1,500 General Knowledge Quiz Questions

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Q1: What song is played at the end of 'Dr Strangelove'?
A1: We'll Meet Again

Q2: What gas makes up 78 per cent of dry air?
A2: Nitrogen

Q3: In which century did Genghis Khan rule?
A3: The thirteenth

Q4: In which year did Mick Jagger and David Bowie top the charts with 'Dancing in the Street'?
A4: 1985

Q5: What type of acid is in bee stings?
A5: Formic acid

Q6: Which islands did 'Captain Cook' discover?
A6: Hawaii

Q7: What part of the body is affected by rhinitis?
A7: Nose

Q8: Where do the Greek gods live?
A8: Mount Olympus

Q9: In 'Star Trek', from which planet did Spock's mother come?
A9: Earth

Q10: Which democratically elected President of Chile who was overthrown and killed in 1973?
A10: Salvador Allende

Q11: Who played Felix Ungar in the Billy Wilder film 'The Odd Couple'?
A11: Jack Lemmon

Q12: Cantaloupe is a variety of which fruit or vegetable?
A12: Melon

Q13: What is the unit of currency in Poland?
A13: The Zloty

Q14: Which vegetable is the main ingredient of coleslaw?
A14: Cabbage

Q15: Which beetle was sacred to the ancient Egyptians?
A15: Scarab

Q16: Which American Indian is buried at Gravesend, Kent?
A16: Pocahontas

Q17: With which counrty did Italy go to war in 1911?
A17: Turkey

Q18: With which musical instrument is Myra Hess associated?
A18: Piano

Q19: What is the name of the water buses in Venice?
A19: Vaporetti

Q20: What name is given to a sale at which the price is reduced until a buyer is found?
A20: A Dutch auction

Q21: What is the distance between the rails in standard gauge?
A21: Four feet eight and a half inches

Q22: Which famous bombing mission in 1945 was captained by Colonel Paul Tibbets?
A22: The atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Q23: Who, in 1990, became the youngest winner of the US Men's Open tennis championship?
A23: Pete Sampras

Q24: What was Ram Jam's only hit single?
A24: Black Betty

Q25: What common English climbing plant is also known as Woodbine?
A25: Honeysuckle

Q26: Which element forms the most compounds?
A26: Carbon

Q27: Which pop group had hits with Rubber Bullets & Dredlock holiday?
A27: 10 CC

Q28: In soccer, from which two kicks must the ball go forward?
A28: Kick offs and penalties

Q29: How many items are there in a 'gross'?
A29: 144 (12 dozen)

Q30: What is the minimum number of banked turns on a championship bobsleigh course?
A30: Fifteen

Q31: Cricket: In 1968, who became the first batsman to hit six sixes in an over?
A31: Gary Sobers

Q32: Who produced the films 'High Noon' and 'The Caine Mutiny'?
A32: Stanley Kramer

Q33: Who was the lead singer of The Hollies?
A33: Allan Clarke

Q34: What is the name of a line on a map that joins places of equal height?
A34: Contour

Q35: What is the name of the ranch in 'Dallas'?
A35: Southfork

Q36: On which famous occasion did someone shout 'Sic, Semper, Tyrannis' which means 'Thus always two tyrants' and is the motto of the State of Virginia?
A36: Assassination of Lincoln

Q37: In America the George Washington bridge spans which river?
A37: The Hudson River

Q38: Which revolting slave was killed in Rome in about 70BC?
A38: Spartacus

Q39: Who wrote a volume of autobiography called 'The Moon's A Balloon'?
A39: David Niven

Q40: What is the scientific name for the white of an egg?
A40: Albumen

Q41: What was the Spice Girls' first No. 1 single?
A41: Wannabe

Q42: How many yards are there in a mile?
A42: 1760

Q43: Who was the leader of the Suffragettes?
A43: Sylvia Pankhurst

Q44: Which metal has the atomic number 1?
A44: Hydrogen

Q45: In which South American country is Guarani widely spoken?
A45: Paraguay

Q46: What is a Ziggurat?
A46: A stepped pyramid

Q47: Where are the Bitter Lakes?
A47: Egypt

Q48: Which city is served by John Foster Dulles Airport?
A48: Washington

Q49: Of which group is Sharleen Spiteri the lead singer?
A49: Texas

Q50: What is the maximum number of greyhounds that can run in a race?
A50: Eight

Q51: Who was the Franciscan Monk who founded the science of generics with his studies of the growing of peas?
A51: Mendel

Q52: In which art form are compositions made up of objects juxtaposed and pasted on a dry ground?
A52: Collage

Q53: For what is Patricia Roberts famed?
A53: Knitting patterns

Q54: In which harbour did the Mary Rose sink in 1545?
A54: Portsmouth

Q55: What part of the body is affected by hepatitis?
A55: Liver

Q56: What colour is the cross on the Swiss national flag?
A56: White

Q57: What do you call the long sashed robe with loose sleeves worn by Japanese women?
A57: Kimono

Q58: In photographic terms for what does SLR stand?
A58: Single Lens Reflex

Q59: What letter appears on the most Scrabble Crossword Game tiles?
A59: E

Q60: What family of birds does the budgie belong to?
A60: Parrot

Q61: Which African country is home to the Wolof tribe?
A61: Senegal

Q62: What is measured in millibars?
A62: Atmospheric pressure

Q63: Which temperature has the same value in both centigrade and farenheit?
A63: -40

Q64: What was the full name of Bonny Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender?
A64: Charles Edward Stuart

Q65: Which New York airport is closest to downtown Manhattan?
A65: La Guardia

Q66: Which year had Lindbergh flying the Atlantic, the first talking picture, and the BBC founded?
A66: 1927

Q67: Who had a hit in 1970 with 'Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'?
A67: Steam

Q68: Which jazz trumpeter made an album called 'Bitches Brew'?
A68: Miles Davis

Q69: Who, in 1962, was given the biggest ticker-tape parade in history when New York showered 3,474 tons of paper into the streets?
A69: John Glenn

Q70: Which year was John F Kennedy assassinated?
A70: 1963

Q71: Which sport do the Los Angeles Lakers play?
A71: Basketball

Q72: Which English scientist devised the systen of fingerprint identification in 1893?
A72: Sir Francis Galton

Q73: Of which country was Catherine the Great empress?
A73: Russia

Q74: The Rockefeller Plaza is used as an open-air cafe in summer. What is it in winter?
A74: Ice Skating Rink

Q75: In which country are Saabs manufactured?
A75: Sweden

Q76: Who played Alexander the Great in the 1956 film?
A76: Richard Burton

Q77: What nationality was Sylvia, who had a hit in 1974 with 'Y Viva Espana'?
A77: Swedish

Q78: Who made an album entitled 'Bless Its Pointed Little Head'?
A78: Jefferson Airplane

Q79: Which three oceans lap the shores of Canada?
A79: The Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic

Q80: Where did Martin Luther King Jr deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
A80: Washington D.C.

Q81: What kind of animal is a water ouzel?
A81: Bird

Q82: Which French Impressionist painted a series of studies of Rouen Cathedral?
A82: Claude Monet

Q83: What name is given to an alloy of Mercury?
A83: Amalgam

Q84: For the winter solstice, Druids in ancient Britain would gather a forest plant that we now associate with Christmas. What is this plant called?
A84: Mistletoe

Q85: What is the capital of Cyprus?
A85: Nicosia

Q86: In which religion is the god Brahma found?
A86: Hindu

Q87: Man has 7 vertebrae in his neck. How many does a giraffe have?
A87: 7

Q88: What does the 'J.K.' in J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter author) stand for?
A88: Joanne Kathleen

Q89: Who was the first cricketer to take 250 Test wickets?
A89: Fred Trueman

Q90: What flower is alternatively known as the Lent Lily?
A90: Daffodil

Q91: What is the Earth's most abundant metal?
A91: Aluminium

Q92: Which month's name is derived from the eighth month of the earlier Roman calendar?
A92: October

Q93: Which American University is located at New Haven, Connecticut?
A93: Yale

Q94: By what name was Mary Westmacott better known as?
A94: Agatha Christie

Q95: Where, in 1977, was the world's worst civil airline disaster?
A95: Tenerife

Q96: Who first translated the Bible into English?
A96: John Wycliffe

Q97: The female of which species is known as a jill?
A97: Ferret

Q98: How often is the Passion Play performed at Oberammergau, Germany?
A98: Every 10 years

Q99: Which is the only country in South America to have an Atlantic and a Pacific coast?
A99: Colombia

Q100: Who played the title role in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film 'Spartacus'?
A100: Kirk Douglas

Q101: Who starred with Clint Eastwood in 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'?
A101: Jeff Bridges

Q102: The national flag of Belgium is composed of three colours. Black, red and which other colour?
A102: Yellow

Q103: How many pounds in a stone?
A103: Fourteen

Q104: The male of which species is known as a boomer or a buck?
A104: Kangaroo

Q105: In 1982, 'Knight Rider' premiered, with Michael Knight and KITT, his intelligent car. What did 'KITT' stand for?
A105: The Knight Industry Two Thousand

Q106: What was Bing Crosby's real first name?
A106: Harry

Q107: Who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays?
A107: Thomas Hughes

Q108: In which country is Lake Ladoga?
A108: Russia

Q109: How many square inches are there in a square foot?
A109: 144

Q110: What is the capital of New Zealand?
A110: Wellington

Q111: What do you get to eat at a Barmecide feast?
A111: Nothing

Q112: Who wrote the Novel, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde?
A112: Robert Louis Stevenson

Q113: What is the Romanian Language word for 'son of the devil' or 'son of the dragon'?
A113: Dracula

Q114: In which game do you get one for his nob?
A114: Cribbage

Q115: In the binary system, what number is represented by 101?
A115: Five

Q116: Pop Music: Where did Toto get their name?
A116: From Dorothy's dog in 'The Wizard of Oz'

Q117: Which great tennis champion co-wrote a novel called 'The Total Zone'?
A117: Martina Navratilova

Q118: Name the athlete who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
A118: Jesse Owens

Q119: What is the state capital of Idaho?
A119: Boise

Q120: What does the word Matador mean?
A120: Killer

Q121: Name the captain of the Nautilus in Jules Vernes' 20,0000 leagues under the sea?
A121: Nemo

Q122: What did Jason and the Argonauts seek?
A122: The Golden Fleece

Q123: What is the name of the character played by Anthony Perkins in 'Psycho'?
A123: Norman Bates

Q124: Whose first UK hit was 'Love Really Hurts Without You'?
A124: Billy Ocean

Q125: Which mountains form a border between France and Spain?
A125: Pyranees

Q126: Which castle in Cornwall is thought by some to have been the site of Camelot?
A126: Tintagel

Q127: How many strings has a Ukulele?
A127: 4

Q128: Which 1998 sci-fi film stars Matt Le Blanc and Gary Oldman?
A128: Lost In Space

Q129: Who was President of Chile from 1973 to 1990?
A129: Augusto Pinochet

Q130: How many players in an ice hockey team?
A130: Six

Q131: What is the sea between Arabia and Africa called?
A131: The Red Sea

Q132: Which fruit is a cross between a peach and a plum?
A132: A nectarine

Q133: What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
A133: Mount Cook

Q134: Which African country is home to the Hausa and Ibo tribes?
A134: Nigeria

Q135: What name is given to a small barrel of ale of nine gallons?
A135: Firkin

Q136: What colour is amethyst?
A136: Purple

Q137: What are the periods of play in polo called?
A137: Chukkas

Q138: In which city is 'Hill Street Blues' set?
A138: Boston

Q139: The following number is the only one of its kind. '8,549,176,320'. What is so special about it?
A139: It's the only number that has all the digits arranged in alphabetical order.

Q140: Who won his eighth world 500cc motorcycling championship in 1975?
A140: Giacomo Agostini

Q141: In which US state is Chicago?
A141: Illinois

Q142: Who sculpted the Elgin Marbles?
A142: Pheidias

Q143: By what name was Albert de Salvo better known?
A143: The Boston Strangler

Q144: What name is given to male bees?
A144: Drones

Q145: Who had a No 1 hit with 'Don't Turn Around'?
A145: Aswad

Q146: How many sides are there to a dodecagon?
A146: 12

Q147: What nationality was Marie Tussaud who founded the famous wax work exhibition?
A147: Swiss

Q148: The native Indians of South America used a bitter poison to tip their arrows, what was it called?
A148: Curare

Q149: How many 'Rocky' films were made?
A149: Four

Q150: Which state was founded by Mohammed Ali Jinnah?
A150: Pakistan

Q151: How many squares are on a chess board?
A151: 64

Q152: Which country is the world's leading producer of cork?
A152: Portugal

Q153: For how long was Noah's Ark on the water?
A153: Seven months

Q154: What is the name of the scale used to compare sound intensities?
A154: Decibel

Q155: What was the title of Motorhead's best-selling album?
A155: No Sleep Till Hammersmith

Q156: Where would you find the islands of Langerhans and the Haversian canals?
A156: The body. The pancreas contains the islands of Langerhans and the Haversian canals are in the bones.

Q157: By how much does a sharp raise a note?
A157: A semitone

Q158: How many chambers does a normal human heart have?
A158: 4

Q159: What is the maximum number of times a volleyball may be hit before it has to go over the net?
A159: Three

Q160: What is the highest rank in the British army?
A160: Field Marshal

Q161: Which country's name translates to 'land of silver'?
A161: Argentina

Q162: What name is given to the popular Greek spirit flavoured with aniseed?
A162: Ouzo

Q163: Which country is joined to the continental mainland by a series of islands known as Adam's Bridge?
A163: Sri Lanka

Q164: Name the Three Musketeers?
A164: Aramis, Porthos, Athos

Q165: Chemically pure gold contains how many karats?
A165: 24

Q166: What was Tom Jones' first UK No 1?
A166: It's Not Unusual

Q167: How many pounds in a ton?
A167: 2240

Q168: Of which country is Mount Kosciusko the highest peak?
A168: Australia

Q169: How many claws does a domestic cat have?
A169: 18

Q170: How many nickles do you get for a dime?
A170: 2

Q171: Who composed 'The flight of the bumble bee'?
A171: Rimsky Korsacov

Q172: Which American building is the largest office building in the World with an area of around six and a half million square feet?
A172: The Pentagon

Q173: What was the pen name of children's writer Mrs Darrell Waters?
A173: Enid Blyton

Q174: On what temperature scale can absolute zero be measured most accurately?
A174: The Kelvin Scale

Q175: Where did Sherlock Holmes live?
A175: 221B Baker Street

Q176: What is the name of the notorious penal colony off French Guyana?
A176: Devil's Island

Q177: What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
A177: Gamma

Q178: Which two of the seven dwarfs do not have names which end in 'y'?
A178: Doc, Bashful

Q179: At which battle did Napoleon beat the Austrians?
A179: Marengo

Q180: In which group of islands is Divehi one of the main languages?
A180: The Maldives

Q181: What is the currency of Austria?
A181: Schilling

Q182: During WW2 General Eisenhower was the Chief of SHAEF what did SHAEF stand for?
A182: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

Q183: Which Carthaginian general defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae?
A183: Hannibal

Q184: What was the Profession of Patrick Swayze character in the film 'Ghost'?
A184: Stock Broker

Q185: Which American state is known as the 'Blue Grass State'?
A185: Kentucky

Q186: What does an 'Anemometer' measure?
A186: Windspeed

Q187: What branch of Science is concerned with the study of matter below the size of atoms?
A187: Particle Physics

