1.  Music: what two notes are not played as flats on a piano’s black keys?

2.  Who was the first woman to compete in the Grand National Steeplechase?

3.  What are the names of the two types of barometer?

4.  In which 1971 film did Gene Hackman star as Popeye Doyle?

5.  What type of bird is used in the making of a squab pie?

6.  In which country is the Barossa Valley?

7.  What were the names of The Hollies two U. K. No.1 singles?

8.  What is the most southerly, regularly used English test cricket ground?

9.  In ‘Eastenders’ what was the name of Michelle Fowler’s daughter?

10.  Which team first won the Scottish League Cup three times?

11.  What is the national flower of India?

12.  From what disease did Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert, die?

13.  At what degree is the Earth tiled towards the Sun? 21.5 degrees, 22.5 degrees, 23.5 degrees or 24.5 degrees?

14.  What was the first Asian country to host the winter Olympic Games?

15.  Who was the first actor to play Dr. Who on TV?

16.  The chief of which clan is referred to as ‘Lochiel’?

17.  Che Guevara was born and died in which two countries?

18.  What is the Ishihara test used to detect?

19.  The pop group Wet Wet Wet sponsored which football team in 1993?

20.  In ‘Only Fools and Horses’ which actors played ‘Granddad’ and ‘Uncle Albert’?

21.  Name the year: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader, the Achille Lauro is hijacked, Juventus defeat Liverpool 1-0 in the European Cup final and Jimmy Nail has a U. K. hit with ‘Live Don’t Live Here Anymore’.

22.  Spiro Agnew was Vice-President to which U. S. President?

23.  On which TV show is the final round called ‘The Showcase Showdown’?

24.  In Greek mythology, who was the mother of Eros?

25.  Who wrote the novel ‘The Day of the Triffids’?

26.  Who had a U. K. No.1 single in 1986 with ‘The Final Countdown’?

27.  How many zeros are there in a British trillion?

28.  What were the names of the two gangs in the musical ‘West Side Story’?

29.  In Morse code, what number is denoted by five dashes?

30.  What country is known as ‘the Land of the Long White Cloud’?

31.  Pilot Amy Johnson disappeared over which English river?

32.  Which Shakespeare play begins with the line ‘When shall we three meet again?’?

33.  Which planet has satellites named Phobos and Deimos?

34.  Boxing: how many times did Joe Frazier fight Mohammed Ali?

35.  What was Thomas Sheraton famous for designing and manufacturing?

36.  At which football World Cup finals did Scotland first appear and in which year?

37.  Which word, beginning with the letter ‘Z’, means a soft or gentle breeze?

38.  Name two of the three metals that bear hallmarks.

39.  What charity day was first held on 11th November 1921?

40.  Which product was advertised on TV with the line ‘plink, plink, fizz’?

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