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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What creatures were frequently used to bleed patients in the nineteeth century	Leeches
2	Which bird was the emblem of prussia	The eagle
3	What is the collective term for ducks	A paddling
4	Which birds were kept on the capitol and, allegedly, saved rome from attack by the gauls	The geese
5	Which bird is resident of the american southwest & has been immortilized in a cartoon series	Roadrunner
6	What type of creatures are slugs and snails	Gastropods
7	In the 1980's the australian government instigated a vasectomy programme for which wild animal	Koala bear
8	What do aardvarks eat	Termites or ants
9	Which bird is the emblem of the united states	Bald eagle
10	What animal is a chester white	A pig

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	American writers: who wrote the witches of eastwick	John updike
2	American writers: what was the title of beat writer jack kerouac's story of a journey across america by car	On the road
3	Childrens books: what were a. A milne's first 2 names	Alan alexander
4	American writers: which author took a bus full of merry pranksters on a 3 year bus trip around america filming the country and it's people	Ken kesey
5	Agatha christie: what was unusual about the narrator of the murder of roger ackroyd	He was also the murderer
6	In which john steinbeck story features the slow-witted lennie and his friend george	Of mice & men
7	In the canterbury tales at which tavern do the story tellers assemble	The tabard
8	What was shakespear's last completed play	The tempest
9	What were the tree like creatures in the lord of the rings called	The ents
10	Who wrote (brave new world)	Aldous huxley

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'cp' is an inmate of a particular royal hospital for old soldiers	Chelsea pensioner
2	What 'b' is the character in 'crossroads', played by paul henry	Benny
3	What 'sul' are you said to have, by not showing emotion especially if you are british	Stiff upper lip
4	What 'u' is a childish way of bowling a cricket ball	Underarm
5	What 'p' is a device used to stimulate the heart	Pacemaker
6	What 'p' is a perfumed ball	Pomander
7	What 'h' comes before fever, stack and wire	Hay
8	What 'ly' is a unit of distance used by astronomers	Light years
9	What 'nc' is a tall, famous london landmark that pigeons like	Nelson's column
10	What 'mm' celebrated his sixtieth year as a film star in 1988	Mickey mouse

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	Big brother: who said 'whatever minger!!! '	Roberto
2	Movie one liners: ok, the last one to bag a bad guy buys the beer	Lost in space
3	Music shows: who provided the voices for both beavis & butthead	Mike judge
4	Movie one liners: well, thank you, harvey. I prefer you, too. '	Harvey (1950)
5	Advertising slogans: you can	Canon
6	Disney films: which 1964 film won oscars for best actress,visual effects, editing, song and original score	Mary poppins
7	What was don brennan's profession in coronation street	Mini cab driver
8	Movie one liners: one thing about living in santa carla i never could stomach, all the damn vampires. '	The lost boys (1987)
9	Movie one liners: (english subtitle translations): 'what's that mean, puke? '	Breathless (1960, fr. )
10	What was alf's real name	Gordon shumway

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which tv chef shares his surname with a popular holiday island populated by uk tourists	Gary rhodes
2	In indian cuisine what is ghee	Clarified butter
3	Of which vegetable are globe and jerusalem varieties	Artichoke
4	In 1989 in which brand of confectionery did blue replace brown	Smarties
5	Which village in leicestershire gives its name to a hunt notorious among animal rights protesters and a food popular with vegetarians	Quorn
6	What is the best selling flavour of haagen dazs ice cream	Vanilla
7	Beef dish named after a 19th century russian diplomat	Stroganoff
8	What are cos & density both types of	Lettuce
9	If wine is made from grapes what is tequila made from	Cactus
10	What is a segment of garlic called	Clove

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	Stockholm is the capital city of which european country	Sweden
2	In chemistry, what substance is produced by burning hydrogen in air	Water
3	What nationality is the operatic tenor jose carreras	Spanish
4	From which fruit is the spirit kirsch made	Cherries
5	What is the main official language of brazil	Portuguese
6	What did foucault's pendulum prove	That the earth rotates
7	Which artist's daughter paloma is a jewellery designer and scent creator	Pablo picasso
8	What was the name of the duke of wellingtons horse at the battle of waterloo	Copenhagen
9	Actor frank gorshin played which character in the 1960's tv series batman	The riddler
10	I wandered lonely as a cloud' is the first line of a poem written in 1804 by whom	William wordsworth

