1. Which colourful 'little sword' can brighten up your garden?

 
2. Which expression of gratitude is also the name of the floating mountains on Pandora in
the film Avatar?
 
3. In which sad song is a girl "marrying a fellow down Galveston way"?
 
4. Which six letter word can precede each of the following? Ship, Russia, lode, board and
courage.
 
5. Hellespont was the ancient name for which narrow sea strait?
 
6. Who was the first leader of a country to win the Nobel Prize for Literature while still in
office? (Clue, if needed, the year was 1953)
 
7. What was the first name of the mother for each of the following?
    a. Zeus
    b. Richard the Lionheart
    c. Paul McCartney
 
8. What was Kate Barker's nickname?
 
9. Agrippina the Younger was the mother of which instrumental leader?
 
10. The following lyrics are all from songs with the word 'Mother' in the title. Can you name
the song? One point for each correct answer.
    a. What a drag it is getting old
    b. Lets all get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born
    c. Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
    d. Well I can dance with you honey if you think it's funny
    e. No I would not give you false hope on this strange and mournful day
    f. Sit beside a mountain stream see her waters rise
 
11. In which film is there a computer called Mother?
 
12. Which vessel, named after a famous fictional ship, was the first to cross the North Pole
beneath the ice?
 
13. What is the well known Latin translation for "greatest bridge builder"?
 
14. Until it was surpassed by cotton, which gratifying substance was Britain's largest single
import between 1750 and 1820?
 
15. Which actor appeared in all of the following films? The Sting, Robin and Marion, The
Battle of Britain, The Battle of the Bulge and From Russia with Love
 
16. A British band had a number one hit in the USA in 1965 with an English music hall ditty
from 1910. Can you name the song? (Clue if needed, second verse same as the first)
 
17. A Greek nymph, a music style and the name of a famous research vessel. One word.
 
18. According to the Bureau of the Census, what was the population of the United States in
1790 (Aug. 2nd)?
    a. 929,214
    b. 3,929,214
    c. 13,929,214
    d. 23,929,214
 
19. What was the name of the high priest played by Boris Karloff in the 1932 film 'The
Mummy'?  Extra point if you spell it correctly
 
20. Complete the following quote with the name of a very large 'woman'. "Wretched and
abundant, oppressed and powerful, weak and mighty, ...  ..."

1. Gladiolus. (Gladiolus means 'little sword')

2. Hallelujah
 
3. Sylvia's Mother (Dr Hook)
 
4. Mother
 
5. Dardanelles
 
6. Winston Churchill
 
7. Three answers
    a. Rhea
    b. Eleanor (of Aquitaine)
    c. Mary ("mother Mary comes to me")
 
8. 'Ma'
 
9. Nero. 'Nero fiddled while Rome burnt'
 
10. Six answers
    a. Mother's Little Helper (Rolling Stones)
    b. Your Mother Should Know (Beatles)
    c. Mother (Pink Floyd)
    d. Does Your Mother Know (ABBA)
    e. The Mother And Child Reunion (Paul Simon)
    f. Mother Nature's Son (Beatles)
 
11. Alien
 
12. USS Nautilus
 
13. Pontifex Maximus
 
14. Sugar
 
15. Robert Shaw
 
16. I'm Henry the Eighth, I am. (Herman's Hermits)
 
17. Calypso
 
18. b. 3,929,214
 
19. Imhotep
 
20. "Mother Russia"  Nickolai Nebrasov 1821-1877, from 'Who is happy in Russia'
1. Who refereed the classic Davies v Taylor snooker final in 1985?

2. What is an apiarist?

3. Who kept wicket for England in the 2005 Ashes series?

4. Name the Frenchman who won a clean sweep of gold medals at the 1968 winter
Olympics in Grenoble?

5. Who was the last Englishman to win a golf major?

6. Name the high profile American Football player who played for the Buffalo Bills and the
San Francisco 49ers?

7. Name one of the two athletes involved in the Black Power incident at the 1968 Summer
Olympic Games?

8. What was the name of the incredibly successful singer, now deceased, who was born in
Gary, Indiana??

9. What is the more common name for a pugilist?.

10. What is the connection between the answers of the previous nine questions?

1. John Williams

2. Beekeeper

3. Geraint Jones

4. Jean Claude Killy

5. Nick Faldo the Masters in 1996

6. O J Simpson

7. Tommy Smith and John Carlos

8. Michael Jackson

9. Boxer  

10. The all wore a glove or gloves

1. Which actor starred as Hawaii based detective Magmum PI?

2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based
there because of its light?

