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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	Which sea bird has a black & white body and a very large , bright yellow & red beak	Atlantic puffin
2	Which bird brought back a twig to noah to signal the end of the flood	The dove
3	What do squids, snails and oysters have in common	They are all molluscs
4	Which species of bird has the longest wingspan	The albatross
5	What kind of animal is a marmoset	A monkey
6	Which small rodent , highly valued for it's fine , silky fur, lives almost exclusively high in the andes	Chinchilla
7	What bird uses a stone to smash open its prey	The thrush
8	What type of creature is an aardvark	An anteater (edentata)
9	Which bird is an emblem of the french nation	The rooster
10	Archaeopteryx differed from it's modern counterparts in that it had teeth, clawed fingers & a bony tail core. Otherwise it bore the characteristics of which group of creatures	Birds

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Who was samuel clemens better known as	Mark twain
2	Childrens books: who used the doormouse as a pillow at the mad hatters tea party	The march hare & the hatter
3	Impressionists: whose favourite subject was a mountain east of aix-en-provence	Paul cezanne
4	Which author wrote the sound & the fury, the wild palms, and as i lay dying	William faulkner
5	In which book would you find the characters desinov & dolokhov	Tolstoy's war & peace
6	The renaissance: which family of bankers dominated florence during the renaissance	The medici family
7	Artists: whose progress did william hogarth chart in eight etchings in 1735	A rakes progress
8	Which character created by dodie smith drove a black & white car & wore a black & white fur coat	Cruella de vil
9	Dance: what colour were moira shearers shoes in powell & pressburger's classic film	Red
10	What were the tree like creatures in the lord of the rings called	The ents

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'ip' are you when you're hurt	In pain
2	What 'tote' is an organization to protect our environment	Friends of the earth
3	What 'ch' who died in 1877 had the real name t'asunka witko	Crazy horse
4	What 'f' is a sham attack to divert attention (from a real one)	Feint
5	What 'cr' is another name for a till	Cash register
6	What 'u' is an official language in pakistan	Urdu
7	What 'e' was prime minister during the suez crisis	Eden
8	What 'a' is a meat jelly	Aspic
9	What 'd' is doctrine laid down by the church	Dogma
10	What 'u' is a tree with poisonous sap used for arrowheads	Upas

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Advertising slogans: they're yummy for your tummy!	Milky way magic stars
2	Movie taglines: 'where were you in '62? '	American graffiti (1973)
3	Movie characters: which 1986 sci fi movie features the character, 'seth brundle'	The fly
4	James drury, lee j cobb, & doug mclure starred in the first tv western to run for 90 mins what was it called	The virginian
5	Advertising slogans: children's shoes have far to go	Start-rite shoes
6	Animation: who was the puddy tat that tweetie pie thought he saw	Sylvester
7	Advertising slogans: breakfast of champions	Wheaties
8	Which former heavyweight boxer had a small cameo role in the 2007 movie rocky balboa	Mike tyson
9	Movie one liners: denys would like that. I must remember to tell him. '	Out of africa (1985)
10	Nostalgia: what was stingrays headquarters / port called	Marineville

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which village in county antrim gives its name to a brand of irish whiskey produced there and at a companion distillery in coleraine	Bushmills
2	What term is used in cooking to describe food that has been cooked so that it is still firm to the bite	Al dente
3	How is a drink served when it is described as frappe	With finely crushed ice
4	Blanket and honeycomb are both varieties of which food stuff	Tripe
5	What ingredient is added to wine to make port	Brandy
6	Baked alaska has meringue on the outside , what does the meringue cover	Ice cream
7	What was the first name of senor cardini, the mexican restaurateur who created a classic salad in 1924	Caesar
8	The process where food browns during cooking is known as the what	Maillard reaction
9	What is 'spam' short for	Spiced ham
10	What type of foodstuff is traditionally eaten on shrove tuesday	Pancakes

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	What aid to vision was invented by benjamin franklin	Bifocal lens
2	Which is the largest lake in north america	Lake superior
3	In government, for what do the letters dti stand	Department of trade and industry
4	Abbreviations, in the media, who are the iba	Independent broadcasting authority
5	Numbers, which track did the chattanooga choo choo leave from	29
6	What country is obtained by subtracting gold from pearl	China 50 - 30 = 20 anniversarys
7	True or false: ryan giggs who plays international football for wales was actually born in england.	False
8	By what name do we now know siam	Thailand
9	From which country did the usa aquire florida in 1819	Spain
10	Which is currently the longest running comic in the uk	The dandy