Q188: In which sport is there sometimes a nightwatchman?
A188: Cricket

Q189: Which river flows into the Dead Sea?
A189: River Jordan

Q190: Where was the football world cup held in 1978?
A190: Argentina

Q191: Who was the famous sister of Castor and Pollux?
A191: Helen of Troy

Q192: With which artistic movement was Braque associated?
A192: Cubism

Q193: Whose first UK hit was 'If Not For You'?
A193: Olivia Newton-John

Q194: Which chemical element has the symbol Fe?
A194: Iron

Q195: Who wrote Down And Out In Paris And London?
A195: George Orwell

Q196: Which is the oldest university in the United Kingdom?
A196: Oxford

Q197: After how many years does Halley's comet appear?
A197: 76 Years

Q198: In which continent would you find the Atlas mountains?
A198: Africa

Q199: Who was known in the Second World War as The Forces' Sweetheart?
A199: Vera Lynn

Q200: By what name is Formosa now known?
A200: Taiwan

Q201: What does the '00' indicate in James Bond's 007?
A201: A license to kill

Q202: What might be 12 in London, 10 in New York and 40 in Rome?
A202: Dress sizes

Q203: How many points does a cannon score at billiards?
A203: Two

Q204: With which sport do you associate the 'Cresta Run'?
A204: Bobsleigh (toboggan)

Q205: Who was Lauren Bacall's first husband?
A205: Humphrey Bogart

Q206: What was the name of the lead singer of Hot Chocolate?
A206: Errol Brown

Q207: The headquarters of the World Health Organisation (WHO) can be found in which city?
A207: Geneva

Q208: How many faces are there on a tetrahedron?
A208: 4

Q209: How many bits in a byte?
A209: Eight

Q210: Where are the Tivoli gardens?
A210: Copenhagen

Q211: In Greek mythology, who had snakes instead of hair?
A211: The Gorgons

Q212: Which berries are used to give gin its flavour?
A212: Juniper berries

Q213: Which golfer is known as The Golden Bear?
A213: Jack Nicklaus

Q214: Which Briton was the first honorary citizen of the USA?
A214: Winston Churchill

Q215: Where would you find Baillie's Beads?
A215: Total Solar Eclipse

Q216: In 'Doctor Who' what does TARDIS stand for?
A216: Time and Relative Dimensions in Space

Q217: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled 'The Slave of Duty'?
A217: The Pirates of Penzance

Q218: What is the medical name for German measles?
A218: Rubella

Q219: Who was known as the October Pope?
A219: John Paul I

Q220: In which republic of the former USSR is Chernobyl?
A220: Ukraine

Q221: Who first claimed Australia for Britain in 1770?
A221: Captain James Cook

Q222: Who reigned in England from 1509 to 1547?
A222: Henry VIII

Q223: Which vegetable is the main ingredient of borsch?
A223: Beetroot

Q224: Which singer played the madame in the film version of 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'?
A224: Dolly Parton

Q225: Which Zimbabwean had a hit in 1991 and 1996 with 'Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)'?
A225: Rozalla

Q226: What European country is home to the majority of Catalan speakers?
A226: Spain

Q227: What instrument did Stephane Grappelli play?
A227: Violin

Q228: What was the capital of England before London?
A228: Winchester

Q229: What was the name given to the unsuccessful US attempt to invade Cuba in the 1960s?
A229: The Bay of Pigs

Q230: What was Elvis Presley's first UK hit single?
A230: Heartbreak Hotel

Q231: Which group had No. 1 hits with 'It's a Sin' and 'West End Girls'?
A231: Pet Shop Boys

Q232: Which French scientist demonstrated the germ theory of disease by eliminating bacteria from silkworms in the 1860s, and went on to work on anthrax and cholera?
A232: Louis Pasteur

Q233: What is a carpet knight?
A233: A soldier who has seen no action

Q234: What do the rings in the Olympic flag represent?
A234: Continents

Q235: What collective name is given to organisms such as moulds, mildews and mushrooms?
A235: Fungi

Q236: Which unit of length is equal to 220 yards and is still used in horseracing?
A236: Furlong

Q237: Which eighties band comprised of George Michael & Andrew Ridgley?
A237: Wham!

Q238: Of which US state is Trenton the capital?
A238: New Jersey

Q239: In which sport might you encounter spares and strikes?
A239: Ten-pin bowling

Q240: Who was President of the USA from 1981-1989?
A240: Ronald Reagan

Q241: What are the ingredients of the cocktail Bloody Mary?
A241: Vodka and tomato juice

Q242: How many feet in a Roman mile?
A242: 5000

Q243: Which canal links the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea?
A243: The Caledonian Canal

Q244: What is golf-star Tiger Woods real first name?
A244: Eldrick

Q245: What colour are French letter-boxes?
A245: Yellow

Q246: Who directed 'The Color of Money'?
A246: Martin Scorsese

Q247: Ehrich Weiss was better known to the world as who?
A247: Harry Houdini

Q248: What is the highest point in Britain?
A248: Ben Nevis

Q249: What is the highest mountain in the Alps?
A249: Mont Blanc

Q250: Who was the 'Maid of Orleans'?
A250: Joan of Arc

Q251: In which country is Casablanca?
A251: Morocco

Q252: Who went to No 1 with 'Fame' in 1982?
A252: Irene Cara

Q253: Who urged Beethoven to 'Roll Over' in 1956?
A253: Chuck Berry

Q254: Of which group had Graham Nash been a member before he joined Crosby, Stills and Nash?
A254: The Hollies

Q255: What is the youngest age at which a US citizen may become President?
A255: Thirty-five

Q256: Which pet animal's female is called a queen?
A256: The cat's

Q257: Who wrote 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' & 'Les Miserables'?
A257: Victor Hugo

Q258: In which series of action films does the character of John McClane appear?
A258: Die Hard

Q259: Who shot Billy the Kid?
A259: Pat Garrett

Q260: What was the title of Bruce Lee's first Hollywood kung fu film?
A260: Enter The Dragon

Q261: Which is the largest nerve in the body?
A261: The sciatic nerve

Q262: According to legend who flew too close to the sun, melting the wax on his wings?
A262: Icarus

Q263: What is a Flemish giant?
A263: Rabbit

Q264: Which Batman star played the manic ghost in Beetlejuice?
A264: Michael Keaton

Q265: How many locks are there on the Panama Canal?
A265: Six

Q266: Which cartoonist created Garfield?
A266: Jim Davis

Q267: Which adult male singing voice is lower than tenor but higher than bass?
A267: Baritone

Q268: On which part of the body is your skin the thickest?
A268: Your feet

Q269: What is the motto of the FBI?
A269: Fidelity, Bravery & Integrity?

Q270: What type of animal is a marmoset?
A270: A monkey

Q271: Who is Adrian Mole's girlfriend?
A271: Pandora

Q272: How many pounds in one hundredweight?
A272: 112

Q273: Which Greek dramatist wrote The Wasps, The Birds and The Frogs?
A273: Aristophanes

Q274: What is the name of the character played by John Travolta in 'Saturday Night Fever'?
A274: Tony Manero

Q275: What is the second largest planet in the solar system?
A275: Saturn

Q276: Which plant does the Colorado beetle most often attack?
A276: Potato

Q277: What is the name of the Space Shuttle that exploded shortly after launch in 1986?
A277: Challenger

Q278: Pop Music: Who was every woman in 1978?
A278: Chaka Khan

Q279: Which rapper had a hit in 1990 with 'Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children'?
A279: Queen Latifah

Q280: How many points is the letter 'Q' worth in Scrabble?
A280: Ten

Q281: Which is the largest state in the U.S.A.?
A281: Alaska

Q282: What did France give the USA to help the people of America celebrate 100 years of independence?
A282: The Statue of Liberty

Q283: Who directed the 1959 film 'Ben Hur'?
A283: William Wyler

Q284: Who played Fletcher Christian in the 1984 film 'The Bounty'?
A284: Mel Gibson

Q285: Who sang a duet on 'Endless Love'?
A285: Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

Q286: The company name 'Nabisco' is the shortened form of the original company name. What is the longer name?
A286: The National Biscuit Company

Q287: On December 6, 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrated the first sound recording. What did he recite?
A287: Mary had a Little Lamb

Q288: In which country are the Tsumeb Mines?
A288: Namibia

Q289: What was John Lennon's original middle name?
A289: Winston

Q290: What was the sequel to 'Romancing The Stone'?
A290: Jewel Of The Nile

Q291: Which religious/social was founded by George Williams for employees in the drapery and similar trades?
A291: YMCA

Q292: Whose first hit album in 1973 was called 'Piledriver'?
A292: Status Quo

Q293: What do you call the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists?
A293: Dalai Lama

Q294: Who won seven gold medals at the 1974 Olympics?
A294: Mark Spitz

Q295: What is unique about the 50,000+ word book 'Gadsby', written by Ernest Vincent Wright?
A295: It's written without using the letter 'E' once

Q296: What is the capital of Venezuela?
A296: Caracas

Q297: Who had a 1980 hit with 'Enola Gay'?
A297: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)

Q298: What was The Stranglers' biggest hit single?
A298: Golden Brown

Q299: Which song begins with the words: 'So no one told you life was gonna be this way, Your job's a joke, you're broke, Your love life's DOA'?
A299: 'I'll Be There For You' by The Rembrandts

Q300: What is the full title of the Wimbledon tennis tournament?
A300: The All-England Lawn Tennis Championships

Q301: Rockhopper, Jackass and Emperor are all type of what?
A301: Penguin

Q302: What are the two main Dutch cheeses?
A302: Edam and Gouda

Q303: Who was Melanie Griffith's first husband?
A303: Don Johnson

Q304: Who wrote Ivenhoe?
A304: Sir Walter Scott

Q305: Dipsophobia is the fear of what?
A305: Drinking

Q306: How many ways are there of getting out in cricket?
A306: Ten

Q307: Who played Dustin Hoffman's ex-wife in Kramer vs Kramer?
A307: Merle Streep

Q308: Which brown bear befriended Mowgli?
A308: Baloo

Q309: By what name was the German secret police known?
A309: Gestapo

Q310: Who wrote the play 'All's Well That Ends Well'?
A310: Shakespeare

Q311: What nationality is Alanis Morisette?
A311: Canadian

Q312: What is the collective term for a group of people walking behind a coffin?
A312: A cortege

Q313: What did Louisiana candidate Luther D. Knox change his name to in 1979, just before Election Day?
A313: None of the above

Q314: Which group had a No 1 album entitled 'Sheer Heart Attack'?
A314: Queen

Q315: By what name do we now know Siam?
A315: Thailand

Q316: What name is given to a travelling salesman of religious articles and books?
A316: A colporteur

Q317: Where was the Grand Hotel that was gutted by fire in 1980?
A317: Las Vegas

Q318: What does the MGM motto 'Ars Gratia Artis' mean?
A318: Art for Art's Sake

Q319: The cassowary and Emu are both flightless birds of which country?
A319: Australia

Q320: Steven Spielberg won best director oscar in 1993 for which film?
A320: Schindlers List

Q321: What is the female version of 'boar'?
A321: Sow

Q322: Who composed the music for the ballet 'The Sleeping Beauty'?
A322: Tchaikowsky

Q323: Pop Music: Who wanted to know when Jimmy Mack was coming back?
A323: Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Q324: Who wrote the songs in 'South Pacific'?
A324: Rodgers and Hammerstein

Q325: What alternative name is given to the Barn Owl because of its harsh cry?
A325: Screech Owl

Q326: Of which modern country is Matabeleland a part?
A326: Zimbabwe

Q327: What colour is a grasshopper's blood?
A327: White

Q328: In which sport do people play for the Eisenhower trophy?
A328: Amateur golf

Q329: Who was Barbra Streisand's first husband?
A329: Elliott Gould

Q330: In which US state is the old London Bridge?
A330: Arizona

Q331: What is the longest river in Europe?
A331: Volga

Q332: Who plays the doctor hero of Roman Polanski's 1988 film 'Frantic'?
A332: Harrison Ford

Q333: What does the acronym DERV stand for?
A333: Diesel Engine Road Vehicle

Q334: Portugal borders which country?
A334: Spain

Q335: Johann Gutenberg was famous for inventing what?
A335: The printing press

Q336: Who wrote the 'Minute Waltz'?
A336: Chopin

Q337: Which is the largest ocean?
A337: Pacific

Q338: Which island was home to the dodo?
A338: Mauritius

Q339: Tinea pedis is the correct name of which common minor bodily affliction?
A339: Athletes Foot

Q340: What was Buddy Holly's real first name?
A340: Charles

Q341: What is the minimum number of strokes needed to win a set in tennis?
A341: Twelve

Q342: How many players are there in a water polo team?
A342: 7

Q343: Which ancient city had a gate called The Ishtar Gate?
A343: Babylon

Q344: What period of time is 31,622,400 seconds?
A344: A leap year

Q345: In which US state is the Painted Desert?
A345: Arizona

Q346: Who won an Oscar for his role in the 1973 film 'Save the Tiger'?
A346: Jack Lemmon

Q347: In the novel 'Animal Farm' which animals took over the farm?
A347: The pigs

Q348: Who was Popeye's arch rival?
A348: Bluto

Q349: As a young man, which famous comic helped pull off pranks for early episodes of TV's popular 'Candid Camera' show?
A349: Woody Allen

Q350: What was Abba's last hit while they were still together?
A350: Thank You For The Music

Q351: Who was the first snooker world champion?
A351: Joe Davis

Q352: What is the name of the mascot on the front of the bonnet of a Rolls Royce?
A352: The Spirit of Ecstasy

Q353: What great landmark was built for the Paris Exhbition of 1889?
A353: The Eiffel Tower

Q354: Which famous singer and songwriter wrote a book called 'Tarantula'?
A354: Bob Dylan

Q355: What is the capital of the Falkland Islands?
A355: Port Stanley

Q356: Miss Marples was created by which author?
A356: Agatha Christie

Q357: Which species of ape is our closest relative?
A357: Chimpanzee

Q358: Who provided the voice for Woody in the film 'Toy Story'?
A358: Tom Hanks

Q359: Who starred in 'Pennies From Heaven' and 'The Long Good Friday'?
A359: Bob Hoskins

Q360: In darts what is the maximum check-out score?
A360: 170

Q361: What kind of dancer was Mr Bojangles?
A361: A tap dancer

Q362: Which is the world's second largest French-speaking city?
A362: Montreal

Q363: Who made an album called 'Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd'?
A363: The Monkees

Q364: What is the name of the court case in Dickens's 'Bleak House'?
A364: Jarndyce v Jarndyce

Q365: How many red balls are there in snooker?
A365: Fifteen

Q366: Who won the Oscar for best actor for his role in 'The African Queen'?
A366: Humphrey Bogart

Q367: Minerva is the Roman Goddess of wisdom, science & art who is the Greek equivalent?
A367: Athena

Q368: Who starred in the 1972 film 'The Candidate'?
A368: Robert Redford

Q369: Who was killed in 'Bluebird' on Coniston Water in 1967 while trying to break the land speed record?
A369: Donald Campbell

Q370: By what name is a modulator-demodulator better known as?
A370: Modem

Q371: How is William Frederick Cody, who died in 1917, far better remembered?
A371: Buffalo Bill

Q372: From which country does tokay wine come?
A372: Hungary

Q373: Who had a hit album called 'Orgasmatron'?
A373: Motorhead

Q374: What are known as the Devil's bones?
A374: Dice

Q375: What year's summer saw the first flying bombs drop on London?
A375: 1944's

Q376: Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
A376: William Golding

Q377: Which is the most easterly island of the West Indies?
A377: Barbados

Q378: What is the significance of the seven points in the Statue of Liberty's crown?
A378: They represent the seven continents and the seven seas

Q379: Who had hits with 'He's A Rebel' and 'Da Doo Ron Ron'?
A379: The Crystals

Q380: 'The Sound of Music' tells the story of which real-life Austrian family?
A380: Von Trapp

Q381: What was the title of The Beatles' first hit single?
A381: Love Me Do

Q382: Who played Calamity Jane in the 1953 film?
A382: Doris Day

Q383: Which film gave Jack Nicholson his first Oscar?
A383: One flew over the cuckoos nest?

