1-Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch ?- Queen Elizabeth 1st
2-What city is at the mouth of the Menam river ?- Bangkok
3- In what sport is the Palma Match contested ?- Shooting
4-Ireland and New Zealand are the only countries that lack what ?- Native Snakes
5-Name the first self contained home computer ? – A Commodore Pet
6- What exploded in 1720 ?- The South Sea Bubble
7- Who named a city after his horse Bucephalus ?- Alexander the Great
8-Ball point pen ink is made from dye and what ?- Castor Oil
9-Hans Lippershey made the worlds first practical what ?- Microscope
10- In Hindu philosophy what does Yoga literally mean ?- Union
11-Who was the founder of Judaism ?- Abraham
12-Which sea is sometimes called the Euxine Sea ?- Black Sea
13-What can be types called chordate, needle and cruciform ?- Tree Leaves
14- Musca Domestica can cause disease in man – what is it ?- Common Housefly
15- Name the English chemist who first isolated sodium ?- Sir Humphry Davie
16-Interpol was founded in 1923 in what city ?- Vienna
17- Musophobia is a fear of what ?- Mice
18- The opera Aida was commissioned in 1869 to mark what event ?- Opening Suez canal
19-Only 15% of French wines have what on the label ?- Appellation Controlee
20- What are blombergs, oak and fire bellied types of ?- Toads
21- Sherlock Holmes paid 55 shillings for what ?- His Stradivarius violin
22- What is an arras ?- A wall hanging e.g. tapestry
23-What literary prize ( worth £30000 ) is for women authors only ?- Orange Award
24- The musical Chu Chin Chow is based on what fable ?- Ali Baba and the forty thieves
25-The De Beaumont centre in London specialises in what sport ?- Fencing
26- Sir Francis Drake named it New Albion what is it today ?- Oregon USA
27-What elements name comes from the Greek meaning lazy ?- Argon
28- Who directed Star Trek films 3 and 4 ?- Leonard Nimoy
29- Cretinism is caused by a failure of what ?- Thyroid gland
30-What is a Fata Morgana ?- Type of Mirage
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