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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which flightless bird lays the world's largest eggs	Ostrich
2	Which is the second heaviest land animal	The hippopotamus
3	What is the male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen	The drone
4	What are insects chewing jaws called	Mandibles
5	What is the largest living bird	The ostrich
6	What animals name literally means 'man of the forest'	Orang-utan
7	What do you call a group of kangeroos	A troop
8	What is the world's largest mammal	The blue whale
9	With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis	Rabbits
10	What name is given to the study of insects	Entomology

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which shakespeare play opens with the 3 witches	Macbeth
2	What was picasso's first name	Pablo
3	Who wrote the novel jaws, that was later turned into a blockbuster movie by steven spielburg	Peter benchley
4	Which american artist is known for a portarit of his mother	James whistler
5	Of which famous london landmark was sir alfred gilbert the sculptor	Eros
6	Who wrote the play (the mousetrap)	Agatha christie
7	Poets: with whom did w h auden collaborate on letters from iceland	Louis mcneice
8	How old was adrian mole when he began writing his secret diary	13 & three quarters
9	The renaissance: renaissance means 'rebirth' to whose values did it's followers wan to return	The values of greco-roman antiquity
10	In which country was john constable born	Suffolk

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'r' is a pink and white root vegetable eaten raw	Radish
2	What 'g' from the latin meaning to swallow, is one of the seven deadly sins	Gluttony
3	What 'pp' stars peter sellers as an incompetent french detective	Pink panther
4	What 'b' was the author of 'the admirable crichton' and 'peter pan'	Barrie
5	What 'k' is to deprive of life	Kill
6	What 'f' is thrifty or economical	Frugal
7	What 'i' is without delay	Immediate
8	What 'rg' is a large star between 10 and 100 times larger than the sun	Red giant
9	What 'k' is a vessel for heating water	Kettle
10	What 's' is a composition for seven instruments or voices	Septet

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Who is the only x factor winner not to have a uk christmas no. 1 with their debut single	Steve brookstein
2	Who are the flintstones neighbours	Barney & betty rubble
3	Movie one liners: it lies to her. It tells her things only a child can understand. It's been using her to restrain the others. To her, it simply is another child. To us, it is the beast.	Poltergeist
4	Movie one liners: stand back boy! This calls for divine intervention!	Brain dead
5	Fictional characters: what were the christian names of dr jecky & mr hide	Henry jekyll & edward hyde
6	In what year was (who wants to be a millionaire) first screened on tv	1998
7	Movie one liners: oh, dear. Oh, my. Hmmm. '	Bringing up baby (1938)
8	In which 1996 movie does jim carrey play the character 'chip douglas'	The cable guy
9	In the 1956 film moby dick who played the role of captain ahab	Gregory peck
10	In which movie did jim carey play lloyd christmas	Dumb and dumber

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What does vodka actually mean	Little water
2	What is the main ingredient of the spanish dish paella	Aniseed
3	Where might you find 'dead mans fingers'	In a crab
4	What is amontillado	Sherry
5	In which dishes is sticky rice used	Sushi
6	If you ordered cherries jubilee, how would you expect them to be cooked	Flambeed (in kirsch)
7	What name is given to the deep south stew or soup thickened with okra	Gumbo
8	What ttype of oranges are traditionally used to make marmalade	Seville oranges
9	Who released the following 'edible' album 'the spaghetti incident'	Guns & roses
10	What traditionally might you eat on shrove tuesday	Pancakes

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which actor directed and appeared in antwone fisher	Denzil washington
2	Who told you to 'go west' in the 1990's	The pet shop boys
3	The big d is the official nickname of which us city	Dallas
4	What nickname was given to the british 8th army in the second world war	The desert rats
5	What is a natterjack	A toad
6	What is the start of psalm 23	The lord is my shephered
7	What does the abbreviation sim as in (sim card) actually mean	Subscriber identity module
8	Which of the four major blood groups is the commonest in the uk	O
9	What do hamilton in canada, kuala lumpur in malaysia and kingston in jamaica all have in common	All have hosted the commonwealth games
10	With what is a 'carpetbag steak' stuffed	Oysters

