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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which is the smallest of all birds	Bee, hummingbird (2 grams)
2	What are a whales breathing organs called	Lungs
3	What is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
4	Which flightless bird lays the world's largest eggs	Ostrich
5	What term is given to the annual marking of swans on the thames	Swan upping
6	Featured in the film jurassic park, which creatures name means 'quick plunderer'	Velociraptor
7	What animal is depicted on the logo of toys r us	Giraffe
8	With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis	Rabbits
9	What animal is a chester white	A pig
10	What is the worlds largest mammal	Blue whale

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Who wrote gullivers travels	Jonathan swift
2	Who drew drawings of absurd mechanical contrivances	William heath robinson
3	Who created lord peter wimsey	Dorothy l sayers
4	Artists: whose progress did william hogarth chart in eight etchings in 1735	A rakes progress
5	Poets: which poet, an icon of the counter culture 's first collection of poetry was called howl	Allen ginsberg
6	Eliza doolittle appears in which play	Pygmalion/my fair lady
7	What is the name of the russian national ballet	The kirov ballet
8	Poets: it took the whole of creation to produce my foot , my each feather - whose foot	Hawk roosting ted hughes
9	Poets: what kind of symmetry did the tyger possess, according to william blake	Fearful symmetry songs of experience
10	Which american author wrote jaws	Peter benchley

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 't' is victorious	Triumphant
2	What 'e' became prime minister in 1955	Eden
3	What 't' is an exclusively british breed of dog	Terrier
4	What 'f' dou you cross in the house of commons if you change party	Floor
5	What 'd' is to think carefully	Deliberate
6	What 'n' last words were kiss me hardy	Nelson
7	Which 'bb' is the fat schoolboy in franck richards' stories	Billy bunter
8	What 'uc is a phrase meaning living in tents or that the sails of a ship are spread	Under canvas
9	What 'kc' means not to be flustered or to panic	Keep cool
10	What 'v' is a tax	Vat

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	The simpsons: who ran over snowball i	Clovis quimby
2	Movie one liners: there's going to be sex, drugs, rock'n'roll. Chips, dips, chains, whips.	Weird science
3	Films of books: which film did ridley scott make from philip k dick's novel 'do animals dream of electric sheep'	Blade runner
4	Which superhero had a butler named alfred	Batman
5	Which famous talk show host made a guest apearence on laverne & shirley	Jay leno
6	Which musical won the best picture oscar in 1968	Oliver
7	Advertising slogans: the man from --- -----, he says yes	Del monte
8	Movie characters: which 1990 sci-fi movie features the character 'douglas quaid'	Total recall
9	How many 'mr colours' were there in the 1991 film reservoir dogs	Six (white, orange, blue, blonde, pink, brown. )
10	In the tv show star trek what planet was the home of mr spock	Vulcan

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which drink is served in a schooner	Sherry
2	The vanilla plant is native to which country	Mexico
3	Which familiar carbonated soft drink contains quinine, a fact which influenced the name it was given	Tonic water
4	Which dessert has a custard base and a burnt caramelised top	Crme brulee
5	What is the name given to the flat unleavened indian bread resembling a pancake	Chapati
6	What foodstuff is the most advertised in the uk	Breakfast cereals
7	What is the third most popular soft drink in the uk	Lucozade
8	Which countrys does one associate with the following foods or drinks: 'sachertorte'	Austria
9	In the drink gin and 'it' - what's 'it'	Italian vermouth
10	Who was the first man to bring cocoa beans to europe	Juan de cardenas

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which conflict lasted between 1337 and 1553	Hundred years war
2	What (as at august 2006) is the world's longest running children's tv programme	Blue peter
3	Say when, englands first state lottery was held	1569
4	Ascorbic acid is better known as what	Vitamin c
5	On which body of water does the french resort biarritz lie	Atlantic ocean
6	If a dish is a la florentine, which ingredient is it assumed to have	Spinach
7	Which famous columbian author wrote 'one hundred years of solitude'	Gabriel garcia marquez
8	Who in 1975 had a funky moped	Jasper carrot
9	Which actress called her baby girl 'suri'	Katie holmes
10	What is the nickname of royal nanny alexandra legge bourke	Tiggy

