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Instant Quiz

10 questions from each category.
The Pub Quiz Company: Not in a pub quiz

Animals

Question Answer
1 What is the collective term for ducks A paddling
2 Which is the smallest mammal in europe Pygmy shrew
3 Which species of bird has the longest wingspan The albatross
4 In edward lear's poem, which bird sang to the pussycat The owl
5 Which is the smallest of all birds Bee, hummingbird (2 grams)
6 Which bird is resident of the american southwest & has been immortilized in a cartoon series Roadrunner
7 What type of creature is an aardvark An anteater (edentata)
8 What sort of animal was tarka An otter
9 Which curved billed bird is the largest european wader Curlew
10 What are a whales breathing organs called Lungs

Art & Literature

Question Answer
1 Whose first collection of short stories entitled in our time was published in 1925 Ernest hemmingway
2 Poets: of whom are the seasons of mist & mellow fruitfulness a close bosom friend The maturing sun - to autumn john keats
3 Dance: of which petipa ballet did rudolf nureyev make a film starring himself Don quixote
4 Artists: which famous couples personal collection did much to bring the work of cezanne ,
renoir & matisse into the public eye
Leo & gurtrude stein
5 Poets: which poet, an icon of the counter culture 's first collection of poetry was called howl Allen ginsberg
6 The renaissance: whose lives of the artists is the main contemporary source of information on
the italian renaissance
Giorgio vasari
7 Agatha christie: in which village did miss marple live St mary mead
8 In the book the secret diary of adrian mole, what was the name of adrian's girllfriend Pandora
9 Poets: what kind of symmetry did the tyger possess, according to william blake Fearful symmetry songs of experience
10 What is the most performed opera in the uk La boheme

Blockbusters

Question Answer
1 What 'b' is made up from platelets and cells Blood
2 What 'j' was jupiter's wife in roman mythology Juno
3 What 'i' is a type of lettuce Iceberg
4 What 'f' is a short word for a hobby or interest that doesn't last very long Fad
5 What 'r' was the first labour prime minister of britain Ramsey macdonald
6 What 'o' is a group of eight notes Octave
7 Which 'sg' was, according to the rhyme, born on monday, christened on a tuesday, etc Solomon grundy
8 What 'l' comes before shot, division and hand Long
9 What 'm' performed the sticky and sweet tour Madonna
10 What 'acv' is a hovercraft Air cushion vehicle

Entertainment

Question Answer
1 Harry potter: who is the attractive barmaid and owner of the three broomsticks in hogsmeade Madam rosmerta
2 What fraternity do the lewis and gilbert join in revenge of the nerds Lambda lambda lambda
3 Who plays the role of barty crouch junior in the harry potter films David tennant
4 In which tv show did nicholas lyndhurst wander down an alley that took him back to 1943 Goodnight sweetheart
5 Who co-starred with steve mcqueen in the film the thomas crown affair Faye dunnaway
6 Who was the 3rd housemate to enter the big brother house in the year (2008) Luke
7 Which ex benny hill girl is part of a multi emmy winning comedy show Jane leeves
8 Which ginger-haired tv star presents radio 1 fm's breakfast show Chris evans
9 Which brewery supplies the beer at the rovers return in coronation street Newton & ridley (issac)
10 In which film did julia roberts play the part of tinker bell Hook

Food & Drink

Question Answer
1 Thin round mexican maize cake Tortilla
2 How many 75cl bottles of champagne would you get from a jeroboam 4 bottles
3 Who invented the egg mcmuffin Ed peterson
4 Which drink was once advertised with the slogan: 'i'm only here for the beer' Double diamond
5 What is the smell given off by wine called The boquet
6 Which alcoholic drink is the main ingredient of the cocktail 'zombie' Rum
7 What happens if you add water to pernod It goes cloudy
8 What is the ginger like root crop associated with thai cooking Galangal
9 What are pontefract cakes made from Liquorice
10 How is steak tartare cooked It is served raw

General Knowledge

Question Answer
1 How is the (manx shearwater) traditionally known in the scilly isles The cockathrodon
2 Who is the greek god of music Apollo
3 What substance has the chemical symbol o3 Ozone
4 In history, which russian revolutionary leader arrived in st petersburg, then called petrograd,
in a sealed train from zurich in 1917
Lenin
5 50 / 50, which rock band released an album entitled beggars banquet the who or the rolling
stones
The rolling stones
6 Complete the title of the james joyce novel, a portrait of the artist as a... What Young man
7 On what street does the bank of england in london stand Threadneedle street
8 What c name is given to the french brandy which has been distilled twice Cognac
9 Emma samms played the character fallon in which 1980s television soap opera, which was a
spin-off from dynasty
The colbys
10 What was the first underground railway line in london The metroplitan line (paddington to farringdon, 1863)