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	In what us state is the grand canyon found	Colorado
2	Which is the most northerly town in the british isles	Lerwick
3	Australia: in 1866 where did mother mary mackillop establish the first school in australia for all children regardless of race or income	Penola, south australia
4	Name the largest cathedral in the world.	St. Peter's
5	Where would you find the queen alexandra, queen elizabeth and queen maud mountain ranges	Antarctica
6	New york: what does the name soho stand for	South of houston street
7	Into what body of water does the danube river flow	Black sea
8	Russia: which sea is home to the sturgeon source of the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s best caviar	Caspian
9	What was so important about the oresund bridge between malmo & copenhagen which opened in july 2000	Because it was the first permanent link between europe & the swedish peninsula
10	In which country is europe's highest mountain mt elbrus	Russia

History

	Question	Answer
1	Who was king of england during the battle of agincourt	Henry v
2	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled machine gun etiquette	The damned
3	When and over what was the first british referendum held	1975, membership of the eec
4	1950s: which 1950s films took place in burma 1943	The bridge on the river kwai
5	In 1715 louis xiv of france was succeeded by louuis xv what relation was he	Great grandson
6	1980s: name the female comedy star who once had a show on fox, that had a pop hit in the early eighties	Tracy ullman
7	1950s: what opened in 1955 in anaheim, near los angeles, california.	Disneyland
8	1970s: what were the 'character' names of the 3 lead women of charlie's angels (pfe)	Sabrina, kelly, jill
9	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled for your pleasure	Roxy music
10	Who gave john f. Kennedy a dog named pushinka	Nikita khrushchev

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What popstar with a 185 inch waistline & standing 6'1 topped the charts in 1993	Mr blobby
2	Which beach was far away in time	Echo beach
3	Which american vocal group scored their first uk top ten hit in 1996 with 'we got it going on'	Backstreet boys
4	Whose greatest hits album was entitled 'don't bore us with the chorus'	Roxette
5	Who are the 2 members of wilson phillips	Carnie & wendy wilson
6	All were released in which year: 'anarchy in the uk', 'fernando', 'a star is born'	1976
7	Which indian instrument has nineteen strings	Sitar
8	Who sang to 'all the young dudes' in 1972	Mott the hoople
9	What was unique about depeche mode's single 'personal jesus'	First of their singles to feature guitars
10	Who produced usa for in aid of famine relief in 1985	Quincy jones

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What term appies to space devoid of matter	Vacuum
2	What is the function of white blood cells	To combat disease and infection
3	What is the liquid portion of blood known as	Plasma
4	What is the largest plant without a trunk	The bananana
5	Which water transport aid was invented by norwegian -born engineer ole evinrude in 1906	The outboard motor
6	True or false, eating fish can help your memory as you age	True
7	What is the name given to the short tail of a rabbit	Scut
8	What does a palaeontologist study	Fossils
9	What non-working stingless bee mates with the queen	A drone
10	What russian physiologist went to the dogs to write conditioned reflexes	Ivan pavlov

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which team appeared in four consecutive super bowls from 1991-1994	Buffalo bills
2	Alan shearer was the first player to score 200 premiership goals. Who was the second	Andy cole
3	What type of fruit is depicted on top of the men's singles trophy at wimbledon	A pineapple
4	Who was crowned bbc sports personaility of the year 2008	Chris hoy
5	What name is given to the pitch on which american football is played	The gridiron
6	On which racecourse is the kentucky derby run	Churchill downs
7	In boxing, which weight category comes in between flyweight and featherweight	Bantamweight
8	Which british athlete's autobiography is entitled (a time to jump)	Jonathan edwards
9	In 1981 sue brown became the first woman to compete in which annual sporting event	The boat race
10	Who lit the torch in the stadium at the sydney olympics	Cathy freeman

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	How many separate pieces of wood does a violin contain	70 pieces
2	In what year did henry viii marry anne boleyn	1533
3	How many episodes of the sitcom 'it ain't alf hot mom' were screened	56
4	Canadian tattoo artist arnold spencer the 3 rd holds the record for the most tatttoo's on a human body but how many does he have	4831
5	Exactly how many stitches does a baseball have	108
6	In what year were the kray twins found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison	1969
7	In what year was blackburn rovers football club formed	1875
8	The most expensive whisky on sale in the uk is the springbank 1010 malt whiskey available at fortnum & mason in london but in 2007 how much could you buy it for	6750
9	In which year was actor sean connery born	1930
10	Amount for which the beatles sued nike for using the song ''revolution'' in a 1987 commercial	$15 million (terms of the settlement are confidential)

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