Instant Quiz

10 questions from each category.

Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which animal has young called elver	The eel
2	Which is the largest of the migratory animals	The whale
3	Which creature got it's name because scientists felt that it fed on eggs	Oviraptor
4	What are the 3 divisions of an insects body	Head thorax & abdomen
5	What is also known as the freshwater lobster	The crayfish
6	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
7	Which animal has the longest gestation period	The african elephant
8	Which bird is renowned for taking over the nests of other species	Cuckoo
9	What is the largest living bird	The ostrich
10	Which bird can fly backwards	The humming bird

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Who wrote the murder of roger ackroyd	Agatha christie
2	Which movement spanned the period from the 17th century to the early 18th	Baroque
3	In which century did artists first start painting on canvas	15th century
4	Who was samuel clemens better known as	Mark twain
5	Agatha christie: in which village did miss marple live	St mary mead
6	Which former jockey specialises in novels concerning horse racing	Dick francis
7	Dance: by what name was peggy hookham better known	Dame margot fonteyn
8	Childrens books: which danish novelist and dramatist wrote the fairytale 'the snow queen'	Hans christian anderson
9	Tilly trotter, hannah massey and maggie rowan are all characters created by which novelist	Catherine cookson
10	How many tales are there in chaucers canterbury tales	23

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'cp' is a bird used for conveying messages	Carrier pigeon
2	What 'b' was the name of the last battle fought in the war of the roses	Bosworth
3	What 'a' is often a paramedic's transport	Ambulance
4	What 'mc' is sometimes referred to as a ginger tom	Marmalade cat
5	What 'o' is named after a venezuelan river and used to live in wimbledon	Orinoco
6	What 'hwaw' ends the proverb 'early to bed, early to rise, makes a man... '	Healthy wealthy and wise
7	What 'yotg' is a member of the sovereign's bodyguard	Yeoman of the guard
8	What 'l' is disinclined or reluctant	Loath
9	What 'l' is the meat that goes into shepherds pie and donna kebabs	Lamb
10	What 'ots' is the phrase used of someone not yet married and over a certain age	On the shelf

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Cast list: which legendary frontiersman did fess parker play on tv in the late 1950's	Davy crockett
2	Which 1980 movie musical features the characters 'jake and elwood'	The blues bros
3	Carry on: who plays the vamp in carry on screaming	Fenella fielding
4	Fictional characters: in the world of tv soap operas what was the claim to fame of kristin shephard	She shot jr ewing
5	Movie one liners: i'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook. '	Goodfellas (1990)
6	Advertising slogans: breakfast of champions	Wheaties
7	Movie one liners: why would i shoot a bloke bang, then drive him to the bloody car and wizz him off to the hospital at a hundred miles an hour? It defeats the purpose of having shot him in the first place	Chopper
8	Movie one liners: doesn't hurt so much here, or here, but right here?	Black sheep
9	Nostalgia: who said 'i may not be perfect, but i'm bloody close'	Johnny rotten
10	Nursery rhymes: how many blackbirds were in the kings pie	Four & twenty

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What are escargots	Snails
2	What eastern fruit comes in a shell	The lychee
3	Which vegetable did president george bush senior declare publicly that he did not like	Broccoli
4	What name was given to the light, clear wine developed in medieval times along the coastal valleys of the gironde river in the bordeaux region	Claret
5	How many herbs and spices are used in kentucky fried chicken	Eleven
6	What is most likely to be measured in a hogshead	Beer
7	Of which vegetable are globe and jerusalem varieties	Artichoke
8	Which chicken dish is named after a battle in the napoleonic wars	Chicken marengo
9	What type of star is awarded to restaurants where the food is of exceptional quality	Michelin star
10	How many 75cl bottles of champagne would you get from a jeroboam	4 bottles

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which flower is also known as the lent lily	Daffodil
2	Which us athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1984 olympic games	Carl lewis
3	The modern rules of which sport were named after the eighth marquess of queensberry in 1867	Boxing
4	How many times in succession did bjorn borg win the men's tennis singles at wimbledon	Five
5	Which english city is the setting for tv's inspector morse	Oxford
6	Advertisements for clocks & watches normally always depict which time	10 to 2 or 10 past 2 (smiling face)
7	What is the most attention attracting colour	Red
8	The title character in the 1996 film happy gilmore becomes a champion in which sport	Golf
9	Dr drake ramoray'' is a fictional character that frequently featured in which popular tv show	Friends
10	Which officer inquires by law into the circumstances of someone's death	Coroner

