1.
Where in the body would you find the labyrinth?
In the Ear
2.
What is the common name for ascorbic acid?
Vitamin C
3.
Who was the captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick?
Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck)
4.
Whats the name of the knife carried by Gurkahs?
Kukri
5.
Where might you expect to find the work of a topiarist on display?
a) in an art gallery?
b) in a house?
c) in a church?
d) in a garden? (<<<)
6.
How much is the word “Scrabble” worth in scrabble?
1, 3, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1 = 11
7.
Translate “terrible lizard” into Greek.
Dinosaur
8.
What bird is the international symbol for Happiness?
The Bluebird
9.
Whats the colour of the District line on a
Green
10.
The Peacock - is it a type of
a) pheasant
b) swan
c) crow
d) gull
11.
Where was the Piper Alpha Oil Rig which exploded in 1988?
The
12.
In the 1960s, a painkilling drug was given to aid the effects of morning
sickness, resulting in birth defects for hundreds of babies, name the drug.
Thalidamide
13.
Where was a pro-democracy student protest quashed with tanks and machine
funs in 1989?
14.
Both the Hindenburg and the R101 ended in flames. What were they?
Ariships
15.
In 1980, the 26 storey MGM Grand Hotel was gutted by fire. Where was the
hotel situated?
16.
Which Volcano buried
17.
When did a Pan Am airplane blow boom over Lokerbie?
December 88
18.
What was the name of the Space Shuttle which blew up just after lift off,
killing all the crew and the first private citizen in space. Almost?`
Challenger
19.
In 1966, 81 school children died in the Welsh mining
A slag heap collapsed
20.
21.
The organisation headed by Blofeld is called S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
What does this stand for?
SPECIAL
EXECUTIVE FOR COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE, TERRORISM, REVENGE AND EXTORTION.
22.
How many actors have played Felix Leiter in the Bond films?
8
23.
Which film does the following line come from: "You've just killed
James Bond".
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
24.
Which is the only Bond film in which Bond is not seen with Miss
Moneypenny?
LICENCE TO KILL.
25.
What was the name of the first novel to feature James Bond?
CASINO ROYALE
26.
What is Odd Job's Lethal weapon?
His Bowler Hat
27.
What was Timothy Dalton's first Bond Film?
The Living Daylight
28.
Where is Dr No's hideout?
Crab Key -
29.
How was Drax killed?
He was shot out of his spacecraft.
30.
In GoldenEye, which character
bawls out 007 for his
31.
What is the
correct name for "Mad Cow Disease"? (No
initials please).
BOVINE
SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY
32.
In which
comic did Superman first appear? ACTION
COMICS
33.
Which
speech began with the words "At long last, I am able to say a few words of
my own""?
THE
ABDICATION SPEECH OF EDWARD VIII
34.
Last week
IT IS MADE FROM RUPEES LEFT IN THE BANK BY THE
35.
What makes
Spencer Percival unique among British Prime Ministers?
HE IS THE ONLY ONE (SO FAR) TO HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED
36.
What was Coco Chanel's real christian name?
GABRIELLE
37.
Which was the first country to give women the vote?
38.
Harry Truman set up a group called MJ-12. To research what?
UFOS
39.
What was the name of Annie Lennox's band prior to The Eurymthics?
THE TOURISTS
40.
What colour berets are worn by the SAS (Special Air Service)?
BIEGE
Tie
Breaker
.
The country has the highest consumption of sweets in the world is the
Television
41.
In which year did colour TV transmissions begin in
42.
By what name are Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa
Dickson Wright better known?
TWO FAT LADIES
43.
What colour is Romulean Ale?
BLUE
44.
In TV, who lived at No 52 Festive Road?
MR BENN
45.
What is the longest running (has appeared in every year since the first
broadcast) Television Show in
46.
WHO PLAYED HOT LIPS HOULIHAN IN THE TV SERIES M*A*S*H
LORETTA SWIT
47.
