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On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:09:00 +0100, Keith Willoughby
<keith@flat222.org> wrote:
>
> 1. How is belladonna more commonly known?
Deadly nightshade
> 2. What metal is galvanised iron typically plated with?
Zinc?
> 3. What sort of animal is a pomeranian?
Yappy dog
> 4. What plant do Koalas feed on?
Eucalyptus
> 5. The first man-made object to reach the moon was Russian. What was its
> name?
Lunik? (or possibly just Luna)
>
> History
> 6. What was the title of George VI before he became King on the abdication
> of his brother?
> 7. Who was leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?
Watt Tyler (that well known consumer roofing magazine)
> 8. How was the Russian Revolutionary Lev Davidovich Bronstein better known?
Trotsky
> 9. Where in France was the headquarters of the French goverment from 1940 to
> 1944?
Vichy
> 10. In London in 1854, 10,000 people died in an epidemic of what disease?
Cholera?
>
> Sport
> 11. What is the colour of the jacket presented to the winner of the US
> Masters golf champion?
Green
> 12. Who was the trainer of both Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard?
> 13. How many points are awarded for a touchdown in American Football?
Six
> 14. Which county play cricket at Trent Bridge?
Nottingham
> 15. Who was the first player to be capped one hundred times for the English
> football team?
>
> London
> 16. On the tube map, which line is coloured yellow?
Circle
> 17. What is the name of the official residency of the Archbishop of
> Canterbury in London?
Lambeth Palace
> 18. In which London building is Poets' Corner?
Westminster Abbey
> 19. What, in London, is known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?
Bank of England
> 20. Which London momument marks the spot at which criminals were hanged at
> Tyburn Tree?
>
> Music
> 21. I'm Into Something Good was the debut hit for which British band?
> 22. Who reached number one in 1976 with Don't Cry For Me Argentina?
Elaine Paige?
> 23. In 1956, who reached number 3 with Bluebottle Blues?
Peter Sellers
> 24. With which singer did The Pogues record Fairy Tale of New York?
Kirsty McColl
> 25. Which band currently have their tenth number one in the Radio 1 singles
> chart?
>
> Literature
> 26. Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
Emily Bronte
> 27. What did Oscar Wilde describe as "The unspeakable in pursuit of the
> inedible"?
Fox Hunting
> 28. Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig appear in which book?
Watership Down
> 29. Which American author wrote "A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court?
Mark Twain(
> 30. Complete the proverb - "As well be hanged for a sheep"
as a lamb
>
> Films
> 31. Which film, starring Al Jolson, was considered to be the first talkie?
The Jazz Singer
> 32. In which film did Daryl Hannah play a mermaid?
Splash
> 33. What was Dorothy's surname in The Wizard of Oz?
Gale
> 34. Who was the first British woman to win the Best Actress Oscar?
> 35. From which film and stage show does the song Happy Talk come?
South Pacifc
>
> Sitcoms
> 36. What was the name of Frank Spencer's wife in Some Mothers Do Have 'Em?
(oooooo) Betty
> 37. Who plays Edina's mother in Absolutely Fabulous?
June Whitfield
> 38. Which animal did Reggie Perrin visualise his mother-in-law as?
Hippopotomus
> 39. Which sitcom starred Timothy West as Bradley Hardcastle?
Brass
> 40. Who sung the theme tune for Hi-De-Hi?
>
> General Knowledge
> 41. What is made in a samovar?
Tea
> 42. Who invented the miner's safety lamp?
Humphrey Davey
> 43. Who was known as the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc
> 44. In the Bible, who was thrown into the lion's den?
Daniel
> 45. Which berries are used to make gin?
Sloe?
> 46. How did 19-year old Matthias Rust make the headlines in 1987?
Landed a plane in Red Square
> 47. Which Canadian-born newspaper magnet became proprietor of the Daily
> Express in 1919?
Cudliffe?
> 48. What species of bird is a rockhopper?
> 49. At which battle was General Custer famously defeated in 1876?
the Little Big Horn
> 50. Who did Margaret Thatcher follow as leader of the Conservative Party?
Edward Heath
> 51. Who said "How can you govern a nation that has 246 varieties of cheese"?
Giscard d'Estan?
> 52. What was the name of the television journalist who became an independent
> MP at the general election of 1997?
Martin Bell
> 53. Of which military incident in 1854 did a French general say "It is
> magnificent, but it is not war"?
> 54. What do the French call the English Channel?
la Manche
> 55. In July 1938, a world record speed record for a steam locomotive was set
> at 126 MPH. What was the name of the locomotive?
Flying Scotsman
> 56. Which island, famed for its knitting, is situated midway between Shetland
> and Orkney?
Harris?
> 57. What would a cooper make?
Barrels
> 58. What is the name of the acid that was first prepared form red ants?
> 59. In the fictional submarine Nautilus, what was the name of the captain?
Nemo
> 60. What is the Japanese word for 'good-bye'?
> (most famous word. most well-known word. the word which I'm
> looking for, not the other Japanese words for 'good-bye')
--
David Brain
London, UK
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