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Geography
1. Which famous American train first ran from Ohio to Tennessee in 1880?
2. Which one of the bridges over the Thames in London is a bascule bridge?
3. In which country is the Gabba test cricket ground?
4. In which European capital city is Connolly railway station?
5. Which country does the Simplon tunnel connect to Switzerland?
6. Which country's capital is Kuala Lumpur?
7. In which modern country did the Etruscans live?
8. In which continent is the Republic of Benin
9. On which lake does the Swiss city of Lausanne stand?
10. What is the third most populated city in the UK, after London and
Birmingham?
Literature
11. Who is about to release an auto-biography co-written with Eamon Dunphy?
12. Which famous Cornish novellist died in 1989 at the age of 81?
13. According to the nursery rhyme, who had so many children she didn't know
what to do?
14. Which George Orwell novel was originally titled The Last Man In Europe
15. What is the name of the mansion in Brideshead Revisited?
16. Which Charles Dickens novel features Peggoty and Mr Micawber?
17. What was the title of the first sequel to the Secret Diary of Adrian
Mole?
18. Which moor is the setting for Lorna Doone?
19. Who appeared on Jackanory reading his own story, The Old Man of
Lochnagar?
20. Which literary character died in a fall over the Reichenbach Waterfall in
the story The Final Problem?
TV and Film
21. Which TV show's final episode was a two-hour special called Goodbye,
Farewell, and Amen?
22. Which airplane featured in the film Airport 80?
23. Which TV show featured a ship called The Liberator and a villain called
Servalan?
24. Before he got his own show, what cartoon was Dick Dastardly in?
25. Which film star was John Hinkley trying to impress by shooting Ronald
Reagan?
26. Who played the title role in the 1990 film Dick Tracy?
27. Which film star, born in 1925, has his own range of salad dressing?
28. Which actor died in 1956, and was buried in the cape he wore when playing
Dracula?
29. What was the surname of Stan in On The Busses?
30. Who played the title role in the 1953 film Shane
General Knowledge
31. Which of the US states is known as the Golden State?
32. Who owns the world's largest collection of Leonardo
Da Vinci drawings?
33. Which of the elements has the shortest name in
English?
34. What name, derived from the Gaelic for 'boy', is given
to a Scottish fishing and hunting guide?
35. Traditionally, on what are clowns faces painted to register the
design?
36. In which country did Charles Lindbergh finish his trans-Atlantic
flight?
37. Which is the only Australian state to have no letter 's' in its
name?
38. How many letters of the alphabet are used as Roman Numerals?
39. Against which county did Brian Lara make his first-class record of
501 runs?
40. In which century was the Vatican State finally given independence
from Italy?
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Keith Willoughby
Welcome to the police state - http://tinyurl.com/3cptb
Geography
1. Which famous American train first ran from Ohio to Tennessee in 1880?
2. Which one of the bridges over the Thames in London is a bascule bridge?
3. In which country is the Gabba test cricket ground?
4. In which European capital city is Connolly railway station?
5. Which country does the Simplon tunnel connect to Switzerland?
6. Which country's capital is Kuala Lumpur?
7. In which modern country did the Etruscans live?
8. In which continent is the Republic of Benin
9. On which lake does the Swiss city of Lausanne stand?
10. What is the third most populated city in the UK, after London and
Birmingham?
Literature
11. Who is about to release an auto-biography co-written with Eamon Dunphy?
12. Which famous Cornish novellist died in 1989 at the age of 81?
13. According to the nursery rhyme, who had so many children she didn't know
what to do?
14. Which George Orwell novel was originally titled The Last Man In Europe
15. What is the name of the mansion in Brideshead Revisited?
16. Which Charles Dickens novel features Peggoty and Mr Micawber?
17. What was the title of the first sequel to the Secret Diary of Adrian
Mole?
18. Which moor is the setting for Lorna Doone?
19. Who appeared on Jackanory reading his own story, The Old Man of
Lochnagar?
20. Which literary character died in a fall over the Reichenbach Waterfall in
the story The Final Problem?
TV and Film
21. Which TV show's final episode was a two-hour special called Goodbye,
Farewell, and Amen?
22. Which airplane featured in the film Airport 80?
23. Which TV show featured a ship called The Liberator and a villain called
Servalan?
24. Before he got his own show, what cartoon was Dick Dastardly in?
25. Which film star was John Hinkley trying to impress by shooting Ronald
Reagan?
26. Who played the title role in the 1990 film Dick Tracy?
27. Which film star, born in 1925, has his own range of salad dressing?
28. Which actor died in 1956, and was buried in the cape he wore when playing
Dracula?
29. What was the surname of Stan in On The Busses?
30. Who played the title role in the 1953 film Shane
General Knowledge
31. Which of the US states is known as the Golden State?
32. Who owns the world's largest collection of Leonardo
Da Vinci drawings?
33. Which of the elements has the shortest name in
English?
34. What name, derived from the Gaelic for 'boy', is given
to a Scottish fishing and hunting guide?
35. Traditionally, on what are clowns faces painted to register the
design?
36. In which country did Charles Lindbergh finish his trans-Atlantic
flight?
37. Which is the only Australian state to have no letter 's' in its
name?
38. How many letters of the alphabet are used as Roman Numerals?
39. Against which county did Brian Lara make his first-class record of
501 runs?
40. In which century was the Vatican State finally given independence
from Italy?
--
Keith Willoughby
Welcome to the police state - http://tinyurl.com/3cptb
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