GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. In which Lancashire town was the Cooperative Movement founded?

2. Which popular UK newspaper was founded in September 1964?

3. In which town was the first skyscraper erected in 1891?

4. What is signified by a red triangle on an Ordnance Survey map?

5. If democracy is government by the people, what is a stratocracy?

6. In which country was margarine invented?

7. Which department store chain started in Holland by two German brothers has its present headquarters in Brussels, and 500 stores throughout Europe?

8. What was Ben Hur's first name?

9. What is the first name of President George W Bush's mother?

10. Who was the victim in the world's first live televised murder back in 1963?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Which island situated off the tip of the Sorrento Peninsula in Italy has the Grotta Azura as on of its main tourist attractions?

2. Which Portuguese City stands at the mouth of the river Douro?

3. In which country is the greater part of the Atacama Desert?

4. In which Australian Territory is Ayers Rock?

5. On which river does Lake Geneva lie?

6. In which country is the volcano Mount Hekla?

7. On which river does Moscow stand?

8. How are the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire collectively known?

9. In which ocean do the Seychelles lie?

10. Where are the North Yolla Bolly Mountains?

FILM

1. Who starred in the films Atlantic City, The Swimmer and The Train?

2. Who plays the eponymous 'Good Woman' in the 2004 film based on Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan?

3. Who played the eponymous King Ralph in the 1991 film?

4. Which actress played the character Amy Sumner in the 1971 Sam Peckinpah film Straw Dogs?

5. If Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville played brothers, who played their cousin?

6. What was the 3rd of the Dirty Harry movies called?

7. An Ungentlemanly Act is a dramatic reconstruction of what event?

8. In which 1985 film does Arnold Schwarzenegger wage a 'one man war' against terrorists who have kidnapped his daughter?

9. Who plays a gunman on the run in the recent film Shooter?

10. Who plays Johnny Truelove, based on the real-life character Jesse James Hollywood in the recent film Alpha Dog?

LITERATURE

1. Who wrote the book Ben Hur?

2. What is the name of the husband in Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew?

3. I Am Born, is the 1st chapter of which Dickens' novel?

4. Where does the comic character Desperate Dan live?

5. Who wrote Jamaica Inn, Rebecca and The Birds?

6. Who wrote the well-known poem The Lady of Shalott?

7. Who wrote the novel The African Queen, on which the successful film was based?

8. Which comedy of 1773 by Oliver Goldsmith, has the alternative title The Mistakes of a Night?

9. Which Nancy Mitford novel revolves around the actions of Robert Post's daughter Flora?

10. Which famous work by Brendan Behan is set in a Dublin prison?

FOOD & DRINK

1. What name is given to the Cajun version of paella?

2. What does the abbreviation A.B.V. stand for in alcoholic drinks?

3. From which animal's milk do we obtain (Greek) feta cheese?

4. Which non-alcoholic cocktail comprises ginger ale, grenadine and a cherry?

5. What name is given to a salad of diced apples, celery, walnuts and mayonnaise?

6. What is the name of the apple based liqueur from Normandy?

7. Which foodstuff is sold as small, medium, large, or very large now that the 1-7 sizing system has been abolished?

8. From which country does the drink Kvass originate?

9. What word is used to describe beans, peas and lentils?

10. In which country is the winemaking area of Stellenbosch?

TELEVISION

1. Set in Oxbridge Hospital, name Britain's first twice-weekly serial, which was created by Tessa Diamond and ran from 1957 to 1967?

2. If Honeysuckle Weeks is the driver and Michael Kitchen the detective, what is the title of the series?

3. Which drama series was set in Larkhall Prison?

4. In which TV show would you find (have found) Dr Karl Kennedy?

5. What is the name of the country solicitor played in a new ITV series by Stephen Fry?

6. Danny Wallace is the host of which current reality TV show?

7. What is Homer Simpson's favourite brand of beer in the Simpsons?

8. Which 1970's television show was hosted by 'Whispering' Bob Harris?

9. Who played the character Jenna Wade in Dallas?

10. What phrase did Frank Muir coin about television presenter Joan Bakewell that emphasized her brains and looks?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Which sports company's logo is called 'The Swoosh'?

2. Which form of folk dance, often seen on village greens in the springtime, is first recorded to have existed in the 15th Century?

3. What collective name is given to organisms such as moulds, mildews and mushrooms?

4. Who famously said in 1995 "Well there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded"?

5. Which is the only sign of the zodiac to start and finish with the same letter?

6. In newspaper car adverts, for what do the initials ESR stand?

7. What was the name of the prostitute with whom Hugh Grant was arrested in Los Angeles in 1995?

8. What is the name of an auction, where the auctioneer starts at a high price, then comes down until he gets a bidder for the goods?

9. Belfast Child in 1988 was which supergroup's first UK No. 1 hit?

10. Which public holiday was celebrated in the UK for the first time in 1978?