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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What was the first animal to be domesticated	Dog
2	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
3	What color spots has the common ladybird	Black
4	Which creatures name has passed out of usage after it was discovered that its fossils proved to be identical to the previously name3d apatosaurus	Brontosaurus
5	Which is the second heaviest land animal	The hippopotamus
6	What sort of creature is a fluke	Worm
7	Which birds were kept on the capitol and, allegedly, saved rome from attack by the gauls	The geese
8	What is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
9	Which large animals did hannibal bring with him across the alps	Elephants
10	What do invertebrates lack	A backbone

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Poets: according to t. S elliot which month is the cruellist	April
2	Impressionists: who developed a style of seperare small dots of pure colour	Georges seurat
3	Childrens books: what type of transport was featured in sarah fergusan's childrens book	A helicopter
4	Dance: whose final season as artistic director of the royal ballet was 2000 - 2001	Anthony dowell
5	Poets: which romantic italian poet became the subject of a play by goethe	Torquato tasso
6	What is the name of the 7th and final harry potter book	Harry potter & the deathly hallows
7	Childrens books: who wrote the just so stories	Rudyard kipling
8	Which character created by dodie smith drove a black & white car & wore a black & white fur coat	Cruella de vil
9	In which novel was it the job of the (fireman) to burn books	Fahrenheit 451
10	Impressionists: which son of a nobleman, associated with the impressionists , became permanently stunted during childhood & grew up to illustrate scenes of the moulin rouge & other low life	Henri de toulouse-lautrec

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'l' is a lump of wood for the fire	Log
2	What 'n' is an annoying person or thing	Nuisance
3	What 'fj' is a biscuit made with oats	Flap jack
4	What 'z' is an area distinct from adjoining areas	Zone
5	Which 'ec' was a kraftwerk album released in 1986	Electric cafe
6	What 'd' was the archbishop of canterbury who lived through seven reigns	Dunstan
7	What 'f' is the common name for the viral illness whose symtoms include fever and sneezing	Flu
8	What 't' is an independent north african state	Tunisia
9	What 's' is a point in the human body where 2 nerves meet	Synapse
10	What 'gytc' does something scary or repulsive do	Give you the creeps

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Which characters on tv live at home hill	Home hill
2	Which classic tv show could winners walk away with a brand new dustbin	321
3	Movie taglines: 'the happiest sound in all the world! '	The sound of music (1965)
4	Nostalgia: complete this title... 'pansy potter, the... '	Strongmans daughter
5	Buffy: who gives faith the item enabling her to switch bodies with buffy	Richard wilkins
6	Nostalgia: who had a hit with c-moon	Wings
7	Tv characters: what was lovejoys profession	Antique dealer
8	Movie one liners: major, the big brass are going to yell their heads off about this, and the japanese aren't going to like it much either. Have you got anything to say to them, sir? ' 'tell `em we said sayonara. '	Sayonara (1957)
9	On tv howard brown is featured in ad's for which company	Halifax
10	On beverly hills 90210,where did the walshes live before they moved to beverly hills	Minnesota

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Laetrile is associated with the pit of which fruit	Apricot
2	Sorbitol dulcitol and xylitol are forms of what)	Sugars (artificial sweeteners)
3	If you wanted your eggs fried without cooking the yolks, how should you order them in	Sunny side up
4	Which two stouts are brewed in cork	Murphy's and beamish
5	In which century were bananas first sold in london	17th
6	What are the two main ingredients of a hollandaise sauce	Egg yolks and butter
7	Bourbon, sugar and mint make up which type of cocktail	Mint julep
8	What type of vegetable is a marrow fat	A pea
9	In which countries would you find the following city 'gin gin '	Australia
10	What are the best selling sweets in the uk	Rowntrees fruit pastels

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	What star sign would you be if you were born on june 1st	Gemini
2	Which us president was a former peanut farmer	Jimmy carter
3	On tv in the 80's what would the initials (hhoh) signify	Hammer house of horrors
4	True or false: in the movie the wizard of oz toto the dog got paid more money than judy garland	True
5	What is the name of the character played by angela lansbury in 'murder, she wrote'	Jessica fletcher
6	Aside from russia what is the largest country in europe	Ukraine
7	What is the highest form of degree achieved	First
8	Which company use the advertising slogan (quote you happy)	Norwich union
9	What is the official language of brazil	Portuguese
10	What is mondays child said to be	Fair of face

