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Lucille Ball husband

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Desi Arnaz

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Smashing Pumpkins debut studio album.

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Gish

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Jen in IT Crowd and Lauren in Spreadsheet.

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Katherine Parkinson

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Company that makes Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts.

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Square Enix

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Canadian company owned by EA has Baldur’s Gate, Star Wars Knights of Old Republic, Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

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BioWare

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Born Sarah Faith Griffiths, single Mirror Talk, named Rising Star at 2021 Brit Awards. Debut mixtape One Foot in Front of the Other.

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Griff

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Signed for Gingerbread Man Records, sid soundtrack to Trying and debut album You Signed Up For This.

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Maisie Peters

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What does MASH stand for?

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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

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Name of nightclub in New York featuring DJ Larry Levan, lends name to garage music.

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Paradise Garage

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First two hosts of Blue Peter.

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Christopher Trace and Leila Williams

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Longest serving Blue Peter presenter

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John Noakes

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Second longest serving Blue Peter presenter

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Peter Purves

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Longest serving female and overall third longest presenter of Blue Peter.

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Konnie Huq

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Fourth longest serving presenter and second longest female of Blue Peter.

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Valerie Singleton

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Who played Tony in West Side Story 1961?

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Richard Beymer

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Name of Hyacinth Bucket’s unseen son in KUA?

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Sheridan

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Oven chips and Microwavable chips, largest frozen potato goods?

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McCain

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Name of the Tindall children

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Mia, Lena and Lucas

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Which PSP successor was released by z Sony in 2011, discontinued 2019?

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PlayStation Vita

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German experimental band formed in Cologne in 1968 with vocalists such as Malcolm Mooney and Damo Suzuki?

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Can

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Royal Brierley is a crystal brand based in which county!

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Devon

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15th wedding anniversary is which gift? Royal Brierley and Baccarat dead giveaway.

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Crystal

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Magazine centre/left political, founded in 1913, edited by Jason Crowley now. Guest edited Gordon Brown.

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The New Statesman

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Belfast theatre founded in 1951 and was nominated for Stirling Prize after redevelopment in 2011?

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Lyric Theatre

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Which handheld device was released by a valve Corporation in February 2022?

Steam Deck

Nepal time zone?

+5.45 GMT

20th anniversary? Belleek and Haviland make this.

Porcelain China

1996 Terry McMillan novel adapted into 1998 film with Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs?

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Emerald anniversary is how long?

55 years

60 years is what anniversary?

Diamond

Name of digital video game storefront launched in 2018 as alternative to market leader Steam (run by Valve).

Epic Games Store

What was the name of the football team in Footballers Wives?

Earls Park FC

Name given to make up brush used to apply foundation with two layers of bristles and blunt end.

Stippling Brush

Band fronted by Nathan Moore also with Eg White. Best songs The Harder I Try and He Ain’t No Competition. Album: Get Even.

Brother Beyond

Yanny vs what shrub?

Laurel

Boy band with Phil Creswick, Mark Gillespie and Jason John, best song Blame It On The Boogie.

Big Fun

Name given to small make up brush resembling mascara brush used to comb and shape eyebrows.

Spoolie

Cloud gaming platform developed and operated by Amazon

Luna

Cloud gaming service operated by Google shutting down in January 2023

Stadia

Grape is 76% of Marlborough Region yield in New Zealand

Sauvignon Blanc

Canadian sketch group troupe including Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Bruce McCulloch, Dcott Thomson and Kevin McDonald

The kids in the hall

Who bought the topshop and Miss selfridge brands in 2021 after collapse?

Asos

Released EP the walls are way too thin in November 2021z winner of brit award rising star at the 2022 Awards

Holly Humberstone

Hotel on 11 floors of Burj Khalifa owned by which brand more known for fashion

Giorgio Armani

Which online retailer bought Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Wallis in 2021?

Boohoo

Alan Hawkshaw composed Chicken Man the original title music to which now defunct kids tv show

Grange Hill

Winner of BBC sounds of 2022, her debut album To Hell With It gave us Just For Me and Pain.

PinkPantheress

American sketch show by Keenan ivory wayans and the wayans family. Launched Jim carrey; J Lo and Jamie foxz

In Living Colour

Ellie Goulding 2015 On My Mind is an answer song in response to which 2014 Ed song?

Don’t

Only sound of music song by a von trap without their siblings is which song by Liesl and Rolfe

Sixteen going on seventeen

Which singer is the sister of Ray J and cousin of Snoop Dogg and known for sitcom Moesha and playing Cinderella and I still know what you did last summer: sang the boy is mine with Monica.

Brandy Norwood

1975 sitcom starred Spike Milligan in brown face playing illegal Asian immigrant. Only pilot shown.

The Melting Pot

Omaha variant of poker means player dealt how many hole cards instead of two?

Four

Sometimes known as French parsley and smells like myrrh resin, what French cuisine fines herbes begins with C

Chervil

Master of Ballantrae novel written by who after they visited Nuku Hiva in 1888? Nuku Hiva is largest of the Marquesas Islands.

Robert Louis Stevenson

When You’re in Love and Bless Your Beautiful Hide are songs in which musical performed by Adam?

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

John Mayer 2013 song Paper Doll allegedly answer song to which 2010 Taylor swift song?

Dear John

Which 1990 sitcom had Hitler and Eva Braun live next door to Jewish couple Goldensteins? Only pilot shown.

Heil Honey I’m Home

Most mother goose productions from Hickory Wood’s 1902 version which starred which music hall actor in role? Actor paired with The Limehouse Golem in novel bt Peter Ackroyd. Real name George Wild Galvin

Dan Leno

Which US recreational vehicle brand named via county in Iowa in which founded is named after Native American people

Winnebago

Theme tune of 1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Performed by Louis Armstrong and final words James Bond says to his wife in movie

All the Time in the World

Who played Madam Pomfrey in Harry Potter? Also Bridget Jones mother

GemMa Jones

Take the A Train and work with Billy Strayhorn

Duke Ellington

Model in video for Billy Joel uptown girl in 1983

Christie Brinkley

American sitcoms with Brooke shields as title role and judd Nelson as boss about San Fran mag writer

Suddenly Susan

Jay Rayner Podcast where they go to slap up meal and interview famous face

Out to Lunch

French fashion designer head designer at Dior at 21, trapeze line. Go set up own brand where he made Le smoking tuxedo for women and launched rive gauche range

Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran, Algeria But has museum in which North African city?

Marrakesh

Westlife uptown girl video had which model married to David copper field and Matthew Vaughan

Claudia shiffer

American sitcom starring Kirstie Alley in title and Wallace langham as assistant about lingerie designer adjusting single life

Veronica’s closet

Jazz saxophonist known for Blue Train and 1963 collab with Duke Ellington

John Coltrane

Who played Quirinus Quirrel in Harry Potter? Playing John Lennon in backbeat and Arthur Conan Doyle in finding neverland

Ian Hart

Visit Ban Jelacic Square, Lake Jarun, Megredvad Fortress in which European city?

Zagreb

Carly Simon song that was 1977 born film The Spy Who Loved Me

Nobody Does It Better

Last king to reside in which Richmond palace was George II, renovated by Wren

Hampton Court Palace

Who was managing Pierre Cardin boutique in Manilla at 22 and then known for torso shaped bottles of perfume

Jean Paul Gaultier

Jessie Ware podcast about eatin meal at mother Lennie’s house

Table Manners

All female band featuring Lita Ford; Joan Jett and Jackie Fox; cherry bomb song

The runaways

Rob Halford is lead singer of which heavy metal band

Judas Priest

Frontman of Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath (replacing Ozzy), Dio and Heaven & Hell died in 2010

Ronnie James Dio

1968 concept album inspired by Devon and Under Milk Wood features Picture Book and Do You Remember Walter?

Village Green Preservation Society

Bon Jovi 1986 album has songs wanted dead or alive and Livin’ on a Prayer

Slippery When Wet

Falcon and Winter Soldier actor who played Tommy Lee in recent Disney plus show

Sebastian Stan

Which band was playing at the Bataclan Theatre in Paris in November 2015 attacks.

Eagles of Death Metal

Swedish metal band known for focus on historical wars share name with piece of armour, most famous song is Primo Victoria about Normandy landings

Sabaton

Name of music festival held at Catton Hall in Walton/on/Trent Derbyshire since 2005?

Bloodstock Open Air

Which actor was in a 1980s punk band with Craig Ferguson called Dream Boys

Peter Capaldi (also won 1995 best doc Oscar for Franz Kafka Wonderful Life)

American retired as tress played Cindy loo hoo in grinch and Jenny Humphrey on gossip girl quit acting and now lead singer of The Pretty Reckless since 2009

Taylor Momsen

Robson and Jerome played Dave tucker and paddy Garvey in which tv drama mitliary theme

Soldier soldier

Traditional part of Scottish highland dress, pouch on front of kilt

Sporran

Name of 1996 debut film of Paul Thomas Anderson starring Philip Baker Hall, JC Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman, veteran gambler take a homeless man under wing.

