2018-19 League Set 3 Flashcards
What two-letter non-geographical UK post code is used for addresses which do not include a locality? This allows large organisations long-term flexibility as to where they receive their mail. It is used by Lloyds Banking Group and HMRC VAT Central Unit amongst others.
BX
Known in the UK as adrenaline by what name is this fight or flight hormone known in the USA?
Epinephrine
Who was chancellor to the pharaoh Djoser (or Zober or Djeser) probably architect of Step Pyramid at Saqqara and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis?
Imhotep
What name is given to the Hindu festival of colours where celebrants take delight in covering each other in powdered paints?
Holi
Who is the regular host of the long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy show Just A Minute having done so since its first broadcast in 1967?
Nicholas Parsons
Which Russian impresario founded the Ballet Russes and commissioned several works from Stravinsky including The Firebird Petrushka and The Rite of Spring?
Sergei Diaghilev
Which Nordic country topped the medals table at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?
Norway
Paul Allen was the co-founder in 1975 of which American multinational technology company headquartered in the state of Washington?
Microsoft
Which Spanish leader who died in 1975 was nicknamed ‘El Caudillo’ (pro cow-DEE-yo)
Franco
Which of the platonic solids has 20 faces 30 edges and 12 vertices?
Icosahedron
Which German word used in English means a very strong or irresistible impulse to travel?
Wanderlust
In 1833 French artist Paul Delaroche painted the execution of which British noblewoman? The picture now hangs in The National Gallery in London.
Lady Jane Grey
Known for his performance as a mobster in many movies which actor provided the voice of hoodlum Tommy Vercetti the main protagonist in the computer game Grand Theft Auto Vice City?
Ray Liotta
Ras ben Sakka the northernmost point of mainland Africa is located in which country?
Tunisia
Which Oscar winning director’s movies include Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Revenant?
Alejandro G. Inarritu
In the children’s book by Julia Donaldson who lives in the family tree with his lady love and children three?
Stick Man
In 1944 the wealthy ship-owner Sir William Burrell presented his great art collection to which British city?
Glasgow
Sharing his name with a celestial object which late musician was the drummer with The Who from 1964-1980?
Keith Moon
Which Bath centre three quarter scored a hat trick of tries against Romania on his England rugby union debut in May 1989?
Jeremy Guscott
The Peasants’ Revolt led by Wat Tyler took place during the reign of which king?
Richard II
Named for a prominent Russian family which meat dish made with soured cream was first seen in an 1871 Russian Cookbook called A Gift To Young Housewives?
Beef Stroganoff
What is the name of the family of hippopotamus-like creatures who feature in 9 books by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson published between 1945 and 1993?
The Moomins
You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! God damn you! God damn you all to hell! spoken by Charlton Heston is the final line of which 1968 film?
Planet of the Apes
In which major city would you find the arched monument Gateway of India Elephanta Island and the Wankhede Cricket Stadium?
Mumbai or Bombay
In Tchaikovsky’s ballet Sleeping Beauty what is the name of the beautiful princess who is cursed to sleep for 100 years?
Aurora
Colourless in slightly acidic solutions what colour does the pH indicator phenolphthalein [pron FEE-NOLF-THARL-EEN] turn in alkaline solution?
Purple or Pink
When Kevin Mayer broke the world decathlon record in September 2018 whose record did he beat?
Ashton Eaton
Associated with the American philosopher John Searle a room of what nationality is the basis of a thought experiment that argues against artificial intelligence?
Chinese
Singer Chris Martin had an uncredited cameo rôle as a Zombie in which 2004 Edgar Wright film?
Shaun Of The Dead
Due to the extremely cold conditions how is the battle which took place on Lake Peipus in 1242 between the Republic of Novgorod and the Livonian Order known?
The Battle On The Ice
Which Cuban actor is the father of Lourdes Madonna’s eldest daughter?
Carlos Leon
Rickets and Osteomalacia are two diseases caused by a lack of which vitamin?
Vitamin D
Which country won the 2008 Rugby League World Cup becoming only the third country to have done so? The other winners are Australia and England.
New Zealand
Baltimore is the largest city in which U.S. state?
Maryland
Who had a number one hit in 1967 with the song San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)?
Scott McKenzie
Psychologist Albert Bandura conducted the Bobo experiment where children learned to behave aggressively towards what object by watching adults?
Doll or Roly Poly
What was the real first name of Blues legend BB King?
Riley
Which small plump bird of the genus Sitta has a blue-grey back and wings chestnut sides and is easily recognisable by its ability to run up and down trees with its head facing downwards?
Nuthatch
In the genre of computer games which are classified as FPS for what does the letter S stand for?
(First Person) Shooter
Mike Pompeo Rex Tillerson and John Kerry are the three most recent holders of which US government post?
Secretary of State
Which US-based multinational company currently owns the brands Ariel Tampax Vidal Sassoon Pantene and Head & Shoulders?
Proctor and Gamble
Attributed to the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck the Adoration of The Lamb is an altar piece that can be seen in which Belgian city?
Ghent
Perhaps better known for his role in the TV sitcom Cheers Who played Dr John Becker in the sitcom Becker?
Ted Danson
Which devices found on motorways use total internal reflection to bounce light from a car’s headlights back at the driver?
Cats Eyes
Which male tennis player’s 2002 autobiography is entitled You Cannot Be Serious a phrase with which he repeatedly questioned umpire’s decisions?
John McEnroe
On which river does the English town of Warrington stand?
Mersey
Which English singer born in London in 1989 rose to prominence as a featured artist on Clean Bandit’s Rather Be had a UK number one in 2018 with I’ll Be There?
Jess Glynne
What novel is the name of the first sequel to the William F Nolan and George Clayton Johnson’s novel Logan’s Run? The original novel was made into a film starring Michael York and Jenny Agutter.
Logan’s World
The Cruise Viva Las Vegas Out of Africa Romanian Holiday and A Knight’s Tale are all spin-off straight-to-DVD films of what British soap opera?
Coronation Street
Which civilisation that originated on several Aegean islands especially Crete was noted for its monumental palaces known as anaktora and its bull-leaping festival? Its name was derived from a son of Zeus who became the first King of Crete.
Minoan
What is the name of the branching tubes that conduct air inhaled from the trachea into the lungs?
Bronchi(a) or Bronchial
Sharing their name with an international arts centre in Bristol what is the surname of an Italian merchant and his bride in an eponymous portrait painted by Jan Van Eyck?
Arnolfini
Which dish named after a retired stockbroker whose first name was Lemuel and made with Hollandaise sauce was originally considered a hangover cure in 19th century New York?
Eggs Benedict
Christopher Wray James Comey and Robert Mueller are the three most recent directors of which US government agency?
Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI
Which former Nottingham Forest and Derby County manager famously said I wouldn’t say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.
Brian Clough
Which nocturnal insectivorous bird of the Caprimulginae sub-family is easily recognisable for its spooky night-time churring call which can last for up to ten minutes?
Nightjar or Goatsucker
In Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake what is the name of the beautiful princess who has been transformed into a white swan?
Odette
Psychologist John B Watson assisted by Rosalie Rayner conducted the Little Albert experiment where a child was conditioned to be afraid of objects of what description?
Furry
Hawaiian Wedding White Thunder At Glacier Bay and Forbidden Paradise were straight-to-DVD spin-off films from which TV series based in Los Angeles from 1989-99 and in Hawaii 1999-2001?
Baywatch
Which civilisation of the Levant whose capitals included Byblos and Tyre originated the world’s oldest verified alphabet? Its name is thought to derive from the Greek for the dye known as Tyrian purple a major export of the region.
Phoenicia(n)
In the genre of computer games which are described as RTS what does the letter R stand for?
Real (Time Strategy)
Published in 1904 what was the first sequel to L Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? It has the subtitle Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman.
The Marvellous Land of Oz
What is the name of the eldest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne who refused to appear on the reality TV show The Osbournes?