3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? i.e. Stage 5,6,11,18 & 20

4. Which comedian, writer & actor had characters which he played on his TV shows such
as Stavros, Tory boy & Loadsamoney?
5. Which famous TV chef has claimed to have played professional football for Glasgow
Rangers FC?

6. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird two and dressed in
yellow?

7. In the TV medical/mystery crime series "Diagnoses Murder", who plays Dr Mark Sloan?

8. Where is the royal regatta held each year on the river Thames?

9. Who was the captain of the 2010 European Ryder cup team?

10. What's the connection?  

1. "Tom" Selleck.(tom the first tunnel)

2. St "Ives". (Archibald Archie Ives - the mole played by Angus Lennie)

3. Mark "Cavendish". The surveyor. Played by Nigel stock.

4. "Harry" Enfield (harry the third tunnel)

5. Gordon "Ramsay" (senior British officer) played by James Donald.

6. "Virgil" (Virgil hilts the cooler king) played by Steve Macqueen.

7. "Dick" van Dyke. (Dick, the second tunnel)

8. "Hendley" on-Thames. (Henley the Scrounger) played by James Garner.

9. "Colin" Montgomerie. (Colin the forger) played by Donald Pleasence.

10. All characters in the movie the Great Escape.

1. Which magical creature played "along the cherry lane"?

2. Which two men have been awarded the title FIFA World Player of the Year three times?
 
3. Belfries of Belgium and France, the Palace and Park of Versailles, the Town of Bamberg,
Mount Athos, the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa and Hadrian's Wall. What connects all of the
aforementioned places?
 
4. Which make of trenchcoat did Humphrey Bogart wear in the film Casablanca?
 
5. Another word for a topless bikini. Eight letters
 
6. Carpenter, weaver, pharaoh, army, bull, meat and honeypot are all examples of what?
 
7. Indian words used in the English language:
    a: The Sanskrit word for a 'holy message or text'. Six letters, last letter 'A'.
    b: The Sanskrit word for 'one associated with well-being' and 'a lucky charm'. Eight
letters, second letter 'W'.
    c: The Hindi and Sanskrit word for a 'scoundrel'. Four letters.
    d: The everyday Hindi word for 'KNEADS'. Seven letters, last letter 'O'.
    e: The Hindi and Urdu word meaning 'like a crocodile, which attacks stealthily'. Six
letters, third letter 'G'.
 
8. What was 'Mad Max's' last name?
 
9. Complete the purported inscription on King Arthur's grave. "Here lies Arthur, ..."
 
10. The following beach lyrics are found in which songs? One point for each correct
answer.
    a. Redondo Beach L.A., all over La Jolla, at Wyamia Bay
    b. But the stars we could reach were just star fish on the beach
    c. Flew in from Miami Beach
    d. We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when, I know a beach where, baby,
it never ends
    e. One man washed on an empty beach, one man betrayed with a kiss
    f. Night swimming, beach walking, always silent, never talking
 
11. Which EU country is bordered by the Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea, Latvia and the
Russian Federation?
 
12. Who can be MARITORIOUS?
 
13. The name of which alcoholic beverage, often made from the sap of coconut palms,
stems from the Arabic word for 'SWEAT'? (yes that is sweat and not sweet)
 
14. Which two boxers exchanged blows in the so called 'Thriller in Manila'?
 
15. Which beautiful silent film star was given the nickname 'The face'?
 
16. In 1882, the German Inventor Ernst Werner von Siemens began operating his
Elektromote. The Elektromote was the world's first example of what?
 