Hard Eight

Named after contemporary artillery gun, which gin and champagne cocktail is particularly associated with movie Casablanca?

French 75

Sainsburys Premium Own Label Range

Taste the Difference

ASDA premium brand is called what

ASDA extra special

From May 2022 what is ASDa value brand known as

aSda just essentials

Who wrote and presented The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling

Who directed Bend it like Beckham, Blinded by the Light, Bride and Prejudice, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Bhaji on the Beach?

Gurinder Chadha

Hilary Mantel book about French Revolution

A place of greater safety

Now on BBC6Music, Cerys Matthews former lead singer of whcich band?

Catatonia

Hepworth, Dark Star and Weltons are all breweries that can be found in which modern English county?

West Sussex

Which fashion designer created the meat dress Lady Gaga wore to the MTV VMAs 2010?

Franc Fernandez

Who is founder of Comme des Garçons (little heart with eyes) and Dover Street Market?

Rei Kawakubo

Which mind and body exercise regime designed to improve strength posture and fitness named after German creators

Pilates

Now on BBC6Music, Huey Morgan is former front man of whcih abdn?

Fun Lovin Criminals

Wild weather, elusive and siren can be found in whcih county - breweries?

Berkshire

Who started as Jesminder Bharma in Bend it like Beckham, she went into be in ER

Parminder Nagra

Hilary Mantel book about psychic travelling around Home Counties who is haunted by ghosts from her childhood

Beyond black

Which actress is daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and therefore granddaughter of Elvis and Priscilla?

Riley Keough

Which author has written books The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six and Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Who wrote the tv anthology series tales of the unexpected based on his short stories

Roald Dahl

Named after music genre, what 1979 baseball promotion saw Chicago White Sox forfeit match due to explosive damage on field

Disco Demolition Night

Named after beverage, what 1974 baseball promotion saw Indians forfeit to Rangers due to drunken fans

Ten Cent beer night

Harold Wilson presented two episodes of which chat show after holding office?

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Fashion designer designed Bjork’s swan dress worn to Oscar’s?

Marjan Pejoski

Who began exploratory excavations at Hisarlik (site of Troy) seven years before Heinrich Schliemann got there?

Frank Calvert

Name of Bogotá airport, meaning golden one

El Dorado international airport

Who wrote and performed Mississippi Goddamn in 1964, angry at murders of Medgar Evers and Emmett Till

Nina Simone

Name of Laurie Anderson’s album from which O Superman was taken?

Big Science

Mind and body exercise regime means supreme ultimate fist in Chinese but frequently done by old people

Tai Chi

Ginger rogers won best actress Oscar for which 1940 film

Kitty Foyle

Liz Truss husband name

Hugh O’Leary

Liz truss children

Frances and Liberty

Rishi Sunak wife

Akshata Murthy

Rishi Sunak children

Krishna and Anoushka

Lead singer of The Seekers

Judith Durham

Pop band formed by Keith Potger with Eve Graham with songs I’d Like to teach the world to sing, you won’t find another fool like me, Beg steal or Borrow (1972 eurovision).

The New Seekers

Actress found dead in car in 1935 mysteriously, roles in Monkey Business and Speak Easily and worked with laurel and hardy.

Thelma Todd

Stefano Massini 2014 play about the breadodwn of us company in 2008

The Lehman Trilogy

Which music producer of Tornados hit “Telstar” in 1962, shot his landlady Violet Shenton in 1967?

Joe Meek

Actor okayed superman in 1950s adventures of superman and was in from here to eternity died of gunshot to head, ruled suicide, sceptical.

George Reeves

Former model target of murder in 1975 and his dog Rinka killed, portrayed by Ben Wishaw in 2018 A Very English Scandal

Norman Scott

Organisation provider of physical and virtual shared spaces founded by Neumann and McKelvey had a failed IPO of company stock.

WeWork

Who was consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark? Refused to be buried next to her as she wouldn’t make him King Consort.

Prince Henrik

Michael Cashman played Colin Russell in which soap opera? In 1989 he was one half of the first gay kiss on a British soap.

Eastenders

Lead singer of A-ha

Morten Harket

Lead attorney for the defence in notorious Leopold and Loeb trial in Chciago in 1924 inspiring Hitchcock film Rope.

Clarence Darrow

Sequel to knives out name

Glass Onion

Name of five piece string jazz band formed by Django Reinhardt in Paris

Quintette du Hot Club de France

Actor who was Sweeney Todd in original cast alongside Angela Lansbury and then also recurring character Michael Haggarty in Murder, She Wrote.

Len Cariou

Carmen Callil founded which publisher in 1973 from Latin for strong woman

Virago Press

Anna Friel played Beth Jordache in which soap opera? In 1994, she was one half of the first lesbian kiss on British soap!

Brookside

Lead singer of ABC

Martin Fry

Lead singer of Depeche Mode

Dave Gahan

Lead singer of human league

Philip Oakey

Lead singer of Aztec camera

Roddy Frame

Discussions of cryptography; alice and Bob are used to show close knit pals talking; which E is the one trying to intercept message?

Eve

Martha Rowe and Rosie Boycott in 1972 founded which feminist magazine based on a biblical reference?

Spare Rib

2022 film starring Farrell and Gleeson directed by Martin McDonagh

The Banshees of Inisherin

Sega successor to genesis?

Saturn

Violinist founded quintette du hot club de France with django Reinhardt ?

Stephane Grappeli

Subgenre, deriv of cyberpunk, is optimistic vision of sustainable future of tech and nature?

Solarpunk

Vehicular soccer video game published by Psyonix

Rocket League

Brand of brandy produced in Gascony traditionally made using column stills as opposed to pot stills.

Armagnac

Social Media publisher known for mash up songs: Still MaY featuring Snoop Mogg and Fight for your right to party by Boris Johnson

Joe

Interregnum period of the British isles

1649-60

Ted and his gardener Ralph, Swiss Toni, Ron Manager appear on which sketch show?

The Fast Show (Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams)

Which Fast Show character says “I’m very very drunk”

Rowley Birkin (played by Paul Whitehouse)

Which fast show character is a football commentator played by Paul Whitehouse

Ron Manager

Which fast show characters work in formal wear shop with catchphrase suits you sir

Ken and Kenneth

Which fast show character paints scene and gets depressed at the colour black

Johnny Nice Painter

Name of fast show character who “used to be a _____ myself” obsessed with Frank Sinatra and sings “high hopes”

Archie the Pub Bore

Fast show catchphrase said by Paul Whitehouse when in boring or bizarre situations says this line at which point him and the men leave the scene.

“anyone fancy a pint”

Fast show character with catchphrase “oh bugger”, lonely old age pensioner played by Whitehouse

Unlucky Alf

What was stage name of Thomas Henry Sargent and billed as the cheeky chappie. They don’t make em anymore duck, now there’s a funny thing, listen listen, there’ll never be another.

Max Miller

English comedian born 1900 in Dingle known for short stature and glasses, catchphrases: hello playmates, I thank you, before your very eyes.

Arthur Askey

Lisa Kudrow played Ursula Buffay a waitress in which sitcom before Friends?

Mad About You

Who played Paul Bachman and Jamie Buchman a married couple living in New York from 1992 to 1999?

Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt

Name of Louis Tomlinson #1 album in 2022

Faith in the future

Booker Dewitt is protagonist of which third game of Bioshock series first not underwater in Rapture and 2013

Bioshock Infinite

Subtitle of new 2022 Gods of War release hinting at Norse battle

Ragnorak

Subtitle of first Elder Scrolls released in 1994

Arena

Subtitle of Elder Scrolls II released in 1996

Daggerfall

Subtitle of elder scrolls III released in 2002

Morrowind

Subtitle of elder scrolls iV released in 2006

Oblivion

Subtitle of elder scrolls V released in 2011

Skyrim

Catherine Bordey and commissioner Patterson only regular characters to appear in every series of which popular bbc crim programme

Death in Paradise

Main characters of Death in Paradise in order please

Ben Miller (Richard Poole), Kris Marshall (Humphrey Goodman), Ardal O’Hanlon (Jack Mooney), Ralf Little (Neville Parker)

Mrs Melrose Ape, Miles Malpractice appear in which 1930 book where all employed by Mr Chatterbox to write gossip column.

Vile Bodies

Awash river found entirely in which country?

Ethiopia

Jamal Edwards founded which music platform in 2006

SBTV

Name of Mitchell and Webb look characters who are alcoholic chain smoking snooker commentators

Ted and Peter

Name of the Mitchell and Webb look tv debate show hosted by Raymond Terrific

Big Talk

Australian singer #6 in uk in 1994 with “chains”, one of highest selling Australian artists with 10m albums worldwide.

Tina Arena

Main character of Mass Effect

Commander Shepard

Main villains in Mass effect 1 game

Reapers

Name of video game character from Metroid series

Samus Aran

What is the subtitle of the fourth mass effect game which stars Pathfinder Ryder as protagonist

Mass Effect Andromeda

Main character from escape from monkey island (2000)

Guybrush Threepwood

Name of electorjic act produces mashup songs with videos normally “______ vs the target of the parody”

Cassetteboy

French First Republic Dates

1792-1804

French spirit and aperitif, first commercialised by Paul Ricard in 1932c is made from star anise?

