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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What part of its body does a butterfly use to taste	It's feet
2	In the 1980's the australian government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal	Koala bear
3	Who was the first animal in space	Laika the dog
4	What animal is a chester white	A pig
5	What type of creature is a sidewinder	A snake
6	Which species of bird has the longest wingspan	The albatross
7	What type of animal is a borzoi	A dog the russian wolfhound
8	What sort of animal was tarka	An otter
9	What features of the african elephant are larger that those of an indian elephant	The ears
10	Which bird was the emblem of prussia	The eagle

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which artists name literally means (little barrel)	Botticelli
2	The renaissance: which great artist did francois i bring from italy to amboise in france	Leonardo da vinci
3	Dance: what was unusual about adventures in motion pictures version of swan lake	All male cast of swans
4	Name the famous greek writer of fables	Aesop
5	Impressionists: which english painter is considered the precursor of the french impressionists	Joseph turner
6	Who is the most famous character ever to be created by helen fielding	Bridget jones
7	Who composed the opera (oedipus rex)	Stravinsky
8	Who wrote the novel 'robinson crusoe'	Daniel defoe
9	Which famous book begins with the line 'not long ago, there lived in london a young married couple of dalmatian dogs named pongo and misses pongo'	101 dalmations
10	The renaissance: renaissance means 'rebirth' to whose values did it's followers wan to return	The values of greco-roman antiquity

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'f' is the resistance met by one object moving over another	Friction
2	What 'f' is a spanish dance that rhymes with tango	Fandango
3	What 't' is the prefix relating for things to do with heat	Thermo
4	What 'j' is a member of the hebrew people	Jew
5	What 't' is a sauce with mayonnaise and chopped gherkins	Tartare
6	What 'f' is how one would like to be in a foreign language and means a ready use of words	Fluent
7	Which 'ag' was a famous irish man who was born in 1725 and died in 1803	Arthur guinness
8	What 'u' is one of a kind	Unique
9	What 'du' is the term applied to the location of australia and new zealand	Down under
10	Which 'wa' directed manhattan and hannah and her sisters'	Woody allen

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Movie one liners: farewell, good magician. I will _try_ to go home. '	The last unicorn (1982)
2	Advertising slogans: fun anyone	Playstation 2
3	In which series of movies does the character 'larry daley' witness some rather strange occurances	Night at the museum
4	How long was the tv mission of star trek's enterprise to be	Five years
5	Advertising slogans: the cream of manchester.	Boddingtons
6	Which andrew lloyd webber musical holds the record for the highest grossing entertainment event of all time	Phantom of the opera
7	Movie one liners: i'm oswald, time me	Jfk
8	What event was the interview of the natural born killer, mickey, to be held during	The superbowl
9	With which horror film would you associate the character of leatherface	Texas chain saw massacre
10	Which 1999 movie features the main character and tough guy 'rick o connell''	The mummy

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	A dining chair with arms is known as a what	Carver
2	Who released the following 'edible' album 'flaming pie'	Paul mccartney
3	Where might you drink the wine retsina	Greece
4	Vodka, orange juice and galliano make up which type of cocktail	Harvey wallbanger
5	What do you call the irish dish of mashed potato's with chopped spring onions	Champ
6	What famous product did cerebos manufacture	Cooking salt
7	Which are larger winkles or whelks	Whelks
8	What part of a wine bottle is the punt	The indentation in the base
9	How many bottles of champagne are in a magnum	Two
10	What is armagnac	A dry, brown, brandy

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	By what six letter nickname is daniel hooper better known	S - swampy
2	Which american city is nicknamed (the windy city)	Chicago
3	Advertising, what everyday household item did jaques bradenburger invent in 1908	Cellophane
4	In the animal kingdom, a 'gosling' is a young what	Goose
5	Which scottish patriot lead a revolt against the english in 1297	William wallace
6	What accompanies the bacon in the dish (devils on horseback)	Prunes
7	According to norse legend, which bird delivers new-born babies to the home	Stork
8	The zapruda film is the most expensive piece of cine film on the planet (whats on it)	Jfk assasination
9	What was london's bt tower known as until 1981	The post office tower
10	In which european country was the film star 'greta garbo' born	Sweden