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	In which state is stone mountain	Georgia
2	Which is the most northerly town in the british isles	Lerwick
3	Russia: in which town is the brothers karamazov set	Staraya russa
4	In which country would you find the yucatan peninsula	Mexico
5	Rivers: on which river would you find the victoria falls & the kariba damn	Zambesi
6	How many bridges are there in st petersburg	365
7	Australia: where did captain cook set foot on australian soil	Botany bay
8	Which motorway connects london with cardiff	The m4
9	Ireland: of which church of ireland cathedral was jonathon swift dean	St patrick's cathedral
10	In which country is the suez canal	Egypt

History

	Question	Answer
1	In what year was the united nations organisation formed	1945
2	1990s: whe recorded the 90's album entitled 'jagged little pill''	Alanis morissette
3	1950s: in the world of music how is 'jiles p richardson'' more commonly known	The big bopper
4	1970s: greased lightnin was taken from the film grease, but who had chart success with it	John travolta
5	1990s: who was at the centre of a televised trial lasting 266 days in 1995	Oj simpson
6	Mottos & epitaphs: complete this motto used by john lewis 'never knowingly __________'	Undersold
7	In what year was the chinese republic established	1911
8	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled parallel lines	Blondie
9	Natural history: which is the largest of the poisonous snakes	The king cobra
10	1990s: what madonna music video was banned by mtv for being too racy	Justify my love

Music

	Question	Answer
1	How in the world of music is 'dino crocetti' more commonly known	Dean martin
2	Which re-issued abba track got to number 16 in 1992	Dancing queen
3	Which motown artist wrote the songs 'my guy by mary wells' & 'my girl by the temptations'	Smokey robinson
4	What artist had most weeks in the uk chart in 2000 was it bob the builder, westlife, craig david or britney spears	Craig david
5	What was the shadows first hit without cliff richard	Apache
6	The label is bludgen riffola name the band	Def leppard
7	In which year did albatross top the charts for fleetwood mac	1968
8	How many sisters are there in the group 'sister sledge'	4
9	Deniece williams wanted to hear it for who	The boy
10	In which film does julie london sing 'cry me a river'	The girl can't help it

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	In which us national park is the old faithful geyser	Yellowstone national park
2	What's the curved line between any two points on a circle	An arc
3	Which has the longer wavelength xrays or microwaves	Microwaves
4	Which organs of the human body produce urine from waste	The kidneys
5	What bone is the patella	Kneecap
6	What familiar roadside item, in which money is placed,was invented in 1935 by american journalist carlton magee	The parking meter
7	Scrivanous palsey is otherwise known as what	Writers cramp
8	What is anaemia	A deficiency of red blood cells
9	There are 4 classes of myriapods2 of which are pauropoda & symphyla. What are the 2 better known classes called	Centipedes and millipedes
10	What's the more familiar name of the himalayas' yeti	The abominable snowman

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	The 'fia'' is the ruling body for which sport	Formula one racing
2	Where was the 1978 world cup held	Argentina
3	Freestyle & greco roman are both types of what	Wrestling
4	Which canadian won the 100m gold at the 1988 olympics, and was then disqualified for drug taking	Ben johnson
5	Who was the first jockey to receive a knighthood	Sir gordon richards
6	Who was the first brazillian driver to be crowned formula one world champion	Emerson fittipaldi
7	Where would you watch rhinos play rugby	Leeds
8	Brazil won the world cup for the 3rd time in which year	1970
9	How many epsom derbies did lester piggott win	Nine
10	In which year did eddie the eagle edwards leap to stardom at the winter olympics	1988

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	Dr norman gary holds the record for holding the mosy honey bees in his mouth but can you tell me how many bee's did he manage to keep in his mouth	109 bees
2	In which year did st george die	303
3	How many calories are in a pint of guinness	198
4	Ove nordstrom from sweden has the worlds largest piggy bank collection from over 40 countries how many piggy banks does she have in total	5750
5	How many miles are there between the centre's of london and manchester as the crow flies	164
6	What year was concorde's maiden commercial flight	1976
7	In what year was the first ever fa cup final	1872
8	What is the highest recorded speed of a polar bear	26mph
9	In march 2003, when the house of commons backed war with iraq, how many 'yes' votes were there out of a total of 561	412
10	In 1997 levi straus & co bought a pair of jeans believed to have been made between1886 - 1902 how much did they pay for them	15,616 pounds

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