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Animals

	Question	Answer
1	What is the most common uk bird	The blue tit
2	Which large rodents fur is known as nutria	Coypu
3	What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue	Crocodile
4	Which is the largest living rodent	Capybara
5	What type of animal is a borzoi	A dog the russian wolfhound
6	Which animal has the largest eyes	The giant squid
7	The word ophidian refers to what sort of animal	Snake
8	Which bird of prey can often be seen hovering above hedges & ditches at the road side	Kestrel
9	Which bird is the emblem of the united states	Bald eagle
10	What mammal of northern europe, asia & north america is sometimes called a glutton	Wolverine

Art & Literature

	Question	Answer
1	American writers: what was erica jongs first novel, published in 1973	Fear of flying
2	Which painter reputedly cut of his own ear	Vincent van goch
3	Agatha christie: who directed all of margaret rutherfords miss marple films	George pollock
4	The renaissance: which great artist did francois i bring from italy to amboise in france	Leonardo da vinci
5	Impressionists: which son of a nobleman, associated with the impressionists , became permanently stunted during childhood & grew up to illustrate scenes of the moulin rouge & other low life	Henri de toulouse-lautrec
6	Agatha christie: what was unusual about the narrator of the murder of roger ackroyd	He was also the murderer
7	Which thriller writers works include (the dark eyes of london, four just men & sanders of the river)	Edgar wallace
8	Who wrote the novel emma	Jane austen
9	Who painted the blue boy	Gainsborough
10	Agatha christie: who played agatha christie in michael apted's 1978 film agatha	Vanessa redgrave

Blockbusters

	Question	Answer
1	What 'o' comes before draft, land and seas	Over
2	What 'g' is the science of the earth's formation	Geography
3	What 'f' is animal's hide and a moorland hill	Fell
4	What 'r' means intended as a remedy	Remedial
5	What 'e' is a white alpine flower	Edelweiss
6	What 'j' is either of two minerals both white to green in colour	Jade
7	What 'gml' when added to uncle fester make up the four grown-ups in tv's addams family	Gomez, morticia, lurch
8	What 'l' is a race of northern scandinavians	Lapp
9	What 'h' was the english composer of 'the planets'	Holst
10	What 'e' removed marble sculptures from the parthenon to the british museum	Elgin

Entertainment

	Question	Answer
1	What was in catherine's crucifix in the movie cruel intentions	Cocaine
2	Movie gangsters: in which film does michael caine appear as a mob boss who assigns bob hoskins the job of chauffering a high class call girl	Mona lisa
3	Movie taglines: 'he's the highest paid lover in beverly hills. He leaves women feeling more alive than they've ever felt before. Except one. '	American gigolo (1980)
4	In what 1993 film will you encounter the rather worrying movie character 'simon phoenix'	Demolition man
5	What star of the breakfast club was also part of the orginal cast of the facts of life	Molly ringwald
6	Pastimes: what colour are most signs on uk motorways	Blue
7	What links terry wogan, les dawson and lily savage	Hosted blankety blank
8	What was the sequel to the movie (a fistful of dollars)	For a few dollars more
9	Movie one liners: silencio... '	Mulholland dr. (2001)
10	Advertising slogans: vorsprung durch technik	Audi

Food & Drink

	Question	Answer
1	Which country produces the wine vinho verdi	Portugal
2	What beer was promoted with the line: 'probably the best lager in the world'	Carlsberg
3	What is the main vegetable ingredient of moussaka	Aubergines
4	What is used to give earl grey it's distinctive flavour	Burgamot oil
5	What does ipa stand for	India pale ale
6	What is meant by deglazing	Adding alchohol or stock to pan juices
7	Which alcoholic drink is named after a welsh pirate	Captain morgan
8	What did martin stone invent in 1888 that millions of suckers use every day	The drinking straw
9	What can be six litres of champagne or the oldest person mentioned in the bible	Metuselah
10	In french cookery, what is the earthenware dish in which pat is served	Terrine

General Knowledge

	Question	Answer
1	The delphinium flower gets its name from its supposed resemblance to which sea creature	Dolphin
2	Who was the first regular female presenter of 'points of view'	Anne robinson
3	Through which city did lady godiva ride naked	Coventry
4	How many strings are there on a spanish guitar	Six
5	From which european country did scientist alfred nobel come from	Sweden
6	50 / 50,what type of game is faro a card game or a board game	A card game
7	In english law, for what do the letters gbh stand	Grievous bodily harm
8	Who was the fall guy in the iran-contra arms deal in 1989	Oliver north
9	What was controversially legalised on a voluntary basis in australia's northern territory in 1995	Euthanasia
10	What does the letter 'e' in e-mail actually stand for	Electronic