Aimee
On which river does the English city of Durham stand?
Wear
Perhaps better known for his role in the TV sitcom Two And A Half Men who played Dr Goodson in the sitcom Anger Management?
Charlie Sheen
Which cables crucial to high-speed telecommunications and IT data connection use total internal reflection to bounce light signals along glass spun into long threads?
Fibre Optic
Which band had a hit in 1967 with the song Flowers in the Rain?
The Move
The indicator bromophenol is blue at pH levels above 4.6 but turns what colour in very acidic solutions?
Yellow
What was the real first name of Blues legend Jelly Roll Morton?
Ferdinand
In which major Indian city can you find St Paul’s Cathedral Howrah Bridge and the ancestral home of the Tagore family in which Rabindranath was born?
Kolkata or Calcutta
Peter Jackson had an uncredited cameo as a maniacal Santa and is seen stabbing Sergeant Nick Angel in the hand in which 2007 film directed and co-written by Edgar Wright?
Hot Fuzz
What is the name of the red-headed girl with superhuman strength who features in 11 books by Astrid Lingdren published between 1945 and 2000?
Pippi Longstocking
Since 2000 which UK company has bought Lonsdale Dunlop-Slazenger House of Fraser and one third of Agent Provocateur?
Sports Direct
The rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace led by Robert Aske took place during the reign of which king?
Henry VIII
Which nation in Oceania hosted Rugby League World Cup finals matches for the first time in 2017? It is also the only country that has rugby league as its official national sport.
Papua New Guinea
Milwaukee is the largest city in which U.S. state?
Wisconsin
Hang on a minute lads I’ve got a great idea…er…er spoken by Michael Caine’s character is the final line of which 1969 film?
The Italian Job
A study of sufferers of the disease Beri-Beri revealed that their diet of white rice was causing a deficiency of Thiamine which is also known as which vitamin?
B1 – prompt on B
Which English singer born in Hertford in 1993 rose to prominence with the release of his hit single Budapest had a UK number one hit in 2018 with Shotgun?
George Ezra
Due to the high speed at which the French Cavalry retreated how is the Battle of Guinegate which saw victory for the Anglo-Imperial Forces led by Henry VIII during the War of the League of Cambrai known?
Battle of the Spurs
Which Kenyan athlete broke Dennis Kimetto’s world marathon record in September 2018?
Eliud Kipchoge
Which 14th century French philosopher is famous for his paradox involving an ass examining indecision and free will?
Jean Buridan
What is the name of the tubes that transfer sperm from the testes to the penis which are cut and tied in a vasectomy?
Vas Deferens
Dartmoor Prison which is owned by the Duchy of Cornwall is situated in which Devon village?
Princetown
The book Q&A by Vikus Swarup was the basis for which Best Picture Oscar winning film?
Slumdog Millionaire
What number is directly opposite 20 on a dartboard?
Three
In the word ‘calligraphy’ the prefix is derived from the Greek ‘kallos’ meaning what?
Beautiful
Which operatic composer had the first names Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco?
Verdi
Often produced from the microbial breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen gas which chemical compound has a characteristic smell of rotten eggs?
Hydrogen Sulphide
Which Formula One team operating between 1986 and 2001 was funded by and named after an Italian fashion brand and retail group founded by four siblings?
Benetton
The Lannisters the Starks The Targaryens and The Tyrells are amongst the noble houses battling for supremacy in which series of novels by George RR Martin?
A Song of Ice and Fire
Which 2005 film starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman was based on a graphic novel and a comic strip series by British writer Alan Moore about an anarchist who launches a revolution to bring down a dystopian British state?
V for Vendetta
Lying 42 miles south east of Lake Titicaca what is the highest capital city in the world?
La Paz
At the 1993 Canadian General Election who was the sitting Prime Minister not only voted out of office but even lost their seat in Parliament?
Kim Campbell
What is the two-word name of the cocktail made with white rum pineapple juice grenadine and maraschino liqueur named after a silent film actress who is said to have invented it while on vacation in Cuba with her husband and their friend Charlie Chaplin?
Mary Pickford
With the first name Eilidh [pronounced Ay-Lee] which 400 metre hurdler carried the flag for Scotland at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
Doyle nee Child
Which site-specific painter who won the Turner Prize in 2009 has the same name as a former member of Pink Floyd?
Richard Wright
Later covered by the Rolling Stones - who had the original 1963 version of the Harlem Shuffle?
Bob & Earl
Meaning ‘great beast’ what is the name of the elephant-sized ground sloth native to South America that became extinct around 10000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene epoch?
Megatherium
Who was created Marshal of the Empire by Napoleon in 1804 and was nicknamed by him “the bravest of the brave”?
Michel Ney
Which London Underground line has 60 stations the highest number of any on the Tube system?
District
Which actor’s three Best Actor Academy Awards came for the films My Left Foot There Will be Blood and Lincoln?
Daniel Day-Lewis
The Tigris converges with which other major river to form the Shatt-Al-Arab at the town of Al-Qurnah 82km north of Basra in Iraq?
Euphrates
Which diminutive music hall and radio comedian whose catchphrase was “Don’t some mothers ‘ave ‘em?” died of an accidental drug overdose aged 51 on the day of his own mother’s funeral?
Jimmy Clitheroe
DABDA is an acronym representing the five stages of grief experienced by terminally ill patients after diagnosis. This model is popularly known by the name of which Swiss-American psychiatrist who introduced it?
Kubler Ross Model
The Kopesh Shotel Falcata and Khanda are all forms of which type of weapon?
Sword
Floor dips is an alternative name for what floor exercise which forms a basic part of military PT and is often used as a punishment in the services?
Press Up or Push Up
What patriotic collective name is given to the genre of guitar music established in the mid 1990s that included bands such as Oasis Blur Pulp and Ocean Colour Scene?
Britpop
Frederick Sanger won his first Nobel Prize in part for his determination of the structure of which hormone which reduces blood glucose levels and cannot be produced by Type 1 diabetics?
Insulin
Which 2018/19 Championship football team have played home matches at Millmoor Don Valley Stadium and currently the New York Stadium?
Rotherham United
The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth and The Fault in Our Stars by John Green both take their titles from lines in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
Julius Caesar
Four of the five men who served Henry VIII as Lord Chancellor shared which first name?
Thomas
Which photo and video-sharing company was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012?
Judi Dench was the wife of which deceased actor? They starred together in the sitcom A Fine Romance?
Michael Williams
One of only two English cathedrals with three spires which cathedral located in Cornwall is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary?
Truro
The highest scoring hand in a game of cribbage is a jack together with three cards of the same number or rank which number or rank?
Five
Which god in Irish mythology sometimes also known as Eochaid Ollathair [Ukh-id Olla-Hair] possessed a cauldron that was never empty and a harp that played by itself?
The Dagda
Which British blues musician founded the Bluesbreakers in 1963? The band had various lead guitarists over time including Eric Clapton Peter Green and Mick Taylor.
John Mayall
Which Italian-American physicist’s namesake estimation techniques can be used to approximate the answers to questions like how many piano tuners are there in Chicago?
Enrico Fermi
Which 2018/19 League One football team have played home matches at the Intake Ground Bennetthorpe ground Belle Vue and currently the Keepmoat Stadium?
Doncaster Rovers
Obtained from coal tar naphthalene is a solid white waxy hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C10H8 that gives which household items their distinctive smell?
Mothballs
What portmanteau name was given to the ecstasy-fuelled local music scene of an English city centred around its Hacienda Night Club and bands such as The Happy Mondays Stone Roses Inspiral Carpets Charlatans and James?
Madchester
Which messaging and VOIP (Voice Over IP) service was purchased by Facebook for $14 billion in 2014?
The Pilum Xyston [ZEYE-STON] Iklwa [ICKLE-WAH] Soliferrum and Hoko are all historical forms of which type of weapon?
Spear or Lance
Which city on the Caspian Sea the capital of a former Soviet state is the world’s lowest capital city?