Q384: Which city is overlooked by the Table Mountain?
A384: Cape Town

Q385: What do you call the yellowish brown monkey which inhabits Gibraltar?
A385: Barbary Apes

Q386: Who is the frontman of REM?
A386: Michael Stipe

Q387: Who was the Greek god of the underworld?
A387: Pluto

Q388: Which bird lays the largest egg?
A388: Ostrich

Q389: Which actress received an Oscar in 1988 for her starring role in the film 'The Accused'?
A389: Jodie Foster

Q390: How many wisdom teeth does the average adult have?
A390: Four

Q391: Of which US state is Dover the capital?
A391: Delaware

Q392: How many knights sat at the court of King Arthur?
A392: 150

Q393: Who were the co-stars of the 1984 film 'City Heat'?
A393: Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds

Q394: In geometry, what type of line bisects a circle?
A394: The diameter

Q395: Who was the first man in space?
A395: Yuri Gagarin

Q396: Who is the patron saint of Germany?
A396: St Boniface

Q397: In which country is Lake Como?
A397: Italy

Q398: Pop Music: If you don't blame it on the moonlight, what should you blame it on?
A398: The Boogie

Q399: From which musical is the character Billie Bigelow?
A399: Carousel

Q400: What name is given to lines on a map joining places of equal temperature?
A400: Isotherms

Q401: In boxing, where does a rabbit punch land?
A401: The back of the head or neck

Q402: Which Element has the highest melting point?
A402: Carbon (6420 Degrees F)

Q403: The Scottish chemist who invented and patented a waterproof fabric died in 1843. Who was he?
A403: Charles Mackintosh

Q404: On which African river are the Victoria Falls?
A404: Zambezi

Q405: Where was 'Charlie Chaplin' born in 1889?
A405: London

Q406: Of which modern country is Cathage a part?
A406: Tunisia

Q407: A pony may be no more than how many hands?
A407: 14

Q408: What American state is Silicon Valley in?
A408: California

Q409: In which country was the Battle of El Alamain fought?
A409: Egypt

Q410: In Russia, what is one hundredth of a rouble?
A410: One kopeck

Q411: Who was the Norse god of thunder?
A411: Thor

Q412: What nationality was Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole?
A412: Norwegian

Q413: What three events make up the Equestrian three day event?
A413: Dressage, Show Jumping & Cross Country

Q414: In 1990, at the age of 14 years 89 days, who became the youngest tennis player ever to win a match at Wimbledon?
A414: Jennifer Capriati

Q415: In which novel is Winston Smith the main character?
A415: 1984

Q416: Pop Music: Who were 'Smokin' in the Boys Room' in 1985?
A416: Motley Crue

Q417: What is the name of the dim witted hunter who never catches the rabbit in Bugs Bunny cartoons?
A417: Elmar Fudd

Q418: In which 1983 film did Sean Connery make a comeback as James Bond?
A418: Never Say Never Again

Q419: Where was Martin Luther King assassinated?
A419: Tennessee

Q420: According to the legend, which night became lady Guinavere's lover?
A420: Lancelot

Q421: What are heteronyms?
A421: Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings with a different pronunciations, e.g. minute '60 seconds' or 'tiny'

Q422: Which country did Kapil Dev play cricket for?
A422: India

Q423: Who became Director of the FBI in 1924?
A423: J Edgar Hoover

Q424: In which city are the Spanish Steps?
A424: Rome

Q425: What are the names of the Gemini twins?
A425: Castor and Pollux

Q426: By what name is solid carbon dioxide known?
A426: Dry ice

Q427: How did Van Gogh commit suicide?
A427: He shot himself

Q428: Which group made a No 1 album called 'Seven and the Ragged Tiger'?
A428: Duran Duran

Q429: Which are the four main golf championships?
A429: The British Open, the US Open, the Masters and the US PGA

Q430: Who wrote 'The Prelude'?
A430: William Wordsworth

Q431: Who played the three men in the 1987 film 'Three Men and a Baby'?
A431: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson

Q432: Complete the lyric: 'If you see me walkin' down the street And I start to cry each time we meet '
A432: Walk on by

Q433: MI5 and MI6. What does MI stand?
A433: Military Intelligence

Q434: New York is composed of which 5 districts?
A434: Manhattan, Richmond, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx

Q435: Which naturalist established the theory of evolution by natural selection?
A435: Charles Darwin

Q436: The voice of which actor plays the reluctant hero in the film Antz?
A436: Woody Allen

Q437: What sort of wood is used to make the black keys on a piano keyboard?
A437: Ebony

Q438: Which country's coast witnessed the Battle of Trafalgar?
A438: Spain's

Q439: In the phonetic alphabet, what word represents the letter B?
A439: Bravo

Q440: Which gas has the chemical formula NH3?
A440: Ammonia

Q441: In which galaxy is the Earth?
A441: The Milky Way

Q442: What is the popular name for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 14 in C Sharp Minor?
A442: The Moonlight Sonata

Q443: What animal is also known as a 'camelopard'?
A443: A Giraffe

Q444: What name is given to the art of dwarfing trees and shrubs?
A444: Bonsai

Q445: Sing Sing is located in New York city, what is it?
A445: A prison

Q446: Which metal is obtained from the mineral calamine?
A446: Zinc

Q447: Who wrote 'Little Women'?
A447: Louisa May Alcott

Q448: Which fruit is affected by Noble Rot?
A448: Grape

Q449: What make of car is a Corvette?
A449: Chevrolet

Q450: Who played James Bond in 'The Living Daylights'?
A450: Timothy Dalton

Q451: Which Nazi leader flew to Britain to parley with Churchill?
A451: Rudolf Hess

Q452: Who is better known as 'Topolino' in Italy?
A452: Mickey Mouse

Q453: Which city was devastated by earthquakes in 1906 and 1989?
A453: San Francisco

Q454: In the United States which president abolished slavery?
A454: Abraham Lincoln

Q455: Where (in the real world) would you find the city named 'Batman'?
A455: In southeastern Turkey

Q456: Who was the star of 'Easy Street'?
A456: Charlie Chaplin

Q457: What are Large white, Chester White and Landrace all varieties of?
A457: Pigs

Q458: Who composed the opera 'Albert Herring'?
A458: Benjamin Britten

Q459: What type of animal is the English artist Stubbs famous for portraying?
A459: Horses

Q460: Who was lead singer and guitarist with The Jam?
A460: Paul Weller

Q461: What name is given to the seat on the back of an elephant?
A461: Howdah

Q462: What is Paddington Bear's favourite food?
A462: Marmalade sandwiches

Q463: In France, what is one hundredth of a franc?
A463: One centime

Q464: What turns a gin into a pink gin?
A464: Angostura Bitters

Q465: How many square metres are there in a square kilometre?
A465: One million

Q466: Au is the chemical symbol for which element?
A466: Gold

Q467: Which country governs Easter Island?
A467: Chile

Q468: By what name was model Lesley Hornby better known?
A468: Twiggy

Q469: What nationality was the first non-American and non-Russian in space?
A469: Czech

Q470: On which island did Napoleon Bonaparte die?
A470: St Helena

Q471: What sort of creature is a pipistrelle?
A471: A bat

Q472: In speedway racing, how many laps of the track does a race consist of?
A472: 4

Q473: Who played long-term prisoner Robert Stroud in the 1961 film 'The Birdman of Alcatraz'?
A473: Burt Lancaster

Q474: Who directed 'The Last Temptation of Christ'?
A474: Martin Scorsese

Q475: With which musical instrument is Jascha Heifetz associated?
A475: Violin

Q476: Which is the world's smallest sovereign state?
A476: The Vatican City

Q477: Pop Music: Who was 'Too Funky' in 1992?
A477: George Michael

Q478: From which animal does cashmere come from?
A478: Goat

Q479: Of which US state was Bill Clinton governor before becoming President?
A479: Arkansas

Q480: Who played Robin Hood in 'Time Bandits'?
A480: John Cleese

Q481: What sort of animal is Rikki-Tikki Tavi?
A481: A mongoose

Q482: Steamboat Willy introduced which famous character to the silver screen?
A482: Mickey Mouse

Q483: Which city is served by Logan Airport?
A483: Boston

Q484: What animals does a hippophobe fear?
A484: Horses

Q485: What goes through its life as an elvin, parr, smolt, grilse, and kelt?
A485: Salmon

Q486: Visitors who wish to return to Rome must throw a coin into which fountain?
A486: Trevi Fountain

Q487: In the USA the Office of Strategic Services became what?
A487: CIA

Q488: Which English engineer constructed suspension bridges at Clifton, Hungerford and Saltash?
A488: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Q489: Who had a No 1 hit single in 1994 with 'Cotton Eye Joe'?
A489: Rednex

Q490: What is graphology the study of?
A490: Handwriting

Q491: What name is given to an angle of between 180 and 360 degrees?
A491: Reflex

Q492: What musical bird is the only one that can fly backwards?
A492: The humming-bird

Q493: Which European country colonised Macao?
A493: Portugal

Q494: What four presidential likenesses are carved in Mount Rushmore?
A494: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln

Q495: What are the seven deadly sins?
A495: Avarice, Envy, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Sloth, Wrath

Q496: What is the English name of the country known in French as Le Pays Bas?
A496: Holland

Q497: From which wood were longbows traditionally made?
A497: Yew

Q498: In 1923 the four sons of Michael Eichelbaum opened a film studio with what name?
A498: Warner Bros

Q499: Which gas smells of rotten eggs?
A499: Hydrogen Sulphide

Q500: Which hormone is also called epinephrine?
A500: Adrenaline

Q501: Which country's parliament is called the Folketing?
A501: Denmark

Q502: Who left the Monkees and made it on his own to 'Rio'?
A502: Michael Nesmith

Q503: There are only two common English words that end in 'gry'. Angry and which other?
A503: Hungry

Q504: Which group had a hit album entitled 'Tropical Gangsters'?
A504: Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Q505: Which actress starred in the 'Emmanuelle' movies?
A505: Sylvia Kristel

Q506: Which company is the largest toy distributor in the world?
A506: McDonald's

Q507: Which Spice Girl left the group in May 1998?
A507: Ginger Spice, Geri Halliwell

Q508: What do the Boston Red Socks play?
A508: Baseball

Q509: Which song begins: 'Get your motor running'?
A509: 'Born To Be Wild' by Steppenwolf

Q510: Who wrote the novel 'Hard Times'?
A510: Charles Dickens

Q511: What name is given to a triangle with two equal sides?
A511: Isosceles

Q512: What was the title of Martin Scorsese's documentary film of the Band's farewell concert?
A512: The Last Waltz

Q513: With which musical instrument is Bix Beiderbecke associated?
A513: Trumpet

Q514: What was Madonna's first UK hit single?
A514: Holiday

Q515: Pop Music: What nationality is Bjork?
A515: Icelandic

Q516: What is the french expression used by a chess player when he touches a piece but does not intend to move it?
A516: J'Adoube

Q517: What type of animal is a beluga?
A517: A whale

Q518: What comes in the following forms; compound, simple & impacted?
A518: Fractures of the bone

Q519: Which song from 'Mary Poppins' won an Oscar?
A519: Chim Chim Cheree

Q520: Who starred in the 1985 remake of 'Brewster's Millions'?
A520: Richard Pryor

Q521: What do the Boston Bruins play?
A521: Ice hockey

Q522: How many lanes in an Olympic swimming pool?
A522: Eight

Q523: Because of the size of the orchestra and chorus required for it. Mahler's 8th symphony was nicknamed what?
A523: Symphony of 1000

Q524: Which year had the airship Hindenberg disaster and Disney's 'Snow Whie & Seven Dwarfs' opening in Los Angeles?
A524: 1937

Q525: Which car manufacturers met for the first time in the Midland Hotel, Manchester?
A525: Rolls and Royce

Q526: Who composed the Goldberg Variations?
A526: JS Bach

Q527: In backgammon, how many pieces does each player start with?
A527: Fifteen

Q528: What was the title of the Beatles' second feature film?
A528: Help!

Q529: What's the name of the famous wall in Jerusalem?
A529: Wailing Wall

Q530: Who played The Terminator?
A530: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Q531: Who was the star in the 1954 film 'Apache'?
A531: Burt Lancaster

Q532: What is the diameter of a basketball basket?
A532: Eighteen inches

Q533: What is the capital of Chile?
A533: Santiago

Q534: How many miles do the teams race in the Oxford and Cambridge boat race?
A534: Four

Q535: What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine?
A535: Nautilus

Q536: Who was the first European to sail to India?
A536: Vasco da Gama

Q537: Which mythical creature had the head of an eagle and the body and legs of a lion?
A537: Griffin

Q538: What did the British inventor Sir Christopher Cockerell invent & develop?
A538: The hovercraft

Q539: Which animal lives in a drey?
A539: A squirrel

Q540: What ancient structure has been called the 'longest cemetery in the world?'
A540: The Great Wall of China, which archaeologists have found contains tombs within the structure.

Q541: Name the three children of Adam and Eve.
A541: Cain, Abel and Seth

Q542: Which Bond film was a hit for Sheena Easton?
A542: For your eyes only

Q543: What name is given to the study of eggs?
A543: Oology

Q544: Who directed the 1955 film 'To Catch A Thief'?
A544: Alfred Hitchcock

Q545: Who is Barbie's boyfriend?
A545: Ken

Q546: Which town did the Pied Piper cleanse of rats?
A546: Hamelin

Q547: Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
A547: Jack Ruby

Q548: What is the name for someone who studies reptiles?
A548: Herpetologist

Q549: Who directed and starred in the 1987 film 'Throw Momma from the Train'?
A549: Danny de Vito

Q550: If some one is described as being uxorious, who would they be excessively fond or dependant on?
A550: Their wife

Q551: Who formed the E-street Band as his backing group?
A551: Bruce Springsteen

Q552: In the cartoon, where did the Flintstones live?
A552: Bedrock

Q553: What is the name given to the thin veil worn by Moslem women in public?
A553: Yashmak

Q554: What is the name of the stretch of water that separates Cuba and Mexico?
A554: The Yucatan Channel

Q555: Who solves the crime in 'Death on the Nile'?
A555: Hercule Poirot

Q556: Of which country was Paul Keating Prime Minister?
A556: Australia

Q557: What does NASA stand for?
A557: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Q558: What great discovery was made in 1922 by Howard Carter and Lord Caernarvon?
A558: Tomb of Tutenkhamun

Q559: Where is the Golden Lion Film festival held?
A559: Venice

Q560: Which New York airport is in New Jersey?
A560: Newark

Q561: What cartoon character was always on the look-out for Officer Dibble?
A561: Top Cat and his gang

Q562: Who played Rick Leland in 'Across the Pacific'?
A562: Humphrey Bogart

Q563: Which year was Princess Diana killed in Paris?
A563: 1997

Q564: In Greek mythology which God was half man half goat?
A564: Pan

Q565: Which Pacific island is famous for its stone figures?
A565: Easter Island

Q566: Traditionally, what type of wood do Rolls Royce put on the dashboards of their cars?
A566: Walnut

Q567: What traditionally did a fletcher make?
A567: Arrows

Q568: Which century did Christopher Columbus die in?
A568: The 16th

Q569: How many cards are there in a set of Tarot cards?
A569: 78

Q570: In the English language, more words begin with which letter more than any other?
A570: S

Q571: In which season were play-offs first used to decide promotion and relegation issues in the English Football League?
A571: 1986-87

Q572: Who successfully defended the world heavyweight boxing championship twice in 1977?
A572: Muhammad Ali

Q573: Which two sports take place on a piste?
A573: Fencing & skiing

Q574: Who was the first man to go the distance in a World Championship title fight with Mike Tyson?
A574: James 'Bonecrusher' Smith

Q575: What are the six pieces of apparatus on which male gymnasts perform?
A575: Floor, high bar, horse, parallel bars, rings and vault

Q576: What is the capital of Mexico?
A576: Mexico City

Q577: Who sang 'It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It'?
A577: Fun Boy Three

