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1. The river Danube rises in which country? Germany. 2. Which US US state has the sug ar maple as as its state tree and is the leading leading US producer of maple sugar? Vermont. 3. Which co untry is nick named ‘The Cockpit of Europe’ because of the number of battles battles throughou t history fought on its soil? Belgium. 4. What is the capital of Libya? Tripoli. 5. Apart Apart from French, German German and Romansch, what is the fourt h official language of the Switzerland? Italian. 6. Which c ountry is the world’s largest largest prod ucer of cof fee? fee? Brazil. 7. In In which city was was th e world’s world’s firs t undergroun d train was was s ervice opened in 1863? 1863? London. 8. How How many pairs of rib s are there in the hum an body? 12.

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9. Which Wh ich c ountry is separated form Ethiopia by the Red Red Sea? Yemen. Yemen. 10. What is th e main port o f Italy? Italy? Genoa. 11. Mount Mount L ogan is t he highest peak in which c ountry? Canada. 12. In In which s tate is Harvard Univ ersity? New Jersey. 13. Which is larg er: Norway Norway or Finland? Finland. 14. 14. Which c ity was was the firs t capital of the Kingdom of Italy Italy until 1865? Turin. 15. What is m easured by an ammeter? Electric current. 16. 16. What is a rhinoceros h orn made of? Hair. 17. 17. Which three countr ies, ies, apart fro m the fo rmer Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, share bor ders with Greece? Alban Albania, ia, Bulgaria, Bulgaria, Turkey Turkey.. 18. The Palk Strait separates which two countries? India and Sri Lanka. 19. Ga is the s ymbol f or which element? Gallium. 20. In In th e Greek alphabet, what is th e name for the letter O? Omicron. 21. What, in the 16th and 17th cent ury, was was a pav ana? A dance. dance. 22. 22. A nephron is th e functional unit of which or gan in the human body? Kidney. 23. 23. In In which co untry is the ancient city of Tarsus Tarsus ? Turkey. 24. 24. The Khyber Pass Pass link s which two c ountries? Afghan Afghanistan istan and Pakistan.

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25. Name the six US states t hat co mpris e New England. Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. 26. Which mus ical instrument is played by both exhaling and inhaling? Harmonica (or mouth organ). 27. The northern part of which countr y is c alled Oesling? Luxembourg. 28. Napier is a city in which c ount ry? New Zealand. 29. What is the Hook of Holland? A port in the southeast Netherlands, 30. The river Douro forms part of the border between which two countries? Spain and Portugal. 31. In which c oun try is the Great Slave Lak e? Canada. 32. Which s ix cou ntries border t he Black Sea? Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine. 33. Kathmandu is the capital of which c ountry? Nepal. 34. What name is giv en to a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and tartaric acid used in cookin g? Baking powder. 35. AOL are an internet s ervice pr ovid er. What does AOL s tand for? America Online. 36. Who disc ov ered penicillin? Alexander Fleming. 37. Which English qu een had an extra finger o n her hand? Anne Boleyn. 38. Which p recious metal has th e symbol Pt? Platinum. 39. The Gobi desert extends ov er which two countries? China and Mongolia. 40. Apart from Am erica, which is the only c ountry in the world to which alligators are native?



China. 41. Which are the highest types of clouds : stratocum ulus or cirrus? Cirrus. 42. Which ancient measure of length was based on th e length of the arm from fingertip to elbow? Cubit. 43. After World War I, Transylvania became part o f which c ountry? Romania. 44. Which s ea in Northern Europe is bounded by s everal countries including Sweden, Finland, Poland and Germany? The Baltic. 45. A road tunnel runs from Pelerins in France t o Entreves in Italy under which mountain? Mont Blanc. 46. The Barents Sea is part of which oc ean? Arctic. 47. Which two co untries are either side of the mou th of the River Plate? Argentina and Uruguay. 48. Quicklime is an alkaline powder obtained by s trongly h eating which ot her material? Chalk. 49. What is the longest river s olely in England? Thames. 50. The Great Barrier Reef is off coast of which Austr alian state? Queensland. 51. What is the name of the milky fluid obt ained from trees which is used to produce rubber? Latex. 52. Of what is entymology the study? Insects. 53. Of where is Am man th e capital? Jordan. 54. How many inning s are there fo r each t eam in a game of baseball? Nine. 55. Which is the only mammal with t he power of active flight?



