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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which creature had 2 rows of plates running down it's neck, back & tail culminating in large spikes at the end	Stegosaurus
2	Which bird is renowned for taking over the nests of other species	Cuckoo
3	What term is given to the annual marking of swans on the thames	Swan upping
4	What animal can change its colour	A chameleon
5	Which animal has the largest eyes	The giant squid
6	What type of creature is the most poisonous in the world	Frog , (half inch golden frog)
7	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
8	What animal is depicted on the logo of toys r us	Giraffe
9	Which bird was the emblem of prussia	The eagle
10	What colour is the australian swan	Black

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Dance: which male dancer shot to fame with riverdance	Michael flatley
2	Childrens books: what were a. A milne's first 2 names	Alan alexander
3	Which publishing company was founded in london in 1935 by allen lane	Penguin
4	Childrens books: who owned roald dahl's chocalate factory	Willy wonka
5	Which woman had more portarits painted of her thaan anyone else	Queen elizabeth ii
6	Childrens books: who originally wrote down the tale of snow white	The brothers grimm
7	What is the fourth book in the harry potter series	The goblet of fire
8	Who painted flatford mill	Constable
9	Who wrote the novels 'about a boy', 'how to be good' and 'high fidelity'	Nick hornby
10	Childrens books: what is bilbo baggins better known as	The hobbit

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'k' is an australian 'laughing' bird	Kookaburra
2	What 't is the stomach of an ox	Tripe
3	What 'tov' brought an end to world war i	Treaty of versailles
4	What 'm' is the american state known as the wolverine state	Michigan
5	What 'd' is the opposite of concord	Discord
6	What 'j' is an umbrella-shaped fish, called a medusa, that stings	Jellyfish
7	What 'c' can be a piece of furniture or a policy making group of senior ministers	Cabinet
8	What 'n' is an archaic word for nearby	Nigh
9	What 'f' means devil	Fiend
10	What 'w' is a crease in the skin	Wrinkle

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	In the world of movies, the character 'scott lang' is more commonly known by what name	Ant man
2	Harry potter: who guards the entrance to the gryffindor common room	The fat lady
3	Movie one liners: i love this town! '	Ghostbusters (1984)
4	Which musical is based upon a book by t. S. Elliot	Cats
5	Pastimes: what links a novice's ski slope and a garden centre	Nursery
6	Advertising slogans: bring out the branston!	Branston pickle
7	In what film was the song (the power of love) featured	Back to the future
8	Advertising slogans: be careful how you use it!	Hai karate
9	Which 1995 oscar nominated movie features the character 'red'	The shawshank redemption
10	Cast list: before the x files, david duchovny had appeared in another tv series that dealt with the paranormal name it	Twin peaks

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	From which fruit is grenadine obtained	Pomegranate
2	By what is the seasoned jellied loaf made from the head of a pig generally known	Brawn
3	According to the tv ad, which beer is said to be 'good for you'	Guiness
4	What does ipa stand for	India pale ale
5	Which european nation were the first to drink tea	The dutch
6	By what name is the love apple better known	Tomato
7	Singapore banned which popular western foodstuff because of litter implicatons	Chewing guim
8	What is ravioli	Pasta parcels filled with meat sauce
9	Wher might you be offered ouzo	Greece
10	Salted and glazed biscuit shaped like a knot	Pretzel

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which town in the netherlands is famous for its pottery and porcelain	Deft
2	How many of the walker brothers trio were actually related	None
3	Who was the author mary ann evans better known as	George elliot
4	What type of animal has a breed called a flemish giant	A rabbit
5	Was american artist john singer sargent famed for his portraits or landscapes	Portraits
6	2. 47 acres is the imperial equivalent of how many hectares	One
7	Advertising, in january 1984, michael jacson was hospitalized with 2nd degree burns after his hair caught fire during of a commercial, what was the product	Pepsi
8	In health, cholera is mainly spread in contaminated what	Water
9	Which us state has the longest shoreline	Alaska (33,904 miles)
10	Which aromatic spice is obtained from the outer shell of the nutmeg	Mace