17. Which novel begins with the words "It was a pleasure to burn"?
 
18. Puukko, Kirpan, Kris, Athame and Sgian Dubh are all examples of what?
 
19. Who said "The eyes of the world are upon you" on June 6, 1944?
 
20. What was the complete name of the band Chicago in the late 1960s?
1. Puff the magic dragon

2. Ronaldo (96, 97, 2002) and Zidane (98, 2000, 2003)

 
3. They are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites (in Europe)
 
4. Burberry
 
5. Monokini
 
6. Ants (different kinds of ants)
 
7. Five Answers:
    a: Mantra
    b: Swastika
    c: Thug
    d: Shampoo
    e: Mugger (named after the Indian Marsh Crocodile)
 
8. Rockatansky
 
9. "the once and future King"
 
10. Six answers
    a. Surfin USA (Beach Boys)
    b. Seasons in the sun (Terry Jacks)
    c. Back in the USSR (Beatles)
    d. Sunshine Superman (Donovan)
    e. Pride (U2)
    f. Black Coffee (All Saints)
 
11. Estonia
 
12. A wife. Maritorious means being fond of one's husband
 
13. Arrack
 
14. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
 
15. Greta Garbo
 
16. Electric Bus, trolley bus or trackless tram.
 
17. Fahrenheit 451
 
18. Knives (Different kinds of knives)
 
19. Dwight D Eisenhower
 
20. Chicago Transit Authority

1. What is the reverse of a cosmic black hole called?

2. Which mouth watering sweet little confection means 'small oven' when translated?

3. Which amnesic and very well trained fictional character didn't know his real name was
David Webb?

4. Each of the following played the President of the United States in films where the world
was facing extinction. Can you name the film? One point for each correct answer.
    a. Morgan Freeman
    b. Perry King
    c. Peter Sellers
    d. Danny Glover
    e. Bill Pulman
    f. Henry Fonda

5. What did Fred Astaire, Heidi Klum, Michael Flatley and Betty Grable all do to their legs?

6. Until the mid 1970s Smarties were called Smarties chocolate what?

7. In Venice, what is a vaporetti?

8. Which extremely light chemical element is named after the sun?

9. What kind of weapon was a medieval destrier?

10. The two volcanic eruptions in the last century that caused the most deaths were Mount
Pelee (May 8, 1902) and Nevado de Ruiz (Nov 13, 1985). In which country is each volcano
located?

11. The following kiss related lyrics are found in which songs? One point for each correct
answer
    a. So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me
    b. A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh
    c. Excuse me while I kiss the sky
    d. War, children, It's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away
    e. If you want to know if he loves you so, It's in his kiss, that's where it is
    f. For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her, it's the kiss of death

12. According to a survey by the Halifax Bank, what is the most common street name in
the United Kingdom? A bonus point for the second most popular.

13. The Victoria Cross for gallantry was instituted by Queen Victoria during which war?

14. According to the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation, which country produces the
most potatoes, a staggering 70 million metric tonnes a year, 22.2% of the world's potato
production?

15. Which visible aid was first introduced for the 1933 F.A. Cup final between Everton and
Manchester City?

16. Which occupation has for centuries made the Adriatic island Murano world famous?

17. One of the rarest and most expensive stamps in the world depicts a very popular
Belgian born actress smoking a cigarette with a very long cigarette holder.  Can you name
the actress?

18. What was

    a. the name of a critically acclaimed album from the Kinks which ended with the word
Hillbillies and
    b. the name of a band founded by Mark Knopfler which ended with the word Hillbillies?

19. Capybaras are the largest living examples of what in the world?

20. What 'plays' an Aeolian harp?

1. A white hole

2. Petit four
 
3. Jason Bourne
 
4. Six answers
    a. Deep Impact
    b. The Day After Tomorrow
    c. Dr. Strangelove
    d. 2012
    e. Independence Day
    f. Fail Safe
 
5. They all had their legs insured.
 
6. Smarties chocolate beans.
 
7. Public water bus
 
8. Helium (After Helios, Greek for "Sun" and also "the god of Sun on mythology"
 
9. War horse
 
10. Mt. Pelee is in Martinque and Nevado del Ruiz is in Colombia
 
11. Six answers
    a. Leaving on a jet plane (John Denver)
    b. As time goes by
    c. Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
    d. Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
    e. The Shoop Shoop Song (Cher)
    f. Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
 
