1
ENSURES QUOTA (anagram of a place in London) |
Euston
Square |
2
In which film did Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love
via the Internet |
You've
Got Mail |
3
What flavouring is added to brandy and egg yolks to make
advocaat |
Vanilla |
4
Which song was a hit for Anne Murray in the seventies
and Boyzone in the nineties |
You
Needed Me |
5
In Greek mythology who placed Callisto in the heavens as
the constellation of Ursa Major |
Zeus |
6
Weka, cassowary and snoring rail are birds which do not
do what |
Fly |
7
Which British aircraft company made the twin engined
Buccaneer jet bomber |
Blackburn |
8
Which American president allegedly was born in a log
cabin in 1809 |
Abraham
Lincoln |
9
Which country's flag used to be just a green rectangle |
Libya
(not since Ghaddafi was deposed)now) |
10
What is sodium sesquicarbonate used for in the home |
Bath
salts |
11
Where would you find the Marsh of Decay and the Marsh of
Sleep |
On the
Moon |
12
What is the name of the high school in the TV series
Glee |
William
McKinley High School |
13
By what name is the foodstuff lactobacillus bulgaris
more commonly known |
Yoghurt |
14
On which island was Freddy Mercury born |
Zanzibar |
15
Stephen Island's Wren has the shortest interval from
being discovered to going extinct, what happened to
cause the extinction |
A cat
killed the lot |
16
Who is the patron saint of The Czech Republic |
Wenceslas |
17
In which battle did the Sioux defeat General Custer (his
last stand) |
The
Little Bighorn |
18
Since the Norman invasion who is the only king of
England never to have married |
William
11 |
19
Which country celebrates Victoria Day every May |
Canada |
20
The Bernstein and Sondheim song Somewhere was written
for which musical |
West
Side Story |
21
Of what is Dendrophobia the unreasonable fear of |
Trees |
22
Which country disintegrated following the outbreak of
civil war in 1992 |
Yugoslavia |
23
What bay does the Golden Gate Strait lead into |
San
Francisco Bay |
24
Which conveyance was first seen on the streets of London
in 1861 |
Tram
cars |
25
By what name did we come to know actor Walter Williams |
Bill
Maynard |
26
What is the collective noun for groundhogs |
Repetition |
27
What number on the Beaufort Scale describes the wind as
near gale |
Seven |
28
Which planet in the Solar System is closest in size to
Earth |
Venus |
29
What is the name of the great palace in Granada Spain,
built by the Moors in the 13th century |
The
Alhambra |
30
Which historical event is depicted on the Bayeux
tapestry |
The
Norman Conquest Of |
SPORTING TERMS |
31
In which game are the terms cannon, peg-out and triple
peel used |
Croquet |
32
In which sport can you suffer a wipe out |
Surfing |
33
In which sport are the officials nicknamed zebras |
American football |
34
In what sport would you hear bacon, hamburgers, chips,
prunes, and spuds used |
Mountain biking to do with injury / damage etc |
35
Boss, flex, and vane are terms used in which sport |
Archery |
36
In the game of quoits what is the word for a quoit that
circles the pin |
Ringer |
37
What ancient sport gave us the phrase "turning point" |
Chariot
racing |
38
What sport are the terms crumb gatherers, followers,
rovers and wings used |
Australian rules football |
39
What are large snow bumps known as in skiing terms |
Moguls |
40
Bump, hook, neck shot and wraps are all terms used in
which sport |
Polo |