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which city is the capital of malaysia	Kuala lumpur
2	To the nearest 100 million years how old is the earth	4,540 million years
3	The british isles: ripon is the tourist centre for which national park	Yorkshire dales
4	Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the river amazon and lake victoria	The equator
5	Australia: australia produces over 90% of one of the earth's semi precious stones which one	Opal
6	In which southern us state is dodge city	Kansas
7	Holiday destinations: where are the eastern and western ghats	In india, they are mountain ranges
8	Mountains: in which country are the sierra madre ranges	Mexico
9	Who was head of state of spain before king juan carlos	General franco
10	What nationality was the chemist alfred nobel	Swedish

History

	Question	Answer
1	1970s: who was england's manager in the 1970 football world cup finals	Sir alf ramsey
2	1980s: which computer manufacturer in 1984 advertised their new computer during the super bowl, and never re-used the commercial	Apple
3	Who was ousted by corazon aquino in 1986	Ferdinand marcos
4	1960s: who was the british prime minister between 1964 & 1969	Harold wilson
5	American history: in 1847 who led a group of latter day saints to utah to save them from persecution & which city did he found there	Brigham young founded salt lake city as a morman centre
6	Natural history: of what is a jenny the female	Donkeys
7	1950s: which 50's movie features the line 'hey stella! '	A streetcar named desire
8	1970s: which rock star died when the mini car, driven by his girlfriend crashed into a tree	Marc bolan
9	What war followed the shot heard round the world	The war of american independence
10	The middle ages: which region of france became an english possesion by the marriage of eleanor to henry ii in 1152	Aquitaine

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Who sang the theme to the bond movie from russia with love	Matt munro
2	The song 'yellow' was which bands first uk top ten hit	Coldplay
3	Tracy chapman had a hit with which of these songs a) fast car, b) train of thought, c) leaving on a jet plane	A) fast car
4	Which groups had hits with 'at the hop' & 'rock & roll is here to stay'	Danny & the juniors
5	Eurovision: which country won the eurovision song contest in 1990	Italy
6	What is a small flute with a higher pitch called	A piccolo
7	In 1983 to whom did the nme give the first annual bryan ferry 3 - fitting suit & ungainly dancer award	Martin fry
8	Was george clintons nickname 'dr funkenstein' or 'the godfather of funk'	Dr funkenstein
9	Born james osterburg, who is called the godfather of punk	Iggy pop
10	Their most famous single is 'don't fear' who are they	Blue oyster cult

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	In 1967 an american engineer invented a noise reduction system to which he gave his name. What was it	Dolby
2	On a standard computer keyboard which key is the largest	The space bar
3	What widely used kitchen item was first marketed by the general electric company in 1909	The electric toaster
4	What is the largest artery in the human body	The aorta
5	What can babies do that adults cannot	Breathe and swallow at the same time
6	What did prokofiev's peter catch & take to the zoo	A wolf
7	What does a chiropodist treat	The feet
8	Which bone is the scapula	The shoulder blade
9	What is the name of the instrument used for listening to the heart and lungs	A stethoscope
10	What is trinitoluene better known as	Tnt

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which racehorse is particularly remembered for its dramatic defeat in the 1956 grand national	Devon loch
2	Was the father of andre agassi born in india, iran or oraq	Iran
3	Which snooker player won the very first pot black tv competition	Ray reardon
4	When maradona scored his famous 'hand of god'' goal in who was in goal for england at the time	Peter shilton (1986)
5	Which team have lost the most fa cup semi finals	Leicester city
6	At which games were israeli competitors kidnapped and killed	Munich
7	Who was the first jockey to receive a knighthood	Sir gordon richards
8	Which irishman left english team leicester city to manage scottish team celtic	Martin o neil
9	Which country did imran khan represent at international level	Pakistan
10	At which sporting venue are the grace gates	Lords

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In which year was the word homosexual first used	1869
2	Number of beatles conventions held each year worldwide	15
3	As of episode 300 of the simpson's it holds the record for the most celebrites featured in a cartoon how many celebs have starred in the show	340
4	In which year was the newspaper ' the news of the world founded''	1843
5	Famed for his role as manuel, in what year was andrew sachs born	1930
6	How many films did elvis presley star in	33
7	In which year was the waterbed patented	1853
8	The royal national lifeboat institution is the oldest life saving organization to date, but can anyone tell me how many lifeboat stations there are in the uk & ireland	223 stations
9	In channel 4's 1999 poll to find the '100 greatest movie stars, in what position was michael caine	44
10	Nico surrings from holland holds the record for completing the 100m barefoot on ice how long in seconds how long did it take him	17. 35 seconds

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