiggum Edward g robinson
10 Movie taglines: 'to enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman. ' The silence of the lambs (1991)

Food & Drink

Question Answer
1 Who released the following 'edible' album 'tigermilk' Belle and sebastian
2 From which fruit is grenadine obtained Pomegranate
3 Which mixer was used to take quinine Tonic water
4 Which french district does claret come from Bordeaux
5 What herb is used most often in garnishes Parsley
6 Harrissa is what in cooking A spicy paste
7 A black russian cocktail is made with one part coffee liqueur and two parts of which spirit Vodka
8 What is amontillado Sherry
9 What is ghee Clarified butter used in asian cooking
10 If you ordered cherries jubilee, how would you expect them to be cooked Flambeed (in kirsch)

General Knowledge

Question Answer
1 Kathmandu is the capital of which country Nepal
2 True or false: london has a larger population than switzerland True london 7. 6 / swiss 7. 2
3 Which london church stands at the top of ludgate hill St pauls cathedral
4 50 / 50,which is the largest of the channel islands guernsey or jersey Jersey
5 From which country did smorgasbord originate Sweden
6 Who had a 1970's hit with 'yellow river' Christie
7 Which state is the youngest state in the usa Hawaii
8 Which element has the highest melting point Carbon
9 What is a 'clouded yellow' Butterfly
10 Which designer was awarded a best fashion design oscar in 1985 Yves saint-laurent

Geography

Question Answer
1 Parks: which park in berlin houses both the zoo & a memorial to rosa luxemburg The tiegarten
2 What are the 3 components called that form the earth Core, mantle, crust
3 Holiday destinations: which canary island's main resort town is called playa de las americas Tenerife
4 Public buildings: why was the eiffel tower built To celebrate 100th anniversay of the french revolution
5 Africa: which snake has distinctive orange & black bands the length of its body The coral snake
6 London: what is believed to be the derivation of the name soho So hol' a hunting cry
7 Capitals: where is the capital of tibet in exile Dharamsala, india
8 What river is known as china's sorrow because of its flooding The yellow river
9 In which country will you find the bay of pigs Cuba
10 Capitals: of which country is kathmandu the capital Nepal

History

Question Answer
1 By what name was baron manfred von richthofen better known The red baron
2 The french revolution: why did the woman of paris march to versailles on 5 october 1789 To drag the king & queen back to paris
3 American history: which is the nations oldest chartered city Albany, new york
4 1980s: name the tv show which featured an average housewife teamed up with a secret agent. Scarecrow and ms. King
5 Natural history: what is blader wrack Seaweed
6 1980s: name the female comedy star who once had a show on fox, that had a pop hit in the early
eighties
Tracy ullman
7 2000s: which celebrity spent part of 2008 cleaning and collecting garbage on the streets of new
york
Boy george
8 1990s: who invaded the stage during michael jacksons performance at the 1996 brit awards Jarvis cocker
9 In 1959 who established a communist government in cuba Fidel castro
10 Natural history: what do you call a group of kangeroos A troop

Music

Question Answer
1 What was the best selling abba single in the uk Dancing queen
2 No. 3 in the charts was a lucky number for whom Lene lovich
3 What was unusual about the american top 100 singles charts in june 1983 It contained more records by foreigners than americans for the first time
4 Which wrestler had a hit with im the leader of the gang in 1993 Hulk hogan
5 In the film risky business tom cruise danced around his living room in his underpants to what
song
Old time rock & roll
6 When radio 2 compiled a list of songs of the 20th century, which 1998 movie theme was the
highest placed song of the 1990's
Celine dion / my heart will go on
7 By what name is beethoven's sixth symphony known The pastoral symphony
8 Planet earth' was duran duran's first hit, but what was their first top ten entry Girls on film
9 Although often close what was the only no. 1 madness ever achieved House of fun
10 What is the connection between jean luc ponty, stephane grappelli, & jerry goodman Violin

Science & Nature

Question Answer
1 What is the term hydrocephalus more commonly known as Water on the brain
2 Of what illness is petit mal a form Epilepsy
3 Are worker ants male or female Female
4 In india what name is given to the period between june & september when about 75 percent of the
regions annual rainfall arrives
Monsoon season
5 What can babies do that adults cannot Breathe and swallow at the same time
6 Of what is a jenny the female Donkeys
7 Who invented the lift Elisha otis
8 What does an ammeter measure Electrical current
9 Which contemporary scientist is suffering from from motorneurone disease Steven hawkins
10 Which metal is the best conductor of electricity Silver

Sports & Leisure

Question Answer
1 When boris becker was the first unseeded player to win wimbledon, who did he beat in the final Kevin curran
2 How many balls are on a pool table at the start of a game 16
3 How many draughts pieces are on one row at the beginning of a game Four
4 How many lanes does an olympic standard swimming pool have Eight
5 Who was the first manager from outside the british isles to win the english fa cup Ruud gullit
6 In which sport does play commence with a tip off Basketball
7 Who declared the 1936 olympics officially open Adolf hitler
8 Whose nickname is beefy Ian botham
9 Which steeplechase horse racing course famously crosses the melling road Aintree
10 What is the only swimming stroke not started by a dive Backstroke

Tie Breaks

Question Answer
1 If all the coca-cola vending machines in the us were stacked on top of each other how high
would they reach (in miles)
450 miles
2 The largest internet caf in the world is in new york called easyeverything. How many computer
terminals does it have
763
3 How many aces did goran ivanisevic serve on his way to winning the men's title of 2001 212
4 In what year did the royal navy launch its first submarine 1901
5 In what year did the first meeting of alcoholics anonymous take place 1935
6 If 1 pound of cooked spaghetti was laid out in 1 long noodle how long would it be in feet 300 foot long
7 In which year was the children in need charity founded 1979
8 In what year was the budweiser brewery founded 1876
9 How many hours a day do dolphins spend asleep 2 hours
10 Number of beatles fanzines currently published worldwide 44

Toys & Games

Question Answer

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