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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
2	What features of the african elephant are larger that those of an indian elephant	The ears
3	Which animal is the symbol of the world wide fund for nature	Giant panda
4	What animals name literally means 'man of the forest'	Orang-utan
5	Which is the largest of the migratory animals	The whale
6	What is the largest living bird	The ostrich
7	What part of its body does a butterfly use to taste	It's feet
8	Who was the first animal in space	Laika the dog
9	What color spots has the common ladybird	Black
10	What do squids, snails and oysters have in common	They are all molluscs

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	The renaissance: what was the title of niccolo machiavelli's famous book published in 1532	The prince
2	Impressionists: who developed a style of seperare small dots of pure colour	Georges seurat
3	American writers: whose book rosinante to the road again is set in spain after the first world war	John dos passos
4	Who wrote `the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy'	Douglas adams
5	What did winston encounter in room 101	Rats
6	American writers: which conflict provided the setting for ernest hemmingway's 'for whom the bell tolls'	Spainsh civil war
7	Whose autobiography was entitled (dear me)	Peter ustinov's
8	Poets: which romantic italian poet became the subject of a play by goethe	Torquato tasso
9	Who wrote the books (the firm) and (the pelican brief) both of which were made into films	John grisham
10	Who painted the mona lisa	Leonardo da vinci

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'm' is an island whose chief town is tobermory	Mull
2	What 'o' is the bird whos feathers form the emblem of the prince of wales	Ostrich
3	What 'd' was mussolini	Duce
4	What 'g' is a spirit, a trap - and a machine for seeding cotton	Gin
5	What 'i' is the period between one ruler leaving and the next taking over	Interregnum
6	What 'w' composed the ring cycle	Wagner
7	What 'l' is to put off departure	Linger
8	What 'b' sing with siouxsie	Banshees
9	What 'tw' do the superstitious do for luck	Touch wood
10	What 'hac' are temperature variation a person may encounter when suffering from flu	Hot & cold

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	What is the name of the little boy who becomes the hero when he finds the special ticket that takes him to willis wonka's chocolate factory	Charlie
2	What was rosanna arquette's character's name in (desperately seeking susan)	*roberta glass
3	Nostalgia: which cat fronted the dandy comic	Korky the cat
4	Advertising slogans: i liked the product, so i bought the company	Remmington
5	On (three's company) what was larry's (the upstairs neighbor) last name	Dallas
6	Movie one liners: whatever it is it aint local	Contact
7	Movie one liners: which does not include prayer time or any other time i'm out numbered 6 to 1	Robin hood prince of thieves
8	On tv how many letters are there in each countdown conundrum	9
9	Tall dark and gruesome is the title of whose autobiography	Christopher lee
10	Movie one liners: do you really think that's air your breathing	The matrix

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which citrus fruit, possibly a combination of sweet lime and sour orange, grows predominantly in italy and is used in earl grey tea and eau de cologne	Bergamot
2	What is tabasco	A hot soup from mexico
3	According to the tv ad, which beer is said to be 'good for you'	Guiness
4	What is japanese drink 'sake' made from	Rice
5	Poteen is a distilled spirit made in the west of ireland. What is it made from	Potatoes
6	What is albumen the correct term for	Egg white
7	What is the fruit from the ananas comosus called	Pineapple
8	Where is the oldest distillery in the world	The old bushmills, cty antrim
9	What is the origin of the word gammon	From the french word for ham jambon
10	Who released the following 'edible' album 'tupelo honey'	Van morrison

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	How many minutes are there in two hours	120
2	How old was moses when he died	120 years old
3	What is the world's fastest growing plant	Bamboo
4	Who replaced leonid brezhnev as soviet leader in 1982	Yuri andropov
5	What is the main ingredient in taramasalata	Cod / fish roe (fish)
6	Which american jazz singer was named 'the first lady of song'	Ella fitzgerald
7	Us brits call it a car boot what do americans call it	The trunk
8	In politics, whose election as us president in 1860 triggered the protests of the southern states before the american civil war	Abraham lincoln
9	Which animal is often given the name brock	Badger
10	What is the name in john travolta's character in saturday night fever	Tony manero

