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1. The layer beneath the Earth's crust is called the what? Answer - Mantle
2. What characters did Jim Henson create? Answer - Muppets
3. A group of six musicians is known as what? Answer - Sextet
4. By what name is singer Paul Hewson better known? Answer - Bono
5. What is the medical name for a blackhead? Answer - Comedo
6. How many Grams make a dekagram? Answer - 10
7. What was Elvis Presley's middle name? Answer - Aaron
8. Who directed the 1988 film 'Rain Man' starring Dustin Hoffman? Answer - Barry
Levinson
9. What do Fletchers make? Answer - Arrows
10. The song Mellow Yellow was sung by who? Answer - Donovan
11. What gas is CH4 Answer - Methane
12. Which animal symbolizes the zodiacal sign Taurus? Answer - Bull
13. What does a Conchologist collect? Answer - Shells
14. What was the character played by Paul Newman in 'The Hustler' Answer - Fast
Eddie
15. What year was the Treaty of Versailles signed? Answer - 1919
16. Who owned the Manor Farm in the book 'Animal Farm'? Answer - Mr Jones
17. Who wrote the opera Lakme? Answer - Delibes
18. What is the name of the priest who anoints Solomon as king in the Bibles Fir
st book of Kings? Answer - Zadock
19. How many sides does an hexagon have? Answer - 6
20. Which mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Muses? Answer - Parnassus
21. In the TV programme 'The Dukes of Hazzard' who played Daisy Duke? Answer - C
atherine Bach
22. What ship did John Jacob Astor die on? Answer - Titanic
23. In Astronomy Polaris is also known as what? Answer - Pole Star
24. AD is an abbreviation of which Latin phrase? Answer - Anno Domini
25. What period immediately precedes the Triassic Period? Answer - Jurassic
26. What is the title of Tammy Wynette's autobiography? Answer - Stand By Your M
an
27. Who Won the American Superbowl in 1977? Answer - Oakland Raiders
28. What type of food is Greek 'Pita'? Answer - Bread
29. Which is America's Gambling State? Answer - Nevada
30. What is the Morse Code for the letter 'O'? Answer - Dash Dash Dash
31. What Hebrew word is both a Greeting and a Farewell? Answer - Shalom
32. What is the International radio code for the letter 'Q' Answer - Quebec
33. What Year did Stalin Die? Answer - 1953
34. Who was the Roman God of fertility? Answer - Vertumnus
35. What type of animal is a Garganey? Answer - Duck
36. Which was Roger Moore's first James Bond Movie? Answer - Live and Let Die
37. What is the nearest star to the Earth? Answer - Sun
38. Rainfall is measured by what instrument? Answer - Pluviometer
39. Buddy Holly died in which year? Answer - 1959
40. Where can you find the 'Wailing Wall'? Answer - Jerusalem
41. What does a vintner produce? Answer - Wine
42. Who was Sherlock Holmes' housemaid? Answer - Mrs Hudson
43. Which chemical element has the symbol 'Se'? Answer - Selenium
44. Crocus Sativus is the Latin name for which spice? Answer - Saffron
45. What are you playing if you play for the Ryder Cup? Answer - Golf
46. What organ is affected by 'encephalitis'? Answer - Brain
47. Crazy Horse was who's right hand man? Answer - Sitting Bull
48. All roads lead to..Where? Answer - Rome
49. Who won the baseball world series in 2000? Answer - New York Yankees
50. Hydrophobia is a fear of what? Answer - Water
51. What is the actor Christopher Lee's middle name? Answer - Carandini
52. Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon? Answer - Neil Armstrong
53. What nationality was Marie Curie? Answer - Polish
54. What is the name of the fault that threatens San Fransisco? Answer - San And
reas
55. How many points are there on a Backgammon board? Answer - 24
56. What year was the first copy of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four' sold? Answer
- 1949
57. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic? Answer - Amelia Ear
hart
58. In the Movie '28 Days' Who was the character that Sandra Bullock Played? Ans
wer - Gwen Cummings
59. Which Florida National Park is Bisected by 'Alligator Alley'? Answer - Everg
lades
60. Which bird is the symbol of Peace? Answer - Dove
61. What is the only clockwise rotating planet? Answer - Venus
62. What number on the Beaufort scale is a moderate breeze? Answer - 4
63. A young Beaver is called a what? Answer - Kitten
64. Which is the worlds largest hot desert? Answer - Sahara
65. Harry Houdini was born in which Country? Answer - Hungary
66. In which year did Catherine Zeta Jones give birth to Dylan? Answer - 2000
67. If you were born on May 25th what zodiacal sign are you? Answer - Gemini
68. What is PVC the abbreviation for? Answer - polyvinylchloride
69. What does the musical term 'Largo' mean? Answer - Slowly
70. What is the highest score you can get with three darts? Answer - 180
71. Who created James Bond? Answer - Ian Fleming
72. Elmer J. Fudd is the arch enemy of which cartoon character? Answer - Bugs Bu
nny
73. What part of the body would you find the Thyroid Gland? Answer - Neck
