GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What is the most common street name in Britain?

2. What are the two main ingredients of 'Bubble & Squeak'?

3. The edelweiss flower and Mozart appear on the Euro coins of which country?

4. With what is the liqueur Ameretto flavoured?

5. Who won this year's (2007) University Boat Race?

6. In the army what collective name is given to large guns?

7. Inhabitants of which Australian State are known as Sand Gropers?

8. Who was the founder of the Society of Friends (aka The Quakers)?

9. Which horseracing venue would you find at Sunbury-on-Thames?

10. Who composed the Opera Tosca?

SPORT

1. Who will be England's first opponents in the Rugby World Cup?

2. From which club did Everton sign Andy van der Meyde?

3. In which sport can teams hit the balls three times before it crosses the net, and only score if they served?

4. How many downs do the teams have to travel 10 yards in American Football?

5. Following their 19-18 win over Scotland how many times in the last four years have Ireland won the Triple Crown?

6. How many circuits of an Olympic velodrome must a cyclist cover to complete 1000 meters?

7. How many times have England won the Cricket World Cup?

8. Who scored the winning goal for Watford as they beat Plymouth Argyle 1-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-final?

9. What record did Monica Seles beat when she won the French Open in 1990?

10. Which team were Manchester United playing before the recent 'riot' between spectators and police?

FILM

1. Which 2005 film tells the story of boxer James Braddock?

2. Who directed and starred in the 1987 film Throw Mama From The Train?

3. Which pair are responsible for the films Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz?

4. Which 1986 movie told the brief life story of pop idol Ritchie Valens?

5. In which cartoon did a crab sing the song Under The Sea?

6. What was the name of the baby in the film Three Men And A Baby?

7. Who directed the 1984 film Dune and the TV series Twin Peaks?

8. Who directed the multiple Oscar-winner Traffic, loosely based on the Ch 4 1989 mini-series?

9. In which 1998 film does Jeff Bridges play 'The Dude'?

10. Who plays American sex Goddess Candy Fiveways in the recent film I Want Candy?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Lake Garda is the largest lake in which country?

2. Which body of water forms Turkey's northern Border?

3. Which of the Canary Islands is noted for its Mountains of Fire?

4. What is the most western province of Canada?

5. Omdurman is the largest City of which African country?

6. Which Motorway links South Wales to London?

7. Of which US State is Augusta the capital?

8. Which country has the international vehicle registration letters CH?

9. What is the capital city of Papua, New Guinea?

10. Four countries in Europe keep Greenwich Mean Time, the UK and Iceland are two, name the other two?

RADIO & TELEVISION

1. Who is the highest paid British TV personality?

2. Who was the first D.J. to be heard on Radio 1, back in 1967?

3. According to the Ch4 programme who is the 'Toff At The Top'?

4. Who should you 'Get Your Act Together' for on Ch4?

5. Which long-running Alastair Cooke radio show had the same title as a hit song for the Proclaimers?

6. Which pop group introduced Ch 5 to our screens ten years ago?

7. Who did Chris Moyles replace as host of the breakfast show on Radio 1?

8. In which hotel did chambermaid Polly Sherman work?

9. Who presented the Saturday Superstore on Children TV between 1982 & 1987?

10. Who has just concluded his Fishing School on ITV?

WHAT WAS THE YEAR

match these years to the following events

1095 - 1170 - 1671 - 1696 - 1798 - 1911 - 1929 - 1931- 1965 - 1989

1. The Crusades begin?

2. Isaac Newton moves to London as Warden of the Royal Mint

3. The Empire State Building is built in New York?

4. Capital punishment is abolished in Britain?

5. Burma changes its name to Myanmar?

6. Scots hero Rob Roy McGregor is born?

7. The Wall Street Crash ushers in the Great Depression?

8. Casanova dies at his Castle of Dux in Bohemia?

9. Thomas A Becket is assassinated by Reginald Fitzurse, William de Tracy, Hugh de Merville and Richard le Breton?

10. Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South Pole?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. In which part of the body would you find the Atrium?

2. What is US Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's middle name?

3. What distinction does the flower Rafflesia hold?

4. Tocopherol is the technical name of which vitamin?

5. Which town links Gracie Fields and Lisa Stansfield?

6. Which footballer's 1990 transfer to Celtic made him the club's first £1 million signing?

7. Whose 'Never Ending Tour' reached the UK this month?

8. The debit card Switch changed its name to what?

9. How were Andy McLuskey & Paul Humphreys known in the 80's?

10. Which hexagonal musical instrument was invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone?