- What does `The Cherry Orchard' have in common with old editions of `Startrek'?
- In Australia, how is the date of Mothers' Day calculated?
- Which President of the USSR encouraged the policy of Glassnost?
- What was built by inmates taken from Changi Prison Camp?
- What is the world's largest desert?
- Nino Culotto was his pen-name. What was his REAL name?
- What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
- Who wrote `The Entertainer', music made famous by the film,`The Sting'?
- In Greek legend, what was eaten on the island of Jerba?
- What was the name of Ulysses' son, who grew to manhood in his absence?
- Which Knight caused the death of the Lady of Shallott?
- What monument occupies centre stage in Trafalgar Square?
- Which book catapulted Germaine Greer to fame?
- What was the classical standard language of ancient India?
- Who directed and starred in films such as `The little Tramp'?
- Name the three types of classical architectural column.
- Who was Doctor Zhivago's great love?
- Name the commoner who ruled England in 1658-59.
- Which ghost ship is the theme of an 1841 opera by Richard Wagner?
- What career did the Duke of Wellington pursue after the Battle of Waterloo?
- Which popular hymn was composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan of Opera Fame?
- What is the literal meaning of `pince-nez'. glasses?
- Beneath which Paris monument is the tomb of France's unknown soldier?
- What type of puppets are t hose whose movements are controlled by strings?
- Which drug is best known for its use in preventing malaria?
- Identify the 15th century British war fought by the Houses of Lancaster and YorkBR>
- Which sea is so named because it is too salty to maintain life
- What is the most indispensable instrument in astronomy?
- Which literary doctor owns a parrot called `Polynesia'?
- Name the Australian singer whose first hit, in the 1960s, was `I Remember You'.
`Four On The Floor' pertain?
- What is Sydney's equivalent to San Francisco's `Bay To Breakers' footrace'?
- Which independent island is Australia's nearest neighbour to the west?
- At the end of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet', which of the principals are dead?
- Name two fictional or historical characters who fought with quarterstaffs on a log bridge ?
- What is the name of Greg Norman's business?
- Name a state of U.S.A. beginning with `B'.
- Whom did Yoko Ono marry only to lose to an assassin?
- Wo dubbed Australia `The Lucky Country' in one of his novels?
- Which biblical event supports the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number?
- How much was 240 pence in predecimal currency
- Which comic- strip drake is a multi-billionaire?
- What was the first event decided at the 1896 Olympics?
- Which is the only continent occupied by one nation?
- What inspired the convex golden disc as the Order of Australia ?
- Which 1980 song hit was writen by Joe Dolce, an Italian migrant?
- What is God called by the Islamic or Muslim faith?
- Which radiation belt around the earth was named after an American physicist?
- What is significant about a score of 4137 points in billiards?
- Who was the famous Nez Perce Indian chief?
- Which Slim Dusty 'hotel' song is Australia's only gold 78 record?
- After Carruthers, Rose and Famechon, who was Australia's fourth world boxing champion?
- What is an ocarina whose size and shape resembles a goose egg?
- In which American city was the world's first skyscraper built in 1885?
- What is the Christian name of Webster, who published a dictionary still used today ?
- Outside of the Presidency, what is the highest American political office?
- Name the only boxer to knock out Mohammed Ali
- Which Australian state is host to the town of Gundagai?
- On what date to Americans celebrate their Independence Day?
- Who starred in the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird?
- Which modern language gives us the term finito ?
- Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
- Which Australian city will host the 2001 Goodwill Games?
- The prefix gastro refers to which bodily organ?
- If you are celebrating your Diamond Anniversary, how many years have you been married ?
- Boxers often suffer from a condition in which their ears are misshapen..what is this called?
- Who wrote the famous poem Daffodils?
- In what decade of this century was it decided US Presidents would be restricted to two terms?
- What was the given name of Stalin's daughter who defected to the US in 1967?
- Name the South African surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant operation.
- The revolutionary newspaper, Pravda was first published in 1912...but WHERE?
- What the the first ship to reach Titanic after the disaster?
- Where in the US did the dance , the Charleston originate?
- Which American author wrote the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
- Who piloted the US aircraft shot down byt he USSR in 1960 ?
- Where were the 1960 Summer Olympics held?
- In what year was the Rainbow Warrior sunk in New Zealand waters?
- Who became the first Overlord Of England and Wales?
- Which animal is likely to suffer from the disease, heaves ?
- Who wrote The Happy Prince?
