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| What feature is unique to British postage stamps? | They don't bear the name of the country |
| Which one of the Queen's children has a birthday on the 10th of March? | Prince Edward (1964) |
| Along which 'A' road would you drive from London to Great Yarmouth? | A12 |
| In many Cornish and Welsh placenames, such as Penzance, what does 'Pen' mean? | Hilltop |
| What advertising slogan was used during the privatization of British Gas? | "If you see Sid, tell him" |
| "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little" was the verdict on whose first Hollywood screen test? | Fred Astaire |
| Who replaced Bruce Forsyth as host of "The Generation Game" in 1978? | Larry Grayson |
| From what did Cilla Black change her name? | Priscilla White |
| "The Slave of Duty" is the subtitle of which Gilbert & Sillivan operetta? | The Pirates of Penzance |
| In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Miss Havisham appear? | Great Expectations |
| Which A is the administrative headquarters of the Grampian region of Scotland? | Aberdeen |
| Which A is the most distant object visible to the naked eye? | Andromeda galaxy |
| Which A is a land-locked country in the Eastern Pyrenees? | Andorra |
| Which A are coloured lights in the night sky, seen near the Earth's poles? | Aurora |
| Which A is a grammatical part of speech for a word that modifies or describes a verb? | Adverb |
| Which P was an instrument of punishment with holes for the prisoner's head and hands? | Pillory |
| Which P is composed of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds? | Protein |
| Which P invented a very popular type of shorthand writing? | (Isaac) Pitman |
| Which P were 3 wars between Rome and Carthage between 264BC and 146BC? | Punic (Wars) |
| Which P is a type of iron produced directly from a blast furnace? | Pig (iron) |
| Which novel earned Salman Rushdie a death sentence from Iran? | The Satanic Verses |
| Which Frederick Forsythe novel tells of an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle? | The Day of The Jackal |
| Which novel by Jeffrey Archer follows the fortunes of 4 MPs over 30 years? | First Among Equals |
| Who wrote the Adrian Mole books? | (Sue) Townshend |
| Who wrote "Diana: Her True Story" | (Andrew) Morton |
| What was the name of the otter created by Henry Williamson? | Tarka |
| Who is adopted as an infant by a family of wolves in "Jungle Book"? | Mowgli |
| Who were Andy Pandy's two friends? | Teddy & Looby-Loo |
| Who is the girl detective featured in books such as "The Hidden Staircase", "The Bungalow Mystery" and "The Old Clock"? | Nancy Drew |
| Who created the character Bilbo Baggins? | J.R.R. Tolkein |
| From which film does the song "Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend" come? | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| From which film does the song "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" come? | Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves |
| From which film does the song "Up Where We Belong" come? | An Officer and A Gentleman |
| From which film does the song "Wooden Heart" come? | G.I. Blues |
| From which film does the song "Eye Of The Tiger" come? | Rocky 3 |
| 3 of the 4 Beatle's films are "A Hard Day's Night", "Yellow Submarine" and "Let It Be". What's the other one called? | Help! |
| From which film does the song "Chim Chim Cheree" come? | Mary Poppins |
| Which film starred "Bill Haley & The Comets"? | Rock Around The Clock |
| From which film does the song "You're The One That I Want" come? | Grease |
| From which film does the song "My Favourite Things" come? | The Sound Of Music |
| What is the latitude of the North Pole? | 90 deg. North |
| Which group of islands contains Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca, Minorca and Cabrera? | Balearic Islands |
| Which is the world's longest mountain range? | The Andes |
| Alaska is the largest, Texas is the second largest, but which is the third largest state of the USA (by area)? | California |
| Which mountain pass connects Afghanistan and North-West Pakistan? | The Khyber Pass |
| Which South American country uses the same vowel three times in its first five letters? | Uruguay |
| In which city is Wenceslaus Square (as in "Good King Wenceslaus looked out …") | Prague |
| What was Zambia previously called? | Northern Rhodesia |
| Which are the only two landlocked countries in South America? | Bolivia, Paraguay |
| Which monetary currency is used in Greece? | Euro |
| Which historical conflict was between the House of York and the House of Lancaster? | Wars of the Roses |
