Instant Quiz

10 questions from each category.

Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which water bird has brown & black feathers with a white flank slash & a red beak shield	Moorhen
2	Which has the larger ears: the african or the indian elephant	The african
3	Which bird brought back a twig to noah to signal the end of the flood	The dove
4	What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity	The giant tortoise
5	What animals name literally means 'man of the forest'	Orang-utan
6	What type of insects are hawkers, clubtails, biddies, emeralds, darts & skimmers	Dragon flies
7	What kind of animal was willy in free willy	A killer whale
8	Which animal has young called elver	The eel
9	Which bird is the emblem of the united states	Bald eagle
10	What is believed to be the most stupid bird	The turkey

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which shakespearean character has the most lines	Hamlet
2	Who wrote the play (the mousetrap)	Agatha christie
3	Impressionists: which of manet's favourite models married his brother in 1876	Bertha morisot
4	Dance: in which film does gene kelly dance with a cartoon mouse	Anchors aweigh (1945)
5	Which welsh poet died of alcohol poisoning the year he publsihed his collected poems	Dylan thomas
6	Who wrote the gulag archipelago	Alexander solzhenitsyn
7	What is the most performed opera in the uk	La boheme
8	Who wrote the opera (the flying dutchman)	Wagner
9	Which author described world war one as the war to end all wars	Hg wells
10	Impressionists: who died in the marquesas islands in 1903	Paul gauguin

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'o' has part of the national theatre named after him and was a lord of the acting world	Olivier
2	What 'iom' does a manx come from	Isle of man
3	What 't' is a slatted shutter or blind	Jalousie
4	What 'i' is the religion revealed through mohammed	Islam
5	What 'sah' drove a car called the striped tomato	Starsky and hutch
6	What 'sk' is the country whose capital is seoul	South korea
7	What 'o' is a woman's magazine -- and choices	Options
8	What 'nasa' is the body governing america's space missions	National aeronautics space administration
9	What 'd' was the crown prince in france	Dauphin
10	What 'e' means learned or highly educated	Erudite

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Which movie actor was born (archibal leach)	Cary grant
2	Movie one liners: stand still, godfrey, it'll all be over in a minute. '	My man godfrey (1936)
3	Who played willy wonka in the 1971 film willy wonka and the chocolate factory	Gene wilder
4	Advertising slogans: a diamond is forever	De beers
5	Female stars: who played ross's british wife in friends	Helen baxendale
6	Movie one liners: i would like... Cheese... Go... To... Hell?	Explorers
7	Movie taglines: 'leave your inhibitions at the door. '	Showgirls (1995)
8	What is the title of the n0 10 zz top song (viva..... )	Las vegas
9	What children's radio series began with the words (are you sitting comfortably then i'll begin)	Listen with mother
10	In which series did nicholas lyndhurst play the time traveller gary simpson	Goodnight sweetheart

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	If wine is made from grapes what is tequila made from	Cactus
2	Which australian opera singer had a dessert and a kind of bread named after her	Nellie melba ( peach melba, melba toast )
3	From which fruit is grenadine made	Pomegranate
4	If you asked for scraps in a chippy what would you get	Bits of fish batter
5	What do american's call an aubergine	Eggplant
6	What jelly is traditional accompaniment to lamb	Redcurrant
7	What type of fish is in an omelette arnold bennett	Smoked haddock
8	Sauce containing mushrooms shallots, white wine and herbs	Chausseur
9	What is the most common pub name in great britain	The red lion
10	Capers are derived from what	The pickled flower buds of a mediterranean plant

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	What fast food chain are you most likely to find underground	Subway
2	What is the name of the dog in the tv show 'the tweenies''	Doodles
3	Which town was the scene of the gunfight at the ok corral	Tombstone arizona
4	Which ocean is to the north of norway	The arctic ocean
5	We brits call it a torch but what do americans call it	A flashlight
6	How many squares are there on traditional snakes & ladders board	100
7	Is zondra rhodes a hairdresser or a fashion designer	Fashion designer
8	When did new years day and new years eve last fall in the same year	Every year (think about it)
9	Numbers, how many bones are in a human hand	27
10	Who was the first woman to walk in space	Svetlana savitskaya (of russia, 25 july 1984, on salyut 7)

