1-What is the name of the German airline?
2-In which European city can you find the home of Anne Frank?
3-How many stars has the American flag got?
4-How long is the Great Wall of China?
5-Who invented Ferrari?
6-According to the Bible, who was the first murderer?
7-In what year did princess diana die?
8-Which famous British women murderer of the 19th century was never arrested?
9-On which mountain did Jesus take his last supper?
10-What is the largest number of five digits?
11-What is the most fractured human bone?
12-What is the most famous university of Paris?
ANSWERS
1-Lufthansa
2-Amsterdam
3- Fifty
4-4000 miles
5-Enzo Ferrari
6- Cain
7-In the year 1997
8-Jack the Ripper
9-Golgotha or Calvary
10- 99999
11- Clavicle
12- Sorbonne
Todays QUIZ QUESTIONS ARE WHAT YOU WOULD GET IN A PUB QUIZ
1. Into which sea does the Nile flow?
2. Three continents lie on the Tropic of Capricorn, South America is one, name any of the other two?
3. In American currency 10 cents make a what?
4. Afrikaans was developed from which European language?
5. An Ortanique is a cross between a tangerine and what other fruit?
6. What Italian word for 'Scratched Drawing' can be found on walls all over the world?
7. What musical features 'Some Enchanted Evening' and 'There Is Nothing Like A Dame'?
8. What was the name of the first manned lunar landing mission in 1969?
9. Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer'?
10. What was the name of Ritchie Valens' girlfriend?
11. What is the procedure called where an anaesthetic is injected close to the spinal cord?
12. What poisonous oily liquid occurs naturally in tobacco leaves?
13. Who had his first UK top 10 hit with 'Wichita Lineman'?
14. Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the Scales?
15. In which country was Rudyard Kipling born?
16. What is the gemstone for September?
17. What instrument has been nicknamed the 'Mississippi Saxaphone'?
18. One and a half litres of champagne is known as a what?
19. In alphabetical order name the three particles that make up an atom?
20. What is the common name of the' Auora Borealis'?
ANSWERS
1. Mediterranean
2. Australia, Africa
3. Dime
4.Dutch
5. Orange
6. Graffitti
7. South Pacific
8. Apollo XI
9. Nigel Benn
10. Donna
11. Epidural
12. Nicotine
13. Glen Cambell
14. Libra
15. India
16. Sapphire
17. Harmonica
18. Magnum
19. Electron, Neutron, Proton
20. Northern Lights
1. The Blue Meanies were the enemy of the Beatles in which film.
2. What song is most commonly sung to celebrate someone getting a year older?
3. Who composed the songs 'Puttin on the ritz', 'I've got my love to keep me warm' and 'White Christmas?
4. What is the name of the Dutch footballer who transferred from Arsenal to Man Utd in Aug 2012 for £23 million?
5. How many sides does an icosagon have?
6. Which large animal is the only creature thought to produce its own sun tan lotion from its natural secretions?
7. In a musical about gangsters, who are with the guys in the title?
8. Which Greek author was famous for his fables?
9. Which 1988 western saw Emilio Estevez play 'Billy The Kid' alongside Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland?
10. Which Russian punk band were jailed for two years in Aug 2012 for their anti-Putin protest and inciting hooliganism in an orthodox church?
11. Which historical region of Greece includes the capital, Athens?
12. Glenridding and Pooley Bridge stand at opposite ends of which lake, the 2nd largest in the Lake District?
13. Where in London is there a bronze statue of Charlie Chaplin?
14. What is the name of the actress who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street?
15. Who is reported to have played his fiddle while Rome burned?
16. What is the surname of the inventoe of the worlds first motorcycle?
17. Which song from 'Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat' gave Jason Donovan a No 1 UK hit in 1991?
18. Which TV show from the '70s and 80's featured Michael Langdon as Charles Ingalls living on a farm with his wife and 4 daughters?
