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PART ONE

1. Whose birthday is celebrated throughout the world on January 25^th ?

2. Which musical instrument does the leader of an orchestra play?

3. To which flower family does Garlic belong?

4. What is the relationship between Prince Edward and Lord Linley?

5. What year did the Channel Tunnel open? (½ point, +/- year)

6. Name the Greenpeace Trawler that sank in 1985?

7. What colour is zero on a roulette wheel?

8. In clothing care symbols, what does a plain circle signify?

9. How is 555 displayed in Roman Numerals?

10. What is chromophobia?

11. Who was the first black male oscar winner?

12. Which military rank does James Bond hold?

13. Who were Mack Sennett’s most famous creations?

14. In which film did the character of Marion Crane famously died?

15. What country was the setting for the film “The Killing Fields”?

16. How many players are there in a basketball team?

17. From which city is the Juventus Soccer Club?

18. How many times have the Olympics been cancelled due to war? (+ 1 point for each year)?

19. How long is a full size snooker table in feet?

20. What sport is played with the heaviest ball?

21. What is the smallest US State?

22. What is the capital of Nepal?

23. Which river flows through Bagdad?

24. In which country is Transylvannia?

25. What is the capital of Morocco?

26. Who wrote Gone with the Wind?

27. In Greek Mythology, who was the goddess of Love & Beauty?

28. Who is the author of Diana: Her True Story?

29. What was the pen name of author Eric Arthur Blair?

30. What city was home to Romeo & Juliet?

PART TWO

31. Which chemical element has the shortest name?

32. What did Robert Oppenheimer develop?

33. What is the proper name for a lie detector?

34. What chemical element has the symbol Sn?

35. What gas causes the bends in divers?

36. When was the death penalty abolished in the UK? 1955, 1960 or 1965?

37. How many children did Queen Victoria have?

38. What city was capital of England until the 12^th 0r 13^th Century?

39. Who in Greek Mythology, was brother of Zeus & God of the Sea?

40. Henry VIII was the 1^st member of the Royal Family to divorce, who was the 2^nd?

41. In which year did Elvis Presley die?

42. Nickelodeon was the original name for what?

43. Born in 1947, who is David Robert Jones better known as?

44. Who composed the opera The Barber of Seville?

45. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin & Jim Morrison all died at the same age. What was it?

46. Which character 1^st said the word “Bloody” on TV & repeated it 78 times?

47. Who has accomplices called Choo Choo, Brain, Spook and Benny the Ball?

48. In what fictional town was Dad’s Army set?

49. Whose Biography is called “Neither Shaken Nor Stirred?”

50. What TV comedy series was set round Globelink News Company?

51. What date is V.E. day? What does V.E. stand for?

52. The ‘Bat’ is the registered trademark of what company?

53. What is the fruit of the Blackthawne?

54. Nicholas Breakspeare was the only British what?

55. In old occupations what did a ‘nob thatcher’ do?

56. What 2 creatures are on the Australian Coat of Arms? (1 point each)

57. What do the letters ABV stand for on a bottle?

58. How many men have walked on the moon?

59. The clothes Logo DKNY is short for what?

60. What is the title of the person who announces the results of elections?

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