Q578: Which is the most abundant metal on earth?
A578: Aluminium

Q579: In which ancient land did the Ptolemy dynasty rule?
A579: Egypt

Q580: The city of Venice is situated in the north west corner of which sea?
A580: Adriatic

Q581: Who became manager of Manchester United in 1945?
A581: Matt Busby

Q582: What is the name given to the method of sending signals by the arrangement of flags or a post with movable arms?
A582: Semaphore

Q583: Which musical does the song 'Don't Cry For Me, Argentina' come from?
A583: Evita

Q584: What name is given to a horse with patches of black and white?
A584: Piebald

Q585: Which waterfall is bypassed by the Welland Canal?
A585: The Niagara Falls

Q586: Which comedians' last film was the 1949 flop 'Love Happy'?
A586: The Marx Brothers

Q587: Who played Axel Foley in 'Beverley Hills Cop'?
A587: Eddie Murphy

Q588: If you roll a dice, what is always the sum of the other four visible faces?
A588: Fourteen

Q589: Which fighter aircraft was designed by RJ Mitchell in 1936?
A589: Spitfire

Q590: Which comic actor appeared with Paul Simon on the video of 'You Can Call Me Al'?
A590: Chevy Chase

Q591: Pop Music: Which Family went 'Walking In The Rain' in 1973?
A591: The Partridge Family

Q592: What is the second largest country in South America?
A592: Argentina

Q593: Name the first non-human to win an Oscar?
A593: Mickey Mouse

Q594: Pop Music: Which sisters saw mommy kissing Santa?
A594: The Beverley Sisters

Q595: Which actor played the title role in the Mad Max series of films?
A595: Mel Gibson

Q596: What did Elisha Otis invent?
A596: Elevators

Q597: In archery, what are the arrowshafts usually made from?
A597: Aluminium alloy

Q598: In which year was the Great San Francisco Earthquake?
A598: 1906

Q599: What kind of 'ship' is a 'zeppelin'?
A599: Airship

Q600: What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
A600: A parliament

Q601: Who sang the theme of the Bond film 'Goldeneye'?
A601: Tina Turner

Q602: Which is the world's longest snake?
A602: Regal Python

Q603: What is the world's largest bay?
A603: Hudson Bay

Q604: What game is known as D&D to its players?
A604: Dungeons & Dragons

Q605: Whose fleet was defeated by the British under Nelson at the naval battle of Copenhagen in 1801?
A605: Denmark's

Q606: Who were at No 2 in 1980 with 'D.I.S.C.O.'?
A606: Ottawan

Q607: In which sport might you get a half-nelson?
A607: Wrestling

Q608: What was Mary Shelley's most famous character called?
A608: Frankenstein

Q609: What was the artist Picasso's first name?
A609: Pablo

Q610: What is the name of Orson Welles' first film, made when he was 26?
A610: Citizen Cane

Q611: What was the name of the character played by Humphrey Bogart in 'Casablanca'?
A611: Rick Blaine

Q612: The blue dye indigo comes from what?
A612: The indigo plant

Q613: What name is given to divination by interpreting dreams?
A613: Oneiromancy

Q614: In Morse code, which letter is represented by three dots?
A614: S

Q615: Who became President of the United States in 1963 after the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
A615: Lyndon Baines Johnson

Q616: What is the most frequently used letter in English?
A616: E

Q617: What is the capital of Switzerland?
A617: Berne

Q618: When sitting for his portrait, who asked to be painted 'warts and everything'?
A618: Oliver Cromwell

Q619: In ice dancing, how long is the free dance programme?
A619: Four minutes

Q620: From which French novelist is the word 'sadism' derived?
A620: The Marquis de Sade

Q621: Which British Prime Minister said 'A week is a long time in politics'?
A621: Harold Wilson

Q622: Which avenue hosts New York city's famous Easter Parade?
A622: Fifth

Q623: With which artistic movement was Mark Rothko associated?
A623: Abstract Expressionism

Q624: Who painted the 'Water Lilies'?
A624: Claude Monet

Q625: Who played Ben Hur in the 1959 version of the Roman epic?
A625: Charlton Heston

Q626: What is the unit of currency in India?
A626: Rupee

Q627: Lagos is the capital of which African country?
A627: Nigeria

Q628: What is the only bird that can swim but not fly?
A628: Penguin

Q629: Pop MUsic: Who said 'Let's Talk About Sex'?
A629: Salt-N-Pepa

Q630: In which country is the state of Tobasco?
A630: Mexico

Q631: In cribbage, how many would you score if you had two kings and two fives in your hand?
A631: Twelve

Q632: What was the name of the character played by Diana Rigg in the television series 'The Avengers'?
A632: Emma Peel

Q633: What was Henry Fonda's last film?
A633: On Golden Pond

Q634: What is the name of the real-life Boston bar on which 'Cheers' is based?
A634: The Bull and Finch

Q635: 'Hedera helix' is better known as?
A635: Ivy

Q636: In which children's film did Benny Hill star as the toy maker?
A636: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Q637: What are the three primary colours?
A637: Blue, red and yellow

Q638: What city was the first ever to boast a population greater than one million?
A638: Rome

Q639: In which Italian city did 'Romeo and Juliet' fall in love?
A639: Verona

Q640: To which group of Greek islands do Rhodes, Kos and Kalimnos belong?
A640: The Dodecanese

Q641: Which 3 Countries comprise the Benelux countries?
A641: Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg

Q642: What was the name of the New York cop played by Gene Hackman in 'The French Connection'?
A642: Popeye Doyle

Q643: In English slang, how many pounds are there in a monkey?
A643: Five hundred

Q644: Australia is made up of how many states?
A644: 6 (Western Australia, Northern Territories, Southern Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria)

Q645: In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
A645: China

Q646: Which planet comes closest to Earth?
A646: Mars

Q647: In which country did the game of polo originate?
A647: Persia

Q648: By what name is the Central Criminal Court in London usually called?
A648: Old Bailey

Q649: Which is the only country to have competed in all the 20th century's football World Cup finals tournaments?
A649: Brazil

Q650: What are roe?
A650: Fish eggs

Q651: Which group had a hit in 1990 with 'The King of Wishful Thinking', from the soundtrack of the film 'Pretty Woman'?
A651: Go West

Q652: In which game can you score a goal and a behind depending on which particular posts the ball passes through?
A652: Australian Rules Football

Q653: What is agoraphobia an irrational fear of?
A653: Open spaces

Q654: In which country did the moa bird live?
A654: New Zealand

Q655: Who patented his internal combustion engine in 1892?
A655: Rudolph Diesel

Q656: Who was married to both Peter Sellers and Rod Stewart?
A656: Britt Ekland

Q657: What was Mickey Mouse's original name?
A657: Mortimer

Q658: In which country did the Anzio landings take place in World War Two?
A658: Italy

Q659: What is the title of the sequel to 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'?
A659: 'Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'

Q660: Which actress sang 'I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair' in 'South Pacific'?
A660: Mitzi Gaynor

Q661: What is the name given to the curved surface of a liquid visible when viewed in a glass tube?
A661: Meniscus

Q662: What organ does Silicosis affect?
A662: The Lungs

Q663: What is the currency of Mexico?
A663: Peso

Q664: Viti Levu is the largest island in which Pacific group?
A664: Fiji

Q665: Which British city has more canals than Venice?
A665: Birmingham

Q666: Which rare Indonesian monitor lizard is the largest living lizard?
A666: Komodo Dragon

Q667: What fur was Davy Crockett's hat made from?
A667: Raccoon

Q668: What was the name of the woman arrested with Hugh Grant in Los Angeles?
A668: Divine Brown

Q669: What machine is known as the one-armed bandit?
A669: A slot machine

Q670: Who wrote the horror book 'The Shining'?
A670: Stephen King

Q671: Which pop singer and actor was born David Cook?
A671: David Essex

Q672: Which singer went solo after performing with the Commodores?
A672: Lionel Richie

Q673: Of which movement was the American William Lloyd Garrison a prominent leader?
A673: Anti slavery

Q674: Whose second album was called 'Tumbleweed Connection'?
A674: Elton John

Q675: How many cards in a Tarot pack?
A675: 78

Q676: How is the Aurora Australis better known?
A676: The southern lights

Q677: Who originally said 'The report of my death is an exaggeration'?
A677: Mark Twain

Q678: What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
A678: Port of Spain

Q679: Which great role has been played on screen by Lon Chaney (1925), Claude Rains (1943) and Herbert Lom (1962)?
A679: The Phantom of the Opera

Q680: How many pence were there in a pre-decimal English pound?
A680: 240

Q681: What is the common name for Pertussis?
A681: Whooping cough

Q682: Who, according to the Brothers Grimm, was only five and a half inches tall?
A682: Tom Thumb

Q683: Where does a librocubicularist read?
A683: In bed

Q684: What was once known as 'mad hatter's disease?'
A684: Mercury poisoning

Q685: From which plant does vanilla come?
A685: The orchid

Q686: What made the radio valve obsolete?
A686: The transistor

Q687: In 1971, who became the first golfer in history to win all four major tournaments twice?
A687: Jack Nicklaus

Q688: Which motor racing team is named after the sacred flower of India?
A688: Lotus

Q689: How many stomachs has a cow?
A689: Four

Q690: Who invented the bouncing bomb?
A690: Barnes Wallis

Q691: Lacking of which vitamin causes rickets?
A691: D

Q692: In which country was the Battle of Waterloo?
A692: Belgium

Q693: What is Bart Simpson's father's name?
A693: Homer

Q694: What name was given to the religious dramas performed throughout medieval Europe on Good Friday?
A694: Passion plays

Q695: What does a pyrophobe fear?
A695: Fire

Q696: Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye had separate hits with which song?
A696: I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Q697: Which is the largest of the North American Great Lakes?
A697: Lake Superior

Q698: Who played Dr Zhivago?
A698: Omar Sharif

Q699: Who starred in 'Seven' and 'Johnny Suede'?
A699: Brad Pitt

Q700: In the 1988 TV series, what did ALF stand for?
A700: Alien Life Force

Q701: At what age does a filly become a mare?
A701: Five

Q702: What name is given to the zodiacal sign of the maiden?
A702: Virgo

Q703: Who starred in 'And God Created Woman'?
A703: Brigitte Bardot

Q704: Pop Music: What nationality is Bryan Adams?
A704: Canadian

Q705: Who wrote the story, The Invisible Man?
A705: H G Wells

Q706: In the nursery rhyme how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
A706: 24

Q707: What do edentulous mammals lack?
A707: Teeth

Q708: The Declaration of Independence says that all men are equal and are entitled to three things namely 'Life, Liberty and ...what?
A708: The pursuit of happiness

Q709: How many pairs of ribs does a man have?
A709: 12

Q710: Who was the lead singer with 'Thin Lizzy'?
A710: Phil Lynott

Q711: What nationality was 1978 world motor racing champion Mario Andretti?
A711: American

Q712: Which mountain is known as 'The Tiger of the Alps'?
A712: The Matterhorn

Q713: What is the largest city in New Zealand?
A713: Auckland

Q714: Who sang 'Need You Tonight' in 1988?
A714: INXS

Q715: Which creature has the longest gestation period?
A715: The elephant

Q716: In 1979 who sang about walking on the moon?
A716: The Police

Q717: Which fish was believed to have extinct for millions of years but was discovered alive in 1939?
A717: Coelocanth

Q718: What river flows through Vienna, Budapest & Belgrade?
A718: Danube

Q719: In which country is Havana?
A719: Cuba

Q720: Which two scientists split the atom in 1932?
A720: Cockroft and Walton

Q721: Who was blown up by the IRA on August 27, 1979?
A721: Louis Mountbatten

Q722: Which Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer went on to play Tarzan in films?
A722: Johnny Weissmuller

Q723: From which work of Shakespeare did Agatha Christie take the title of her play 'The Mousetrap'?
A723: Hamlet

Q724: What world famous card features a centurion on its face?
A724: American Express

Q725: What name is given to the southern portion of California which is Mexican?
A725: Baja California

Q726: Who was Miss USA and then Wonder Woman?
A726: Lynda Carter

Q727: What name is given to the emergency technique of giving sudden thrusts to a person's abdomen to relieve choking?
A727: Heimlech manouvre

Q728: What is singer Annie Mae Bullock better know as?
A728: Tina Turner

Q729: Which film thriller stars Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack?
A729: Arlington Road

Q730: What colour is the Libyan flag?
A730: Green

Q731: In WW2 what was Operation Dynamo?
A731: Dunkirk

Q732: Who played the hideously disfigured John Merrick in the 1980 David Lynch film 'The Elephant Man'?
A732: John Hurt

Q733: With which musical instrument is Erroll Garner associated?
A733: Piano

Q734: In shot putting, how much does the shot weigh?
A734: Sixteen pounds

Q735: What is the state capital of Georgia?
A735: Atlanta

Q736: What would you find in a formicary?
A736: Ants

Q737: Deficiency of what causes anaemia?
A737: Iron

Q738: Which 1969 film about a bullion robbery features the song 'Self-Preservation Society'?
A738: The Italian Job

Q739: What does a numismatist study?
A739: Coins and medals

Q740: Which silent film star famous for his straw boater was nicknamed Stone Face?
A740: Buster Keaton

Q741: In which US state is the Fort Knox Gold Bullion Depository?
A741: Kentucky

Q742: Which group did Joe Walsh play with in the 1970s?
A742: The Eagles

Q743: How many locks are there on the Suez Canal?
A743: None

Q744: Which director's work is affectionately spoofed by Mel Brooks in 'High Anxiety'?
A744: Alfred Hitchcock

Q745: Who directed '1941'?
A745: Steven Spielberg

Q746: Pop Music: Complete the group name: Brian Poole and...
A746: The Tremoloes

Q747: How many square metres in a hectare?
A747: 10,000

Q748: Which mammal has the highest blood pressure?
A748: The giraffe

Q749: Which well known children's story opens with the line 'All children except one grow up'?
A749: Peter pan

Q750: Over which ocean was Amelia Earhart flying when she disappeared in 1937?
A750: Pacific

Q751: Which twisting street circuit on the Grand Prix calendar is only 1.95 miles long?
A751: Monaco

Q752: If iron is galvanised, which metal is it coated with?
A752: Zinc

Q753: What name is given to the syrup which remains after sugar has been crystallized out of cane and from which rum is made?
A753: Molasses

Q754: What was baseball star Joe diMaggio's nickname?
A754: The Yankee Clipper

Q755: How many bottles in a jeroboam?
A755: Four

Q756: What sport features sails, wishbone booms, and universal joints?
A756: Wind surfing

Q757: In architecture, what name is given to a free-standing bell tower?
A757: Campanile

Q758: Which bird flies fastest?
A758: The spine-tailed swift

Q759: Who is the oldest Robin, Barry or Maurice Gibb?
A759: Barry Gibb

Q760: What was Romulus's twin brother called?
A760: Remus

Q761: Which was the first James Bond film starring Roger Moore?
A761: Live and Let Die

Q762: Which African country is home to the Pygmy tribe?
A762: Zaire

Q763: Which Beatle married Maureen Cox in 1965?
A763: Ringo Starr

Q764: What is 'endotherm'?
A764: Warm blooded

Q765: The Bay of Bengal is the name of the arm of the Indian Ocean that lies to the East of the Indian Penninsula. What name is given to that on the West side?
A765: The Arabian Sea

Q766: What was John F. Kennedy Airport's original name?
A766: Idlewild

Q767: What two countries are separated by the Gulf of Bothnia?
A767: Finland and Sweden

Q768: With which musical instrument is Louis Armstrong associated?
A768: Trumpet

Q769: In feet, how deep is a fathom of water?
A769: 6 feet

Q770: Who won an Oscar for his role as a prisoner in a South American prison in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman'?
A770: William Hurt

Q771: What is the more usual name for the Decalogue?
A771: The Ten Commandments

Q772: How high is the highest board in competition diving?
A772: 10 meters

Q773: Which oceanic islands are the lowest country on Earth in elevation, with a maximum height of 2.4 metres?
A773: The Maldives

Q774: Who carved a statue called 'The Thinker'?
A774: Auguste Rodin

Q775: Whose theme song was 'Ain't Misbehavin''?
A775: Fats Waller

Q776: What was the Police's first UK No 1 in 1979?
A776: Message In A Bottle

Q777: In which ocean can the island of Borneo be found?
A777: Indian

Q778: What is the former name of the Cape of Good Hope?
A778: The Cape of Storms

Q779: How many 'Smokey and the Bandit' films were made?
A779: Three

Q780: Who wrote 'Pet Semetry'?
A780: Stephen King

Q781: The Grand Canyon is located in which state?
A781: Arizona

Q782: What part of the body is affected by glossitis?
A782: Tongue

Q783: What is photophobia a fear of?
A783: Light

Q784: What is the medical name for the windpipe?
A784: Trachea

Q785: Which country has the lilangeni as currency?
A785: Swaziland

Q786: In which First World War battle were tanks first used in action?
A786: The Somme

Q787: Who wrote A Tale Of Two Cities?
A787: Charles Dickens.