19. In which country did Posh and Becks marry?
20. Which fantasy kingdom was found at the back of the wardrobe and featured Aslan and a white witch?
ANSWERS
1. The Yellow Submarine
2. Happy Birthday
3. Irving Berlin
4. Robin Van Persie
5. 20
6. Hippopotamus
7. Dolls
8. Aesop
9. Young Guns
10. Pussy Riot
11. Attica
12. Ullswater
13. Leicester Square
14. Jean Alexander
15. Nero
16. Daimler
17. Any dream will do
18. Little house on the praire
19. Ireland
20. Narnia
1. What is the surname of the last British player to win the Wimbledon womens single title?
2. St George is the patron saint of England but in which country is he buried?
3. Where was Marc Cohen walking when he put on his blue suede shoes?
4. Which American singer was born Eleanora Fagan?
5. Hepatitis affects which organ of the body?
6. The Rolls Royce radiator ornament is called 'The Spirit of .....' what?
7. No 617 squadron of the Royal Air Force is better known as the what?
8. Which Bill played the role of Compo in Last of the Summer Wine?
9. In which US state would you find Suffolk County on an island?
10. What type of car was KITT in the original Knight Rider TV show?
11. Who wrote the 'Famous Five' series of books?
12. What is the fourth book of the Old Testament?
13. Rob Andrew was director of rugby at which Premiership team until 2006?
14. To what country does the island of Elba belong?
15. What is the real surname of Sting from The Police?
16. Which film has the phrase ' Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get'?
17. Where were the Bee Gees born?
18. What is the name of the sequal to the film and book 'Twilight'?
19. Sarah Palin was the first female governor of which state?
20. The Great Orme is a prominent feature in which Welsh seaside town?
ANSWERS
1. Wade (Virginia)
2. Israel
3. Memphis
4.Billie Holiday
5. Liver
6. Ecstasy
7. Dambusters
8. Owen
9. New York
10. Trans-Am
11. Enid Blyton
12. Numbers
13. Newcastle Falcons
14. Italy
15. Sumner (Gordon)
16. Forrest Gump
17. Isle of Man
18. New Moon
19. Alaska
20. Llandudno
1. Who is the main charcter in the film 'The Raiders Of The Lost Ark'?
2. Complete the name of this Scottish football club....PARTICK ____________?
3. Which Port is capital of the Falkland Islands?
4. What alternative name was given to German Shepherd Dogs after World War 1 because of the German part of their name?
5. What species of ape has a natural copper tinge to its hair or fur?
6. Kim Jong-Un is leader of which country?
7. In 69BC the Romans invaded Crete, which modern day city on the island was the first to fall?
8. According to the Beatles, who 'Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been'?
9. Which poem by Rudyard Kipling ends with the line 'And which is more, you'll be a man my son'?
10. Which Norfolk city was the first in the UK to adopt the postcode system?
11. In what film does John Hurt die in a gruesome chest bursting scene?
12. William H Bonney is one of the aliases of which cowboy bank robber?
13. What was Tarzans main item of clothing?
14. Which actress emerged from the sea in Dr No wearing a white bikini?
15. What is the full name of the first man to climb the Matterhorn?
16. Which British crooner sang, 'From Russia with love', 'Born Free' and 'The Impossible Dream'?
17. In the Star Wars films what is the real name of Ben Kenobi played by Alec Guinness and Ewan Macgregor?
18. What does the Greek word 'Portokali' mean in English?
19. Which Labour leader was filmed falling into the sea at Brighton beach in 1983?
20. The point sirectly above an earthquakes focal point is called what?
21. What is the first name of Posh Spice, married to David Beckham?
22. Which ground is home to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club?
23. Where in the USA would you find, La Guardia, JFK and Newark airports?
24. How many times have we had a full moon this month (Aug 2012)?
ANSWERS
1. Indiana Jones
2. Thistle
3. Stanley
4. Alsatian
5. Orangutan
6. North Korea
7. Chania
8. Eleanor Rigby
9. If
10. Norwich
11. Alien
12. Billy the kid
13. Loincloth
14. Ursula Andress
15. Edward Whymper
16. Matt Monroe
17. Obi Wan Kenobi
18. Orange
19. Neil Kinnock
20. Epicentre
21. Victoria
22. Edgbaston
23. New York
24. Twice
1. How were Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden collectively known?
2. For which country did the Welshman, Michael Owen, play international football?
3. Which actor played Neil in 'The Young Ones'?
4. If you are getting off a train at Waverly station, in which UK city would you be?
5. Which country did Ceaucescau rule from 1965-1989?
6. In the theatre what name is given to the part of the stage that projects out into the audience?
7. What animal is assosciated with the beginning of an MGM film?
8. What is the highest mountain in the Karakorum range of mountains?
9. If you suffer from 'gymnophobia', what are you most afraid of?
10. What was the name of Keith Harris' bird?
11. What does an archer fish shoot at its prey?
12. Which occupation would you assosciate with Perry Mason?
13. In american football what is the scoring area of the field called?
14. What creature appears on the flag of Wales?
15. What mythical animal had the head and body of a lion and the wings and talons of an eagle?
16. What company of the 101st Airborne Division did the book/TV show, 'Band of Brothers' follow?
17. What can be a slight movement or a container for arrows?
18. What was the worlds first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, still in use today?
19. Which Alanis Morrisette single features 'a black fly in your chardonnay', and 'rain on your wedding day'?
20. What has the chemical symbol Zn?
BONUS QUESTION - WHAT DOES THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH ANSWER SPELL OUT?
ANSWERS
1. The Goodies
2. England
3. Nigel Planer
4. Edinburgh
5. Romania
6. Apron
7. Lion
8. K2
9. Nudity/Nakedness/No clothing
10. Orville the duck
11. Water
12. Lawyer
13. End Zone
14. Dragon
15. Gryphon/Griffin
16. Easy Company
17. Quiver
18. USS Enterprise
19. Ironic
20. Zinc
BONUS ANSWER - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
1. Which planet is Curiosity roving around in the name of science?
2. What is produced by the bacterial fermentation of milk?
3. What is the art of cutting shrubs into ornamental shapes called?
4. What oath is sworn by graduates of medicine to regulate their further conduct?
5. How many seats did the spitfire fighter plane have?
6. If you are watching cricket at the Oval, in which county cricket club are you sat?
7. Which British explorer was murdered by the natives in Hawaii?
8. Which Beatle has the real name of Richard Starkey?
9. Who recorder the song 'Think' in 1968 and also performed it in the Blues Brothers movie from the '80s?
10. Which Archduke was assassinated in Sarajevo in June 1914 and caused the outbreak of WW1?
11. Pigs are used to sniff out which delicacy in some parts of France?
12. In nature, how many arms (or legs) does a starfish have?
13. In which sport do teams compete for the Stanley Cup?
14. In Roman Numerals, how many players are there in a rugby union team?
15. Who had a hit in the '60s with 'The House Of The Rising Sun'?
16. Who famously stated that'... an army marches on its stomach'?
17. Which former jockey became a best selling author of thrillers about horse racing?
18. What type of goat produces mohair?
19. If the Hammers are playing the Gunners, in which city would you be?
20. What is the term given to a word that can be spelt the same both backwards and forwards? e.g.ABBA, TOOT
21. In which town did the Pied Piper play?
22. What is the last word in the New Testament?
23. What TV show, produced by Peter Fluck and Roger Law, poked fun at politicians and celebrities in the '80s?
24. In Monopoly, what colour are Bow Street, Marlborough Street and Vine Street properties?
25. What was the name of the dog carried into space aboard Sputnik 2?
26. What was the nickname given to the V1 flying bombs that rained down on London and the South East UK during the latter part of WWII?
27. What is the surname of the author of 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'?
28. Dianna Rigg played which character in 'The Avengers'? (The original TV show, not the 2012 movie)
29. In which sport would you hear the term 'Catching a crab'?
30. As well as Depeche Mode and Yazoo, what other band was Vince Clarke a principal member of?
ANSWERS
1. Mars
2. Yoghurt
3. Topiary
4. Hippocratic Oath
5. One
6. Surrey
7. Captain James Cook
8. Ringo Starr
9. Aretha Franklin
10. Franz Ferdinand
11. Truffles
12. Five
13. Ice Hockey
14. XV (15)
15. The Animals
16. Napolean Bonaparte
17. Dick Francis
18. Angora
19. London
20. Palindrome
21. Hamelin
22. Amen
23. Spitting Image
24. Orange
25. Laika
26. Doodlebug
27. Hemingway (Ernest)
28. Emma Peel
29. Rowing or Sculling
30. Erasure
1--Who was the president of the United States in 2000?
2--What was Amelia Earhart the first woman to do in 1928?
3--The tense relationship that occurred between the three main powers (United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom) following World War II was known as what war?
4--Thomas Edison invented the first practical and commercially viable what?
5--How many times was Winston Churchill Prime Minister over the United Kingdom?
6--Who was the third wife of King Henry VIII?
7--What is the oldest public building in the US?
8--What nationality was the famous scientist Charles Darwin?
9--True or false: Queen Victory reigned over Great Britain for more than 60 years?
10--What name was given to the secret network of routes and safe houses used to help slaves escape to free states and Canada during the 19th Century?
11--What year did Germany sign the Treaty of Versailles?
12--Which famous scientist developed a telescope and discovered the four largest satellites of Planet Jupiter?
13--Which undeclared sea-based war was fought between the US and the French Republic from 1798 to 1800?
14--Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
15--What was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America?
ANSWERS
1--Bill Clinton
2--Fly across the Atlantic
3--The Cold War
4--Incandescent light bulb
5--Twice
6--Jane Seymour
7--The Palace of the Governors
8--English
9--True
10--The Underground Railroad
11--1919
12--Galileo Galilei
13--Quasi-War (The Franco American Naval)
14--John Wilkes Booth
15--The Inca Empire
1. Which two English born actors have hosted the Academy Awards ceremony three or more times? One point for each correct answer.
