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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What do aardvarks eat	Termites or ants
2	What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue	Crocodile
3	What bird uses a stone to smash open its prey	The thrush
4	What type of creature is the most poisonous in the world	A frog (the 1&1/2 inch golden poison frog )
5	What colour is the beak of a mature mute swan	Orange
6	What are animals called if they are abl to live on land or in water	Amphibians
7	Which mammal fires a mixture of methane, butane and sulphur from its scent glands	The skunk
8	What name is given to a creature equally at home on land and in water	Amphibian
9	Which species of bird has the longest wingspan	The albatross
10	Which flightless bird from mauritus is now extinct	The dodo

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Who wrote the books (the firm) and (the pelican brief) both of which were made into films	John grisham
2	American writers: who wrote the naked & the dead	Norman mailer
3	Name the 3 bronte sisters	Charlotte, emily & anne
4	Which colour followed picasso's blue period	Pink
5	Which literary character had a dog called bulls eye	Bill sykes (oliver! )
6	American writers: who created the character jack ryan , hero of such stories as patriot games , clear & present danger & the hunt for red october	Tom clancy
7	American writers: whose last book was the last tycoon	F scott fitzgerald
8	Impressionists: which english painter is considered the precursor of the french impressionists	Joseph turner
9	Which celebration of the arts in held in wales	The eisteddfod
10	How many tales are there in chaucers canterbury tales	23

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'n' did freddie krueger cause on elm street according to the title of the 1984 movie	Nightmare
2	What 's' is the nautical equivalent of radar	Sona
3	What 'nn' describes a cheque that is crossed	Not negotiable
4	What 'cds' is a dead end road	Cul de sac
5	What 'd' is the opposite of light	Dark
6	What 'm' is an east indian curry soup	Mulligatawny
7	What 'g' sacked rome in 410 a. D.	Goths
8	What 'h' is obscuration of the atmosphere	Haze
9	What 'k' is a russian coin	Kopeck
10	What 'sd' occupies over one third of the african continent	Sahara desert

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	In the tv show star trek what planet was the home of mr spock	Vulcan
2	Movie taglines: 'jim stark - a kid from a 'good' family - _what makes him tick... Like a bomb? _'	Rebel without a cause (1955)
3	Sky materson, miss adelaide and nathan detroit are characters in which musical and film	Guys n dolls
4	Which tv programme featured the characters mrs goggins, & miss hubbard	Postman pat
5	Advertising slogans: it's what you make of it	Rizzla
6	Movie taglines: 'the funniest movie ever to make you cry. '	Steel magnolias (1989)
7	Who portrayed private detective phillip marlowe in robert altman's the long goodbye	Elliot gould
8	In which country was arnold schwarzenegger born	Austria
9	What was the name of the boy who helped e. T. (phone home)	Elliot
10	Movie one liners: as far back as i can remember, i always wanted to be a gangster	Goodfellas

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	From which fruit is grenadine obtained	Pomegranate
2	What is sodium carbonate better known as	Washing soda
3	What is a `kiwano', a spiky orange fruit, a fish dish, or a cocktail	A spiky orange fruit.
4	Taramasalata is made from the roe of which fish	Cod or grey mullet
5	The berries of the juniper tree are used to flavour which alcoholic drink	Gin
6	What is the most widely used seasoning	Salt
7	What country produces wiibroe beer	Denmark
8	How would you say 'house wine' in 'german'	Hauswein
9	Triple sec, tequila, and lemon or lime juice make up which type of cocktail	Margarita
10	In which country was ice cream invented	China

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which part of the eye gives it it's colour	The iris
2	What is the name of apu's convenience store in the simpson's	Kwik e mart
3	Which suspension bridge spans the river avon	Clifton
4	Scandals, who was the queen's art adviser exposed in november 1979 as a spy for the russians	Sir anthony blunt
5	What does unicef stand for	United nations international children's emergency fund
6	What type of dogs are commonly kept by eskimo's	Huskies
7	Who wrote the novel (jane eyre)	Charlotte bronte
8	What was the name of the number 1 single from david bowie's scary monsters album	Ashes to ashes
9	In which series of movies might you encounter the character of (colonel troutman)	Rambo
10	Lee montague was the first, alan bennet the last, prince charles did it once and bernard cribbens did it the most, and finally six doctor who's did it did what	Read on jackanory