Geography

	Question	Answer
1	In which city is marco polo airport	Venice
2	Which town in strathclyde was created a new town in 1955	Cumbernauld
3	What was (ho chi minh) city previously known as	Saigon
4	Ireland: who was the only woman ever to be initiated into the irish masons	Elizabeth aldworthy
5	Which is the largest freshwater lake	Lake superior
6	New york: who purchased the site for the new un headquarters	John d rockafeller 1946
7	Ireland: which port city in ireland is most famous for its crystal factory	Waterford
8	Which country is the largest	Russia
9	In which state is mount mckinley	Alaska
10	In which city is the coliseum located	Rome

History

	Question	Answer
1	1980s: david hasselhof spent most of his time driving a car on which eighties tv show	Knight rider
2	Natural history: which creature has the largest brain in proportion to its body	The ant
3	1980s: what group sang 'come on eileen'	Dexy's midnight runners
4	1980s: what duo lost their grammy for best new artist from the eighties	Milli vanilli
5	1980s: what company made the first color arcade game	Atari
6	1960s: after years of flirtation, the u. S. Began direct military involvement in vietnam in what year	1964
7	1980s: what was the name of the first victim of aids who died on 4th july 1982	Terrence higgins
8	With which war is florence nightingale associated	Crimean
9	1970s: who was the instigator of the breakaway world series cricket in 1977	Kerry packer
10	1960s: after much legal wrangling who became the controller of 'the news of the world'' in 1969	Rupert murdoch

Music

	Question	Answer
1	What was george's first composition on the a side of a beatles single	Something
2	What was the name of the club in liverpool where the beatles first performed	The cavern club
3	Who recorded the albums 'nevermind', 'incesticide', an 'in utero'	Nirvana
4	What is on the screen featured on the album cover of 10cc's 'the original soundtrack'	A cowboy
5	Who played lead guitar on george's 'while my guitar gently weeps'	Eric clapton
6	In the world of music how are 'hodges & peacock'' more commonly known	Chas and dave
7	Dancing with tears in my eyes' was a 1984 hit for which group	Ultravox
8	Who recorded the album 'who made who'	Acdc
9	Who sang about a denim 'demi-god' in 1962	Mark wynter / venus in blue jeans
10	Which shakespeare play shares it's title with a 1981 dire straits hit	Romeo & juliet

Science & Nature

	Question	Answer
1	What is a prosthetic	An artificial body part
2	In engineering what do the initials cad stand for	Computer aided design
3	What word is used to describe bell shaped flowers	Campanulate
4	What name is given to a plant that grows from seed & flowers and dies within a year	An annual
5	What is a woman's first period known as	The menarche
6	Who designed the mini and the morris minor	Sir alexander issigonis
7	Why did henry ford say people can have a model t ford in any colour just so long as it was black	Japan black enamel was the only paint that would dry quick enough to keep up with the assembly line
8	What was the name of alexander the greats famous horse	Bucephalus
9	Which aircraft manufactuer produced the spitfire	Supermarine
10	In computing what do the initials www stand for	World wide web

Sports & Leisure

	Question	Answer
1	Who were the first winners	West indies
2	Which ex champion owned the team which became jaguar	Jackie stewart
3	When was canoeing introduced to the olympics	1936
4	Which football team play at the nou camp	Barcelona
5	Which animal is on top of rugby's calcutta cup	Elephant
6	In yards what is the longest hole in one ever recorded in golf, was it a=320, b=380, c=420, d=480	D= 480 yards (hope county club - arkansas)
7	20,1,18 what number comes next on a dartboard sequence	Four
8	Which boxer had part of his ear bitten off by mike tyson in 1997	Evander holyfield
9	Who were the first english team (not british team) to win the european cup	Man utd / 1968
10	What kind of animal is yorkie the official mascot of york city football club	A lion

Tie Breaks

	Question	Answer
1	When did the weather forecast appear in the times newspaper for the first time	1860
2	How tall is everest to the nearest thousand feet	29,000 feet
3	How many of 1000 children surveyed said the prefer tv to dad	440 kids
4	Approximately how long does it take a garden spider to spin a complete web (in hours)	1 hour
5	In what year was queen victoria crowned	1831
6	If 100,000 people all shouted at once, the energy produced could bouil how many pints of water	3 pints
7	Nico surrings from holland holds the record for completing the 100m barefoot on ice how long in seconds how long did it take him	17. 35 seconds
8	In 2004 a new world record was set for an person playing the drums (non stop) how long did they manage this for	84 hours
9	In what year was the clapham rail disaster	1988
10	In what year did the bbc launch the ceefax service	1974

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