2. In which three years were the Summer Olympic Games cancelled?
3. Which deviant group train at Westchester mansion?
4. Which unspecified 'teen' was first coined by the Army Signal Corps during World War I?
5. Code Red, Michelangelo and Conficker were all famous examples of what?
6. Invented by a French chef at the Ritz Hotel in New York City, what name was given to his cold puree of leeks, potatoes and cream?
7. On the 27th of March 2010 Russia had eleven. Today they only have nine. What?
8. The most decorated US soldier in WW II later became a Hollywood actor. What was his name?
9. The following lyrics are from which hot 1950s hit?
"Romeo love Juliet,
Juliet she felt the same,
When he put his arms around her,
He said Julie baby your my flame"
10. As the winter draws ever closer, the skies are often filled with fascinating murmurations. What are murmurations?
11. Who were the two members of the Jackson Five with the initials 'J. J.'? One point for each correct answer.
12. Which two Asian men have been Secretary-General of the United Nations? One point for each correct answer.
13. The Russian word for an incident of wanton and unrestrained destruction on a mass scale, such as may occur during wartime. Six letters, second letter 'O'.
14. Which two sports that start with the letter 'C' were once part of the Summer Olympic Games? One point for each correct answer.
15. Which year is missing from both the Gregorian calendar and the Julian calendar yet present in the astronomical calendar system?
16. Which other 'Mick' was once a member of The Rolling Stones?
17. What was the name of the boat commanded by Capt. Ramius?
18. The PINNA is the outer part of your what?
19. Who was American author Mona Simpson's inspirational Brother, whom she did not meet until she was 25 years old?
20. Which car company, initially founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company, was forced to change it's name after WWII to avoid the unfavourable connotations of the SS initials?
ANSWERS
1. Two answers. Bob Hope (19) and David Niven (3)
2. 1916, 1940 and 1944
3. X-men
4. Umpteen ('Umpty' was slang for the Morse code dash. Many dashes were then called umpteen)
5. Computer viruses
6. Vichyssoise
7. Time zones (as of the 28th of March 2010 )
8. Audie Murphy
9. Fever (Peggy Lee's version)
10. The aerobatic displays of starlings
11. Two answers. Jermaine Jackson and Jackie Jackson
12. Two answers. Ban Ki-Moon and U Thant
13. POGROM
14. Two answers. Cricket and Croquet
15. The year zero. (Under those systems, the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1)
16. Mick Taylor
17. Red October
18. Ear (Pinna is Latin for 'feather')
19. Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.
20. Jaguar Cars
1. In which seaside resort is there a Nelson's Column?
2. In which English county is most of the Forest of Dean?
3. The Old Bailey stands on the site of which former prison?
4. What are the canals in Cambridge called?
5. Which English county with a sea border has the shortest coastline?
6. What is Scotland's longest river?
7. On which Scottish Island is Fingal's Cave?
8. The Orkney's are separated from mainland Britain by which body of water?
9. Which was Britain's first National Park?
10. Which English Football League club's ground is farthest away from any other?
Answers
1. Great Yarmouth
2. Gloucestershire
3. Newgate
4. The Backs
5. Durham
6. River Tay
7. Staffa
8. Pentland Firth
9. Peak District
10. Carlisle
Who did Rowan Williams replace as Archbishop of Canterbury ... ?
Option : Donald Coggan
Option : Robert Runcie
Option : George Carey
Option : Frederick Coggan
Answer : George Carey
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A number 10 cat was once officially given the title Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. True or False ... ?
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : True
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Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank competed in which sport ... ?
Answer : Boxing
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In 2010 Colin Firth won an Oscar for his role in ... ?
Answer : The Kings Speech
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In the context of the government the OPSI is ... ?
Option : Organisation Public Support and Inclusiveness
Option : Official Private Secret Information
Option : Office of Public Sector Information
Option : Office of Political Standards and Information
Answer : Office of Public Sector Information
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The IPad 1 uses a ... ?
Option : Capacitive Touchscreen
Option : Surface acoustic wave Touchscreen
Option : Optical imaging Touchscreen
Option : Acoustic pulse recognition Touchscreen
Answer : Capacitive Touchscreen
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In which television series might you see Victor Meldrew say ""Unbelievable!""
Option : Only Fools and Horses
Option : EastEnders
Option : One Foot in the Grave
Option : Heartbeat
Answer : One Foot in the Grave
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Early 1900s blues guitarist Robert Johnson was rumoured to have ... ?
Option : shot a man for interrupting a song
Option : had a twin, who often took his place
Option : been the first musician to mime to recordings
Option : sold his soul to the devil
Answer : sold his soul to the devil
Question Number
HMS Ark Royal was ... ?
Option : a Destroyer
Option : a Battleship
Option : a Corvette
Option : an Aircraft Carrier
Answer : an Aircraft Carrier
Question Number
The 20 meter (66 ft) tall steel sculpture by Anthony Gormley, located in Gateshead England, of a man with outstretched wing-like arms is known locally as The Gateshead Flasher, its actual name is
Option : Wings of Youth
Option : Angel of the North
Option : The Welcoming Arms
Option : Man Takes Flight
Answer : Angel of the North
quiz questions and answers - from QuizNightChief.com
UK Geography
Here are some quiz questions and answers you can use in your quiz or trivia night.
Question Number
A bridge called 'The Bridge of Sighs' can be found in which three cities ... ? [V-----, O----d and C--------]
Answer : Venice, Oxford and Cambridge
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According to a survey by the Halifax Bank, what is the most common street name in the United Kingdom ... ?
Option : Station Road
Option : Victoria Street
Option : High Street
Option : Muddle Lane
Answer : High Street
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In which British city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge ... ?
Answer : Bristol
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In which country is Cape Wrath ... ?
Option : England
Option : Ireland
Option : Scotland
Option : Wales
Answer : Scotland
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In which county is Charnwood Forest ... ?
Option : Avon
Option : Cheshire
Option : Leicestershire
Option : Wiltshire
Answer : Leicestershire
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In which county is Epping Forest ... ?
Option : Essex
Option : Durham
Option : Herefordshire
Option : Suffolk
Answer : Essex
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In which county is the Vale of the White Horse ... ?
Option : Oxfordshire
Option : Yorkshire
Option : Suffolk
Option : Sussex
Answer : Oxfordshire
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In which English County is Romney Marsh ... ?
Answer : Kent
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Name one of the two British cities which have stations called Central and Queen Street. [G------ and ------f]
Answer : Glasgow and Cardiff
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Of which British city is St Mungo the patron saint ... ?
Answer : Glasgow
The Scottish Parliament Building is in ... ?
