1. In which film did Mickey Mouse make his debut?
 2. From which film did the song ‘ Moon River ‘ come?
 3. Which of Liz Taylor’s husbands died in a plane crash?
 4. What sporting equipment does Purdy make?
 5. Name the German Battleship scuttled in 1939 in Montevideo Harbour?
 6. What is the earliest date Easter can be?
 7. Which bridge is burning down?
 8. On the sale of what was the top 20 originally based ?
 9. For what does the acronym A.W.O.L. stand?
 10. In which city is Meadowbank Athletics Stadium?
 11. ‘ A Policemen’s lot was not what’ according to Gilbert and Sullivan?
 12. Name three countries in Europe beginning with the letter ‘S’ who stayed neutral
       during World War 2?
 13. Which famous sharpshooter toured with Buffalo Bill. Was it Calamity |Jane, Annie Oakley or Belle Starr?
 14. In which Puccini opera do Ping, Pang and Pong appear?
 15. In which US State is Amarillo situated?
 16. What were the secret police of Nazi Germany called?
 17. Ten Pin bowling pins are ideally made from which wood?
 18. What is the chief ingrediant of junket?
 19. What is made of canvas coated with oxidised linseed oil?
 20. ‘ Puss get the Boot ‘ was the first cartoon to feature whom?
 21. Which musical is a fantasy about a dead man returning after 15 years to  help his family?
 22. New Orleans stands on which river ?
 23. Which Transport Minister introduced breathalyser tests in the UK ?
 24. What is the technical term for the study of children’s diseases?
 25. Who was the first coloured performer to appear in The Black and White  Minstrel Show?
 26. Which flowering plant was so named for its supposed wolfishness?
 27. For which film did Julie Andrews win her only Oscar?
 28. Which 14 year old girl hit the No 1 spot in 1961?
 29. When Roger Bannister ran the first 4 minute mile, who finished second?
 30. In terms of population what is the world’s largest democracy?
 31. Who named the Hawaiin Islands the Sandwich Islands?
 32. Which European capital is rthe largest in area?
 33. According to the ad, what put the ‘T’ in Britain?
 34. From which song does these words come “ I love you, I love you, I love you,  That’s all I want to say “?
 35. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”  From which
 book does this come?
 36. What line follows ‘ theirs not to reason why ‘?
 37. Who was the brother of Carthaginian General Hasdrubal?
 38. Who was the father of Uncas, last of the Mohicans?
 39. In which year was J.F.K. elected US President?
 40. The island of Unst is in which island group ? Orkneys, Shetlands or  Outer Hebrides?

 

1. Steamboat Willie  

2. Breakfast at Tiffany's  

3. Mike Todd   

4. Shotguns   

5. Graf Spee
6. March 22nd   

7. London   

8. Sheet music   

9. Absent without leave
10. Edinburgh

11. A happy one 

12. Spain, Sweden and Switzerland 

13. Annie Oakley  

14. Turandot
 15. Texas   

16. Gestapo  

17. Maple 

18. Milk  

19. Lino or linoleum 

20. Tom and Jerry
.

21. Carousel  

22. Mississippi   

23. Barbara Castle  

24. Paediatrics

5. Lenny Henry

26. Lupin   

27. Mary Poppins  

28. Helen Shapiro  

29. Chris Chataway

30. India

31. Captain Cook  

32. London   

33. Typhoo   

34. Michelle  

35. Animal Farm

36. Theirs but to do or die  

37. Hannibal 

38. Chingachcook  

39. 1960

40. Shetlands