74. Who directed 'Spartacus'? Answer - Stanley Kubrick
75. What book starts with the words..If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane all yo
u have to do is ask a policeman at the crossroads. Answer - Mary Poppins
76. A Mamba is what type of creature? Answer - Snake
77. What is a Female Swan called? Answer - Pen
78. Who was the first Prime Minister of India? Answer - Jawaharlal Nehru
79. In the TV series Hogan's Heroes, who Played Colonel Robert Hogan? Answer - B
ob Crane
80. What was the name of Thor Heyerdahl's third raft? Answer - Tigris
81. Who produces the perfume Ysatis? Answer - Givenchy
82. What do you call the cry of a Falcon? Answer - Chant
83. What year was Streptomycin discovered? Answer - 1943
84. What is the main ingredient of Glass? Answer - Sand
85. Who followed Neil Armstrong on the moon? Answer - Buzz Aldrin
86. What is the name of the mythological winged horse of Greece. Answer - Pegasu
s
87. Which is the longest bone in the human body? Answer - Femur
88. What was Lady Chatterley's first name? Answer - Constance
89. Which Russian flew in Vostok 1 Answer - Yuri Gagarin
90. How many colours are there in the spectrum? Answer - 7
91. What does a gynephobic man fear? Answer - Women
92. What ology is the study of wine? Answer - oenology
93. Who directed the movie The Truman Show? Answer - Peter Weir
94. What Year was the Chinese year of the Rabbit? Answer - 1999
95. Adrastea is a satellite of which planet? Answer - Jupiter
96. What element has the chemical symbol Pb? Answer - Lead
97. What is Tio Pepe? Answer - Sherry
98. What Roman God is January named after? Answer - Janus
99. How many wings does a Bee have? Answer - 4
100. What character did Mel Gibson play in the 1987 Movie 'Lethal Weapon'? Answe
r - Martin Riggs
101. What year was chloroform discovered? Answer - 1901
102. Who was the Pharisee who secretly came to speak to Jesus at night? Answer -
Nicodemus
103. Which reggae star was shot dead in 1987? Answer - Peter Tosh
104. What book starts with the words, "All happy families are alike, but an unha
ppy family is unhappy after its own fashion"? Answer - Anna Karenina
105. What is the name of Orion's dog? Answer - Arctophonos
106. What Spanish dance is said to have been invented in Cadiz around 1780? Answ
er - Bolero
107. Which film had the theme 'Take My Breath Away'? Answer - Top Gun
108. What fruit was called the 'Ida' in about 45AD? Answer - Raspberry
109. Who was the mythological ferryman who transported the dead across the river
Styx to Hades? Answer - Charon
110. It has 332 Pimples and is hit surprisingly hard? Answer - Golf Ball
111. What is the official animal of Canada? Answer - Beaver
112. What is the Japanese national sport? Answer - Sumo Wrestling
113. What is the minimum number of bars on an Abacus? Answer - 9
114. How many balls are in the game of snooker? Answer - 22
115. How many deeds did Hercules perform to free himself? Answer - 12
116. Where would you find the 'Arch of Hadrian'? Answer - Athens
117. Bird and Bat droppings are called what? Answer - Guano
118. Where did the Rumba Originate? Answer - Cuba
119. Which is the hardest bone in the human body? Answer - Jawbone
120. What city did the wooden horse help to conquer? Answer - Troy
121. How many sides does an heptagon have? Answer - 7
122. What is the square of 12? Answer - 144
123. Which bird lays the largest eggs Answer - Ostrich
124. What does a notaphile collect? Answer - Bank Notes
125. Who was the first president of the United States? Answer - George Washingto
n
126. What are the two ends of a magnet called? Answer - Poles
127. What Roman Emporer gave Constantinople its name? Answer - Constantine
128. What U.S. state has no borders. Answer - Hawaii
129. What is 400 in Roman Numerals? Answer - CD
130. Who created Peter Rabbit? Answer - Beatrix Potter
131. What year did the U.K. join the E.E.C.? Answer - 1973
132. What is the first letter in the Russian Alphabet? Answer - A
133. How many years did Sleeping Beauty sleep? Answer - 100
134. What country did roulette originate? Answer - France
135. What are map makers called? Answer - Cartographers
136. What disease do the French call 'La Rage'? Answer - Rabies
137. What film did Liza Minelli play Sally Bowles? Answer - Cabaret
138. What city is weiner schnitzel named after? Answer - Vienna
139. How many stars make up Orion's Belt? Answer - 3
140. Who was Miss Piggy in love with? Answer - Kermit
141. What is the most abundant element in the Sun? Answer - Hydrogen
142. What gas did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774? Answer - Oxygen
143. What was the name of Jacques Cousteau's research ship? Answer - Calypso
144. Who wrote the Bourne Identity? Answer - Robert Ludlum
145. Where are the Pampas? Answer - Argentina
146. What was William Tell's nationality? Answer - Swiss
147. What is the main boulevard of Paris? Answer - Champs Elysees
148. Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue? Answer - George Gershwin