Baku
Which music hall and radio comedian whose catchphrase was “Can you hear me Mother?” also had a famously incompetent ventriloquism routine?
Sandy Powell
Which Irish goddess associated with war and fate often appeared in the form of a crow known as the Badb [bathb] and was the wife of the Dagda?
The Morrigan
Which British blues musician led Blues Incorporated and later led CCS whose cover of Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love which was used as the Top of the Pops theme between 1970 and 1981?
Alexis Korner
A crunch is a floor exercise in which a person lies on their back legs bent the soles of the feet planted and raises their head and shoulders towards their knees. In which similar exercise is the back is also raised?
Sit Up
In a game of Cribbage how many points are scored by a player holding four aces in their hand?
Twelve
where many of the best-preserved examples are found?
Irish Elk or Irish Giant Deer or Megaloceros
Who is the widow of actor John Thaw? They starred together in the drama series Kavanagh QC?
Sheila Hancock
Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham and Present Laughter by Noel Coward both take their titles from lines in which of Shakespeare’s comedies?
Twelfth Night
Two favourites of Elizabeth I Dudley the Earl of Leicester and Devereux the Earl of Essex shared which first name?
Robert
The Murray river in Australia meets which other major river at the town of Wentworth New South Wales?
Darling
Which Canadian Prime Minister the youngest in the country’s history won the 1979 General Election but lost a no-confidence vote in parliament over his budget and subsequently lost the 1980 General Election?
Joe Clark
MBTI an introspective self-report questionnaire indicating differing psychological preferences in how a person perceives the world and makes decisions accordingly is named after which mother and daughter team who constructed it?
Myers- Briggs Type Indicator
Which 2001 film starring Johnny Depp was adapted from a graphic novel by Alan Moore that was based on the Jack the Ripper murders?
From Hell
Which artist best known for his video art who was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2006 has the same name as a one time member of Genesis?
Phil Collins
Named after its flamboyant Irish founder who is now a Formula One TV pundit which Formula One team operated from 1991 to 2005?
Jordan
Frederick Sanger won his second Nobel Prize for his work on sequencing which biological molecule whose double helical structure was first indicated in Photo 51 an X-ray taken by Rosalind Franklin?
DNA
Which operatic composer had the first names Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria?
Puccini
Morden the most southerly station on the London Underground network is on which line?
Northern
Which actor’s two Best Actor Academy Awards came for the films Philadelphia and Forrest Gump?
Tom Hanks
Which series of dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins featuring Katniss Everdeen is set in the country of Panem in which children are selected to participate in an annual compulsory televised battle royale death match?
Hunger Games
Who was created Marshal of the Empire by Napoleon in 1804 and was later to become King of Sweden?
Jean Bernadotte or Carl XIV John or Carl John
One of only two English cathedrals with three spires which cathedral located in Staffordshire is dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Chad?
Lichfield
Later a hit for both Blondie and Atomic Kitten The Tide is High was originally recorded by which Jamaican reggae band?
The Paragons
were prominent in 20th century American politics including one who became President?
Rose Kennedy
With the first name Jazmin but usually called Jazz which freestyle swimmer carried the flag for Wales at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games?
Carlin
Enrico Fermi was able to estimate the strength of what event in July 1945 by measuring the distance that it moved some scraps of paper he had dropped?
Trinity Test or First Nuclear Explosion
Prince Albert II of Monaco competed at five consecutive Winter Olympics for Monaco in which sport?
Bobsleigh
Which red wine from northern Spain with a five letter name is typically made with 60% Tempranillo grapes up to 20% Garnacha and a mixture of Viura Graciano and Mazuelo grapes?
Rioja
The second children’s book to win the Costa Book of the Year Award was which 2015 novel by Frances Hardinge?
The Lie Tree
Sharing its name with a BBC TV show hosted by Esther Rantzen which song by Frank Sinatra has the second line – “You’re riding high in April Shot down in May”?
That’s Life
Which Irish physicist won the 1951 Nobel Prize for his work in splitting the atom?
Ernest Walton
The official smartphone brand of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups which Chinese technology company that makes smartphones is named for the Esperanto word for life?
Vivo
In The Simpsons what is the surname of the Mayor of Springfield? His forename is Joseph usually shortened to Joe.
Quimby
Ringheads or Ringnuts are names used to describe people who are fans of a series of operas by which composer?
Richard Wagner
In which Swiss city are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee?
Lausanne NB not Lucerne
Which future US President married Mary Ann Todd on 4 November 1842?
Abraham Lincoln
What title is shared by a 2016 opera by Lori Laitman and David Mason and an 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne?
The Scarlet Letter
The Equator crosses the east coast of Africa at which country?
Somalia
Which veteran actor who has often played mobsters played Jack Byrnes the intimidating father-in-law of Ben Stiller’s character in the Meet the Parents series of films?
Robert De Niro
Count Cavour played a major role in the development of which highly tannin Italian DOCG red wine beginning with the letter B? It is made in Piedmont from 100% nebbiolo grapes.
Barolo
In environmental sciences sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are the two compounds that are by far the biggest constituents of which harmful phenomenon?
Acid Rain
What word can refer to a type of woodwork joint often used for picture frames and a type of religious head-dress?
Mitre
One of the three pastoral epistles written by St Paul was written to which saint who accompanied Paul and Barnabas on a journey to Jerusalem?
Titus
Which 2-word city in Alberta Canada is named after the eagle tail-feather headdress worn by a Blackfoot tribal traditional healer?
Medicine Hat
In test cricket against which side do Australia compete for the Border-Gavaskar trophy?
India
Which English noblewoman was de facto Queen of England and Ireland for 9 days in 1553?
Lady Jane Grey or Jane Dudley
The 2012 computer game Bad Piggies is a spin off from what game franchise?
Angry Birds
Which Roman emperor was originally named Gaius Caesar Germanicus?
Caligula
Which French artist painted Liberty Leading the People? They were both pictured on the French 100 franc banknote between 1978-95?
Eugene Delacroix
What word beginning with D is used in finance when the borrower is unable to repay or meet the legal obligations of a loan?
Default(er) or Defaulting
The head of which very large toothed whale contains a waxy liquid from which the whale derives its name?
Sperm whale
What is the surname of the fictional Doctor who has a soft drink named after him and the Sergeant who appears in a song by The Beatles?
Pepper
Elton John has the best selling single by a solo artist in the UK. Whose hit from 2013 is the second best selling single by a solo artist in the UK?
Pharrell Williams
In anatomy what word is used to describe a junction between two nerve cells consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter?
Synapse
Which classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson is mainly narrated by Jim Hawkins?
Treasure Island
Which British city’s railway stations include Haymarket Waverley and the recently opened Gateway?
Edinburgh
In which track and field event have the Americans Adam Nelson and Ryan Crouser been Olympic gold medallists this century?
Shot Put
In which Latin American country did the eruption of Volcan del Fuego kill at least 109 people in June 2018?
Guatemala
Jonathan Ross and Danny Baker were the two team captains on the pilot episode of which BBC TV comedy quiz show which once saw John Peel covered up in a baby’s pram?
Shooting Stars
The Henry and Hetty models produced by Numatic International and the Shark produced by Euro-Pro are examples of which household appliance?
Vacuum Cleaner
Which metallic element is found in the centre of chlorophyll the pigment which is responsible for the green colour of plants and leaves?
Magnesium
What is the name of the curled mark placed over the letter N in Spanish to create a different letter the enye for example in the word Español?
Tilde
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John have the best selling single in the UK by a duo. Whose double A-side from 1995 is the second best selling single by a duo in the UK?
Robson & Jerome
One of the FIFA World Cup sponsors which Chinese multinational conglomerate based in Beijing is the world’s biggest private property developer and owner of the world’s largest cinema chain?
Wanda
Which Arctic whale is also known as white whale or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter? It shares its name with a species of sturgeon that provides an expensive variety of caviar.