Pastis

Primary source of Jewish law, central text is comprised of Mishnah (written transcription of oral Torah) and the Gemara (analysis and commentary on Mishnah itself)?

Talmud

Name of urban music focused media outlet platform cofounder by Mark Thorne (Sketchy).

GRM Daily

What Is a quarter of a barrel known as?

Firkin

Whcih novel by Nathaniel West is named after the newspaper advice column written by unknown main character

Miss Lonelyhearts

Who author of 1933 Miss Lonelyhearts and 1939 The Day of the Locust

Nathaniel West

Death in Paradise set on which fictional island capital honore

St Marie

Name of Samoan born New Zealand. Chef former judge on master chef the professionals and has restaurant “mere”.

Monica Galetti

Which Irish chef replaced Monica Galetti on master chef the professionals in 2022. She has restaurant called Myrtle

Anna Haugh

Director of Blue is the warmest colour and winner of Palme dor

Abdellatif Kechiche

Director of die Hard 2, cliffhanger; the long kiss goodnight and deep blue sea. Bad film Cutthroat Island has guiness record for largest box office loss.

Renny Harlin

Name of Scottish porridge spoon

Spurtle

Actresss married to Lewis Casson, Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan especially for her.

Sybil Thorndike

Actress married to Herbert Wilcox (producer and director). Portrayed Nell Gwyn (1934), Queen Vic (Victoria the Great and Sixty Glorious Years), Edith Cavell (1939) and Florence Nightingale (1951).

Anna Neagle

Who played the role of Billy the Kid in 1988 film “Young Guns”?

Emilio Estevez

Who played Buzz Aldrin in Damien Chazelle’s First Man

Corey Stoll

Chilean filmmaker directed No (2012), Neruda (2016), Jackie (2016) and Spencer (2021)

Pablo Larrain

Who directed Solaris, Stalker, Mirror, Ivan’s Childhood?

Andrei Tarkovsky

Who directed The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Ordet (1955), Vampyr (1932)?

Carl Theodor Dreyer (Danish born 1889)

Who directed Tokyo Story, Late Spring, An Autumn Afternoon, Early Summer

Yasujiro Ozu

Which director did Breathless (1960), Vivre sa vie (1962), Contempt (1963), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot Le Fou (1965). Early career film critic for magazine Cahiers du Cinema.

Jean-Luc Godard

Whalebone traditionally used as stiffening in which womens garment?

Corset

Which species of whale known for underwater singing as seen in Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home

Humpback Whale

Which day named after Odin’s wife?

Friday (Frigg)

Bingo: what is snakes alive

55

Bingo stairway to heaven

67

What is the name of the hickory wood stick used in Shinty?

Caman

What game was developed in British India from earlier game of Battledore

Badminton

Song: “I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me”

Norwegian Wood by the Beatles

Song: “The old hometown looks the same”

The Green Green Grass of Home by Tom Jones

Song “I see a red door”

Paint it black by Rolling Stones

Song “desert loving in your eyes all the way”

Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

Breed of Dougal the dog from magic roundabout

Skye Terrier

Whose autobiography was called Arias and Raspberries

Harry Secombe

Harry Secombe sequel to Arias and Raspberries (1989)

Strawberries and Cheam (1996)

Who wrote “Unreliable Memoirs”

Clive James

Whcih music manager was played by Richard Madden in Rocket Man and by Aidan Gillen in Bohemian Rhapsody?

John Reid

Who wrote The Prestige

Christopher Priest

Uk #2 song “I’m gonna make you mine” and us #1 Lightnin Strikes is by whcih American

Lou Christie

Senegalese musician associated with Mbalax. Achieved hit with 1994 duet with Neneh Chrrry.

Youssou N’Dour

Which Nigerian musician associated with afrobeat, his 1977 album Zombie achieved acclaim.

Fela Kuti

Which athleisure clothing line is owned by Beyoncé and crossed with Adidas and with topshop back in day

Ivy Park

2015-21 which Radio 4 sitcom written by Ed Rowett, starring Nigel havers, Matthew Baynton and Josie Lawrence “London’s worst advertising agency”

Reluctant persuaders

Who won BMX racing silver and gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for team GB

Kye Whyte and Bethany Shriver

AEW (all elite wrestling) star villain lost to CM Punk at Revolution 2022z. Doesn’t breakncharacter even at conventions.

MJF

Caryl Churchill 1982 play features Marlene, pope Joan and patient griselda

Top Girls

Five genders been recognised in Bugis people, majority of whom live on what island? This island most populous city is Makassar.

Sulawesi

Actress won 2 Oscar’s one for 1946 To Each His Own and 1949 The Heiress. Died 2020 at 104

Olivia de Havilland

Actor died in 2014 at 104 won back to back best actress forn1936 Great Ziegfeld and 1937’s The Good Earth

Luise Rainer

2012-16 Radio 4 sitcom written and starring Jack Doherty along with Kerry Godliman, John a Thompson, Charlie Higson and Katherine aparkinson follows three couples with marriages in various stages of disrepair

Start/Stop

Nadleehi one genderfluid social role among which Native American people that govern 71k square km consisting Utah; New Mexico, arizona

Dine (accept Navajo)

Canadian pop star had uk #3 single in 2020 with You Broke Me First and 2022 single #14 She’s all I wanna be

Tate McRae

Which popular 1980s line of fruit scented dolls that featured eponymous character and friends such as Apple Dumplin’ and Crepes Suzette

Strawberry Shortcake

Name of the Prison in Porridge

Slade

1971 the who album with baba O’Riley, behind blue eyes, won’t get fooled again

Who’s next

Us time zones startin east….

Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific

Lead singer of the Sweet who died in 1998

Brian Connolly

Dance of the sugar plum fairy in whcih opera

Nutcracker

Sweets for my sweets 1963 hit for which group

The Searchers

2022 book Fairy Tale is by which American author

Stephen King

Who released second book Young Mungo in 2022 after his first book Shuggie Bain?

Douglas Stuart

Comic published between 1974 and 1986 featured Union Jack Jackson, Bomber Braddock and Spider Wells

Warlord

Which comic features characters Big Vern, Millie Tant, Roger Mellie?

Viz

Who played Sgt Ernest “Ernie” Bilko in his namesake sitcom in the 1950s?

Phil Silvers

Name of test pilot extraordinaire as main hero of supermarionation tv series Supercar

Mike Mercury

Who was described as a “bank clerk who went to war” at the ashes 1975, cricketer went prematurely grey, played for Northamptonshire. Voted SpOTy 1975.

David Steele

Three actors who starred in comedy sketch show Three of a Kind in 1981

Lenny Henry, Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield

In The Night Garden: IgglePiggle(blue) best friends with what character with flower in name?

Upsy Daisy

Which in the night garden character lives in cave!

Makka Pakka

Name of the trio in In the night garden made up of Unn, Ooo, Eee, live in a bush.

Tombliboos

Neighbours of the Pontipines in In the night garden, wear blue

The Wottingers

Neighbours of the Wottingers in In the Night Garden, wear red

The Pontipines

Ninky Nonk is a train in In the Night Garden, what is the name of the airship

Pinky Ponk

Group of birds who sing in In the night garden

Tittifers

Laurel and Hardy fan club name

Sons of the Desert

By the sleepy lagoon by Eric Coates theme music for which radio show

Desert Island Discs

Name of theme music of The Archers. Written in 1924 by Arthur wood. Recording made by Sidney Torch and orchetsra.

Barwick Green

Who played Ironside

Raymond Burr

Ironside’s first name

Robert T Ironside

Perry Mason played Raymond Burr was invented my which author

Erle Stanley Gardner

Virus in alpha virus family named after the woody region of northern Victoria region of Australia

Barmah Forest Virus

Ebola named after river in which country

DRC

Zika virus named after forest in which country

Uganda

Hantavirus named after river in which country

South Korea

From Greek “to wither”, whcih form of severe malnutrition is characterised by energy deficiency.

Marasmus

Which severe protein malnutrition shown by Edema and enlarged liver is insufficient protein consumption specific distinguishing itself from marasmus. From Ga language (Ghana) for “the sickness the baby gets when new baby comes”

Kwashiorkor

Who plays adult Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of Dragon

Emma D’Arcy

Who plays young Rhaenyra Targaryen in Hiuse of Dragon?

Milly Alcock

Who composed score and theme song to house of dragon

Ramin Djawadi

Who played Galadriel in The Rings of Power

Morfydd Clark

Who played Elrond in Rings of Power

Robert Aramayo

Which actor played MLK in Selma, Seretse Khama in A United Kingdom, Robert Katende in Queen of Katwe. Danny Hunter in Spooks and Javert in Les Mis on tv.