Q788: What are the Aventine, the Caelian, the Capitoline, the Esquiline, the Palatine, the Quirinal and the Viminal?
A788: The seven hills of Rome

Q789: The Suez Canal connects the Red sea with which other sea?
A789: The Mediterranean

Q790: Who is the Greek god who holds up the Earth?
A790: Atlas

Q791: Two countries lie on either side of the River Plate. One is Argentina. What is the other?
A791: Uraguay

Q792: If you throw a pair of dice, what number comes up most often?
A792: Seven

Q793: The Taj Mahal can be visited in which Indian city?
A793: Agra

Q794: Which Tsar of Russia killed his own son?
A794: Ivan the Terrible

Q795: Who destroyed the Midianites?
A795: Gideon

Q796: In ancient history who betrayed Samson to the philistines?
A796: Delilah

Q797: What animal has the highest blood pressure known to exist in any mammal?
A797: Giraffe

Q798: Of which species is Queen Alexandra's Birdwing the world's largest?
A798: Butterfly

Q799: Who wrote and performed 'Atom Heart Mother'?
A799: Pink Floyd

Q800: Who played Pamela Ewing in 'Dallas'?
A800: Victoria Principal

Q801: Who coined the phrase 'The Iron Curtain'?
A801: Winston Churchill

Q802: What was the real forename of Groucho Marx?
A802: Julius

Q803: What does a somnambulist do?
A803: Sleepwalks

Q804: What sort of creature is a sidewinder?
A804: A snake (rattlesnake)

Q805: What is the colour of a polar bear's skin?
A805: Black

Q806: What is the fear of Flying called?
A806: Aviatophobia

Q807: Which king was said to turn everything to gold?
A807: Midas

Q808: Who played Cat Ballou in the 1965 film?
A808: Jane Fonda

Q809: What is Winston S Churchill's middle name?
A809: Spencer

Q810: The Vedus Scriptures are concerned with which religion?
A810: The Hindu religion

Q811: Who was the star of the 1977 film 'Smokey and the Bandit'?
A811: Burt Reynolds

Q812: Which rock-'n'-roller sang My Ding-A-Ling and Roll Over Beethoven?
A812: Chuck Berry

Q813: In the 1933 film 'The Prizefighter and the Lady', who played the lady?
A813: Myrna Loy

Q814: Who played Alexis Carrington in 'Dynasty'?
A814: Joan Collins

Q815: What are the ingredients of a Screwdriver cocktail?
A815: Vodka and orange juice

Q816: Who starred in 'The Color Purple'?
A816: Whoopi Goldberg

Q817: What is the capital of Jamaica?
A817: Kingston

Q818: What was the name of the theme from the cartoon of Raymond Briggs' 'The Snowman'?
A818: Walking In The Air

Q819: Pop Music: What nationality is Peter Andre?
A819: Australian

Q820: In which film did Maralyn Munroe sing 'Diamonds are a girl's best friend'?
A820: Gentlemen prefer blondes

Q821: Which comedians dressed as night club bouncers and called themselves 'The Management'?
A821: Hale and Pace

Q822: Who starred in the film 'Enter The Dragon'?
A822: Bruce Lee

Q823: What is the next line: 'I can see clearly now The rain has gone...'?
A823: I can see all obstacles in my way

Q824: What was the name of the largest German battleship in the Second World War?
A824: Bismarck

Q825: Who is Lorna Luft's sister?
A825: Liza Minnelli

Q826: Who was the voice of Shere Khan the tiger in the 1967 Disney cartoon 'The Jungle Book'?
A826: George Sanders

Q827: What is graphite composed of?
A827: Carbon

Q828: What is the capital of Ecuador?
A828: Quito

Q829: Which US state contains Yosemite National Park?
A829: California

Q830: By what name was John Derek's fourth wife, Mary Collins, better known?
A830: Bo Derek

Q831: Which Verdi opera was written for the Khedive of Egypt?
A831: Aida

Q832: Which is the world's heaviest snake?
A832: Anaconda

Q833: Who plays the husband who won't pay his wife's ransom in 'Ruthless People'?
A833: Danny de Vito

Q834: In which country can the Gibson Desert be found?
A834: Australia

Q835: Which monkey possesses a blood factor that is shared with humans?
A835: Rhesus

Q836: Switzerland has four main languages - French, German, Italian and what else?
A836: Romansch

Q837: What was the title of the song from the film 'The Millionairess' that was a hit in 1960 for Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren?
A837: Goodness Gracious Me

Q838: Where was Interpol founded in 1923?
A838: Vienna

Q839: Who was the first Prime Minister of England?
A839: Robert Walpole

Q840: How many squares are there along one side of a Scrabble board
A840: 15

Q841: Who played James Bond in 'Casino Royale'?
A841: David Niven

Q842: Which British bird has red feet in the summer and yellow feet in the winter?
A842: Puffin

Q843: Who was England football manager when they won the World Cup in 1966?
A843: Alf Ramsey

Q844: Complete the group name: Lloyd Cole and the...
A844: Commotions

Q845: What did Norma Baker Jean change her name to?
A845: Maralyn Munroe

Q846: What are the Elephanta in South East Asia and the Zonda in Argentina?
A846: Winds

Q847: Complete the following title of a TV series: 'Randall and Hopkirk...'
A847: '(Deceased)'

Q848: In which country are the Drakensberg Mountains?
A848: South Africa

Q849: Which South American city has a famous Copacabana beach?
A849: Rio de Janeiro

Q850: Who shot John Lennon?
A850: Mark Chapman

Q851: Which nuts are used to make marzipan?
A851: Almonds

Q852: From a town in which country does the duffel coat take its name?
A852: Belgium

Q853: In morse code which letter is symbolized by 'dot dash'?
A853: A

Q854: Venetian blinds originated in which country?
A854: Japan

Q855: Which motor manufacturer has a Paris Metro Station named after him?
A855: Citroen

Q856: Pop Music: Complete the group name: Everything But...
A856: The Girl

Q857: Which group sang Hotel California?
A857: The Eagles

Q858: Who played Manuel in 'Fawlty Towers'?
A858: Andrew Sachs

Q859: What are Corinth, Tuscan, and Doric styles of?
A859: Architecture

Q860: Where are the headquarters of Interpol?
A860: Paris, France

Q861: Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit Earth in which year?
A861: 1961

Q862: Which Norwegian explorer reached the south pole before Scott?
A862: Amundsen

Q863: In which country is Pushtu widely spoken?
A863: Afghanistan

Q864: Whose encoded diary was deciphered by the Reverend John Smith?
A864: Samuel Pepys

Q865: Complete the group name: Father Abraham and...
A865: The Smurfs

Q866: Of which modern country is Bohemia a part?
A866: The Czech Republic

Q867: Who directed the 1968 film '2001: A Space Odyssey'?
A867: Stanley Kubrick

Q868: Who was the first man to climb Mount Everest?
A868: Sir Edmund Hillary

Q869: In which city is there an opera house called La Fenice ('The Phoenix') which keeps burning down?
A869: Venice

Q870: What is the medical term for the study of children's diseases?
A870: Paediatrics

Q871: What colour is an unripe orange?
A871: Green

Q872: What is daltonism?
A872: Colourblindness

Q873: Who directed and starred in 'A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy'?
A873: Woody Allen

Q874: In 'New York, New York', which actress plays the girlfriend who becomes a Hollywood star?
A874: Liza Minnelli

Q875: In American football how many points are scored for a touchdown?
A875: 6

Q876: Ponta Delgado is the capital of which group of islands?
A876: The Azores

Q877: Where are a starfish's eyes?
A877: At the ends of its arms

Q878: Which singer starred in the film The man that fell to Earth?
A878: David Bowie

Q879: What is the subject of the 1958 film 'A Night to Remember'?
A879: The Titanic

Q880: How many yards are there in a chain?
A880: 22

Q881: As what is Declan MacManus better known?
A881: Elvis Costello

Q882: 'Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation' is better known as a what?
A882: A laser

Q883: Who wrote the Tale of Peter Rabbit?
A883: Beartrix Potter

Q884: What would you do with a text if you bowdlerised it?
A884: Cut out the rude words

Q885: Which baseball star was married to Marilyn Monroe?
A885: Joe di Maggio

Q886: According to Samuel Johnson, if claret is the drink for boys and port the drink for men, who should drink brandy?
A886: Heroes

Q887: Which famous actor's name is an anagram of 'Genuine Class'?
A887: Alec Guinness

Q888: Who are the cop and the con in 'Forty Eight Hours'?
A888: Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy

Q889: Which stretch of water separates North and South Island, New Zealand?
A889: Cook Strait

Q890: Name the artist and tune 'Tuesday, Wednesday, heart attack'?
A890: The Cure - Friday I'm in love

Q891: Who reached No 7 in 1988 with 'The King of Rock 'N' Roll'?
A891: Prefab Sprout

Q892: Which singer was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie?
A892: Lulu

Q893: What is the chemical name of aqua fortis?
A893: Nitric acid

Q894: Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
A894: Jane Austen

Q895: What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?
A895: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

Q896: What name is given to a rally of Boy Scouts?
A896: A jamboree

Q897: Who is the author of Wind in the Willows?
A897: Kenneth Graham

Q898: What is Germany's equivalent of the U.S. 'Oscar', or Academy Award?
A898: Bambi

Q899: Who would carry a crozier?
A899: A bishop

Q900: Whose first British hit was 'Making Your Mind Up'?
A900: Bucks Fizz

Q901: What was the name of British army officer who invented Artillery shells containing bullets to maximise damage to personnel?
A901: Shrapnel

Q902: How many pieces are there in a standard set of dominoes?
A902: 28

Q903: What is a diadromous fish?
A903: A fish that can exist in both salt water and fresh water

Q904: 'Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship' are the last words of which film?
A904: Casablanca

Q905: In football, how far is the penalty spot from the goal line?
A905: Twelve yards

Q906: Which artist painted himself 62 times?
A906: Rembrandt

Q907: In which country does the Po river flow?
A907: Italy

Q908: 'The Cage' was the 1964 pilot episode of which successful series?
A908: Star Trek

Q909: In the phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter W?
A909: whiskey

Q910: Pop Music: Complete the line: 'Robert de Niro's waiting '
A910: Talking Italian

Q911: In 1980 on TV's 'Dallas', who shot J.R.?
A911: Kristin Shepard

Q912: Pop Music: Who was 'Pretty In Pink'?
A912: Psychedelic Furs

Q913: Who was the female lead in 'When Harry met Sally'?
A913: Meg Ryan

Q914: Who looks after Orville the duck?
A914: Keith Harris

Q915: What was unusual about Tyrell-Ford's Project 34 cars?
A915: They had six wheels

Q916: Which rock star did Renate Blauel marry in 1984?
A916: Elton John

Q917: Which is Europe's largest port?
A917: Rotterdam

Q918: In 'The Goon Show', who played Eccles?
A918: Spike Milligan

Q919: What is the French National Anthem called ?
A919: Le Marseillaise

Q920: Whose first No 1 was 'True'?
A920: Spandau Ballet

Q921: Who won the football World Cup for the third time in 1970?
A921: Brazil

Q922: Who becomes a spy in spite of herself in the film 'Jumping Jack Flash'?
A922: Whoopi Goldberg

Q923: How many books are there in the New Testament?
A923: Twenty-seven

Q924: In which country is the greater part of the Atacama Desert?
A924: Chile

Q925: Who had a hit in 1960 and 1989 with 'Donald Where's Your Troosers'?
A925: Andy Stewart

Q926: What is the square root of 169?
A926: 13

Q927: In which part of your body would you find your radius and ulna?
A927: Forearm

Q928: Who invented the jet engine?
A928: Frank Whittle

Q929: Who played Ned Kelly in the 1970 film of the same name?
A929: Mick Jagger

Q930: What name is given to a young beaver?
A930: Kitten

Q931: Which language was invented by Ludwik Zamenhof?
A931: Esperanto

Q932: What is golfer Fuzzy Zoeller's real first name?
A932: Frank

Q933: What was the name of the lead singer in Transvision Vamp?
A933: Wendy James

Q934: How many land miles are there in a league?
A934: Three

Q935: Which planet has a year that lasts just 88 days?
A935: Mercury

Q936: What sort of plant is a truffle?
A936: Fungus

Q937: Of which band was Peter Cetera the leader?
A937: Chicago

Q938: In darts, what name is given to the mark behind which a player must place his feet?
A938: The oche

Q939: What part of the body is affected by gingivitis?
A939: Gums

Q940: Which German won the Wimbledon men's singles in 1991?
A940: Michael Stich

Q941: What make of car is a Testarossa?
A941: Ferrari

Q942: In which US state is Charleston?
A942: South Carolina

Q943: Of which modern country is Bessarabia a part?
A943: Moldova

Q944: Which film features the song 'Mean Green Mother From Outer Space'?
A944: Little Shop of Horrors

Q945: What is the world's largest railway station?
A945: Grand Central, New York

Q946: What is the name given to the geological fault that causes problems in California?
A946: San Andreas Fault

Q947: Which American city is known to Americans as Motor City?
A947: Detroit

Q948: Who had a hit with 'Rebel Rebel'?
A948: David Bowie

Q949: Which is the world's only flying mammal?
A949: Bat

Q950: The Aswan damn is to be found on which river?
A950: Nile

Q951: Which motor manufacturer takes its name from the Latin meaning 'I roll'?
A951: Volvo

Q952: Who painted 'The Potato Eaters'?
A952: Vincent Van Gogh

Q953: Who wrote the soundtrack of 'Jaws'?
A953: John Williams

Q954: Which snooker player was known as The Grinder?
A954: Cliff Thorburn

Q955: Who was the female star of 'Top Gun' and 'Witness'?
A955: Kelly McGillis

Q956: Which is the largest Balearic island?
A956: Majorca

Q957: What is the name given to the loading line of a ship?
A957: The plimsoll line

Q958: Jack Mercer voiced which famous cartoon character for 45 years?
A958: Popeye the Sailor

Q959: In Greek mythology, who was the first woman?
A959: Pandora

Q960: What was the real surname of Queen's Freddie Mercury?
A960: Bulsara

Q961: What is the name of the poker hand containing 3 of a kind and a pair?
A961: A Full House

Q962: What was the name of the car ferry that overturned in the 1987 Zeebrugge disaster?
A962: The Herald of Free Enterprise

Q963: What is a more common name for acetylsalicylic acid?
A963: Aspirin

Q964: What is the name of the cat that lives in the window of Emily's shop?
A964: Bagpuss

Q965: Who was the lead singer of The Seekers?
A965: Judith Durham

Q966: Which Christian feast celebrates the coming of the three wise men to the crib of the infant Jesus?
A966: Epiphany

