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1. Who is Reginald Dwight better known as ? Answer: Elton John. 2. Name the king who failed to keep an eye on things at the battle of Hastings ? Answer: Harold. 3. In which sport would you use a chucker ? Answer: Polo. 4. What sort of books is Arthur C Clarke famous for writing ? Answer: Science fiction. 5. Name the actor who played Ben Hur ? Answer: Charlton Heston. 6. Toy, gun, and working are all types of what Answer:Dogs. 7. What is the capital of the Falkland Islands ? Answer: Port Stanley. 8. Name the actor who played Lovejoy ? Answer: Ian Macshane. 9. Fruit, pipistrol, and horseshoe are all types of what ? Answer: Bats. 10. If a snail climbed up a 12 ft wall at a steady rate of 3 feet a day, but slipped down a 2ft every night, how many days would it take him to reach the top ? Answer: 10 days. 11. Name the actor who became famous after his part as the lieutenant in Zulu ? Answer: Michael Kaine. 12. Name the athlete who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics ? Answer: Jesse Owens. 13. What was Percy Shaw`s contribution to road safety ? Answer: Cat`s eyes. 14. Of the 518 seats in the European parliament how many does the U.K. have, is it 21, 51, or 81, ? Answer: 81. 15. Which leading politician caused a stir when he attended the remembrance day service in a duffel coat ? Answer: Michael Foot . 16. what was the Christian name of the younger Steptoe in T.V.s Steptoe and son ? Answer: Harold. 17. What is the square root of 361 ? Answer: 19. 18. Name the captain of the Nautilus in Jules Vernes` 20,0000 leagues under the sea ? Answer: Nemo. 19. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall ? Answer: Kensington. 20. What are you if you are AWOL or A.W.O.L ? Answer: Absent without leave. 21. Name the actor who plated Ted Bovis in T.V.s Hi de Hi ? Answer: Paul Shane. 22. When told that the people had no bread, what was Marie Antionette`s reply ? Answer: "let them eat cake." 23. Specifically, on which part of your body would you find your patella ? Answer: knee. 24. In the United States which president abolished slavery ? Answer: Abraham Lincoln 25. What is a fandango ? Answer: Dance. 26. Traditionally, what type of wood do Rolls Royce put on the dashboards of their cars? Answer: Walnut. 27. How many vowels are there in the word unprepossessing ? Answer: 5. 28. What do the letters Y.M.C.A. stand for ? Answer: Young Mens Christian Association. 29. A man spends one eighth of his money on food and four times as much on his mortgage, this leaves him with 90 pounds, how much did he have to start with ? Answer: 240. 30. In which country is the state of Tobasco ? Answer: Mexico. 31. what would an Irishman do with his Shone ? Answer: Cut peat. 32. What was the name of Pricilla Presley`s character in Dallas ? Answer: Jena Wade. 33. What is the diameter of the centre circle on a soccer pitch ? Answer: 20 yards. 34. What sport features sails, wishbone booms, and universal joints ? Answer: Wind surfing. 35. What world famous card features a centurion on its face ? Answer: American Express. 36. What is the highest active volcano in Europe ? Answer: Mount Etna. 37. Name the political party which secured 99% of the vote in Germany in 1936 ? Answer: Nazi party. 38. What star sign is represented by the water carrier ? Answer: Aquarius. 39. Which Island is the furthest north - Sicily, Corsica or Sardinia ? Answer: Corsica. 40. Who wrote A Tale Of Two Cities ? Answer: Charles Dickens. 41. What is the national emblem of Canada ? Maple leaf. 42. Name the former royal jockey who became a best selling author of thrillers about horse racing ? Answer: Dick Francis. 43. Name the clockwork devices used by musicians to measure time ? Answer: Metronome. 44. Who played inspector Cleuseau in the Pink Panther films ? Answer: Peter Sellers. 45. What is universal time better known as ? Answer: G.M.T. or Greenwich Mean Time. 46. Are Gorillas carnivores, omnivores, or herbivors ? Answer: Herbivors 47. The cassowary and Emu are both flightless birds of which country ? Answer: Australia. 48. What does Hellas mean to a Greek person ? Answer: Greece. 49. If there are 35 gallons of oil in a barrel how many barrels would you need to fill a tank which holds 7000 gallons ? Answer: 200. 50. According to Arthurian legend what did the ady of the lake give to Arthur ? Answer: Excalibur. 51. Free Willey was a film about what ? Answer: A whale. 52. According to legend who flew too close to the sun, melting the wax on his wings ? Answer: Icarus. 