Option : Sciennes, Edinburgh
Option : Juniper Green, Edinburgh
Option : Holyrood, Edinburgh
Option : Blackford, Edinburgh
Answer : Holyrood, Edinburgh
Question Number
The famous painting Water Lilies was painted by ... ?
Option : Picaso
Option : Vincent van Gogh
Option : Edouard Manet
Option : Claude Monet
Answer : Claude Monet
Question Number
Newtons first law : An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. Is ... ?
Option : The Law of Inertia
Option : The theory of Conservation of Momentum
Option : The theory of Conservation of Energy
Option : The Law of Equivalence
Answer : The Law of Inertia
Question Number
In which game might you hear the phrase En Passant ... ?
Answer : Chess
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Russian politician and ex spy Vladimir Putin has competed at an elite level in which sport ... ?
Option : Chess
Option : Shooting
Option : Horse Jumping
Option : Judo
Answer : Judo
Question Number
Complete these lines from the Kipling poem If : If you can keep your head when all about you Are [l----- theirs and b------ it on ---]
Answer : losing theirs and blaming it on you
Question Number
Two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the product of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. True or False ... ?
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : False
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded which company ... ?
Answer : Google
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Billionaire Phil Knight co-founded which company, creating one of the worlds most recognizable brands. [----]
Answer : nike
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The largest known animal ever to have existed is the ... ? [---- -----]
Answer : Blue Whale
What is the real name of singer/songwriter Jessie J ... ? [J------ E---- C------]
Answer : Jessica Ellen Cornish
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Vinnie Jones played which position as a footballer ... ? ... ?
Option : goalkeeper
Option : defender
Option : midfielder
Option : forward
Answer : midfielder
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Stephen Fry is a member of the Board of Directors of what football club ... ? ... ?
Option : Sheffield United
Option : Norwich City
Option : Tottenham Hotspur
Option : West Ham United
Answer : Norwich City
Question Number
When Prince William ascends the throne, he will be the 44th monarch since William the Conqueror. In what year did William the Conqueror take the throne ... ? ... ?
Option : 1066
Option : 1203
Option : 1515
Option : 1782
Answer : 1066
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Which stand up comedian and actor completed 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009 for Sport Relief ... ? ... ? [E---- I-----]
Answer : Eddie Izzard
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Which Girls Aloud member won the 2009 Yorkshire Woman of the Year award for not only her professional success but also her work with the charity Breast Cancer Haven ... ? ... ?
Option : Cheryl Cole
Option : Kimberley Walsh
Option : Nadine Coyle
Option : Sarah Harding
Answer : Kimberley Walsh
Question Number
Which British tank commander was pulled from the front lines of the Afghan War following the publication of his presence there in an Australian magazine ... ? ... ? [P----- H----]
Answer : Prince Harry
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Which Big Brother star collapsed after completing 21 miles of the London Marathon in 2006, having trained on a diet of ""curry, Chinese, and drinking"" ... ? ... ? [J--- G----]
Answer : Jade Goody
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Author J.K. Rowling is among the richest women in the UK, with an estimated net worth of US $1 billion. What series of books is responsible for her fame and fortune ... ? ... ?
Option : Vampire Academy
Option : Percy Jackson
Option : Harry Potter
Option : His Dark Materials
Answer : Harry Potter
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Which American-born British actress played Dylan Thomas' wife Caitlin in the 2008 film ""The Edge of Love"", and The Baroness in 2009's ""G.I Joe: the Rise of Cobra"" ... ? ... ? [S----- M-----]
Which of these cricket stadiums is found in Nottingham ... ?
Option : Lords
Option : Robin Hood Stadium
Option : The Oval
Option : Trent
Answer : Trent
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In the grounds of which castle in Belfast is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly ... ?
Answer : Stormont
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Which of these cities is Nottingham not twinned with;
Option : Ghent
Option : Minsk
Option : Berlin
Option : Harare
Answer : Berlin
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The oldest professional football club in the world play out of Nottingham.;
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : True
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Which of these famous footballers was born in Belfast;
Option : Pele
Option : Dennis Law
Option : Jack Charlton
Option : George Best
Answer : George Best
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Leicester lies in which county ... ?
Option : Staffordshire
Option : Inventedshire
Option : Leicestershire
Option : Nottinghamshire
Answer : Leicestershire
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Which of these is not a nickname of Nottingham;
Option : Queen of the Midlands
Option : The Lace City
Option : Home of the Brave Midlanders
Answer : Home of the Brave Midlanders
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Sunderland was once part of Wales.;
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : False
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What river does Leicester sit on ... ?
Option : Soar
Option : Trent
Option : Spey
Option : Leic
Answer : Soar
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How do Nottingham post codes begin ... ?
Option : NO
Option : NG
Option : NM
Option : NT
Answer : NG
A famous former film star was killed in a car crash in 1982. What was her full name ... ? [G---- -----]
Answer : Grace Kelly
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Name this female prison reformer, born in 1780, married into a Quaker family and lived in the east end of London and Norwich. [Elizabeth ---]
Answer : Elizabeth Fry
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American Dennis Tito became famous as the first WHAT in 2001 ... ? [Space -------]
Answer : Space Tourist
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This anthropologist and Explorer born in 1914, created the balsa raft Kon Tiki in which he sailed 8,000 km. [Thor H--erd---]
Answer : Thor Heyerdahl
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At what address did the murderer Christie live ... ? [10 R------ton Place]
Answer : 10 Rillington Place
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Billed as the society wedding of the decade, what are the surnames of Ben and Kate who married on September 20th 2003 ... ? [R----child and Go------h]
Answer : Rothschild and Goldsmith
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By what characters name is Paul OGrady better known ... ? [Lily ------]
Answer : Lily Savage
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Who was the first Governor of the Bank of England from 1694 to 1697. [Sir John H------]
Answer : Sir John Houblon
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For what is the Italian Michaelangelo Antonioni best known ... ? [F--- D-------]
Answer : Film Director
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Goldie Hawn was born in which decade of the 20th century ... ?
Option : 1930s
Option : 1940s
Option : 1950s
Option : 1960s
Answer : 1940s
In 1970 ... ?
Option : 1 in 7 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 13 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 20 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 100 UK families owned a car
Answer : 1 in 7 UK families owned a car
Question Number
In 1951 the UK population was ... ?
Option : About 10,000,000
Option : About 25,000,000
Option : About 30,000,000
Option : About 50,000,000
Answer : About 50,000,000
Question Number
In 1950 the average UK annual salary was ... ?
Option : £13
Option : £30
Option : £70
Option : £101
Answer : £101
Question Number
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1957. True or False ... ?
Option : True
Option : False
Answer : False
Question Number
Which entertainment competition was first televised in 1956 ... ? [---------- ---- -------]
Answer : Eurovision Song Contest
Question Number
In 1952 who was elected Conservative Prime Minister ... ? [------- ---------]
Answer : Winston Churchill
Question Number
In 1950 which country demanded that Britain remove all its troops from a waterway ... ?
