Question: The Colorado river runs through what deep valley?
Answer: The Grand Canyon. There is such little rain here that the valley sides are worn down only by the river, which makes them very steep

Question: What is the world?s longest river?
Answer: The Nile in Egypt. It is 6,695 km (4,160 miles) long

Question: You couldn?t drive a car around this Italian city ? what is it?
Answer: Venice. The people in this city use boats instead of cars because Venice is built on 118 small islands that are linked by canals

Question: Why does ice float on water?
Answer: Frozen water is (9%) lighter than water

Question: Human brains are 75% water. True or false?
Answer: True

Question: What is the chemical formula of water?
Answer: Its chemical formula is H2O

Question: What is the longest river in the USA?
Answer: The Mississippi River, it reaches 6275 kilometres in length

Question: What is the boiling point of water at the top of Mt Everest?
Answer: Water boils at just 68 ?C (154 ?F) on the top of Mount Everest

Question: What is the second longest river in the world?
Answer: The second longest river in the world is the Amazon River, it reaches 6400 kilometres (4000 miles) in length

Question: In an interesting study conducted by Showtime television, the hosts found that 75% of tested New York City residents actually preferred which, tap water or bottled water in a blind taste test.?
Answer: Tap water. Source = http://www.allaboutwater.org/tap-water.html

Question: Which famous Irish author, wrote a book that was described by a critic as 'the foulest book ever printed' (give book title also)?
Answer: Ulysses by James Joyce

Question: Who was Sir Henry Morton Stanley?
Answer: The journalist and explorer who went to Africa in search of David Livingstone

Question: Which author wrote a series of essays called Virginibus Puerisque?
Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Question: Who wrote Republic and Phaedo?
Answer: Plato.

Question: Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
Answer: Grease

Question: Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors?
Answer: Val Kilmer

Question: Which actress played Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?
Answer: Julie Walters

Question: Which of the Brontë sisters wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848?
Answer: Anne Brontë

Question: Who starred in the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds?
Answer: Adam Sandler

Question: Who was the author of Erewhon and Erewhon Revisited?
Answer: Samuel Butler, in 1872 and 1901.

Question: What is the first name of the character Crocodile Dundee?
Answer: Mick

Question: In which year did Tom Hanks fall in love with a mermaid in the film Splash?
Answer: 1984

Question: Which famous actor has played a scarecrow and a Time Lord on TV?
Answer: Jon Pertwee

Question: Which former Neighbours star played soon to be Edward V111 in 'The King's Speech'?
Answer: Guy Pearce

Question: How many points does a conversion score in rugby union?
Answer: Two

Question: What other common name is used for Halloween?
Answer: All Hallows Eve

Question: What name was given to a popular Halloween drink in the 1700's, made from milk and apples?
Answer: Lamb's Wool

Question: If you Suffer from Samhainophobia, what do you fear?
Answer: Halloween

Question: Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Exorcist'?
Answer: William Peter Blatty

Question: What was name of the sequel to the film Scream called?
Answer: Scream 2

Question: What is a group of witches called?
Answer: Coven

Question: Which priests first celebrated Halloween?
Answer: Druids

Question: Which famous actor in the film 'Ghostbusters' also co-wrote the film?
Answer: Dan Aykroyd

Question: Which Yorkshire fishing/seaside town features in the 1897 novel, Dracula?
Answer: Whitby

Question: In which year did Gaston Leroux write the novel The Phantom of the Opera?
Answer: 1909

Question: Who played 'Countess Dracula' in the 1971 film of the same name?
Answer: Ingrid Pitt

Question: In what year did the infamous Jack the Ripper terrify the population of east London?
Answer: 1888

Question: Dame Maggie Smith played which character in Hogwarts?
Answer: Minerva McGonagall

Question: Who was lead singer for 70s glam rock band 'The Sweet'?
Answer: Brian Connelly

Question: 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn' was a hit single for which group in 1987?
Answer: Beastie Boys

Question: What was the original name of Cliff Richard's backing group The Shadows before they realised there was already an American group with the same name?
Answer: The Drifters

Question: As of September 2005 there are two albums from the 1990s that are in the top ten albums of all time and both are by solo female artists. Who are they?
Answer: Whitney Houston and Shania Twain

Question: Who had a 1983 hit with 'Too Shy'?
Answer: Kajagoogoo

Question: Which real-life Russian did Boney M sing about in 1978?
Answer: Rasputin

Question: Who had a hit in 1984 with '99 Red Balloons'?
Answer: Nena

Question: What is the name of Iron Maidens mascot who appears on their album covers and who has also featured in a video game?
Answer: Eddie

Question: Who had a hit single with 'Werewolves Of London'?
Answer: Warren Zevon

Question: How many number 1 singles did Kim Wilde and her dad Marty have between them?
Answer: 0

Question: How many grooves are on one side of an LP record?
Answer: 1

Question: Who wrote the music and lyrics to the musical `Anything Goes`?
Answer: Cole Porter

Question: What do the songs 'Killer' by Adamski, 'Paranoid Android' by Radiohead and ';True Faith' by New Order have in common?
Answer: The song titles aren't mentioned in the lyrics

Question: For what is Michael Eavis best known in the music world?
Answer: The Glastonbury Festival

Question: Joan of Arc was also known as The Maid of 'where'?
Answer: The Maid of Orleans

Question: Which traveller first visited China in 1271?
Answer: Marco Polo

Question: Which composer wrote the operas Tosca, Madame Butterfly and Turandot?
Answer: Puccini

Question: Which Marquis, are the rules that govern the sport of boxing, named after?
Answer: The Marquis of Queensberry

Question: William Harvey the man who discovered the circulation of the blood was born in which English town?
Answer: Folkestone

Question: Who became the first prime minister of India on its independence in 1947?
Answer: (Jawaharlal) Nehru

Question: Which British explorer translated the Arabian Nights and had a famous 20th century namesake?
Answer: Richard Burton

Question: The Peasants' Revolt, aka. Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in what year?
Answer: 1381

Question: Who was the first woman to fly the Atlantic?
Answer: Amelia Earhart

Question: Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?
Answer: John Bunyan

Question: With what social reform is Elizabeth Fry associated?
Answer: Prison reform

Question: 'Dreams' was the first No. 1 hit for which singer?
Answer: Gabrielle

Question: Who played the lead character in the film 'The 6th Day' in 2000?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question: In the 1991 film 'Basic Instinct', who played Detective Nick Curran?
Answer: Michael Douglas

Question: In 1983 a British politician appeared with Tracy Ullman in a Pop Video. Who was the politician?
Answer: Neil Kinnock

Question: Can you name the two actors, both with 4 letter surnames ending with a 'Z' and starred in the 2002 film 'Vanilla Sky'?
Answer: Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz

Question: George Michael was one. Who was the other member of the duo 'Wham'?
Answer: Andrew Ridgely

Question: Name the character played by Harrison Ford in the 2000 film 'What Lies Beneath'?
Answer: Dr Norman Spencer

Question: Who played John Shaft in the 2000 film version of 'Shaft'?
Answer: Samuel L Jackson

Question: The 1960s/70s singer 'Junior Walker' was backed by what group?
Answer: The All Stars

Question: Two actors got three hit singles to No. 1 in the charts during 1995/6. Can you name them?
Answer: Robson and Jerome