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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What is unusual about goats when they sleep	They don't close their eyes
2	With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis	Rabbits
3	Which bird is an emblem of the french nation	The rooster
4	Hyraxes, which grow to weigh a maximum of 5kg & and are conies mentioned in the bible, have a shared ancestry with which large mammal	Elepahnt
5	What herb do cats love	Catnip/ cat mint
6	Apart from humans there is only one other creature that has sex for pleasure can you name it	Dolphin
7	Owing to the sound it makes, what is the alternative name for the australian bird the kookaburra	The laughing jackass
8	Which flightless bird from mauritus is now extinct	The dodo
9	What was the first animal to be domesticated	Dog
10	What sort of animal was tarka	An otter

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	What are the march sisters names in louisa m alcotts (little woman)	Jo, meg beth & amy
2	Which british artist is noted for his numerous paintings of horses	George stubbs
3	Poets: whose advice was 'when i am dead my dearest , sing no sad songs for me'	Christina rossetti
4	Poets: six of his greatest 'flowers of evil' were banned and he was fined for offences against public morals. Who was he	Charles baudelaire
5	Who is novelist helen fieldings most famous character	Bridget jones
6	Childrens books: what happened to hilaire belloc's matilda	She told lies & was burned to death
7	What is (onomatopoeia)	The use of words which sound like the event they describe, such as bang
8	Childrens books: what is obelix's favourite food	Wild boar
9	Who wrote the novel 'gone with the wind'	Margaret mitchell
10	Childrens books: in maurice sendak's 'where the wild things are' what did max wear in order to make mischief	His wolf suit

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'm' has rabat as its capital	Morocco
2	What 'tb' record album by madonna was number one in twenty-eight countries	True blue
3	What 'vsop' is a rare and expensive brandy	Very special old pale
4	What 't' is the name of saturns largest moon	Titan
5	What 'p' is the game bird that lives in 'coveys'	Partridge
6	What 'c' is an underground cell or vault	Crypt
7	What 't' is a book by kipling that features baloo the bear	Jungle book
8	What 'l' means wolf-like	Lupine
9	What 'r' is to emit hot vapour or stink	Reek
10	What 'i' can result from eating too quickly or too much	Indigestion

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Tony curtis reportedly said of which actress that kissing her was like kissing hitler	Marilyn monroe
2	Movie one liners: i have a head for business and a bod for sin	Working girl
3	Movie taglines: 'harry angel is searching for the truth... Pray he doesn't find it. ' & 'it will scare you to your very soul. '	Angel heart (1987)
4	Which 1986 sci fi movie features the character, 'seth brundle''	The fly
5	Big brother: who said 'that bird is off the hook'	Maxwell
6	The simpsons: who is dr. Vladimir krabokov	The evil dr. Crab of 'radioactive man'
7	Who is the singer graham mcferson better known as	Suggs
8	Movie one liners: i would have stayed for 2000	Pretty woman
9	In only fools and horses what is rodney's middle name	Charlton
10	What us sitcom's famous fictional venue is at 112 beacon street	Cheers (the bar)

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which sweet treat could be found at the ambassador's parties	Ferraro rocher
2	Which part of the english breakfast was known derisively in victorian times as little bags of mystery	Sausages
3	What alcoholic drink is distilled from pears	Perry
4	By what is the seasoned jellied loaf made from the head of a pig generally known	Brawn
5	What jelly is traditional accompaniment to lamb	Redcurrant
6	What name is given to a cockerel that is castrated and fattened for the table	Capon
7	How many teaspoons in a tablespoon (uk)	3
8	From what country does advocaat originate	Holland
9	In 1989 in which brand of confectionery did blue replace brown	Smarties
10	What would you be drinking if you were given earl grey	Tea

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Jim morrison was found dead at his paris apartment in march 1971 but where exactly was his body found	In the bath (literally)
2	Who was the prime minister of britain at the start of the first world war	Herbert asquith
3	Which of the queen's country residences lies on the river dee	Balmoral
4	In the tv show one foot in the grave how did the character victor meldrew eventually meet his end	Knocked down by car
5	West germany won world cup beating holland in the final, movies the towering inferno & the godfather part2 are released, nixon resigns	1974
6	What shop used to have the slogan (don't ask the price tis a penny)	Marks & spencers
7	Whose famous tv catchphrase was 'shut that door''	Larry grayson
8	Which 1990 movie featured the roxette track (it must have been love) on its soundtrack	Pretty woman
9	The pistil is the reproductive organ of what	A flower
10	Which american state is known as the blue grass state	Kentucky