In which year did Sooty make his first appearance?
1949, 29TH OCTOBER
48.
In _Neighbours_, what was the name of Mrs Mangel's
garden gnome?
CEDRIC - NAMED AFTER HER BROTHER IN LAW
49.
In Fox Mulder's office, there is a large poster of a UFO, what is written
on it?
I WANT TO BELIEVE
50.
What is Miss Piggy's surname?
LEE
general
stuff
51.
What did Lester Polfus give his name to?
THE LES PAUL GUITAR
52.
By what name is Gautama Siddhartha better known?
BUDDHA
53.
How many countries share a border with
54.
When does the Union Flag become the Union Jack?
WHEN IT IS FLOWN ON A SHIP
55.
What instrument does Andrew Lloyd-Webber's brother
Julian play?
CELLO
56.
Into which fountain should you toss a coin if you want to return to
THE TREVI FOUNTAIN
57.
Who said in December 1988 _It's my body and if I want to do it like
Michael Jackson, I will. My nose
bothered me for a long time. Now it's smaller and I'm happy_?
58.
How many Popes have been assassinated?
26
59.
What was the name of the policeman killed in the Broadwater Farm Riot of
1985? KEITH BLAKELOCK
60.
What is Miss Piggy's surname?
LEE
Sport
61.
Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was formed by the merger of
62.
In British betting circles, what is the slang name for odds of 33/1?
DOUBLE CARPET
63.
Who is the current South African cricket captain?
Sean Pollock
64.
Which football league team did Ian Botham play for?
65.
Only two Americans have won the Formula 1 World
championship, one is Mario Andretti, who is the other?
PHIL HILL
66.
In which sport is there a yorkround?
ARCHERY
67.
Tennis player Ken Rosewall cane from which country?
68.
In the 1976 Olympics, how many 10s did Nadia Comaneci receive?
7
69.
Which team in the Football League currently has the best Goal difference,
with +22? Fulham
60.
Which league club has been beaten the most times by non-league clubs in
the FA Cup?
Medicine
71.
What type of acid can be found in the human stomach?
HCl
72.
In what year was penecillin discovered?
1929 (first used in 1941)
73.
Which ancient Greek figure is called the Father of modern medicine?
Hippocrates
74.
How many bones are there in the human body?
206
75.
What part of the body is of interest to chiropractors and osteopaths?
The skeleton
76.
What is the name of the south American arrow poison from which
anaesthetic drugs?
Curare
77.
Where would you find the frenulum and uvula?
In the mouth
78.
What body measurment would be taken using a sphigmomanometer and a
stethoscope?
Blood Pressure
79.
How many milk teeth do human children have?
24
80.
What three diseases does the triple vaccine known as DTP immunise
against?
Diptheria / tetanus / whooping cough (pertussis)
Pot Luck
81.
Which American President appears on the back of a $1 note?
George Washington
82.
Are Hare
a) Buddists b) hindus c)sikhs d)muslims
83.
The government frequently claims to have a mandate from the electroate.
Which of these is closest in meaning to “mandate”?
a) authority b) instruction c) approval d) obligation
84.
When do you traditionally eat hot crossed buns?
Good Friday
85.
To which sport have the mathematicians Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis made a
great contribution?
Cricket
86.
What instrument does Ravi Shankar play?
Sitar
87.
What goods were for sale from the
88.
Who wrote Jude the Obscure and Return of the Native?
Thomas Hardy
89.
What do the Italians call
90.
Where would you go to visit the
Fun and
Games
91.
How many men do you have at the start of a game of draughts?
12
92.
In German whist, how many cards does each player receive at the start of
the game? 13
93.
How many points are there in total on a backgamon board?
24
94.
In mah jongg, what is a kong?
Four of a kind.. a set of four identical tiles
95.
In chess, what is a gambit?
Sacrifice of a piece at the start of the game
96.
How many blank tiles are there in a scrabble set?
2
97.
