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Round 2
- The 10 most spoken languages in the EU
[These are the languages spoken by most people in the EU, both as their mother tongue, and as additional languages that they have learnt, according to the website languageknowledge.eu.]
- Top 10 Jacket potato fillings
[From a survey by some market research company, no detail about the number of people questioned.]
Round 3 General Knowledge
1 Triton orbits which planet?
2 Shinzo Abe is the prime minister of which country?
3 Which prime minister was made Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria?
4 What is the vehicle registration code of Germany?
5 Bridge on the River Kwai was directed by who?
6 Bering Strait separates the USA from which country?
7 Which vegetable is normally used to make pasta green?
8 In the nursery rhyme, who killed Cock Robin?
9 In the UK what is the background colour for road signs that indicate a tourist attraction?
10 Brian Jones plays which Asian instrument on Paint it Black?
11 Which motorway links Glasgow and Edinburgh?
12 Bill Clinton was governor of which state before he became President?
13 Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus?
14 ‘Nobody does it better’ is the theme song to which Bond film?
15 Highest mountain in North America?
16 Where was the sitcom Only Fools and Horses based?
17 Which leaf is traditionally used to relieve the pain from a nettle?
18 Annie Leibovitz is best known for which art form?
19 Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are characters in which Jane Austen novel?
20 Which is Europe’s busiest port?
Round 2
- Name 10 “Carry on” films with jobs in their titles
- The last 10 presidential surnames with 6 or fewer letters
Round 3 General Knowledge
1 In which of Shakespeare’s plays are eye of newt and toe of frog?
2 Narita airport is in which Asian country?
Q1 In the Bible, what were the names of Noah`s three sons?
Q2 Which radio DJ wrote the autobiography `My Tune`?
Q3 Who first argued that the world was not flat?
Q4 Who was the first American President to be assassinated?
Q5 The country of Siam was renamed to what in 1939?
Q6 Which character from the Popeye cartoon liked eating hamburgers?
Q7 From which country does the game of mah-jong originate?
Q8 Which element has the chemical symbol Cu?
Q9 What is theophobia the fear of?
Q10 Do rattlesnakes lay eggs or have live babies?
Q11 Who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe?
Q12 What colour is the centre of an archery target?
Q13 In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English `classics`?
Q14 What is ornithophobia the fear of?
Q15 Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels `Agnes Gray` and `The Tenant Of Windfell Hall?
Q16 In the TV comedy series `Steptoe and Son`, what was the name of Steptoe`s horse?
Q17 Why was Louise Brown famous in 1978?
Q18 Which two countries are linked by the Khyber pass?
Q19 The name of which commonly used house-hold object comes from the Latin word meaning `admire` or `to wonder at`?
Q20 Which childrens TV series is set in Pontypandy?