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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What type of creature is the most poisonous in the world	Frog , (half inch golden frog)
2	Which flightless bird lays the world's largest eggs	Ostrich
3	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
4	What is the worlds largest mammal	Blue whale
5	What do squids, snails and oysters have in common	They are all molluscs
6	What do you call a group of kangeroos	A troop
7	Which birds were kept on the capitol and, allegedly, saved rome from attack by the gauls	The geese
8	The vicufia is a member of which family of mammals	Llama
9	What type of creature is an aardvark	An anteater (edentata)
10	Which bird is an emblem of the french nation	The rooster

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which author wrote to books the shining and pet sematary	Stephen king
2	What is the name of the 7th and final harry potter book	Harry potter & the deathly hallows
3	Childrens books: in the jungle book, from whom was mowgli saved from as a baby	Shere khan the tiger
4	Impressionists: whose painting lola de valence inspired a poem by baudelaire	Edouard manet
5	Artists: which leading pointillist used his technique to paint women haymaking	Camile pissaro
6	American writers: whose last book was the last tycoon	F scott fitzgerald
7	Childrens books: in maurice sendak's 'where the wild things are' what did max wear in order to make mischief	His wolf suit
8	Who co-wrote (yeoman of the guard), (lolanthe and the mikado)	Gilbert & sullivan
9	Which character invariably misused english words	Mrs malaprop
10	Of which famous london landmark was sir alfred gilbert the sculptor	Eros

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'n' is the point of a tool or pen	Nib
2	What 'o' is a dish made of eggs	Omelette
3	What 't' means perceptible by touch	Tangible
4	What 'g' is a periodical publication or news-sheet'	Gazette
5	What 'g' is to wear away with persistent biting	Gnaw
6	What 'j' is bad luck	Jinx
7	What 'a' is a non-metric system of weights	Avoirdupois
8	What 'apotc' is a term used to describe a very brief kiss	A peck on the cheek
9	What 't' comes before spoon, mat and tennis	Table
10	What 'p' are the strings you hold when you control expenditure	Purse

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	What was angela's son's name in who's the boss	Jonathan
2	The simpsons: what health centre did marge vacation to	Rancho relaxo
3	Which movie features the song (diamonds are a girls best friend)	Gentlemen prefer blondes
4	Movie one liners: well, they're saved from the blessings of civilization. ' 'yeah. ' 'doc? I'll buy ya a drink. ' 'just one. '	Stagecoach (1939)
5	Nostalgia: who had an 80s no 1 with don't turn around	Aswad
6	What character does diane parish play on eastenders	Denise wicks
7	What is the name of the evil spirit in polterguise	Kane
8	On the movie posters who were described as (cute, clever, mischevious, intelligent, dangerous)	Gremlins
9	It's metallica now,but what band's name originally appeared on beavis's t-shirt	Slayer
10	In the magic roundabout what type of animal was dougal	A dog

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What type of pastry is used for profiteroles	Choux
2	Gin and collins mix make which type of cocktail	Tom collins
3	In greek mythology, what was the food of the gods	Ambrosia
4	Which type of beans are used to make baked beans	Harocot beans
5	What shape is macaroni	Tubular
6	What is made at st james's gate in dublin	Guiness
7	What, on a bottle of wine, is the punt	The dent on the base
8	Where might you encounter a balti	At an indian restaurant or meal
9	What is 'spam' short for	Spiced ham
10	How many standard bottles of wine are in a methuselah	Eight

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which actor played bruce wayne in the 2005 film batman begins	Christian bale
2	Numbers, how many arabian knights are there	1001
3	New york is on which river	Hudson
4	In what 1960s us sitcom did jed clampett strike oil and move his family from the country to the city	The beverly hillbillies
5	Which classic novel written by lucy maud montgomery is set on prince edward island	Anne of green gables
6	What name is given to the last man on a tug of war team	Anchorman
7	In the 1980's, who had a hit with 'i should be so lucky'	Kylie minogue
8	What (ctm) is very popular in middle asian cuisine	Chicken tikka masala
9	Which is the only english county to begin with the letter 'i''	Isle of wight
10	What is 30 miles-per-hour, when converted to kilometres-per-hour	48 kph