Q967: What is the red outer covering of Edam cheese made of?
A967: Wax

Q968: Which country declared war on Britain and France in June 1940?
A968: Italy

Q969: Name the famous underwater explorer who invented the aqualung?
A969: Jaques Cousteau

Q970: Who played Magnum in the TV series?
A970: Tom Selleck

Q971: Which player made the fastest ever professional 147 in the 1997 world snooker championships?
A971: Ronnie O'Sullivan

Q972: Musky Muskrat was the side kick of which cartoon lawman?
A972: Deputy Dawg

Q973: What was the title of Beethoven's only opera?
A973: Fidelio

Q974: What number on the Beaufort scale represents a 'Calm' wind?
A974: 0

Q975: Who discovered in 1985 that he was a Teen Wolf?
A975: Michael J Fox

Q976: Which actor and actress starred in 'Nine and a Half Weeks'?
A976: Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger

Q977: What is the difference between a black leopard and a panther?
A977: Nothing a black leopard is a panther

Q978: Pop Music: Who said 'You're History' in 1989?
A978: Shakespear's Sister

Q979: Who wrote Moby Dick?
A979: Nerman Melville

Q980: Which city should have held the cancelled 1944 Olympics?
A980: London

Q981: Who was the Greek Goddess of Victory?
A981: Nike

Q982: In which novel does the character Mowgli appear?
A982: Jungle book

Q983: Which chemical element has the same name as a planet?
A983: Mercury

Q984: What do frogs have in their mouths that toads don't?
A984: Teeth

Q985: In archery, how many golds make a perfect end?
A985: Six

Q986: Who played Conan the Barbarian?
A986: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Q987: Which future prime minister was captured while working as a journalist in the Boer War?
A987: Winston Churchill

Q988: Who is the only athlete to have set six world records in a single day?
A988: Jesse Owens

Q989: Who sang It's Not Unusual in 1965?
A989: Tom Jones

Q990: How many characters are there in the Greek Alphabet?
A990: 24

Q991: In which South American country are the two main political parties the Blancos and the Colorados?
A991: Uruguay

Q992: Who played Barbarella?
A992: Jane Fonda

Q993: Where would you hurt if you were kicked on the Tarsus?
A993: The Ankle

Q994: Who was the first singer to get 5 Top Ten hits from 1 album?
A994: Michael Jackson (Thriller)

Q995: Name the actress who played Sally Bowes in the film Cabaret?
A995: Lisa Minelli

Q996: Which year was John Lennon assassinated?
A996: 1980

Q997: Which African country has an estimated poulation of more than 100 million people. More than any other state on the continent?
A997: Nigeria

Q998: What are the only two countries that have participated in every Modern Olympic Games, since 1896?
A998: Greece and Australia

Q999: By what name is Richard Starkey better known?
A999: Ringo Starr

Q1000: Which European city was devastated by an earthquake in 1755?
A1000: Lisbon

Q1001: What word is used to describe a person who dies without having made a will?
A1001: Intestate

Q1002: Which wild child married Duran Duran bass guitarist John Taylor?
A1002: Amanda de Cadenet

Q1003: What name is given to the process by which milk is heated to about 150 Fahrenheit?
A1003: Pasteurisation

Q1004: What is the nickname of model Leslie Hornby?
A1004: Twiggy

Q1005: Which song begins: 'Dearest darlin' I have to write to say that I won't be home anymore'?
A1005: 'Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa' by Gene Pitney

Q1006: Of what are Honiton and Mechelen forms?
A1006: Lace

Q1007: What is the state capital of Arizona?
A1007: Phoenix

Q1008: Whose first solo album was entitled 'She's The Boss'?
A1008: Mick Jagger

Q1009: What is the name of the cat that chases Tweetie Pie?
A1009: Sylvester

Q1010: What is the name of the bone at the base of the human spine?
A1010: The coccyx

Q1011: What was the capital of the USA before Washington, DC?
A1011: Philadelphia

Q1012: Which is Britain's oldest cathedral?
A1012: Canterbury

Q1013: What name is given to a disturbance of the normal rhythm of the heart?
A1013: Arrhythmia

Q1014: Which male solo singer had a hit in 1964 with 'Message To Martha (Kentucky Bluebird)'?
A1014: Adam Faith

Q1015: Where are the Pillars of Hercules?
A1015: On either side of the Straits of Gibraltar

Q1016: Which top international star left an all-girl vocal group originally called the Primettes, to begin a solo career in 1969?
A1016: Diana Ross

Q1017: How many points are there on a compass?
A1017: 32

Q1018: Which boxer was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone?
A1018: Barry McGuigan

Q1019: Which film star's real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg?
A1019: Woody Allen

Q1020: Which movement's motto is 'Citius, Altius, Fortius'?
A1020: The Olympic Games

Q1021: What name was given to unbranded cattle in the USA?
A1021: Mavericks

Q1022: Which mathematical system is capable of expressing all numbers as a series of ones and zero's?
A1022: Binary

Q1023: Which European peak was first conquered in 1865 by English mountaineer Edward Whymper?
A1023: The Matterhorn

Q1024: Who attacked England in 1588?
A1024: Spanish (Armada)

Q1025: Which planet in the solar system has a day which is longer than its year?
A1025: Venus

Q1026: What are close encounters of the second kind?
A1026: Physical evidence

Q1027: Which poet's epitaph reads: 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water'?
A1027: John Keats

Q1028: Which actress starred in the film Notting Hill?
A1028: Julia Roberts

Q1029: Which was the first reusable space shuttle?
A1029: Challenger

Q1030: Who wrote 'Peter Pan'?
A1030: JM Barrie

Q1031: Who directed, starred in and even partly wrote the 1951 film 'Othello'?
A1031: Orson Welles

Q1032: The largest insects to ever live on Earth were prehistoric ancestors to what modern insects?
A1032: Dragonflies, wingspans of over 2 feet

Q1033: Name the sport which always starts a game in front of the south stake?
A1033: Croquet

Q1034: What number is opposite 20 on a dartboard?
A1034: Three

Q1035: What name is given to the spine injection offered to stop pain during child birth?
A1035: Epidural

Q1036: Who was the Joan Collins Fan Club?
A1036: Julian Clary

Q1037: How many operas are there in Wagner's Ring Cycle?
A1037: Four

Q1038: Which country governs the Faroe Islands?
A1038: Denmark

Q1039: Who sang with UB40 on 'I Got You Babe'?
A1039: Chrissie Hynde

Q1040: What is the positively charged part of an atom's nucleus called?
A1040: Proton

Q1041: Complete the lyric: 'O mother, tell your children not to do what I have done, Not to spend your life in sin and misery...'
A1041: In the House of the Rising Sun

Q1042: What does an ornithologist study?
A1042: Birds

Q1043: What links Kabul and Peshawar?
A1043: The Khyber Pass

Q1044: In which country would you find the Cambrian mountains?
A1044: Wales

Q1045: In which two countries is the Matterhorn situated?
A1045: Italy and Switzerland

Q1046: In 1923, who hit a home run in the first game at the new Yankee Stadium?
A1046: Babe Ruth

Q1047: What is made from silica, soda ash and limestone?
A1047: glass

Q1048: What is the common name for Rununculus plants?
A1048: Buttercup

Q1049: Name a word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters U-N-D?
A1049: 'Underground' or 'Underfund'

Q1050: Pop Music: Who were 'Hangin' Tough' in 1990?
A1050: New Kids On The Block

Q1051: Which group had a No 1 album called 'Songs of Faith and Devotion'?
A1051: Depeche Mode

Q1052: Who, according to legend, is the Scandinavian God of all gods?
A1052: Odin

Q1053: Who had a hit album called 'Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches'?
A1053: Happy Mondays

Q1054: What, in the early days of the Russian Revolution were the Kulaks?
A1054: Peasant farmers

Q1055: What's the fairytale world in C.S. Lewis's 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'?
A1055: The Land of Narnia

Q1056: What is the more usual name for a polygraph?
A1056: A lie detector

Q1057: Krypto is the name of which superhero's dog?
A1057: Superman

Q1058: Who drafted most of the American Declaration of Independence?
A1058: Thomas Jefferson

Q1059: Which Orwell novel was originally entitled 'The Last Man in Europe'?
A1059: 1984

Q1060: Which US President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb?
A1060: Harry S Truman

Q1061: Charrollais, Simmental and Dexter are all breeds of which animal?
A1061: Cow

Q1062: What is the only 15-letter word that can be written without repeating a single letter?
A1062: Uncopyrightable

Q1063: Which religious order is known as the Black Friars?
A1063: The Dominicans

Q1064: The Rio Grande separates which 2 countries?
A1064: Mexico & USA

Q1065: In which of Shakespear's plays does Shylock demand his pound of flesh?
A1065: The Merchant of Venice

Q1066: How did Cortez, during his conquest of Mexico, ensure that his men could not retreat?
A1066: Burned the boats

Q1067: Where is the Howrah Bridge?
A1067: Calcutta

Q1068: Which Cheers spin-off won five Emmy awards in 1995?
A1068: Frasier

Q1069: Which is the worlds largest lake?
A1069: The Caspian Sea

Q1070: Pop Music: Who were 'Down Under' in 1983?
A1070: Men At Work

Q1071: Who was the first person to be buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey?
A1071: Geoffrey Chaucer

Q1072: Who was the first man to walk in space?
A1072: Alexei Leonov

Q1073: What is the title of the 1985 film about aliens who leave pods in the swimming pool of a Florida retirement home?
A1073: Cocoon

Q1074: Which island group is also known as the Fortunate Islands?
A1074: Canary Islands

Q1075: Whose last work was entitled 'The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms with observations of their habits'?
A1075: Charles Darwin

Q1076: In the story of Jack and the Beanstalk what did Jack exchange for the beans from which the beanstalk grew?
A1076: Cow

Q1077: What is the common name for the tree known as the arbutus?
A1077: Strawberry

Q1078: Which animal is known as 'zorro' in Spanish and 'volpe' in Italian?
A1078: Fox

Q1079: Which perennial plant, whose leafstalks are cooked in desserts, has poisonous leaves?
A1079: Rhubarb

Q1080: Who were 'Under The Moon Of Love' in 1976?
A1080: Showaddywaddy

Q1081: Mexican illegal immigrants into the US often fall foul of the INS. What is the INS?
A1081: Immigration and Naturalisation Service

Q1082: Who won the Tour de France for five years in succession, 1991-95?
A1082: Miguel Indurain

Q1083: Whose first hit was 'White Riot'?
A1083: The Clash

Q1084: In which sport could you have a York Round and a Hereford Round?
A1084: Archery

Q1085: Whose first No 1 single was 'Is There Something I Should Know'?
A1085: Duran Duran

Q1086: What is a Muslim place of worship called?
A1086: Mosque

Q1087: What is a Death Cup or Destroying Angel?
A1087: They are both types of poisonous mushrooms, and are among the most deadly plants known to man

Q1088: Which British-born financier and statesman had a country in Africa named after him?
A1088: Cecil Rhodes

Q1089: How many points are awarded for a try in Rugby Union?
A1089: Five

Q1090: The Norwegian spruce tree has a much better known name. What is it?
A1090: Christmas Tree

Q1091: What name is given to the part of an insect's body which lies between its head and its abdomen?
A1091: Thorax

Q1092: Who won an Oscar for his role as the butler in 'Arthur'?
A1092: John Gielgud

Q1093: For the teaching of what is the Suzuki Method used?
A1093: Violin

Q1094: Which creature is related to the sloth and the anteater, is found primarily in South America, and can be three, six and nine banded?
A1094: Armadillo

Q1095: Pintail, Pochard and Shoveler are all varieties of what?
A1095: Duck

Q1096: Which horse races form the English Triple Crown?
A1096: Derby, St Leger & 2,000 Guineas

Q1097: Which famous brothers made 'A Night at the Opera'?
A1097: The Marx Brothers

Q1098: In which city is Michelangelo's David?
A1098: Florence

Q1099: What type of racing has only 2 cars competing on the track at the same time?
A1099: Drag Racing

Q1100: With which group did Midge Ure make his name?
A1100: Ultravox

Q1101: What is the Bookmakers signalling system called?
A1101: Tic Tac

Q1102: In which novel does Fagin appear?
A1102: Oliver Twist

Q1103: In the divisions of geological time, the very long ones are called eons and eras, the less long are called periods. What are the shortest ones called?
A1103: Epochs

Q1104: The Golan Heights are on the border of which two countries?
A1104: Israel & Syria

Q1105: Which British city has the most canals?
A1105: Birmingham

Q1106: What is the capital of Bulgaria?
A1106: Sofia

Q1107: How many furlongs are in one mile?
A1107: Eight

Q1108: Television's 'Dynasty' was set in which American city ?
A1108: Denver

Q1109: Which Chinese game involves 144 tiles divided into six suits?
A1109: Mah Jong

Q1110: What Australian animal is totally dependant on eucalyptus leaves for its food?
A1110: Koala bear

Q1111: What is the highest mountain in Africa?
A1111: Kilimanjaro

Q1112: What is measured on the Beaufort Scale?
A1112: Wind

Q1113: Who was the last British King to lead an army into battle?
A1113: George II (Dettingen, 1743)

Q1114: Who invented the safety razor?
A1114: King C. Gillette

Q1115: Which emergency first-aid procedure is known by the abbreviation CPR?
A1115: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Q1116: The Kalahari Desert covers part of Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, but lies primarily within which land-locked country?
A1116: Botswana

Q1117: Who directed Barbra Streisand in 'Hello Dolly'?
A1117: Gene Kelly

Q1118: What is the name of the medical oath taken by doctors?
A1118: Hippocratic oath

Q1119: On November 11, 1965, Rhodesia announced its UDI. What do these initials stand for?
A1119: Unilateral Declaration of Independence

Q1120: In which sport would you play a chalk with a cheese?
A1120: Skittles

Q1121: Who broke the world 400-metre hurdles record in 1976?
A1121: Ed Moses

Q1122: Which is Canada's highest mountain?
A1122: Mount Logan

Q1123: What name is given to the wind that blows across Italy from the Sahara Desert?
A1123: Trocco

Q1124: Who cut off Van Gogh's ear?
A1124: He did it himself

Q1125: What is the outer layer of human skin called?
A1125: Epidermis

Q1126: If downhill skiing is known as Alpine, what word is used to describe cross-country skiing?
A1126: Nordic

Q1127: From which musical does the Gerry and the Pacemakers' hit 'You'll Never Walk Alone' come?
A1127: Carousel

Q1128: What is the game in 'The Cincinnati Kid'?
A1128: Poker

Q1129: Who played piano with Squeeze?
A1129: Jools Holland

Q1130: In what war did the 'Battle of Balaclava' take place?
A1130: Crimean War

Q1131: Who won the American Football Super Bowl in 1993, 1994 and 1996?
A1131: The Dallas Cowboys

Q1132: Where were the 1932 Olympic Games held?
A1132: Los Angeles

Q1133: What was The Beatles' first UK No 1?
A1133: From Me To You

Q1134: Complete the album title: 'Introducing The Hardline According To '
A1134: Terence Trent D'Arby

Q1135: Which country left the British Commonwealth in 1961?
A1135: South Africa

Q1136: What is the title of the theme from 'M*A*S*H'?
A1136: Suicide Is Painless

Q1137: Which religious movement was founded by William Booth?
A1137: The Salvation Army

Q1138: Who played the extra-terrestrial in 'Mork and Mindy'?
A1138: Robin Williams

Q1139: Who played Superman's father in the 1978 film?
A1139: Marlon Brando

Q1140: Name an English word of more than two letters that both begins and ends with the letters 'he' in that order?
A1140: Heartache or headache

Q1141: Only two mammals lay eggs. One is the spiny anteater. What is the other?
A1141: Duck-billed platypus

Q1142: Which film features the hit song 'I Was Born Under A Wand'ring Star'?
A1142: Paint Your Wagon

Q1143: Whose first hit was 'Letter From America' in 1987?
A1143: The Proclaimers

Q1144: Who played Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
A1144: Anthony Hopkins

Q1145: Which host nation won the 1984 European Football Championship?
A1145: France

Q1146: What language is spoken most in the world?
A1146: Mandarin Chinese (Spanish & English are 2nd and 3rd)

Q1147: In which war did the Battle of Isandwlana take place?
A1147: The Zulu War

Q1148: Who sang the theme of the film 'Goldfinger'?
A1148: Shirley Bassey

Q1149: By what name was the American business woman born Florence Nightingale Graham, noted for her beauty salons and cosmetics, better known?
A1149: Elizabeth Arden

Q1150: What is the only stringed instrument in an orchestra that is not played with a bow?
A1150: Harp

Q1151: The largest ex-serviceman's body in the USA is the VFW. What does VFW stand for?
A1151: Veterans of foreign wars

Q1152: Who won gold for the USA in the light heavyweight boxing event at the 1960 Olympics?
A1152: Cassius Clay

Q1153: What name is given to a Russian dish consisting of beef cooked in sour cream?
A1153: Stroganoff

Q1154: What make of car is an Elise?
A1154: Lotus

Q1155: Which animal always gives birth to identical twins?
A1155: Armadillo

Q1156: Who loved lra Antipova?
A1156: Dr Zhivago

Q1157: Who won the gold medal in the high jump at the 1968 Olympics?
A1157: Dick Fosbury

Q1158: What was Disney's first full length animated feature?
A1158: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs.