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Russia: which mountain range marks the divide between europe & asian siberia	The urals
2	Russia: what is the name of the state museum in st petersburg	The hermitage
3	Australia: who discovered darwin harbour	The first officer of hms beagle, who named it after charles darwin
4	Which scottish loch is the deepest	Loch ness
5	Which scandinavian capital begins and ends with the same letter	Oslo
6	What name is shared by mountain ranges in scotland & australia	Grampians
7	Which city is the capital of taiwan	Taipei
8	Ouagadougou is the capital of which country	Burkino faso (upper volta)
9	Which country produces the most pears each year	China
10	Which is the largest of the canary islands	Tenerife

History

	Question	Answer
1	Name the german battleship sunk in a norwegian fjord in 1944	The tirpitz
2	In what year was the tomb of tutankhamen discovered	1922
3	1980s: the worldwide stock market crash on 19th october 1987 became known as what	Black monday
4	Firsts: why was the birth of louise brown on 25 july 1978 so significant	First test tube baby
5	1950s: which 1950s films took place in hawaii 1941	From here to eternity
6	The middle ages: which event intrduced this feudal system to england	The norman conquest in 1066
7	Natural history: what animals name literally means 'man of the forest'	Orang-utan
8	Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder	Jack ruby killed lee harvey oswald
9	Natural history: how long does a may fly live	1 day/ 24 hours
10	1970s: who was nick named hanoi jane in 1972 because of her enemy propaganda broadcasts from vietnam	Jane fonda

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What's the connection between tom jomes, shirley basey & the alarm	Wales
2	The model iman is married to which music star	David bowie
3	Who had a hit in 1988 with the song 'first time'	Robin beck
4	Name the instrument connected with guy barker	Trumpet
5	In which area of london are the abbey road studios located	St. John's wood
6	Who was 'horny, horny, horny'	Mousse t vs hot n juicy
7	Who played stand-up bass on elvis' songs for sun records	Bill black
8	Where was tony christie asking directions to in 1971	Amarillo (is this the way to amarillo)
9	On their first visit to the us, at which hotel in new york city did the beatles stay	The plaza hotel
10	Higher love' was a hit for which uk artist	Steve winwood

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What name is given to opacity in the lens of the eye	A cataract
2	Why was the seismosaurus so named	Because of it's size hence earth shaking lizard
3	What familiar roadside item, in which money is placed,was invented in 1935 by american journalist carlton magee	The parking meter
4	Which alloy is made with nine parts tin and one part lead	Pewter
5	What material was invented by belgian-born us chemist leo baekeland in 1905	Bakelite
6	Which video game series is sometimes referred to as gta	Grand theft auto
7	Where might you find hell, julius caesar, birmingham and billy	On the moon
8	How long can a stag beetle spend as a larva	Up to three years
9	What name was given to the boeing b-52 heavy bomber that first flew in 1952	Stratofortress
10	In what conditions do thermophilous plants thrive	Warm or sunny

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which european city has teams with the names cska , dynamo, spartak, torpedo	Moscow
2	What is the name of the white ball in a game of bowls	The jack
3	Which boxer won the bbc sports personality of theyear award in 1967	Henry cooper
4	In which californian city was the 1994 final played	Pasadena
5	Which county has the most cricket county championship titles	Yorkshire
6	Which swimming stroke was introduced into competition in 1952	Butterfly
7	Who won the bbc sports personality of the year award in 1971	Princess anne
8	What football club did bobby charlton play for when he won his 1966 world cup medal	Manchester united
9	Which nation did france beat 3-0 in the final of the football world cup in 1998	Brazil
10	Which famous duo won the bbc sports personality of the year in 1984	Torvill & dean

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	Zeny borak of tokyo, japan hold the record for the most sexual partners	100,000 (2008)
2	In what year was diana ross born	1944
3	In what year was the raf founded	1918
4	How many times is the f-word used in the film 'pulp fiction'	257
5	How many steel pieces are there on the eiffel tower in paris	18038
6	Life the great challenge is the largest commercially sold jigsaw puzzle how many pieces does it have	24000
7	In which year did the boer war begin	1899
8	How many metres are there in a nautical mile	1852
9	In what year was the first hot air balloon flight	1783
10	The royal mint is recognised as the oldest established business in the uk in what year was it founded	886

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