149. Who was known as the mad monk? Answer - Rasputin
150. Who moves first in a game of chess, Black or White? Answer - White
151. How many sides does a snowflake have? Answer - 6
152. What civilization invented the arch? Answer - Roman
153. In Eskimo language what kind of animal is a nanook? Answer - Polar Bear
154. What was Henry Fonda's Last Film? Answer - On Golden Pond
155. What Island is the boot of Italy kicking? Answer - Sicily
156. What year follows 789BC? Answer - 788
157. What is ganja in Jamaica? Answer - Marijuana
158. How many funnels did the Titanic have? Answer - 4
159. How many spaces are there on a Scrabble board? Answer - 225
160. Which country star was a DJ on Texan KGRI in the early 1950's? Answer - Jim
Reeves
161. What is the latin name for the coconut? Answer - Cocos Nucifera
162. 1992 was the Chinese year of what? Answer - Monkey
163. The painting entitled 'Three Dancers' in the Tate gallery was painted by wh
o? Answer - Picasso
164. Soiless agriculture is called what? Answer - Hydroponics
165. In the movie 'What Women Want' what character did Mel Gibson play? Answer -
Nick Marshall
166. FISA is the ruling body for which sporting event? Answer - Rowing
167. Which vitamin is a prevention of Beri Beri? Answer - B
168. Name the robber and murderer who was freed instead of Jesus? Answer - Barab
bas
169. Which country won the eurovision song contest in 1977? Answer - France
170. Name the Egyptian god with the head of a Jackal who guides souls to the wor
ld beyond? Answer - Anubis
171. The armour that covers the head and face in Kendo. Answer - Men
172. How many tentacles does a squid have? Answer - 10
173. What was the first book to be set in print? Answer - Gutenberg Bible
174. What year was the Suez Canal first closed? Answer - 1967
175. Who wrote 'An Enemy of the People'? Answer - Henrik Ibsen
176. What is triskaidekaphobia a fear of? Answer - Number Thirteen
177. Which century was the Taj Mahal constructed? Answer - seventeenth
178. Who was the commander of the first shuttle flight? Answer - John Young
179. What is the opposite of Hibernation? Answer - Aestivation
180. What do you call someone who breeds silk worms? Answer - Sericulturist
181. Who was the boy star of 'Home Alone'? Answer - Macaulay Culkin
182. How many pawns are there in a game of chess? Answer - 16
183. What year did the Titanic sink? Answer - 1912
184. What language did those in ancient Rome speak? Answer - Latin
185. What instrument is used to examine the ear? Answer - Otoscope
186. The film 'Brief Encounter' was adapted from which Noel Coward Play? Answer
- Still Life
187. What is the name of Michael Jacksons chimpanzee? Answer - Bubbles
188. Who was the first woman to walk in space? Answer - Svetlana Savitskaya
189. What single letter is used as the chemical symbol of Tungsten? Answer - W
190. What is the capital of Japan? Answer - Tokyo
191. What colour are wild Budgerigars? Answer - Green
192. The musical instruction adagissimo means what? Answer - Very Slow
193. The largest portion of Yellowstone National Park is in which American State
? Answer - Wyoming
194. Which country won the Football World Cup in 1962 Answer - Brazil
195. Who was known as the father of medicine? Answer - Hippocrates
196. In Walt Disneys film Peter Pan, Which hand of Hook's was a hook? Answer - L
eft
197. Who was the 24th American President? Answer - Grover Cleveland
198. In Morse Code, How is the letter H defined? Answer - Dot Dot Dot Dot
199. What is Austria's National flower? Answer - Edelweiss
200. What day did Solomon Grundy get married? Answer - Wednesday
201. Which State of the United States has the longest coastline? Answer - Alaska
202. Which color moves first in a game of chess? Answer - White
203. Who was known as the 'mad monk'? Answer - Rasputin
204. Who crossed the Niagra Falls in 1855 on a tightrope? Answer - Charles Blond
in
205. Norma Jean Baker was famously known as who? Answer - Marilyn Monroe
206. Which god of love was the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares. Answer - Eros