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	The british isles: which range of hills forms a 30 mile stretch of the border between england & scotland	Cheviot hills
2	Public buildings: who designed coventry cathedral	Sir basil spence
3	In which county is berwick-upon-tweed	Northumberland
4	Ireland: james joyce's ulysses is set in dublin over the course of a single day. Which day	16-jun-04
5	What island group contains jersey, guernsey, sark and herm	The channel islands
6	What is the longest river in the western hemisphere	The amazon
7	The british isles: which irish river, the site of a famous battle, rises in the bog of allen , county kildare & enters the irish sea just south of drogheda	Boyne
8	Addis ababa is the capital of which african country	Ethiopia
9	If its 4:00pm in seattle washington, what time is it in portland oregon	4. 00pm
10	Which country had the world's tallest habitable building as of 2006	Taiwan (tapei 101)

History

	Question	Answer
1	1980s: name buck rogers' pal	Twiki
2	Who discovered the vaccination against smallpox in 1796	Edward jenner
3	2000s: which singer released her debut album in 2004 entitled 'unwritten''	Natasha bedingfield
4	1980s: how did john belushi die	Drug and alcohol overdose
5	1980s: name the toy that consisted of color pencils and plastic which you would put in the oven to create.	Shrinky dinks
6	Which magician was an advisor to king arthur	Merlin
7	Dates: in which year was john f kennedy assasinated	1963
8	What happened to alaska in 1867	It was sold by russia to the united states
9	Natural history: how many humps has a dromedary got	One hump
10	1980s: what kind of sword did thundar the barbarian have	A sun sword

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Eurovision: which country won the eurovision song contest in 2006	Finland
2	Their most famous single is (don't fear) the reaper. Who are they	Blue oyster cult
3	What was the first single released on the beatles apple label	Hey jude
4	Members of the buggles, king crimson & yes went on to form which band	Asia
5	Who were inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame in 1993 two years after their biopic	The doors
6	What did the human league keep feeling	Fascination
7	What was the beatles best selling single in britain	She loves you
8	Which uk instrumental group reached number 5 with 'sabre dance'	Love sculpture
9	What band comprised pal waaktaar, mags furuholmen, & morten harket	Aha
10	Whose debut solo album in 1968 was enitled 'wonderwall'	George harrison

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Of which plant family is the leek a member	The lily
2	On a standard keyboard which is the largest key	The space bar
3	Which contemporary scientist is suffering from from motorneurone disease	Steven hawkins
4	Where is the natural habitat of the cheese plant	Central america rainforest
5	What occurs between a negatively charged cloud base & positively charged earth down below	Fork lightning
6	What familiar roadside item, in which money is placed,was invented in 1935 by american journalist carlton magee	The parking meter
7	In 1447 johannes gutenberg invented the printing press, what was the first book he produced	A latin edition of the bible
8	Which planet in the solar system is nearest in size to earth	Venus
9	To the nearest 250 grams what is the average weight of an adult brain	1. 5kg (3lbs)
10	Every few years lemmings do something rather stupid.... What	Throw themselves off cliffs

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Who lost wimbledon singles finals to boris becker and pat cash	Ivan lendl
2	Other than alain prost, which driver won three formula one world championships in the 80's	Nelson piquet
3	In which sport would you use the eskimo roll	Canoeing
4	Who is sid wadell	Darts commentator
5	Which shooting season begins on (the glorious twelth)	Grouse shooting
6	Who in 2003 aged 33 became the oldest male tennis player to be number one in the atp's entry rankings	Andre agassi
7	Which 2 teams were victorious on the first day of the first world cup in 1930	France & the usa
8	Which portuguese football team play their home games at the stadium of light	Benfica
9	Which sporting milestone occurred at iffley road, oxford in may 1954	Roger bannister ran the first 4 minute mile
10	How many world cup finals did the england team qualify for during the 1970's	None

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In which year was the mot test introduced in the uk	1960
2	In what year did concorde embark on its first commercial flight from paris to new york	1976
3	On what date did english cricketer dennis compton hit his 100th century	1952 (11th june)
4	On which date was tthe pop star elvis costello born	25th august 1955
5	In which year were tv licences introduced in the uk	1946
6	The worlds tallest hand constructed sand castle was built in the usa in 1998 how tall was it in feet and inches	24ft 2 inches
7	How many volkswagen beetles were sold in the first year of production	343 cars
8	In what year was the battle of bannockburn	1314
9	Kharagpur in india boasts the longest railway platform in the world how long is it in metres	1,072 metres
10	How many miles can a sloth swim in four hours	1 mile

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