| During which Crimean War battle did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place | Balaclava |
| What was the name given to those who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War? | Cavaliers |
| What name was given to the six farm labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia for their trouble? | Tolpuddle Martyrs |
| Napoleon was imprisoned on the island of Elba and died on the island of St Helena. On which other island was he born? | Corsica |
| What was the name of the fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century, used as a state prison, especially for political prisoners? | The Bastille |
| What was the nickname of King Ethelred II who died in 1016? | The Unready |
| Why did the town of Herculaneum disappear in 79 A.D.? | It was destroyed when Mt Vesuvius erupted (together with Pompeii) |
| Which great emperor had a horse called Bucephalus? | Alexander The Great |
| After conquering Britain in 1066, William The Conqueror wanted to know how much this new territory was worth. In which document is the answer? | The Domesday Book |
| Which I is the tendency of an object to remain at rest or in a state of constant velocity? | Inertia |
| Which I is a type of goat found in Europe, Africa and Asia? | Ibex |
| Which I is a line on a map joining places at the same atmospheric pressure? | Isobar |
| Which I is the collective term for the following American universities: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale? | Ivy League |
| Which I is 2.54 centimetres? | Inch |
| Which W is a novel which tells of the lives of three noble families in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars? | War and Peace |
| Which W is the place where the Black Death entered Britain in 1348? | Weymouth (more specifically, the port of Melcombe Regis in Werymouth) |
| Which W is the S.I. Unit of power? | Watt |
| Which W is the composer whose masterpiece was a sequence of 4 operas called "The Ring of the Nibelung" | (Richard) Wagner |
| Which W is the site of the U.S. military academy? | West Point |
| "I'll be back" is associated with which film? | Terminator |
| "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!" is associated with which film? | Gone With The Wind (Rhett Butler's last wprds) |
| "Rosebud" is associated with which film? | Citizen Kane (central character's last words) |
| "Love means never having to say you're sorry" is associated with which film? | Love Story (Ali to Ryan) |
| "May the force be with you" is associated with which film? | Star Wars |
| A city in Tyne & Wear, a municipal borough in Staffordshire and a city in New South Wales, Australia, all share which name? | Newcastle |
| In which US state is the Mojave desert? | California |
| Which Mediterranean island became French in 1798, British in 1814 and independent in 1964? | Malta |
| Which South American river shares its name with one of the Wombles? | Orinoco |
| In which country is Mecca? | Saudi Arabia |
| Which range of mountains separates France and Spain? | Pyrenees |
| In which country is there a range of mountains called the Southern Alps? | New Zealand |
| In which county are England's 10 highest peaks? | Cumbria |
| Which city is dominated by Sugar Loaf mountain? | Rio de Janeiro |
| Which is the highest mountain in Africa? | Mount Kilimanjaro (aka Kibo) |
| Who was the last British monarch from the House of York? | Richard III |
| During which single military action were the most Victoria Cross medals won? | Rourke's Drift (as featured in the film "Zulu") |
| At which castle did the investiture of the Prince of Wales take place in 1969? | Caernarvon |
| In which country is the site of the Battle of Waterloo? | Belgium |
| On which small island did the USA first test their H-bomb in 1954? | Bikini Atoll |
| In which century was the Domesday Book written? | 11th (1086) |
| In which century did Galileo die and Isaac Newton be born? | 17th (both 1642) |
| In which century was Henry VIII king of England? | 16th (1509-47) |
| In which century did Julius Caesar invade Britain? | 1st century BC (55 BC) |
| In which century was the Great Plague? | 17th (1665) |
| Which is the largest planet in our Solar System? | Jupiter |
| In physics, the Newton is a unit of which quantity? | Force or weight |
| In chemistry, if water is written as H2O, how is sulphuric acid written? | H2SO4 |
| In human anatomy, what is the technical name of the bone in the upper arm? | Humerus |
| In computing, what does WWW stand for? | World Wide Web |
| What was the name of the WW2 atomic bomb project carried out in New Mexico under Robert Oppenheimer? | Manhattan Project |