How is the score kept in a game of cribbage?
On a pegboard
98.
What do you have to do to win a rubber in bridge?
Win two out of three games
99.
Which board game has the tag-line “A minute to learn, a lifetime to
master”?
Othello
100.
How many pieces does a Jenga set have?
54
History of
Cars
101.
Who designed and built the first mechanically propelled vehicle - a 2mph
beast which also caused the world’s first motor traffic accident when it
demolished a wall?
Nicholas Cugnot (1769)
102.
The first long-distance car journey was undertaken by two joyriders.
Eugen (15) and Richard (13) stole the car from their father who had built it and
was using it to drum up trade - and drove it 100km through the German
countryside. What was their surname? Benz
103.
The British motor industry didn’t really take off until about 1896,
mostly because of a ludicrous Act of Parliament forcing a 2mph speed
restriction. How was this restriction enforced?
By a man with a red flag walking in front of the car.
104 &
105. Match up the motor manufacturers / designers to their backgrounds (1/2
point each)
1) Adam Opel
a) Playboy
2) Louis Peugeot
b) Engineer
3) Gottleib Daimler
c) Sewing machine designer
4) Karl Benz
d) Gas Engines
1c, 2a, 3b, 4d
106.
How many Ford Model T cars were made?
a) 1 million b) 5 million
c) 10 million D) 15 million
107.
The first genuine sparts car was the Ford Thunderbird. What was it’s
top speed? 113mph (182kph)
108.
What was the “people’s car designed by Ferdinand Porsche and first
produced in Hitler’s
109.
In what year was the M1 from
110.
Which car company produced Ghosts, Phantoms and Wraiths?
Rolls Royce
Theatre,
Opera and Ballet
111.
Where does the word “Opera” come from?
a) the Latin for “works” (opus = work, opera is the plural)
b) it’s a diminutive of “Opulence”
c) the Greek for “stage and music”
112.
The Opera House,
a) A Church
b) A Market
c) A Pub /
d) A Garden (of a Convent)
113.
Who was the most famous of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men?
William Shakespeare
114.
How many operas are there in Wagner’s Ring?
4
115.
What did Mozart forget to write for “don Giovanni”?
The Overture (he noticed the mistake on the day of the premier and wrote
it in the morning)
116.
In which West End Play has Jerry Hall recently appeared?
The Graduate
117.
The world’s longest running play is “The Mousetrap”. In what year
was it first staged?
1952 (28th November)
118.
Who goes mad and commits suicide in Hamlet?
Ophelia
119.
Who sold his soul to the devil in a play by Goethe. For a bonus point,
what is the name of the devil in the play?
Faust, Mephistopheles (Mephisto)
120.
What are the surnames of Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo Montague, Juliet Capulet.
Sport
121.
At which club did Sir Stanley Mathews begin and finish his playing
career?
Stoke City
122.
How many perfect 6s did Torville and Dean score in the 1984 Olympic ice
dance competition?
12 (out of 18)
123.
Who once broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw?
Ken Norton
124.
How many 20 minute sessions are there in a game of ice hockey?
3
125.
How old are horses running in a “nursery” event?
2 years
126.
Who was the first player to win
127.
After how many points do players swap service in table tennis?
5
128.
In golf, which club is known as a “mashie”?
A 5 Iron
129.
in which city did the 1924 Olympics, the subject for the film Chariots of
Fire, take place?
130.
Which bone do jockeys break most often?
Shoulder blade (clavicle)
131.
What is the Capital of the
132.
What is the name of th ceremony marking the initiation of a Jewish boy
into the adult community aged 13?
Bar Mitzvah
133.
What branch of mathematics, invented by
134.
Who sailed on the “Beagle” as ships naturalist and write a book
called “The Origin of the Species”
Charles DARWIN
135.
What would you call a reference book summarising all human knowledge?
ENCYCLOPEADIA
136.
What can be a cat, dog, lung or flying?
FISH
137.
Who was king of
138.