Answer : Egypt
Question Number
1953 saw the public premiere of the Irish play Waiting for -----
Answer : Godot
Question Number
In 1959 ... ?
Option : 1 in 3 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 7 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 15 UK families owned a car
Option : 1 in 50 UK families owned a car
Answer : 1 in 3 UK families owned a car
Question Number
In 1956 what did British Rail rename its Third Class service ... ? [------ -----]
Answer : Second Class
Which of these is NOT one of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom ... ?
Option : England
Option : Scotland
Option : Wales
Option : Republic of Ireland
Answer : Republic of Ireland
Question Number
Who is the current head of state in the UK ...? [Queen --------- --]
Answer : Queen Elizabeth II
Question Number
What is the world's oldest golf course ... ?
Option : The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews
Option : Musselburgh Links' Old Golf Course
Option : Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Option : Gleneagles
Answer : Musselburgh Links' Old Golf Course
Question Number
Which of the following is NOT one of Shakespeare's plays ... ?
Option : The Winter's Tale
Option : Bartholomew Fayre: A comedy
Option : Troilus and Cressida
Option : The Tragedy of Cymbeline
Answer : Bartholomew Fayre: A comedy
Question Number
King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry whom ... ? [W----- S------]
Answer : Wallis Simpson
Question Number
What day is Guy Fawkes Night ... ?
Option : November 5
Option : October 31
Option : November 15
Option : November 11
Answer : November 5
Question Number
What is the world's oldest association football club ... ?
Option : Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Option : Sheffield F.C.
Option : AFC Bournemouth
Option : West Ham United F.C.
Answer : Sheffield F.C.
Question Number
Which of the following is NOT a recognized regional language of the UK ... ?
Option : Welsh
Option : Cornish
Option : Ulster Scots
Option : Celtic
Answer : Celtic
Question Number
Which actress is known as the First Lady of British Musical Theatre ... ?
Option : Sarah Brightman
Option : Susan Boyle
Option : Elaine Page
Option : Margaret Hughes
Answer : Elaine Page
Question Number
Whom of the following is NOT depicted as a waxwork figure in Madame Tussauds London Gallery ... ?
Option : Guy Fawkes
Option : Adolf Hitler
Option : Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)
Option : Jack the Ripper
Answer : Jack the Ripper
1. Who Discovered Radio Waves?
2. Which 16th Century Scientist Proposed That The Earth Orbited The Sun?
3. Who Is Best Known For His Theory Of Black Holes?
4. What Does Hans Geigers Geiger Counter Measure?
5. Which Tracking Device Did Sir Robert Watson Watt Develop?
6. Which Virus Was Robert Gallo The First To Identify?
7. What Type Of Bomb Did Edward Teller Develop?
8. In Terms Of Nobel Prizes How Did Marie Curie Achieve Two Firsts?
9. Which Islands Inspired Charles Darwin To Write His Origin Of The Species?
10. Which German Born Rocket Engineer Helped Develop The Atomic Bomb In The Usa?
ANSWERS
1. Hertz
2. Copernicus
3. Steven Hawking
4. Radioactivity
5. Radar
6. Hiv
7. Hydrogen Bomb
8. First Woman, Ist Person To Receive Two Awards
9. Galapagos
10. Werner Von Braun
1. What is the other name for the Northern Lights?
2. When you cross the Date Line from Westerly direction do you gain or lose day?
3. What are the Grassland of Northern America Called?
4. Which is the world?s largest Ocean?
5. What is the Earth?s Outer Layer called?
6. Corals grow in Warm Tropical Waters. What are corals made from?
7. The Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air. What is it called?
8. Bamboo Forests grown in the South Western Mountains of China, but Bamboo is not a Tree. What is it?
9. What is the only Grass that can actually grown in water?
10. How long does it take for the Earth to Revolve once on its Axis?
ANSWERS
1. Aurora Borealis
2. Lose a Day
3. Prairie
4. Pacific
5. Crust
6. Skeletons of Tiny Creatures
7. The Atmosphere
8. A Type of Grass
9. Rice
10. 24 hours
1. What is the other name for the Northern Lights?
2. When you cross the Date Line from Westerly direction do you gain or lose day?
3. What are the Grassland of Northern America Called?
4. Which is the world?s largest Ocean?
5. What is the Earth?s Outer Layer called?
6. Corals grow in Warm Tropical Waters. What are corals made from?
7. The Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air. What is it called?
8. Bamboo Forests grown in the South Western Mountains of China, but Bamboo is not a Tree. What is it?
9. What is the only Grass that can actually grown in water?
10. How long does it take for the Earth to Revolve once on its Axis?
ANSWERS
1. Aurora Borealis
2. Lose a Day
3. Prairie
4. Pacific
5. Crust
6. Skeletons of Tiny Creatures
7. The Atmosphere
8. A Type of Grass
9. Rice
10. 24 hours
1. What is the popular name for the flowering houseplant Impatiens Walleriana?
2. What would a gardener do with a dibber or dibble?
3. Charles Darwin described this carnivorous plant ? the most wonderful plant in the world?. What is the name of this plant?