207. Which actor played the part of Ed in the TV series Lou Grant? Answer - Edwa
rd Asner
208. Which of Charles Dickens books was the only one with a female narrator? Ans
wer - Bleak House
209. Which is the worlds largest continent? Answer - Asia
210. What year did Barbra Streisand star in the film 'Funny Girl'? Answer - 1968
211. How many voyages did Sinbad make? Answer - 7
212. What is the Chinese art of paper folding called? Answer - Origami
213. Which American singer had a wooden heart? Answer - Elvis Presley
214. How many cars lined up to win the 'Wacky Races'? Answer - 11
215. Who was the 16th president of the United States? Answer - Abraham Lincoln
216. What gas did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774? Answer - Oxygen
217. Who wrote the Count of Monte Cristo? Answer - Alexandre Dumas
218. What fluid surrounds an unborn baby? Answer - Amniotic
219. What nationality was the first woman to climb Everest? Answer - Japanese
220. Who is M's Secretary? Answer - Miss Moneypenny
221. What animal represents the zodiacal sign Capricorn? Answer - Goat
222. Which part of your body would you find Rods and Cones? Answer - Eyes
223. Which Carbon is used to date ancient objects? Answer - 14
224. Who won the 1986 World Cup? Answer - Argentina
225. What year was Streptomycin discovered? Answer - 1943
226. What do you call somebody who sells cloth and cloth goods? Answer - Draper
227. Who was the character Tom Cruise played in Movie Top Gun? Answer - Maverick
228. Io is the satellite of which planet of our Solar System? Answer - Jupiter
229. If you were born on the 6th of June, which sign of the zodiac are you? Answ
er - Gemini
230. What is the only Human bone that does not connect to any other? Answer - Hy
oid
231. Which Golfer originated the Masters Tournament? Answer - Bobby Jones
232. Which City do Brummies come from? Answer - Birmingham
233. What was the name of Charles Darwin's survey ship? Answer - Beagle
234. Which City would you find the 'Arch of Hadrian'? Answer - Athens
235. Who was the famous Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie? Answer - H
ercule Poirot
236. How many Bits in a Byte Answer - 8
237. What metal must be present in an Amalgam? Answer - Mercury
238. Who was the painter famous for his Water Lilies? Answer - Monet
239. Which character made 'The Ring' in J.R.R.Tolkein's books? Answer - Sauron
240. Which actor played the lead role in the movie 'Little Big Man'? Answer - Du
stin Hoffman
241. How many compartments does a cows stomach have? Answer - 4
242. How many tiles are there in a game of Scrabble? Answer - 100
243. How is the number 99 written in Roman Numerals? Answer - XCIX
244. The musical instruction Lento means what? Answer - Slow
245. Which Shakespearean play starts with the question "When shall we three meet
again?"? Answer - Macbeth
246. What does the 'T' stand for in James T Kirk played by William Shatner? Answ
er - Tiberius
247. How many characters are there in the Braille alphabet? Answer - 63
248. Dendrophobia is a fear of what? Answer - Trees
249. Who 's catchphrase was " I'm smarter than the average bear"? Answer - Yogi
Bear
250. What is Morse Code for the letter X? Answer - Dash Dot Dot Dash
251. How many peddles does a Grand Piano have? Answer - 3
252. What color is Diamond dust? Answer - Black
253. What is the Roman Numeral for Fifty? Answer - L
254. Who wrote the book Ben Hur? Answer - Lew Wallace
255. What date was the newspaper Le Figaro founded? Answer - 1828
256. What is the chemical symbol of Mercury? Answer - Hg
257. Which Italian artist painted 'Birth of Venus'? Answer - Botticelli
258. What was the name of Steve Mcqueen's last film? Answer - The Hunter
259. What would your birthstone be if you were born in November? Answer - Topaz
260. What material did the Ancient Egyptians use as paper? Answer - Papyrus
261. How many claws does a domesticated cat have? Answer - 18
262. What nuts are used in marzipan? Answer - Almonds
263. What sculptor created 'The Kiss'? Answer - Rodin
264. What turns blue litmus paper red? Answer - Acid
265. What did D.H. Lawrence die of? Answer - Tuberculosis
