GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. What is the correct verbal address to give to an Ambassador?

2. Snowflake, an albino Gorilla is one of the main attractions at which European zoo?

3. Which is the largest joint in the human body?

4. Samwise Gamgee is one of the central characters in which trio of novels?

5. The Metropolitan Opera is located in what North American City?

6. If the Spanish word is sopa, what is the English word?

7. Where would you find Princess Leia Organa?

8. Who wrote the play The History Boys?

9. What colours are the destination signs on a Motorway?

10. How many playing pieces are there in a set of dominos?

GEOGRAPHY

1. What is the State Capital of Western Australia?

2. On which river does Chepstow stand?

3. In which City would you find the Jacques Cartier Bridge?

4. What is the capital of the tiny European country of Liechtenstein?

5. On which river do the Canadian cities of Quebec and Montreal stand?

6. What is the Capital City of Uruguay?

7. Name the ancient palace and fortress in Grenada (Spain) famous for its fountains, nightingales and trees?

8. On which continent would you find Cape Horn?

9. What is the capital City of Syria called?

10. To the nearest square mile, how big is the City of London?

FILM

1. Which actor's first leading role was in the 1930 film The Big Trail?

2. In which 1985 film did John Cleese play a 'Wild West' sheriff?

3. The recent film Amazing Grace tells the story of which real life campaigner?

4. In 1985, if Arnold Schwarzenegger was Lord Kalidor, who was Brigette Nielsen?

5. Which City does Mr Bean visit in the 1st Mr Bean film?

6. What was the name of Audrey Hepburn's character in Breakfast At Tiffany's?

7. How was the character Tilly Masterson killed in the Bond film Goldfinger?

8. In the 1978 remake of The Big Sleep, who played the detective Phillip Marlowe?

9. Which Liverpudlian wrote the Oscar-winning film Shirley Valentine?

10. In which 1924 film did Douglas Fairbanks ride on a magic carpet?

BLOCKBUSTERS

1. What 'B' is the stately home where Winston Churchill was born?

2. What 'P' is the Shakespearean character who says, "The quality of mercy is not strained"?

3. What 'T' is the name given to a pottery mug depicting a stout man usually dressed in 18th century clothing?

4. Which 'S' is a Soviet built ground to air missile?

5. What 'C' is further North, Cancer or Capricorn?

6. What 'C' is both an English county town and the surname of an actor in The Full Monty?

7. Which 'S' is a disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency?

8. Which 'S' is present if a dish is a la Florentine?

9. Which 'L' is the composer who appeared on the French 10-Franc note before they adopted the Euro?

10. What 'H' was the name of the No.10 Downing Street cat adopted by an uncharacteristically kind PM Maggie Thatcher and booted out by Cherie Blair?

TELEVISION

1. What was the name of the island where Father Ted was the Parish Priest?

2. What is the name of Doctor Who's new assistant?

3. The Cartright family in Bonanza were, Ben (Pa), Little Joe, Hoss, and, who was the 3rd brother?

4. What kind of animal was Quick Draw McGraw?

5. To which Castle are the Hart-Dyke family 'Returning' according to the title of the BBC 2 series?

6. Surnames please, of Rory, John and John?

7. Who was the only human ever to appear on Spitting Image?

8. What were the forenames of Mummy and Daddy Munster?

9. Who plays ITV's 'Diamond Geezer'?

10. Inventor, Robert Alder, who died earlier this year at the age of 93, invented which tellyvisual aid in 1956?

HISTORY

1. Who was the world's 1st female Prime Minister?

2. What name was given to the only Republican period in English history?

3. Which Ancient Greek philosopher lived in a tub?

4. A musket ball fired from the French ship Redoubtable killed which famous English hero?

5. Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

6. Which pretender to the throne was executed in 1554?

7. Who declared the 1936 Olympics officially open?

8. Which opera was commissioned to mark the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869?

9. The USA launched an orbiting space station in 1973, what was it called?

10. Which Scottish engineer was responsible for building the Caledonian Canal?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. What is the favourite food of Hobbits?

2. Which play by William Shakespeare begins onboard a ship in the middle of a storm?

3. What name is given to a star that suddenly increases in luminous intensity?

4. According to the 1963 Boy Scout Handbook, how many regulation knots are there?

5. Which is the largest mammal ever to inhabit the Earth?

6. What is a Sirtaki?

7. In the game of Bridge, how many tricks are required for a 'small slam'?

8. With which sport would you associate Watkins Glen in the USA?

9. How many Counties are there in the ROI Province of Connacht?

10. What name is given to fossilized pine resin?