Bat. 56. Which lower lev el of cloud s are commo nly called ‘rain clouds’? Nimbus. 57. What is the longest river in India? Ganges. 58. Which m etallic element h as the property of catching fire if dropped in h ot water? Sodium. 59. Which mont h of th e year obtains its name from the Latin v erb for ‘to open’? April. 60. On what riv er does Rome st and? Tiber. 61. Quantas is the national airline of which country? Australia. 62. What in Scotland is th e meaning o f the pr efix ‘Inv er’? River mouth. 63. Which US state has the lowest pop ulation? Alaska. 64. Which c ounty is n icknamed the Garden o f England? Kent. 65. Which African coun try was formerly called French Sudan? Mali. 66. Which spor t was originally called ‘s occ er-in-water’? Water polo. 67. Which unit of measurement is d erived from th e Arabic qu irrat, meaning seed? Carat. 68. Which Italian c ity was originally built on sev en hills? Rome. 69. What do es the acro nym NAAFI stan d for ? Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes. 70. Dolomite is an ore of which metal? Magnesium. 71. Manama is th e capital of which count ry?



Bahrain. 72. On which river do es Berlin stand? River Spree. 73. What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens? The pendulum clock. 74. In which d esert is th e world 's dries t place? Atacama (Chile). 75. Which is the world's saltiest sea? The Red Sea. 76. ...... and which is t he least s alty? The Baltic Sea. 77. Which nu n won th e Nobel prize fo r peace in 1979? Mother Teresa. 78. How many points in the pink ball worth in sn ooker? Six. 79. Which scientist was named ' Person o f th e Century' by Time Magazine? Albert Einstein. 80. What kind of cr eature is a mo nitor? Lizard. 81. Which medical sp ecialty is c oncerned with the problems and illnesses of children? Pediatrics. 82. Who s ailed in Santa Maria? Christopher Columbus. 83. What name is giv en to th e stiffening of the body after death? Rigor mortis. 84. Which count ry was f ormerly known as Malagasy Republic? Madagascar. 85. Addis Ababa is t he capital of which c ountry? Ethiopia. 86. The name of which Nort h Afric an city literally means ‘white house’? Casablanca. 87. Of what sort of fis h is the dogfish a small variety? Shark.



88. Which Asian coun try was divid ed at the 38th parallel after World War II? Korea. 89. What is the name of the Winter Olympics event that c ombines cross-country skiing and shooting? Biathlon. 90. Which American science-fiction writer wrote Fahrenheit 451? Ray Bradbury. 91. For which powerful opiate is diamorphine the technical name? Heroin. 92. How many dom inoes are th ere in a normal set? 28. 93. Who was c artoonist who created Batman? Bob Kane. 94. Aerophobia is a fear of flying, agoraphobia is a fear of o pen spaces, what is acrophobia a fear of? Heights. 95. In co mputing, ho w is a modulator-demodulator more commonly known? Modem. 96. An auger bit is us ed to d rill what type of material? Wood. 97. What part of th e wheelbarrow is the fulcrum? The wheel. 98. What C is a device us ed to determine small lengths , of which a v ernier is one type? Caliper. 99. Rip, chain and b and are types of which tools? Saw. 100. What calibrated tool was th e standard to ol for engineers and scientists p rior to the inv ention of the hand-held calculator? Slide rule. 101. What P is s ometimes referred to as block and tackle? Pulley. 102. For what purpose would a gardener use a dibber? Making holes.



103. What J is a dev ice used to raise an object too heav y to deal with by hand? Jack. 104. Ball-pein, club, claw and bush are types o f which t ool? Hammer. 105. Which African animal’s name means ‘ river hor se’? Hippopotamus. 106. Which Indian r eligion was f oun ded by Guru Nanak? Sikhism. 107. What is the mos t distant o f the giant planets? Neptune. 108. What is the capital of Aust ria? Vienna. 109. What in printing d o the letters ‘u.c.’ st and for? Upper case. 110. Which eye infection is sometimes called pinkeye? Conjunctivitis. 111. What sort of creature is an iguana? A lizard. 112. What, po litically, do es UDI stand for? Unilateral declaration of independence. 113. Wagga Wagga is a city in whic h Aus tralian st ate? New South Wales. 114. Which Indian religion celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding in 1999? Sikhism. 115. What d o th e initials FBI stand for ? Federal Bureau of Investigation. 116. By what name is th e fruit of the plant Ananas como sus known? Pineapple. 117. Donn erstag is German fo r which d ay of the week? Thursday. 118. What type of citrus fruit is a shamouti? Orange. 119. Apiphobia is a fear o f what?