4. The love apple is the original name for what?
5. The Death Cap is the most poisonous variety of what?
6. What is the name given to the female reproductive organ of a flower?
7. A Kumquat is a small Japanese variety of what sort of fruit?
8. Why is reindeer Moss so called?
9. Harry Wheatcroft was a renowned breeder of what?
10. What is the name of the 3 leafed clover associated with St Patrick?s day?
11. Which part of a tree can be used to make cork?
12. What is the largest and tallest tree in the world?
13. What general term is given to those trees whose leaves fall in autumn (fall)?
14. Which tissue beneath the bark of trees forms wood?
15. Where in the flowering plant does the male gamete form?
16. Which cereal must be grown in water?
17. Which grain is used to make semolina?
18. Which part of a flower becomes the fruit?
19. Which part of a flowering plant is often used to make oil?
20. What is the name given to the technique of clipping trees and hedges into ornamental shapes?
21. What is another name for the Rowan Tree?
22. What flower is named after the Botanist Dr Leonard Fuchs?
23. What do Yew; Laburnum Seeds & Mistletoe berries have in common?
24. What is the popular name for the Antirrhinum?
25. What is the sacred flower of the Buddhist religion?
26. Which plant takes it's name from the Italian phrase for Beautiful women?
27. Trees that shed their leaves every year are called what?
28. Which liquid does a flower, to attract insects, produce?
29. How can you tell the age of a tree?
ANSWERS
1. Busy Lizzie
2. Transplant seedlings and small plants
3. Venus Flytrap
4. Tomato
5. Mushroom
6. Pistil
7. Orange
8. Staple winter food for Reindeer?s
9. Roses
10. Shamrock
11. Bark
12. California Redwood
13. Deciduous
14. Xylem
15. In the pollen grain
16. Rice
17. Wheat
18. Ovary
19. Seed
20. Topiary
21. Mountain Ash
22. Fuchsia
23. They are poisonous
24. Snapdragon
25 Lotus
26. Belladonna
27. Perennial (deciduous)
28. Nectar
29. Number of rings
1. Biology - what is the1 Tympanum better known as?
2. How many chambers are there in the Human Heart?
3. If two people are osculating, what are they doing?
4. If you are Masticating, what are you doing?
5. In Encephalitis, what part of the body is enlarged?
6. In the Human Body, where is the Uvula?
7. What does a Bicephalous person have?
8. What appear when the Sun activates your Melanocytes?
9. What are the four main Blood Groups?
10. What are the front cutting teeth called?
11. What is the most common non-contagious disease?
12. What are you if you are Hirsute?
13. Where in the body is Insulin produced?
14. What can't you stop moving if you have Athetosis?
15. What is the correct term for the Kneecap?
16. What are the two types of Blood Corpuscles in Humans?
17. What sense is most closely linked to memory?
18. What bodily function can reach over 200 mph?
19. What is removed in a Splenectomy?
20. What 4 taste can a human detect?
21. What does a polyorchid man have at least 3 of?
22. Where is the human skin the thickest?
23. What part of the body does lacrimal fluid lubricate?
24. Which finger's nail grows the quickest?
25. Which sex is twice as likely to catch Leprosy?
26. What part of the human body is most commonly bitten by insects?
27. What part of the body is affected by Cholecystitis?
28. What is it impossible to keep open when sneezing?
29. What is the hardest bone in the Human Body?
30. What is the outermost layer of skin called?
31. Which gland in the body is responsible for regulating metabolism and growth?
32. In the human body, how is the soft substance called "myeloid" tissue better known?
ANSWERS
1. Ear Drum
2. Four
3. Kissing
4. Chewing
5. Brain
6. Mouth or Throat
7. Two Brains
8. Freckles
9. A, B, AB and O
10. Incisors
11. Tooth Decay
12. Hairy
13. The Pancreas
14. Fingers and Toes
15. Patella
16. Red and White
17. Smell
18. Sneezing
19. Spleen
20. Sweet, Sour, Salt, Bitter
21. Testicles
22. The Back
23. The Eyes
24. Middle finger
25. The male
26. The foot
27. Gall Bladder
28. Eyes
29. Jaw Bone
30. Epidermis
31. The thyroid gland
32. Bone marrow
1. What is the name of an apparatus for representing the positions, motions, and phases of the planets, satellites, etc. in the solar system?
2. Which of the planets in the solar system has the hottest surface temperature?
3. What classification is the Sun as a star?
4. How many planets have rings of ice and dust around them?
5. Which Italian was the first to discover the physical details about the individual bodies of the Solar System, including craters on the moon and sunspots?
6. Which planet has moons named after Shakespearean characters?
7. What are the only two planets in the solar system which do not have moons?
8. To within ten, how many known moons are there revolving the other planets?
9. Pluto and which two other celestial bodies have now been classified as dwarf planets within our solar system?
10. Who wrote the science fiction novel Podkayne of Mars, about a teenager?s trip around the solar system?
ANSWERS
1. An orrery (named after Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery (1676?1731), for whom it was first made)
2. Venus ? due to greenhouse gases
3. Yellow dwarf star (G2[V]) ? ?V? = main sequence
4. 4 ? Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus (the 4 gas giants)
5. Galileo Galilei
6. Uranus
7. Mercury and Venus
8. 166
9. Ceres and Eris (Eris is larger than Pluto)
10. Robert A Heinlein
1. What Polish astronomer demonstrated in 1512 that the sun is the centre of the solar system?
2. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama?
3. What is the boiling point of water on the centigrade scale?
4. What sign is the Water carrier the zodiacal symbol for?
5. What craft did John Young and Bob Crippen take into orbit?
6. What is a rhinoceros horn made of?
7. What number is represented in Morse code by five dots?
8. How often are brain cells replaced?
9. What is the only clockwise rotating planet?
10. What drug can be found in tonic water?
11. Who in 1961 made the first space flight?
12. What unit of measurement equals 0.3937 of an inch?
13. What is the more usual name for Roentgen Rays?
14. What kind of fruit is a sturmer pippin?
15. How often does Haley?s comet appear?
16. Where in the body are the trapezius muscles?
17. Which gas is often called laughing gas?
18. Which major planets mean distance from the sun is 67 million miles?
19. How many people have walked on the moon?(9, 12, 15, 23)
20. Which is the nearest planet to the sun in our solar system?
ANSWERS
1. Nicholas Copernicus
2. The Andes
3. 100 degrees
4. Aquarius
5. The Space Shuttle Colombia
6. hair
7. 5
8. Never
9. Venus
10. Quinine
11. Yuri Gagarin
12. A centimetre
13. X Rays
14. An apple
15. 76 years
16. Neck or shoulders
17. Nitrous Oxide
18. Venus
19. 12
20. Mercury
1. What is the scapula?
2. What is the scientific name for the kneecap?
3. Which part of the brain regulates physiological stability in the body?
4. Which is the most acidic part of the digestive system?
5. What is protected by the cranium?
6. What tube connects the Kidney to the Bladder?
7. Where in the human body do you find the Alveoli?
8. A bone is joined to a muscle by what structure?
9. Where are the red blood cells made?
10. What is the correct name for a red blood cell?
ANSWERS
1. Shoulder Blade
2. Patella
3. Hypothalamus
4. Stomach
5. Brain
6. Ureter
7. Lung
8. Tendon
9. Bone Marrow
10. Erythrocyte
1. What is the gestation period of an elephant?
2. What did Samuel Morse invent?
3. Who invented the thermometer?
4. Who invented the lightening conductor & bifocal glasses?
5. Who took the first step on the moon?
6. What busy animals live in apiaries?
7. On a fish, what can be anal, pectoral or pelvic?
8. Approxoimate pi as a fraction
9. What is the common name for ascorbic acid?
10. What do vertebrates have that invertebrates do not?
11. ?Love Apple? is an old name for which fruit?
