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1. What are the 1^st three words in the Book of Genesis? In the Beginning

2. In which year were the Olympics held in Atlanta? 1996

3. Who wrote the Canterbury Tales? Geoffrey Chaucer

4. In which year was the Scottish Parliament formally opened? 1999

5. Who born in 1946 became the 42^nd President of the USA? Bill Clinton

6. What were the names of the three ships taken by James Cook on his voyages of discovery? Adventure, Endeavour and Resolution

7. What is the 2^nd planet from the Sun? Venus

8. Which famous daughter of a lighthouse keeper saved the crew of the Forfarshare? Grace Darling

9. One teaspoon is equivalent to which metric measure? 5 millilitres

10. In which year did the MCC vote to admit women members? 1998

11. Chile lies on which ocean? Pacific

12. New Zealand lies on two islands. Name them. North and South Islands.

13. Who won the first direct elections for Mayor of London? Ken Livingtone

14. Who wrote ‘Around the World in 80 Days’? Jules Verne

15. Which country lies due south of Florida? Cuba

16. What is a Motorman? Driver of an underground train or tram

17. If something is Septennial, how long does it last for? 7 years

18. Detroit is in which US state? Michigan

19. Which Geographical area lies between the Pacific and Southern Seas? Antartica

20. What is the second Book of the Old Testament? Exodus

21. What does SNP stand for (in Politics)? Scottish National Party

22. Which country lies between Algeria and Egypt? Libya

23. What is the Job Title of someone employed to load and unload ships? Stevedore

24. Who was the first US president to address the Russian Parliament? Bill Clinton

25. As a prefix, what lies between Mega and Tera? Giga

26. Which country is due North of Bulgaria? Romania

27. What Islamic term translates into English as ‘Struggle to the utmost’? Jihad

28. At which temperature in degrees Fahrenheit does water boil? 212

29. Which country lies due west of Spain? Portugal

30. Tetanus is sometimes referred to as what? Lockjaw

31. What is the 1^st Book of Moses called? Genesis

32. A lodestone is a primitive form of what? Magnet

33. A loganberry is a cross between what? Blackberry and Raspberry

34 Which Sea lies south of the Irish Sea? Celtic Sea

35. What are Bill Clinton’s 1^st names in full? William Jefferson

36. The now extinct Mastadon resembled which modern day animal? Elephant

37. What was a Triceratops? A Dinosaur?

38. What is the American equivalent of a stevedore called? Longshoreman

39. What in today’s money is the equivalent of a crown? 25 pence

40. What is 0 degrees Kelvin better known as? Absolute Zero.

41. What is 0 degrees Kelvin in degrees centigrade? - 273

42. Attila was the King of which peoples? The Huns

43. Who founded the Boy Scouts? Baden Powell

44. What were the names of The Beatles? Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo

45. What is a lair of an otter called? A Holt

46. What is the formula for converting degrees Fahrenheit to degrees centigrade? -32 times 5 divided by 9

47. What originally was Grog? Rum and water

48. What would a guinea be worth in modern currency? £1 and 5 pence

49. What is a Golden Share? A controlling interest in a company

50. What is a Garibaldi? A biscuit

51. How many square inches to a square foot? 144

52. What does WRAC stand for? Women’s Royal Army Core

53. What is the American equivalent of a Post Code? A Zip Code

54. What colour in a rainbow lies between blue and violet? Indigo

55. How many dozen in a gross? 12

56. The Greek philosopher Aristotle was a student of whom? Plato

57. Mohammed Ali changed his name from what? Cassius Clay

58. In which year was the Potters Bar Rail Crash? 2002

59. In which year did William Hague step down as leader of the Conservative Party? 2001

60. What are the first three words of the 23^rd Psalm? The Lord is My Shepherd