| Werner von Braun worked on explosive rockets in Germany during WW2. What did he work on in America after the war? | Space rockets |
| In 1927, Le Maitre was the first to advance the theory that the universe began with an explosion. What is the theory called? | Big Bang Theory |
| What process takes its name from its inventor, Louis Pasteur? | Pasteurization |
| Which engineer invented the dam-busting bouncing bomb? | Barnes Wallis |
| Which nation won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2002? | LATVIA (2002 Latvia, Marie N, I Wanna) |
| What is Tony Blair's date of birth? | 6th May 1953 |
| What is Ludvig van Beethoven's date of birth? | 17th December 1770 |
| What is Albert Einstein's date of birth? | 14th March 1879 |
| What is David Beckham's date of birth? | 2nd May 1975 |
| What is Madonna's date of birth? | 16th August 1958 |
| 1. Who did Michael Eavis demand an apology from in April 2004? | 1. (Justin Hawkins) |
| 2. Which group does he sing with? | 2. (The Darkness) |
| 3. What was the score in the Sweden-England game in April 2004? | 3. (1-0) |
| 4. Who scored for Sweden? | 4. (Zlatan Ibrahimovic) |
| 5. Which cricketer’s action was criticised in April 2004? | 5. (Muttiah Muralitheran) |
| 6. Which country did Jelena Dokic say that she would represent at the Fed Cup? | 6. (Serbia-Montenegro) |
| 7. Who was fined during a Nascar race in April 2004 for deliberately causing a caution flag? | 7. (Dale Ernhardt Jr.) |
| 8. Who was confirmed as new BBC Chairman in April 2004? | 8. (Michael Grade) |
| 9. Officer form the Metropolitan Police travelled to Libya to discuss which Police constable’s death? | 9. (Yvonne Fletcher) |
| 10. Who agreed to an extension to his contract as Scotland Under-21 coach? | 10. (Rainer Bonhof) |
| 11. Which cricketer resigned as captain of Zimbabwe in April 2004? | 11. (Heath Streak) |
| 12. Which singer entered drug rehabilitation clinic for addiction to painkillers? | 12. (Kelly Osboune) |
| 13. Serena Williams won her first tournament for 8 months after injury. What was it? | 13. (Nasdaq-100 Open) |
| 14. Which horse won the Aintree Grand National? | 14. (Amberleigh House) |
| 15. Man Utd beat Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final. Who scored the only goal? | 15. (Paul Scholes) |
| 16. Who had a number one hit with “Five Colours in Her Hair”? | 16. (McFly) |
| 17. Which team won the Singapore Sevens? | 17. (South Africa) |
| 18. Which former Champion jump jockey died aged 77 in April 2004? | 18. (Fred Winter) |
| 19. Mahinda Rajapakse became the new PM of which Asian country? | 19. (Sri Lanka) |
| 20. Which horse owner died aged 67? | 20. (Robert Sangster) |
| 21. Who scored the winner for Chelsea against Arsenal in their Champions League clash? | 21. (Wayne Bridge) |
| 22. Who was appointed as the new coach of Samoa in April 2004? | 22. (Michael Jones) |
| 23. Who was sentenced to 15 years for spying in April 2004? | 23. (Igor Sutyagin) |
| 24. Which Algerian international footballer was reported missing by his club Nice in April 2004? | 24. (Abdelmalek Cherrad) |
| 25. At the British Book Awards which book on grammar won the book of the year award? | 25. (Eats, Shoots and Leaves) |
| 26. Who was the author? | 26. (Lynne Truss) |
| 27. Which jockey rode 5 winners at combined odds of 947-1 at Folkestone in April 2004? | 27. (Frankie Dettori) |
| 28. In which year did he ride 7 at Ascot? | 28. (1996) |
| 29. A letter by James Joyce pleading for which of his books to be published was sold at auction for £32,265 in April 2004? | 29. (Dubliners) |
| 30. Who led the US Masters after the first and second rounds in 2004? | 30. (Justin Rose) |
| 31. Why was Madonna criticised for her concert in Ireland in April 2004? | 31. (It was scheduled for a Sunday) |
| 32. Which pop singer was arrested on suspicion of drink driving in Romford in April 2004? | 32. (Dane Bowers) |
| 33. Which Oscar nominated actress died aged 57 in April 2004? | 33. (Carrie Snodgrasss) |
| 34. Who birdied the 18th to win the US Masters his first major? | 34. (Phil Mickelson) |
| 35. Who got up off the canvas to beat Vladimir Klitschko in April 2004? | 35. (Lamon Brewster) |
| 36. Who won the Players’ Championship his first ranking tournament win in 12 years in April 2004? | 36. (Jimmy White) |
| 37. Which horse won the 2004 Irish Grand National? | 37. (Granit d’Estruval) |
| 38. Which piece of music was voted as their favourite by listeners to Classic FM in April 2004? | 38. (Rachmaninonv’s 2nd Piano Concerto) |
| 39. Who became the first cricketer to score 400 in a test match? | 39. (Brian Lara) |