266. In which country would you find Lake Como? Answer - Italy
267. Who Illustrates the Harry Potter books? Answer - Mary Grandpre
268. What drink does James Bond request shaken not stirred? Answer - Martini
269. What 'K' is Rhinoceros horn made of? Answer - Keratin
270. What is Australia's national airline? Answer - Qantas
271. In the movie Rosemary's Baby who played Rosemary? Answer - Mia Farrow
272. What are Seraphim and Cherubim? Answer - Angels
273. From which insect do you get Royal Jelly from? Answer - Bee
274. In a Limerick How many lines would you find? Answer - 5
275. The highest mountain in Africa is? Answer - Kilimanjaro
276. Who wrote the book Wuthering Heights? Answer - Emily Bronte
277. Which State of the United States is DisneyWorld in? Answer - Florida
278. Which planet in our Solar Sytem is nearest to the Sun? Answer - Mercury
279. What was John Wayne's name at birth? Answer - Marion Morrison
280. What type of animal was called 'Thumper' in the movie Bambi? Answer - Rabbi
t
281. What was the name of the ancient Egyptian Sun god? Answer - Ra
282. Which Italian city was called Patavium by the Romans? Answer - Padua
283. What is the Latin name for the perennial herb 'Tansy'? Answer - Tanacetum v
ulgare
284. What is the common name of Coryphaena hipparus? Answer - Dolphin
285. Who played the lead role in the movie 'The Bourne Identity'? Answer - Matt
Damon
286. What gaseous chemical element has the symbol Xe? Answer - Xenon
287. How many bones are there in the human skull? Answer - 22
288. Which Country has the largest army? Answer - China
289. Which is the highest mountain on Crete? Answer - Ida
290. What is the name of the throwing stick that Aborigine's use? Answer - Boome
rang
291. What is the name of the partition between the nostrils? Answer - Septum
292. What is the name of the ancient mexican god of civilization? Answer - Quetz
acoatl
293. Which year was Martin Scorsese born? Answer - 1942
294. In Greek mythology, what creature had a head of snakes? Answer - Gorgon
295. What fruit is a cross between a Raspberry and a Blackberry? Answer - Loganb
erry
296. 'The colour of my love' was a song and album by which artist? Answer - Celi
ne Dion
297. What is the name of the world's largest desert? Answer - Antarctica
298. The song 'They call the wind Maria' was from which movie? Answer - Paint yo
ur Wagon
299. Who invented the American Revolver? Answer - Samuel Colt
300. Brontophobia is a fear of what? Answer - Thunder
301. Vitiligo is a disease of what? Answer - Skin
302. What period follows the Cretaceous period? Answer - Jurassic
303. Which legendary singer sang 'Blueberry Hill'? Answer - Fats Domino
304. In the proverb 'All roads lead to.. Where? Answer - Rome
305. Who is the british presenter of the Weakest Link? Answer - Anne Robinson
306. What year was George Washington born? Answer - 1732
307. Who wrote the book 'Bambi'? Answer - Felix Salten
308. Who wrote the opera 'Otello'? Answer - Verdi
309. Who was Phileas Fogg's Valet? Answer - Passepartout
310. In the Bible who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream? Answer - Daniel
311. Which is the largest muscle in the Human Body? Answer - Gluteus Maximus
312. What is the common name for Citrus Grandis? Answer - Grapefruit
313. What is the capital of Ghana? Answer - Accra
314. Merlin was the magician for which legendary King? Answer - Arthur
315. What was the name of Pinoccio's pet cat? Answer - Cleo
316. Which town in England was Boris Karloff born? Answer - Dulwich
317. Which Roman Emporer Succeeded Claudius? Answer - Nero
318. Who was the first Cosmonaut to walk in space? Answer - Alexei Leonov
319. What is the Cockney Rhyming slang for the word 'Stairs'? Answer - Apples an
d Pears
320. What was the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson's Real name? Answer - Walker Smith
321. How many sheets of paper are there in a ream? Answer - 500
322. Rioja Wines are a produce of what Country? Answer - Spain
323. Hiawatha lived on the shores of what river? Answer - Gitchee Gumee