Q1159: Who is depicted on the US dollar bill?
A1159: George Washington

Q1160: What classic board game involves points, blots, tables and bearing off?
A1160: Back gammon

Q1161: Which are the two closest even numbers to the Twenty on a darts board?
A1161: 12 and 18

Q1162: By what name was long-term prisoner Robert Franklin Stroud better known?
A1162: The Birdman of Alcatraz

Q1163: Which company invented the Mouse and the Graphical Interface for computers but sold it off to Macintosh because they couldn't see any future for it?
A1163: Xerox

Q1164: Which famous museum opened in London in April 1928?
A1164: Madam Tussards

Q1165: In which country would you find the plains of Jericho?
A1165: Jordan

Q1166: What is a baby turkey called?
A1166: A poult

Q1167: What language is spoken in Liechtenstein?
A1167: German

Q1168: A Hertzsprung diagram is about what?
A1168: The stars

Q1169: In which film did the computer named Mother wake the crew members of the Nostradomo?
A1169: Alien

Q1170: Which religious movement was founded by George Fox?
A1170: The Society of Friends (Quakers)

Q1171: What makes a rattlesnake rattle?
A1171: Dead skin on its tail

Q1172: What is the state capital of Hawaii?
A1172: Honolulu

Q1173: In which city is the Golden Temple, the religious centre of Sikhism?
A1173: Amritsar

Q1174: The V1 flying bomb used by the Germans against London and southern England in 1944 was given a more popular name by the British people. What was it?
A1174: Doodlebug

Q1175: Which chemical element is named after Cyprus?
A1175: Copper

Q1176: What is the name of the wizard in 'The Lord of the Rings'?
A1176: Gandalf

Q1177: A dish described as 'Florentine', is cooked (or served) with which vegetable?
A1177: Spinach

Q1178: What name is given to the original land mass from which the modern continents have developed?
A1178: Pangaea

Q1179: Which two film comics were Stir Crazy in 1980?
A1179: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor

Q1180: Who played investigative journalist Carl Bernstein in 'All The President's Men'?
A1180: Dustin Hoffmann

Q1181: Titan, Mimas, Rhea and Dione are just five of the twenty known moons of which planet?
A1181: Saturn

Q1182: Who did Nathuram Godse kill in 1948?
A1182: Gandhi

Q1183: What did American Express introduce in 1891?
A1183: Travellers cheques

Q1184: Which film character's catch phrase was 'Go on - make my day'?
A1184: Harry Callahan

Q1185: Why is 'Great' Britain so called?
A1185: Largest island in the group

Q1186: In which country are the Plains of Abraham?
A1186: Canada

Q1187: Which constellation is sometimes called 'The Hunter'?
A1187: Orion

Q1188: What is the name of the new island that was created by a volcanic eruption in 1963 off Iceland?
A1188: Surtsey

Q1189: What honour do Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Schweitzer & Martin Luther King share?
A1189: Nobel Peace Prize

Q1190: Which brittle metallic element has the symbol Bi?
A1190: Bismuth.

Q1191: Which part of the human body was taken as the length of a cubit?
A1191: The forearm (about 1.5 feet)

Q1192: Which British star was born Krishna Banji in 1944?
A1192: Ben Kingsley

Q1193: What is the significance of the title of the TV series 'Hawaii 50'?
A1193: 50th state

Q1194: Which war ended with an armistice signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month?
A1194: World War I. Germany signed the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.

Q1195: What was the name of the Ewing family home in 'Dallas'?
A1195: South Fork

Q1196: In the solar system, which is the 3rd planet from the sun?
A1196: Earth

Q1197: On which Japanese island is the capital, Tokyo?
A1197: Honshu

Q1198: Which three events make up an Olympic triathlon?
A1198: Swimming, cycling, running

Q1199: What Daniel Defoe character had everything done by Friday?
A1199: Robinson Crusoe

Q1200: How many do you score for a blue in archery?
A1200: Five

Q1201: In music, what does pizzicato mean?
A1201: That the strings should be plucked

Q1202: Who sang the No 1 hit Lady in Red?
A1202: Chris de Burgh

Q1203: Which is the shortest of Shakespeare's plays?
A1203: MacBeth

Q1204: In which city is the world's longest street?
A1204: Los Angeles

Q1205: What is Fred Flintstone's wife called?
A1205: Wilma

Q1206: Which spice comes from the Crocus?
A1206: Saffron

Q1207: Which musical is the song Ol' Man River from?
A1207: Show Boat

Q1208: On which Shakespeare play is the musical 'Catch My Soul' based?
A1208: Othello

Q1209: Who scripted, directed and starred in the silent film, 'The Plank'?
A1209: Eric Sykes

Q1210: How many wings does a normal bee have?
A1210: 4

Q1211: Name the Blues Brothers?
A1211: Jake and Elwood Blues

Q1212: Of which Mediterranean Island is Nicosia the capital?
A1212: Cyprus

Q1213: What was the first commercial jet airliner?
A1213: de Havilland Comet

Q1214: Who had a hit in 1963 with 'It's My Party'?
A1214: Lesley Gore

Q1215: Which cult film was based on 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', a novel by Philip K. Dick?
A1215: Blade Runner

Q1216: Who played Blanche in 'The Golden Girls'?
A1216: Rue McClanahan

Q1217: Who became US President on the death of John Kennedy?
A1217: Lyndon Johnson

Q1218: Who played Diane Fossey in 'Gorillas In The Mist'?
A1218: Sigourney Weaver

Q1219: How many astronauts manned each Apollo mission?
A1219: Three

Q1220: Who was the pilot in the first ever fatal airplane crash?
A1220: Orville Wright in 1908

Q1221: Which group released the album 'Voodoo Lounge' in 1994?
A1221: The Rolling Stones

Q1222: What is the collective noun for a group of Hedgehogs?
A1222: An Array

Q1223: How many strokes is an albatross on a par five hole?
A1223: Two

Q1224: What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
A1224: 212

Q1225: What was left in Pandora's box after she released misery and evil?
A1225: Hope

Q1226: Which bird migrates between the North to South Poles?
A1226: Arctic Tern

Q1227: How is Nitrous Oxide better known?
A1227: Laughing gas

Q1228: In the Christmas Classic, 'It's A Wonderful Life', what happened every time a bell rang?
A1228: An angel got his wings

Q1229: Who painted 'The Last Supper'?
A1229: Leonardo da Vinci

Q1230: Which golfer was known as 'The Great White Shark'?
A1230: Greg Norman

Q1231: How is Rebecca Rolfe better known?
A1231: Pocahontas

Q1232: What is the offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a jenny (female donkey) called?
A1232: Hinny

Q1233: Who played Luke Skywalker in 'Star Wars'?
A1233: Mark Hamill

Q1234: Who played a charter boat captain in the 1945 film 'To Have And Have Not'?
A1234: Humphrey Bogart

Q1235: Who made the Gettysburg Address?
A1235: Abraham Lincoln

Q1236: What are alligator pears?
A1236: Avocados

Q1237: Who did Bill Cosby play in 'The Cosby Show'?
A1237: Dr Cliff Huxtable

Q1238: Who was at No 1 in 1960 with 'Tell Laura I Love Her'?
A1238: Ricky Valance

Q1239: Who plays the title role in the film Patch Adams?
A1239: Robin Williams

Q1240: By what name is pop star Marvin Lee Aday better known?
A1240: Meat Loaf

Q1241: Name 'The Three Musketeers'.
A1241: Athos, Porthos, Aramis.

Q1242: In the Tarzan novels, what does Tarzan mean?
A1242: White Skin

Q1243: Which battle was fought on Senlac Hill?
A1243: The Battle of Hastings

Q1244: What can be Tulip, Balloon or Flute?
A1244: Wine glasses

Q1245: Who played Mozart in the 1984 film 'Amadeus'?
A1245: Tom Hulce

Q1246: On what surface is the French Open Tennis Championship held?
A1246: Clay

Q1247: In which 1979 film does Justin Henry play the son of Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep?
A1247: Kramer versus Kramer

Q1248: Which year had Dunkirk, Churchill becoming Prime Minister and Trotsky assasssinated in Mexico?
A1248: 1940

Q1249: What sort of animal is a Havana Brown?
A1249: Cat

Q1250: Of which country was Belshazzar king?
A1250: Babylon

Q1251: Who wrote about Brer Rabbit?
A1251: Joel Chandler Harris

Q1252: Of which group was Alison Moyet a member before going solo?
A1252: Yazoo

Q1253: Which Australian female had a No 1 in 1996 with 'Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit'?
A1253: Gina G

Q1254: Whose first big film role was the female lead in 'Absolute Beginners'?
A1254: Patsy Kensit

Q1255: In which year was the Berlin Wall demolished?
A1255: 1990

Q1256: Which monster inhabited the Labyrinth?
A1256: The Minotaur

Q1257: Which group had a 1980 hit album called 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels'?
A1257: Dexy's Midnight Runners

Q1258: Who made the first bifocal spectacles?
A1258: Benjamin Franklin

Q1259: From which country did the Soviet Union withdraw in 1988 ending a 10 year war?
A1259: Afganistan

Q1260: In Disney's 'Fantasia,' what is the name of the Sorcerer?
A1260: The Sorcerer's name is Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.

Q1261: The truck driver's union of the USA is the Teamster's Union. Why teamsters?
A1261: The original drivers drove teams of horses

Q1262: Which Disney film features the song 'When You Wish Upon A Star'?
A1262: Pinocchio

Q1263: Who thanked heaven for little girls?
A1263: Maurice Chevalier

Q1264: Which British Prime Minister wrote a novel called 'Sybil'?
A1264: Benjamin Disraeli

Q1265: In which sport are left-handers forbidden?
A1265: Polo

Q1266: What island do the 'Thunderbirds' live on?
A1266: Tracy Island

Q1267: What name is given to the energy that changes substances from liquid to vapour or from solid to liquid without raising the temperature?
A1267: Latent Heat

Q1268: What made Sir Rowland Hill famous in the last century?
A1268: Postage stamps

Q1269: What does the 'ZIP' in a US 'ZIP code' stand for?
A1269: Zoning Improvement Plan

Q1270: In what sport is there an event known as Canadian pairs?
A1270: Canoeing

Q1271: What is the Irish currency the Punt divided into?
A1271: Pence

Q1272: From which film do the words 'I could have been a contender' originate?
A1272: On The Waterfront

Q1273: From which country do the Gurkhas come?
A1273: Nepal

Q1274: Who had a hit in 1990 with 'Suicide Blonde'?
A1274: INXS

Q1275: Which sea lies between Korea and Shanghai?
A1275: The Yellow Sea

Q1276: Who felt 'Good Vibrations' in 1966?
A1276: The Beach Boys

Q1277: Why did the IBM computer called 'Deep Blue' make the headlines in 1997?
A1277: It beat Gary Kasparov at chess

Q1278: What was the title of the Alan Parker film based on the prison memoirs of Billy Hayes?
A1278: Midnight Express

Q1279: Who wrote the novel 'Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less'?
A1279: Jeffrey Archer

Q1280: In which century did the dodo become extinct?
A1280: Seventeenth

Q1281: Who played Patsy in 'Absolutely Fabulous'?
A1281: Joanna Lumley

Q1282: In which 1980 film do Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin try to bring down their boss?
A1282: Nine to Five

Q1283: What was James Dean's real surname?
A1283: Byron

Q1284: In geography, which term means the joining of two rivers?
A1284: Confluence

Q1285: Which two countries are linked by the Brenner Pass?
A1285: Austria and Italy

Q1286: Which year had the Munich air crash involving Manchester Utd, Lego launched and a 17 year old Pele helping Brazil beat Sweden to win World Cup?
A1286: 1958

Q1287: In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, who was Romeo in love with before he met and fell in love with Juliet?
A1287: Rosaline

Q1288: Where is Marco Polo International Airport?
A1288: Venice

Q1289: Pop Music: Who was 'Free Fallin'' before he started 'Learning To Fly'?
A1289: Tom Petty

Q1290: Which city was founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles?
A1290: Singapore

Q1291: Who was Sir Percy Blakeney?
A1291: Scarlet Pimpernel

Q1292: In which event did Al Oerter of the USA win gold in the same event at four consecutive Olympics?
A1292: Discus

Q1293: Which king of Bavaria is best remembered for his castles?
A1293: Ludwig II

Q1294: In which African country is Agadir?
A1294: Morocco

Q1295: By what name is the femur commonly known?
A1295: Thigh Bone

Q1296: Who played Rodney in 'Only Fools And Horses'?
A1296: Nicholas Lyndhurst

Q1297: At which battle was Lord Nelson killed?
A1297: Trafalgar

Q1298: In which year was NATO formed?
A1298: 1949

Q1299: Name the monk who first developed sparkling wine?
A1299: Dom Perignon

Q1300: Which film featured Bobby Moore and Pele?
A1300: Escape To Victory

Q1301: Which singer and actor was born Gordon Sumner in 1951?
A1301: Sting

Q1302: Which country governs the Galapagos Islands?
A1302: Ecuador

Q1303: In which country did McDonald's open it's first ski-through restaurant?
A1303: In Sweden, on the slopes of Lindvallen, in 1998

Q1304: Which breed of dog has the best eyesight?
A1304: Greyhound

Q1305: What is a dentiloquist?
A1305: Someone who speaks through clenched teeth

Q1306: Who found his thrill on Blueberry Hill?
A1306: Fats Domino

Q1307: Which book first published in 1877 was subtitled 'The Autobiography of a Horse'?
A1307: Black Beauty

Q1308: Between the fifties and the early nineties the oil companies Exxon, Mobil, Chevron, Texaco, Gulf, Shell, and BP were affectionately named what?
A1308: The Seven Sisters

Q1309: Which country was Farouk the last king of?
A1309: Egypt

Q1310: Which cartoon show featured Thelma and Shaggy among others?
A1310: Scooby Do

Q1311: What confection is made from almonds, eggs and sugar?
A1311: Marzipan

Q1312: Used at the OIympics, what do the latin words 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' mean?
A1312: Faster, Higher, Stronger

Q1313: In the world of Enid Blyton fiction who collectively owned a dog called Scamper?
A1313: The Secret Seven

Q1314: Which comedy series featured characters called Basil, Sybil, Polly and Manuel?
A1314: Fawlty Towers

Q1315: Who designed the uniform of the Swiss Guard?
A1315: Michelangelo

Q1316: Who sang with Elton John on 'Live Like Horses'?
A1316: Luciano Pavarotti

Q1317: What are the colors of the five Olympic rings?
A1317: Black, blue, red, green and yellow (or gold)

