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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What are animals called if they are abl to live on land or in water	Amphibians
2	Which creature had a short nose horn & two larger horns on the brow	Triceratops
3	The word ophidian refers to what sort of animal	Snake
4	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
5	Which species of bird has the longest wingspan	The albatross
6	What is unusual about goats when they sleep	They don't close their eyes
7	Which are the three species of animal with stereoscopic vision	Monkeys, apes and man
8	What is also known as the freshwater lobster	The crayfish
9	Featured in the film jurassic park, which creatures name means 'quick plunderer'	Velociraptor
10	Which bird of prey can often be seen hovering above hedges & ditches at the road side	Kestrel

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Dance: which male dancer shot to fame with riverdance	Michael flatley
2	Dance: which 1914 ballet was composed by satie & designed by picasso	Parade
3	In literature who told stories about brer rabbit & brer fox	Uncle remus
4	Biff, chip and kipper are characters from which famous children's book series	The magic key
5	Artists: which artist , philosopher & poet worked on a new method of printing in order to illustrate his songs of innocence	William blake
6	Agatha christie: in which year did david suchet first appear as hercule poirot	1988
7	Dance: which tyneside lad took up dancing lessons with julie waters against his miner fathers wishes	Billy elliot
8	Who wrote jurassic park	Michael crichton
9	Impressionists: of whom did marcel proust write that his work 'makes the viewer cross the magic mirror of reality'	Claude monet
10	American writers: what was the title of beat writer jack kerouac's story of a journey across america by car	On the road

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'h' named after a greek physician is the oath taken by doctors	Hyppocratic
2	What 'g' is a booby	Gannet
3	What 'ps' is a building where electricity is generated for distribution	Power station
4	What 'e' was general peron's wife and a musical	Evita
5	What 'u' are russian mountains	Urals
6	What 'ate' is when it is easy to be wise	After the event
7	What 'm' means brownish-crimson	Maroon
8	What 't' is to flow in a thin slow stream	Trickle
9	What 'a' was the merchant of venice	Antonio
10	Which 'ljg' was queen of england for nine days at the age of 16	Lady jane grey

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Movie one liners: i'm in the washing machine mom	Stuart little
2	What is the name of ned flanders' late wife in tv's the simpsons	Maude
3	Big brother: who won big brother 4	Cameron
4	Advertising slogans: tide's in, dirt's out.	Tide
5	Which david lean film features a spiritualist called madame arcati, played by margaret rutherford	Blithe spirit
6	What is danny le rue's famous for	Female impersonation
7	Movie one liners: this is my house, i have to defend it.	Home alone
8	Which jazz pianist had his own group called the red hot peppers	Jelly roll morton
9	Movie one liners: do you really think you have a chance against us mr cowboy	Die hard
10	Which james bond film featured a bond girl called doctor christmas jones	The world is not enough

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which brewery brews a beer called old peculiar	Theakstons
2	Which sauce is named after a river and state in mexico	Tabasco
3	What would you be drinking if you were given earl grey	Tea
4	With what is champagne mixed to produce `buck's fizz'	Orange juice
5	Which countrys does one associate with the following foods or drinks 'dum aloo'	India
6	What is the country of origin of red stripe lager	Jamaica
7	Which two fruits are crossed to make an ugly fruit	Grapefruit & tangerine
8	What is the alcoholic ingredient in a bloody mary	Vodka
9	Which south-east asian fruit's smell reminds people, to put it mildly, of various stages of decay	Durian
10	Rum, lime, and cola drink make up which type of cocktail	Cuba libre

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	In pop music, which groups had hits with the songs 'i'm too sexy' and 'deeply dippy'	Right said fred
2	Who wrote the original tales of the unexpected	Roald dahl
3	True or false: as of 2008 both arsenal and chelsea have never won the european cup	True (amazing but true)
4	Which city in scotland is affectionately known as auld reekie	Edinburgh
5	In astrology, the balance, or scales, is the symbol for which sign of the zodiac	Libra
6	What is mrs victor meldrew's first name	Margaret
7	Which uk politician's memoirs are entitled life in the jungle	Michael heseltine
8	Which surname links the following chart acts, jimmy, paul and faron	Young
9	In which ocean do the seychelles lie	Indian ocean
10	What word can mean a 'pole with a footrest' or a 'wading bird'	Stilt