324. Which cartoon character has a dog named Pluto? Answer - Mickey Mouse
325. In the bible how old was Methuselah when he died? Answer - 969
326. Who played the character Rhett Butler in the 1940 movie 'Gone with the Wind
'? Answer - Clark Gable
327. Who killed Macbeth in Shakespeares play? Answer - Macduff
328. What is the Italian word for 'Green'? Answer - Verdi
329. What was the name of the butler in the TV series 'The Adams Family? Answer
- Lurch
330. A cube has how many sides? Answer - 6
331. In the bible, who baptised Christ? Answer - John the Baptist
332. What is the name of the frog in the 'Muppet Show'? Answer - Kermit
333. How many degrees Fahrenheit equals zero degrees Centigrade? Answer - 32
334. Which plant has the Latin name of Ocimum basilicum? Answer - Basil
335. Which movie featured the song 'Wanderin' Star'? Answer - Paint Your Wagon
336. Which perfume house produces 'Poison'? Answer - Christian Dior
337. Who is quoted as saying "I can resist everything except temptation"? Answer
- Oscar Wilde
338. What did Little Miss Muffet sit on? Answer - Tuffet
339. In the Bible how many years in total did Jacob work to win Rachel? Answer -
14
340. What is the name of the playing area in a game of baseball? Answer - Diamon
d
341. Which planet has two satellites named Phobos and Deimos? Answer - Mars
342. The movie Muriel's Wedding featured hits from which group? Answer - Abba
343. In what year was Anwar Sadat Assassinated? Answer - 1981
344. "Who said "One small step for man"? Answer - Neil Armstrong
345. W.H. Auden was a famous poet what does W.H. stand for? Answer - Wystan Hugh
346. Which brothers invented the Balloon? Answer - Montgolfier
347. Lucille Ball married which musician and actor? Answer - Desi Arnaz
348. Who wrote the book ' The Eagle Has Landed'? Answer - Jack Higgins
349. Who composed the Opera Tosca? Answer - Puccini
350. What is the Gestation period for a horse in days? Answer - 350
351. In what year was OXFAM founded? Answer - 1942
352. What is the first book of the Bible? Answer - Genesis
353. What planet was the birthplace of Superman? Answer - Krypton
354. How many Reindeer are used to pull Santas Sleigh? Answer - 8
355. Tinkerbell was a fairy in which childrens story? Answer - Peter Pan
356. What zodaical sign comes fourth? Answer - Cancer
357. A Capillary connects an artery with a what? Answer - Vein
358. What is the third letter in the Greek alphabet? Answer - Gamma
359. What book starts with the words 'Night is generally my time for waking'? An
swer - The Old Curiosity Shop
360. In computer jargon a nibble is equal to how many bits? Answer - 4
361. Which actor played James Bond in the movie Octopussy? Answer - Roger Moore
362. What was the name of Tintins dog? Answer - Snowy
363. What is the name of the light sensitive part of the eye? Answer - Retina
364. What birthstone covers the month of January? Answer - Garnet
365. What is the name of Japanese pilots who performed suicide mission from the
air in WW2? Answer - Kamikaze
366. Alopecia is the loss of what? Answer - Hair
367. Sulphur was once known as what kind of stone? Answer - Brimstone
368. What was the full name of baseball player Babe Ruth? Answer - George Herman
Ruth
369. What is the Latin name for the common weed Dandelion? Answer - Taraxacum Of
ficinale
370. In what year was the Great Fire of London? Answer - 1666
371. What is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet? Answer - Epsilon
372. Who directed the 1987 movie 'Empire of the Sun'? Answer - Steven Spielberg
373. What was the name of Dick Dastardly's dog? Answer - Muttley
374. What acid forms in muscles during excercise? Answer - Lactic
375. What does the word Karate mean? Answer - Empty Hand
376. What is the maximum break possible in Snooker? Answer - 147
377. What is 'Marge Simpsons' Maiden Name? Answer - Bouvier
378. Clark Kent reports for which newspaper? Answer - Daily Planet
379. What is 90 in Roman Numerals? Answer - XC
380. In which sport would you use a 'foil'? Answer - Fencing
381. What Color is Chlorophyll? Answer - Green
382. How many players are there in a Polo team? Answer - 4