- For what sport is a harrier bred??
- Where in Australia is Palm Valley ?
- What breed of farm animal is a Polwarth?
- Who named Manly Cove , situated in Sydney Harbour?
- Name the main ore of iron.
- What is the study of heredity called?
- Rose Hill was the original name of Australia's second settlement ...what is it called now??
- What term is used to describe fertile land being 'rested' for a season?
- Who is the patron saint of children ?
- Who did Amin overthrow in 1971?
- What ancient unit of measurement is suppposedly the distance from the elbow to the tip of the index finger?
- Which was the second James Bond novel to be made into a movie?
- Can you name the only two countries to have declared independence from Britain?
- What is the official language of Egypt?
- On which continent is Vincon Massif the highest peak?
- Do polar bears eat penguins?
- In which country would you find Tabasco?
- What is the more common name for the tympanic membrane ?
- Name the street that is home to British journalism.
- What was H.G. Wells' first novel?
- Which Australian city was host to the nations's first steam train.and its first electric train?
- What is the best-known university in Paris?
- What is the birthstone for September?
- Where did John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvery Oswald and Jack Ruby all die?
- What is the last book of the Bible?
- Which movie's last line is " After all, tomorrow is another day"?
- In Disney comics, who are Daisy Duck's three nieces?
- At which Melbourne hotel did the Beatles stay in 1964 ?
- Who was the first New Australian to become, in 1961, Miss Australia?
- Which edifice stands on the banks of the River Jumna, at Agra?
- What does one call ornamental work in silver or gold thread?
- Which Norse god had, as handmaidens, the Valkyrie?
- Which British Battleship was sunk, in 1941, by The Bismark?
- What is the alternative name for a beekeeper?
- Which 1975 Dickens drama was planned as a musical but screened without any songs ?
- Which British novel was the subject of "Sailor"?
- How many books comprise the Old and the New Testaments?
- At what angle above the horizon must the sun be to create a rainbow?
- Which song is based on California's 1849 gold rush?
- What is the only crime for which church sanctuary is not available?
- What was the full name of Brutus, one of Caesar's murderers?
- What was the American codename for the development of the atom bomb?
- Which western law enfromcement agency's motto was , "One riot-One Ranger?"
- What is the Hebrew name of Calvary, where Christ was crucified ?
- Which number on a roulette wheel is coloured green?
- How many cannons are involved in a Royal Salute
- What type of Moscow institution is GUM?
- Which island is 50 times larger tha its mother country, Denmark?
- Who was the first white man to climb Mt Kosciusko?
- Name Australia's first "Girlie" magazine, launched in 1936
- What name is given to the Pope's pontificial ring?
- What ingredient did Cap O' Rushes order omitted from the wedding meats?
- Who are the traditional inhabitants of Dovrafell?"
- What was the name of Childe Rowland's sister, whom he rescued ?
- Which witch travelled in a mortar which she drove along with a pestle?
- Who caught Tommy Grimes?
- What was it that Princess Margaret was changed into by her wicked stepmother, the Witch-Queen of Bamborough Castle?
- Who fought the Queen of the Fairies for Tamlane, her love..and won??
- Which fiend terrorized the Hall of Hrothgar?
- And who freed Hrothgar's Hall of this menace?BR>
- What was kept in Iduna's magic casket?
- What was the name of the first patented contraceptive pill ?
- What name is given, collectively, to the first five books of the Old Testament?"
- In what year did Japan bomb Pearl Harbour ?
- Ulan Bator is the capital of which nation?
- What unit of heat is required to raise 1 gm of water by one degree Celsius?
- Which airline owned the jet that exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988?
- What number did Michael Jordan make famous during his career with the Chicago Bulls??
- Which floor covering is constructed by covering hessian or canvas with linseed oil, powdered cork and rosin?
- In which American state would you find the city of Phoenix?
- How many sides does a RHOMBUS have?
- Which American state has its capital Harrisburg?
- Which six letter word describes the number of members of a body required to be present to conduct business legally ?
- Which company that developed the pentium processor for computers?
- What name was given to the rockets used to launch the Apollo space missions?
- Until the end of the 20th Century, what was the most popular name adopted by the popes?
- In which year did Pope Benedict XV declare Joan of Arc a saint?
- The mummies of Egyptian Pharaohs were often buried in what type of transport, believed to assist them to travel to the next world?
- How many films did Charles Chaplin make during his 53-year carer, from 1914 to 1967?
- Which band had a hit with the song ,California Dreamin'?
