1.After 14 years together who, sadly, are going their separate ways? And after 10 years apart who, happily, are set to reform? Westlife & Steps
2.Which wild child was in trouble with the law again this week for breaking her probation? Lindsay Lohan
3.The Aegean Sea is a part of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and which other country? Turkey
4.Name the band. Rastamouse and Da Easy Crew
5.Which other station lies on the Euston Road between Euston & King's Cross? St Pancras
6.What apocalyptic 2004 film sees New York hit by a freak tidal wave and then submerged under masses of ice and snow? The Day After Tomorrow
7.Which television presenter, famous for her fast and accurate mathematical calculations, celebrates her birthday on Christmav Eve? Carol Vorderman
8.Which Olympic host nation is the only one not to win a gold medal? Canada
9.What links these two actors: Both have played Jesus Christ (Willem Dafoe & Robert Powell)
10.Which immensely powerful 18thcentury ruler was the only female head of the Hapsburg empire? Empress Maria Theresa
11.Name the film Spirited Away
12.Which character is No 1 in the series of Mr Men books? Mr Tickle
13.Who is this author? Mark Twain
14.Which US state's voting was the subject of much dispute at the end of the 2000 presidential election? Florida
15.What has two heads in Austria and one in Germany? The eagle on the standard
16.In what song would you find 'the boys of the NYPD choir still singing 'Galway Bay''? Fairytale of New York
17.In Lord of the Rings, who rescues the hobbits from a malevolent oak tree in the Old Forest? Tom Bombadil
18.If 70% of the population have defective eyesight, 75% are hard of hearing, 80% have sinus trouble and 85% suffer from allergies, what percentage (at a minimum) suffer from all four ailments? 10%
19.What links these pictures: All can be preceded by 'green' (back; card; goddess; horn; peace)
20.Unscramble these two words. A F M M N N O O R S T U FORTNUM & MASON
21.Which country's president has just been re-elected by a record majority? Argentina
22.Which capital city has found itself under water this week? Bangkok
23.Who painted the roof of the Sistine Chapel? Michelangelo
24.Name the cheese. Yarg
25.The Greek dip, tzatziki, consists of cucumber mixed in what? Yoghurt
26.Which is the odd one out and why? Chestnut, willow, elm, pine. Pine is evergreen
27.What name is given to a small parcel of land rented out at low rates for those with limited wealth to grow crops and vegetables? Allotment
28.Which side played their first season in the Premiership in 2006-2007? Reading
29.What links these two pictures: Stargazer
30.What name is given to a dust or gas cloud in space, visible through a telescope? Nebula
31.Name the film Amityville Horror
32.Which ingredient gives stroganoff its slightly grey tinge? Sour cream
33.Who is this? Actor Mark Rylance
34.The last known case of which disease being contracted naturally occurred in 1977 in East Africa? Smallpox
35.Which part of the body was once thought to be the seat of anger and melancholy? Spleen
36.Which eighteenth-century figure was a writer, a scientist, a printer, an inventor, a statesman, an ambassador and a signatory of the American Declaration of Independence ? Benjamin Franklin
37.Which range of mountains in France and Switzerland gives its name to the middle period of the Mesozoic era? The Jura (Jurassic)
38.A fly is walking along the groove of a 33 r.p.m. record. The record is lying flat on the floor, and when looked at from above, the fly appears to be travelling clockwise. If it carries on in this way, will it eventually arrive at the edge of the record or the centre? The outer edge. When a record is played on a turntable, it revolves clockwise as seen from above, and relative to the record, the needle moves anticlockwise as seen from above. If the needle - and hence the fly - were to move clockwise around the groove, it would end up at the outer edge.
39.What links these pictures: Shakespeare plays (Macbeth; The Tempest; Twelfth Night; Richard III; Othello)
40.Unscramble these two words. B E G H I L M O O U Z GHOUL & ZOMBIE
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