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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Featured in the film jurassic park, which creatures name means 'quick plunderer'	Velociraptor
2	What features of the african elephant are larger that those of an indian elephant	The ears
3	Which is the smallest of all birds	Bee, hummingbird (2 grams)
4	Which birds were kept on the capitol and, allegedly, saved rome from attack by the gauls	The geese
5	What is also known as the freshwater lobster	The crayfish
6	Which gentle creature did walt disney create in 1942	Bambi, the fawn
7	Which is the second heaviest land animal	The hippopotamus
8	What type of creatures are slugs and snails	Gastropods
9	What are insects chewing jaws called	Mandibles
10	What type of creature is a sidewinder	A snake

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Childrens books: who used the doormouse as a pillow at the mad hatters tea party	The march hare & the hatter
2	American writers: whose thrillers include the osterman weekend, the bourne identity & the prometheus deception	Robert ludlum
3	At which railway station does harry potter catch the hogwart's express at platform 9 and 3 quarters	King's cross
4	Who said when a man is tired of london he is tired of life	Dr samuel johnson
5	The renaissance: in which part of france are most of the renaissance chateaux	The loire valley
6	Who wrote gullivers travels	Jonathan swift
7	Agatha christie: what was unusual about the narrator of the murder of roger ackroyd	He was also the murderer
8	Who is the most famous character ever to be created by helen fielding	Bridget jones
9	American writers: which american poet and writer was married to poet ted hughes	Sylvia plath
10	Which em forster novel features the schlegal sisters	Howards end

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'u' comes before violet, marine and sound	Ultra
2	What 'al' when rubbed should grant three wishes	Aladdin's lamp
3	What 'g' is headquarters of the who and the red cross	Geneva
4	What 'cr' is the tallest species of tree in the world	Californian redwood
5	What 'v' is a season's produce of grapes	Vintage
6	What 'u' is one of a kind	Unique
7	What 'oots' is the book by charles darwin on evolution	Origin of the species
8	What 'i' is an official court border that forbids or commands that something should be done	Injunction
9	What 'h' is a song of praise to god	Hymn
10	What 'd' was the surname of clement the former mp and lucian the painter	Freud

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	In which arnold schwarzenegger movie does he play the role of (detective jack slater)	The last action hero
2	What were the first names of the blues brothers (pfe)	Jake & elwood
3	Which film told of the battle of rourkes drift	Zulu
4	Movie one liners: well today i'm gonna be picking up my hemi roadrunner that's right i said hemi.	The adventures of joe dirt
5	Who directed the award winning lord of the rings movie trilogy	Peter jackson
6	Who was michelle's first boyfriend on full house	Howie
7	Nostalgia: which was the first london underground line to open in 1863	Metropolitan
8	Movie one liners: sir wilfrid - you've forgotten your brandy. '	Witness for the prosecution (1957)
9	On the tv show ugly betty who was wilameena's bridesmaid	Victoria beckham
10	Which japanese theatre form performed by a male cast combines singing dancing and acting	Kunuki

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	What was the weekly butter ration during the second world war	Four ounces
2	What vegetable is known a zucchini in the usa	Courgette
3	The prongs on a fork are actually known as what	Tines
4	Which citrus fruit, possibly a combination of sweet lime and sour orange, grows predominantly in italy and is used in earl grey tea and eau de cologne	Bergamot
5	What are pershore eggs and marjorie's seedlings	Plums
6	Who released the following album 'whipped cream and other delights '	Herb albert and the tijuana brass
7	What do the initials u. H. T refer to in relation to milk	Ultra heat treated
8	In which country did scampi originate	Italy
9	If you ordered a dish of mountain oysters or cape cod turkey what would you receive	Sheep's testicles
10	Approximately how many coffee beans make up an expresso measure	40

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Larry holmes is famous for which sport	Boxing
2	Which two numbers go with the rover car launched in 1999	75
3	Which texan golfer was nicknamed supermex	Lee trevino
4	In which year was the queen mother born	1900
5	What type of creature was george in the classic tv show rainbow	A hippo
6	What was the real name of the man whose son was known as baby doc	Francois duvalier
7	Chemical element with atomic number 53	Iodine
8	Who was the first female dj to be heard on radio one	Annie nightingale
9	Which poet wrote the divine comedy	Dante
10	What type of fruit is a canteloupe	Melon

