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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What is the male bee whose sole function is to mate with the queen	The drone
2	What is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
3	Which gentle creature did walt disney create in 1942	Bambi, the fawn
4	What sort of animal was tarka	An otter
5	Where do birds of paradise come from	New guinea
6	What is unusual about goats when they sleep	They don't close their eyes
7	Which flightless bird from mauritus is now extinct	The dodo
8	Smuck is the collective noun for which marine creature	Jelly fish
9	Featured in the film jurassic park, which creatures name means 'quick plunderer'	Velociraptor
10	What type of creature is an aardvark	An anteater (edentata)

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Childrens books: what was the hedgehog called in the beatrix potter tale	Mrs tiggywinkle
2	What creatures does captain ahab become obsessed with	Moby dick, great white whale
3	What was the title of the first ever james bond novel	Casino royale
4	Impressionists: who depicted a sunday afternoon on the island of grande jatte	Georges seurat
5	In the book the secret diary of adrian mole, what was the name of adrian's girllfriend	Pandora
6	Poets: which poets experiences in the first world war expressed themselves in his satirical poems & his memoirs as a fox hunting man	Siegfried sassoon
7	Artists: whose progress did william hogarth chart in eight etchings in 1735	A rakes progress
8	Which famous book begins with the line: when he was nearly thirteen my brother jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow	To kill a mockingbird
9	Which gilbert and sullivan opera is about the emperor of japan	The mikado
10	Which word created by jk rowling gained entry into the oxford english dictionary in 2003	Muggle

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'j' means pertaining to the region of james i	Jacobean
2	What 's' is the term for a professional, paid magistrate as opposed to a justice of the peace	Stipendiary
3	What 'ti' was homer's poem on the siege of troy	The iliad
4	What 'k' is the collective name for large seaweeds	Kelp
5	What 'rtb' is an ursine character who was 70 years old in 1990	Rupert the bear
6	What 'w' was britian's first prime minister	Walpole
7	What 'cp' is a bird used for conveying messages	Carrier pigeon
8	What 'r' is another name for a hikers backpack	Rucksack
9	What 'ch' is the historic home in north yorkshire where brideshead revisited was filmed	Castle howard
10	What 'e' is a medicine that helps clear the lungs by coughing	Expectorant

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Movie characters: which 1993 movie features the character 'john gage'	Indecent proposal
2	What musical instrument did sooty play	The xylophone
3	In harry potter & the philosophers stone, what is the name of the dog that guards the stone	Fluffy
4	If you collected lepidoptera what would you collect	Moths & butterflies
5	Films of books: which edith wharton novel has been filmed three times most recently by martin scorsese in 1993	The age of innocence
6	Advertising slogans: don't shop for it, ----- it.	Argos
7	Nostalgia: what large container was taken to parties in the 70's	Party sevens (beer cans holding 7 pints)
8	War films: which 1978 film starred robert de niro , christopher walken , & john savage	The deer hunter
9	What was the title of celine dion's no. 1 hit single featured in the movie tiitanic	My heart will go on
10	Which uk tv series was based on eric chappell's play the banana box	Rising damp

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Gnocchi is a food from italy. What is it	Small dumplings made of potato, flour or semolina
2	What name was given to the light, clear wine developed in medieval times along the coastal valleys of the gironde river in the bordeaux region	Claret
3	Who released the following 'edible' album 'tupelo honey'	Van morrison
4	What does the phrase al dente mean	Pasta cooked firm
5	Which spirit is used to fortify red wine in creating port	Brandy
6	What is bottled in jeroboams	Champagne
7	What is the term used to describe pasta that is cooked correctly	Al dente
8	What type of fruit is a damson	Plum
9	How did chocolate get it's name	Spanish imitation of aztech word tchocolatl
10	What are 'ladies finger' better known as	Okra or bhindi

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Who had a hit in 1972 with the song 'puppy love'	Donny osmond
2	Hammasa kohistani became the first ever muslim what in this year (2005)	Miss world
3	Which 4 cities did london beat in order to host the olympics games in 2012 (pfe)	Paris , madrid , new york , moscow
4	Which tv soap actress played cleopatra in the 1964 film carry on cleo	Amanda barrie (she later played alma baldwin in coronation street)
5	What is a tree or shrub called that sheds its leaves annually	Deciduous
6	Which 1940s glamour icon was the star of the film gilda	Rita hayworth
7	Which cosmetics & perfume company was originally called (the california perfume co)	Avon
8	On a standard dartboard, which number follows 11 if you move anticlockwise	Eight
9	Which racecourse hosts the ebor meeting	York
10	Complete the title of this james bond film, the living. . . What	Daylights

