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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which large rodents fur is known as nutria	Coypu
2	Which water bird has brown & black feathers with a white flank slash & a red beak shield	Moorhen
3	Which are the three species of animal with stereoscopic vision	Monkeys, apes and man
4	What mammal of northern europe, asia & north america is sometimes called a glutton	Wolverine
5	Dugongs & manatees belong to which family of animals	Sirenia or sea cows
6	With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis	Rabbits
7	What animal is a chester white	A pig
8	Which animal can jump the highest	The whale
9	What do squids, snails and oysters have in common	They are all molluscs
10	Which animal is the symbol of the world wide fund for nature	Giant panda

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which us clarinetist players real name was arthur jacob shaw	Artie shaw
2	Childrens books: in the hans christian anderson tale, with whom was the tin soldier in love	A dancer
3	Which publishing company was founded in london in 1935 by allen lane	Penguin
4	Who was the first person to be buried at poets corner	Geoffrey chaucer
5	Which english writer divided his novels into 3 categories, novels of character & environment, romances & fantasies & novels of ingenuity	Thomas hardy
6	American writers: what was the title of beat writer jack kerouac's story of a journey across america by car	On the road
7	Childrens books: in the jungle book, from whom was mowgli saved from as a baby	Shere khan the tiger
8	What is tthe ballet term for spinning on one foot	A piroutte
9	Artists: which revolutionary surrealist short was salvadore dali's first film	Un chien andalou
10	Who drew drawings of absurd mechanical contrivances	William heath robinson

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'n' was an 18th to 19th century admiral	Nelson
2	What 'ct' confessed to an affair with fiona mckechnie in 2006	Chris tarrant
3	What 'h' is a hollow place in a solid body	Hole
4	What 'sp' is the name of a band that sound like they are out on duty on wintery roads	Snow patrol
5	What 'd' is an appointment, a time and a fruit	Date
6	What 'dr' is the theory that kings are ordained by god	Divine right
7	What 'hwb' do yo fill with water and take to bed	Hot water bottle
8	What 'rm' was england's first labour prime minister	Ramsay macdonald
9	What 'd' means of the netherlands	Dutch
10	What 'v' is the sixth sign of the zodiac	Virgo

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	What was the name of the purple dinosaur that featured in the tv show multi coloured swap shop	Posh paws (swap shop backwards almost)
2	Songs in films: who had the only hit from the soundtrack of midnight cowboy	Nilsson 'everybodys talkin'
3	Name the missing (young one) chris ryan, ade edmundson, rick mayall	Nigel planer
4	Movie taglines: 'i'm on my way'	Dick tracy (1990)
5	Bernard youens died in 1984 as did the character he played in coronation who was it	Stan ogden
6	Movie one liners: you're playing each piece like losing it hurts. This ain't checkers. You want my king, you got to come get my king. All these other pieces are just the means to do it. '	Fresh
7	What is the name of the cement mixer in the tv show (bob the builder)	Dizzy
8	Movie characters: which 1994 oscar winning movie features the character 'lieutenant dan taylor'	Forrest gump
9	Who directed the first 3 films in the lethal weapon series	Richard donner
10	In 'the lone ranger'' what was tonto`s horse called	Scout

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	In which country do red onions originate	Italy
2	What is calamari	Squid
3	Not to be confused with spatchcock, which creature might be split and grilled or fried in a manner known as spitchcock	Eel
4	Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this plant, what is it	Orchid
5	What is a kipper	A smoked herring
6	What is the oldest known vegetable	Pea
7	What are the two main ingredients of cock-a-leekie soup	Boiling fowl and leeks.
8	Vodka, orange juice and galliano make up which type of cocktail	Harvey wallbanger
9	What is the most popular chocolate bar in the uk	Kit kat
10	What type of foodstuff was invited by charles jung	Fortune cookies

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Egg are measured on the ec scale from sizes one to seven, is size one the smallest or largest egg	Largest
2	In literature, the author isabel allende is from which south american country	Chile
3	In food, what c is a name used for a roast of lamb or pork where the ribs are partially scraped and bent into an upright circle	Crown roast
4	Ricketts is a disease caused by the lack of what	Vitamin d
5	Abbreviations, in finance what is a pep	A personal equity plan
6	In which woody allen film featuring melanie griffith and winona ryder does kenneth branagh also star	Celebrity
7	Which independent nation in the west indies is the most easterly of the caribbean islands	Barbados
8	Is papua new guinea situated directly north of australia or new zealand	Australia
9	What did the telephone operator o2 used to be called	Bt cellnet
10	Duncan was the king of scotland in which shakespeare play	Macbeth