383. Beethoven initially dedicated his 'Eroica Symphony' to which historical fig
ure? Answer - Napoleon Bonaparte
384. In what year was the first test tube baby born? Answer - 1978
385. What year saw the downfall of the Berlin Wall? Answer - 1989
386. How many points do you get for a conversion in Rugby Union? Answer - 2
387. Which fever is caused by the bacterium 'Salmonella Typhi'? Answer - Typhoid
388. Who changed his name to Yusef Islam? Answer - Cat Stevens
389. How many hours are there in a week? Answer - 168
390. Who wrote the book 'War and Peace'? Answer - Leo Tolstoy
391. In the Bible who murdered Abel? Answer - Cain
392. Who directed the 1992 movie 'Hook'? Answer - Steven Spielberg
393. In golf how many strokes under par is an eagle? Answer - 2
394. Which breed of Goat do we get mohair from? Answer - Angora
395. Which is the only even Prime Number? Answer - 2
396. What is the Cube Root of 27? Answer - 3
397. Mars was the Roman god of what? Answer - War
398. How many legs does a lobster have? Answer - 8
399. What instrument would you use to measure Humidity? Answer - Hygrometer
400. In which year was CND launched? Answer - 1958
401. Who assassinated the US president Abraham Lincoln? Answer - John Wilkes Boo
th
402. How is the number 32 represented in Binary? Answer - 00100000
403. Who directed the movie 'Star Wars'? Answer - George Lucas
404. How many properties are there on a Monopoly board? Answer - 28
405. What is the name of the last book of the Bible? Answer - Revelation
406. How many metres are there in a furlong? Answer - 201
407. What is the study of poisons called? Answer - Toxicology
408. Which was the first Antibiotic? Answer - Penicillin
409. What is the name given to a solid figure having eight plane faces? Answer -
Octahedron
410. What sign of the zodiac are you if you were born on the 1st September? Answ
er - Virgo
411. The word feline is associated with which animal? Answer - Cat
412. Who wrote the book Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? Answer - Ian Fleming
413. The Monza Grand Prix is held in which country? Answer - Italy
414. Which state in the US would you find the Yosemite National Park? Answer - C
alifornia
415. Who composed the Opera La Boheme? Answer - Puccini
416. What is the capital of Sweden? Answer - Stockholm
417. What type of fruit tree is a Bullace? Answer - Plum
418. In what year was David Bowie born? Answer - 1947
419. What is the cube of 4? Answer - 64
420. Which animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund? Answer - Panda
421. Who wrote the book Frankenstein? Answer - Mary Shelley
422. Who invented the Hovercraft? Answer - Christopher Cockerell
423. Who was the Norse goddess of love? Answer - Freya
424. How many times did Bjorn Borg win Wimbledon? Answer - 5
425. What was the name of the character played by Julia Roberts in the movie Pre
tty Woman? Answer - Vivian Ward
426. What type of animal was Kaa in the Jungle Book? Answer - Python
427. In which month do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving? Answer - November
428. What is the name of the Forbidden City of Tibet? Answer - Lhasa
429. In Star Trek, what is 'Scotty's' First name? Answer - Montgomery
430. Who wrote the Opera ' The marriage of Figaro'? Answer - Mozart
431. Which American gangster was known as Scarface? Answer - Al Capone
432. Who played the title role in the movie 'Crocodile Dundee'? Answer - Paul Ho
gan
433. What color is the Bulls Eye on an Archery Board? Answer - Gold
434. In What year did Charlie Chaplin die? Answer - 1977
435. Which City 'Wasn't born in a day'? Answer - Rome
436. How many stripes are there on the American Flag? Answer - 13
437. In the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean' who plays the part of Jack Sparrow?
Answer - Johnny Depp
438. What is the every day name for the Larynx? Answer - Voice Box
439. In the Bible who was the husband of the woman turned into a pillar of salt?
Answer - Lot
440. What sport was Jonah Lomu famous for? Answer - Rugby Union
441. How many sides has a Dodecagon got? Answer - 12
