1. Who is 'Winnie the Pooh's porcine friend? - PIGLET
  2. What is the closely cut grass that surrounds a golf putting green called? - APRON. (Also called a fringe).
  3. Which sport uses the lightest ball? - TABLE TENNIS
  4. Who won Best Actor Oscar for 'My left Foot'? - DANIEL DAY LEWIS
  5. Who plays the female lead in Kill Bill2? - UMA THURMAN
  6. In which Dustin Hoffman movie does he become a widely known actress? - TOOTSIE
  7. Which stone was the key to understanding hieroglyphics? - ROSETTA STONE
  8. What was the name for the D-day landings of 1944? - OPERATION OVERLORD
  9. Which horse won this year's Grand National at Aintree? - AMBERLEIGH HOUSE
  10. What's the bone of the upper arm called? – HUMOROUS
  11. Which building in London contains a slab on the floor marking the tomb of an Unknown Warrior of World War One?  Westminster Abbey
  12. Who did Alice Tinker marry in the Vicar of Dibley?  (Hugo Horton)
  13. What is the name of the Shopkeeper in Open All Hours        Arkwright
  14. What sort of dog is Snoopy?   A beagle
  15. What instrument did Glenn Miller play?   Trombone
  16. In which county is Alton Towers?   Staffordshire
  17. Which TV detective was based in the Channel Isles?   Bergerac
  18. What reality Programme is Gordon Ramsey currently starring in? (Hells Kitchen)
  19. What do the initials BFG stand for in the title of the Roald Dahl novel? Big Friendly Giant
  20. What do Americans call what we know as an estate car?  Station WAGON
  21. Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?  CATHERINE Of Aragon 
  22. Which of the 7 dwarves was clean shaven?   Dopey
  23. In Medieval England what name was given to the area presided over by a Lord?  MANOR
  24. Family Fortunes, top answer required Name something that is used only Once?  ( 1 Toilet Paper   2    Tea Bags  3    Match    4 Stamp   5   Ice Cube
  25. What’s the boiling point of water in degrees Fahrenheit?   212
  26. What has been voted the most style-less piece of clothing ever invented?   The shell-suit
  27. Who lives at Lambeth Palace? Archbishop of Canterbury
  28. Which company had 'Nipper the Dog' as its trade mark?    (HMV)
  29. What was the name of the Lion King and Father of Simba, in the Film The Lion king?  (Mufasa)
  30. Which two metals make brass?   Copper and Zinc

 

 

 

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  1. What is the name for a maker of hats? - Milliner
  2. What name is given to the person authorised to vote on behalf of someone else? - PROXY
  3. In the Wizard of Oz, what does Dorothy repeatedly say as she clicks her heels when she prepares to go home? - THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
  4. Now that Ronald Reagan is dead, how many US ex-presidents are still alive?  (4 )  – Ford, Carter, Clinton and Daddy Bush )
  5. What magazine was set up to help the homeless?   The Big Issue  
  6. Savoy is a variety of which vegetable?   Cabbage 
  7. Used in jewellery, what’s the fossilised resin of pine trees called?   Amber
  8. What’s the biggest Loch in Scotland? (Loch Lommond)
  9. What sort of food is a speciality at Rick Stein's restaurant?  Seafood
  10.  What was the name of the lioness featured in the book "Born Free - A Lioness of Two Worlds"?    ELSA
  11. Which plant does the Colorado beetle most often attack ? Potato
  12. Which country is divided into 23 cantons?      (Switzerland)
  13. Food – what is Monterey Jack?      A cheese
  14. What was John Lennon’s first wife’s name? (Cynthia)
  15. When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer (12 hr Clock)
  16. Whose life is portrayed in the musical Evita ? (Eva Peron)
  17. At one time, they were called Eskimos, but what is the more politically correct name for them? (Inuit)
  18. The Ostrich is the worlds largest Bird, what is the 2nd Largest bird? (Emu)
  19. Which famous organisation was first called “The Committee for Wounded Soldiers”? (Red Cross)
  20. On which Island was Napoleon born? (Corsica)
  21. The Watch Tower" is a magazine associated with which group?    JEHOVAH'S   WITNESSES
  22. What does NASA stand for? (National Aeronautics and Space Administration )
  23. Who painted ‘The Last Supper’? (Leonardo Da Vinci)
  24. Who was Phileas Fogg’s valet in "Around the World in 80 days"? (PASSEPARTOUT)
  25. Vietnam was a former colony of which country? (France)
  26. At the base of Nelson’s column, there are 4 statues of what? (Lions)
  27. With which country is voodoo principally associated? (Haiti)
  28. What was the name of the Rat that Tutored the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? (Splinter)
  29. What title was given to the eldest son of the King of France ?  ( DAUPHIN)
  30. Family Fortunes top answer required  “Name a Kind of Powder”

          ( 1.Talcum     2. Gun      3. Face        4. Custard        5. Baking)

 

