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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Name the only monkey living in freedom in europe	Barbary ape, gibraltor
2	Apart from humans there is only one other creature that has sex for pleasure can you name it	Dolphin
3	In edward lear's poem, which bird sang to the pussycat	The owl
4	Which bird can fly backwards	The humming bird
5	Which small rodent , highly valued for it's fine , silky fur, lives almost exclusively high in the andes	Chinchilla
6	Where do birds of paradise come from	New guinea
7	Which sea bird has a black & white body and a very large , bright yellow & red beak	Atlantic puffin
8	What are the 3 divisions of an insects body	Head thorax & abdomen
9	Which animal has the largest eyes	The giant squid
10	To which order of mammals does the beaver belong	Rodents

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	What was the name of charles dickens last novel unfinished at his death	The mystery of edwin drood
2	Which poet wrote no verse during his time as poet laureate	William wordsworth
3	Agatha christie: why didn't they ask 'ask who'	Why didn't they ask evans
4	Which author did hitler acclaim as the phrophet of right wing authoritarianism	Nietzsche
5	Dance: in 1986 which director made ginger & fred about a pair of geriatric imitators who come out of retirement for one last show	Federico fellini
6	Impressionists: who said 'i want to establish the right to dare everything'	Paul gauguin
7	Poets: which 17th century dublin poet wrote various 'improved' versions of shakespeare's plays	Nahum tate
8	Poets: which cleric poet told death not to be proud 'though some have called thee mighty & dreadful'	John donne
9	Which science fiction story centres around alien children in a village	The midwitch cuckoos
10	Who painted flatford mill	Constable

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'a' is a word from the greek, meaning a denunciation or a curse	Anathema
2	What 'frg' is west germany also known as	Federal republic of germany
3	What 'm' is the tv quiz series chaired by magnus magnusson	Mastermind
4	What 'v' is a popular french salad dressing	Vinaigrette
5	What 'h' are adrenaline and oestrogen in the human body	Hormones
6	What 'o' was ranked second only to the emerald, as a gemstone, by the romans	Opal
7	What 'l' is the largest european bird of prey	Lammergeyer
8	What 'd' is the 11th-century book made by order of william the conqueror	Domesday book
9	What 'p' is a northern irish politician	Paisley
10	What 'p' is a device used to stimulate the heart muscle when the beat is irregular	Pacemaker

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	The simpsons: what is the name of the car homer designs for powell motors	The homer
2	Movie one liners: in death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps & no escape	Final destination
3	In the series friends who played emilys mother	Jennifer saunders
4	Movie one liners: what took you so long? ' 'traffic was a bitch. '	The player (1992)
5	Which english playwright died of injuries when his coach overturned en route to bath	William congreve
6	Movie taglines: 'it spans a whole new world of entertainment! '	The bridge on the river kwai (1957)
7	Movie one liners: well, sir. Goin' 'ome... 'ome, sir. '	Lawrence of arabia (1962)
8	What nationality is the fictional detective hercules poirot	Belgian
9	Movie one liners: a man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke.	Rambo
10	Movie one liners: i don't know much, but one thing i do know son is you are here for a reason	Superman

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which dessert was created in honour of a famous ballet dancer	Pavlova
2	From which fish is caviar obtained	Sturgeon
3	Who is the american artist who uses campbell's soup cans in his pop art	Andy warhol
4	What country is the home of the relish called chutney a=korea, b= china, c= india, d= japan	C=india
5	Which german spirit is flavoured with caraway seeds and distilled from potatoes	Schnapps
6	What is ghee	Clarified butter used in asian cooking
7	Who released the following 'edible' album 'buddah and the chocolate box'	Cat stevens
8	How or when can one eat angel hair or bridegrooms	When eating pasta
9	Which are larger winkles or whelks	Whelks
10	In greek mythology, what was the food of the gods	Ambrosia

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	True or false: neil young was once the only artist on reprise	True
2	What became the uk's first registered trademark in 1875	Bass red triangle
3	Which french phrase meaning, 'from the menu' is often used in the english language	A la carte
4	Which of queen elizabeth the queen mother's relatives succeeded her as chancellor of london university	The princess royal
5	Aileen wuornos was notorious for being the world's first what	Female serial killer
6	Which american rock singer and guitarist played with the e street band	Bruce springsteen
7	What was the original name of the royal air force	Royal flying corps
8	In pop music, the queen song 'we will rock you' was re-released by which band in 2000	Five
9	Capital of the united arab emirates	Abu dhabi
10	What as of (2006) what is britains longest running sit-com	Last of the summer wine