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which city in new zealand is known both as the city of the plains and the garden city is it wellington or christchurch	Christchurch
2	What was the former name of manhattan's park avenue	Fourth avenue
3	In which continent would you find the nile river	Africa
4	What does copenhagen mean in english	Merchants haven
5	To the nearest 500 million how many people are alive today	5,5 billion people
6	Which motorway connects london with cardiff	The m4
7	Which is the smallest state in the usa	Rhode island
8	What is a sextant used to measure	The angle of the sun or stars above a horizon
9	What forms the natural border between europe & asia	The ural mountains
10	The british isles: which feature of the east of england was caused by the flooding of medieval peat diggings	The broads

History

	Question	Answer
1	1970s: grease the musical opened on broadway in 1973 how many performances were there	3,388
2	1980s: who was the famous individual who originated the catch phrase 'just say no'	Nancy reagan
3	The french revolution: where was the first national assembly formed	The palace of versailles
4	American history: which is the nations oldest chartered city	Albany, new york
5	1980s: the worldwide stock market crash on 19th october 1987 became known as what	Black monday
6	Where was the only british prime minister to be assassinated killed	The lobby of the house of commons
7	1980s: mark david chapman was famous for what in 1980	Shooting john lennon
8	1960s: what happened to the apollo i spacecraft on 27 january 1967	Caught fire on launch pad killing all 3 crew
9	1980s: who was the actress that played ferris bueller's sister	Jennifer grey
10	Neptune was the roman god of the oceans, what name did the greeks use	Poseidon

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What prince single was also the name of his semi autobiographical film	Purple rain
2	Which female vocalist guested with massive attack on their 3rd album mezzanine	Elizabeth frazier
3	With which rock band does 'slash' play guitar	Guns n roses
4	What where the christian names of the everly brothers	Don & phil
5	What is the best selling rolling stones single in britain	Honky tonk woman
6	Which artist married carrie fisher in august 1983	Paul simon
7	What was the best selling single in the uk in the 20th century by a duo	You're the one that i want
8	What was a no. 1 hit in the 70's for tina charles	I love to love (my baby just loves to dance)
9	Who played the part of bongo herbert in a classic 1959 movie	Cliff richard
10	Did elvis presley ever tour the uk	No

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	The 2 stars to the right of the plough in the constellation of ursa major are called the pointers to what do they point	Polaris the pole star
2	Where is a fish's caudal fin	The tail
3	What did prokofiev's peter catch & take to the zoo	A wolf
4	Who was inspired by an apple falliing	Sir isaac newton
5	Aspirin was originally obtained from the bark of which tree	Willow
6	What is the cos a type of	Lettuce
7	What is the antirrhinum better known as	The snapdragon
8	What is the oxygen carrying component of blood	Haemoglobin
9	Which fruit has the latin name of malus oumila	Apple
10	Who ran naked through the street shouting eureka	Archimedes

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Who founded the 'matchroom snooker organisation'' in 1982	Barry hearn
2	Which of these is older, the new york or the london marathon	New york
3	In france 98 which team were called the reggae boyz	Jamaica
4	How many players are there in a beach volley ball team	2
5	What did murray walker do before commentating	Advertising
6	How many hurdles are there in the men's 110metres hurdles	10
7	Who did cliff thorburn beat in the final of his one and only world snooker championship final	Alex higgins
8	Which dart's commentator is known for his hyperbole such as (alexander the great was 33 when he conquered the known world, bristow is 27)	Sid waddell
9	Until 2001, southampton played at the dell but have now moved to where	St mary's
10	Which was the last season that the premiership was contested over 42 games	1994/1995

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In the opening credits of the simpson's maggie is scanned through a checkout machine. Can anyone tell me how much does the till say when she went through	$847. 63
2	As at march 2004, what is the highest single prize won on the national lottery	22590829
3	How many times is the f-word used in the film `scarface`	206
4	A single 54lb ling fish was found to be carrying how many eggs	28,361,000 eggs
5	In 1968 what percentage of woman had no teeth at all	0. 4
6	In which year did tesco open its first supermarket in the uk	1956
7	In what year were big ben's chimes first broadcast by the bbc (radio)	1923
8	How many episodes in total were made of juliet bravo	82 episodes
9	In what year was the raf founded	1918
10	In which year saw the introduction of yellow and red cards to the world cup	1970

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