Bees. 120. Which Asian capital city was known as Batav ia until 1949? Jakarta. 121. Which astronom ical unit os distance is g reater, a parsec or a light year? A parsec. 122. The ancient city of Carthage is now in which country? Tunisia. 123. What in Russ ia is Izv estia? A newspaper. 124. Which is the world's windiest continent? Antarctica. 125. In th e book Treasur e Island what is the name of the sh ip? Hispaniola. 126. In which p art of the body are the deltoid musc les? Shoulder. 127. E is the international car registration letter for which count ry? Spain. 128. Vienna stands on which river? Danube. 129. What type of camel has two lumps ? Bactrian. 130. In the MG mot or c ar, what do th e letters MG st and for ? Morris Garages. 131. The name of which Roman god means 'shining father' in Latin? Jupiter. 132. What is the central colour of a rainbow? Green. 133. Which French c ity is a meeting place for the European Parliament? Strasbourg. 134. What part of the body cons ists of t he duodenum, the jejunu m and t he ileum ? Small intestine. 135. Annapurna is a mountain in which mountain range? Himalayas.



136. What kind of foodstuff is Monterey Jack? (It was also a cartoon's name 'What's for breakfast?' 187. What is the name of a person , plant or animal which s huns the light? Lucifugous. 188. What, in field of optics, is b iconv ex? A lens which is convex on both sides. 189. Which co unt ry was inv aded in Iraq in 1980? Iran. 190. What did J ohann Galle discov er in 1846? Neptune. 191. What, in intern et termin ology, does SMTP stand fo r? Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. 192. How is October 24 1929 remember ed? Black Thursday. 193. The Riv er Danube flows into which s ea? The Black Sea. 194. Which s trait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand? Cook Strait. 195. What, in internet termin ology, does FTP stan d for ? File Transfer Protocol. 196. Who wrot e Black Beauty? Anna Sewell. 197. What is th e capital of Poland? Warsaw. 198. Ice-cream was first produc ed in which c ountry in th e 17th century? Italy. 199. In medic ine, what do es the acro nym SARS stand for? Severe Acute Respiratory Sys tem. 200. Which pop ular name for Netherlands is act ually a low-lying region of the country? Holland.

201. Which Shakepeare play was s et in Elsin ore Castle, Denmark ?



Hamlet. 202. Who s aid: 'Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration'? Edison. 203. The Kyukyu Island ch ain lies between which two cou ntr ies? Japan & Taiwan. 204. Which fibrous protein is th e major cons tituent of hair, nails, feathers, b eaks and c laws? Keratin. 205. Of which fruit is morello a variety? Cherry. 206. Which explorer d iscov ered Victoris Falls in Afr ica? David Livingstone. 207. Who was th e last k ing of Egypt? Farouk. 208. What is th e literal meaning o f the word mafia? Bargging. 209. Which war lasted 16 years longer than its name implies? The Hundred Year's War. 210. What is th e national spo rt o f Malaysia and Indo nesia? Badminton. 211. Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes? Lake Erie. 212. What name is given to minute or microsc opic animals and plants that liv e in the upp er layers of f resh and salt water? Plankton. 213. Which co unt ry was ori ginally named Cathay? China. 214. Sinhalese is a language spoken in which country? Sri Lanka. 215. The Sao Francisco river flows thr ough which c ountry? Brazil. 216. In which s port do teams c ompete for the Dunhill Cup? Golf. 217. Which Shakespeare character's last words are: 'The rest is silence'? Hamlet.



218. In econom ics, whose law states th at: 'bad money driv es out good money'? Gresham's 219. Who made the first navigation of the globe in the vess el Victoria? Magellan. 220. Which moun taineer on being asked why he wanted t o climb Everest said: 'Because it's there'? George Mallory. 221. What was the former n ame for Sri Lanka? Ceylon. 222. Of which Middle East, count ry is Baghd ad the capital? Iraq. 223. How many arms does a squid have? Ten. 224. Which indoor game is p layed with a shuttlecock ? Badminton. 225. Do stalactites gr ow upwards or downwards? Downwards. 226. What food is also c alled garbanzo? Chick-pea. 227. What is the quality rating for d iesel fuel, similar to the octane number for petrol? Catane number. 228. Which German city and port is at the confluence of t he rivers Neckar an d Rhine? Mannheim. 229. Where in Europe are the only wild apes to b e foun d? Gibraltar. 230. The Brabanconne is the national anthem of which countr y? Belgium. 231. In which country is the River Spey? Switzerland. 232. Which international environm ental press ure group was founded in 1971? Greenpeace. 233. What is the capital of Morocco?