| 40. Which team was he playing against? | 40. (England) |
| 41. Which golfer underwent 4 days training with the American Army in April 2004? | 41. (Tiger Woods) |
| 42. The average adult was found to owe what on credit cards in April 2004? | 42. (£1,100) |
| 43. Which former Blue Peter presenter died aged 41in April 2004? | 43. (Caron Keating) |
| 44. Who won the Million-euro Millennium Technology Prize in April 2004? | 44. (Tim Berners-Lee) |
| 45. Which country awards the prize? | 45. (Finland) |
| 46. Who was top of the Sunday Times UK Rich List? | 46. (Roman Abramovich) |
| 47. Which Indian actress was killed in a plane crash whilst on her way to campaign in the upcoming elections? | 47. (Soundarya) |
| 48. Graham Lee won the Scottish Grand National on which horse? | 48. (Grey Abbey) |
| 49. What was the name of the chief Finance officer of Royal Dutch/Shell who resigned in April 2004? | 49. (Judy Boynton) |
| 50. Who released an expletive rich record to reach number one in the UK singles charts in April 2004? | 50. (Eamon) |
| 51. What is it called? | 51. (Fuck You (I Don’t Want You Back)) |
| 52. Which Finnish band released the song “In the Shadows”? | 52. (The Rasmus) |
| 53. Which Oscar winning actor played down reports that he was mugged in one of London’s parks in April 2004? | 53. (Kevin Spacey) |
| 54. Which anti-nuclear spy was released in April 2004? | 54. (Mordechai Vanunu) |
| 55. In which year was he imprisoned? | 55. (1986) |
| 56. Which Guinness book of records founder died in April 2004? | 56. (Norris McWhirter) |
| 57. Which team knocked Chelsea out of the champion’s League? | 57. (Monaco) |
| 58. Tony Blair’s U-turn on a referendum for the EU prompted which paper to declare that it was changing allegiance to the Conservatives? | 58. (Daily Express) |
| 59. Sunderland’s defeat at crystal Palace meant which team returned to the Premiership after a 9-year absence? | 59. (Norwich) |
| 60. Which motorcycle champion tested a F1 car in April 2004? | 60. (Valentino Rossi) |
| 61. Ron Atkinson resigned over comments about which Chelsea player? | 61. (Marcel Desailly) |
| 62. Which American was rumoured to be helping the Chinese authorities train their athletes? | 62. (Michael Johnson) |
| 63. Which company said it would not pump any more money into loss making Mitsubishi? | 63. (Daimler Chrysler) |
| 64. Plans to install what in the Houses of Parliament were passed in April 2004? | 64. (A bullet proof screen) |
| 65. Who knocked Steve Davis out of the World Championships? | 65. (Anthony Hamilton) |
| 66. Which French politician announced that they would campaign for the BNP in April 2004? | 66. (Jean-Marie Le Pen) |
| 67. Who was suspended for 3 European games for elbowing Fernando Morientes? | 67. (Marcel Desailly) |
| 68. Which English Premiership team were linked with signing Rivaldo in April 2004? | 68. (Bolton Wanderers) |
| 69. Which badminton player reached the men’s doubles and mixed doubles’ finals at the European Badminton Championships? | 69. (Nathan Robertson) |
| 70. Cyprus voted no to reunification, what percentage of Greeks (south) voted yes? | 70. (24.2%) |
| 71. What percentage of Turks voted no? | 71. (35.1%) |
| 72. Who became the 4th even person to win £1m on WWTBAM? | 72. (Pat Gibson) |
| 73. Which city was announced as the venue for 2007 Indoor Athletics Championships? | 73. (Birmingham) |
| 74. Who stopped Corrie sanders to become WBC heavyweight champion? | 74. (Vitali Klitschko) |
| 75. Which British endurance runner died in a car crash in Johannesburg in April 2004? | 75. (Sam Haughian) |
| 76. Which group had a number 2 in the charts with My Band? | 76. (D12) |
| 77. In April 2004 it was announced that which Andrew-Lloyd Webber musical would be returning to the stage for a national tour? | 77. (Starlight Express) |
| 78. Arsenal won the Premiership with a 2-2 draw at which club? | 78. (Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 79. Who was voted PFA Players’ Player of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year in April 2004? | 79. (Thierry Henry) |
| 80. Where did Jenson Button finish in the San Marino grand prix? | 80. (2nd) |
| 81. Which team is he driving for? | 81. (BAR) |
| 82. Which cycle race did Lance Armstrong win in April 2004? | 82. (Tour of Georgia) |
| 83. Who meat Michael Sprott to become British and Commonwealth Heavyweight boxing champion? | 83. (Matt Skelton) |
| 84. What did the royal Mail want to introduce as the basis for charging in the UK? | 84. (Size) |
| 85. Who was nominated for the Orange Prize for Oryx and Crake? | 85. (Margaret Atwood) |