Beluga
Which British city’s railway stations include Snow Hill Moor Street and the recently refurbished New Street?
Birmingham
Replacing Eugene Delacroix on the French 100 franc banknote which French painter is mainly associated with his paintings of the Mont St Victoire in Provence?
Paul Cezanne
Which future US President married the widow Dolley Payne Todd on 15 September 1794?
James Madison
Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine was a spin off computer game from what video game franchise?
Sonic The Hedgehog
De’Longhi Magnifica ESAM Bosch Tassimo Vivy and Gaggia Classic are examples of what household appliance?
Coffeemaker
Which metallic element is found in the centre of haemocyanin the protein which is responsible for the blue colour of spider blood?
Copper
What word beginning with M is used in finance when an insurance policy reaches the end of its term and a sum can be paid out or reinvested?
Maturity or Maturation
Alan Carr was one of the team captains on the pilot of which BBC comedy quiz show originally hosted by Angus Deayton? The current team captains are David Mitchell and Lee Mack.
Would I Lie To You?
What avian-sounding word can refer to a type of joinery technique often used to join the sides to the front of a drawer and a method of shuffling playing cards?
Dovetail
In which track and field event have the Americans Angelo Taylor and Kerron Clement been Olympic gold medallists this century?
400m Hurdles
What is the name of the long thread-like extension of a nerve cell that conducts electrochemical impulses to neurons dendrites muscles and glands?
Axon
Which classic novel by Herman Melville is narrated by Ishmael?
Moby Dick
Excluding the disputed reigns of Jane Grey and the Empress Matilda which Queen of England and Ireland 1553-8 was the first queen regnant of England?
Mary I
What title is shared by a 2013 opera by Nolan Gasser and Carey Harrison and a 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett?
The Secret Garden
Which Roman emperor was originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus?
Nero
In which Swiss city are the headquarters of FIFA the international governing body of football?
Zurich
Which Italian wine beginning with the letter V is made in the Verona region from a blend of the grapes Corvina Veronese Rondinella and Molinara?
Valpolicella
In The Simpsons what is the surname of Springfield’s Chief of Police? His forename is Clarence although he is usually addressed as Clancy.
Wiggum
What is the surname of the fictional Doctor who appears in Aqua’s second UK number one single and a corporal in the Home Guard who knows that the enemy “don’t like it up ‘em?
Jones
Which Irish physicist gives his name to the type of scattering of light observed as a light beam passes through a colloid?
John Tyndall
Which is the fourth most populous city in Saskatchewan? It has a 2-word name taken from a bony part of a large native mammal’s body.
Moose Jaw
In one day international cricket against which side do Australia compete for the Chappell-Hadlee trophy?
New Zealand
Team Edward and Team Jacob are opposing factions of fans who are enthusiasts of which series of books and films by Stephanie Meyer. When grouped together they could be described as Twihards?
Twilight
Which was the last of St Paul’s 13 epistles to appear in the New Testament? It was addressed to a leader of the Colossian church.
Philemon
In which Latin American country did the so-called El Paraiso Stampede kill at least 17 people in June 2018?
Venezuela
In environmental sciences what is defined as an atmospheric gas that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range?
Greenhouse Gas
The Equator runs through Ecuador Brazil and which other South American country?
Colombia
Which veteran actor played Greg Focker the father of Ben Stiller’s character in Meet The Fockers and Little Fockers both sequels of Meet the Parents?
Dustin Hoffman
What is the name of the hooked mark placed under the letter c in French to soften it for example in the word garçon?
Cedilla
In 2016 the Beausejour Cricket ground in St Lucia was renamed after which West Indian cricketer a native of the Island?
Darren Sammy
A statue of which fairy tale character can be found in Copenhagen harbour?
The Little Mermaid
Which American engineer & architect invented the geodesic dome & proposed long-term plans for mankind’s survival on what he called ‘Spaceship Earth’?
Buckminster Fuller
What is the real surname of TV’s Chuckle Brothers?
Elliott
In arithmetic which name is given to the number below the line in a vulgar fraction a number that cannot be zero?
Denominator or Divisor
Who is the hero of five John Buchan novels including The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle?
Richard Hannay
What is Eddie’s surname in the sitcom Bottom?
Hitler
Which maker of sports cars was founded in Blackpool by Trevor Wilkinson in 1947 but is now based in Walliswood in Surrey?
TVR
The Lempa River rises in the Sierra Madre runs through Guatemala and Honduras before reaching the Pacific Ocean on the coast of which country?
El Salvador
When wrestling in the WWE the wrestler Jake Roberts would bring what creature with him into the ring? The wrestlers Andre the Giant and Earthquake were both said to have a morbid fear of this kind of animal.
Snake
Which Giacomo Puccini opera takes place in Japan telling the story of the love and heartbreak of Cio [pronounced Choh] Cio San?
Madame Butterfly
In which Eastern European country did the Velvet Revolution take place in 1989?
Czechoslovakia
Running from 1993 to the present day who is the host of the Essential Mix on Radio One a weekly show in which he plays an uninterrupted two hours of electronic dance music?
Pete Tong
Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner who died in 1925 is the founder of a method that is used in what establishments? This is also known as the Waldorf Method and it is offered in over 1000 of these institutions worldwide and about 35 in UK.
Schools or Education
The astronomer Vera Rubin’s studies of galactic rotation curves provided some of the strongest evidence for which substance? It is postulated to make up around 25% of the universe although it is as yet unobserved?
Dark Matter
In an iconic 1992 photograph taken by Martin Keene Princess Diana can be seen sitting alone in front which Indian landmark?
Taj Mahal
Which hit song by Kraftwerk takes its title from a sports event run annually since 1903?
Tour De France
Which British naval surgeon and explorer who circumnavigated Tasmania in 1798 gives his name to the strait separating it from mainland Australia?
George Bass
The postcode DT signifies which British town or city on the A35 trunk road?
Dorchester
Man of the match in the 2018 English FA cup final Antonio Rudiger plays international football for which country?
Germany
Which cruise line currently operates the ships Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2?
Cunard
In the traditional card game of Happy Families what is the occupation of Mr Bunn?
Baker
Which American blues singer nicknamed the Mother of the Blues was born Gertrude Pridgett and died of a heart attack aged 53 in 1939?
Ma Rainey
Fought between 1717 and 1720 the War of the Quadruple Alliance was so named because Great Britain and France united against Spain along with two allies. Name either country.
Austria or Netherlands
Which chemical element with the atomic number 15 is a reactive non-metal which burns in air and has three main allotropes; namely white red and black?
Phosphorous
I met a traveller from an antique land is the first line of which sonnet written by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley?
Ozymandias
The Mark Twain Prize for Humour has been won by six women. Which comedian and actress who won the award in 2003 played Violet Newstead in the film 9 to 5 and Debbie Fiderer in the TV drama The West Wing? She married her partner Jane Wagner in 2013.
Lily Tomlin
Which type of hat was named after the title character of an 1894 novel by George du Maurier?
Trilby
Which English actor and singer had number 1 singles in 1960 with Why and Do You Mind?
Anthony Newley
The name of which European country’s parliament which has only six constituencies is generally translated into English as Assembly for All?
Iceland
Wichita is the largest city in which U.S. state?
Kansas
Which Scottish player was the top points-scorer for the British and Irish Lions in the 1993 Test series against New Zealand scoring 38 points in the three Test matches?
Gavin Hastings
Olga Kurylenko played Camille Montez in a 2008 film the 22nd instalment of a series following which highly competent British spy most recently played by Daniel Craig?
James Bond
In 1986 Roger Vadim’s autobiography subtitled My Life With The Three Most Beautiful Women In The World was published. Which of these women was married to Vadim political campaigner Tom Hayden and media mogul Ted Turner?
Jane Fonda
The EPR Paradox is a thought experiment in quantum physics named after the 3 scientists who published it in a 1935 paper. If the E represents Albert Einstein which American-Israeli physicist is the R?
