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10 questions from each category.

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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What color spots has the common ladybird	Black
2	With which animals do you associate the disease myxomatosis	Rabbits
3	To which order of mammals does the beaver belong	Rodents
4	What animals name literally means 'man of the forest'	Orang-utan
5	Which flightless bird is the emblem of new zealand	The kiwi
6	What type of creature is the most poisonous in the world	Frog , (half inch golden frog)
7	Which creature got it's name because scientists felt that it fed on eggs	Oviraptor
8	Which is the largest living rodent	Capybara
9	What are a whales breathing organs called	Lungs
10	What is the study of insects called	Entomology

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	Which famous sculptor was refused entry tothe french academy 3 times	August rodin
2	Impressionists: the photographer nadar loaned his studio in 1874 to which group of painters for their first notorious exhibition	Impressionists
3	Artists: which famous statue was found on the island of melos & signed by andros of antioch	Venus de milo
4	The renaissance: who became the official painter to popes julius ii & leo x	Rapheal
5	Artists: which dutch painters real name was 'jerome van aken'	Hieronymus bosch
6	Poets: of whom are the seasons of mist & mellow fruitfulness a close bosom friend	The maturing sun - to autumn john keats
7	Which american artist is known for a portarit of his mother	James whistler
8	Poets: which nobel prize winning poet was born in county derry	Seamus heaney
9	The renaissance: which architect designed the great florence cathedral dome	Brunelleschi
10	What was picasso's first name	Pablo

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'j' is an agitated bath	Jacuzzi
2	What 'k' is a scottish church,	Kirk
3	What 'r' is europe's most polluted river	Rhine
4	Which 'rk' wrote the light that fatted, kim and the just so stories	Rudyard kipling
5	What 'n' is to dope a racehorse	Nobble
6	What 'n' supposedly fiddled while rome burned	Nero
7	What 'r' is a kind of backpack	Rucksack
8	What 'w' is to cause something violent and destrctive and often goes before havoc or vengeance	Wreak
9	What 's' is an american pavement	Sidewalk
10	What 'w' comes before break, blown or fall	Wind

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Movie one liners: prepare a funeral for a viking. '	The vikings (1958)
2	Who wrote the novel on which the bogart film the african queen was based	C s forester
3	What was the name of the cat in the dandy comics	Korky
4	In big brother uk who is the only official housemate never to lay eyes on the diary room chair	Mikey bb8 (blind)
5	Advertising slogans: a hazelnut in every bite	Topic
6	Movie one liners: i wanna live again clarence, i want to live again'?	It's a wonderful life
7	About which war is director francis ford coppola's hard hitting movie a_pocalypse now_	Vietnam war
8	Movie line: (the time has come for those who are different to stand united) was a tag line for which film sequel in 2003	X men 2
9	Movie one liners: the secret of my success is, never say die. '	A free soul (1931)
10	Who on tv lived in the ten acre field	Worzel gummidge

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	In the world of music how are 'cheryl james & sandra denton'' more commonly known	Salt & pepper
2	After whom is caesar salad named	Caesar cardini who would assemble it for his guests in tijuana, mexico in the 1920's
3	What do americans call what the british call an iced-lolly	Popsicle
4	In 1989 in which brand of confectionery did blue replace brown	Smarties
5	What is another name for the star fruit	Carambula
6	If you asked for scraps in a chippy what would you get	Bits of fish batter
7	Who released the following 'edible' album 'moldy peaches'	The moldy peaches
8	Roast turkey: does white/dark meat have most calories	Dark
9	The stomach of a cow or sheep is known as what	Tripe
10	Petit fours means literally 'little ovens'. What are they	Small french cakes or biscuits

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Which fruit is a hybrid between a raspberry and a blackberry	Loganberry
2	Cu is the chemical symbol for which element	Copper
3	Numbers, if you were celebrating your pearl anniversary how long would you have been married	30 years
4	By night' is a perfume / fragrance endorsed by which famous singer	Christina aguilera
5	Who was murdered outside their home by andrew cunanan in 1997	Gianni versace
6	What colour is the star of david on the israeli flag	Blue
7	Prince william left which school in 2000 after completing his a levels	Eton college
8	What familiar word sometimes humerously associated with lightning describes a person who rides the near horse of a team of horses drawing a coach	Posthillion
9	What is the highest denomination postal order that can be bought	Â£20
10	What breed of dog is used to advertise hush puppies	A basset hound