| 86. Who was nominated for the Orange Prize for The Great Fire? | 86. (Shirley Hazzard) |
| 87. The Tour de France Officials met the mayor of which city in April 2004 to discuss possible hosting? | 87. (London) |
| 88. Card signing procedures are to be changed at the Open in the light of which players’ problems in 2003? | 88. (Mark Roe and Jesper Parnevik) |
| 89. What did they do wrong? | 89. (Forgot to exchange cards at the 1st hole) |
| 90. In the art world which artist won the Beck’s Futures Award for their installation “Interloper”? | 90. (Saskia Olde-Wolbers) |
| 91. Who left Martin Pipe’s stable to ride for JP Mcmanus in April 2004? | 91. (Tony McCoy) |
| 92. Which horse, 2003 Racing Post Horse of the Year, died of a suspected heart attack after racing at Ascot? | 92. (Persian Punch) |
| 93. What was the name of the besieged Iraqi town where US Marines began to pull out in April 2004? | 93. (Fallujah) |
| 94. Which political leader said, “we don’t want to belong to a country called Europe”? | 94. (Michael Howard) |
| 95. Which media group bought Mr Men and Little Miss in April 2004? | 95. (Chorion) |
| 96. It was announced that which cellist was to be one of the main attractions of the Proms in 2004? | 96. (Yo-Yo Ma) |
| 97. Who agreed to stay on as national coach of the Italian Rugby Union team until 2007? | 97. (John Kirwan) |
| 98. Which F3000 champions hinted at a move up to F1 in April 2004? | 98. (Arden) |
| 99. Which company sued Eastman Kodak in a row over digital photography patents? | 99. (Sony) |
| 100. Who scored a late winner for Wales in the defeat of Hungary? | 100. (Robert Earnshaw) |
| 1. Now, what I want is Facts is the opening sentence from Hard Times, by which author? | 1. Charles Dickens |
| 2. The theft of a painting by Monet forms part of the plot for which film of 1999 starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. The film is based on one of 1968 with the same title starring Steve McQueen? | 2. The Thomas Crown Affair |
| 3. Which author wrote and illustrated 43 Mr Men books, the first being Mr Tickle, written in 1971? | 3. Roger Hargreaves |
| 4. What statue stands near the A1 in Gateshead, marking the southern entry to Tyneside and on the edge of the Great North Forest? | 4. The Angel of the North |
| 5. The Tale of Genji has what distinction among novels? | 5. (World's) first / earliest (novel) |
| 6. Which painting by Leonardo da Vinci is also known as La Gioconda? | 6. The Mona Lisa |
| 7. What was the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams? | 7. 42 |
| 8. How is the artist born Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi popularly known, he had a nickname meaning little barrel and he painted The Birth of Venus? | 8. Sandro Botticelli |
| 9. In which decade of the 20th century was the first Guinness Book of Records produced? | 9. 1950s (6th decade, 27th August 1955) |
| 10. In which Italian city would you find the Uffizi Gallery? | 10. Florence |
| QuizCD1, Track 1 | Title: Rock 'n' Roll Star. Artist: Oasis. Album: Definitely Maybe. |
| QuizCD1, Track 2 | Title: Fast Car. Artist: Tracy Chapman. Album: Tracy Chapman. |
| QuizCD1, Track 3 | Title: Money. Artist: Pink Floyd. Album: Dark Side Of The Moon. |
| QuizCD1, Track 4 | Title: Relax. Artist: Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Album: Welcome To The Pleasuredome. |
| QuizCD1, Track 5 | Title: Walk Of Life. Artist: Dire Straits. Album: Brothers In Arms. |
| QuizCD1, Track 6 | Title: Hand In My Pocket. Artist: Alanis Morissette. Album: Jagged Little Pill. |
| QuizCD1, Track 7 | Title: The Boys Are Back In Town. Artist: Thin Lizzy. Album: Jailbreak. |
| QuizCD1, Track 8 | Title: Once In A Lifetime. Artist: Talking Heads. Album: Remain In Light. |
| QuizCD1, Track 9 | Title: Harvest Moon. Artist: Neil Young. Album: Harvest Moon. |
| QuizCD1, Track 10 | Title: Have A Nice Day. Artist: Stereophonics. Album: Just Enough Education To Perform. |
| Who was the last woman to be hanged, for murder, in Britain? | Ruth Ellis |
| In which city was John F. Kennedy assassinated? | Dallas (Texas) |
| Who was Ian Brady's accomplice in the infamous Moors Murders? | Myra Hindley |
| What was the name of the Yorkshire Ripper? | Peter Sutcliffe |
| Which husband and wife murderers lived at 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester? | Fred and Rose(mary) West |
| The infamous American serial killer David Berkowitz was known by which "S O S" nickname? | Son Of Sam |
| Which serial killer preyed on prostitutes in London's East End in 1888? | Jack The Ripper |
| Whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 precipitated WW1? | Archduke Francis Ferdinand (by Gavrilo Princip) |
