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1. Which rap artist launched his own clothing label called Sean John in 1998?

2. Which female British athlete won silver in the 800 m at the 2003 World Championships in Paris?

3. What number is meant by a gross?

4. How many yards in a mile?

5. How many squares are there on a chess board?

6. What time keeping device has no moving parts?

7. Who invented the mercury thermometer?

8. What was the name of Thailand before it was changed in 1949?

9. Who wrote 'Gone With the Wind'?

10. By what name is Cherilyn Sarkasian LaPierre better known?

11. In which ocean are the Seychelles?

12. What does Mediterranean (as in the Sea) literally mean?

13. Which city was Japan's capital from AD 794 to 1868?

14. What was John Wayne's real name?

15. Who was the first president of the USA?

16. Name the 3 muskateers.

17. What planet did Superman come from?

18. In medical terms what does ECG?

19. Which British Runner was the 1st person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes in 1954?

20. What does a Pluviometer measure?

21. What facial feature is missing from the Mona Lisa?

22. What is the name of the rabbit in the Disney film 'Bambi'?

23. The world's 1st motorway opened in 1924, but in which country?

24. What connect Mufasa in The Lion King with Darth Vader in Star Wars?

25. What was Disney's 1st full length cartoon film released in 1937?#

26. Which Indonesian Island lies off the east coast of Java?

27. What was name of the Gypsy girl loved by Quasimodo?

28. Which pasta dish has a name that literally means 'little worms' in Italian?

29. Who invented the Hovercarft?

30. Who built the Tower of London?

31. Which famous Pop Star narrated 'Thomas The Tank Engine'?

32. In the Beatrix Potter stories, what is the hedgehog called?

33. In Friends, what is Ross' profession?

34. What was Rolf Harris's first hit?

35. Which male dancer shot to fame with Riverdance?

36. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature?

37. What is the world's longest running TV Soap Opera?

38. What sort of animal was Tarka?

39. In what year did Princess Diana die?

40. What did the acronym ANZAC stand for?

41. How many players are there in a Netball team?

42. Which city's American Football team is called the 'Bears'?

43. What is the name of the Policeman in 'Top Cat'?

44. Who provided the voices for many of the Warner Brothers Cartoon characters,

including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck?

45. To protect it from imitation, which Swiss chocolate bar was granted a patent in 1909?

46. What were the names of the two gangs in 'West Side Story'?

47. What was the capital of West Germany before it was reunited with East Germany?

48. Who created Star Trek?

49. What is the capital of Sweden?

50. What is the approximate distance of the Earth from the Sun?

51. What is Ikebana?

52. In Disney's Lion King what sort of animal is Pumbaa?

53. Who was the King of the Greek gods?

54 What is the collective noun for lots of crows?

55. From which flower is opium produced?

56. Rabbits live in a warren, Badgers in a Sett, what do squirrels live in?

57. What was the name of Kurt Cobain's group?

58. Who wrote the book 'Little Women'?

59. What is the city of Constantinople now called?

60. What does CD-ROM stand for?

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