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First Half Questions

1. Which rap artist launched his own clothing label called Sean John in 1998? P. Diddy (Puff Daddy)

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

3. What number is meant by a gross? 144

4. How many yards in a mile? 1760

5. How many squares are there on a chess board? 64

6. What time keeping device has no moving parts? Sun Dial

7. Who invented the mercury thermometer? D. G. Fahrenheit

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

9. Who wrote 'Gone With the Wind'? Margaret Mitchell

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

11. In which ocean are the Seychelles? Indian

12. What does Mediterranean (as in the Sea) literally mean? In the middle of the Land

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

14. What was John Wayne's real name? Marion Morrison

15. Who was the first president of the USA? George Washington

16. Name the 3 muskateers. Aramis, Porthos, Athos

17. What planet did Superman come from? Krypton

18. In medical terms what does ECG stand for? Electrocardiograph

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

20. What does a Pluviometer measure? Rainfall

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

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

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

24. What connects Mufasa in The Lion King with Darth Vader in Star Wars? James Earl Jones (Voice)

25. What was Disney's 1st full length cartoon film released in 1937? Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs

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

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

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

29. Who invented the Hovercarft? Sir Christopher Cockerill

30. Who built the Tower of London? William the Conqueror

Second Half Questions

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

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

33. In Friends, what is Ross' profession? Palaeontologist

34. What was Rolf Harris's first hit? Tie Me Kangeroo Down Sport

35. Which male dancer shot to fame with Riverdance? Michael Flatley

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

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

38. What sort of animal was Tarka? An otter

39. In what year did Princess Diana die? 1997

40. What did the acronym ANZAC stand for? The Australia and New Zealand Army Core

41. How many players are there in a Netball team? 7

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

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

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

including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck? Mel Blanc

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

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

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

48. Who created Star Trek? Gene Rodenberry

49. What is the capital of Sweden? Stockholm

50. What is the approximate distance of the Earth from the Sun? 93 million miles

51. What is Ikebana? The Japenese art of flower arranging

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

53. Who was the King of the Greek gods? Zeus

54 What is the collective noun for lots of crows? Murder

55. From which flower is opium produced? Poppy

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

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

58. Who wrote the book 'Little Women'? Louisa May Alcott

59. What is the city of Constantinople now called? Instanbul

60. What does CD-ROM stand for? Compact Disk -Read only Memory