What form of transport was firs successfully made by Igor Sikorsky in
1939? HELICOPTER
139.
What work on divination from 12 centuries BC is based on eight bagua or
pa kua?
I CHING
140.
In the Bible, who was the son of Elizabeth and Zacharias?
JOHN THE BAPTIST
141.
What is the name of the northernmost region of the Indian Subcontinent,
the scene of intermittent fighting between
142.
Who was the first British golfer to win the
143.
What fruit, related to the rose, was popular with the Victorians, makes
an excellent fruit jelly and is eaten partly decayed?
MEDLAR
144.
There are three universities in
145.
Who was the Egyptian god of the dead, ruler of the underworld?
OSRIS
146.
It is a country in the
147.
What was the language of the Incas?
QUECHUA
148.
Who connects A River Runs Through It, Out of Africa and The Sting?
Robert Redford.
149.
What is 1200km long and can be found at the margin between the Pacific
TectonicPlate and the North American Plate?
150.
What can be blue, great or coal?
TITS
Going back
in Rhyme
Given the
second and third line in each poem, the contestants have to give the first two
lines
151
Row, row, row the boat,
Gently down the stream
MERRILY, MERRILY, MERRILY,
LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
152
I had a little nut tree and nothing di it bear,
But a silver nutmeg and a golden pear
THE KING OF
AND ALL FOR THE SAKE OF MY LITTLE NUT TREE
153.
I eat peas with honey
I’ve done it all my life
IT MAKES THE PEAS TASTE FUNNY
BUT IT KEEPS THEM ON THE KNIFE
154.
T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE
IN THE HOPE THAT ST NICHOLAS SOON WILL BE THERE
155.
If you can keep your head about you,
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
IF YOU CAN TRUST YOURSELF WHEN ALL MEN DOUBT YOU
BUT MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR THEIR DOUBTING TOO
156.
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
in the forest of the night,
WHAT IMMORTAL HAND OR EYE
COULD FRAME THEY FEARFUL SYMMETRY?
157.
I wander’d lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
AHEN ALL AT ONCE I SAW A CROWD,
A HOST OF GOLDEN DAFFODILS
158.
In Xandau did Kubla Kahn,
A stately pleasure dome decree,
WHERE ALPH THE SACRED RIVER RAN
THROUGH CAVERNS MEASURELESS TO MAN
159.
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
THEY ALL HAVE THEIR EXISTS AND THEIR ENTRANCES,
AND ONE MAN IN HIS TIME PLAYS MANY PARTS.
160.
Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
THAT HILLS AND VALLEYS DALES AND FIELDS
AND ALL THE CRAGGY MOUNTAIN YIELDS.
161.
What’s the longest bridge over the
162.
There are two boats in dry dock at
163.
How many big yellow spiky masts jut out of the roof of the Millennium
Dome? 12
164. How
many floors does
165.
Before Canary Wharf, the largest building in the
166.
Andrew Lloyd Webber bought the Palace theatre in
167.
In what part of
168.
You find Buckingham Palace at one end of the Mall, what would you find at
the other end of it?
Admiralty Arch
169.
What’s the name of the lake in the middle of
170.
Walthamstow Central is at the Northern end of the Victoria Line, what’s
at the other end of it?
Brixton
Wine
171.
Which country is the largest wine producer in
172.
Which country has the largest area of vines in the world?
173.
If grapes are harvested slightly late do they get more or less acidic?
174.
What colour wine is produced by merlot and syrah grapes? red
175.
What name is given to the German wines in which the grapes are left on
the vine over winter?
Eiswein
176.
IN what year was Bourbon first distilled?
1789
177.
How many bottles of mine are there in a magnum?
2
178.
Is a non-vintage wine
a) less
than 6 years old
b) bottled
in a “bad” year?
c) made
from a blend of wines from different years
D) a wine
of uncertain age
179.
What sort of soil is champagne grown on?
