GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1

1. In which game do you have to pull out sticks whilst trying to keep marbles from falling?

2. Who wrote the poem that begins 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'?

3. Established in Canberra in 1981, what is the ABCI?

4. Which Mexican dish is a filling of meat, beans or other ingredients, wrapped in a large, soft flour tortilla?

5. Which famous US citizen was born on July 30th, 1947, in Thal, Graz, Austria?

6. Which group has had hits with Somebody Told Me, Mr. Brightside and Jenny Was a Friend of Mine?

7. Greta is the Swedish diminutive of what popular name?

8. Which fast food chain's sign includes a drawing of a girl in pigtails?

9. What does the 'yuppie' acronym LOMBARD stand for?

10. What does it mean in foxhunting to Cut a Voluntary?

MOVIES

1. In which 1996 film does John Travolta play an angel?

2. Who played the intensely weird Lt. Milo Minderbinder in the film Catch 22?

3. Which 1997 film about a caretaker who is a mathematical genius stars Robin Williams and Matt Damon?

4. Which 'sex-kitten' was born Camille Javal?

5. What was the name of the mouse in the film The Green Mile?

6. In which film did Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman appear together?

7. In which 1980 film are Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins shipwrecked?

8. Rachel Weiss won an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role in which film?

9. Who played the Russian boxer in Rocky IV?

10. In which film does Woody Allen utter the classic line "Hey, don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love"?

GEOGRAPHY

1. In which country would you find the port of Fray Bentos?

2. In what country would you find the Cities of General Santos, Cabanatuan, Batangas, and Quezon City?

3. Abuja is the capital of which African country?

4. Which two countries are linked by the Brenner Pass?

5. Which US State is known as America's Dairyland State?

6. In which Scottish City would you find the Kingston Bridge?

7. What do the Dutch call their areas of land reclaimed from the sea?

8. In which country is Stockport Island?

9. Which European capital City stands on the Vltava River?

10. Thimpu is the capital of which Asian Kingdom?

SPORT

1. Sam Allerdice the ex-Bolton boss has signed a three-year contract with Newcastle, who does he replace?

2. Which Olympic sport takes its name from the Greek for 'to train naked'?

3. Before Lewis Hamilton, who was the youngest driver to lead the F1 World Championship?

4. Which country did Australia beat in the 2003 cricket World Cup final?

5. Rugby League team Wigan Warriors have been forced to turn down which Aussie Test star because they cannot afford him?

6. Which famous sportsman lit the torch at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games?

7. From which Brazilian club did Carlos Tevez arrive at West Ham?

8. Alesana Tuilagi plays international rugby for which country?

9. Who is the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year?

10. David Beckham's LA Galaxy teammate Ty Harden holds which dubious distinction?

TELEVISION

1. Thermoman from the planet Ultron is a character in which TV comedy show?

2. Which BBC show of the 1990s, is about two sisters who set up their own fashion business in the 1920s?

3. Name the long serving programme editor on Blue Peter who retired in 1988?

4. Which well-known TV character was played by James Doohan?

5. Which TV series was centered round the Whitbury Newtown Leisure Centre?

6. What was the name of the character played by Nigel Hawthorne in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister?

7. David Edwards a physics teacher from Staffordshire, become the second person to do what?

8. Which veteran actress has been offered a deal to become Emmerdale's latest scheming bitch?

9. The most watched daytime telly show is the BBC's One o'clock news, what comes runner-up?

10. In the series Rising Damp what was the name of Rigsby's cat?

CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. What was the slogan emblazoned on the Anya Hindmarch £5 shopping bags that recently sold out at Sainsbury's?

2. Which country did Queen Elizabeth II grace with a state visit last week?

3. An arrest warrant was recently issued in India for which US actor for publicly kissing Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty during an aids awareness rally?

4. Musician Mstislav Rostropovich who died earlier this month played what?

5. Who recently enjoyed 25 seconds of weightlessness on-board NASA's zero-gravity plane, G Force One?

6. In their first televised debate, how many (if any) of the 10 Republican candidates for US president said they did not believe in evolution?

7. Which Italian City has decided to fine and eject sunbathers, loiterers and snackers from its central square?

8. A theme park has opened in England to celebrate the works of which famous British writer?

9. Wally Schirra who died earlier this month is the only person to have done what?

10. Which South American country's leader has said it will seize foreign owned oil fields?

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 2

1. Whose birthday is celebrated throughout the world on January 25th?

2. What, in the USA, are referred to as Benjamins?

3. What was founded by Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss philanthropist in 1864 during the Geneva Convention?

4. Actress Angelina Jolie has a famous acting dad, who is he?

5. From which country does the Lambada dance originate?

6. Who won a Victoria Cross for leading the Dambusters raid during WW II?

7. What is Newton's third law?

8. Which Nestle breakfast cereal consists of circles of corn, oats, wheat and rice?

9. It might be a match, but which music hall star is associated with the song Burlington Bertie?

10. And appropriately, to finish, who won the Booker Prize in 1996 with Last Orders?