Geography

Question Answer
1 What is the colour of the cross on the finish flag Blue
2 By what name do argentina refer to the falkland islands The malvinas
3 Africa: zanzibar lies off the coast of which country Tanzania
4 Into what sea does the elbe river flow North
5 In 1904 danish biologist johannes schmidt discovered the sargasso sea in the north atlantic to
be the breeding ground of which fish
European eel
6 Parks: who wrote the novel gorky park Martin cruz smith
7 Kingston is the capital of which country Jamaica
8 By how many degrees does true north vary to magnetic north in britain 8 degrees west
9 Islands: on which island are the new york boroughs of brooklyn and queens Long island
10 In which city is marco polo airport Venice

History

Question Answer
1 1950s: the gold coast gained its independence from great britain in 1957 and renamed itself as
what
Ghana
2 1950s: february 6th 1958 saw a plane carrying manchester united home from a match in belgrade
crash during take-off at which city's airport
Munich
3 1960s: who sang el condor pasa (if i could) Simon & garfunkel
4 Firsts: which countrys national beauty won the first miss world contest in 1951 Miss sweden (kiki haakonson)
5 1980s: what show was 'whatcha talkin' 'bout willis' a standard catch phrase Different strokes
6 Military history: which 17 marked the end of the jacobite rebellions Culloden
7 1990s: who won the eurovision song contest for the uk in 1997 Katrina & the waves
8 Who was the last to sit on the peacock throne Shah mohammed reza pahlavi
9 1980s: what was the name of the funky van scooby doo and friends rode in The mystery machine
10 World war 2: who was appointed to command the us pacific fleet shortly after pearl harbour Admiral chester w nimitz

Music

Question Answer
1 Which former beatle became a travelling wilbury George harrison
2 Which song penned by the gibb brothers provided barbara streisand with her only uk number one
single in 1980
Woman in love
3 What beatles song won a grammy as the best song of 1966 Michelle
4 Which album was at one time going to be called 'everest' Abbey road
5 Which beatles movie won the oscar for best original score Let it be
6 Eurovision: when cyprus participated for the first time, what action was taken by turkish
television
Showed ads during the cypriot song
7 With which artist is the funk band the new power generation associated Prince
8 Who had a hit with the song 'like a prayer' Madonna
9 What fact of life did jewel akens tell us about in 1965 The birds and the bees
10 What musical instrument does the leader of an orchestra always play Violin

Science & Nature

Question Answer
1 There are two types of sex chromosome, x and y. Males have one x and one y but what do females
have
Two x's
2 There are 5 elements in the periodic table that conttain 4 letters in their name iron & lead
are 2 of them 1 point each for any of the other 3
Gold, neon, zinc
3 What name was given to the boeing b-52 heavy bomber that first flew in 1952 Stratofortress
4 What element can be added to petrol to eliminate to eliminate knock Lead
5 In what units would you measure frequency Hertz
6 Occuring twice yearly what name is given 2 a day that consists of 12 hours of daylight & 12
hours of darkness
Equinox
7 If a husband was to caress his wife's vomer where would he have to insert his finger Up her nose
8 Which german company introduced the interrupter gear enabling a machine gun to fire through an
aeroplanes propeller
Fokker
9 In what year were tissue cells first grown outside the body by us biologist ross harrison 1905
10 Which alloy is made with nine parts tin and one part lead Pewter

Sports & Leisure

Question Answer
1 Which nation did france beat 3-0 in the final of the football world cup in 1998 Brazil
2 Who was the first snooker player to score a maximum 147 break in the world championships Cliff thorburn
3 With which sport do you associate harvey smith, nick skelton and rob hoekstra Show jumping
4 In which sport do family members john, michael and robert whitaker all compete Show jumping
5 In which sport might you encounter a clothes lines, a pile driver and a half nelson Wrestling
6 Which club did jose mourinho leave to become manager of chelsea in 2004 Porto
7 Which well known snooker player was a policeman before becoming professional Ray reardon
8 What does it mean if a racehorse is described as a maiden It hasn`t won a race yet
9 Who were the first winners of the fa cup Wanderers
10 Which was the first italian team roy hodgson managed Inter milan

Tie Breaks

Question Answer
1 How many pennies did the royal mint produce in 1933 Only 4 pennies
2 In which year did the beatles release their first single 'love me do' 1962
3 How many episodes of the tv show seinfeld were made 180
4 How many times is the f-word used in the film `scarface` 206
5 In which year did bugs bunny first ask elmer fudd ' whats up doc 1940
6 What % of vitamin c, does a brussels sprout loose if cooked 0. 9
7 In which year did lawrence of arabia die 1935
8 A headmaster at eton like flogging boys what was his record for one day 80 boys
9 In the entire works of william shakespeare how many times is the word fork mentioned 4
10 In which year was the first british census held 1801

Toys & Games

Question Answer

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