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Russia: which famous citizen of this town became russia's first president	Boris yeltsin
2	Where is sugar loaf mountain	Rio de janeiro
3	Which bridge that opened in 1988 connected japans 4 main islands by high speed rail for the first time	The seto ohashi bridge
4	Which town in strathclyde was created a new town in 1955	Cumbernauld
5	Which river flows through paris	The seine
6	In which state are gettysburg and the liberty bell	Pennsylvania
7	Which is the 3rd most widely spoken language	Russian
8	Parks: who founded the national parks movement in india	Jim corbett (corbett park)
9	Before brasilia what was the capital of brazil	Rio de janeiro
10	Rivers: on which river does inverness stand	The ness

History

	Question	Answer
1	British monarchs: whose death warrant was signed by elizabeth i at greenwich on 1st feb 1587	Mary queen of scots
2	1950s: on the face of which mountain does the climax of north by northwest take place	Mount rushmore
3	1980s: what were the names of kevin's best friend and girl friend on 'the wonder years'	Paul and winnie
4	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled next	The sensational alex harvey band
5	1990s: who recorded the 90's album entitled waking up the neighbours	Bryan adams
6	1970s: what 70s blockbuster included the music, 'cantina band' by mecco	Star wars
7	Famous battles: where in september 1950 did general macarthur's troops land prior to the recapture of seoul	Inchon
8	1980s: who played axel foley's best friend in detroit	Paul riser
9	1980s: before she was a pop star, why was samantha fox in the british tabloids	She was a page three girl
10	Who was the last to sit on the peacock throne	Shah mohammed reza pahlavi

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What rolling stones album originally had a 3-d cover in 1967	Their satanic majesties request
2	Who has released an album in 2008 called 'the music of spheres'	Mike oldfield
3	Whose first solo hit was spread a little happiness in 1982	Sting
4	What was the mistake on elvis presleys birth certificate	Middle name aaron was mispelt
5	Joan jett was once a member of the all girl group the go's-go's or the runaways	The runaways
6	Now that weve found love was a hit for which jamaican group	Third world
7	David howell evans' is which guitarists real name	The edge
8	Who was shouting for lager lager lager	Underworld
9	Dancing on the ceiling' was a hit for you	Lionel richie
10	Which group currently holds the record of 134 weeks in the the charts in one year	Oasis / 1996

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is the name of the world wide organization initiated by jean henri dunant in 1962	The red cross
2	There are 4 classes of myriapods2 of which are pauropoda & symphyla. What are the 2 better known classes called	Centipedes and millipedes
3	From which plant is the poison ricin obtained	The castor oil plant
4	Which british flower is known as the lent lily	The daffodil
5	What is the liquid portion of blood known as	Plasma
6	What does an ammeter measure	Electrical current
7	For how long does a female turkey incubate her eggs	Aprox 28 days
8	What do you call a birth where a baby's feet are delivered first	Breech birth
9	What is the phenomenon called in which light bends when passing through a lens	Refraction
10	True or false, the health risks from eating fish often outweigh the benefits	False

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	What is the final event in a decathlon	1500 metres
2	In which sport would the game start with a tip off	Basketball
3	What 'lt' does the term (kung fu) actually mean	Leisure time
4	What is lepidoptery better known as	Butterfly collecting
5	Which american football team are known as the falcons	Atlanta
6	Which dutch player beat pete sampras at wimbledon in 1996	Richard krajicek 1996
7	In which year did the united stated boycott the moscow olympics	1980
8	Which footballer was the first to be transferred for one million pounds in england	Trevor francis
9	Who were man utd playing when eric cantona performed his famous kung fu kick on a fan	Crystal palace
10	Who was voted bbc's golden sports personality for the last 50 years in 2003	Steve redgrave

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In what year was the first climb of the matterhorn completed by a woman	1965 (14th july)
2	How many miles long is the river nile	4160
3	What percentage of uk adults are incapable of simple mathematical calculations	0. 29
4	In which year were bar codes first introduced in shops	1974
5	In which year did bugs bunny first ask elmer fudd 'what's up doc'	1940
6	In what year was the world's first telephone call made	1876
7	How many times is the f word used in the movie pulp fiction	257
8	How far in miles is perth australia from london	9000
9	In which year was the smoke detector first invented	1969
10	In what year was the first non-stop transatlantic flight	1927

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