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	Capitals: of which country is amman the capital	Jordan
2	In what country is the jutland peninsula	Denmark
3	Of which country is katmandu the capital	Nepal
4	Of which country is nicosia the capital	Cyprus
5	Of which country is (freetown) the capital	Sierra leone
6	Which european country has a name that literally means, lower lands	Netherlands
7	Africa: how many african countries do not have a coastline	15
8	Capitals: of which country is kathmandu the capital	Nepal
9	Capitals: what is the capital of botswana	Gabarone
10	What is the largest island in the mediterranean	Sicily

History

	Question	Answer
1	1960s: who is the youngest member of the rolling stones	Keith richards
2	1970s: in 1974 who was sacked from his position of england football manager	Alf ramsey
3	In what year was the first english translation of the bible completed	1388
4	What ocean was amelia earhart flying over when she disappeared	The pacific
5	What were the six farm hands arrested for forming a trade union better known as	The tolpuddle martyrs
6	The middle ages: what was the name of chaucer's chronicle of life in the middle ages	The canterbury tales
7	1980s: what did the person chained to wall in goonies want	A baby ruth candy bar
8	1990s: what 1980s video game star returned in 1999 with pals diddy, tiny, chunky and lanky	Donkey kong
9	Name the ship in which columbus discovered america	Santa maria (pinta & nina were sister ships)
10	1980s: who got his 100-meter dash gold medal stripped away due to his steroid use in the 1988 olympics	Ben johnson

Music

	Question	Answer
1	Who hammered out a classic animated video in 86 and got all steamed up in 93	Peter gabriel
2	For which famous rock n roller did scotty moore play guitar in the 1950's	Elvis presley
3	Whose real name is cherilyn sarkisian la pier	Cher
4	With which boyband did mariah carey cover the phil collins hit 'against all odds'	Westlife
5	Was 'glory of love' a hit for peter cetera or kenny loggins	Peter cetera
6	Which band of the 1970's got their name from vital elements in the astrological chart	Earth, wind & fire
7	What was the top selling album , david bowie single, & box office hit in 1986	Absolute begginers
8	What connects composers such as haydn, mozart, beethoven and schubert with the city of vienna	They all died there
9	What group is phil lesh a member of	The grateful dead
10	In which year was cilla looking for 'anyone who had a heart' 1961, 1964, 1967	1964

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is the device in a common household microwave called	Magnetron
2	Who developed the first aautomatic telephone exchange	Strowger
3	Which part of the body receives oxygen without a blood supply	The cornea
4	For what illness did louis pasteur develop a cure	Rabies
5	What are the two kinds of blood corpuscles in vertebrates	Red and white
6	Which company began manufacturing the jeep in 1943	Willys
7	What's the largest artery in the human body	The aorta
8	What is the common name for wispy cirrus clouds	Mares tails
9	Which british car companys first car was the 2 seater oxford in 1913	Morris
10	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)

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	In professional world cup rugby how many minutes does the game actually last	80 mins
2	Who were the first british team to win the european cup	Celtic
3	Which american football team won this years superbowl (2006)	New england patriots
4	In the game of golf what is measured by a stimpmeter	The pace of the green
5	On which cricket ground was the first test match in england played	The oval
6	Which race over 200 laps is started with the words, 'ladies and gentlemen, start your engines''	The indianapolis 500
7	Which english soccer club were known as st. Domingo fc	Everton
8	Which sport was associated with mike brearley	Cricket
9	Who sport person penned an autobiography entitled 'the good the bad & the bubbly''	George best
10	Which union team are known as the shoguns	Bristol

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	In what year was the clapham rail disaster	1988
2	In what year was captain cook killed	1779
3	Can anybody tell me on average how many marriage licenses are issued in las vegas every day	230
4	Macy's is the world's largest retail store on record, it covers 2. 1 million square feet of space. But can anyone tell me how many different items does it stock	500,000 items
5	In what year did william shakespeare marry anne hathaway	1582
6	Of all the boob jobs performed around the world how many, expressed as a percentage are performed on white woman under 40	0. 97
7	In what year did the millionth volkswagen roll of the assembly line	1955
8	How many volkswagen beetles were sold in the first year of production	343 cars
9	One tonne of uranium produces the equivalent energy of how many tonnes of coal	30,000 tonnes
10	The oasis single 'all around the world' has the longest running time for a number one hit single, but how long in minutes and seconds is it	9 minutes and 38 seconds

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