12. High Street (there are 5,410 High Streets, compared to 3,811 Station Roads, and 2,702
Main Streets)
 
13. The Crimean War
 
14. China
 
15. A number on the back of each players shirt
 
16. Glass making
 
17. Audrey Hepburn. (The photo was from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's")
 
18. Two answers
    a. Muswell Hillbillies
    b. Notting Hillbillies
 
19. Rodents
 
20. The wind

1. Which famous crime fighter shares his name with a city in Turkey?

2. Which flamboyant Russian terpsichorian leapt into the spotlight after his defection to the
west in June 1961?

3. The 'Flying Fox' is which kind of animal?

    a. squirrel
    b. monkey
    c. bat

4. The Northern Lights are called Aurora Borealis. What are the Southern Lights called?

5. Which European sea takes its name from a very famous air disaster?

6. A famous roadster and the name of a former Soviet intelligence and counter-intelligence
agency.

7. Who played King Arthur and Guinevere in each of the following films? One point for each
correct answer.
    a. First Knight (1995)
    b. King Arthur (2004)
    c. Camelot (1967 film version of the musical)

8. Which fruit, also known as the 'alligator pear', takes it's name from a native word for
testicle?

9. Lands reclaimed from the sea in Holland are called what?

10. The following spring time lyrics are found in which songs? One point for each correct
answer.
    a. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you have to do is call
    b. There will be songs to sing, although the snow covers the hope of spring
    c. Oh, wasn't the spring, and spring became the summer, who'd believe you'd come
along
    d. The winter would hold no spring, I couldn't hear a robin sing
    e. Now that spring is in the air pretty girls are everywhere
    f. Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
    g. Stay with me while we grow old and we will live each day in spring time

11. What was the capital sounding name of the racehorse that lost its head in the film The
Godfather?

12. The Vikings believed the Northern Lights were caused by the flashing spears and
armour of Odin's foster daughters as they rode out to collect slain warriors. What were
these women called?

13. Seven men have won all four Grand Slam singles titles during their tennis playing
career. The first four were Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver and Roy Emerson. Who
were the last three?

14. What is another name for spider silk? Eight letters

15. Which four ships were directly involved in the tragic 'Battle of the Denmark Strait' in the
early hours of 24 May 1941? One point for each correct answer.

16. Which Sir first established a secret service in England in 1569?

17. Which fictional character was crowned the 'Pope of Fools'?

18. The Jackson Five's first four singles all reached number one in the US singles charts.
Can you name them? One point for each correct answer.

19. What distinguishes the form of verse called 'macaronic'?

20. Closely associated with New Zealanders, what is a 'moko'?

1. Batman

2. Rudolf Nureyev

3. c. bat

4. Aurora Australis

5. The Icarian Sea (From Icarus)

6. MGB

7. Answers
    a. Sean Connery and Julia Ormond
    b. Clive Owen and Keira Knightly
    c. Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave

8. Avocado

9. Polders. 'God created the world but the Dutch created Holland'

10. Seven answers

    a. You've got a friend
    b. Somewhere my love
    c. Sweet Caroline
    d. If not for you
    e. Seasons in the sun
    f. Fly me to the moon
    g. Lovin' You

11. Khartoum

12. Valkyries

13. Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

14. Gossamer

15. Bismark, Hood, Prince of Wales and Prinz Eugen.

16. Sir Francis Walsingham

17. Quasimodo

18. 'I want you back', 'ABC', 'The love you save' and 'I'll be there'.

19. It is a mixture of two or more languages.   

20. A tattoo

1. Wet Wet Wet had a number one hit in the UK charts with 'Love is all around'. Which
prehistoric band was the first to make the song a hit?
 
2. The word for "unreasonably or illogically optimistic" stems from a fictional girl who played
'The Glad Game' when faced with life's difficulties. What is her name?
 
3. In which three countries in the world would one find the most Spanish speaking people?
 
4. Deux-Deux was an able assistant in which popular TV show?
 
5. Which solo performer was Time Magazine's first 'Man of the Year' in 1927, and to this
day, still the youngest winner?
 
6. Name the three people with the initials B. M. that have stars for excellance in recording
(music) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
7. The name of which 19th century Swiss hotel owner became a synonym for luxury,
elegance, style and 'taste'?
 