442. In which year did man last walk on the moon? Answer - 1973
443. Who wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel? Answer - Baroness Orczy
444. How many bytes are there in a kilobyte? Answer - 1024
445. Which planet has a Great Red Spot? Answer - Jupiter
446. What is a male seal called? Answer - Bull
447. Where would you find the Sea of Tranquility? Answer - Moon
448. In which year did Elvis Presley die? Answer - 1977
449. Who wrote the Moonlight Sonata? Answer - Beethoven
450. Which alcoholic drink is flavoured with Juniper? Answer - Gin
451. What chemical element has the symbol Na? Answer - Sodium
452. In which country would you find Orly airport? Answer - France
453. Who was the 'Maid of Orleans'? Answer - Joan of Arc
454. How many points are awarded for a try in Rugby Union? Answer - 5
455. Who starred with Will Smith in the movie 'Men In Black'? Answer - Tommy Lee
Jones
456. How many players are there in a baseball team? Answer - 9
457. What is the capital of Switzerland? Answer - Berne
458. Who did James Bond marry? Answer - Teresa Draco
459. Who did Quasimodo love? Answer - Esmeralda
460. Which is the next prime number after 73? Answer - 79
461. Which element has the symbol K? Answer - Potassium
462. What is Japans National Religion? Answer - Shinto
463. Who is the Greek god of the sea? Answer - Poseidon
464. How many Centimetres are there in a Kilometre? Answer - 100000
465. What was the name of Jasons ship? Answer - Argo
466. Which blood group is the most common worldwide? Answer - O
467. What nationality is Celine Dion? Answer - Canadian
468. How many land miles are there in a league? Answer - 3
469. What nationality were the Michelin brothers who founded a tyre company in 1
888? Answer - French
470. Who is the current President of Russia? Answer - Vladimir Putin
471. Who was 'Goldfinger's' bodyguard in the movie of the same name? Answer - Od
djob
472. What is the art of trimming bushes into shapes called? Answer - Topiary
473. Who wrote 'Paradise Lost'? Answer - John Milton
474. Which is the highest mountain in Australia? Answer - Kosciusko
475. What is the longest river in France? Answer - Loire
476. What is the chemical symbol of Potassium? Answer - K
477. What is Chandlers surname in the tv sitcom 'Friends'? Answer - Bing
478. What was Cary Grant's real name? Answer - Archibald Leach
479. In the tv series 'Hart to Hart' which actor played the part of Jonathan Har
t? Answer - Robert Wagner
480. Who was the 30th President of the United States of America? Answer - Calvin
Coolidge
481. Who wrote the book The Wind in the Willows? Answer - Kenneth Grahame
482. What is the scientific name for 'Laughing Gas'? Answer - Nitrous Oxide
483. Which US city is the home of Jazz? Answer - New Orleans
484. In what year did George Burns die? Answer - 1996
485. Who was the youngest player to win the mens singles Wimbeldon title in 1985
? Answer - Boris Becker
486. What is the common name for the fruit bearing plant Fragaria vesca? Answer
- Strawberry
487. What is the name of the queen of the fairies in Shakespeares Midsummer Nigh
t's dream? Answer - Titania
488. What kind of dog is Charles Schultz's Snoopy? Answer - Beagle
489. In a Sikh temple what is a langar? Answer - Kitchen
490. Who was the Roman governer of Judaea in AD 26? Answer - Pontius Pilate
491. The Bombyx mori is commonly known as what? Answer - Silkworm
492. Who was the goddess of the sea in Greek mythology? Answer - Amphitrite
493. What is Englands highest mountain? Answer - Scafell Pike
494. Which planet was the birthplace of Spock in the TV series Star Trek? Answer
- Vulcan
495. What was Mahatma Gandhi's first name? Answer - Mohandas
496. The three headed dog cerberus in Greek mythology guarded the entrance to wh
ere? Answer - Hades
497. The Prado museum can be found in which Spanish city? Answer - Madrid
498. What scale of measurement is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
Answer - Richter
499. Which is the highest waterfall in the world? Answer - Angel Falls
500. What is the sugar found in milk? Answer - Lactose