1

Who is Bob the Builder’s female assistant?

Wendy

2

Other than Finland and Albania, which other countries are in the same group as England in the World Cup qualifiers?

Greece/Germany

3

The film and book Ring of Bright Water told the story of which kind of creature?

Otter

4

What kind of furniture is a davenport?

A writing desk

5

What’s the other name for the animal, the gnu?

Wildebeeste

6

Who said last week that she “couldn’t believe it the other day when I picked up a British newspaper and read that 82% of men would rather sleep with a goat than me”?

Sarah Ferguson

7

Both for the point – what were the first names of the Wright brothers?

Wilbur and Orville

8

STEATOPYGOUS – does it mean a) having fat buttocks, b) having sweaty,smelly feet c) like a stegosaurus or d) a chemical able to turn fat into water?

A

9

In the USA, how many nickels would you get for a dime?

2

10

How did Lawrence of Arabia die?

In a motor cycle crash

11

Brian Trubshaw died at the weekend at the age of 77 – for what was he best known?

Test Pilot – first to fly Concorde

12

Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral?

Christopher Wren

13

Where did General Custer make his last stand?

Little Big Horn river

14

Who was the second man on the moon?

Buzz Aldrin

15

What was the name of the Beatle’s own record label?

Apple

16

Who announced this weekend that his company is likely to bid for the privatised air traffic control?

Richard Branson

17

What was Iran called before 1935?

Persia

18

Which is the only green British cheese?

Sage Derby

19

Who was singer Charlotte Church talking about last week when she said “He is a most eligible bachelor and he is very nice, but generally I don’t go for blonds”?

Prince William

20

Into which ocean does the Zambesi flow?

Indian

21

What was the name of the world’s first test tube baby?

Louise Brown

22

Complete the title of the play “Rita, Sue….”

“..and Bob, too”

23

What would you do with a spatchcock?

Eat it! It’s a way of dressing a chicken

24

In which town are Walker’s crisps produced?

Leicester

25

Where was Superman born?

Krypton

1

How much does an annual car tax for cars over 1500cc cost after this year’s budget?

£160

2

How much does a television license cost at the moment?

£104

3

Talking of TV licenses, last year, if you were registered blind, you got a rebate of £1.25 on your license – what is it this year?

50% or £52

4

What’s the standard rate of VAT?

17.5%

5

What’s the basic rate of income tax in the UK for year 2000-2001?

22%

6

What colour is a car tax disc expiring in 2002?

Red

7

What colour is the Circle Line on a London Underground map?

Yellow

8

What colour would a bride wear in China?

Red

9

Every colour has it’s opposite or complementary colour – what colour is complementary to Yellow?

Blue

10

If you took a colour photo without flash under normal fluorescent lights, your photo would be tinted towards what colour?

Green

11

Bryan, Kian, Nicky and Mark are members of which boy band?

Westlife

12

Rachel, Hannah, Jo and Tina are members of which band

S Club 7 (does the S stand for Spliff?)

13

Ritchie and Sean are two members of which band?

5ive

14

Loosely speaking a girl band – who were Joy, Babs and Teddie?

The Beverley Sisters

15

And who were Declan, Con and John?

The Bachelors

16

To which country does the island of Madeira belong?

Portugal

17

On which island could you find Mount Etna?

Sicily

18

In which ocean is the island of Mauritius

Indian

19

The island of Zealand is part of which country?

Denmark

20

What is the world’s largest island?

Greenland – Australia counts as a continent

21

The Kiel canal links which two seas?

Baltic and North

22

To which island did the Bounty mutineers go?

Pitcairn

23

Which sea in Russia is the world’s largest lake?

Caspian

24

On which island off the coast of Italy was Napoleon banished?

Elba

25

To which sea do eels go to breed?

Sargasso