magpie in the 80's wrote:1. In which country are the Cariboo Mountains? CANADA
2. Which film star was born in Beirut, Lebanon and his first name means 'Cool breeze over the mountains' in Hawaiian? KEANU REEVES
3. What was Welsh film star Richard Burton's last film before his death on 5th August 1984? 1984
4. A mahout is a person who works with and rides what? ELEPHANTS
5. What is the capital of Romania? BUCHAREST
6. What is the name of our nearest galaxy? ANDROMEDA
7. In which city was the artist Francis Bacon born? DUBLIN
8. Who saved the magazine Private Eye from financial ruin in 1962? PETER COOK
9. Cartomancy is fortune-telling using what? PLAYING CARDS
10. Aioli is mayonnaise seasoned with what? GARLIC
11. Lego building blocks originated from which country? DENMARK
12. What type of creature is a an Eland? ANTELOPE
13. What does UNICEF stand for? UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS EMERGENCY FUND
14. What is the longest river in France? THE LOIRE
15. Where in the human body is the thyroid gland? NECK
16. Where in Oklahoma, USA, was the film director Ron Howard born on 1st March 1954? DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
17. In which city would you see the famous Atomium? BRUSSELS
18. What is dromophobia a fear of? CROSSING THE ROAD
19. What were artist LS Lowry's first names? LAURENCE STEPHEN
20. Who was the first person to cross Antarctica? VIVIAN FUCHS
21. What colour are the flowers of the harebell? BLUE
22. In anatomy what are the nates? BUTTOCKS
23. What is the Roman numeral for 500? D
24. In which country is the church with the tallest spire in the world? GERMANY / ULM MUSTER
25. How many astronauts have walked on the moon? TWELVE
26. Who were Balthazar, Melchior, and Gaspar? THE THREE WISE MEN
27. Wild majoram is another name for which herb? OREGANO
28. Latten is an alloy of which two metals? COPPER AND ZINC
29. Malibu Beach is in which US state? CALIFORNIA
30. Which insect lives in a formicary? ANTS
31. Who is known as 'Gwiazdor' in Poland? SANTA CLAUS
32. Lupine relates to which animals? WOLVES
33. Where would you find the 'Haversian Canals'? IN YOUR BONES
34. Which month is named after the Roman Goddess of Growth? MAY
35. Bunny was the sidekick of which fictional thief? RAFFLES
36. What is a Slippery Jack? A MUSHROOM
37. What type of nuts are used to make marzipan? ALMONDS
38. What is a negatively charged electrode called? CATHODE
39. Which war started following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand? WORLD WAR ONE
40. What did the rat eat 'that lay in the house that Jack built', in the nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built? MALT
41. A paradiddle is a playing technique for which instrument? THE DRUMS
42. Which two teams played in the first FA Cup Final at the original Wembley Stadium? BOLTON WANDERERS AND WEST HAM UNITED
43. What is the name of the elementary school attended by Lucy, Linus, and Charlie Brown? JAMES STREET ELEMENTRY
44. An oenophile is a connoisseur of what? WINE
45. Which was the first US state to enter the Union? DELAWARE (1787)
46. A terawatt is how many megawatts? A MILLION
47. What river did Alexander the Great believe was the boundary of the universe? GANGES
48. What is decompression sickness commonly known as? THE BENDS
49. What is the offspring of a donkey and a horse called? A MULE
50. What popular drink was marketed as Diastoid when it was first introduced in 1882? HORLICK'S MALTED MILK
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.
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