8. Umami is one of the five what?
 
9. Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, James Garner, Elliot Gould and Robert Mitchum have all
played which hard drinking character in film?
 
10. Can you name the last four clubs from outside of the top level of English football to
reach the F.A. Cup final? One point for each correct answer.
 
11. Figaro, Arlene, World War Two, Bastet and Jonesy are all examples of what?
 
12. In which Bond film does Big Ben chime seven times at 6 pm, a signal that the British
government has accepted SPECTRE's exorbitant ransom demands?
 
13. The following words are from songs with a country in the song title. Can you name the
song? One point for each correct answer.
    a. In Hartford, Hereford and Hampshire ... hurricanes hardly happen
    b. Down the way where the nights are gay
    c. Miami Beach BOAC
    d. You'd see them wearing their baggies, Huarache sandals too.
    e. You're so sadly neglected and often ignored, a poor second to Belgium when going
abroad
    f. And as for fortune and as for fame I never invited them in
    g. I'll ruin everything you are, I'll give you television, I'll give you eyes of blue.
    h. Take your lover by the hand, speak in tongues and understand
 
14. P&O Shipping. What do 'P' and 'O' stand for?
 
15. Which two present day NATO members have at one time withdrawn from the alliance?
 
16. Who was the only man to win a posthumous Academy Award for best actor? (not best
supporting actor)
 
17. Name the six longest rivers in the world with a colour in their name. (Colours in the
English language)
 
18. The five red crosses found on the flag of Georgia are said to have which religious
significance?
 
19. The 'Impressionist' movement takes its name from the 1872 painting 'Impression, soleil
levant' (Impression, Sunrise). Who painted it?
 
20. What is the opposite of the Lima syndrome?
1. The Troggs 

2. Pollyanna (Pollyannaism)
 
3. Mexico (111 million), Colombia (46 million) and the USA (45 million)
 
4. The Pink Panther Show. (Deux-Deux was the Inspectors sidekick)
 
5. Charles Lindbergh
 
6. Bob Marley, Barry Manilow and Bette Midler
 
7. Ritz
 
8. Tastes. The others are sweet, sour, bitter and salty.
 
9. Philip Marlowe
 
10. Cardiff City (2008), Millwall (2004), Sunderland (1992) and Queens Park Rangers
(1982)
 
11. Cats. Figaro (Pinocchio) Arlene (Garfield) World War Two (Peanuts) Bastet (Eygptian
cat goddess) Jonesy (Alien)
 
12. Thunderball
 
13. Eight answers
    a. The rain in Spain (My Fair Lady)
    b. Jamaica Farewell (Harry Belefonte)
    c. Back in the USSR (Beatles)
    d. Surfin USA (Beach Boys)
    e. Finland (Monty Python)
    f. Don't cry for me Argentina (Evita)
    g. China Girl (Bowie)
    h. French kissing in the USA (Debby Harry)
 
14. Peninsular and Oriental
 
15. France and Greece
 
16. Peter Finch (Network)
 
17. Yellow River (5,464 km), Red River (2,188 km), Orange River (2,092 km), Blue Nile
(1,600 km), Green River (1,175 km) and White River (1,102 km)
 
18. The five holy wounds of Christ
 
19. Claude Monet
 
20. Stockholm syndrome. (Lima syndrome: Hostage takers sympathise with the hostages)

1. Name the two honourees with the initials D. D. who have a star for excellence in
recording (music) on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
2. Pizza Margherita is closely associated with which city?
 
3. The water in which lake was formed with tears?
 
4. There are almost 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Name the top five countries with the
highest amount of Muslims. One point for each correct answer.
 
5. Which famous law student was struck by lightning whilst at university in 1505, something
that he saw as an act of God and persuaded him to later become a monk?
 
