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ROAD
2. BBC 2 started in 1965. True or False.
FALSE 1964
3. What dish is made up of sheep's offal, suet, oats and spices.
HAGGIS
4. What is the result of Alpha decay, Beta decay and Gamma decay?
RADIATION
5. What is the maximum number of clubs that a player may use in a round of golf? 12, 13, 14
14
6 What is the capital of Luxembourg?
LUXEMBOURG CITY
7. Is a Blackberry a member of the rose family?
YES
8. Who received an Oscar for his creation of Wallace & Gromit.
NICK PARK
9. Which gas is the most abundant constituent of air.
NITROGEN
10. Which Metropolis were Dorothy and her friends trying to find in "The Wizard of OZ".
EMERALD CITY
11. What kind of delicacy comes in American, Norwegian and Spiny varieties.
LOBSTER
12. If a foreign car displayed the letters RO what would its country of origin be?
ROMANIA
13. Who played the role of a disk jockey in the film "Good Morning Vietnam".
ROBIN WILLIAMS
14. What would a Mexican submerge into beer to make a submarino?
TEQUILA
15. Which traveller fist visited China in 1271?
MARCO POLO
16. What is the young of a herring called?
WHITEBAIT
17. Who invented the revolver?
SAMUEL COLT
18. By what name was Sri Lanka formerly known.
CEYLON
19 What is the square diagonally opposite to Go in the game of Monopoly.
FREE PARKING
20. What is the only anagram of ORGANIST?
ROASTING
21. Who wrote "The Common Sense Book of Child Care?"
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK
22. Pure Carbon can exist in two forms. What are they?
DIAMOND & GRAPHITE
23 What was the name of the ship that rescued most of the survivors from "The Titanic?"
THE CARPATHIA
24. Which team changes colours if there is a clash of colours in a football league match?
AWAY TEAM
25. By what name is the abbreviation SIDS better known?
COT DEATH (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
26. In which hobby is the term French Knot used?
EMBRODIERY
27. What is the 5th. Letter of the Greek alphabet?
EPSILON
28. From which country did chocolate originate?
MEXICO
29. Which anniversary does an Emerald wedding anniversary commemorate?
55
30. Kampuchea is now the official name of which country?
CAMBODIA
31. Who won the Golden Boot in the 1986 World Cup finals?
GARY LINEKER
32. What is the study of the science of light called?
OPTICS
33. Which animal lives in a drey?
A SQUIRREL
34. Which bird is known as the Man of War bird?
FRIGATE BIRD
35 Who composed the opera Rigoletto?
VERDI
36 What was the name of Sherlock Holmes Brother?
MYCROFT
37. What was the name of Popeye's ship?
THE OLIVE
38. What is the capital of Oregon State?
SALEM
39 What was the name of the computer in "2001 A Space Odyssey"?
HAL
40. Which letter comes next in this sequence ZXCVBN?
M (Bottom line of a keyboard)
TIE BREAK
The term National debt was first used in 1694. How much was it then?
49 MILLION