| John Haigh disposed of his victims by dissolving their bodies. How is he popularly known? | The Acid Bath Murderer |
| Who disappeared after allegedly murdering his children's nanny in 1974? | Lord Lucan |
| Name Andrew Lloyd-Webber's second wife, star of "Phantom of The Opera"? | Sarah Brightman |
| Whom did Grace Kelly marry in 1956? | Prince Rainier of Monaco |
| Which love of Napoleon's life didn't he want to see every night? | Josephine |
| Which world-famous baseball star married Marilyn Monroe in 1956? | Joe Dimaggio |
| Who is the patron saint of lovers? | Saint Valentine |
| Which famous fictional lovers had the surnames Montague and Capulet? | Romeo and Juliet |
| Which MP did John Major have an affair with? | Edwina Currie |
| Bill Clinton famously proclaimed "I did not have sex with that woman" Who was he talking about? | Monica Lewinsky |
| Lady Hamilton had a famous affair with which British hero? | Horatio Nelson |
| In the film "When Harry Met Sally", who played Sally? | Meg Ryan |
| In the 10 years from 1990 to 1999 inclusive, how many times did Manchester United win the FA Cup? | Four. 1999 2-0 vs Newcastle. 1996 1-0 vs Liverpool. 1994 4-0 vs Chelsea. 1990 3-3 vs Crystal Palace and 1-0 in the replay. |
| QuizCD2, Track 1 (7 seconds) | Title: Moondance. Artist: Van Morrison. Album: |
| QuizCD2, Track 2 (27 seconds) | Title: Something Got Me Started. Artist: Simply Red. Album: Stars. |
| QuizCD2, Track 3 (24 seconds) | Title: Bermuda Triangle. Artist: Barry Manilow. Album: |
| QuizCD2, Track 4 (21 seconds) | Title: Mr Blue Sky. Artist: ELO. Album: |
| QuizCD2, Track 5 (20 seconds) | Title: The Tide Is High. Artist: Blondie. Album: |
| QuizCD2, Track 6 (19 seconds) | Title: Paranoid Android. Artist: Radiohead. Album: OK Computer |
| QuizCD2, Track 7 (29 seconds) | Title: Halo. Artist: Texas. Album: White On Blonde. Note: You can actually hear "Halo" several times) |
| QuizCD2, Track 8 (9 seconds) | Title: California Dreamin'. Artist: The Mamas And The Papas. Album: |
| QuizCD2, Track 9 (19 seconds) | Title: The Boxer. Artist: Simon And Garfunkel. Album: Bridge Over Troubled Water. |
| QuizCD2, Track 10 (20 seconds) | Title: Don't Dream It's Over. Artist: Paul Young. Album: |
| Larry Adler is well-known for playing which instrument? | Harmonica (Mouth Organ) |
| Louis Armstrong is well-known for playing which instrument? | Trumpet |
| Duke Ellington is well-known for playing which instrument? | Piano |
| Phil Collins is well-known for playing which instrument? | Drums |
| Charlie Parker is well-known for playing which instrument? | (Alto) saxophone |
| Which pop star famously performed on both sides of the Atlantic on the same day during the original Live Aid? | Phil Collins |
| Which early rock 'n' roll star was well-known for his Duck Walk? | Chuck Berry |
| Which rock granny appeared in Mad Max III? | Tina Turner |
| Who performed the first foreign pop concert in the USSR? | Elton John |
| Of which football team was the answer to Question 9 once the chairman? | Watford |
| In which city is La Guardia airport? | New York City |
| What is the name of Amsterdam's main airport? | Schipol |
| Why did Korean Airlines Flight KAL007 crash in 1993? | It was shot down by a Russian fighter |
| What was the name of the B29 Superfortress which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima? | Enola Gay |
| Name either of the pair of adventurers who were the first to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon. | Richard Branson or Per Lindstrand |
| In a Bell X1 aircraft, Chuck Yaeger was the first person to do what? | Break the sound barrier |
| Which compant built the WW2 bomber the Lancaster? | Avro |
| Iberia is the national airline of which European country? | Spain |
| Which European country's national airline is Olympic Airways? | Greece |
| Which famous engine powered the Spitfire fighter? | (Rolls Royce) Merlin |
| What is the standard British railway gauge, in feet and inches? | 4 feet 8.5 inches |
| In the DB Series of Aston Martin cars, what does the DB stand for? | David Brown |
| When Britain goes from GMT to BST in the Spring, which way do the clocks get altered by 1 hour - forwards or backwards? | Forwards |
| When Britain goes from BST to GMT in the Autumn, which way do the clocks get altered by 1 hour - forwards or backwards? | Backwards |
| Is a light-year a unit of time, distance or speed? | Distance |
| Which is smallest: a picosecond, a nanosecond or femtosecond? | Femtosecond |
| In Special Relativity, a clock which is moving relative to you appears to do what: speed up, slow down or go backwards? | Slow down |