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  1. Who played a character called “Nathan Algren”, a 19th century American military advisor training a foreign Emperor's troops to use modern weapons, in a 2004 film?  Tom Cruise (The Last Samurai) 
  2. Who was Ben Hurs rival in the great chariot race? (Messala)
  3. What musical term means playing with each note detached? (Staccato )
  4. Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Claire Richards were the female members of which five-piece group that had fifteen top ten hits, including two number ones, between 1998 and 2001?         (Steps )
  5. Which Hell raising American group who had top ten hits with songs like “You Could Be Mine“, “Live And Let Die” and “Sympathy For The Devil” in the first half of the nineties, went to the top of the U.K. album charts in May 2004 with their “Greatest Hits” album?          (Guns 'N' Roses)
  6. Which former footballer is married to actress Leslie Ash?        ( Lee Chapman )
  7. Which club won the UEFA cup in May 2004?        (Valencia )
  8. Who played the role in the film Popeye?  (Robin Williams)
  9. What is the national sport of Japan?   (Sumo)
  10. Which town clock always told the time 'never too quickly, never too slowly'?  (Trumpton)
  11. Who is the leadewr of the Fire Brigade Union? (Andy Gilgrist)
  12. Family Fortunes, top answer required,  Name something associated with Italy?  Ans: Top = Pizza (Leaning tower, Rome, alps, mafia,)
  13. Which team scored the first Goal in Euro 2004?   (Greece)
  14. A Hotel in Sweden is rebuilt every year with a totally new design every 12 months, what material is used? ( Ice - The Ice Hotel)
  15. What are the 5 lines called on which music is written? (Stave, Staff)
  16. In science, a substance dissolved in another substance is known as what? (Solute)
  17. What term is used for the distance a golf ball travels from tee to first bounce? CARRY
  18. What, in calculus, is the opposite of differentiation?  INTEGRATION
  19. MI5 and MI6.  For what does MI stand?  Military Intelligenc
  20. What is a cross between a collie and a greyhound called? (Lurcher)
  21. In the TV series ‘Happy Days’, what is Fonz’s first name? (Arthur)
  22. What is Charlie's surname in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?  Bucket
  23. In which 90's film does John Travolta play an Air Force pilot trying to steal a nuclear warhead?
    BROKEN ARROW
  24. In musical notation, how many semi-quavers are there in a semi-Breve?  (16)
  25. Which group provided the theme for the 1999 Bond film “The World Is Not Enough”?(Garbage)
  26. What bird lays the largest eggs? (Ostrich)
  27. What name is given to the outer layer of citrus fruit peel which is used in cookery as a flavouring? Zest
  28. Which word describes the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another? REFRACTION
  29. Who plays the role of Joey in the TV comedy series, "Friends"? MATT LE BLANC
  30. What name is given to a four sided geometrical figure, with only one pair of sides parallel? TRAPEZIUM

 

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  1. What day of the week provides the name of one of the children in "The Addams Family"?  Wednesday
  2. Which Bond film’s theme song was a hit for Wings  A  Live & let die
  3. Hardworking ants are terrorized by a gang of grasshopper bullies   Bugs Life
  4. Why was Urs Meier in the news this week?  (Ref England v Portugal)
  5. What game is played on a Diamond? (Baseball)
  6. Which is the Largest Prison in Gt Britain?  (Wormwood Scrubs)
  7. Prior to Hitler gaining power what was Germany called? (Weimar Republic)
  8. What is the capital of Nepal ? (Kathmandu)
  9. What is the American equivalent of a British hospital’s A & E facility? (Emergency Rooms)
  10. What's the term for the water induction process in plants? (Osmosis)
  11. What's the name of the Tractor Driver in Postman Pat? (Peter Fogg)
  12. What's the name of Sir Paul McCartneys wife? (Heather Mills)
  13. Which club did Sven Goram Ericsson leave to manage England? (Lazio)
  14. In which London borough did Del Boy live? (Peckham)
  15. Which group had a hit album in 1995 called " The Great Escape " ?Blur
  16. What was the Character name, played by Jim Carrey as a Pet Detective? (Ace Ventura)
  17. What was the first name of Mussolini? (Benito)
  18. In which town in 1914 was an archduke assassinated? (Sarajevo)
  19. How many American ex-presidents are alive today –? (Carter, Ford, Bush, & Clinton)
  20. What is the Womens equivalent of the Ryder Cup?  (Solheim cup)
  21. Who forced a fairytale queen to guess his name? (Rumpelstiltskin)
  22. Holly Johnson was lead singer with which group? (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
  23. On a darts board, what number is directly opposite No. 1? (19)
  24. Which is Europe's largest port?   Rotterdam
  25. What is 1/60th of a degree called? (Minute)
  26. Who is the manager of the Welsh national football team? Mark Hughes
  27. What is the biggest fish? (Whale Shark)
  28. Choo Choo & Benny are from which cartoon (Top Cat)
  29. What Island lies directly south of Corsica (Sardinia)
  30. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer Required - Name an activity that, at your first attempt could cause a fall?    (Skating / Skiing / Riding a bike / Walking / Drinking)

 

In the film Jurassic Park, the park is on an island off the coast of which country?   Costa Rica

What property of a body is calculated by multiplying its mass by its velocity? MOMENTUM

Which metal is the best conductor of electricity? (Silver)

According to the advert with the swimmer, how long does it take to pour the perfect Guinness (119.5 sec)

 

Family fortunes top answere required….Name the first thing you do when you return home from holiday   ( 1. Cup of Tea   2 Unpack   3 Open mail   4 Open Windows   5 Sleep)