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	What was (ho chi minh) city previously known as	Saigon
2	Mountains: mauna kea is an extinct volcano on which pacific island	Hawaii
3	Africa: with more than 11. 5 million inhabitants what african city has the most inhabitants	Cairo
4	Who found the true source of the river nile	Sir richard burton & john speke
5	What is the unit of currency in india	The rupee
6	Africa: zanzibar lies off the coast of which country	Tanzania
7	What's the only arab country without a desert	Lebanon
8	Russia: which lake is known as the pearl of siberia	Lake baikal
9	Into what bay does the ganges river flow	Bengal
10	Parks: how many flamingos live in lake nakaru national park, kenya	2 million

History

	Question	Answer
1	Firsts: when did diners club introduce the first credit club	May-50
2	1980s: pw botha was replaced as leader of the national party in south africa by who in 1989	Fw de klerk
3	1990s: in which city was george michael arrested for lewd behavoir in a public toilet	Los angeles
4	In what year did the spanish civil war begin	1936
5	1980s: what was the claymation domino's pizza thing to avoid	The noid
6	1970s: which country did idi amin invade in 1978	Tanzania
7	The invention of what in 1867, made alfred nobel famous	Dynamite
8	1980s: name buck rogers' pal	Twiki
9	2000s: what came into force in the uk on the 1st july 2007	The smoking ban
10	1930s: which great american inventor died in october 1931	Thomas edison

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Which single was recorded emi's studios in paris in 1964	Can't buy me love
2	Which 1996 single sold a then record 420,000 copies in its first week of release	Babylon zoo / spaceman
3	Which singer was born in nutbush, tennessee in 1939	Tina turner
4	Which 1970's group featured the longmuir brothers	Bay city rollers
5	Who wrote the musical 'theres no business like show business'	Irving berlin
6	Which record label were the mindbenders signed to	Fontana
7	Whose 1973 album was titled 'jonathan livingston seagull'	Neil diamond
8	Which former daily mail television critic wrote the lyrics for les miserables	Herbert kretzmer
9	Who had a hit in jul 1975 with 'blanket on the ground'	Billy joe spears
10	Which cover of an 80's song was a surprising xmas no. 1 in 2003	Mad world / gary jules

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Aspirin was originally obtained from the bark of which tree	Willow
2	Who invented the worlds first electronic pocket calculator in 1972	Sir clive sinclair
3	Which two metals make up brass	Copper and zinc
4	What is the positive particle in an atom called	A proton
5	What do the initials nasa of the us government agency for space flight represent	National aeronautics and space administration
6	Which came of better in a fight, tyrannosaurus rex, iguanadon	Neither they missed eachother by about 42 million years
7	Name the kitchen development patented by american radar engineer percy spencer in 1945	Microwave oven
8	Tinca tinca is the latin name for which fish	Tench
9	For which illness did lois pasteur develop a cure	Rabies
10	In the 1933 film which actress is held aloft by king kong	Fay wray

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	In field athletics what object is thrown the shortest distance	Shot
2	What do the initials tt stand for in connection with the isle of man motorcycle race	Tourist trophy
3	How many races did nigel mansell win in his championship winning year of 1992	Nine
4	Which brothers represented england in the 1995 rugby union world cup	Rory and tony underwood
5	Which former aussie leg spinner is the voice of cricket	Richie benaud
6	Who is the older by aprox 15 mins of the dutch twins ronald & frank de boer	Ronald
7	Which legendary player heads the goal scoring table for england	Bobby charlton
8	How many gold medals did ian thorpe win in sydney	Four
9	Bobby moore and billy wright share the record for the number of games as england captain with 90 each. At the start of the 2006 world cup which player captained england the most times aside from moore and wright	Bryan robson (65 times from 1982-91)
10	Which player won her last grand slam tournament in paris in1999	Steffi graf

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	Roughly what is the earths circumference around the equator (in miles)	24902
2	How many volts does the average electric eeel produce	400
3	In what year did the first meeting of alcoholics anonymous take place	1935
4	How many episodes of the tv show dallas were made	356
5	How many people witnessed brazil's defeat by uruguay in the 1950 world cup final	200000
6	How many joints are there in the human body	230
7	What percentage of the worlds population is contained in the united states	0. 05
8	Aproximately how many licks does it take to finish off a scoop of ice cream	50
9	In what year was walt disney born	1901
10	In what year did william shakespeare marry anne hathaway	1582

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