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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What type of animal is pulex irritans	Flea
2	Which creature has the largest brain in proportion to its body	The ant
3	What is the study of insects called	Entomology
4	Of which animal is the gander the female	Goose
5	What do invertebrates lack	A backbone
6	What name is given to a female swan	Pen
7	What is the scientific study of birds called	Ornithology
8	Which bird can fly backwards	The humming bird
9	Which stage of an insects life cycle comes between egg and pupa	Larva
10	How many are there in a clutch of blackbirds egg's	Usually between 3 & 5

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	The renaissance: in carol reed's the agony and the ecstacy, who plays michelangelo	Charlton heston
2	Agatha christie: who played agatha christie in michael apted's 1978 film agatha	Vanessa redgrave
3	Poets: which female greek poet was born on the island of lesbos & wrote 'love lyrics to women'	Sappho
4	Which shakespeare play opens with the 3 witches	Macbeth
5	Agatha christie: in which book did she kill of hercule poirot	Curtain
6	The renaissance: who became the official painter to popes julius ii & leo x	Rapheal
7	Which algerian born french authors works included l'etranger & la peste	Albert camus
8	Dance: which australian dance spectacular , choreographed by dein perry won an olivier award in 1996	Tap dogs
9	In the canterbury tales at which tavern do the story tellers assemble	The tabard
10	Which publishing company was founded in london in 1935 by allen lane	Penguin

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'te' was hanged in 1950 and pardoned in 1966	Timothy evans
2	What 'p' means failure in an exam, pulling out feathers or bravery	Pluck
3	What 's' goes before catch, chain, belt, match	Safety
4	What 'o' is an award for cinematic achievement	Oscar
5	What 'm' are sold by the man who lives down drury lane	Muffins
6	What 'd' is the slatted wooden flooring often advised by makeover programmes for use in gardens	Decking
7	What 'g' is a booby	Gannet
8	What 'a' is an event occurring without apparent cause	Accident
9	What 'lae' means to listen	Lend an ear
10	What 'p' is the nickname usually given to the operator of a punch & judy show	Professor

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Cult films: where does the final fight scene of the 'bruce lee' movie 'enter the dragon' take place	A hall of mirrors
2	Samantha morton took the title role in which 1997 bronte adaptation	Jane eyre
3	In 'the lone ranger'' what was tonto`s horse called	Scout
4	Who replaced farrah fawcett majors in charlies angels	Cheryl ladd
5	What was advertised on tv with the slogan 'tap it, unwrap it''	Terry's chocolate orange
6	Cops & robbers: which of columbo's star peter falk's eyes is the false one	The right eye
7	Which musician was known as satchmo	Louis armstrong
8	Name the movie that saw stanley baker & michael caine cast as red coated heroes	Zulu
9	Advertising slogans: it's a ----	Sony
10	Advertising slogans: you can be sure of	Shell

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Bruschetta is what	Fried or toasted bread
2	What are the two main ingredients of cock-a-leekie soup	Boiling fowl and leeks.
3	Which two stouts are brewed in cork	Murphy's and beamish
4	What are globe and jerusalam both examples of	Artichoke
5	What do americans call what the british call an iced-lolly	Popsicle
6	Baked alaska has meringue on the outside , what does the meringue cover	Ice cream
7	Which chef created the 'peach melba' in honour of an australian opera singer	Auguste escoffier
8	I belong to the same family as the potato, and more of me are canned than any other fruit or vegetable. What am i	Tomato
9	Which famous chef released the controversial cookbook 'how to cheat'' in 2008	Delia smith
10	How would you say 'house wine' in 'italian'	Vino della casa

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which football team used to play their home games at maine road	Manchester city
2	Abbreviations, in computing what do the letters dos stand for	A disk operating system
3	Based on a real case, the winslow boy was written by which author	Terence rattigan
4	The needles are located off which island	Isle of wight
5	What was the first uk colour tv advertisement	Birds eye peas (1969)
6	On what date is st martin's day - or martinmas - celebrated in europe	40858
7	Which conservative mp admitted to having an affair in 1983 with his then secretary sarah keays who went on to have his love child	Cecil parkinson
8	Eton college is in which english county	Berkshire
9	On the internet or in business, for what do the letters 'fyi' stand on a communication	For your information
10	In what year did elvis presley die and for a bonus point how old was he	1977 (aged 42)