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Rivers: on which river does belfast stand	The lagan
2	What two countries do tyroleans come from	Austria and italy
3	Which famous egyptian queen ordered the expedition to punt & insisted on dressing as a king while wearing a false beard	Hatshepsut
4	In which country is sapporo	Japan
5	What do you call a narrow strip connecting 2 land masses	An isthmus
6	In which country was the battle of waterloo fought	Belgium
7	What is the capital of portugal	Lisbon
8	Which carthaginian navigator founded 6 colonies along the african coast & reach the bight of benin	Admiral hanno, who set sail in 425 bc
9	What us state boasts the carlsbad caverns national park	New mexico
10	Parks: which famous rocker released the album greetings from asbury park n. J	Bruce springsteen

History

	Question	Answer
1	The middle ages: who did william the conqueror marry	Queen matilda
2	In what year was the first english translation of the bible completed	1388
3	Which wall did the romans build to keep out marauding scots	Hadrians wall
4	When and over what was the first british referendum held	1975, membership of the eec
5	American history: what was jfk airport originally called	Idlewild
6	1990s: who had a 1996 hit with the simon and garfunkel song cecilia	Suggs
7	In 1785, blanchard and jeffries became the first to cross the english channel using which method of transport	Balloon
8	The charge of the light brigade occured during which war	Crimean
9	Henry viii: who was the mother of henrys son edward	Jane seymour
10	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled tea for the tillerman	Cat stevens

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Jason orange is a member of which british boy band	Take that
2	Who had 60's hits with 'glad all over' & 'bits & pieces'	Dave clark five
3	Eurovision: which country won the eurovision song contest in 1969 (it was a 4 way tie between these countries)	Uk, france, holland, spain
4	Who was the drummer in 'the dave clark five'	Dave clark
5	Conga, bongo's & tabla are all forms of which instrument	Drums
6	Whose songs were recorded by a variety of artists on the album 'red hot and blue'	Cole porter
7	Who enjoyed chart success in 1991 with diamonds and pearls	Prince
8	Who is dr. Winston o'boogie	John lennon
9	In which year did 'wooden heart' & 'surrender' reach no. 1 for elvis	1961
10	If you were to dance with the guitar man who would be your partner	Duane eddy

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is the name for a baby hare	A leveret
2	What is the alloy pewter made from	Lead & tin
3	What is the coloured part of the eye better known as	The iris
4	Which was the first international airline to launch a sevice	Klm (london to amsterdam)
5	How many teeth should a normal adult have	32
6	Which soviet artificial satelite was launched in october 1957	Sputnik i
7	How long does the average hair on your head grow in a single year	12cm (4. 75in)
8	Which wood are divining rods usually made from	Hazel
9	If you studied histology what would you be involved in	Cells
10	What is the fastest fish in the ocean	Sailfish

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Lincoln, east end, manchester & london are all types of what	Dartboards
2	In the 1990's which player played both for and against chelsea in f. A cup finals	Mark hughes
3	In which game might you tug on your ear	Charades
4	Who was britains golden girl in 2004 winning both the 800 & 1500 metres	Kelly holmes
5	Which country hosted the football world cup in 1970 and 1986	Mexico
6	Is the game rounders an olympic sport (yes or no)	No (is it heck)
7	In which english city will you find lords cricket ground	London
8	In which athletics even might you use a fosbury flop	High jump
9	Jesse owens set the record for the long jump in 1935 with 8. 13m who bettered this	Ralph boston usa
10	Which german driver made his formula one debut in brazil in 1994 & won his first race at san marino in 1997	Heinz harold frentzen

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	When the euro was launched in 1999, how many eu states took it onboard as a currency	11
2	During this years euro 2008 how many goals were scored during the tournament	69
3	In what year did prince charles & princess diana get divorced	1996
4	Marco holt from switzerland holds the record for keeping the most straws in his mouth at one time but can anyone tell me how many straws did he manage to hold onto	258 straws
5	In which year were red and yellow cards first used in the english leagues	1976
6	In what year did britain's first tv soap appear on television	1954 (9th april) the grove family
7	Number of beatles-related websites listed on dave haber's website	52
8	The bbc2 sitcom butterflies was first screened in which year	10th november 1978
9	In which year was the oral contraceptive pill first introduced to the british general public	1960
10	How many stone monoliths are there on easter island	838 (lots of tiny ones)

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