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	What is the world's third largest sea	Mediterranean
2	Public buildings: why was the eiffel tower built	To celebrate 100th anniversay of the french revolution
3	Which was the first suspension bridge in london	Hammersmith bridge
4	Public buildings: which madrid art gallery opened in 1993 after an industrial magnates spanish wife chose the city in preference to london	Museo thyssen bornemisza
5	Mountains: which east african mountain has a swahili name mountain of the god of cold	Kilimanjaro
6	What was the former name of kampuchea	Cambodia
7	In which southern us state is dodge city	Kansas
8	Which port of sicily shares its name with a city in new york state	Syracuse
9	In what year did captain cook reach new zealand	1769
10	New york: which symbol of freedom designed by frederic auguste bartholdi was a gift to the city from the french	Statue of liberty

History

	Question	Answer
1	Who did the los angeles times endorse in the 1964 preisential election	Barry goldwater
2	1980s: what canadian sketch comedy show helped launch john candy's career	Sctv
3	Henry viii: who was the second wife of henry viii	Anne boleyn
4	What city was john f. Kennedy nominated for president in	Los angeles
5	1980s: what was the fight between argentina and great britan over	Falkland islands
6	British history: who was the last liberal to be prime minister of britain	Lloyd george
7	Natural history: where might you find hell, julius caesar, birmingham and billy	On the moon
8	Natural history: what fruit is a cantaloupe	Melon
9	What nationality was hannibal	Carthaginian
10	Military history: which country invaded and took control of ethiopia in 1895	Italy

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Who was 'giving it all away'	Roger daltrey
2	David coverdale was a member of 'def leppard' or 'whitesnake'	Whitesnake
3	What is paul's middle name	Paul
4	Who was the lead singer with spandau ballet	Tony hadley
5	Susanna hoffs was a member of which band	The bangles
6	Which singer was known as 'the walrus of love'	Barry white
7	Who is the youngest beatle	George harrison
8	How many number one singles did the wombles have was it a) one b) two c) three d) four	D) four
9	Which paul simon album won a grammy for album of the year in 1987	Graceland
10	Whose 1996 debut album was entitled 'first band on the moon'	The cardigans

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Which is the most intelligent breed of dog	The collie
2	What is the male sex hormone called	Testosterone
3	What is a young hare called	Leveret
4	Who invented the bouncing bomb in the second world war	Barnes williams
5	Which british flower is known as the lent lily	The daffodil
6	What venomous serpent is known as the gentlemen among snakes	The rattlesnake
7	What has the chemical formula h2, so4	Sulphuric acid
8	What is the nearest star to earth	The sun
9	What describes a person with no skin pigment	An albino
10	Name tin tin's canine companion	Snowy

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	In snooker how many points is the brown ball worth	Four
2	Which was the first team to be eliminated from a world cup without losing a match	Scotland , 1974
3	In which sport did ballyregan bob win 32 consecutive races	Greyhound racing
4	What nationality is manchester united manager alex ferguson	Scottish
5	What is the alternative name for the hop step and jump	The triple jump
6	For which team did michael schumacher drive in his first grand prix in belgium in 1991	Jordan
7	Who was the first britain to hold a world javelin record	Fatima whitbread
8	Who succeeded bill shankly as the manager of liverpool	Bill paisley
9	Who was the first british athlete to hold the world javelin record	Fatima whitbread
10	Irishman stephen roche won which sporting event in 1987	The tour de france

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	At what age can a female lemming become pregnant, answer in days please!!!	Just 14 days
2	In what year was the munch air disaster	1958
3	How many aces did greg rudeski serve in the year of 1999	685 aces
4	How many press ups did charles servizio achieve during a 24 hour record attempt in april 1993	46001
5	In which year was the children in need charity founded	1979
6	What year was the eurovision song contest first shown on tv	1956
7	How long in miles is the great wall of china	4163 miles
8	Which year saw the death's of ian dury, barbara cartland and alec guinness	2000
9	In what year did genghis khan cease power	1227
10	In the opening credits of the simpson's maggie is scanned through a checkout machine. Can anyone tell me how much does the till say when she went through	$847. 63

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