Nathan Rosen
Vyasa is traditionally attributed with the authorship of which major Sanskrit epic of ancient India that includes the Baghavad Gita?
Mahabharata
The Mark Twain Prize for Humour has been won by six women. Which comedian presenter and actress voiced the title character in the film Finding Dory and married her partner Portia de Rossi in 2008?
Ellen DeGeneres
Who is the male protagonist of H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines and its sequels?
Allan Quatermain
Which infamous substance which occurs in six natural forms has a name meaning unconsumable or inextinguishable? The three main types used in the UK are Crocidolite or blue Amosite or brown and Chrysotile or white?
Asbestos
Meaning great assembly or great thing what is the name of the national parliament of Norway?
Storthing
What was the surname of Big Mama the blues singer who was the first to record Hound Dog the Leiber & Stoller song?
Big Mama Thornton
When wrestling in the WWE the tag team of Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid would bring what kind of animal to the ring with them? Their tag team was named after this animal and Smith’s took the specific breed as his ring name during his later solo career.
Dog or British Bulldog
Which shipping line owned and operated the ships named Titanic Olympic and Britannic?
White Star Lines
In 1986 Roger Vadim’s autobiography subtitled My Life With The Three Most Beautiful Women In The World was published. Which of these women was married to Vadim and is a political activist and internationally renowned animal rights campaigner?
Brigitte Bardot
The EPR Paradox in quantum physics is named after the 3 scientists who published it in a 1935 paper. If the E represents Albert Einstein and the R Nathan Rosen which Russian-American physicist is the P?
Boris Podolsky
In October 1915 which country joined the First World War on the side of Germany Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire after which the Central Powers were also known as the Quadruple Alliance?
Bulgaria
Olga Kurylenko played Ophelia in a 2018 film the 3rd instalment of a series following which highly incompetent British spy played by Rowan Atkinson?
Johnny English
Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt an iconic photograph of the V-J Day celebrations of 1945 depicts a kissing embrace between a sailor and a woman in which New York intersection?
Times Square
Portland is the largest city and Eugene the third largest in which U.S. state?
Oregon
Which type of hat was named after the title character of an 1892 play by Victorien Sardou? The eponymous role was especially written for Sarah Bernhardt.
Fedora
Which English-born Australian singer had number 1 singles in 1963 with The Wayward Wind and Confessin’ (That I Love You)?
Frank Ifield
Man of the match in the 2017/18 Community Shield final Granit Xhaka [pronounced Jack-ah] plays international football for which country?
Switzerland
Based on Madame Butterfly which musical taking place during the Vietnam War is about Kim a seventeen year old working as a bar girl in a brothel named Dreamland?
Miss Saigon
In the traditional card game of Happy Families what is the occupation of Mr Soot?
Sweep
The San Juan River runs from Lake Nicaragua before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the coast of which other country?
Costa Rica
With about 600 nurseries and 22 schools for children aged over 6 schools of the St Nicholas group are more commonly known after which Italian philosopher who died in 1952?
Maria Montessori
What is Richie’s surname in the sitcom Bottom?
Richard (Richie Richard)
Hail to thee blithe Spirit is the first line of which poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley?
To A Skylark
Derived from a Latin word meaning “how many times” in arithmetic what is the result of division?
Quotient
The largest island in the Bass Strait is named after which explorer who accompanied George Bass on his circumnavigation of Tasmania and later became the first to circumnavigate the whole of Australia?
Matthew Flinders
The postcode SP signifies which British town or city on the A36 trunk road?
Salisbury
Which sports car manufacturer was founded in 1973 by Graham Nearn to continue manufacture of the Lotus 7 which had been discontinued by Colin Chapman’s Lotus company? It also sells its cars in kit form.
Caterham
What is the title of a 1980 song by David Bowie his second UK number 1 hit the title twice mentions a sporting trophy contested regularly since 1882 and now played for every two years or so?
Ashes to Ashes
Which Welsh player was the top points scorer for the British and Irish Lions in the 1997 Test series against South Africa scoring 41 points in the three Test matches?
Neil Jenkins
The astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell was one of the first to observe and recognise pulsars a rapidly rotating class of what very dense stars that are named for a subatomic particle?
Neutron Stars
In which Western European country did the Carnation Revolution take place in 1974?
Portugal
Specialising in rock and heavy metal music who was the main host of the Friday Night Rock Show which ran from 1978 to 1993 on Radio One?
Tommy Vance
What is the oldest body of Hindu religious texts written in Sanskrit and according to tradition compiled by Vyasa and divided into four samhitas?
Vedas
Nicknamed the Ambling Alp which Italian was World Heavyweight Boxing champion from between 1933 and 1934?
Primo Carnera
Which science fiction tv series [which ran for 10 seasons from 1997 to 2007] about inter-planetary travel via wormholes was a spin-off from a 1994 film starring Kurt Russell and James Spader?
Stargate SG-1
Great Britain was once known to the Ancients as Cassiterides because of the large deposits of which element found in Cornwall?
Tin
Nicknamed the Black Uhlan of the Rhine which German was World Heavyweight champion between 1930 and 1932?
Max Schmeling
Which horror-based tv series ran for 7 seasons from 1997 to 2003 concerned teenagers in the town of Sunnydale and was a spin-off from a 1992 film with the same title which starred Kristy Swanson?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The I-90 [Eye Ninety] is the longest of America’s interstate roads. Which city in Massachusetts is found at its Eastern Terminus?
Boston
The I-90 [Eye Ninety] is the longest of America’s interstate roads. Which city in Washington State is found at its Western Terminus?
Seattle
Which metallic element was discovered in Cornwall by William Gregor in 1791 and named after a group of giants from Greek myth whose number included Zeus’ father Cronus?
Titanium
The singles hits When Doves Cry and Let’s Go Crazy were released on which Prince album also the title of a film in which he starred?
Purple Rain
John C Woods was the executioner of 10 men after which historic 1946 Trial?
Nuremberg Trial
What nine letter word meaning to confound was the name of the quiz which could be played on Channel 4 Teletext?
Bamboozle
Used by Penguin Books Cambridge University Press Heathrow and Oxford University Press which serif typeface created by the British branch of the Monotype Corporation is named after a Venetian poet and cleric?
Bembo
Which late American folk singer-songwriter wrote social justice songs including This Land Is Your Land and frequently performed with the slogan This machine kills fascists prominent on his guitar?
Woody Guthrie
Currently moored in Long Beach California the interiors of the RMS Queen Mary were used for some of the pre-capsize scenes in which 1972 Irwin Allen-produced disaster film?
The Poseidon Adventure
Leeds Castle houses a museum dedicated to which canine accessories?
Dog Collars
What name was shared by the company which owns; Alton Towers Blackpool Tower and Warwick Castle; and the publishing company which produced the official stickers of the Premier League until they were renamed Topps Trading Cards in 2008?
Merlin
In which Charles Dickens novel could you meet the characters Miss Havisham and the criminal Abel Magwitch?
Great Expectations
Which football team has been the English league champions on the most occasions 20 in all including the Premier League and its predecessor the Football League championship?
Manchester United
In mathematics what name is given to all positive integers (counting numbers) but excluding negative integers?
Natural numbers
Which English cavalry commander lost a leg at the Battle of Waterloo? He had the amputated limb buried in a garden in Waterloo where it became a tourist attraction.
Earl of Uxbridge or Henry Paget
Which 4-letter word ends the famous quote by John Maynard Keynes - In the long run we are all …”?
Dead
What name is shared by a religious movement founded by George Fox and a brand of Porridge Oats founded in 1877?
Quaker
Which Canadian band had a top 5 hit in 1991 with a song called Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm?
Crash Test Dummies
Also starring his frequent collaborator Ben Stiller - in which 2004 Rawson Marshall Thurber film did Vince Vaughn play gymnasium owner Peter LeFleur?
Dodgeball : A True Underdog Story
Aqua Fortis is an archaic name for which acid?