| After which Roman god of gateways, often depicted with two faces, is January named? | Janus |
| Approximately how long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth: 8 seconds, 8 minutes or 8 hours? | Eight minutes |
| Approximately how long ago did the human species Homo sapiens first appear on Earth: 100,000 years, 10,000 years or 1 million years? | 100,000 years |
| According to the Big Bang Theory, approximately how old is the Universe: 15,000 years, 15 million years or 15 billion years? | 15 billion years |
| What number does the Roman Numeral MDCLXVI represent? | 1666 |
| What is the surname of Wendy and her brothers in 'Peter Pan'? | Darling |
| In 'The Jungle Book', what type of animal is Baloo? | (Brown) bear |
| Which school did Billy Bunter attend? | Greyfriars |
| Who lived at Green Gables? | Anne |
| How did Doctor Doolittle learn to talk to the animals? | His parrot (Polynesia) taught him |
| Where was Superman born? | The planet Krypton |
| In which pantomime does Widow Twankey appear? | Aladdin |
| In Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories, how many of the five are boys are how many are girls? | Two of each. |
| In the film Bambi, what type of animal was Thumper? | Rabbit |
| Which 1876 book tells of a boy who lives with his Aunt Polly in a village on the Mississippi river? | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| What was the nickname of Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia in the 16th century? | Ivan The Terrible |
| How did Lawrence of Arabia die? | In a motorcycle accident |
| Which Roman emperor was said to have fiddled while Rome burned? | Nero |
| Which King of Judea ordered the massacre of male babies under the age of two? | Herod |
| An uprising of slaves against the Romans in 72BC was led by which gladiator, immortalized in a 1960 film? | Spartacus |
| In which city did Al Capone operate? | Chicago |
| Who dissolved the English parliament and declared himself Lord Protector in 1653? | Oliver Cromwell |
| According to legend, what was the name of highwayman Dick turpin's horse? | Black Bess |
| Which people were led by Genghis Khan? | The Mongols |
| Which Hun leader united the Barbarian tribes and attacked the Byzantine Empire in 447AD? | Attila |
| QuizCD3, Track 1 (15 seconds) | Title: Gimme All Your Lovin'. Artist: ZZ Top. Album: Eliminator. |
| QuizCD3, Track 2 (12 seconds) | Title: Walk This Way. Artist: Aerosmith, Album |
| QuizCD3, Track 11 (14 seconds to 40 seconds -- or less) | Title: Friday I'm In Love, Artist: The Cure |
| QuizCD3, Track 4 (8 seconds) | Title: Blowin' In The Wind, Artist: Bob Dylan |
| QuizCD3, Track 5 (28 seconds) | Title: Hey Joe, Artist: Jimi Hendrix |
| QuizCD3, Track 6 (16 seconds or longer - up to 40) | Title: Vincent, Artist: Don McLean (NOT called Starry, Starry Night) |
| QuizCD3, Track 7 (11 seconds) | Title: Don't Believe A Word, Artist: Thin Lizzy |
| QuizCD3, Track 8 (18 seconds) | Title: Sexy Eyes, Artist: Dr Hook |
| QuizCD3, Track 9 (17 seconds - after "Somewhere") | Title: Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Artisit: Eva Cassidy |
| QuizCD3, Track 10 (4 seconds or up to 21) | Title: Where Did Our Love Go?, Artist: Diana Ross (& The Supremes) |
| Cosa Nostra is another name for which secret society? | The Mafia |
| To which religion does a person with the surname Singh usually belong? | Sikhism |
| What has been the most popular name for Popes? | John |
| In which sport did partners McNamara and McNamee conpete? | Tennis |
| What was the nickname of the landscape gardner Lancelot Brown? | Capability |
| In which film did Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway play a pair of notorious outlaws? | Bonnie & Clyde |
| Which American president had the middle name Baines? | (Lyndon Baines) Johnson |
| What was Iran called before 1935? | Persia |
| The first and last wives of Henry VIII had the same first name. What was it? | Catherine (of Aragon and Parr) |
| Name the three musketeers in the novel by Alexandre Dumas. | Athos, Porthos and Aramis |
| According to both Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilse, which two countries are "divided by a common language"? | England and the USA |
| What is the form of the Dutch language used in South Africa? | Afrikaans |
| What is special about the words "ABSTEMIOUS" and "FACETIOUS"? | Contain all 5 vowels in alphabetical order |
| Kissing what is said to give you "the gift of the gab"? | The Blarney Stone |
| Which language did Jesus Christ speak (i.e. his mother tongue)? | Aramaic |