David Oyelowo

What multiplayer online battle arena game published by Riot Games. Main mode is called Summoner’s Rift, destroys the enemy’s Nexus. Has lots of leagues.

League of Legends

In video games what does MOBA stand for

Multiplayer online battle arena

Dota is a series of strategy video games by Valve. What does Dota stand for? You are a hero and try to destroy the opponent large structure which is the A of the title.

Defence of the Ancients

Name of current Chief Mouser

Larry

Gordon Brown’s chief mouser cat

Sybil

David Cameron’s chief mouser between 2012-14

Freya

Cat Chief Mouser between Thatcher, Major and Blair 1989-1997

Humphrey

Evidence that which Lord Chancellor 1515-29 introduced concept of chief mouser when he kept his cat while as LC

Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Name of brownie made without chocolate, with vanilla used instead of cocoa.

Blondie

In Anglican tradition what service is broadly equivalent to Vespers in Catholic liturgy?

Evensong

What are Canonical Hours in order? 9 of them

Vigil (2am), Matins (3am), Lauds (dawn), Prime (first hour of daylight), Terce (9am), Sext (noon), Nones (3pm), Vespers (6pm), Compline (end of day)

Name of the video game where teams of twrrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror while counter terrorists try to prevent it.

Counter-Strike

Counter strike was originally a mod (modification) for whcih game developed by Valve?

Half Life

What is the name of the character which must escape the Black Mesa Research Facility after invaded by aliens in Half Life?

Gordon Freeman

What is the subtitle of the 2020 VR first person shooter of Valve game Half Life?

Alyx

In which riot games shooter set in near future are the playable agents split into four roles: duellist, sentinel, initiator and controllers. Sort of like counter strike.

Valorant

Which first player hero shooter by Blizzard are players assigned into teams of six from large roster of players, complete map specific objectives, set 30 years after the Omnic Crisis. Two soldiers in charge of it: Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison.

Overwatch

Military sci fi franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard. 26th century, four species struggling for dominance: Terrans, insectoid Zerg, powerful Protoss and godlike Xel’Naga in distant part of Milky Way called Koprulu Sector

StarCraft

Paltrow’s mum

Blythe Danner

Emma Thompson mother

Phyllida Law

Daniel Day Lewis mother name

Jill Balcon

Whose movies include Mamma Mia, The Iron Lady and Herself

Phyllida Lloyd

Who directed The Greatest Showman

Michael Gracey

Which film director Titus, Frida, The Tempest (Mirren is Prospero), The Glorias (2020 about Steinem) Produced Lion King theatre Produced/directed jukebox movie Across the Universe about a Beatles songs

Julie Taymor

Brian Cox plays whcih role in Succession?

Logan Roy

Jeremy Strong plays who in Succession?

Kendall Roy

Name of company in Succession?

Way star Royco

What name is shared by a composer and lutenisr who wrote music for shakespeare and the other a blues pioneer reputed to have learnt his craft from the devil!

Robert Johnson

Which brown finch gets name for fondness for flax seeds - Linaria Cannabina

Linnet

Which finch with a characteristic beak is often accorded the description Scottish and is the only bird species endemic to the Uk?

Scottish Crossbill (Loxia Scotica)

Which common garden finch; green with black and yellow markingsF once known as an Aberdevine? Spinus Spinus

Siskin

How many seasons of Friends

10

How many episodes of Friends

236

Title of arctic monkey’s Whatever People Say I Am, That’s what I’m not is a line delivered by Albert finney in which 1960 film based on Alan Sillitoe novel

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Who composed and name of opera with subtitle “pictures of pagan Russia in two parts”

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Specific mode of transport propelled by a Quant

Punt (accept Barge)

Spanish word for cyclists achievements

Palmares

Named after the Hertfordshire location which it was created, method of efficient dough production to make bread quickly, developed by Bill Collins and co.

Chorleywood

Henry VIIi and Francis I met at which event in 1520

Field at the Cloth of Gold

Sulfite turns to Sulfate with the addition of an atom of which element

Oxygen

Which politician party founded as Brexit Party in 2018 changed name to what in Jan 2021 after Brexit

Reform UK

Whcih two word French term describes the situation in which a pawn captures a horizontally adjacent enemy pawn that has just advanced two squares in a single move

En Passant

From the German to bungle, what is the P for a weak chess player

Patzer

Meaning “I adjust” in French, what utterance before making a move allows a player to legitimately move a piece within its square

J’adoube

Suricata Suricatta is a small mongoose found in Southern Africa better known as what

Meerkat

Prairie dog is actually type of

Squirrel

Which French actor and mime artist associated with Bip the clown

Marcel Marceau

French actor film maker associated with persona of Monsieur Hulot

Jacques Tati

In reference to one in biblical Jerusalem on a site which had been source of high quality clay for ceramics, what name given to graveyards reserved for unidentified and destitute

Potters Field

Most common application of four in hand knot

Tying a tie

Taking name from one in Corsica, name given to small circular forts constructed around englands south coast defend again napoleon france

Martello Towers

Real name of Siouxsie Sioux

Susan Ballion

Oldest kardashian and married to Travis Barker

Kourtney Kardashian

Sauce uses butter and egg yolks, white wine vinegar, shallot, chervil, peppercorns and tarragon.named after province near Pyrenees.

Bearnaise

Which source is egg yolks and butter but with lemon juice as opposed to other herbs like bearnaise.

Hollandaise

Sauce made from butter:flour 1:1 and then milk, can use salt or nutmeg. Named after a financier who held honorary post of chief steward to Louis Xiv

Bechamel

What sauce is espagnole sauce as base with mushrooms and shallots

Sauce Chasseur

Named after nationality, what sauce dark brown roux, brown stock added, beef, vegetables and seasoning.

Espagnole sauce

Which sauce is a clear sauce made by reducing clear stock (made from unroasted bones) and thickened with white roux. Named for its texture in French.

Veloute sauce

French chef born 1784 known for The King of Chefs and the chef of kings. Hired by Talleyrand during Congress of Vienna. Replaced service a la France (serve all at once) with service a la russe (each dish in order).

Marie-Antoine Careme

Emperor of Russia between 1801 and 1825

Alexander I

Which French diplomat has become a byword for crafty, cynical diplomac, 1st prince of benevento, bishop of autun, 1st prime minister of France, minister of foreign affairs

Talleyrand

Congress of Vienna dates

1814-15

Congress of Vienna chaired by which foreign minister of Austria who became chancellor in 1821-48

Klemens von Metternich

Koblenz, city in Rhineland-Palatinate, is named for the confluence of which two rivers?

Rhine and Moselle

Which country has international vehicle registration code A

Austria

Which country has international vehicle registration code B

Belgium

Which country has international vehicle registration code BH

BELIZE (british Honduras)

Which country has international vehicle registration code BY

Belarus

Which country has international vehicle registration code CH

Confederarion Helvetica

Which country has international vehicle registration code CL

Sri Lanka

Which country has international vehicle registration code FL

Liechtenstein

Which country has international vehicle registration code G

Gabon

Which country has international vehicle registration code HKJ

Jordan

Which country has international vehicle registration code HR

Croatia (Hrvatska)

Which country has international vehicle registration code IS

Iceland (island)

Which country has international vehicle registration code K

Cambodia

Which country has international vehicle registration code L

Luxembourg

Which country has international vehicle registration code M

Malta

Which country has international vehicle registration code RA

Argentina

Which country has international vehicle registration code RG

Guinea

Which country has international vehicle registration code RU

Burundi (ruanda-urundi)

Which country has international vehicle registration code TCH

Chad (in French chad is Tchad)

Which country has international vehicle registration code UA

Ukraine

From 2021, the Uk changed their car code from GB to what?

UK

Name of Ben Stiller mum and wife of Jerry Stiller

Anne Meara

Finn and Jake the Dog are from which animated series

Adventure Time

Who played Chuck Bartowski in Chuck

Zachary Levi

Who played Shazam in the DC films

Zachary Levi

Who are the fictional comedy duo from South Park and lots of fart jokes

Terrance and Philip

Stan surname in South Park

Marsh

Kyle surname in South Park

Bloflovski

Comedy duo who create and host Yourube series Good Mythical Morning

Rhett and Link

Comedy partner of Ed Gamble in the Parapod and self named podcast. Real name Richard Ian Boldsworth

Ray Peacock

Everybody loves Raymond’s surname

Barone

Who played Everybody loves Raymond

Ray romano

John Ratzenverger character name cheers

Cliff Clavin

Hilary “Norm” Peterson played by which actor in Cheers

George Wendt

Who is Frasier’s wife in the sitcom

Dr Lilith Sternin

Who played Lilith Sternin in Frasier and cheers

Bebe Neuwirth

Sweet Charity title character surname

Charity Hope Valentine

Lyrics of Sweet Charity by

Dorothy Fields

Book of Sweet charity by

Paul Simon

Who was Bob Fosse wife and muse

Gwen Verdon

Sweet Charity based on screenplay for 1957 film by Federico Fellini?