53. What does N.S.P.C.C. stand for ? Answer: National society for the prevention of cruelty to children. 54. Can pigs swim ? yes or no. Answer: yes. 55. Name the ship which began its epic voyage on 6th September 1620 ? Answer: Mayflower. 56. By what name was Emperor Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus better known ? Answer: Nero. 57. What World War II operation was code named `Dynamo` ? Answer: Evacuation of Dunkirk. 58. What would a tailor do with his hot plonker ? Answer: Iron cloth. 59. What classic board game involves points, blots, tables and bearing off ? Answer: Back gammon. 60. What `G` is in the United States, in the Soviet Union and "on my mind" ? Answer: Georgia. 61. How many old pennies were there in a Groat? Answer: Four. 62. In total, how many gold rings are mentioned in the song, The 12 days of Christmas ? Answer: 40. 63. According to the legend, which night became lady Guinavere`s lover ? Answer: Lancelot. 64. What name was given to the political of 1963 which eventually resulted in the fall of the government ? Answer: Profumo affair. 65. What name is given to a 70th wedding anniversary ? Answer: Platinum. 66. What would a farmer do with his mangelwurzel ? Answer: Feed it to his animals. 67. What is the rugby term for a ball that is dropped forward ? Answer: A knock-on. 68. Pintail, Pochard and Shoveler are all varieties of what ? Answer: Duck. 69. What name is given to snakes such as pythons because of their method of killing their prey ? Answer: Constrictor. 70. What word is used to describe the tiny animals and plants that live in the surface water of seas and lakes ? Answer: Plankton. 71. What does N.A.L.G.O. stand for ? Answer: National Association of Local Government Officers. 72. In which children's film did Benny Hill star as the toy maker ? . Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 73. What is the square route of 250,000 ? Answer: 500. 74. Which American actor died in a car crash while travelling west on California highway 466 ? Answer: James Dean. 75. Who is Reputed to have said, "Look, I send you out like sheep among wolves; so be wary as serpents and innocent as doves" ? Answer: Jesus. 76. How many miles do the teams race in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race ? Answer: Four. 77. Name the actor who starred in the Die Hard series of films ? Answer: Bruce Willis. 78. What `A` can mean join, fasten or connect ? Answer: Attach. 79. Ovation, Fender, & Gibson are famous makes of what ? Answer: Guitar 80. How many legs does a triffid have ? ( They are real ) Answer: Three. 81. Name the two original presenters of the B.B.C.`s Breakfast Time ? Answer: Frank Bough ,Selina Scott . 82. The city of Venice is situated in the north west corner of which sea ? Answer: Adriatic. 83. In the song `The 12 days of Christmas`, what are the 6 geese a-doing ? Answer: Laying. 84. Whose army was massacred at the battle of the battle `little big horn` in 1839 ? Answer: Lee Armstrong Custer. 85. Where are the headquarters of the of the Metropolitan police situated ? Answer: New ScotlandYard, Westminster. 86. According to the nursery rhyme, who`s children were given `broth, no bread, all whipped soundly and sent to bed ? Answer: The old woman who lived in a shoe. 87. Which pop Group opened the live aid concert at Wembley ? Answer: Status Quo. 88. What `H` means disorder and confusion ? Answer: Havoc. 89. What sort of wood is used to make the black keys on a piano keyboard ? Answer: Ebony. 90. Which popular American sport is played on a diamond ? Answer: Baseball. 91. Lagos is the capitol of which African country ? Answer: Nigeria. 92. In which of Sheakspear`s plays does Shylock demand his pound of flesh ? Answer: The Merchant of Venice. 93. In cricket, where would you find the chain ? Answer: Between the wickets. ( A unit of measurement ) 94. How many cards are dealt to each player in contract bridge ? Answer: Thirteen. 95. Which children's T.V. program featured professor Yaffety ? Answer: Bagpuss. 96. If a customer orders 100 dozen widgets and wants them delivered in three equal quantities on consecutive days, how many widgets will there be in each delivery ? Answer: 400. 97. Who starred alongside Roger Moore in The Persuaders ? Answer: Tony Curtis. 98. Which of the B.B.C.`s radio stations is broadcast on 88 to 91 F.M. Answer: Radio 2. 99. Which Band have released albums called `The dark side of the moon`, and `Wish you were here` ? Answer: Pink Floyd. 100. Name both British prime ministers of 1970 ? Answer: Harold Wilson Edward Heath . 101. Epee, sabre and foil are all used in which sport ? Answer: Fencing.