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1. What 1980 film was advertised with the line ‘They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.’?

2. What was the sequel to the film ‘Saturday Night Fever’?

4. Which 1977 film was introduced by the words, ‘A long time ago in a galaxy far away…’ ?

5. Which name links a Batman villain played by Christopher Walken to a character played by Mike Myers?

6. Name the environmentally-aware characters created by Elisabeth Beresford?

7. Which book is Douglas Adams most famous for writing?

9. How old was Adrian Mole when he wrote his ‘Secret Diary’?

10. How many children made up Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’?

11. Who won the 2005 Martello Grand National?

12. What colour jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France?

13. What is the colour of the ball worth 6 points in Snooker?

14. Which city hosted the 2001 FA Cup Final?

15. In Tennis, which 4 events make up the ‘Grand Slam’?

16. In computing, how many bits are there in a byte?

17. True or False: arsenic takes its name from the Greek for ‘male’?

18. Which famous young pop star married Jason Alexander in Las Vegas in January 2004?

19. If you had one nickle, two dimes and a quarter, how many cents would you have in total?

20. Between which two cities did the train ‘the Flying Scotsman’ run?

21. A TENTH MAN

22. AH! BRAVELY WRANGLE

23. ALAN RIBS SUCK

24. MAYOR DOLBY

25. TIARA GRAM

26. I’ve paid my dues

27. Naughty Boys in Nasty Schools

28. The Sirens are screaming and the fires are howling

30. Poor Old Johnny Ray

31. What is the name given to a poker hand where all cards are of the same suit, but not in running order?

32. In Scrabble how many points is the word Scrabble, Monopoly & Cluedo worth ?

33. On a standard UK Monopoly board which property comes last alphabetically?

34. In Chess, which piece is involved in the move en passant ?

35. In Cluedo, what playing piece is represented by the red playing piece?

36. What name is given to a word that is spelt the same backwards?

37. What is the correct spelling of the plural of the word ‘dwarf’?

38. What letter of the alphabet is the most common to come at the start of words?

40. What does the first ‘A’ stand for in the acronym ‘NASA’?

41. From which part of the UK do the groups the Stereophonics and Catatonia originate?

45. The name of which famous singer is an anagram of ‘No I decline’?

46. With which hobby would you associate “twitchers”?

47. How many lines does a limerick have?

48. What does a dendrologist study - hair or trees?

49. In the Bible, how is the Decalogue also known?

50. In the Thunderbirds, what is the registration number of Lady Penelope’s Rolls - Royce?

Odd One Out: Which is the odd one out and why?

52. Saruman, Arwen, Elrond, Legolas?

53. Providence, Richmond, Carson City, Los Angeles?

54. Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Charles De Gaulle, Pablo Ruiz Picasso?

55. Mean Machine, Bulletproof Bomb, Compact Pussycat, Dragon Wagon?

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