Nights of Cabiria

Improvisation group with one half Mike Nichols

Nichols and May (Elaine May)

Walter Matthau won oscar for best supporting actor for whcih Billy wilder film 1966

The Fortune Cookie

Who starred in ten films together including The Odd couple, The front page and grumpy old men

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Named after character from Cats, name of Timmy Mallet’s band that did Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Bombalurina

Name shared by Antarctic explorer Lawrence and the English priest blamed for Popish Plot to kill Charles II

Titus Oates

Nicknamed The Beast and winner of 2012 and 2016 4x100m golds and silver in 100m and 200m in 2012

Yohan Blake

Who plays Victor Laszlo in Casablanca

Paul Henreid

Which English golfer replaced Henrik Stinson as Ryder Cup captain for 2023 Ryder Cup

Luke Donald

Capital of Formentera (Balearic)

Sant Francesc Xavier

In Catalan, Vila d’Eivissa is the capital of whcih Mediterranean’s island

Ibiza (known as Ibiza town in English)

Capital of Menorca

Mahon

Capital of Mallorca

Palma

Capital of Lanzarote

Arrecife

Capital of Gran Canaria

Las Palmas

Capital of Fuerteventura

Puerto del Rosario

Capital of Tenerife

Santa Cruz

Capital of Canary Islands from 4th largest island to 1st

Arrecife (Lanzarote), Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), Santa Cruz (Tenerife)

Last complete poem by Edgar Allen Poe

Annabel Lee

Name of the silent scorer in I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

Samantha

Presenter of Im Sorry I haven’t a clue from 1972-2007

Humphrey Lyttelton

Presenter of Im Sorry I Haven’t a clue since 2009

Jack Dee

700 verse Hindu scripture part of epic Mahabharata

Bhagavad Gita

John Lennon God lyrics

Magic, I-ching, Bible, Tarot, Hitler, Jesus, Kennedy, Buddha, Mantra, Gita, Yoga, Kings, Elvis, Zimmerman, Beatles

a wish or prayer for the repose of a dead person, latin for may he/she rest in peace

requiēscat

Dog Collar Museum location

Leed Castle

Lawnmower museum Location

Southport

Pencil museum

Keswick

Which Uk county gets name from “border district”

Kent

Scottish First Ministers in order

Donald Dewar Henry McLeish Jack McConnell Alex Salmond Nicola Sturgeon Humza Yousaf

Welsh First Ministers in order

Alun Michael Rhodri Morgan Carwyn Jones Mark Drakeford

Who was First Minister of Northern Ireland between June 2021 and February 2022

Paul Givan

Name of ranger in yogi bear

Ranger Smith

1974 film by Sam Peckinpah about El Jefe, powerful rancher, who finds out daughter pregnant.

Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia

Who played James “Sonny” Crockett in Miami Vice

Don Johnson

Who played Ricardo tubbs on Miami vice

Philip Michael Thomas

Actress in Brief Encounter and won bafta best supporting actress Prime of miss Jean Brodie

Celia Johnson

Male lead in brief encounter

Trevor Howard

Collins English Dictionary 2018+

2019: climate strike. 2020: lockdown. 2021: NFT. 2022: Permacrisis

Merriam-Webster word of year 2018-22

2018: Justice. 2019: they. 2020: pandemic. 2021: vaccine 2022: gaslighting

Oxford English Dictionary word of the year 2018-21

2018: Toxic 2019: climate emergency 2020: no word chosen 2021: vax 2022: goblin mode

Whcih board game won the 2022 spiel des Jahres Game of the Year set in namesake region of Pacific Northwest where you get habitat and wildlife tickets

Cascadia

Which board game won the 2022 spiel des Jahres Connoisseur Gamer Game of the Year, a deck building tile placement game where people aim to rescue forest trees from Onibi a fictitious beast.

Living forest

Grand National fences: Fence 6, 7, 8, 9

6: Bechers Brook 7: Foinavon 8: Canal Turn 9: Valentines Brook

Fence 15 of Grand National is nicknamed what

The Chair

Whcih fence number of Grand National is water jump?

Fence 16 - only jumped once as stops repeating at Fence 14/30

Number of fences jumped at grand national

30 (14 repeats then The Chair and the Water Jump on own)

Whcih jockey wins a record five Grand Nationals in the 1800s

George Stevens

Name of owner stud or Rule the World 2016 and Tiger Roll 2018/2019

Gigginstown House Stud

Fastest vs Slowest win at grand national

Mr Frisk (1990 8:47) and Lottery (1839 14:53)

Winner of 1967 grand national, also Fence 23 (and 7)

Foinavon

Jockey of tiger Roll

Davy Russell

Jockey of Minella Times

Rachael Blackmore

Jockey of Noble Yeats (2022)

Sam Waley-Cohen

Which jockey won grand national 2015 (many clouds) and 2014 (pineau de re)

Leighton Aspell

First grand national female jockey to enter race in 1977

Charlotte Brew

First female jockey to complete race at grand national on Cheers in 1982

Geraldine Rees

Coca Cola brand introduced in 2015 and then out in 2020, South America first

Coca Cola life

Clarion is old type of what instrument

Trumpet

Sackbut is an old version of whcih instrument

Trombone

The Odyssey Complex is a sports and entertainment complex in which uk city

Belfast

Carpetbag steak is steak with what

Oysters

Named after American physician, name of steak dish that is pretty much posh burger

Salisbury steak

Dilbert artists, dilbert has dog called dogbert

Scott Adams

Whcih Greek politician party comes from the Greek for “from the roots”

Syriza

Name of Spanish political party translated as “we can”

Podemos

Whcih Irish party known as “we ourselves” in Irish

Sinn Fien

Chinese Zodiac in order

ROT RDS HGM RDP Richard of Texas rents dead swans. He gunned more rabid dead penguins. Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Goat Monkey Rooster Dog Pig

Divine Comedy lead singer

Neil Hannon

UTC time stands for

Coordinated Universal Time

Four John Ford Oscar’s

The Informer (1935): Liam O’Flaherty The Grapes of Wrath (1940): Steinback How Green Was My Valley (1941): Richard Llewellyn The Quiet Man (1952): short story by Maurice Walsh

God is a Beckham by who

Faithless

Surname of Gunnar (winner of 1974 economics) and Alva (winner of 1982 peace) Nobels

Myrdal

Married Couples win Nobels

1903: Pierre and Marie curie physics 1935: Frederic Joliot and Irene J-C Chem 1947: Cori and Radnitz-Cori, Medicine 2014: moser and moser medicine 2019: Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, economics

The 2007 film Next was set on which Philip k dick story

The Golden Man

First lines of My Favourite Things

Raindrops on Roses, Whiskers on Kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.

Food glorious food first four foods

Hot sausage and mustard, Cold Jelly and Custard

8 Cranial Bones front to back

Front to back: Ethmoid, frontal, parietal (2), occipital. Sides: sphenoid, temporal (2).

Name of the wire cage that fits over champagne or sparkling wine

Muselet

Cross of Lorraine made of how many lines

3

Who wrote 2008 non fiction The drunkards walk how randomness rules our lives

Leonard Mlodinow

Manager of Iran at World Cup 2022, played versus England

Carlos Queiroz

Lead singer of Shed Seven, albums include Change Giver, A Mazimum High and Let It Ride

Rick Witter

Four letter A word is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to axe but cutting Edge perpendicular to handle rathe than parallel

Adze

Fruit from Malay for hair

Rambutan

Japanese game meaning “celestial map”, played 7x7 board find stars similar to mine sweeper

Tentaizu

Righteous Brothers members

Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield

President of European Commissions…

Romano Prodi 1999-2004 Jose Manuel Barroso 2004-14 (Portugal) Jean Claude Juncker 2014-19 Ursula von DER Leyen 2019+

Last four UN GS

Boutros Boutros Ghali (1992-96 Egypt) Kofi Annan (1997-2006 Ghana) Ban Ki-Moon (2007-16 South Korea) Antonio Guterres (2017+)

UN GS between 1982-1991

Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru)

UN GS (1972-81)

Kurt Waldheim (Austria)

UN GS 1962-71

U Thant

UN GS 1953-61

Dag Hammarskjold

First GS of uN

Trygve Lie (Norway)

Who is sec gen of NATO, from Norway

Jens Stoltenberg

First NaTo gen sec

Hastings Ismay

British Gen Sec of NATO from 1984-1988

Peter Carington

Who was the British NATO gen sec between 1999 and 2003

George Robertson

Who was NATO gen sec between 2004-09

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Who was the Danish NATO gen sec between 2009 and 2014

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Last four NATO gen Secretary

George Robertson Jaap Scheffer Anders Fogh Rasmussen Jens Stoltenberg

Last four presidents of FIFA

Stanley Rous (1961-74 England) Joao Havelange (1974-88 Brazil) Sepp Blatter (1998-2015 Switzerland) Gianni Infantino (2016+ Switzerland/Ital)

Father Mapple appears in which 1851 novel

Moby dick

Cadfael author

Ellis Peters (Edith Pargeter)