Nitric
Which company are to make their new X-Trail model in Japan rather than at their plant in Sunderland?
Nissan
Thoth the Egyptian god of the moon is often depicted with the head of which animal or of which bird?
Ibis or Baboon
In the South Park version of Monopoly - who is the only adult character to feature as a playing piece?
Chef
Designed by Alsop and Störmer which community facility in South East London won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2000?
Peckham Library
With the same name as a 1960s stage and screen musical which Aidan O’Brien trained horse won the Epsom Derby in 2012?
Camelot
Which large predatory freshwater fish native to the UK shares its name with an infantry weapon with a pointed metal head and a character in Dad’s Army played by Ian Lavender?
Pike
Which body part was severed from Robert Jenkins a captain of a British merchant ship leading to a war that bears in its name?
Ear
What is the title of the Prokofiev piece from Romeo And Juliet that has been used as the overture for the 1979 film Caligula the theme tune for The Apprentice on the BBC1 reality TV show and by Sunderland AFC as the team takes to the field?
Dance of The Knights or Montagues & Capulets
Which Sesame Street character was orange in the first series before becoming his more familiar green colour? This was explained away within the show as being due to a visit to Swamp Mushy Muddy.
Oscar the Grouch
The main manufacturing plants of the aviation company Boeing are at Everett and at Renton both within the metropolitan area of which US city?
Seattle
Who when accepting her BAFTA Best Actress award in 2019 proudly announced that she was off to “get pissed”?
Olivia Colman
Which Scotsman formulated a group of eponymous equations governing classical electromagnetism in 1861-2? Originally a series of 20 equations they are now better known in a simpler form reformulated by Oliver Heaviside consisting of just four equations?
James Clerk Maxwell
Following the death of Nero in 68Ad the year 69AD was the known as the Year of the Four Emperors and was concluded by the reign of which Emperor who gave his name to a urinal?
Vespasian
Henri Matisse who died in 1954 was the founder of which artistic movement named after a French word for wild beast?
Fauvism or Fauves
Which England opener is the only cricketer to score a test match triple century at Lords scoring 333 in 1990?
Graham Gooch
Manitoulin the largest freshwater lake island in the world can be found in which very large lake?
Huron
In August 2018 who became the first so-called plus-size model to appear on the cover of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan?
Tess Holliday
Justin Hayward had a Top 5 hit in 1978 in whose title it was Autumn for what length of time?
Forever
Which actor and writer performs as TV characters Tommy Saxondale Pauline Calf and Tony Ferrino?
Steve Coogan
The main office and final assembly production centre of the aviation company Airbus is located in Blagnac a suburb of which French city?
Toulouse
In 1974 at a screening of which Mark Robson disaster film ceiling plaster was damaged at Hollywood’s Grauman’s Chinese Theatre because of the “rumble” generated by its Sensurround system? Its stars including Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner were unmoved.
Earthquake
What is the title of the Camille Saint-Saens tone poem Opus 40 featuring violin brass and xylophone that was the theme tune to the BBC detective show Jonathan Creek?
Danse Macabre
The Five Good Emperors were Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius and which Emperor known for his philosophical writings named Meditations?
Marcus Aurelius
Which fish family found in British coastal waters shares its name with the heraldic word for a star and a much-maligned man’s hairstyle in which the hair is cut short at the front and sides and left long at the back?
Mullet
Which team has won the FA Cup on the most occasions 13 times in all most recently in 2017?
Arsenal
Designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners which charity’s drop-in facility located at Charing Cross Hospital won the Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2009?
Maggie’s Centre
In September 2018 who became the first black photographer to shoot a Vogue magazine cover for the issue guest-edited by Beyoncé?
Tyler Mitchell
In the title of The Kinks number 3 hit single in 1967 Autumn was followed by which word for an annual list of events?
Almanac
The War of Jenkins Ear was fought between Britain and which other European country in an effort to reduce that country’s trade influence and empire in the Caribbean and the Americas?
Spain
Olkhon the fourth largest freshwater lake island in the world is found in which lake?
Baikal
Also starring his frequent collaborator Ben Stiller - in which 2004 Todd Phillips film did Vince Vaughn play Jewish drug kingpin Reese Feldman?
Starsky and Hutch
Frida Kahlo who died in 1954 was married twice to which fellow Mexican painter?
Diego Rivera
While speaking after she accepted her Best Actress Oscar what was Olivia Colman’s audible response when she was instructed to “wrap it up”?
Blew A Raspberry
Two of the four Maxwell equations governing classical electromagnetism are themselves named after which German mathematician and physicist?
Carl Friedrich Gauss
The Nintendo version of Monopoly features a Shield and some Iron Boots as playing pieces - both belonging to Link the central character in which Nintendo game series?
The Legend of Zelda
In mathematics what name is given to all numbers that can be represented as a distance along a line sometimes called Measuring Numbers? These can include fractions decimals negative and irrational numbers.
Real Numbers
With the same name as a 1960s television western series which Aidan O’Brien trained horse won the Epsom Derby in 2002?
High Chaparral
In which Charles Dickens novel could you meet the characters Mr Sowerberry and the criminal known as the Artful Dodger?
Oliver Twist
Which brand of porridge oats was formerly advertised as ‘Central Heating For Kids’ but now uses the slogan ‘Central Heating for Everyone’? TV adverts depicted children with an orange glow after eating it?
Ready Brek
Trerice House in Cornwall houses a museum which is dedicated to which piece of garden equipment? A second museum for this object can be found in Southport.
Lawnmower
Which Sesame Street character was known as Baby Monster when he first appeared in the 1970s? His character developed in the 1980s when he acquired his name and distinctive childlike manner of referring to himself in the third person?
Elmo
Which late American folk singer-songwriter’s best-known songs include Where Have All the Flowers Gone? If I Had a Hammer and Turn! Turn! Turn!?
Pete Seeger
Which Japanese car company are to close their plant in Swindon by the year 2022?
Honda
The Egyptian god Sebek or Sobek the god of fertility and of military prowess had the head of which creature?
Crocodile
What name is shared by a construction and housebuilding firm that merged with Taylor Woodrow in 2007 and spelt without a letter E by a fast food chain that had most of its UK branches rebranded as Burger King in the early 1990s?
Wimpy
Aqua Regia is a mixture of Nitric and which other acid?
Hydrochloric
Which England all-rounder has the best ever test bowling figures at Lords taking 8-34 in 1978?
Ian Botham
Which British singer and his backing band had a top 5 hit in 1964 with a song entitled Um Um Um Um Um? Their best known hit was The Game Of Love in 1965.
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Which Union commander lost a leg at the Battle of Gettysburg? He preserved the bones from the leg and donated them to the Army Medical Museum in Washington D.C. in a small coffin-shaped box.
Dan Sickles
Which 5-letter word is missing from this quote by John Maynard Keynes - The avoidance of ***** is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward?
Taxes
Which actor and comedian created the TV characters C U Jimmy Cooperman and Basildon Bond?
Russ Abbot
Voiced by Allan Lane which talking horse was owned by Wilbur Post?
Mr Ed
Which theatre manager & impresario built London’s Savoy Theatre in 1881?
Richard D’Oyly Carte
The Tarpeian Rock is part of which of the Seven Hills of Rome?
Capitoline Hill
What name is given to a post or target mounted on a pole to be tilted at as jousting practice by knights?
Quintain
On a site measuring 402 acres what is the world’s largest religious monument?
Angkor-Wat
Which aid to the gardener was invented by James Dyson and first produced for sale in 1974?
Ballbarrow
Also used as a term of endearment in parts of North East England what animal is a hybrid of a male horse and a female donkey?
Hinny
What is the name of the snowman shaped Trans-Neptunian object photographed in January 2019 by the New Horizons spacecraft?
Ultima Thule
Similar to a pickaxe the cutter and the pick are the two forms of which hand tool that combines an axe with an adze?
