Some folk at work asked me to do a quiz, for an up-coming fundraising quiz night.  Their last one seemed really well balanced, to me, but others complained it was too easy.  I've found it really hard to find the right level, and I've probably ended up with a horrible mix of too hard and too easy.  Anyhoo, I know how much some of you like a quiz, so I might as well post it here.  No prizes, just for fun.  I'll post the answers later.

Fuck.  As I type this I'm told it's been cancelled.  So, please just enjoy it (or tell me you did) or most of my day has been wasted.

Science & Nature
1.   Which part of the eye is coloured and surrounds the pupil?
2.   If canine refers to dogs, and feline refers to cats, what are ovine, bovine and lupine?
3.   Which layer of the earth is between the core and the crust?
4.   How many eyes does a no-eyed big-eyed wolf spider have?
5.   What is Pythagoras' Theorem?
6.   What is the longest bone in the human body?
7.   What is the binary number 1101 in decimal?
8.   Which major galaxy is closest to our galaxy, the Milky Way?
9.   Which sugar is found in milk?
10. What colour head does a male mallard have?
11. From which flower do we get vanilla pods?
12. What kind of animal is a blue-fronted parrot?

Sport
1.   How many gold medals, and how many medals in total, did Team GB win during the London 2012 Olympics?
2.   Who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
3.   Put these boxing weight classes in order, lightest first; featherweight, bantamweight, lightweight.
4.   In which sport might you win by playing a Philadelphia or Mizuki?
5.   With which sport would you associate Jon Jones, Anderson Silva and George St.Pierre?
6.   Who holds the women's 100m sprint world record?
7.   Who won UEFA Euro 2012?
8.   How many gold medals, and how many medals in total, did Team GB win during the London 2012 Paralympics?
9.   To the nearest 5g, what is the heaviest that a regulation golf ball can be?
10. In what year was Alex Ferguson appointed manager of Manchester United?
11. In American Football, how many points do you score for a touchdown?
12. Who won the 2012 Six Nations Rugby?

Geography
1.   Which countries used to be called Persia, Ceylon and Siam?
2.   What is the easternmost point on the Scottish mainland?
3.   What is the largest landlocked country in the world?
4.   What is Mauna Kea?
5.   What is the largest body of freshwater in the UK, by volume?
6.   Where is the deepest part of any of the world's oceans?
7.   In which state is the southernmost point of the USA?
8.   There are sixteen Australian states and territories.  Name five.
9.   Which state in the USA is known as the first state?
10. In the different models for describing the continents, which continent is never combined with any other continent?
11. Which three countries have the largest populations?
12. Which island group includes Ibiza, Menorca and Majorca?

Television
1.   Which production company owns Big Brother and Deal or No Deal?
2.   Who were Raymond Doyle and William Andrew Philip Bodie?
3.   Which programme is set in William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio?
4.   What was the first ever advert in the UK?
5.   Which soap opera ran from from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993?
6.   What kind of animal is Ernest Penfold?
7.   Which ten part series starring Damian Lewis, follows Easy Company, of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment,  101st Airborne Division?
8.   Where was Home & Away set?
9.   Which ship has the registration mark NCC-1701?
10. Who are Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter?
11. When was Coronation Street first broadcast?
12. Which programme saw Tim Canterbury and Dawn Tinsley fall in love?

History & Politics
1.   Which famous battle was fought on June 18 1815?
2.   Who is the current First Secretary of State?
3.   What was the name of the German Air Force from 1935-1945?
4.   Who is Frank Mullholland?
5.   Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
6.   Who is the first Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland?
7.   What do John F Kennedy's assassination, Margaret Thatcher's resignation and Angela Merkel's appointment as Chancellor all have in common?
8.   Which old coin was worth the equivalent of 12½p in today’s money?
9.  Which prominent young MP resigned last month to move to New York?
10. Who was the Nine Day Queen?
11. What was Suffragette Emily Davison famous for?
12. Who was the first British Prime Minister?

Film
1.   Which film follows Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig finding a new home?
2.   What film is the only one Quentin Tarrantino has written, directed, produced AND acted in?
3.   The Back to the Future trilogy is set in which four years?
4.   What does Indiana Jones do for a living?
5.   In which James Bond film was there the following exchange: “You expect me to talk?” “No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!”?
6.   Name the Star Wars films in chronological order.
7.   Who played Thelma & Louise?
8.   In which film did Sir Alec Guinness play eight members of the D'Ascoyne family?
9.   In which film did Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell play the same part?
10. Who is Raymond Babbitt?
11. How many times has Rocky Balboa beaten Apollo Creed?
12. Name the Seven Dwarves.

Food
1.   Which drink is distilled and bottled in Lynchburg, Tennessee?
2.   How should pasta be cooked, and what does it mean?
3.   How much, in volume, is a magnum of champagne?
4.   What is the main ingredient of a Glamorgan sausage?
5.   What is another name for a Chinese gooseberry?
6.   What is Tokaji?
7.   Pumpernickel is coarsely ground rye bread, but what does pumpernickel mean?
8.   What is the main ingredient of hummus?
9.   On the Scoville scale of the spiciness of peppers, what rating does a bell pepper have?
10. According to superstition, what should you do with spilled salt?
11. What type of beans are usually used in a tin of baked beans?
12. Which cocktail is made with peach schnapps, vodka, orange juice and cranberry juice?

Music
1.   Who are Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe?
2.   Who sings American Idiot, Basket Case and Time of Your Life?
3.   Which album is often used to provide an alternative soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz?
4.   What is the current official UK number 1 single?
5.   According to The Chicken Song by Spitting Image, what should you do with a chicken and a deck chair?
6.   How is Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld better known?
7.   What is an ocarina?
8.   Who was the lead singer of T. Rex?
9.   How many red balloons did Nena sing about?
10. Which band let their fans decide how much to pay for their album, In Rainbows?
11. Who has had more UK number 1 singles, Take That or Westlife?
12. Who did Cliff Richard team up with to re-record his hit Living Doll for Comic Relief in 1986?