Who is current bishop of Gloucester

Rachel Treweek

Current archbishop of York

Stephen Cottrell

2021 Time Person of the Year

Elon Musk

Last four TIme people of year

2018 The Guardians 2019 Greta Thunberg 2020 Joe Biden/Kamala Harris 2021 Elon Musk

Elon Musk middle name

Reeve

Who is the chairman and founder of namesake group; Indian billionaire #1-4 in the world depending on Time

Gautam Adani

Founder and chief executive of LVMH 2nd richest in world

Bernard Arnault

Salma Hayek husband named ceo and chairman of Kering

Francois-Henri Pinault

Name of the reverend in Dads Army played by Frank Williams

Timothy Farthing

Channel 4 weatherman

Liam Dutton

Name of Weatherman on good morning Britain who annoyed Piers Morgan

Alex Beresford

BBC One weatherman welsh and drumming and LFBtQ

Owain Wyn Evans

2022 British reality tv series presented by Holly Willoughby and Lee Mack: Freeze the fear with _____\_

Wim Hof

BBC one weather presenter Scottish and has written the hotel on the riviera, under a Greek moon

Carol Kirkwood

Name of a publishers emblem or imprint usually on the title of a book, Ancient Greek for peak or finishing touch

Colophon

Cofounder of Yahoo with Jerry Yang

David Filo

CS gas stands for

Corson and Stoughton (American founders)

Lead singer of Tears for Fears

Roland Orzabal

Zeus turned Callisto into what animal

Bear

Zeus turned Io into what animal

Cow

Artemis turned who into a stag

Actaeon

Who turned Arachne into a spider?

Athena

Four forces on aircraft

Lift, Weight, Thrust, Drag

Pep Guardiola real first name

Josep

Jurgen Klopp managed which team before Dortmund from 2001-08?

Mainz 05 (founded in 1905)

Pep Guardiola teams managed

Barcelona B, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City

Erik ten Hag teams managed

Go Ahead Eagles, Bayern Munich II, Utrecht, Ajax, Man U

Who played Ilya Kuryakin in The Man From UNCLE and also Dr Donald Ducky Mallard in NcIS

David McCallum

NCIS stands for

Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Which chef opened Murano with Gordon Ramsay and then bought it outright?

Angela Hartnett

Who played Bugsy Siegel in the 1991 film Bugsy directed by Barry Levinson

Warren Beatty

I Claudius by who

Robert Graves

Surname of Lily on How I Met Your Mother

Aldrin

First four on moon

Armstrong, Aldrin, Conrad, Bean

What county is Broadchurch set in

Dorset

What county is fawlty towers set in Torquay

Who played title character Eve In All about Eve

Anne Baxter

Eve’s surname in All About Eve

Harrington

All About Eve directed by

Joseph L Mankiewick

All About Eve 1950 film based on 1946 short story The Wisdom of Evenby who

Mary Orr

PM of Cambodia twice in 1960/ with palindromic name

Lon Nol

Famous businessman known for famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project

Tim Smit

2015 Mercury prize winner

Benjamin clementine

Perks of being a wallflower author

Chbosky

Lead vocalist of Roxette

Marie fredericksson

Singer of Dr Feelgood

Lee Brilleaux

Lead singer of Cocteau Twins

Elizabeth Fraser

Lead singer of Deacon Blue

Ricky Ross

Lead singer of Steely Dan

Donald Fagen

"All your base are belong to us" quote from what video game

Zero Wing

Who played the prisoner Number 6 in the tv show

Patrick McGoohan

What unorthodox punch was named after the Filipino machete used to cut down sugar cane?

Bolo Punch

Spanish golfer who won 1994 and 1999 Masters

Jose Maria OLAZABAL

Chris Gaines is a fictional rock personal created by which singer?

Garth Brooks’ fictional person created for film The Lamb which didn’t materialise

Jo Calderone is a male alter ego of whcih singer?

Lady Gaga male persona name?

Latin name for house fly

Musca Domestica is Latin name for which creature?

1985 film with Clint Eastwood who plays lead, The Preacher

Pale Rider is a 1985 film directed by who?

Name of 1985 soviet anti war film directed by Elon Klimov based on I Am From The Fiery Village, nazi occupation of Belarus.

Come and See

Kirk yetholm and Edale are the Mrs of whcih walkway?

Pennine Way’s terminus points are what?

Relative to size what cat has strongest bite

Jaguar

Pseudonym Madame D’Arblay used by which author who held post of Keeper of the Robes of Cherlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George IiI queen. Evelina: a young lady’s entrance into the world in a series of letters, cecilia, camilla, the wanderer.

Frances Burney known for which books?

Co founder of Factory Records and founder manager of Hacienda nightclub, known as Mr Manchester, played by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom’s 24 hour party people and Craig Parkinson in Anton Corbijn’s Conrrol.

Tony Wilson

Director of music videos “Enjoy the Silence” by depeche mode, Coldplay’s talk and viva La Vida.

Anton Corbijn

Director of Ian Curtis biopic Control, The American (2010), A Most Wanted Man (JLC) and Life (2015 shout Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) and James Dean).

Anton Corbijn

What region Thomas of Aquinas born in and year?

Roccasecca, Lazio in 1225

De regimine principum, de regno, summa theologica by which Italian

Thomas of Aquinas

Francis of Assisi born in which region and year

1181/82 and Assisi, Umbria

The radio character Paul Temple catchphrase

By Timothy

Paul temple radio character created by which English writer, catchphrase “by Timothy”.

Francis Durbridge

First metal to be smelted and made into alloy

Copper (1000 years before iron)

Who played Nero in Quo Vadia?

Peter Ustinov

Quo Vadis based on 1896 novel by which polish Nobel laureate

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Who directed the 1932 film The Sign of the cross, the Ten Commandments, the greatest show on earth, the story of Dr Wassell

Cecil B De Mille

B in Cecil B De Mille

Blount

Who plays Nero in De Mike’s 1932 film the sign of the cross

Charles Laughton

Who plays Nero in I Claudius, who plays Claudius, who plays Caligula

Nero: Biggins Claudius: Jacobi Caligula: Hurt Livia Drusilla (wifeAugustus): Sian Phillips Gaius Octavius (Augustus): Brian Blessed Tiberius: George Baker Antonia Minor: Margaret Tyzack SeJanus (treason 31bc); Patrick Stewart

First six emperors in order

Augustus (31bc-14ad TIBERIUS (14-37) Caligula (37-41) Claudius (41-54) Nero (54-68) Galba (68-69)

Which Roman emperor of Dacia was found to be possibly real after coin found with his image in Transylvania a couple hundred years ago?

Sponsian

LG stands for and country

Lucky Goldstar (Life’s Good) and South Korea

HTC stands for and country

High Tech Computer and Taiwan

Company founded in 1976 in Taiwan making computers, Latin name of a tree variety

Acer

Laptop company founded 1989 in Taiwan, name taken from an equine

Asus

Katherine Parr four husbands

Edward Burgh John Neville Henry VIII Thomas Seymour

Romes Seven Hill (can queen Victoria eat cold apple pie)

Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Palatine

Qiviut is the inner wool of which creature

Muskox is a arctic mammal, what’s its fur called?

Who has won 9 constructor world championships in F1, second currently

Williams

Which constructor has 7 championships, last winning in 1978?

Lotus

Name some f1 championship constructors who only have one win, last one was 2009

Vanwall, BRM, Matra, Tyrrell, Benetton, Brawn

Which civil engineer was on £5 notes before replaced by Elizabeth Fry in 2002

George Stephenson

Histories of Bank Notes, last fours £5/£10/£20

£5: Duke of Wellington (1971), George Stephenson, Elizabeth Fry, Churchill (2016). £10: Florence Nightingale (1975), Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, Jane Austen (2017) £20: Michael Faraday (1991), Edward Elgar, Adam Smith, JMW Turner (2020) £50: Christopher Wren (1981), John Houblon, Matthew Boulton and James Watt, Alan Turing (2021)

Before Michael faraday in 1991 on £20 bank notes

William Shakespeare

Who took the 1941 portrait of Winston Churchikk that is now on £5 note

Yousuf Karsh

Tax from French for “a part cut out of the whole”

Tallage

German for body tax means the special toll Jews had to pay in mostnauropean states from middle age to 19th c?