12. In the world of metals, what does the abbreviation EPNS stand for?
13. Spider, hermit, and masked are all varieties of which creature?
14. From what raw material is aluminium obtained?
15. What food flavouring is obtained from the crocus plant?
16. Which acid is also known as Aqua Fortis?
17. Which mathematical term means ?without end or limits??
18. What animal is known to Australians as the ?jumbuck??
19. What nationality was Galileo?
20. If you were a hippologist, what animals would be your speciality?
ANSWERS
1. 22 months
2. Morse code
3. Galileo
4. Benjamin Franklin
5. Neil Armstrong
6. Honey bees
7. Fins
8. 22/7
9. Vitamin C
10. A spine
11. Tomato
12. Electro-Plated Nickel Silver
13. Crabs
14. Bauxite
15. Saffron
16. Nitric Acid
17. Infinity
18. The Sheep
19. Italian
20. Horses
1. In maths, what is meant by three dots in a triangular formation?
2. An intrusion is the collective for which group of insects ?
3. What descriptive term is applied to force 11 on the Beaufort scale?
4. The piece of cartilage which divides the nose into two separate chambers is called what?
5. What is the study of birds called?
6. In 1922 what was first used to treat diabetes?
7. What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp washing powder?
8. Which farm animal?s fat was a main ingredient in explosives during WW2?
9. Charolais and Dexter?s are breeds of which animal?
10. How many degrees are there in the angles of a triangle?
Answers
1. Therefore or because
2. coakroaches
3. violent storm
4. Septum
5. Ornithology
6. Insulin
7. Blue
8. Pig
9. Cattle
10. 180
1. Where did Edwin Drake drill the first production oil well in 1819?
2. What valuable resource was discovered in South Africa?s Orange Free State in 1867?
3. Who was known as the father of the factory system because of his invention of a spinning machine?
4. What did Jethro Tull invent in the early 1700?s making better harvesting possible?
5. The world?s first Iron bridge was erected in which English county in 1779?
6. What name was given to the factory hands whose objective was to destroy the new factory machinery?
7. Who patented the first successful revolver in 1835?
8. Which poet wrote of the ?Dark Satanic Mills? of the industrial revolution?
9. The Suez canal was opened in 1869, which seas did it link?
10. Who was the world?s first oil Billionaire?
ANSWERS
1. Titusville, Pennsylvania
2. Diamonds
3. Richard Arkwright
4. Seed Drill
5. Shropshire
6. Luddites
7. Samuel Colt
8. William Blake
9. Red Sea and Mediterranean
10. John D Rockerfeller
1. What is the popular name for the flowering houseplant Impatiens Walleriana?
2. What would a gardener do with a dibber or dibble?
3. Charles Darwin described this carnivorous plant ? the most wonderful plant in the world?. What is the name of this plant?
4. The love apple is the original name for what?
5. The Death Cap is the most poisonous variety of what?
6. What is the name given to the female reproductive organ of a flower?
7. A Kumquat is a small Japanese variety of what sort of fruit?
8. Why is reindeer Moss so called?
9. Harry Wheatcroft was a renowned breeder of what?
10. What is the name of the 3 leafed clover associated with St Patrick?s day?
11. Which part of a tree can be used to make cork?
12. What is the largest and tallest tree in the world?
13. What general term is given to those trees whose leaves fall in autumn (fall)?
14. Which tissue beneath the bark of trees forms wood?
15. Where in the flowering plant does the male gamete form?
16. Which cereal must be grown in water?
17. Which grain is used to make semolina?
18. Which part of a flower becomes the fruit?
19. Which part of a flowering plant is often used to make oil?
20. What is the name given to the technique of clipping trees and hedges into ornamental shapes?
21. What is another name for the Rowan Tree?
22. What flower is named after the Botanist Dr Leonard Fuchs?
23. What do Yew; Laburnum Seeds & Mistletoe berries have in common?
24. What is the popular name for the Antirrhinum?
25. What is the sacred flower of the Buddhist religion?
26. Which plant takes it's name from the Italian phrase for Beautiful women?
27. Trees that shed their leaves every year are called what?
28. Which liquid does a flower, to attract insects, produce?
29. How can you tell the age of a tree?
ANSWERS
1. Busy Lizzie
2. Transplant seedlings and small plants
3. Venus Flytrap
4. Tomato
5. Mushroom
6. Pistil
7. Orange
8. Staple winter food for Reindeer?s
9. Roses
10. Shamrock
11. Bark
12. California Redwood
13. Deciduous
14. Xylem
15. In the pollen grain
16. Rice
17. Wheat
18. Ovary
19. Seed
20. Topiary
21. Mountain Ash
22. Fuchsia
23. They are poisonous
24. Snapdragon
25 Lotus
26. Belladonna
27. Perennial (deciduous)
28. Nectar
29. Number of rings
1. In what year was the first photo of The Moon taken?
a,1840
b,1850
c,1860
2. Which two planets in the Solar System do not have moons?
3. Which of the planets has the most moons/satellites?
4. Which of the planets has the hottest surface temperature?
5. What was the name of the comet that smashed into Jupiter in 1994?
6. Neptune is the windiest planet in the Solar System with wind speeds reaching?
a, 1500kmh
b, 2000kmh
c, 2500kmh
7. Uranus was discovered in 1781 by whom?
8. On which planet is the largest known volcano in the Solar System (presumably extinct), 600kms across 24kms high?
9. Which two planets spin in a clockwise direction?
10. Which planet has the shortest day, lasting just 9 hours 55 minutes Earth time (spins on it?s own axis one full rotation the quickest)?