Q1318: In which year was the massacre in Tiananmen Square, Peking?
A1318: 1989

Q1319: Which country singer plays with Bob Dylan on 'Nashville Skyline'?
A1319: Johnny Cash

Q1320: Where is your patella?
A1320: Knee cap

Q1321: Who was Nelson's mistress and mother of his child Horatia?
A1321: Emma Hamilton

Q1322: Who was the first snooker player to score a maximum 147 break in World Championship snooker?
A1322: Cliff Thorburn

Q1323: By what name is the Palace of Westminster in London better known?
A1323: Houses of Parliament

Q1324: Who won an Oscar for her role in the 1990 film 'Ghost'?
A1324: Whoopi Goldberg

Q1325: What is the capital of Albania?
A1325: Tirane

Q1326: Which country's flag has on it both an eagle and a snake?
A1326: Mexico

Q1327: Strenuous exercise can cause a build-up of which acid in the muscles?
A1327: Lactic acid

Q1328: Who was the husband of Priscilla Beaulieu?
A1328: Elvis Presley

Q1329: Which big cat does not have retractable claws?
A1329: Cheetah

Q1330: In the nursery rhyme what was used to mend Jacks head after he had fallen down the hill?
A1330: Vinegar & Brown paper

Q1331: Of what are Antwerp, Poulters and Tumblers all types?
A1331: Pigeon

Q1332: What part of the body is affected by pneumonia?
A1332: Lungs

Q1333: Which English author's real name was Mary Anne Evans?
A1333: George Eliot

Q1334: Who co-starred with Tom Hanks in Sleepless in Seattle?
A1334: Meg Ryan

Q1335: What, in medicine, do the initials AIDS stand for?
A1335: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Q1336: Who played God in the 1981 film 'The Time Bandits'?
A1336: Ralph Richardson

Q1337: To which family of birds does the Kittewake belong?
A1337: Gulls

Q1338: Who played Sally Bowles in the 1972 film 'Cabaret'?
A1338: Liza Minnelli

Q1339: What name is given to the disease which involves compulsive eating?
A1339: Bulimia

Q1340: What was UB40's first No 1?
A1340: Red Red Wine

Q1341: What was T'Pau's only UK No 1 in November 1987?
A1341: China In Your Hand

Q1342: Which city's harbour is dominated by a famous arch called the Gateway to India?
A1342: Bombay

Q1343: Whose only hit was the 1987 'The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades'?
A1343: Timbuk 3

Q1344: In which sport would you use a chucker?
A1344: Polo

Q1345: Who played Sergeant Bilko?
A1345: Phil Silvers

Q1346: Which is the smallest owl?
A1346: The elf owl

Q1347: What is the name of the German air force?
A1347: Luftwaffe

Q1348: In London it is the underground, in New York it is the subway. What is it in Paris?
A1348: Metro

Q1349: Who had a hit with 'Sweet Caroline'?
A1349: Neil Diamond

Q1350: In which war did Florence Nightingale head a team of nurses?
A1350: The Crimean War

Q1351: Which novel was first published in serial form under the title 'The Sea Cove'?
A1351: Treasure Island

Q1352: In which country can you find 8 of the Worlds top 10 highest mountains?
A1352: Nepal

Q1353: Who in 1987 became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world since 1978?
A1353: Mike Tyson

Q1354: Larry Hagman is the son of which famous actress?
A1354: Mary Martin

Q1355: Who played Robin in 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves'?
A1355: Kevin Costner

Q1356: Which Islamic Republic was declared on 1 April 1979?
A1356: Iran

Q1357: In Arthurian legend, who was Sir Galahad's father?
A1357: Sir Lancelot

Q1358: What is 'lassa' fever spread by?
A1358: Urine

Q1359: Who wrote 'I, Claudius'?
A1359: Robert Graves

Q1360: Which former Beatle was the first to have a No 1 hit after the group disbanded?
A1360: George Harrison

Q1361: What were the names of the twins in Bros?
A1361: Matt and Luke Goss

Q1362: What does IQ stand for?
A1362: Intelligence Quotient

Q1363: Why was a Roman centurion so called?
A1363: Because he commanded one hundred men

Q1364: Who wrote The Wind in the Willows?
A1364: Kenneth Grahame

Q1365: What quantity is measured in 'Amperes'?
A1365: Electric Current

Q1366: Which is the longest river in Australia?
A1366: The Murray-Darling

Q1367: Who had a 1976 No 1 with 'Don't Give Up On Us'?
A1367: David Soul

Q1368: Who was the first unseeded player to win the Men's Singles at Wimbledon?
A1368: Boris Becker

Q1369: The date of which Christian festival was fixed in 325AD by the Council of Nicaea?
A1369: Easter

Q1370: Who wrote and directed 'American Graffiti'?
A1370: George Lucas

Q1371: What is the name given to the area where horses are paraded in front of the public before a race?
A1371: Paddock

Q1372: What was the only No 1 for the German group Nena in 1984?
A1372: 99 Red Balloons

Q1373: Which vegetable can be oyster, chestnut or shitaki?
A1373: Mushrooms

Q1374: What is the fastest animal on 2 legs, which can reach a speed of around 40 miles per hour?
A1374: Ostrich

Q1375: Which Caribbean country is the home of voodoo?
A1375: Haiti

Q1376: Which former world heavyweight boxing champion was jailed in 1992 for rape?
A1376: Mike Tyson

Q1377: In which country are the Altamira Caves?
A1377: Spain

Q1378: What is the worlds most southerly capital?
A1378: Wellington, New Zealand

Q1379: In which century were outbreaks of the Black Death plague pandemic in Europe?
A1379: Fourteenth (1361-2, 1348, 1369)

Q1380: Which musical star was Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 2nd wife?
A1380: Sarah Brightman

Q1381: What name is given to the transfer of heat within a fluid by means of motion of the fluid?
A1381: Convection

Q1382: Which game was once called mintonette?
A1382: Volleyball

Q1383: What was the name of the hero of Len Deighton's novel 'The Ipcress File'?
A1383: He didn't have a name

Q1384: What wheel did Blaise Pascal invent in a search for perpetual motion?
A1384: Roulette (or Number) Wheel

Q1385: Which West Coast group started out as Cam and the Passions?
A1385: The Beach Boys

Q1386: In which sport does the world championship have three classes - open, standard and 15 metres?
A1386: Gliding

Q1387: What does a chandler make or sell?
A1387: Candles

Q1388: Which cats have no tails?
A1388: Manx cats

Q1389: What is a luge?
A1389: A small toboggan

Q1390: In which country was the Rosetta stone found?
A1390: Egypt

Q1391: What is a beaver's home called?
A1391: Lodge

Q1392: What name is given to lines on a map joining places of equal atmospheric pressure?
A1392: Isobars

Q1393: Which King of Saudi Arabia was assassinated in 1975?
A1393: King Faisal

Q1394: Who had a No 1 with their duet 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me'?
A1394: Aretha Franklin and George Michael

Q1395: Apart from the Fosbury Flop, what is the other main technique of high jumping?
A1395: The straddle

Q1396: What part of the body is affected by nephritis?
A1396: Kidney

Q1397: Who had a horse called Beaucephalus?
A1397: Alexander the Great

Q1398: What did William Wilberforce fight to abolish?
A1398: Slavery

Q1399: Which animal shoots blood from its eyes?
A1399: The horned toad

Q1400: 'Take My Breath Away' is the theme from which film?
A1400: Top Gun

Q1401: What type of plant does the Boll Weevil attack & destroy?
A1401: The Cotton plant

Q1402: In which country was Rudyard Kipling born?
A1402: India

Q1403: What stands on the site of New York's old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel?
A1403: The Empire State Building.

Q1404: What is the name of the country discovered by Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy?
A1404: Narnia

Q1405: What is the collective term for a set of bells played together?
A1405: A carillon

Q1406: Whose book, 'Profiles in Courage' (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957?
A1406: John F Kennedy

Q1407: Which comedian shared a flat with David Baddiel?
A1407: Frank Skinner

Q1408: Where are the convolutions of Broca located?
A1408: The Brain

Q1409: Who had a hit in 1977 with 'Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue'?
A1409: Crystal Gayle

Q1410: Septicaemia is commonly known as what?
A1410: Blood poisoning

Q1411: Who starred in the 1969 film 'The trouble with girls'?
A1411: Elvis Presley

Q1412: Which locomotive reached a then record speed of 97.5 mph on the London to Leeds run in 1934?
A1412: The Flying Scotsman

Q1413: What was the name of the blonde in Abba?
A1413: Agnetha Faltskog

Q1414: In which country is the river Yangtze located?
A1414: China

Q1415: Who was Little Big Man?
A1415: Dustin Hoffmann

Q1416: What are Andy Pandy's two friends called?
A1416: Looby Lou & Teddy

Q1417: What is the name of the science of charting seas, lakes, and rivers?
A1417: Hydrography

Q1418: What is the unit used by astronomers for denoting distances equivalent to 206263 astronomical units or 3.26 light years?
A1418: Parsec

Q1419: Where is Orly airport?
A1419: Paris, France

Q1420: Which mythical creature was half man, half horse?
A1420: Centaur

Q1421: What substance makes plants green?
A1421: Chlorophyll

Q1422: In archery what is a bluffie?
A1422: A practice arrow

Q1423: According to the proverb. What happens if you run after two hares?
A1423: You catch neither

Q1424: Which European country colonised Angola?
A1424: Portugal

Q1425: At which Grand Prix circuit did Ayrton Senna lose his life?
A1425: San Marino

Q1426: Which Caribbean Island was invaded by the U.S. in 1983?
A1426: Grenada

Q1427: Which 70's sci fi film was promoted with the slogan,'In space, no-one can hear you scream'?
A1427: Alien

Q1428: What is the art of clipping hedges into various ornamental shapes traditionally called?
A1428: Topiary

Q1429: Who adapted the screenplay of 'The Comedians' from his own novel?
A1429: Graham Greene

Q1430: What are the only crustaceans adapted to living on land rather than water?
A1430: Woodlice

Q1431: First isolated in 1894, which is the most abundant of the noble gases?
A1431: Argon

Q1432: When the same chemical element exists in various forms the variations are called isotopes. What are variations of the same chemical compounds called?
A1432: Isomers

Q1433: In football, how far is it in yards from the goal line to the edge of the penalty area?
A1433: Eighteen Yards

Q1434: Who reached No 1 in 1987 with 'Never Gonna Give You Up'?
A1434: Rick Astley

Q1435: What is Necrophobia the fear of?
A1435: Death or corpses

Q1436: Who is afraid of heights in 'Vertigo'?
A1436: James Stewart

Q1437: What is Paul McCartney's first name?
A1437: James

Q1438: In which country is Tagalog widely spoken?
A1438: The Philippines

Q1439: Who set a new world pole vault record with a jump of 6.1m in Malmo in 1991?
A1439: Sergey Bubka

Q1440: What nationality is tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
A1440: Croatian

Q1441: In meteorology, what name is given to a line running through places of equal pressure?
A1441: Isobar

Q1442: What type of fish is a skipjack?
A1442: Tuna

Q1443: In Austria, what is one hundredth of a schilling?
A1443: One Groschen

Q1444: The enormous sequoia tree of North America has a much better known name. What is it?
A1444: Redwood

Q1445: Which two countries fought the so-called Cod War in 1976?
A1445: Britain and Iceland

Q1446: Which bird has the largest wing span of all?
A1446: Albatross

Q1447: What make of car is a Carrera?
A1447: Porsche

Q1448: Which oil is commonly used in oil painting?
A1448: Linseed

Q1449: In polo, with what do you hit the ball?
A1449: Mallet

Q1450: In Scrabble, how many points is the letter C worth?
A1450: 3

Q1451: In terms of proportional strength, what is the strongest creature?
A1451: Rhinoceros beetle (at least 100 times its own weight)

Q1452: What nationality was Alfred Nobel?
A1452: Swedish

Q1453: Which backing group backed Martha Reeves?
A1453: The Vandellas

Q1454: How many players in a baseball team?
A1454: Nine

Q1455: How many dots are there on a pair of dice?
A1455: 42

Q1456: Which avenue in New York is synonymous with advertising?
A1456: Maddison Avenue

Q1457: What did the Montgolfier brothers invent?
A1457: The hot air balloon

Q1458: Pop Music: What was Aztec Camera's biggest hit?
A1458: Somewhere In My Heart

Q1459: What sort of vegetable are the Marfona, Romano, and Pentland Javelin?
A1459: Potatoes

Q1460: What kind of creature is a matamata?
A1460: A turtle

Q1461: How is the Aurora Borealis better known?
A1461: The northern lights

Q1462: In darts, how many are scored for an outer bull?
A1462: Twenty-five

Q1463: On a darts board what number is directly opposite 1?
A1463: 19

Q1464: What was the first video aired by MTV?
A1464: The Buggles 'Video Killed the Radio Star' in 1981

Q1465: What is an otter's home called?
A1465: A holt

Q1466: Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
A1466: Lewis Carroll

Q1467: What are female bees other than the queen called?
A1467: Workers

Q1468: Who is Warren Beatty's famous sister?
A1468: Shirley Maclaine

Q1469: Name the mountain range which forms the backbone of Italy?
A1469: Apennines

Q1470: What substance is present in joints when gout is caused?
A1470: Uric Acid

Q1471: Who in 1989 became the youngest ever world snooker champion at the age of 21?
A1471: Stephen Hendry

Q1472: In men's fencing, how many hits are needed for victory?
A1472: Five

Q1473: To which plant family does the tulip belong?
A1473: Lily

Q1474: Which is The Windy City?
A1474: Chicago

Q1475: What is Adam Ant's real name?
A1475: Stuart Goddard

Q1476: On which real-life school is 'Fame' based?
A1476: The New York School of Performing Art

Q1477: Who's No 1 album was called 'Colour by Numbers'?
A1477: Culture Club

Q1478: Which country hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics?
A1478: France

Q1479: Which group had a No 1 album called 'Machine Head'?
A1479: Deep Purple

Q1480: How many stars make up Orion's belt?
A1480: 3

Q1481: In Star Wars, what species is Chewbacca?
A1481: A Wookie

Q1482: Which two seas are linked by the world's longest canal?
A1482: The White Sea and the Baltic

Q1483: Which artist had Blue and Rose Periods?
A1483: Picasso

Q1484: What kind of a creature is a sapperjew?
A1484: A monkey

Q1485: Which was the first symphony ever to be recorded?
A1485: Beethoven's Fifth

Q1486: What is the difference between lava and magma?
A1486: Lava appears on the surface of the Earth; magma is subterranean

Q1487: Which creature changes sex annually?
A1487: The oyster

Q1488: Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
A1488: John Wilkes Booth

Q1489: What was the Supremes' only UK No 1?
A1489: Baby Love

Q1490: How high is a tennis net in the centre?
A1490: Three feet

Q1491: What branch of mathematics is concerned with differentiation and integration?
A1491: Calculus

Q1492: What does the musical direction 'Dulcie' mean?
A1492: Sweet

Q1493: Of which novel is the heroine Catherine Earnshaw?
A1493: Wuthering Heights'

Q1494: Which French canal links the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
A1494: The Canal Du Midi

Q1495: The Chinese dish 'bean sprouts' are usually the sprouts of which bean?
A1495: Mung Bean

Q1496: Addis Ababa is the capital of which country?
A1496: Ethiopia

Q1497: Which American golfer won the British Open in 1980, 1982 and 1983?
A1497: Tom Watson

Q1498: Who invented the spinning jenny?
A1498: Richard Arkwright

Q1499: In which sport do team members play at positions known as 'silly mid off,' 'deep square leg,' 'fly slip' and 'cover point'?
A1499: Cricket

Q1500: What is esthatology, theoretically concerned with?
A1500: The end of the world