Leibzoll

Name of the medieval land tax enacted by Richard I in 1194 Based on size of estate; replaced Danegeld, levied six times, linked to amount of plough teams used

Carucage (carucate meant land area a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season)

From hungarian for three stringed viola, what is the Romanian stringedninsturment common in Transylvanian

Kontra

Secret Service name for Joe Biden

Celtic - Jill Biden is Capri

Donald trump secret service name

Mogul - Melania was Muse, Jr Mountaineer, Ivanka Marvel, Eric Marksman and Jared Kushner Mechanic

Barack Obama secret service name

Renegade - Michelle was Renaissance, malia radiance, Sasha Rosebud, Marian Shields Robinson (MIL) rain dance

Name of Meghan markle mum

Doria Ragland

Who was the American bishop who appeared at Harry and Meghan wedding

Michael Curry

George W bush secret service name

Tumbler, then Trailblazer - Laura Tempo, Barbara Turquoise, Jenna Twinkle

Bill Clinton secret service name

Eagle - Hillary Evergreen, Chelsea Energy

George HW Bush secret service name

Timberwolf - Barbara Bush Tranquility

George HW Bush kid names six

George, Robin (Pauline Robinson), Jeb (John Ellis), Neil, Marvin, Dorothy

Ronald Reagan secret service code name

Rawhide / Nancy Rainbow

Jimmy Carter secret service name

Dasher to Deacon - Rosalyn Carter Dancer

Gerald Ford secret service code name

Passkey - Betty Pinafore

Richard Nixon secret service name

Searchlight - Pat Starlight

Lyndon Johnson secret service name

Volunteer - Claudia “Lady Bird” Victoria

Which composer suffered from stage fright and neuroses, he held his head under chin while conducting as thought it would fall off

Tchaikovsky

John Caldwell Calhoun Vice President 1825-32 two presidents, which ones

John Quincy Adams 1825-29 Andrew Jackson 1829-37

Whcih bird (anarhynchus frontalis) is plover endemic to New Zealand, only species in world with beak that’s bent sideways in one direction, always to the right

Wrybill

Greek for “expedition up from”, most famous work of Xenophon?

Anabasis is most famous work of whcih Greek professional soldier and writer?

Thucydides most famous work

The History of the Peloponnesian War

Football club based in Slovakia only club and former Czechoslovakia to win one of European cup competitions, Cup Winners Cup when defeating Barcelona in 1969.

Slovan Bratislava

Scottish chemist won 1904 Nobel Chemistry for “inert gaseous elements in air” discovered neon, krypton, xenon

William Ramsey

1904 Nobel Physics for discovery of argon, President of Royal Society 1905-08, gave name to law with Jeans for classical black body radiation. Theory of Sound 1877 still used today.

John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh

Radio soap opera on bbc Asian network 2004-10 focused on British south Asian community.

Silver Street

Tamazight is the standardised national variety of Berber spoken in which country?

Algeria Berber officially know as what T?

Three official languages of Belgium

Dutch, French, German

Official language of Bhutan

Dzongkha

Name of language spoken by 9m people in Burundi, official language of Burundi

Kirundi

Meeussen’s Rule is a special case of time reduction in what family of languages?

Bantu

Official language of Rwanda, it’s a Bantu language, mutually intelligible to Burundi’s Kirundi.

Kinyarwanda

Aboriginal language with highest number speakers in Canada, 117k, a dialect continuum of Algonquian languages.

Cree

Official language of Central African Republic alongside French.

Sango

Kalaallisut is name of whcih language named after island

Greenlandic

One of east Timor’s two official languages alongside Portuguese, austronesian language spoken on island of Timor.

Tetum

Official language alongside Spanish in Ecuador

Quechua

Language spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia

Tigrinya

Official working language of Ethiopian federal government, most widely spoken in Ethiopian, grew out of Geez script.

Amharic

Which language has the largest number of native speakers in Ethiopia and second in Ethiopia by total number of speakers?

Oromo

Two languages are official languages in Finland

Finnish and Swedish

Senegambian language spoken by around 30m, belongs to Niger-Congo, does not have tones

Fula

Most widely spoken language in Senegal, also in Mauritania and Gambia, in Niger Congo family.

Wolof

Romance language spoken mainly in Dolomite Mountains in N Italy, one letter away from alternative name to Judeo-Spanish.

Ladin (Ladino is Judeo-Spanish)

Official languages of Luxembourg

Luxembourgish French German

Official language of Malawi alongside English

Chichewa

Endonym of Maldivian language spoken in Maldives

Dhivehi

The Bottom is the capital of whcih special municipality of Netherlands

Saba

Oranjestad is the capital of whcih special municipalities of Netherlands

Sint Eustatius/Aruba

Kralendijk is the capital of whcih special municipality of Netherlands

Bonaire

Willemstad is the capital of which special municipality of Netherlands

Curacao

Philipsburg is the capital of whcih special municipality of Netherlands

Sint Maarten

Cambridge uni named after Victorian painter/author

Anglia Ruskin

Charles University in Prague named after which Charles

Charles IV (also Charles of Luxembourg)

Who the first King of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV

In which city is there a university named after George II?

Gottingen (Lower Saxony)

Kings College London named after which King?

George IV as founded by him in 1829

Montreal university named after wealthy merchant and war hero

McGill University

Most populous city of Quebec province

Montreal

Famous Indiana uni named after 1802 born industrialist born in Indiana

Purdue University

University in Aberdeen named after merchant who died in 1731 leaving estate to create school for boys

Robert Gordon University

University named after patent medicine vendor and philanthropist born in 1800

Royal Holloway

Leicester uni named after 13th century earl

De montfort

Edinburgh uni named after goldsmith and inventor names together

Heriot-Watt

Frankfurt uni named after who

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

University of Mainz named after which German

Johann Gutenberg

University of Linz, Austria, named after which German

Johannes Kepler

Liverpool uni named after founder of Littlewoods and football pools company.

Liverpool John Moores Uni

Sydney university named after fifth governor of New South Wales 1810-21

Macquarie University

Marie Curie-Sklodowska University found in which polish city

Lublin

Edinburgh uni named after mathematician

Napier University

Edinburgh uni named after queen of Scotland died 1093

Queen Margaret University

Birmingham uni named after writer Tracts for the Times (1833–1841), his autobiography Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–1866), the Grammar of Assent (1870), and the poem The Dream of Gerontius (1865), which was set to music in 1900 by Edward Elgar. He wrote the popular hymns "Lead, Kindly Light", "Firmly I believe, and truly", and "Praise to the Holiest.

Newman University

Nicolas Copernicus University found in which polish city

Torun

Which British singer-songwriter was behind hits including Little Lies, Everywhere, Don't Stop, Say You Love Me, and Songbird and died November 2022?

Christine McVie

Bengali for old Ganges, one of most polluted rivers in Bangladesh due to garment washing and dyeing plants.

Buriganga

What type of cadence is named after (1325-1397) blind florentine organist.

Landini cadence

Cadence named after ancient region of Anatolia based on namesake mode

Lydian

Also known as Royal road progression, IV^7 V7 iii7 vi progression popular in which countries pop music

Japan

British curler most famous for skipping the British womens team to gold at the 2002 salt lake Olympics

Rhona Martin

Name of slang used in Britain by some actors, fairground, criminals, gay subculture.

Polari

Created by Daniel Quasar in 2018 what’s name of flag which is normal rainbow but with trans pride flag and brown and black colours added in a chevron

LGBT Progress Pride Flag

Who invented the rainbow flag lgbt?

Gilbert Baker

How many colours did gilbert Bakers first rainbow flag have!

Eight - Pink then the normal colours rainbow but turquoise instead of blue

How long in UK does copyright last for after death of author?

70 years

Welsh word for homesickness tinged with grief and sadness over the lost or departed especially in welsh culture.

Hiraeth

Who was first African American patent holder in history when granted 1921 patent for dry cleaning.

Thomas Jennings

Anodorhyncus Hyacinthus is a parrot native to South America, largest flying parrot species (although Kakapo is heavier but can’t fly)

Hyacinth Macaw

Name of animal and name of Irene Pepperberg’s research famous of studies in animal cognition.

Alex the Parrot

Melopsittacus Undulatus third most common pet in World found wild in parts of Australia

Budgerigar (parakeet in America, budgie nickname)

Cacatuidae (cockatoos) along with true parrots and strigopoidea (NZ parrots) make up which order?

Psittaciformes

Pink and white Major Mitchell’s ___, pink and grey Galah, mainly grey Gang-Gang and large black plumaged Palm are all type of which parrots

Cockatoos

Who wrote Phenomenology of Perception in 1945, lead editor of Les Temps Modernes, born 1908.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Who wrote The Phenomenology of Spirit, most discussed philosophical work of the philosopher.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Spanish philosopher and essayist born 1883 characterised as “philosophy of life”. Famous maxim: Yo soy yo y mi circunstancia (I am me and my circumstance). Revolt of the Masses (1929) and Meditations on Quixote (1914).

Jose Ortega y Gasset

Who wrote the 1961 essay The Phenomenology of Mike Bongiorno?

Umberto Eco

How many victims and names of Jack the Ripper

5 - Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, Mary Jane Kelly

First appeared item in Perceval in 12th century by Chretien de Troyes

Holy Grail

Robert Owen’s American utopian community in USA after New Lanark?

New Harmony in Indiana

Type of early Anglo-Saxon army that was mobilised from freemen to defend estates or join royal expedition. Bulk of King Harold’s army at SB and Hastings.

Fyrd.

Term for a non-servile manservant or household bodyguard in medieval Northern Europe. Smaller part of the militia, Fyrd, of Harold Godwinson’s armies.

Housecarls

Open air museum in Durham telling story of life in North East England in 19th and early 20th centuries.