A) chalk
b) clay
c) sand
d) loam
180. Can
you use red grapes to make white wine? Yes
Kings and
181.
Who succeeded Queen Elizabeth 1 to the throne of
James Ist England
182.
For how long did Lady Jane Grey rule
183.
How old was Queen
184.
Which of Henry VIII wives outlived him?
Catherine Parr
185.
The flower sometimes known as the bird of paradise was named
after Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of George
III. What is it's more common name?
Busy Lizzie
186.
King George changed the family name of the royal family to
187.
George IV tried to have his marriage to Caroline of Brunswick dissolved
in 1820. On what grounds?
A) her adultery
b) her madness
c) her in ability to perform in between the royal sheets
d) her possession of facial hair and a willy?
188.
Stephen, King of England 1135 - 1154 usurped Queen Matilda from the
throne. Her father had also been king - who was he?
Henry I
189.
How were the Kings Richard I and his successor, John, related?
Brothers
190.
Who announced this week that Queen Mary is to become greater than Queen
Elizabeth II?
Cunard - the QMII is to be bigger than the QEII
Computers
and Technology
201.
Which company is known as Big Blue?
IBM
202.
What are Fortran, Cobol and C?
Programming Languages
203.
If you were skilled in HTML, JavaScript and Perl, in what field of
computing would you most likely be working?
Web Design - Web Programming
204.
What is the measure of the computing speed of a computer?
a) flip b) flop c) flap d) flump
1
205.
What were the names of the two loveable robots from the Star Wars films?
C3P0, R2D2
206.
In which decade did pocket calculators make their first appearance?
1970s
207.
Put the following storage devices in order of storage capacity,
starting with the smallest first.
a) CD-ROM b) floppy disk
c) DVD-ROM d) large capacity ZIP disk
B, D, A, C
208.
What is the name of the device which turns a digital signal from a
computer into an analogue signal to be transmitted along telephone wires?
Modem
209.
How many bits are there in a byte?
8
210.
What was the name of the satellite launched in July 1962 and used to send
live TV programmes a cross
the
211.
Eminem's new song - Stan - is rapped over a song by singer Dido. Her
famous brother in the music industry can't get no sleep. Who is he? Rollo
from Faithless
222.
Darcy Bucell is the number one principal dancer with which dace
outfit? Royal Ballet
223 &
224 Name the Presidential running mates for Al Gore (3) and George DubYa Bush
(4)
223
Joseph Liebermann
224.
Dick Cheney
225.
What got 49 yr old Australian Ken Crew legless this week?
A great white shark
226.
Mugen Honda have announcd they are to pullout of
Forula One. How many years were they involved?
9
227.
American Jimmie Davis died this week. He had been governor of
228.
Who connects the films
229.
How many years of hosting Children in Need will Terry Wogan be
celebrating this year?
21
230.
What is baby David Keanau's surname?
Royle
POLITICS
231.
Who lives at number
FOOD and
DRINK
232.
What is the world’s most expensive spice? Saffron
WORLD
STUFF
233.
What is Unique about stamps of the
MUSIC
234.
What is the longest permissible playing time for a single release, after
which it can no longer be called a single?
40 minutes
ANIMALS
235.
Dark Cornish and Dorking are breeds of what sort of animal?
Chicken
ANIMALS
AGAIN
236.
Lumbricide is the killing of what earth dwelling animal?
Worm
BOOKS
237.
Who wrote about the
TV
238.
In which constituency was Baldrick elected to the House of Commons?
Dunny on the Wold
PEOPLE
239.
What is Paddy Ashdown’s Christian name?
a) Paddy
b) Charles
c) Andrew
d) Jeremy
MUSIC
240.
Anthony Hopkins (yes - *that* Anthony Hopkins) jointly holds a British
Hit Singles record. Which one?
Worst Chart Performance.. one week at number 75
MATHS
241.
What is the name given to a triangle where all the sides are of different
length?
Scalene
RADIO
242.
What is the name of the theme tune to the Archers?