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Africa: which stretch of water lies to the north of somalia, on the horn of africa	The gulf of aden
2	Russia: what city has been formerly known as both petrograd & leningrad	St petersburg
3	Where is the original london bridge now situated	At lake havasu arizona
4	Capitals: on how many hills was rome built	Seven
5	Capitals: in which year did the edinburgh festival start	1947
6	Which italian city is famous for its leaning tower	Pisa
7	Capitals: which modern capital is built on the site of ancient carthage	Tunis
8	Which continent did captain cook discover in 1768	Australia
9	Which county is glastonbury in	Somerset
10	Name the capital of italy.	Rome

History

	Question	Answer
1	1980s: if you licked mr t's booty, it would taste like...	Sexual chocolate
2	Which 1776 american affirmation asserted the basic rights of all to (life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness)	American declaration of independence
3	What was a sopwith camel	A single seater armed biplane used in wwi
4	Natural history: what is believed to be the most stupid bird	The turkey
5	1980s: soleil moon frye was the real name of which young eighties sitcom star, whose character name was also the title of the show	Punky brewster
6	American history: what was jfk airport originally called	Idlewild
7	Natural history: what is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
8	1960s: in which year did the oil tanker torrey canyon come aground near lands end causing a major environmental disaster	1967
9	Who, in 1909, became the first man to fly across the english channel	Louis bleriot
10	Who was henry bolingbroke's father	John of gaunt (the duke of lancaster)

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Billy idol quit which band to embark on his solo career	Generation x
2	During the 1970's, which song and which group 'don't ask us to attend, 'cos we're not all there, oh don't pretend 'cos i don't care, i don't believe illusions 'cos too much is real	Sex pistols / pretty vacant
3	He was killed when a car driven by his girlfriend 'gloria jones' crashed into a tree on barnes common name him	Marc bolan
4	Where were typically tropical going to in 1975	Barbados
5	Which japanese artist released the! 973 album 'approximately infinite universe'	Yoko ono
6	Who had a 1982 hit with heartbreaker	Dionne warwick
7	Who started the 70's on a sober note with 'when i'm dead and gone'	Mcguiness flint
8	Manhattan transfer sang a song about a boy from chicago or new york city	New york city
9	Eurovision: which country won the eurovision song contest in 1972	Luxembourg
10	Which song is the theme from midnight cowboy	Everybody's talking

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What vaccine did edward jenner develop	The smallpox vaccine
2	What was the name of the first ship to sail around the world	The victoria magellans ship
3	What metal are light bulb filaments made from	Tungsten
4	In computing what do the initials www stand for	World wide web
5	What do koala bears live on	Eucalyptus leaves
6	Which astronaut piloted apollo 11 while armstrong and aldrin walked on the moon	Michael collins
7	What is the si unit of energy	Joule
8	Commonly regarded as a bit of a nuisance amongst computer users ' it writes once but reads many times '' what is it	A worm (mass mailing)
9	How many teeth does a healthy adult human have	32
10	What can be african, chinstrap, king or emperor	Penguins

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Which ethiopian athlete won the marathon at the rome & tokyo games in 1960 & 1964	Abebe bikila
2	Which swimming stroke made it's olympic debut in 1956	Butterfly
3	Who said 'they think its all over'	Kenneth wolstenholme
4	In what type of event do 2 players play against eachother as opposed to playing against the entire field	Match play
5	Which world famous boxer was born on the 17th may 1956	Sugar ray leonard
6	Which football team lost both the 1998 and 1999 fa cup finals	Newcastle united
7	What major sporting milestone occurred on 6 th may 1954	First sub 4 minute mile
8	In which year did england first contest the world cup	1950
9	Jesse owens set the record for the long jump in 1935 with 8. 13m who bettered this	Ralph boston usa
10	To what did dinama zagreb change their name after independence in 1992	Croatia zagreb

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	How long in miles is the suez canal	101 miles
2	In which year was the union jack created	1606
3	What was the attendance at the 2003 rugby world cup final when england beat australia	82957
4	The worlds very first skyscraper was the 'home insurance building' in chicago but in what year was it built	1885
5	How many miles are there between the centre's of london and manchester as the crow flies	164
6	In what year did britain join the eec	1973
7	In what year did pinky & perky first appear on television	1957
8	How many times the earth's weight is the weightt of the sun	330,000 times
9	To the nearest 100 million years how old is the earth	4,540 million years
10	How many fan letters did charlie chaplin once receive in 2 days	73000

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