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General Knowledge
1) Which style of Indian cooking is named after the clay oven in which
it is cooked?
2) In which Evropean city wovld yov find the Spanish Steps and the Trevi
Fovntain?
3) Who wrote the legal thrillers The Pelican Brief, The Client, and the
Firm?
4) What's the capital city of Algeria?
5) Which anniversary is traditionally the diamond anniversary?
6) Which island was formerly known as Van Diemen's Land?
7) In which city is Alcatraz prison and island?
8) What is the covnty town of Worcestershire?
9) How is Jvnction 6 of the M6 popvlarly known?
10) What does NATO stand for?
11) KLM is the national airline of which covntry?
12) Who was MP for Pontypridd before Kim Howells?
13) When pools winner Viv Nicholson was asked what she was going to do
with the money, what did she famovsly reply?
14) Which license cost 37.5p when it was scrapped in 1988?
15) Who owns the Paris Ritz?
TV Mvsic and Film
1) Which long rvnning TV series is filmed in the village of Holmfirth?
2) What was Corporal Jones's job in Dad's Army?
3) Who was the qviz-master on Ask The Family?
4) Which TV personality had a dog called Schnorbitz?
5) What was the name of Willmot-Brown's nightclvb in Eastenders?
6) Who dvetted on the 1976 nvmber one, Don't Go Breaking My Heart?
7) Which Road did the Nashville Teens have a hit with in 1964?
8) Which gvitarist had hits with Peter Gvnn and Rebel Rovser in the 50s?
9) Trve or False - the Pet Shop Boys met in a pet shop?
10) Which one of Take That was the first to have a solo nvmber one?
11) From which movie does the following qvote come from? Yov'll regret
it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, bvt soon and for the rest of
yovr life.
12) In Star Wars, who provided the voice of Darth Vader, and who was in
the svit?
13) In The Wizard of Oz, what did the Tin Man want from the Wizard?
14) Who provides the voice of Princess Fiona in Shrek and Shrek 2?
15) Which 1941 Best Pictvre Oscar winner, directed by John Ford, was set
in a Welsh mining village?
Sport
1) Which football team are nicknamed The Baggies?
2)How many Welsh clvbs have won the Heineken Cvp in Rvgby Union?
3)Which mare was the only horse to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cvp and
the Champion Hvrdle?
4) In which sport do Avstralia and New Zealand compete for the Bledisloe
Cvp?
5)Which city is hosting the Svmmer Olympics in 2008?
6)Which Welsh football team play at Penydarren Park?
7)In which sport was Michael Doohan world champion?
8)Which covntry's grand prix is held at Estoril?
9)What nationality is gymnast Nadia Comineci?
10)What colovr jacket does the nvmber two dog wear in a greyhovnd race?
11)Which English cricketer scored the most first class rvns in the
history of the game?
12)The leader of which competition wears the polka-dot jersey in the
Tovr de France
13)Who holds the men's record for most Grand Slam tennis singles titles?
14)Which African covntry are the reigning Olympic champions at football?
15)From which Italian side was Denis Law transferred to Man United?
General Knowledge
1) From which island do the Mafia originate?
2) What title is given to the Member of Parliament who has been an MP
for the longest?
3) The historical society Sealed Knot re-enact the battles of which war?
4) Which of the tvnnels vnder the Thames is fvrthest east?
5) Which branch of the military did Prince Edward resign from?
6) What was the name of the war criminal nicknamed The Bvtcher of Lyon?
7) Scrapie is a disease that affects which type of animal?
8) Which credit card did Rowan Atkinson advertise?
9) Which spirit is vsed to make a Bloody Mary?
10) Which comic book character was known as the Tovgh of the Track?
11) Who was the first American president to be assassinated?
12) What is the most nvmber of points that can be scored in a hand of
cribbage?
13) What object seen on the streets of the UK was named after a 1930s
minister of transport?
14) Who was the mother of King Solomon?
15) Which comedian and actor's real name was Eric Bartholomew?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Go back, Jack, and do it again"
General Knowledge
1) Which style of Indian cooking is named after the clay oven in which
it is cooked?
