bqc3 Flashcards
Which is the only Yorkshire dale to form its own Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty — and not to be part of the Yorkshire Dales national park?
NIDDERDALE (accept NETHERDALE)
Which celebrity builder first found fame on the television series ‘Ground Force’ in 1997, and is the subject of a 2011 song by Half Man Half Biscuit?
Tommy WALSH
Which family — whose ranks have included a British prime-minister — own Burleigh House?
the CECIL family
Peterborough United FC play their home matches at a ground with what (rather mundane) name?
“LONDON ROAD”
Who married All Saints’ Natalie Appleton in 2002?
Liam Paul Paris HOWLETT
George Du Maurier’s character Svengali is popularly thought to have been inspired by which French harpist — who co-founded the Royal Academy of Music?
Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA (accept Robert-Nicolas-Charles BOCHSA)
Which West Yorkshire town features a statue of Ernie Wise — who won a talent-contest there in 1936?
MORLEY
Which British motor-vehicle manufacturer described himself as the “hyphen” in the Rolls-Royce name — keeping the business running after Charles Rolls’ death in 1910?
Claude Goodman JOHNSON
The works of which British sculptor include a memorial to Edith Cavell, outside the National Portrait Gallery; and a statue of Peter Pan, in Kensington Gardens?
George James FRAMPTON
In 1977, which Paul Nicholas song reached Number 6 on the Billboard chart?
‘HEAVEN ON THE 7TH FLOOR’
Which west-coast inlet — on the border between England and Scotland — stretches from St Bees’ Head to the Mull of Galloway?
the SOLWAY firth
The football-club Queen of the South play their home matches in which town?
DUMFRIES (accept DÙN PHRIS)
Which town is paired with Crewe, in the name of an English parliamentary constituency created in 1983?
NANTWICH
The Sopwith Camel is regarded as the successor to which previous fighter-aircraft of the First World War?
the Sopwith PUP
Once the largest ship in the world, RMS ‘Oceanic’ was wrecked off which remote Shetland island in 1914?
FOULA
Which British actor of stage and screen starred in ‘The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp’, and ‘A Matter Of Life And Death’?
Roger LIVESEY
In a possible case of nominative determinism, which brothers launched Tizer in 1924?
Fred and Tom PICKUP
Which Scottish town is the home of AG Barr — which owns Irn-Bru, Tizer, and Rubicon?
CUMBERNAULD
Which controversial Greek shipping-magnate purchased Nottingham Forest FC in 2017?
Evangelos MARINAKIS
As of 2024, which manager of Nottingham Forest FC is the only Premier League manager to be born on the island of São Tomé?
Nuno Herlander Simões ESPÍRITO SANTO (accept NUNO Herlander Simões Espírito Santo)
Which Aberdeen-born architect designed the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, in Trafalgar Square?
James GIBBS
Which 1879 children’s book is regarded as having launched the career of the illustrator Kate Greenaway?
‘UNDER THE WINDOW: Pictures & Rhymes For Children’
In 1936, who became the first woman since 1769 to be elected a full member of the Royal Academy?
Dame Laura KNIGHT (accept Dame Laura JOHNSON)
In 1967, the first public exhibition of the work of Malcolm McLaren took place at a gallery at 26, Kingly Street, Soho — co-run by which artist and his wife?
Keith ALBARN
Which English artist wrote the best-seller ‘The Hare With Amber Eyes’?
Edmund Arthur Lowndes de WAAL
Which Augustinian priory in Nottinghamshire was the ancestral home of Lord Byron?
NEWSTEAD abbey
What title links a 1927 silent film directed by Victor Fleming — for which Emil Jannings won the first Academy Award for Best Actor — and a posthumous semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler, which traces four generations of the Pontifex family?
“The WAY OF ALL FLESH”
Who won the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her second novel, ‘Brotherless Night’?
VV GANESHANANTHAN (accept Sugi GANESHANANTHAN)
Along with Wigan Casino and the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, which nightclub in Stoke-on-Trent was an epicentre of the Northern Soul scene?
the GOLDEN TORCH
Along with Wigan Casino and the Golden Torch in Stoke-on-Trent, which nightclub near Manchester’s Deansgate was an epicentre of the Northern Soul scene?
the TWISTED WHEEL
Which château-style hotel in Droitwich earned fame in the 1960s, for its association with the Northern Soul movement?
Château IMPNEY
Having the real given-name and surname “Charles Hatcher”, which soul legend died in 2003 of a heart-attack at his home in Nottinghamshire?
Edwin STARR
Which actress played Peggy Woolley in ‘The Archers’, but is — as of August, 2024 — still alive, at the age of one-hundred-and-five?
June Rosalind SPENCER
Which comedy writer created the comedy-drama series ‘Benidorm’?
Derren Ronald LITTEN
The actress Nathalie Lunghi is the daughter of Cherie Lunghi and which film-director?
Roland JOFFÉ
Which former partner of Robert Lindsay — and cousin of the footballer Gary Birtles — starred in ‘Hollyoaks’, ‘Benidorm’, and ‘Crossroads’, and played Maureen Holdsworth in ‘Coronation Street’?
Sherrie Lynn HEWSON (accept Sherrie Lynn HUTCHINSON)
The actress Esme Creed-Miles is the daughter of the actor Charlie Creed-Miles, and which double-Oscar-nominated actress?
Samantha Jane MORTON
Who are the three hosts of the podcast ‘My Dad Wrote A Porno’?
Alice Esme LEVINE, Jamie MORTON, and James COOPER
Which actress played Sarah-Jane Smith in ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Sarah-Jane Adventures’?
Elisabeth Clara Heath-SLADEN
Which novelist wrote the ‘Confessions Of Georgia Nicholson’ series for teenage girls — the first two being adapted into the film ‘Angus, Thongs, And Perfect Snogging’?
Louise RENNISON
Who played Mildred Hubble in the 2017 CBBC series ‘The Worst Witch’?
Bella RAMSEY (accept Isabella May RAMSEY)
Who created the ‘Worst Witch’ series of children’s books?
Jill MURPHY
Billie Whitelaw was considered the foremost interpreter of the works of which playwright?
Samuel Barclay BECKETT
Based on a 1980 novel by the Booker prize-winner Barry Unsworth — and directed by Basil Dearden’s son, James — which 1988 drama film starred Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, and Helen Mirren?
‘PASCALI’S ISLAND’
Which screenwriter wrote several Ealing comedies, and won an Academy Award for ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’?
Thomas Ernest Bennett CLARKE (accept Tibby CLARKE)
Which director of ‘Frozen’ and ‘Frozen 2’ married Alfred Molina in 2021?
Jennifer Michelle LEE (accept Jennifer Michelle REBECCHI)
Whom did Millie Bobby Brown marry in 2024?
JAKE BONGIOVI
Which 1928 novel details a love-affair between Stephen Gordon and Mary Llewellyn?
‘The WELL OF LONELINESS’, by Radclyffe Hall
Which Corsican-born musician was the original guitarist with the Police?
Henry PADOVANI (accept Henri PADOVANI)
Bruce Forsyth both spoke and served as a pallbearer at the 1965 funeral of which boxer — the world light-heavyweight champion between 1948 and 1950?
Freddie MILLS (accept Frederick Percival MILLS)
Which sportsman and administrator is credited with originating the idea of the FA Cup, and was the winning captain for Wanderers in the competition’s first final in 1872?
Charles William ALCOCK
Which musician was born in 1979 in Hexham, Northumberland?
Pete DOHERTY