Mattock or (En)trenching Tool
To which deity was the temple of Angkor-Wat dedicated at its construction?
Vishnu
What is the name and number of the Chinese probe that achieved the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon on 3rd January 2019?
Chang’e-4
found in marmosets capuchins and tamarins?
Monkey’s Blood
In The Hall Of The Mountain King is a part of which larger work by Edvard Grieg?
Peer Gynt Suite
David Bryan Tico Torres and Richie Sambora are members of which band that is named after its lead singer?
Bon Jovi
Which National Trail runs 267 miles northward from Edale in the northern Derbyshire Peak District to Kirk Yetholm just inside the Scottish border?
Pennine Way
Hyde Park Corner was a pre-established codename used by the British establishment to communicate the death of which important figure in 1952?
George VI
Lynne Frederick who played Catherine Howard in the 1972 film Henry VIII And His Six Wives was the last wife of which comic actor who died in 1980?
Peter Sellers
Also used to mean taking time off school without permission or malingering what name is given to the process of removing a slice of leather or metal?
Skiving
Which English physicist gives his name to a type of scattering of light responsible for the blueness of the sky and the redness of dawn?
Lord Rayleigh or John William Strutt
Which American-born Saracens winger became the first player to score tries in three different premiership rugby union finals when he scored in the 27-10 win over Exeter in the 2018 final?
Chris Wyles
Which man is pictured on a one hundred US Dollar banknote?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the first name of the Fair Maid of Norway who was named Queen of Scots on the death of her grandfather in 1286?
Margaret
Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko were leading figures in which art and architectural movement that originated in Russia in the 1920s?
Constructivism
Which BBC TV children’s series was originally based on a book by Dick King-Smith about Harmony Parker a 10-year-old girl who receives a magic fifty pence coin that grants her seven wishes?
The Queen’s Nose
Which nocturnal fox found in North Africa and Arabia is the world’s smallest canid? Its name comes from the Berber word for fox.
Fennec
The game of canasta in which players collect cards into sets takes its name from a Spanish word that means what?
Basket
What animal appears on the logo of Lloyds Bank?
Horse
The Roald Dahl title character Danny and Jack Dawson from the film Titanic considered themselves respectively the Champion and the King of what?
The World
Somersby Cider marketed as the creation of the fictional English Lord Somersby is actually produced by which major European brewing company?
Carlsberg
Verseau is the French for which sign of the zodiac?
Aquarius
Which town in Russia is home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and gives its name to the transition metal with the atomic number 105?
Dubna
Which jockey’s four Epsom Derby winning rides include Troy in 1979 and Henbit in 1980?
Willie Carson
Hilary Mantel’s novel Wolf Hall is set during the reign of which English Monarch?
Henry VIII
In the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi the 6 feet 11 inch-tall actor Joonas Suotamo took over the role of which character Han Solo’s co-pilot from Peter Mayhew?
Chewbacca
Which strait lies between Sri Lanka and the Indian state of Tamil Nadu?
Palk Strait
When asked on his deathbed in 323 BCE to whom he was bequeathing his kingdom which leader reportedly said To the strongest?
Alexander the Great of Macedon
The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov is best remembered for his study of conditioned reflexes in which animals?
Dogs
Jamie Vardy is a striker at which English Premier League club? He signed from Fleetwood Town in 2012.
Leicester City
Named by organisers as an LGBTQ icon which Australian singer will headline the 2019 Brighton Pride event?
Kylie or Minogue
In China foreign place-names often have a descriptive literal translation. Which iconic building that opened in 2012 was dubbed the “London Cone”?
The Shard
Formerly known as joruri what name is given to the Japanese form of puppet theatre whose popularity was boosted by the works of Chikamatsu?
Bunraku
Today it is owned by National Trust which residence near High Wycombe was the country house of the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli?
Hughenden Manor
Mentioned in his Nobel Award citation which Thomas Mann novel chronicles the decline of a wealthy north German merchant family over the course of four generations?
Buddenbrooks
In which Carla Lane sitcom did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Adam Parkinson?
Butterflies
Which strait lies between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf?
Strait of Hormuz
Mike Smith Lenny Davidson Rick Huxley and Denis Payton were all members of which 1960s band named after its drummer?
Dave Clark Five
What was the title of the Phillipa Gregory novel concerning the sister of Henry VIII’s second wife?
The Other Boleyn Girl
England midfielder Dele Alli plays at which English Premier League club? He joined from MK Dons in 2015 aged just 18 at the time.
Tottenham Hotspur
Which city in Germany is home to the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and gives its name to the radioactive element with the atomic number 110?
Darmstadt
Also an instruction meaning ‘go away’ what word is used to describe an informal shut down of a nuclear reactor?
Scram
Strongbow is a dry cider produced by H. P. Bulmer in England since 1962. Bulmer’s is now a subsidiary of which major European brewing company?
Heineken
Which country house in Hertfordshire was the residence of the prime ministers Viscount Melbourne and Lord Palmerston who both died in the house?
Brocket Hall
Considered one of the major works of German literature which Thomas Mann novel is about Hans Castorp’s journey to visit his tubercular cousin who is seeking a cure in a sanatorium in Davos?
The Magic Mountain
Which jockey’s two Epsom Derby winning rides to date are Authorized in 2007 and Golden Horn in 2015?
Frankie Dettori
The form of shadow puppet theatre known as Wayang is most commonly associated with which Asian country?
Indonesia
Which BBC TV children’s series starred James Bolam as the owner of a magical shrinking cap which enables him to shrink to about 4 or 5 inches tall run very fast and bring objects to life?
Grandpa In My
Which US singer will headline the Manchester Pride event of 2019? Despite her special link with the city there has been a backlash against a non-gay artist headlining the Pride event.
Ariana Grande
Which Macedonian general succeeded Alexander the Great and founded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for over three centuries?
Ptolemy I Soter
The Austrian ethologist Karl von Frisch is best-remembered for interpreting the meanings of the waggle-dance performed by which creatures?
Bees
The name of a children’s game Frank Sinatra in the song New York New York and the propane salesman Hank in the title of the animated sitcom are all described as the king of what?
The Hill
Which 20th century Indian physicist gave his name to the form of scattering when light passes through a transparent material and some of the deflected light changes in wavelength?
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Belier is the French for which sign of the Zodiac?
Aries
Lynne Frederick who played Catherine Howard in the 1972 film Henry VIII And His Six Wives was the first wife of which TV presenter and journalist who died in 2013?
Sir David Frost
What was the first name of the Fair Maid of Kent who was the mother of English king Richard II?
Joan
Which National Trail runs 84 miles from Wallsend Tyne & Wear to Bowness on Solway Cumbria?
Hadrian’s Wall Path
In the Star Wars film The Last Jedi the 3 feet 8 inch-tall actor Jimmy Vee took over the role of which regular character from Kenny Baker?
R2D2
The Flower Duet is taken from which opera by Leo Delibes?
Lakme
Which word used in many different card games particularly whist games such as bridge is derived from the Italian word for triumph?
Trump
What animal appears on the logo of Barclays Bank?
Eagle
First proposed in 1953 but not put into action until 1965 Operation Hope Not was the codename for the funeral plans of which important British figure?
Winston Churchill
What is the common name of the North American mammal of the genus Procyon. This word is included in the 3-word common name of the Japanese dog the tanuki because of its striking physical resemblance to the animal in question.
Raccoon
Which Mayfair street was given the descriptive literal translation of “Custom made rich people street” in a 2015 vote by Chinese people to rename foreign landmarks and places?
Savile Row
Which art movement characterized by simple geometric shapes was founded in Russia by Kazemir Malevich in the 1910s?
Suprematism
Which American-born Ireland international fly half has won two rugby union European Cups with Munster and in 2018 was appointed backs coach for Crusaders in Super Rugby?
Ronan O’Gara
Which man was pictured on the back of the last Bank of England £1 note from 1978 until withdrawn from circulation in 1988?