- What name is given to the star that appears on the flag of Israel?
- Which amusement park opened in Anaheim, California, on July 18th., 1955 ?
- Name the wife of the Phillipines dictator, Ferdinand Marcos
- K is the chemical symbol for what?
- On what date is Australia Day celebrated?
- Who wrote the play, "The Mousetrap"?
- How old was Boris Becker when he won his first Wimbledon Singles title?
- How many Spice Girls were there in 1997?
- Who played the title role in the film "Gandhi"?
- In the nursery rhyme, what do we ask Mary, mary, Quite contrary?
- In what country would you find the Grand Prix circuit known as Silverstone?
- Which American President was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz ?
- Complete the proverb No kitchen is big enough to hold...
- Who developed Meccano?
- To which people did Delilah pass soon the secret of Samson's strength?
- Who wrote the shortest of the gospels?
- Complete this proverb: The end justifies .........
- Who said: "A crank is a man with a new idea--until it catches on"?
- Who wrote the song, Imagine?
- Name the first woman in space
- Who was convicted of shooting and killing John F Kennedy?
- In which country did the Volkswagon originate ?
- "The Sound Of Music" is set in which European country....
- Which planet has the longest year?
- In Earth terms , how long is that year?
- What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
- What is the 12th letter of the English alphabet
- Who teamed up with Neil Diamond to perfom the hit song, "You Don't Send Me Flowers"?
- 1974 saw Portugal involved in a revolution which became known by which floral name??
- What term is used to describe the wool cut from around a sheep's eyes?
- What type of creature is a beagle?
- In which Asian nation would you find the state of Punjab?
- What is the wellknown French word for "pen"?
- Ra is the chemical symbol for which element?
- What five-letter word, beginning with q, is used to describe a lock or curl of hair on the forehead?
- How many metres make a kilometre?
- Who was the great Spanish Painter whose first name was Pablo?
- Who founded the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain?
- Which 1970s band had a hit with "Mama Mia"?
- In which year did Fred Astair die?
- Which river did Johann Strauss describe as "blue"?
- For what crime is Vincent Perrugia best remembered?
- Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another?
- Who was the 3rd man on the moon?
- Who designed Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress?
- What was the name of Homer Simpson's Bowling team?
- Which 1970's hit movie was based on a poem by James Dickey?
- Which famous musician & singer was born McKinley Morganfield?
- Who was the last person to be executed in the Tower of London?
- In what film would you have seen a sword fight on the Cliffs of Insanity?
- What is the world's largest bird of prey?
- Sir Mark Oliphant was once Premier of which Australian State?
- Near which Israeli city would you find the Mount Of Olives?
- What colour are the towers of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge?
- What is the sixth letter of hte English alphabet?
- How many years of marraige are celebrated by a Golden Wedding Anniversary?
- How many dwarves lived in the house discovered by Snow White?
- By what short name were the Secret State Police of Nazi Germany known?
- Musican Bo Didley is famous for playing which instrument?
- Which acress began life as Doris Kapellhoff?
- What name is given to the punctuation mark with a dot directly above a comma?
- What country produces Rioja wines?
- Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare's King Lear?
- Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco?
- Who discovered Oxygen in 1774?
- Name the author of A Town Like Alice
- How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
- What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds?
- What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard?
- What is it that makes soda water fizz?
- What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent?
- Name the actor grandfathr of Drew Barrymore.
- Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens?
- Which comedian once said, "A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand"?
- Complete this proverb: A growing youth has a ......?
- What are the three given names of author JRR Tolkein?
- Who portrayed Kevin Arnold in the television series, The Wonder Years?
- With whom did Barbra Streisand team to release the hit song, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"?
- Complete this proverb: Facts are ..............
- Who portrayed Melanie Wilks in the film, Gone With The Wind?
- Name the Australian artist who painted "The Rabbiters"
- In the famous 'White Horse' FA Cup final of 1923, what was the name of the White Horse?
- Which is the largest of the Trucial states?
- Whose last words were 'The rest is silence'?
- What was double-headed for Russia & Austria, but single-headed for Germany?
- In the famous April Fools Day joke, where did Richard Dimbleby say that spaghetti was being grown on trees?
- Which Florentine woman was mother to 3 kings of France, and wife to another?
- Who designed Queen Elizabeth II's wedding dress?
- For what crime is Vincent Perrugia best remembered?
- Who was the 3rd man on the moon?
- In which sport are Bonspiel and Crampit common terms?
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