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Klm is the national airline of which country	Holland / the netherlands
2	What is the most westerly capital city in mainland europe	Lisbon (portugal)
3	What is the airline of luxembourg	Luxair
4	What u. S. National park contains gumbo limbo trail	Everglades national park
5	What continent contains queen maud land, wilkes land and bird land	Antarctica
6	Russia: which sea is home to the sturgeon source of the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s best caviar	Caspian
7	Which american state has the highest population	California
8	In which ocean or sea are the seychelles	Indian
9	Into which sea does the river danube flow	The black sea
10	What country boasts the southernmost point in continental europe	Spain

History

	Question	Answer
1	1970s: which was the only song to spend 6 weeks as a uk no. 1 in 1979 it also featured in a 1978 movie	Bright eyes
2	American history: which was the biggest city in america until 1775	Boston
3	Dates: when did adolf hitler become german chancellor	1933
4	1980s: george michael was one half of wham! , name the other half.	Andrew ridgley
5	Natural history: which creature has the largest brain in proportion to its body	The ant
6	1990s: which group had the first 'new' uk no. 1 of the 1990's (on 13th jan 1990, knocking the 1989 xmas no. 1 off top spot)	New kids on the block
7	1980s: what was the name of eddie murphy's character in beverly hills cop	Axel foley
8	1970s: the following is a line from which 1970's film 'blessed are the cheese makers'	Life of brian
9	Religion & myth: in which country do people worship nature deities & spirits in a tradition called shrine shinto	Japan
10	Which american president was assassinated in a theatre	Abraham lincoln

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What was the name of suzi quatro's character in 'happy days'	Leather trocadero
2	Johnny hates jazz sang 'shattered dreams' or was it 'dreaming of you'	Shattered dreams
3	Who was the lead singer of the band 'haircut 100'	Nick hayward
4	What connects 'windmills of your mind', 'evergreen', 'take my breath away'	Oscar winning songs
5	Who sang lead vocals for lynyrd skynyrd	Ronnie van zandt
6	Which uk band had a hit with 'sonic boom boy'	Westworld
7	What was rodgers & hammerstein's first musical	Oklahoma!
8	Which donovan hit was inspired by the rumour that you could get high by smoking dried bananas	Mellow yellow
9	Which british guitarist fronted the mahavishnu orchestra	John mclaughlin
10	The radio 1 dick jockey michael pasternak used what regal pseudonym	Emperor rosko

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Who invented the first self lighting match	John walker in 1827
2	Which contemporary scientist is suffering from from motorneurone disease	Steven hawkins
3	Which fruit has the latin name of malus oumila	Apple
4	What were brunel's first names	Isambard kingdom
5	Which british city street had the first gas lamps	Pall mall london in 1807
6	What do koala bears live on	Eucalyptus leaves
7	Horse is to equine as pig is to what	Porcine
8	In geology what period followed the cretaceous	Jurassic
9	Who invented the lift	Elisha otis
10	What is the name of the world wide organization initiated by jean henri dunant in 1962	The red cross

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	The german athlete jurgen hingsen was always runner-up to which british athlete in major competition	Daley thompson
2	Which of the following was introduced first to the game of football a) the world cup, b) linesmen c) shirt numbering d) metal goals	B) linesmen
3	Which player won her last tennis grand slam tournament in paris in 1999	Steffi graff
4	Which colours do bath play in	Blue,black & white
5	At which olympics did daley thompson set his fourth & final world record in the decathlon	Los angeles 1984
6	Who was the first bowler to take over 300 wickets in test cricket	Fred truman
7	Who was the first player to score 100 goals in the premiership	Alan shearer
8	In metres how long is an olympic size swimming pool	50 metres
9	Who was top scorer in the 1998 world cup with six goals	Davour suker
10	Which team scored the most goals in an fa cup game	Preston

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	How many stars are visable to the human eye	5776
2	In what year was the first car with air conditioning manufactured	1939
3	How many pokeman are there in the entire series	491
4	How many hours did the longest game of monopoly on record go on for	660 hours
5	In what year did the bbc launch the ceefax service	1974
6	In which year did the sport of tennis start using fluorescent balls	1996
7	How many times does a snail mate in a lifetime	Once
8	In dollars, how much did the 1997 film titanic gross in its opening weekend in america	$28,638,131
9	In which year was the boston tea party	1773
10	In what year was the budweiser brewery founded	1876

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