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	In which country is guallatiri (the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s largest volcano)	Chile
2	What is the second largest country in the world	Canada
3	From which london station do trains to the channel tunnel leave from	Waterloo
4	What country consists mainly of the jutland peninsula	Denmark
5	Which city is the capital of australia	Canberra
6	In which country is madras	India
7	What country produces the original edam cheese	The netherlands
8	Which is the largest lake in the british isles	Lough neagh in northern ireland
9	What is london's largest park	Hyde park
10	In what year did captain cook reach new zealand	1769

History

	Question	Answer
1	Which two words are inscribed on a victoria cross	For valour
2	What was the name given to the french goverment which collaborated with the nazis	Vichy
3	Famous battles: where in september 1950 did general macarthur's troops land prior to the recapture of seoul	Inchon
4	1950s: which of these women never married frank sinatra a= mia farrow, b= ava gardner, c= lana turner	C = lana turner
5	1990s: which wartime event was remembered 50 years on in 1995	Ve day
6	Who was the last to sit on the peacock throne	Shah mohammed reza pahlavi
7	1960s: who took over from kennedy after he was assassinated	Lyndon b johnson
8	1980s: what does ll cool j. 's name stand for	Ladies love cool james
9	American history: whose autobiography was called 'how to talk dirty & influence people'	Lenny bruve
10	What apollo 13 astronaut contacted mission control with the words, (houston, we've had a problem)	Jack swigert

Music

	Question	Answer
1	In 1978 who had their first hit with 'i lost my heart to a starship trooper'	Sarah brightman
2	What nationality was sylvia who had a 1974 hit with 'y viva espania'	Swedish
3	Name the singer and the song of brian hyland's hit reaching no. 1 in 1989	Jason donovan / sealed with a kiss
4	Who is the youngest beatle	George harrison
5	Who was was ther lead singer with cockney rebel	Steve harley
6	Whose debut album was called different class	Pulp
7	The cover version 'sea of love' was a hit for the honey drippers or the honey eaters	The honey drippers
8	Which singer is known as the man in black	Johnny cash
9	Ace of base come from which country	Sweden
10	Eurovision: which comedian created & played tony ferrino, a portuguese singer who had won the eurovision song contest in 1980 with the song 'papa bendi'	Steve coogan

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	As their names would suggest where were the mamenchisaurus & the tuojiangosaurus found	China
2	Other than the neutron & proton what else makes up an atom	Electrons
3	Rainbow in the human body was is the alternative name for the humerous	The funny bone
4	What trick does the mirror orchid play on the male bee	Flower resembles a female bee
5	What non-working stingless bee mates with the queen	A drone
6	What was the family name of the french brothers who were pioneer developers of the hot air balloon and who conducted the first untehered flights	Montgolfier
7	In computing what do the initials jpeg stand for	Joint photographic experts group
8	What is an angle of less than 90 degrees known as	An acute angle
9	What russian physiologist went to the dogs to write conditioned reflexes	Ivan pavlov
10	What is the male sex hormone called	Testosterone

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Where was the 1978 world cup held	Argentina
2	How many players comprise a handball team	Seven
3	How many times did chris eubank fight steve collins	Twice
4	On which horseracing course is the whitbread gold cup run	Sandown park
5	In football (standard english football) is the goalkeeper allowed to score a goal	Yes
6	Which football team plays at edgeley park	Stockport county
7	With an aggregate of 5,444 runs, who is new zealands highest scoring test batsman	Martin crow
8	How many epsom derbies did lester piggott win	Nine
9	What is the minimum rest period between two games for any team at the 2006 world cup according to fifa competition rules	48 hours
10	What do the initials tp signify to an archer	Target practice

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In which year did honda start to manufacture cars	1960
2	The longest tennis rally on record took 51. 5 minutes how many strokes were there	1029
3	At the time of her jubilee how many ships had the queen launched	17
4	What year was the coca cola company founded	1892
5	At the new wembley stadium how much would it cost you for just one cup of tea	2. 70 a cup
6	How many uk chart number ones did the beatles have as a group	17
7	In what year did radio one broadcast for the first time	1967
8	What is the escape velocity for leaving the earth in miles per second	7 miles per second
9	World record speed attained in a helicopter	249 mph
10	In what year was ruth ellis hanged	1955

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