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1. What was the American project to put a man on the moon called? Apollo

2. What can only be seen in the night sky every 76 years? Halley’s Comet

3. What is the art of drawing maps called? Cartography

4. What is magma called when it appears on the surface? Lava

5. What is the world’s longest river? Nile

6. What does OPEC stand for? Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

7. When did the UK become a member of the United Nations? 1945

8. In which year did the United Nations vote for the expulsion of Nationalist China and the inclusion of Communist China? 1971

9. What do you not have if you die intestate? A will

10. Who rules in a Kaksitocracy? The Worst

11. What is the confirmation ceremony for a Jewish Boy called? Bar Mitzvah

12. Who is the patron saint of Brewers? St Augustine of Hippo

13. Who is the patron saint of dancing? St Vitas

14. Who in the Bible was the second son of Adam and Eve? Abel

15. In Norse Mythology what was the Home of the Gods called? Asgard

16. In this place, what was the Hall of Hero’s called? Valhalla

17. The constellation Ursa Major has two common names. A point for each. Great Bear, Plough

18 What is the locking stone at the top of an arch called? Keystone

19. What is a slender tower of a mosque called? a Minaret

20. What was Thomas More’s mythical paradise called? Utopia

21. What is the Greek equivalent of Neptune called? Poseidon

22. What is the generic term for the American Professional Theatre? Broadway

23. What is the largest nation in the West Indes? Cuba

24. Who is the patron saint of carpenters? Joseph

25. The Gallery in a theatre is more commonly referred to as what? The Gods

26. Who according to the Bible was swallowed by a Whale? Jonah

27. What is the study of Government called? Political Science

28. Which island group lies between the Shetland Isles and the Scottish Mainland? The Orkneys

29. What to within 500 is the permanent population of Antartica? Zero

30. In thousands of Miles what is the distance from the Earth to the Moon (to within 500 Miles)? 240,000

31. What does the word SCUBA stand for? Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

32. What does UNICEF stand for? United Nationals Children’s Emergency Fund

33. What is the American equivalent of Music Hall called? Vaudeville

34. In which form of music might you hear a paper and comb or a washboard being played? Skiffle

35. How is the Church of the Latter Day Saints otherwise known? Mormoms

36. In which year was the Berlin Wall built? 1961

37. Which new political party was formed in the UK in 1982? SDP

38. Who was the first European to visit China? Marco Polo

39. Who was UK Prime Minister between Harold Wilson’s two terms in Office? Edward Heath

40. What are the seven deadly sins (a point for each)? Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth

41. Who was the third Doctor Who? Jon Pertwee

42. What are the ten ways of being out in Cricket ( a point for each)? Bowled, Hit wicket, caught, run out, handled ball, stumped, hit ball twice, timed out, leg before wicket, obstructed field

43. Who discovered the river Zambezi? David Livingstone

44. James Earl Ray killed whom in 1968?James Earl Ray

45. What is the 8^th Planet from the Sun? Neptune

46. From which ore do you get Aluminium? Bauxite

47. 742 miles per hour is the speed of what? Sound, Mach 1

48. Who invented the Condensing Steam Engine? James Watt

49. What is the name for a group of Foxes? Skulk

50. Who invented the Diesel Engine? Rudolf Diesel

51. Which two Houses were involved in the War of the Roses? Lancaster and York

52. Which famous nurse is associated with the Crimean War? Florence Nightingale

53. In which year was the League of Nations founded? 1919

54. In which year was the Great Fire of London? 1666

55. In Musical terms how is 28^th Street New York better known? Tin Pan Alley

56. According to the Bible, was the world’s first Murderer? Cain

57. Who is the Patron Saint of Tax Collectors? Matthew

58. What does NATO stand for? North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

59. What is the name of the world’s highest Water Falls? Angel Falls

60. Who was the First Man in Space? Yuri Gagarin