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?
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