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25 Questions

  1. In forest ecology, what word refers to the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forest?
  2. Which fictional character played by Carl Weather did Rocky fight in Rocky 1 and Rocky 2?
  3. Which country has the largest population of feral camels and the only herd of wild dromedary camels in the world?
  4. During World War Two, two hundred and thirty-one V-1s are officially claimed to have been destroyed by what?
  5. Which British term is used unofficially to refer to red Bordeaux wine?




  6. Which city in Rajasthan, India, gives its name to a type of trousers?
  7. Which lady was known as the "Nine Days' Queen?
  8. What name was given to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between West and East Berlin during the Cold War?
  9. What is the first name of the brother of footballer Gary Lineker?
  10. Separated officially from the Northwest Territories in 1999, can you name the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada?
  11. What is the main ingredient of guacamole?
  12. On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what?
  13. In which country was the caesar salad invented in 1924?
  14. What type of nut is in a Ferrero Rocher?
  15. What is the best known cockney rhyming slang for phone?
  16. What is is the third-most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere?
  17. Name the capital and most populated city in the U.S. state of Utah?
  18. Which sea is the world's largest inland body of water?
  19. What hobby is shared by Rod Stewart, Pete Waterman and Roger Daltrey?
  20. In which 1984 film does Tom Hanks play a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid?
  21. In which American state is the animated sitcom South Park set?
  22. Actor Shaun Bean was born in which British city?
  23. Where famously, were the words "magnificent desolation" said?
  24. What does a pugilist do?
  25. The media gave which politician the nickname the 'Welsh windbag'?

Answers

  1. Canopy
  2. Apollo Creed
  3. Australia
  4. Barrage balloons
  5. Claret
  6. Jodhpur
  7. Lady Jane Grey
  8. Checkpoint Charlie
  9. Wayne
  10. Nunavut
  11. Avocado
  12. Swim across the English Channel
  13. Mexico (invented by Caesar Cardini)
  14. Hazelnut
  15. Dog and bone
  16. Argon (with nitrogen and oxygen being the first two)
  17. Salt Lake City
  18. The Caspian Sea
  19. Model railways
  20. Splash
  21. Colorado
  22. Sheffield
  23. On the moon (by Buzz Aldrin)
  24. Box (a pugilist is a boxer)
  25. Neil Kinnock