1       OFTEN CAB HUMOUR (sporting anagram)

AFC Bournemouth

2       Who was the lead singer for Lovin' Spoonful on their hits Summer In The City and Daydream

John Sebastian

3       What innovation was added to motor cars in 1898

Steering wheels (they had been using tillers)

4       What is the state capital of New York

Albany

5       Which mixed drink is known as 'The Queen of Drinks'

Bloody Mary

6       Which star with a much copied hairstyle starred opposite Alan Ladd in the film The Blue Dahlia

Veronica Lake

7       Pd is the chemical symbol for which element

Palladium

8       In place names such as Motherwell what does well mean

Pool

9       What is the date of the custom known as Ladies Privilege when women were allowed to propose to men

February 29th - Leap Day.

10    What does the cockney rhyming slang Barnet mean

Hair (Barnet fair)

11    What does AWOL stand for

Absent without official leave

12    What colour is the dye tyrian

Purple

13    Although many people believe it to be octopi, what is the only correct plural of octopus, other than octopuses

Octopodes

14    What is the natural lifespan of a turkey that evades the oven

Twelve years

15    What traditionally provides the flavour in a frangipane cake filling

Almond

16    What was The Carpenter's first top ten entry (1970)

Close To You

17    If you were to take a train from London to Brighton from which station would you leave

Victoria

18    What kind of animal is a teg

Young sheep

19    If Gordon Banks was 1, Nobby Stiles was 4, and Bobby Charlton was 9, who was 16

Martin Peters, 1966 team. (Bobby Moore 6, Alan Ball 7, Geoff Hurst 10).

20    What are the first two words of the song Me and Bobbie Magee

Busted flat

21    Who is the most successful German-born tennis player ever

John McEnroe (born in Weisbaden)Germany

22    What was the principle wood used by Chippendale

Mahogany

23    What was the third country to put a rocket into space

France

24    What were the first hairsprings for watches made from

Hair (pigs)

25    If you were to travel due east from Newcastle upon Tyne what is the first country you would arrive at

Denmark

26    Why are homosexuals and lesbians called gay

Comes from the acronym Good As You (GAY(

27    The Internet company Google is based in which US state

California

28    Who said anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad

WC Fields

29    What type of animal is the star of the 2005 film "Racing Stripes

Zebra

30    In the language of flowers what tree stands for prosperity

Beech tree

Round 2. DISASTERS

31    In January 2001 an oil spill threatened the unusual wild life of which island group

Galapagos

32    When Mt. Pelee erupted it killed 40,000 people. On what island is Mt. Pelee located

Martinique

33    Which American city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1871 that was allegedly started when a cow kicked over a lantern

Chicago

34    In which English city was England's worst ever earthquake in 1884

Colchester

35    What was the name of the entertainment complex that was badly damaged by fire on the Isle of Man in 1973

Summerland

36    In 1986 on which river did a steamer sink with the loss of over five hundred people

Nile

37    Where did a gas cloud kill over 700 people in 1986

Cameroons

38    For what event in history is baker Thomas Farynor known

He started the Great Fire of London

39    At what village in Humberside was there a chemical explosion causing 29 fatalities in 1974

Flixborough

40    What is the name of the Japanese port that was devastated by a huge earthquake in 1995, resulting in 4000 deaths

Kobe