GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. Opium, Californian and Yellow Horned are varieties of which flower?

2. What is the name of the baker in the game of Happy Families?

3. Which royal Princess died in a car crash in 1982?

4. Who were Patti, Maxine and Laverne?

5. What is the chief food of baby whales?

6. At what number on the Beaufort scale does smoke rise vertically?

7. Brian Downey, Eric Bell and who formed a successful trio in 1969?

8. How many eyes does a bee have?

9. Which Shakespearean character cries, "Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more!"?

10. Which word can be - a unit of weight; an animal enclosure or to beat?

GEOGRAPHY / HISTORY

1. Who was assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5th 1968?

2. What is the capital of the Canadian Province of Alberta?

3. Who was the legendary commander of the Greek armies at the siege of Troy?

4. Which sea lies between Italy and Greece?

5. Which ruler was assassinated by his own guards in 41 AD?

6. Eritrea is a Province of which country?

7. In which City did the 1819 Peterloo Massacre take place?

8. Which is the southernmost of the Caribbean Islands?

9. Which International organisation was set up after WW I with the purpose of achieving world peace?

10. What is the Capital City of the Balearic Islands?

MOVIES

1. In which film does Peter Sellers play a gardener called Chance?

2. How many people didn't come back from the woods in the movie The Blair Witch Project?

3. Which pop group made the surreal fantasy film Head in 1968?

4. Released in 1958, which was the first of the 'Carry On' films?

5. In which film did Dennis Hopper play the unsavoury Frank Booth?

6. Which character does Robbie Coltrane portray in the Harry Potter movies?

7. In which aptly named 1984 film did Sean Connery return to the role of James Bond?

8. In which Steven Spielberg film does Tom Hanks play Viktor Navorski?

9. Which musical features the songs Bless Your Beautiful Hide and Goin' Courtin'?

10. True or False - In the shower scene from Psycho they used tomato sauce for the blood?

SPORT

1. In Formula One motor racing, how many of the drivers who finish a race score points?

2. How wide is a soccer goal?

3. Who was the first cricketer in history to take 300 test match wickets?

4. If you had a beard you would not be allowed to compete in the Olympics at what sport?

5. In which Irish town was the GAA formed in 1884?

6. In what year did (Interesting) Steve Davis win his 1st World Championship?

7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties?

8. In horse racing, by what name is Prestbury Park Racecourse much better known?

9. Which famous golf course near Perth in Scotland has a King's and Queen's course?

10. Which country will host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games?

IRELAND

1. In which Lough would you find the Isle of Inishfree?

2. Who was born at 21 Westland Row, Dublin in 1856?

3. Which Museum is situated between Newtownbutler and Lisnaskea?

4. In which County would you find the Turoe Stone?

5. Which Irish City is situated on the River Suir?

6. In which Irish County are the Legananny Hills?

7. Who did Sir Edward Carson describe as 'The Butcher of Belfast' in 1914?

8. How long (to the nearest 10 miles) is the River Shannon?

9. The oldest licensed Whiskey Distillery in the world is situated in which Irish village?

10. Who co-founded the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) with Ian Paisley in 1971?

TELEVISION

1. In which TV series did the Electric Mayhem Band appear?

2. Who started in TV as a cowboy rancer, became a farmer and then an angel?

3. What was the title of the sit-com in which Patricia Routledge played Hyacynth Bucket?

4. Which character in the TV show Sesame Street lives in a trash can?

5. How many contestants start each episode of the television quiz The Weakest Link?

6. What did the Goodies hit each other with in the Lancastrian art of 'Ecky Thump'?

7. In the Flintstones what was Wilma's vacuum cleaner?

8. Which sports star went on to become Amazon on ITV's Gladiators?

9. Before Ainsley Harriot, who presented Ready Steady Cook on TV?

10. Roger Lloyd Pack played Trigger in Only Fools and Horses but in which comedy did he play Owen Newitt?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. What was the first metal to be used by man to make tools?

2. What is outlawed by the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution?

3. What were Spanish matadors allowed to add to their suits for the 1st time on August 2nd 1987?

4. In June 1965 Edward H White IInd was the 1st American to do what?

5. What is the specific connection between Brazil and 'The peaceful banks of the River Ipirango'?

6. What is a howdah?

7. In which Capital City can you visit Disneyland?

8. What name was given to the American patriots immediately before the War of Independence who were ready to fight at a moment's notice?

9. What is the name of the cashmere shawl made from the underfur of various Tibetan animals, but especially the goat?

10. Which famous male ballet star defected to the West in 1974, while dancing with the Kirov ballet in Toronto?