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	If its 4:00pm in seattle washington, what time is it in portland oregon	4. 00pm
2	Is the tropic of capricorn north or south of the equator	South
3	Africa: by what name do we more commonly know panthera leo	Lion
4	What type of shop predominates on the ponte vecchio in florence	Jewellers have had the monopoly since 1593
5	The british isles: until about 5000bc it was a river valley, now the french call it the pas de calais. How is it known in english	Straits of dover
6	New york: in the gay spa of which hotel was bette midler discovered	The ansonia
7	In which state is mount vernon	Virginia
8	Which is the largest lake in the british isles	Lough neagh in northern ireland
9	Russia: which mountain range marks the divide between europe & asian siberia	The urals
10	What central american country's name means 'many fish'	Panama

History

	Question	Answer
1	1960s: with two words, complete this bbc radio signal to the french resistance in the film the longest day. The long sobs of autumns violins wound my heart with.....	Monotonous langour
2	What city was destroyed by little boy	Hiroshima
3	Who was the cult leader of the waco siege in 1993	David koresh
4	Who did the los angeles times endorse in the 1964 preisential election	Barry goldwater
5	2000s: which country was in political crisis in 2008 after reports of foul play and violence which ended up in leaders of the opposition the mfdc withdrawing from the polls.	Zimbabwe
6	1930s: what type of natural disaster hit the american midwest in 1935	Dust storms
7	In what year did the french revolution begin	1789
8	1980s: which computer manufacturer in 1984 advertised their new computer during the super bowl, and never re-used the commercial	Apple
9	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled trafalgar	Bee gees
10	1970s: who released the 70's album entitled out of the blue	Elo

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Which musical features the song 'sixteen going on seventeen'	The sound of music
2	Which female trio released the multi platinum 'wide open spaces' in 1998	Dixie chicks
3	What was the title of tina turners 1991 best selling album	Simply the best
4	Eurovision: who sang the song 'one step out of time' for the uk in 1992 a) michael ball, b) johnny logan, c) gina g, d) sonia	A= michael ball
5	What was the monkees debut album called	The monkees
6	In which year did janis joplin die	1970
7	According to the lyrics of one of his songs where was bruce springsteen dancing	In the dark
8	Which pop singer was known as `the king of the wild frontier'	Adam ant
9	Which female star reached the uk number 1 spot 29 years after having her first hit	Lulu
10	What was the shadows first hit without cliff richard	Apache

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What are small to medium sized kangaroos called	Wallabies
2	What is the name for the line on a weather map which connects points of equal temperature	An isotherm
3	What is a number called that is equal to the sum of all the numbers by which it is divisible	A perfect number
4	Where does edelweiss grow	In the alps at high altitude
5	Which has a black bill the crow or the rook	Crew
6	Who ran naked through the street shouting eureka	Archimedes
7	What is the name of the russian born us pioneer in aircraft design who is best known for his successful development of the helicopter	Igor sikorsky
8	What is the largest species of deer	The moose
9	Which is the largest owl found in britain	Snowy owl
10	Who invented the bouncing bomb in the second world war	Barnes williams

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which country hosted the 2002 winter olympics	The united states
2	Which woman won the wimbledon singles title for the last time in 1975	Billy jean king
3	In which game are projectiles thrown at stakes called hobs	Quoits
4	In which country did karate originate	Karate
5	Who were the first british football club to have under soil heating	Everton
6	Who was the first black footballer to captain england	Paul ince
7	Which nation won the cricket world cup in 1983	India
8	Who won the first university boat race between oxford and cambridge	Oxford
9	In which country was the ex england cricket captain nasser hussain born	India
10	Which american football team won the first superbowl in 1967	Green bay packers

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In what year did john calcott horsley invent and design the first christmas card	1843
2	What was the world record official attendance at the 1950 soccer world cup final	199854
3	In which year did the bbc ceefax service first start broadcasting	1978
4	In what year was the mixed doubles first contested in wimbledon	1913
5	When did the toy my little pony go on sale	1982
6	How many people survived the sinking of the titanic	711
7	To flavour 100lb of boiled sweets how much artificial flavouring in ounces is needed	Half oz
8	The biggest temperature variation in one day occurred in montana, usa when the temperature fell from 7 degrees centigrade to what	-46c
9	How many uk chart number ones did the beatles have as a group	17
10	In what year was the 999 emergency service first used	1937

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