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Mountains: which australian mountain was discovered by a polish explorer & named after one of his countrymen	Mount kosciusko
2	On which line of latitude could you sail around the world without touching land	60 degrees south
3	New york: which film features in the finale of the film king kong	The empire state building
4	Which is the largest lake in the british isles	Lough neagh in northern ireland
5	From which london station do trains to the channel tunnel leave from	Waterloo
6	Constructed in 1333 which is the oldest wooden bridge in europe	The kapellbrucke in lucerne switzerland
7	Which north yorkshire village is famous for both its racecourse and its barracks	Catterick
8	Which 2 countries occupy the iberian peninsular	Spain & portugal
9	Which town in strathclyde was created a new town in 1955	Cumbernauld
10	The british isles: which national park includes the black mountains and usk valley	Brecon beacons national park

History

	Question	Answer
1	2000s: in which year did it become illegal to use a mobile while driving in the uk a=2003, b=2004, c=2005, d=2006	A=2003
2	Henry viii: who was the first wife of henry viii	Catherine of aragon
3	Which architect designed the whitehouse	James hoban
4	1980s: name the tv show which featured an average housewife teamed up with a secret agent.	Scarecrow and ms. King
5	In what year did the american civil war end	1865
6	Natural history: to which country is the carrot native	Afghanistan
7	Natural history: how does a giraffe clean its ears	With its tongue
8	Who was henry viii's last wife	Catherine parr
9	What was rudolf hess' sentence at the nuremburg trials	Life imprisonment
10	In which city did the indian mutiny start	Meerut

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What was dire straits 1982 album called	Love over gold
2	Memory almost full was a 2007 album released by who	Paul mccartney
3	Which record took madonna to no. 1 at the start of the decade	Vogue
4	In the world of music, how are tracy thorn & ben watt more commonly known	Everything but the girl
5	Name the 2 members of wham	George michael & andrew ridegley
6	Which beatles song was inspired by a picture drawn by julian lennon	Lucy in the sky with diamonds
7	Which celebrity named their first child brooklyn	David & victoria beckham
8	Who sang the seductive 'i wana sex you up'	Color me bad
9	Who had a hit with 'rock the boat' in 1974	The hues corporation
10	What chauvinistic comment was a hit for the monks	Nice legs shame about the face

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	Where & when did people first use spectacles	In china in the 1200's
2	What are the two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates	Red and white
3	In computing what does the word modem stand for	Modulate demodulate
4	What is the largest plant in the world	The giant redwood or california sequoia
5	Who discovered x-rays in 1895	Rontgen
6	What hormone controls the supply of sugar from the blood to the muscles	Insulin
7	True or false, even fried fish is good for you	False
8	From what material do wasps build their nests	Wood fibre
9	Swedish botanist anders dahl gave his name to which flower	The dahlia
10	What proportion of people are left handed	About 5%

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	How wide in feet is a professional football goal mouth	24 feet
2	In which sport is the lance todd memorial trophy contested	Rugby league
3	In which sport would you expect to find a short stop	Baseball
4	What did jockey john white do in 1993 for which he is likely to be best remembered	Won grand national that was void after false starts
5	Which american discus thrower won 4 consecutive olympic titles in addition to being a 4 time record holder	Al oerter
6	In which country is the bellerive oval cricket ground	Australia
7	How many diciplines are there in mens gymnastics	6 (vault, rings, floor, high bar, para bars, horse)
8	Which football team does former prime minister tony blair support	Newcastle united
9	In which surrey town is the british national shooting centre	Bisley
10	What was the score when england beat germany in munich on 1st september 2001	05-jan

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In channel 4's 1999 poll to find the '100 greatest movie stars', in what position was michael caine	44
2	Before the september 11 th terrorist attacks how many windows were there in both of the twin towers	43600
3	In which year did bbc 2 become the first british channel to broadcast in colour	1967
4	How many people died in the great fire of london	Just 6
5	By how many days did amundsen beat scott to become the first person to reach the south pole	35
6	What is the maximum speed of a raindrop in miles per hour	18 mph
7	In what year did 'nancy astor' become the first british woman mp	1919
8	How fast in mph can a dragonfly fly (it's theoretical top speed	60 mph
9	The hawk moth can flay at what speed in mph	33 mph
10	To the nearest million as of 2009 what was the population of moscow	9 million

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