6. With one word describe someone or something that is 'brobdingnagian'.
 
7. What was the name of the Beatles debut album in 1963?
 
8. In which cathedral is the Petersglocke, the world's largest church bell?
    a: Cologne, Germany
    b: St. Peters, Vatican City
    c: Canterbury, England
    d: Durham, England
    e: Ulm, Germany
 
9. What are the two South American OPEC countries?
 
10. Which of the following countries does not have a bird on its flag?
    a: Egypt
    b: Mexico
    c: Brazil
    d: Dominican Republic
 
11. Name the city or town in which each of the following ships were built?
    a. Queen Elizabeth II
    b. Titanic
    c. Bismark
    d. Queen Mary II
    e. HMS Dreadnought
 
12. Along which two streets is the Hollywood Walk of Fame found?
 
13. Who wrote the Nancy Sinatra hit songs 'These boots are made for walking',
'Summerwine' and 'Sugartown'?
 
14. What are the four most populated cities in the world that end with the letter 'i'?
 
15. The following words are from songs with the name of a city in the song title. Can you
name the song? One point for each correct answer.
    a. Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
    b. Ain't no angel gonna greet me, it's just you and I my friend
    c. These vagabond shoes
    d. A nuclear error but I have no fear
    e. Strobe lights beam create dreams, walls move minds do too
    f. We got married in a fever hotter than a pepper sprout
    g. Cops in cars, the topless bars, never seen a woman so alone
    h. They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
 
16. Which 'wily' ex English Premier League club has appeared in four F.A. Cup finals
without walking away with the silverware, a record?
 
17. Arnold George 'Gerry' Dorsey had countless hit songs in both the UK and the US in the
1960s and 70s. What was his amusing stage name?
 
18. The 'James Caird', now a museum piece, was one of three lifeboat size whalers which
helped save the entire crew of which man's chilling expedition?
 
19. In which country are bulgogi and dak galbi popular toppings on a pizza?
 
20. The Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia made headlines around the world after walking
away with which elderly lady on Monday the 21st of August 1911?
1. Doris Day and Duran Duran

2. Naples
3. Swan Lake

4. Indonesia (203 million), Pakistan (174 million), India (161 million),  Bangladesh (145
million) and Egypt (78.5 million) - 2009 estimate.

5. Martin Luther
 
6. Gigantic. (large, huge etc) From Johathan Swift's book Gulliver's Travels. The
inhabitants of Brobdingnag were giants.
 
7. Please Please Me
 
8. a: Cologne, Germany
 
9. Venezuela and Ecuador
 
10. c: Brazil
 
11. Five answers
    a. Clydebank
    b. Belfast
    c. Hamburg
    d. Saint Nazaire
    f. Portsmouth
 
12. Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street
 
13. Lee Hazlewood
 
14. Shanghai, Mumbai, Karachi and Delhi
 
15. Eight answers
    a. Scarborough Fair (Simon and Garfunkel)
    b. Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
    c. New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
    d. London Calling (The Clash)
    e. San Francisco Nights (Eric Burdon)
    f. Jackson (Johnny Cash and June Carter)
    g. L.A. Woman (The Doors)
    h. Battle of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
 
16. Leicester City ('The Foxes') 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969
 
17. Engelbert Humperdinck
 
18. Sir Ernest Shackleton
 
19. South Korea
 
20. The Mona Lisa. Peruggia stole the painting from the Louvre.

1. Which very wise and enchanting fictional character's name is the Old English for any
insect that flies with a loud humming noise?

2. What is the most eastern E.U. capital city and what is the most western E.U. capital
city?
3. What kind of heavenly marriage is 'Hierogamy'?

4. There was literally peace on Earth at 06:00 UTC, March 23, 2001. Explain.

5. The following words are from which cult film?

    "Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And what's
Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda, what's Fonzie like?"
    "Cool?"
    "What?"
    "He's cool"
    "Correctamundo"

6. The four Beatles we all know, George, Paul, John and Ringo were all born in Liverpool.
The other two, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best were not. In fact, both were born outside of
England. In which country was
    a. Stuart Sutcliffe born and
    b. Pete Best born?