| Oriental means 'of the East'. What is the corresponding word meaning 'of the West'? | Occidental |
| What name is given to armed Italian policemen? | Carabiniere |
| What do the French call the English Channel? | La Manche ('The Sleeve') |
| What is the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet? | Epsilon |
| What do Germans call a motorway? | Autobahn |
| What nationality was Adolf Hitler when he was born? | Austrian |
| Which US president ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima? | Harry S Truman |
| Who wrote his thoughts in the famous "Little Red Book"? | Chairman Mao (Zedong) |
| Who has been in power in Cuba since declaring the country a socialist nation over 40 years ago? | Fidel Castro |
| Where did the burglary which led to the resignation of an American president take place? | (The) Watergate (Building in Washington DC) |
| Which Iraqi leader ordered the invasion of Kuwait? | Saddam Hussein |
| Which European leader declared war on Britain and France in June 1940? | (Benito) Mussolini |
| Which African leader emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his party again? | Nelson Mandela |
| By what military rank is the President of Libya known? | Colonel (Qaddafi) |
| President Richard Nixon's middle initial was M. What did it stand for? | Milhous |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (13 seconds) | Hotel California/Eagles |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (27 seconds) | Crazy/Seal |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (4 seconds) | Hey Boy, Hey Girl/Chemical Brothers |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (28 seconds) | Oxygene [Part 4]/Jean Michel Jarre |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (26 seconds) | Woman In Love/Barbra Streisand |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (17 seconds) | With You I'm Born Again/Syreeta |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (26 seconds) | The Chokin' Kind/Joss Stone |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (20 seconds) | [Principles of Lust, A] Sadeness/Enigma |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (10 seconds) | A Little Time/The Beautiful South |
| QuizCD5, Track 1 (32 seconds) | Handyman/James Taylor |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 3 (20 seconds) | 2 Princes/Spin Doctors |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 6 (15 seconds) | Mmm mmm mmm mmm/Crash Test Dummies |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 9 (35 seconds) | Poison/Alice Cooper |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 12 (15 seconds) | Whisky In The Jar/Thin Lizzy |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 13 (16 seconds) | Smoke On The Water/Deep Purple |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 14 (8 seconds) | Rockin' All Over The World/Status Quo |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 15 (19 seconds) | Since You've Been Gone/Rainbow |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 16 (16 seconds) | More Than A Feeling/Boston |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 17 (4 seconds) | Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) |
| Rock Anthems (Disk1), Track 18 (33 seconds) | Black Betty/Ram Jam |
| QuizCD6, Track 1 | Dead Poets' Society |
| QuizCD6, Track 2 | Antz |
| QuizCD6, Track 3 | 2001 A Space Odyssey |
| QuizCD6, Track 4 | Forrest Gump |
| QuizCD6, Track 5 | Full Metal Jacket |
| QuizCD6, Track 6 | Airplane |
| QuizCD6, Track 7 | Jurassic Park |
| QuizCD6, Track 8 | Groundhog Day |
| QuizCD6, Track 9 | Saving Private Ryan |
| QuizCD6, Track 10 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 1 (12 seconds) | Drive/Cars |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 2 (15 seconds) | The Final Countdown/Europe |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 3 (20 seconds) | Wind of Change/Scorpions |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 6 (21 seconds) | Whole Of The Moon/Waterboys |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 7 (20 seconds) | Broken Wings/Mr Mister |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 11 (15 seconds) | Total Eclipse Of The Heart/Bonnie Tyler |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 13 (20 seconds) | Power Of Love/Huey Lewis & The News |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 16 (8 seconds) | Eye Of The Tiger/Survivor |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 17 (15 seconds) | All Right Now/Free |
| Rock Anthems (Disk2), Track 19 (15 seconds) | Voodoo Chile/Jimi Hendrix |
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