Musical Films
1 What was the last musical film to win a Best Picture Oscar?
2 Neil Diamond wrote the music & starred in a remake of which Al Jolson film?
3 Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) is from which musical?
4 In which film musical did Barbra Streisand sing about Second Hand Rose?
5 What were the 3rd & 4th favourite things in the song from the Sound of Music?
Geography
6 Which city in New Zealand was hit by an earthquake in 2011?
7 Which city in Tennessee is particularly famous for music & entertainment?
8 Which river forms part of the border between the USA & Mexico?
9 What is the name of the large lake in Hyde Park?
10 The Simplon Pass connects which 2 European countries?
Natural World
11 What is the more common name for the Tibetan Ox?
12 What is generally regarded as the tallest species of tree in the world?
13 A leatherback is what type of sea creature?
14 How many teats do female goats have – 2, 4 or 8?
15 A tayberry is a dark red fruit produced by crossing which 2 other fruits?
2000
16 Who was the US President in January 2000?
17 Who became London’s first elected Mayor in 2000?
18 Which TV reality show first aired in July 2000 and is still being broadcast today?
19 What WW2 machine was stolen from Bletchley Park in April 2000?
20 Which group were at number one in the UK with the song I Have A Dream?
General Knowledge
21 Which famous golf course features holes named after flowering shrubs?
22 Which British Prime Minister said “You’ve never had it so good”?
23 What was George Harrison’s only solo number one single?
24 Who is the private detective in books by Raymond Chandler?
25 In which building in London would you find the Whispering Gallery?
26 Which 19th century heroine was born & buried in Bamburgh, Northumberland?
27 Ganymede & Europa are moons of which planet?
28 In which prison was Ruth Ellis executed?
29 What is the television equivalent of an Oscar?
30 Collectively who were Babs, Louise, Cherry, Deedee, & Ruth?
Answers
1 Chicago in 2002
2 The Jazz Singer
3 Annie Get Your Gun
4 Funny Girl
5 Bright copper kettles & warm moollen mittens
6 Christchurch
7 Nashville
8 Rio Grande
9 Serpentine
10 Italy & Switzerland
11 Yak
12 Sequoia or Giant Redwood
13 Turtle
14 2
15 Blackberry & Raspberry
16 Bill Clinton
17 Ken Livingstone
18 Big Brother
19 Enigma coding machine
20 Westlife
21 Augusta
22 Harold MacMillan
23 My Sweet Lord
24 Philip Marlowe
25 St Paul’s Cathedral
26 Grace Darling
27 Jupiter
28 Holloway
29 Emmy
30 Pan’s People
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