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which countries collectively are known as benelux	Belgium, netherlands, luuxemborg
2	If james bond was to dial 007 he would be using the dialling code for which country	Russia
3	Mountains: in which country are the apennines	Italy
4	Islands: which group of islands lies approximately 300 miles southwest of india	The maldives
5	What is the capital of croatia	Zagreb
6	Parks: until the 1930's which was the only national park in the united states east of the mississippi	Acadia national park maine
7	Which group of islands are known as the friendly islands	The tonga islands
8	Name the capital of argentina.	Buenos aires
9	Rivers: the putumayo, the purus & madeira are three of the many tributaries of which great south american river	The amazon
10	Is the tropic of capricorn north or south of the equator	South

History

	Question	Answer
1	Where was the royalist hq during the english civil war	Oxford
2	1930s: to what position was john masefield appointed in may 1930	Poet laureate
3	Religion & myth: the bhagavad gita is a holy book of which religion	Hinduism
4	1980s: in which 80's film would you find the bad guy 'hans gruber'	Die hard
5	Who was king of england during the battle of agincourt	Henry v
6	Mottos & epitaphs: whose motto was 'tune in turn on drop out'	Timothy leary
7	Mottos & epitaphs: what is the moto of eton college	Floreat etona
8	1980s: what toy was in short supply for the 1983 chirstmas season	Cabbage patch kid
9	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled sheet music	10cc
10	Military history: when did constaninople fall to the turks	1453

Music

	Question	Answer
1	In which area of london are the abbey road studios located	St. John's wood
2	Which 2 boys spent 12 weeks in the charts together with a re-mixed surfari's track	Beach boys & fat boys (wipeout)
3	Who had a hit in 1958 with the song 'hoots man'	Lord rockingham's xi
4	What is the barber of sevilles name	Figaro
5	Eurovision: which country won the eurovision song contest in 1983	Germany
6	The model iman is married to which music star	David bowie
7	Grandmaster melle melle's 'white lines' has been released 4 times on which occasion did it reach it highest chart position	2nd
8	What was robbie williams first solo uk number one	Millenium
9	Which row was sung about in porgy and bess	Catfish row in charlston
10	Name the film in which spandau ballet's kemp brothers later starred	The krays

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Where is the world's largest atomic establishment	Underground at cern between france & switzerland
2	What was the tomato's original name	Love apple
3	Why was the psittacosaurus so called	It had a short head with a parrot like beak
4	What is affected if a patient suffer from gingivitis	The gums
5	A common sight in most high streets, what was invented in 1967 by englishman john shepherd- barron	The cash dispenser
6	What was the claim to fame of laika, the russian bitch	The first dog in space
7	What is the commonest metal on earth	Aluminium
8	Which fish has the longest migration route	European eel
9	Which metal is the best conductor of electricity	Silver
10	Who made the discovery that the sun spins	Galileo

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Alan shearer was the first player to score 200 premiership goals. Who was the second	Andy cole
2	At london 2012 which sport took place at horseguards parade	Beach volleyball
3	Which motoring champion has won the most f1 titles	Juan manuel fangio
4	What numbers are either side of 20 on a dartboard	5 and 1
5	Who won the rowing eights gold in sydney	Great britain
6	Which club did nigerian international daniel amokachi join after the 1994 world cup	Everton
7	On a yacht, what are sheets	Ropes
8	Which cricket broadcaster is famous for his observations of passing traffic	Henry blofeld
9	Guus hiddink was the manager of which of the host nations at the 2002 world cup	South korea
10	Who was the first player to score 100 goals in the football premiership league	Alan shearer

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In what year was the first english translation of the bible completed	1388
2	How far is it from the earth to the moon in miles	238,900 miles
3	During normal breathing what speed does the air travel (on the beaufort scale)	Force 2 - a gentle breeze
4	In what year was the first ever crufts dog show	1886
5	Amount that's generated on beatles bootlegs yearly	$2. 7 million
6	At what speed in miles an hour does the earth turn	1000 miles per hour
7	How many islands are in fiji	332
8	How many british warships were sunk during world war 2	213
9	In what year did oxford university admit woman for the first time (as students)	1920
10	In which year was barbie doll first launched	1959

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