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which river flows through paris	The seine
2	For which newspaper did henry stanley work	The new york herald
3	Which us state capital is known as the (mile high city) because of its elevation above sea level	Denver
4	Ireland: what is ireland's only native toad	The natterjack
5	On which river does the city of cairo stand	The nile
6	What is the national airline of russia	Maya island air
7	Which city is the capital of taiwan	Taipei
8	Australia: what is the capital of tasmania	Hobart
9	Africa: what makes up roughly one fifth of the continent's surface area	The sahara desert
10	How many countries are there in south america	Thirteen

History

	Question	Answer
1	1980s: robert de niro won an oscar for best actor in 1980 for his role in which movie	Raging bull
2	What name was given to the practise of killing every tenth man in a mutinous roman cohort	Decimate
3	Neptune was the roman god of the oceans, what name did the greeks use	Poseidon
4	Famous battles: whome did the japanese defeat at the battle of tsushima in 1905	The russians
5	1960s: which famous artist was shot and wounded by valeria solanis in 1968	Andy warhol
6	1990s: what was opened on the 6th may 1994	The channel tunnel
7	1980s: what was the name of the funky van scooby doo and friends rode in	The mystery machine
8	2000s: which soul singer, who died in august 2008, found fame in later life providing the voice of 'chef' in south park	Isaac hayes
9	Military history: what was the name given to the sudden strike german bombing campaigns of 1939 - 1940	Operation sealion
10	1980s: in what year was 'dirty dancing' released	1987

Music

	Question	Answer
1	In which year was culture clubs karma chameleon a hit	1983
2	What was the first george harrison composition recorded by the beatles	Don't bother me
3	Chuck berry, bo diddley, howlin' wolf name the label that linked them	Chess
4	Who had a number 1 in 1999 with the song 'fly away'	Lenny lravitz
5	Who recorded ther albums 'popped in souled out' and 'holding back the river'	Wet wet wet
6	Who was jesus on the lp version of 'jesus christ superstar'	Ian gillan
7	What was britney spears debut single which shot to no. 1	Baby one more time
8	Which song and artists sang this during the 1970's ' a year has passed since i wrote my note, but i should have known this right from the start, only hope can keep me together, love can mend your life, but love can break your heart''	Police / message in a bottle
9	What color was lucy's sky	Marmalade
10	Who had a surprise uk hit in the 90's with a cover of the classic led zeppelin song 'stairway to heaven''	Rolf harris

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What metal is liquid at room temperature	Mercury
2	What is the more common name for sodium chloride	Salt
3	In which year did the last manned expedition to the moon take place	1972
4	What name is given to a plant that grows from seed & flowers and dies within a year	An annual
5	Which contemporary scientist is suffering from from motorneurone disease	Steven hawkins
6	Which family of plants sends up shoots in the shape of croziers	The fren
7	Who is known as the father of medicine	Hippocrates
8	Which metal has the chemical element w	Tungsten
9	Which camera was invented by edwin land	The polaroid camera
10	What is the most abundant radioactive element	Uranim (238)

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which player then on the books at manchester united scored for south africa during the 2002 world cup	Quentin fortune
2	Who did the 100 & 200 womans sprint double in sydney	Marion jones
3	Can you name 2 british golfers to win the us masters in the 1990's	Nick faldo & ian woosnam
4	In which season did manchester united first achieve the double	1993 / 1994
5	In 1780 jockey sam arnull rode diomed to victory in the first running of which horse race	The derby
6	Which british driver retired from formula one in 2000	Johnny herbert
7	How many players are in a polo team	4
8	Which cricket commentator's son is a professional cricketer	Christopher martin jenkins
9	In which sport will you find a small target ball known as the jack	Bowls
10	As at the year 2000, how many times have the summer olympics been held in london	Twice

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	How many muscles do you use when you walk	54 muscles
2	How many times a minute can a bumble bee beat it's wings	130 times
3	Number of music artists who have covered ''yesterday'	2,961
4	In which year was the daily mirror founded	1903
5	Into how many languages has 'the diary of anne frank' been translated	55
6	In 1972 how many cars travelled north through the dartford tunnel	4,787,092 cars
7	What year saw the launch of the parking meter in britain	1958
8	In august 1994 in manchester the largest pancake was made, how big was it's diameter in feet	49ft
9	Percentage of americans who have visited disneyland / disney world	0. 7
10	In what year was diana ross born	1944

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