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Which is the smallest continent	Europe
2	Which british land owner owns the largest acerage	The forestry commision
3	In which country is mount etna	Sicily
4	In which city is wembley stadium	London
5	In what us state is the grand canyon found	Colorado
6	Which pacific nation gained independence from new zealand in 1962	Western samoa
7	Which city is the capital of switzerland	Berne
8	Between which 2 countries would you find lake olirid	Albania & macedonia
9	What country consists mainly of the jutland peninsula	Denmark
10	Ireland: which town was the target of an algerian raiding party in 1631, when a hundred locals were captured and sold for the white slave trade	Baltimore, county cork

History

	Question	Answer
1	At which battle did nelson famously (turn a blind eye) to orders to disengage	The battle of copenhagen
2	Natural history: from which type of tree do we get hardwood	Deciduous
3	1960s: which 60's hit started with the line 'the taxman's taken all my dough''	Kinks/sunny afternoon
4	1970s: in which 1970's films does dustin hoffman play the following characters ' carl bernstein '	All the presidents men
5	Henry viii: who was the first wife of henry viii	Catherine of aragon
6	How old was edward vi when he became king	9 years old
7	What was the duchess of windsor's name before she married the duke	Wallace simpson
8	British monarchs: who was the last tudor monarch of england	Elizabeth i
9	What automotive flop was named for the only child of henry ford	The edsel
10	American history: whose autobiography was called 'how to talk dirty & influence people'	Lenny bruve

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Which neil diamond huit was inspired by the movie e. T	Heartlight
2	In which year did bobby brown have more weeks in the uk chart than any other artists	1989
3	What instrument does sheila e play	Drums / percussion
4	Who joined genesis from 'flaming youth'	Phil collins
5	Let there be ________ was a hit for sandy nelson	Drums
6	What's the connection between robert palmer & duran duran	The power station
7	To which all saint did robbie williams become engaged in 1998	Nicole appleton
8	According to the lyrics of the song 'house of the rising sun'' what was the occupation of his mother	Tailor
9	What did joy division change their name to	New order
10	Which 2 records reached no. 1 for olivia newton john and john travolta	You're the one that i want / summer nights

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What was special about the iron bridge at coal brookdale	It was the worlds first major iron construction
2	In which decade did german chemist albert hoffman discover lyserg-saure-diathylamid, or lysergic acid diethylamide(lsd)	1940's
3	In the wizard of oz, what was the lion looking for	Courage
4	Which antibiotic was the first to be discovered	Penicillin
5	What is charles e 'chuck' yeagers claim to fame	First man to fly faster than sound
6	What is another name for the large intestines	The colon
7	What is the hardest bone in the human body	Jaw bone
8	What's the term for the hybrid offspring if a male lion and a female tiger	Liger
9	What is another name for the white poppy	Opium poppy
10	To which family does the jay belong	Crow

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Who was the youngest footballer to have scored for england in the 20th century	Michael owen
2	What is the only english football team without a vowel in the first five letters of it`s name	Crystal palace
3	What is the name of michael schumakers racing brother	Ralf
4	Which sport do the detroit red wings play	Ice hockey
5	In what sport might you encounter a move called 'the crucifix''	Gymnastics (men)
6	What is lepidoptery better known as	Butterfly collecting
7	Which was the first european country to host the football world cup	Italy (1934)
8	Which american tennis player won all 26 of her singles matches in wightman cup competitions against britain between 1971 & 1985	Chris evert
9	Who has won the most fa cup finals	Manchester united
10	The ex england soccer goalkeeper, david seaman played his first england international match whilst he was playing with which club	Queens park rangers

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In what year was the wimbledon tennis tournament first televised	1937
2	How many feature films did alfred hitchcock direct which had only one word in the title	15
3	In which year was the united kingdom of great britain & northern ireland established	1801
4	In which year did winston churchill die	1965
5	How many times are cats mentioned in the bible	Never!
6	In which year was dom pierre perignon, the inventor of champagne, born	1639
7	How many costume changes did madonna undergo in the film evita	85
8	In what year was the mutiny on the bounty	1789
9	In which year did pope gelasius declare february 14th to be st. Valentine's day	498 ad
10	What year was concorde's maiden commercial flight	1976

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