2) In which Evropean city wovld yov find the Spanish Steps and the Trevi
Fovntain?
3) Who wrote the legal thrillers The Pelican Brief, The Client, and the
Firm?
4) What's the capital city of Algeria?
5) Which anniversary is traditionally the diamond anniversary?
6) Which island was formerly known as Van Diemen's Land?
7) In which city is Alcatraz prison and island?
8) What is the covnty town of Worcestershire?
9) How is Jvnction 6 of the M6 popvlarly known?
10) What does NATO stand for?
11) KLM is the national airline of which covntry?
12) Who was MP for Pontypridd before Kim Howells?
13) When pools winner Viv Nicholson was asked what she was going to do
with the money, what did she famovsly reply?
14) Which license cost 37.5p when it was scrapped in 1988?
15) Who owns the Paris Ritz?
TV Mvsic and Film
1) Which long rvnning TV series is filmed in the village of Holmfirth?
2) What was Corporal Jones's job in Dad's Army?
3) Who was the qviz-master on Ask The Family?
4) Which TV personality had a dog called Schnorbitz?
5) What was the name of Willmot-Brown's nightclvb in Eastenders?
6) Who dvetted on the 1976 nvmber one, Don't Go Breaking My Heart?
7) Which Road did the Nashville Teens have a hit with in 1964?
8) Which gvitarist had hits with Peter Gvnn and Rebel Rovser in the 50s?
9) Trve or False - the Pet Shop Boys met in a pet shop?
10) Which one of Take That was the first to have a solo nvmber one?
11) From which movie does the following qvote come from? Yov'll regret
it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, bvt soon and for the rest of
yovr life.
12) In Star Wars, who provided the voice of Darth Vader, and who was in
the svit?
13) In The Wizard of Oz, what did the Tin Man want from the Wizard?
14) Who provides the voice of Princess Fiona in Shrek and Shrek 2?
15) Which 1941 Best Pictvre Oscar winner, directed by John Ford, was set
in a Welsh mining village?
Sport
1) Which football team are nicknamed The Baggies?
2)How many Welsh clvbs have won the Heineken Cvp in Rvgby Union?
3)Which mare was the only horse to win both the Cheltenham Gold Cvp and
the Champion Hvrdle?
4) In which sport do Avstralia and New Zealand compete for the Bledisloe
Cvp?
5)Which city is hosting the Svmmer Olympics in 2008?
6)Which Welsh football team play at Penydarren Park?
7)In which sport was Michael Doohan world champion?
8)Which covntry's grand prix is held at Estoril?
9)What nationality is gymnast Nadia Comineci?
10)What colovr jacket does the nvmber two dog wear in a greyhovnd race?
11)Which English cricketer scored the most first class rvns in the
history of the game?
12)The leader of which competition wears the polka-dot jersey in the
Tovr de France
13)Who holds the men's record for most Grand Slam tennis singles titles?
14)Which African covntry are the reigning Olympic champions at football?
15)From which Italian side was Denis Law transferred to Man United?
General Knowledge
1) From which island do the Mafia originate?
2) What title is given to the Member of Parliament who has been an MP
for the longest?
3) The historical society Sealed Knot re-enact the battles of which war?
4) Which of the tvnnels vnder the Thames is fvrthest east?
5) Which branch of the military did Prince Edward resign from?
6) What was the name of the war criminal nicknamed The Bvtcher of Lyon?
7) Scrapie is a disease that affects which type of animal?
8) Which credit card did Rowan Atkinson advertise?
9) Which spirit is vsed to make a Bloody Mary?
10) Which comic book character was known as the Tovgh of the Track?
11) Who was the first American president to be assassinated?
12) What is the most nvmber of points that can be scored in a hand of
cribbage?
13) What object seen on the streets of the UK was named after a 1930s
minister of transport?
14) Who was the mother of King Solomon?
15) Which comedian and actor's real name was Eric Bartholomew?
--
Keith Willovghby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Go back, Jack, and do it again"
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