Barwick Green
POLITICS
243.
In 1976, Helen Hayman was the first MP to do *what* in the House of
Commons?
Breast-feed her baby
TV
244.
What was the first product to be advertised on Channel 5?
Chanel #5
POETRY
245.
The hero of which poem was instructed to shun the fruminous
brandersnatch?
The Jabberwocky - Lewis Carol
246.
Where was
247.
What world’s first exploded outside the house of commons in 1869,
killing a policeman?
Traffic Lights
SPORT
248.
What did Sir Peter Teazle do in 1787, Cardinal Beaufort do in 1805 and
Captain Cuttle do in 1922?
Win the
TV
249.
For which newspaper did Peter Parker work?
The Daily Bugle
CULTURE
250.
In which city would you find the Halle Orchestra?
CHILDRENS
STUFF
261.
He is properly known as Sir Topham Hatt. How is he known to the less
politically correct?
The Fat Controller?
262.
Who was threatened with the words Fi Fie Fo Fum?
Jack (as in the Beanstalk)
263.
He was an old cloth cat, a little saggy at the seams. Bagpuss, of course,
but who loved him?
Emily
264.
What was so special about grannies eyes in Little Red Riding Hood?
They were all the better to see her with
265.
Who appears near the end of every Mr Benn story?
The shopkeeper
266.
What is a tiggers favourite food? (actually, not according to tiggers!)
Malt Extract
267.
Where might you expect to find Mrs Washalot and Moonface?
The Magic Faraway tree
268.
At which compass points in Oz might you find Good Witches?
North and South
269.
Name all the kids who went to Narnia
Peter Susan Lucy Edmund
270.
What did the note attatched to Paddington Bear say?
Please look after this bear, thank you.
Tie
Breaker
271.
What is the record crowd attendance for an All Ireland Hurling Final?
84,865
271.
From which
272.
What’s the plural of mongoose?
Mongooses
273.
What river runs through Limmerick in
The River
274.
What mysterious trade was conducted at the Jamacia Inn?
Smuggling
275.
Which country’s flag is a yellow cross on a blue background?
Sweeden
276.
Where might you find a troglodyte?
In a cave
277.
Who wrote the New World Symphony?
Dvorak
278.
Who directed the sequel to Mission Impossible?
John Woo
279.
What’s the special skill of a cryptologist?
Cracking Codes
280.
In the bible, who asked for the head of John the Baptist?
Salome
Newspapers
281.
Which daily newspaper is nicknamed the Thunderer?
The Times
282.
Which is larger, a tabloid or a broadsheet?
Broadsheet
283.
In newspaper terminology, what is a splash?
The lead story on the front page
284.
Peter Parker, better known as Spiderman, worked for which Newspaper?
The Daily Bugle
285.
Clarke Kent.. Superman..?
Daily Planet
286.
Der Spiegel is a famous German newspaper. What does the name mean?
The Mirror
287.
Le Figaro is a famous French Newspaper. Is it Daily or Weekly?
Daily
288.
Woodward and Bernstien wrote for which newspaper?
The
289.
Which is
The Observer
290.
Which Newspaper do the Flintstones read?
The Daily Slate
291.
Who scored the 2 goals to give Manchester United the 1999 Premiership?
David Beckham, Andy Cole
292. Who
wrote the novel Our Mutual Friend ?
Charles Dickens
293. Which
desert covers part of
294. Which
football team play their home games at Sincil Bank ?
295. Which
institution's motto is 'My word is my bond'?
The Stock Exchange
296. Which
Italian club did John Charles play for ?
Juventus
297. Which
Old Testament woman became the queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus ?
Esther
298. Which
Roman martyr gives his name to a town in Hertfordshire?
St Alban
299. Which
song contains the lyric:"You have a way about you, now I can't live without
you " ?
Til I Kissed You
300
Which TV commentator once said; "The lead car is absolutely unique,
except for the one behind it, which is identical" ?