Sir Isaac Newton
In which John Sullivan sitcom did Nicholas Lyndhurst play Freddie The Frog Robdal?
Rock And Chips
Which place is mentioned in the first line of the nursery rhyme Ride A Cock Horse?
Banbury Cross
Meaning ‘That’s Life’ which song title has provided UK hits for both Robbie Nevil and B*Witched?
C’est La Vie
In chemistry what is the positive electrode of an electrolytic cell called?
Anode
Appearing in both Whizzer And Chips and The Dandy what was the name of the comic strip which depicted a haunted parody of the fictional school Grange Hill?
Strange Hill
Consumption is an archaic name for which disease?
Tuberculosis or TB
Tom Holland is the latest actor to play which Marvel Comics superhero on the big screen?
Spiderman
When she died in 2012 at the age of 110 Florence Green was the last British woman survivor to participate in what major event?
First World War
In Japan who or what is a Rikishi?
Professional Sumo Wrestler
Gal Gadot plays which DC Comics superhero on the big screen?
Wonder Woman
When he died in 2009 at the age of 111 who was the surviving last British serviceman to take part in the First World War?
Harry Patch
What is the Japanese word for the ring in which sumo wrestling bouts are held?
Dohyo
Falling sickness is an archaic name for which medical condition?
Epilepsy
Ahura Mazda is the creator and sole god of which Asian religion named for an Iranian prophet?
Zoroastrianism
The WWE star Dave Bautista plays comic book character Drax the Destroyer in which 2014 film and its 2017 sequel also starring Chris Pratt Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper?
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nicknamed The Granite City which is the most easterly of Scotland’s seven cities?
Aberdeen
Born in c1412 in Domremy and dying aged 19 in Rouen in 1431 who was known as the Maid of Orleans?
Joan of Arc
Which ‘K’ is a fermented slightly alcoholic lightly effervescent sweetened black or green tea drink which is often ingested as a probiotic?
Kombucha
In her autobiography Reckless rock star Chrissie Hynde claims that her first kiss was with which soul singer whose only UK number 1 was Reet Petite in 1986?
Jackie Wilson
What unit of distance equal to just under a hundred and fifty million kilometres was originally defined as the semi-major axis of Earth’s orbit round the Sun?
Astronomical Unit
In which event did Holly Bradshaw win a silver medal for the British team at the 2019 European Indoor Athletics Championships?
Pole Vault
On the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List which city on the banks of the Po in Lombardy Italy is the historic home of violin making?
Cremona
A massacre of French Huguenots in 1572 supposedly ordered by Queen Catherine de Medici took place on the eve of which saint’s feast day after which it is named?
St Bartholomew
Which British abstract artist born in 1931 is famous for her paintings such as the op-art monochrome work “Movement in Squares”? She won the Venice Biennale Art prize in 1968.
Bridget Riley
Which American reality TV series originally created for Lifetime and shown in the UK on 5* is set in the Abby Lee Miller Dance Academy?
Dance Moms
Thought to be the largest species of snake in the world to which non-venomous family of snakes does the Green Anaconda belong?
Boa
Which 2003 Spiel des Jahres winning board game is set in and named after a 14th Century palace and fortress in Granada Spain
Alhambra
Complete the advertisement slogan first used in the 1990s: There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else there’s …?
Mastercard
Symphonies nicknamed Eroica Pastoral and Choral along with the opera Fidelio and the short piano piece Fur Elise are amongst the compositions of which composer born in Bonn in 1770?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Devised in the 1960s to describe a key on a standard telephone keypad the ‘octothorpe’ is an alternative name for which symbol ubiquitous in social media?
(Hash/Hashtag)
Which Modest Mussorgsky tone poem makes up the final segment of the 1940 Disney film Fantasia in a sequence that sees the devil Chernabog awakes and summons evil spirits and restless souls from their graves?
Night on Bare Mountain
Which Austrian-Swedish physicist along with Otto Hahn and Otto Robert Frisch led a group of scientists who first discovered nuclear fission of uranium when it absorbed an extra neutron? Element no.109 of the Periodic Table is named after her.
Lise Meitner
Which New Zealand rugby union coach led Wales for the last time in a Six Nations match in March 2019 masterminding victory over Ireland?
Warren Gatland
Winner of the 2015 Booker Prize for his work A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James is a writer from which Commonwealth Caribbean island country?
Jamaica
Rumi and Sir Carter are the names of the twins born in 2017 to a musical couple from the US; name either parent?
Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Antalaha Sambava and Vohemar are among the areas of Madagascar which help to produce approximately two thirds of the world’s supply of which food flavouring derived from the orchid family of the same name?
Vanilla
In which modern-day country did the battles of Ramilles Waterloo and Ypres take place?
Belgium
Galena is the most important ore of which metallic element with the symbol Pb?
Lead
In their first Euro 2020 qualifying game Scotland were embarrassed to lose 3-0 to which team a former Soviet state with a recently renamed capital who are ranked 117th in the current FIFA rankings?
Kazakhstan
In 2000 which fiery Irish Manchester United footballer berated some of the home fans at Old Trafford for their lack of passion calling them the prawn sandwich brigade?
Roy Keane
In 1968 suffering from mental health problems exacerbated by drug use the singer and guitarist Syd Barrett left which rock band shortly after the recording of A Saucerful of Secrets?
Pink Floyd
With its capital at Klagenfurt which Austrian federal state has Slovene as an official language alongside German?
Carinthia (accept Kärnten or Koroška)
Who has been French Prime Minister since May 2017?
Edouard Phillipe
The literary protagonist Harry Angstrom featured in a series of novels written by which American author?
John Updike
What surname is shared by the actor Doug who played Trampas in the Western series The Virginian and Vicky who plays DS Kate Fleming in the crime series Line of Duty?
McClure
The Dehesa landscape of Portugal known locally as montado produces approximately half the world’s supply of which impermeable buoyant material?
Cork
The WWE star Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock plays Luke Hobbs in which film franchise his first appearance being in a 2011 film the franchise also stars Vin Diesel Paul Walker and Ludacris?
The Fast and the Furious
Winner of the 1991 Booker Prize for his work The Famished Road Ben Okri is a writer from which Commonwealth West African country?
Nigeria
In their second Euro 2020 qualifying game Scotland were lucky to overcome which team 2-0 an entirely enclaved micro-state currently ranked 211th and last in the current FIFA rankings?
San Marino
Which American nuclear scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron – a device used to identify artificial radioactive elements? Element no.103 of the Periodic Table is named after him.
Ernest Lawrence
Rock star Chrissie Hynde married which singer and songwriter from The Kinks despite the registrar at their wedding advising the couple not to go ahead because they clearly looked unsuited to one another?
Ray Davies
An archaic unit of weight common in Spain and Portugal the arroba was represented by what symbol now ubiquitous in online communication?
@ (AT sign)
Who has been President of Germany since March 2017?
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
The literary protagonist Nathan Zuckerman featured in a series of novels written by which American author?
Phillip Roth
Which New Zealand rugby union coach led Ireland for the last time in a Six Nations match in March 2019 masterminding defeat to Wales?
Joe Schmidt
With its capital at Eisenstadt which Austrian federal state has the local dialect of Croatian as an official language alongside German?
Burgenland
Which American reality TV series created for TLC and shown in the UK on the Food Network is set in Carlo’s Bake Shop?
Cake Boss
Which jewellery company went into rapid decline on the British high street in 1991 after its chairman unwisely described some of its products as “total crap” and “cheaper than an M&S prawn sandwich but they probably won’t last as long”?
Ratners
In which modern-day country did the battles of Malplaquet Agincourt and Verdun take place?
France
Bauxite is the most important ore of which metallic element with the symbol Al?
Aluminium
Symphonies nicknamed Paris Prague and Jupiter the operas Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte and the divertimento A Musical Joke are amongst the compositions of which composer born in Salzburg in 1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
What unit of distance equal to just over thirty trillion kilometres is defined as the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends one second of arc?
Parsec