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	What is london's largest park	Hyde park
2	Chicago stands on the banks of which lake	Michigan
3	What separates spain from morocco	The straits of gibralter
4	Public buildings: which church contains napoleons tomb	St louis's church in the hotel des invalides , paris
5	What city does beacon hill light	Boston
6	Africa: which stretch of water lies to the north of somalia, on the horn of africa	The gulf of aden
7	Which is the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s 2nd highest mountain	K2
8	Which is the largest lake in the world	Caspian sea
9	On which line of latitude could you sail around the world without touching land	60 degrees south
10	What is the largest island in the world	Greenland

History

	Question	Answer
1	1960s: whose death in 1965 prompted president johnson that all american flags the world over be flown at half mast a mark of respect never before accorded to a foreigner	Winston churchill
2	1980s: who was the author of the book entitled 'a brief history of time'' first published in 1988	Stephen hawking
3	Natural history: what is the most common uk bird	The blue tit
4	1980s: alanis morrisette appeared on what 80's cable children's show	You can't do that on television
5	1950s: which bill haley song, which featured in the 1954 film _the blackboard jungle_, became the u. K. 's first rock and roll number one	Rock around the clock
6	1970s: which 60's singing duo divorced after 11 years of marriage	Sonny and cher
7	1990s: in which year was john mccarthy rleased by his lebanese captors	1991
8	2000s: which fallen pop star was released from jail in vietnam in 2008 after serving a 3 year sentance	Gary glitter
9	1980s: name the no. 1 single from the 80's by the following artist that has a number in the title paul hardcastle	Nineteen
10	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled pretzel logic	Steely dan

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What is the very first word in the paul young song 'land of the common people''	Living
2	Which big voiced singer is usually associated with the irving berlin song 'theres no business like showbusiness'	Ethel merman
3	Name the group that had a hit with 'inside' the musical backdrop to a levi's tv ad	Stiltskin
4	Upon which shakespearean play is the musical 'kiss me kate' based	The taming of the shrew
5	What did voice of the beehive ask us not to do in 1988	Don't call me baby
6	What is the world's best selling musical instrument	The harmonica
7	On which street did elvis take a walk according to the lyrics of 'heartbreak hotel''	Lonely
8	Which 60's band had a hit with waterloo sunset	The kinks
9	Who had 'self control' in 1984	Laura brannigan
10	Which band did peter murphy of bauhaus & mick karn of japan form	Dali's car

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Which part of the body is affected by rhinitis	The nose
2	Who was the first man to return to space	Virgil grissom
3	What is a shark's skeleton made of	Cartilage
4	What were the four elements proposed by the ancient greeks	Earth, water, fire & air
5	What is the common name for the crane fly	Daddy long legs
6	How many legs does a wood louse possess	14 legs
7	What are you deficient in if you suffer from scurvy	Vitamin c
8	What two colors is a magpie	Black and white
9	Commonly regarded as a bit of a nuisance amongst computer users ' it writes once but reads many times '' what is it	A worm (mass mailing)
10	Where were the worlds first windmills	In iran in the 7th century

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	In which athletic event is a planting box used	Pole vault
2	What annual sporting event takes place between putney and mortlake	The university boat race
3	In what world cups did bryan robson appear	1982, 1986 and 1990
4	Where did steve regrave win his 4th gold medal	Atlanta
5	Which bridge is past first in the university boat race	Hammersmith
6	Which south american country do boca juniors come from	Argentina
7	Who scored a hat-trick in what became known as the matthews cup final	Stan mortensen
8	Which chess piece always remains on the same colour square	Tthe bishop
9	Between 1920 & 1928 how many gold medals were run by the finnish distance runner paavo nurmi	Nine
10	If you bet a lady godiva what would be your stake	5 pound

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	Who was the first woman ever to win a best actress oscar	Janet gaynor
2	In which year was the charity shield first contested	1909
3	In what year was the corkscrew patented	1795
4	In what year was the first world snooker championship held	1927
5	In what year was the first edition of news of the world	1843
6	As at march 2004, what is the highest single prize won on the national lottery	22590829
7	In what year were ball girls first introduced at wimbledon	1977
8	In which year was richard the lionheart born	1157
9	How many deaths are caused by mosquito's every year world wide	1 million
10	In what year did the dunblane massacre occur	1996

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