Rabat. 234. How many balls are on th e table at t he start o f a game of pool? Sixteen. 235. In which count ry is the v olcano Mount Aso? Japan. 236. What name is given t o inflammation of one or m ore joints, causing pain, swelling and restriction of mov ement? Arthritis. 237. Which mineral is the main sourc e of mercu ry? Cinnabar. 238. What A is the natio nal airline of Russ ia, code name SU? Aeroflot. 239. What would be k ept in a quiv er? Arrows. 240. What 'ology' is co ncerned with the study o f unidentified flying objects? Ufology. 241. Coal and long tailed are types of which bird family? Tit. 242. In th e game of darts, what is the v alue of the o uter bull? 25. 243. In which part of th e human body is the coc hlea? Ear. 244. What is the mod ern name of the rocky fortress which the Moor s n amed Gabel-al-Tarik (th e Rock of Tarik)? Gibraltar. 245. What was the name of Germ an terroris t And reas Baader's female partner? Ulrike Meinhof. 246. And what was the name of the urban guerrilla organisation they h eaded? The Red Army Faction. 247. Which German bact eriologist discov ered Salvarsan, a compo und used in the treatment of syphilis, before the introduction of antibiotics? Paul Ehrlich. 248. Which ancient Roman satirist wrote the 16 Satires?



Juvenal. 249. Who b ecame the Queen of Netherlands in 1980? Beatrix. 250. Who was th e last Bristish k ing to appear in battle? George II. 251. What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mount ing the skins of animals to make lifelike models called? Taxidermy. 252. What is the Beaufort scale used t o measure? Wind speed. 253. What is the technical name for abnorm ally high b lood presure? Hypertension. 254. What part of eye is respons ible for its c olor? The iris. 256. The letter RF on a stamp would indicate it is from which country? France. 257. What is the meaning of the mus ical term cantabile? In a singing style. 258. San Ju an is th e capital of which island in the West Indies? Puerto Rico. 259. Which profession g ets its name from the Latin word for lead? Plumbing. 260. On which part o f th e body do grasshoppers have th eir ears? Hind legs. 261. Who wrote children's s tories about the land of Narnia? C.S. Lewis. 262. What is the s econd planet from the s un? Venus. 263. What is the highest mountain in t he Alps? Mont Blanc. 264. Of which Caribbean c oun try is Port-au-Prince the capital? Haiti. 265. Which German c ity is ass cociated with the legend of the Pied Piper? Hameln, or Hamelin.



266. What name is giv en to th e wind pattern that brings heavy rain to South Asia fro m April to September? Monsoon. 267. What is the fir st b ook o f th e New Testament ? The Gospel according to Saint Matthew. 268. What name is given t o the time taken for half the atoms in a sample of a radioactiv e isotope to d ecay? Half-life. 269. Who was pr esident o f Kenya fro m 1964 to 1978? Jomo Kenyatta. 270. Which German aut hor wrote the anti-war no v el All Quiet on the Western Front? Erich Maria Remarque. 271. Which country had a police force called the Tonton Macoutes? Haiti. 272. What would you find in formicary? Ants. 273. Who was the firs t British so vereign to make regular use of Buckingham Palace when in residence in London? Queen Victoria. 274. Of where is Sofia the capital? Bulgaria. 275. What is meant by the mus ical term andante? At a moderate tempo. 276. In a bullf ight, what is t he moun ted man with a lanc e called? A picador. 277. Which team has a soc cer team called Ajax? Amsterdam. 278. Which Dutch exp lorer dis co ver ed New Zealand? Abel Tasman. 279. Who became first black world heav yweight box ing champion in 1918? Jack Johnson. 280. The name of which c ity in Sout h America m eans Vale of Paradise? Valparaiso.



____ _281. Which gas us ed in advertising signs has the symbol Ne? Neon. 282. Which b ranch of mathematics uses s ymbols to represent unknown quantities? Algebra. 283. What does the abbreviation RAF stand for? Royal Air Force. 284. What name is given to the use o f live animals in the experiments? Vivisection. 285. Viti Levu is the largest island of which count ry? Fiji. 286. The Golden Arr ow was a famous train that ran fr om Paris to which destination? Monte Carlo. 287. Which country fought on both sides during World War II? Italy. 288. What centigrade temperature is gas mark 6 equal to? 200 degrees C. 289. In th e game of ches s, which piece is c alled springer in Germany? Knight. 290. What is the meaning of th e Russian word 'mir'? Peace. 291. Who, in World War II, were Axis Power? Germany, Italy. Japan. 292. Which s cientist used kites to conduc t electrical experiments? Benjamin Frankline. 293. What is the longest river in France? Loire. 294. Which inventor e had a r esearch laboratory at Menlo Park? Edison. 295. Which birds fly in gro ups c alled skeins? Geese. 296. In medic ine, which is the mo st widespr ead parasitic



infection? Malar ia. 297. What natio nality was th e explorer Ferdinan d Magellan? Portuguese. 298. Which Italian city is c alled Firenze in Italian? Florence. 299. What is Autralia's largest city? Sydney.

300. Which term meaning 'lightning war' was used to describe military tact ics u sed by Germany in World War II? Blitzkrieg.

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