7. Which six letter word describes both a rupture and the leap out of the water made by a
whale?

8. What are the first four words to both the original and classic Hippocratic Oath?

9. The following lyrics about money are from which songs? One point for each correct
answer
    a. Always sunny in a rich man's world
    b. Watch the greenbacks tumble, feel the Sterling crumble
    c. New car, caviar, four star daydream, think I'll buy me a football team
    d. I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was countin
    e. I've got 40,000 French Francs in my fridge
    f. Your lovin can't pay my bills
    g. He's got people who've been working for 50 years, no one asks for more money
cause nobody dares
    h. I was born in the wagon of a travellin show, my mama used to dance for the money
they'd throw
    i. Saving up to buy some clothes, keeps a ten bob note up his nose
    j. You never count your money when you're sitting at the table
    k. Did I hear you say that there must be a catch, will you walk away from a fool and his
money

10. The title of which extremely popular film is the Hindu word for a god or goddess that
comes to earth?

11. Perhaps the longest winning streak in sporting history, 132 years (1857-1983), was the
successful defence of the America's Cup by which club?

12. Fruit flies were the first animals to do what in 1947?

13. The title of which hit song from 1978, found in the Rolling Stone list of the '500
Greatest Songs of All Time', is a Queen in Welsh mythology "taken by the wind"?

14. Since the introduction of the Premier League in England, which ten players have
scored the most goals? (Premier League goals only) One point for each correct answer
15. What was the name of the doctrine, jokingly coined by Mikhail Gorbachev in October
1989 as his Soviet Union 'faced the final curtain', that was seen internationally as Moscow
giving permission to its allies to decide their own futures?

16. Each of the following wrote books under which pen name?
    a. Eric Arthur Blair
    b. David Cornwell
    c. Richard Bachman
    d. Mary Westmacott

17. What do the following places have in common:

    San Marino, Colombia, Bolivia, the Philippines, Israel, El Salvador and Bermuda?

18. Put the following lengths in order of size, starting with the smallest:
    a: equatorial diameter of the Earth
    b: length of the Great Wall of China
    c: diameter of the Moon
    d: length of the Trans-Siberian Railway

19. The movie Avatar is said to have cost around $237 million to produce. Official
accounting sources state that three other movies previous to Avatar have cost more than
this to produce. Can you name one of these three?

20. Which dated word meaning 'nonsense' stems from a combination of the Dutch word for
doll and an old English word for excrement? (Nine letters)

1. Dumbledore

2. Nicosia (Cyprus) and Lisbon (Portugal)

3. A marriage between a god and a goddess

4. The MIR space station hit the Pacific Ocean. MIR means 'peace' or 'world'

5. Pulp Fiction

6. Two answers
    a. Scotland (Edinburgh)
    b. India (Madras)

7. Breach

8. "I swear by Apollo"

9. Eleven answers
    a. Money Money Money (ABBA)
    b. Wall Street Shuffle (10cc)
    c. Money (Pink Floyd)
    d. Whisky in the Jar (Thin Lizzy)
    e. The Money Song (Monty Python)
    f. Money (That's what I want) (Barrett Strong)
    g. Matthew & Son (Cat Stevens)
    h. Gypsies Tramps and Thieves (Cher)
    i. Mean Mr. Mustard (Beatles)
    j. The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
    k. Come and get it (Badfinger)
10. Avatar

11. NYYC (New York Yacht Club)

12. Go into space

13. Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac)

14. In order: Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Thierry Henry, Robbie Fowler, Les Ferdinand,
Michael Owen, Teddy Sheringham, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dwight Yorke and Robbie
Keane.

15. The Sinatra Doctrine (The name alluded to the Frank Sinatra song "My Way" - the
Soviet Union was allowing these nations to go their own way)

16. Four answers

    a. George Orwell
    b. John le Carre
    c. Stephan King
    d. Agatha Christie

17. All named after people: San Marino (Saint Marinus), Colombia (Christopher
Columbus), Bolivia (Simón Bolívar), the Philippines (Philip II of Spain), Israel (Jacob,
alternate name), El Salvador ("The Saviour", Jesus) and Bermuda (Juan de Bermúdez)

18. Correct order is CBDA, 

    c: diameter of the Moon (3,480 km)
    b: length of the Great Wall of China (6,400 km)
    d: length of the Trans-Siberian Railway (9,288 km)
    a: equatorial diameter of the Earth (12,756 km)

19. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($300m), Spider-Man 3 ($258m) and Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($250m)

20. Poppycock.  Pop is Dutch for doll, Cack is old English for excrement.