ANSWERS
1. a, 1840
2. Mercury & Venus
3. Saturn, with 18(Jupiter is second and has 16)
4. Venus 465 centigrade (Mercury is second with 430 centigrade)
5. Shoemaker/Levy 9
6. b, 2000kmh
7. William Herschel
8. Mars ? Olympic Mon?s
9. Uranus & Venus
10. Jupiter
1. What was the name of Yuri Gagarin's space capsule?
2. Which planet has a year which is shorter than its day?
3. What is the only sign of the Zodiac named after two living things?
4. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
5. What is the name of the largest constellation?
6. Ganymede and Io are moons of which planet?
7. What is the only sign of the Zodiac that is not named after a living creature?
8. Which theory states that the Universe was created after an explosion?
9. What type of creatures were Laska and Beny who went into space in 1958?
10. Who was the first American in space?
11. Which planet is famed for its Canals?
12. What was the name of the US Space Shuttle which crashed during take-off in 1986?
13. Which is the largest asteroid in the solar system?
14. Which element makes up over 90% of the atoms in our galaxy?
15. What is the difference between meteors and meteorites?
16. With which planet do you associate the Cassini Division?
17. In 1986 which body within the solar system was explored by the European Giotto space probe?
18. Which planet, first discovered in 1930, takes 248 years to orbit the sun?
19. Triton and Nereid are satellites of which planet?
20. Which is the nearest star to the Earth, after the sun?
21. Who in 1965 became the first person to walk in Space?
22. According to the promotional trailers for the 1979 film Alien ? in space no one can hear you..? what?
23. The first space shuttle launch took place in April of which year?
24. Who had a top 10 hit with ?I?m the Urban Spaceman??
25. Who was the first woman in space?
26. What is the name of the spacecraft that landed on the moon in 1969?
27. Who directed the film 2001 ? a space odyssey?
28. According to the TV series Star Trek, what is space?
29. Which British born scientist in 1997 spent several months on the Russian spacecraft Mir?
30. Who was the first British female astronaut in space?
ANSWERS
1. Vostock 1
2. Venus
3. Gemini
4. Pluto
5. Hydra
6. Jupiter
7. Libra
8. The Big Bang Theory
9. Mice
10. John Glenn
11. Mars
12. Challenger
13. Ceres
14. Hydrogen
15. A meteorite is a meteor that has landed
16. Saturn (divisions in the rings)
17. Haley's Comet
18. Pluto
19. Neptune
20. Proxima Centuri
21. Alexy Leonov
22. Scream
23. 1981
24. Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band
25. Vantina Tereshkova
26. Apollo 11
27. Stanley Kubrick
28. The Final Frontier
29. Michael Foale
30. Helen Sharman
1. What part of the body is affected by glaucoma?
2. Which bone in the body is most often broken?
3. Anaemia is caused by a deficiency of what?
4. What is the common term for acetylsalicylic acid?
5. Which of the seven vertebrae is the lowest?
6. What was the worlds first effective antibiotic?
7. Skin, hair and nails all share which component?
8. What is the tendon at the top of the human heel?
9. The tibia is better known as what bone?
10. What part of the human body is an anagram of ?elation??
11. What is the Gluteus Maximus?
12. Do veins carry blood away from or to the heart?
13. How many senses do we have?
14. What is the longest bone in the body?
15. Which organ is affected by hepatitis?
16. How many teeth do we have (if we have them all)?
17. What substance makes up most of the human body?
18. Where would you find the pituitary gland?
19. Where would you find your olfactory organs?
20. If you had renal failure, what wouldn?t be working correctly?
ANSWERS
1. The eyes
2. The Collar Bone
3. Red Blood Cells
4. Aspirin
5. The Coccyx
6. Penicillin
7. Keratin
8. The Achilles tendon
9. The shin
10. Toenail
11. The largest muscle in your body, your buttocks
12. To the Heart
13. 5 (Touch, Smell, Sight, Hearing, Taste)
14. The Femur
15. The Liver
16. 32
17. Water
18. In the brain
19. On your face (nose)
20. Your Kidney?s
1. In maths, what is meant by three dots in a triangular formation?
2. An intrusion is the collective for which group of insects ?
3. What descriptive term is applied to force 11 on the Beaufort scale?
4. The piece of cartilage which divides the nose into two separate chambers is called what?
5. What is the study of birds called?
6. In 1922 what was first used to treat diabetes?
7. What colour would litmus paper turn if you rubbed it on damp washing powder?
8. Which farm animal?s fat was a main ingredient in explosives during WW2?
9. Charolais and Dexter?s are breeds of which animal?
10. How many degrees are there in the angles of a triangle?
Answers
1. Therefore or because
2. coakroaches
3. violent storm
4. Septum
5. Ornithology
6. Insulin
7. Blue
8. Pig
9. Cattle
10. 180
. Which German dog was bred for digging out Badgers?
2. What weight is another name for the Snow Leopard?
3. What animal did the lions share of farmwork during the Middle Ages?
4. What is thr favourite food of the Death Watch Beetle?
5. What name is given to chicken under 1 year of age?
6. What is the lifespan of a Mayfly?
7. How many wings has a Bee ?
8. From which country does the Wombat come?
9. From which part of a cow does silverside come?
10. Why does a Glow Fly Glow?
11. What colour is copper sulphate?
12. Where was the first British nuclear power station?
13. Which element is used to make the rod found inside an ordinary electric battery?
14. Which two elements are alloyed to make brass?
15. What instrument is used to detect radiation?
16. Where is a bird's patella?
17. Pulmonary refers to which part of the body?
18. If a person has myopia what problem does he or she have?
19. What is the chemical symbol of tin?
20. .What did Jacques Cousteau invent?
Answers
1. Dachshund
2. Ounce
3. The Ox
4. Wood
5. Pullet
6. 1 day
7. 4
8. Australia
9. Top of rear leg
10. To attract mates
11. Blue
12. Calder Hall
13. Carbon
14. Copper and tin
15. Geiger counter
16. Knee
17. Lungs
18. Short sighted
19. Sn
20. Aqualung
1. What type of creature is a Portuguese man-of-war?
2. How many atoms of oxygen are there in one molecule of water?
3. What is the more common name for Hansen's disease?
4. Which zodiac sign is also called the twins?
5. In which limb would you find the humerus, ulna and radius?
6. What is the only wild monkey now living in Europe?
7. Which gas is represented by the symbol o?
8. What name is given to a bird's entire covering of feathers?
9. Which metal has the chemical symbol Ag?
10. Who developed the theory of Relativity?
11. In a bucket of pure water, which would be the heaviest in total - the hydrogen atoms or the oxygen atoms?
12. Which form of carbon is most likely to be found in a lead pencil?
13. How many of the planets in the solar system are bigger than earth?
14. Which unit is defined, as the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree centigrade?
15. To where did the Royal Observatory move in 1990?
16. Who invented the ZX80 computer?
17. The sun's heat is derived from the fusion of hydrogen into which other element?
18. Which organ of the human body is affected by Bright's disease?
19. Which engineer constructed the Stockton and Darlington railway and provided its first locomotives?
20. Which scientist was charged with heresy in 1633 for his view that the earth orbits the sun?
ANSWERS
1. Jellyfish
2. 1
3. Leprosy
4. Gemini
5. Arm
6. Barbary ape
7. Oxygen
8. Plumage
9. Silver
10. Einstein
11. Oxygen
12. Graphite
13. 4
14. The Calorie
15. Cambridge
16. Sir Clive Sinclair
17. Helium
18. Kidneys
19. George Stephenson
20. Galileo
1. Which German dog was bred for digging out Badgers?
2. What weight is another name for the Snow Leopard?
3. What animal did the lions share of farmwork during the Middle Ages?
4. What is thr favourite food of the Death Watch Beetle?
5. What name is given to chicken under 1 year of age?
6. What is the lifespan of a Mayfly?
7. How many wings has a Bee ?
8. From which country does the Wombat come?
9. From which part of a cow does silverside come?
10. Why does a Glow Fly Glow?
11. What colour is copper sulphate?
12. Where was the first British nuclear power station?
13. Which element is used to make the rod found inside an ordinary electric battery?
14. Which two elements are alloyed to make brass?
15. What instrument is used to detect radiation?
16. Where is a bird's patella?
17. Pulmonary refers to which part of the body?
18. If a person has myopia what problem does he or she have?
19. What is the chemical symbol of tin?
20. .What did Jacques Cousteau invent?
Answers
1. Dachshund
2. Ounce
3. The Ox
4. Wood
5. Pullet
6. 1 day
7. 4
8. Australia
9. Top of rear leg
10. To attract mates
11. Blue
12. Calder Hall
13. Carbon
14. Copper and tin
15. Geiger counter
16. Knee
17. Lungs
18. Short sighted
19. Sn
20. Aqualung