Beamish

Whcih english earldom created for Geoffrey de Mandeville and also held by Thomas Cromwell and Robert Devereux

Earl of Essex

Collective noun of nymphs who tend garden guarding hera’s golden apples

Hesperides

French forest find railway carriage CIWL #2419 on both 11 November 1918 and 22 June 1940

Forest of Compiegne

Who was executed at pentonville prison 3 august 1916 and buried in prison grounds, exhumed and given state funeral in Dublin buried in 1965.

Roger Casement

Milliarium Aureum meaning golden milestone erected by emperor Augustus in central forum. All roads around Roman Empire measure relative to it leading to what phrases

All roads lead to Rome

US Special Envoy for NI under Bill Clinton; chaired the all party peace negotiations which led to 1998 Good Friday agreement

George Mitchell

Whcih museum founded 1989 originally near Tower Bridge moved to Kensington in 2016 to larger site formerly housed commonwealth institute

Design Museum

Peace treaty which ended first opium war 1839-42 between GB and Qing dynasty

Nanjing Treaty

Which Scottish archaeologist, businessman heir to marmalade business, dealt with Avebury in Wiltshire in 1930s

Alexander Keiller

Which queen of Connacht in Ulster Cycle best known for starting the cattle raid of Cooley to steal Ulster’s prize bull!

Queen Meabh

1912 East Sussex man “discovered” by Charles Dawson

Piltdown Man - found in Pleistocene beds

1903 excavated Snake Goddess figurines found from which Mediterranean civilisation?

Knossos on Crete

Sculpture behind Sleeping Christ, Deposition and Prospero and Ariel for front of Broadcasting House BBC

Eric Gill

English economist and financial speculator christened as “If-Jesus-Christ-had not died for thee thou hadst been damned” gives name to parliament in 1600s

Nicholas Barbon (Barebone’s Parliament July to December 1653)

Whcih social activist, with Herbert Burrows, helped organise London match girls strike of 1888 by women working for Bryant and May Factory in Bow?

Annie Besant (supporter of Indian self-rule)

Designed by Sir John Soane, London’s oldest public art gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery of Southwark

Philosopher 1910-89 books Language Truth and Logic (1936) and The Problem of Knowledge (1956)?

Alfred Freddie Ayer known as AJ Ayer

Born 1789 in Llanycil, welsh nurse who served in crimea known as welsh Florence nightingale

Betsi Cadwaladr

Foundational work in the literature of Jewish mystical thought known as Kabbalah. GROUP OF BOOKS INCLUDING on mystical aspects of the Torah (five Books of Moses). First publicised by Moses De Leon (1240-1305).

Zohar

Tim Patch Australian artist who uses his genitalia to paint

Pricasso

Trafalgar Square on 21 January 1855 1500 pelted buses cabs and pedestrians with what projective in protest against Crimean war

Snowballs

Bullet in John Paul II now preserved within the crown of a statue of the Virgin Mary at whcih shrine and pilgrimage site

Fatima

According to Tacitus who was chieftain of the Caledonian confederacy who fought the Roman army of Agricola at Battle of Mons Graupius in 83/84AD

Calgacus

Name of battle in 83/84AD where Agricola fought Calgacus of Caledonian confederacy

Battle of Mons Graupius

Nicknamed “the Baddy”, scouse UFC fighter in Lightweight division known as ?

Paddy Pimblett

With a country in name, condition where child born with missing or underdeveloped chest muscles.

Poland Syndrome

R&B group winners of 14th season of X Factor

Rak-Su

Anita Blake:Vampire Hunter series by Laurell Hamilton set in which us city?

St Louis

Sex Education tv show school name

Moordale High

Derry Girls school name

Our Lady Immaculate College

Business name from Emily in Paris

Savoir

From “head neck” traditional Italian and Corsican pork cold cut (salume) made from the dry-cured muscle running from the neck to the fourth or fifth rib of the pork shoulder or neck.

Capocollo

Italian American pronunciation of cold meat capocollo known from The Sopranos

Gabagool

American chess player born Osaka, tenth highest in history.

Hikaru Nakamura

Born 1990 Russian grandmaster, lost world championship 2021 challenge against Magnus Carlson. Qualified for 2023 challenge too. Second in fide Fischer random chess championship 2022.

Ian Nepomniachtchi

The tv show The Staircase about which man who could have murdered wife but not sure really. Colin Firth plays him in 2022 tv show.

Michael Peterson

most recognized achievement is her commentary on Isaac Newton's 1687 book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica includes a contribution to Newtonian mechanics—the postulate of an additional conservation law for total energy, of which kinetic energy of motion is one element.

Émilie du Châtelet

Pease Pudding is how old according to nursery rhyme

Nine days old

Four premier league 9-0 matches

March 95: Man U vs Ipswich 9-0 Oct 2019: Soton vs Leicester 0-9 Mar 2022: Man U vs Soton 9-0 Aug 2022: Liverpool vs Bourn 9-0

mass number (represented by whcih letter?) is defined as the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom

A

Atomic number symbol

z

WW2 after Americans sent CARE packages to Europe, what did care stand for

Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

Michael Jackson famous albums

1979 Off the Wall 1982 Thriller 1987 Bad 1991 Dangerous 1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future 2001 Invincible

Capital of Hesse state in Germany

Wiesbaden

Largest city in the state of Hesse in Germany, second is capital Wiesbaden

Frankfurt am Main

Name of school in new Addams family tv show Wednesday on Netflix

Nevermore Academy

Prefab steel cylinder shelters especially used for barracks designed during ww1 by American engineer and inventor, used extensively through WW2 named after inventor

Nissen Hut

American version of the Nissen Hut known as what named after site first deployed at a battalion centre in Rhode Island.

Quonset Hut

Factory that the 1888 match strike took place

Bryant and May Factory

Edinburgh name in Gaelic Scottish

Dun Eideann

Newport welsh name

Casnewydd

Cardiff welsh name

Caerdydd

Which Scottish city known as Obar Dheathain in Scottish Gaelic,

Aberdeen

Inverness in Scottish Gaelic

Inbhir Nis

Perth in Scottish Gaelic?

Peairt

Stirling Gaelic Scottish name

Sruighlea

England name in Gaelic Scottish

Sasainn

Sefton Park, Calderstones Park, Otterspool Park, Chavasse Park all found in which city?

Liverpool

Fletcher Moss Park, Heaton Park, didsbury park all which city

Manchester

Which city has City of Caves part of National Justice Museum, Motorpoint Arena (not Cardiff one)

Nottingham

City of National Emergency Services Museum, Holly Hagg Community Farm, Kelham Island Museum, Meadowhall Shopping Centre, Owlerton Greyhound Stadium, Rivelin Valley nature trail

Sheffield

Royal Armouries Museum, Roundhay Park, Temple Newsam, Kirkstall Abbey, Harewood House, Thackray Museum of Medicine

Leeds

Three word term for photo taken by Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 coined by Carl Sagan

Pale Blue Dot

What mosaic of 60 frames was taken by voyager 1 in 1990 including Pale Blue dot.

Family Portrait

Project code name of 1958 plan of USA to detonate nuclear bomb on moon

Project A119

SETI stands for

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

1977 book by Carl Sagan subtitles Speculations on the evolution of human intelligence, title from how man’s early struggle would have been about fear of reptiles and how transferred into dragons.

The Dragons of Eden

1979 book by Carl Sagan subtitled Reflections on the RomNce of science. Named in honour of French physician best known for part of brain known for speech production.

Broca’s Brain

Name of brain area which used for speech production named after French scientist

Broca’s Area

German neurologist who mapped the cerebral cortex into 52 regions named after himself

Brodmann Areas

Part of brain named after German neurologist involved in comprehension of written and spoken language

Wernicke’s Area

The molar gas constant symbolised by R is equivalent to what two constants multiplied together.

Boltzmann constant and Avogadro’s constant

The Hot Brown, an open-faced turkey sandwich with bacon and Mornay sauce, was created in and is most associated with what city?

Louisville Kentucky

Name of sauce which is a béchamel sauce with shredded or grated cheese added?

Mornay Sauce

What nationality were the Vengaboys?

Dutch

1993 first person shooter developed by iD software. Followed previous FPS Wolfenstein 3D in 1992. Set in moons of Mars and hell.

Doom

1992 game player role of Allied spy William BJ Blazkowicz during WW2 as he escapes from namesake nazi castle and carries out crucial missions.

Wolfenstein 3D

Computer programmer and video game developed confounded iD software and lead programmer of Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake. 2013 went to work for Oculus VR as their CTO.

John Cormack

Corporate successor to Oculus (2012-19) and Oculus from Facebook (2019-2022). Founded by Michael Antonov. Released Oculus Rift. Works in VR and AR.

Reality Labs

In Japan which two original Pokémon games were released in 1996?

Red and Green

Toby Gard known for designing whcih famous 1996 introduced female video game character

Lara Croft

Original Tomb Raider set in which four locations

Peru, Greece, Egypt, Atlantis

Main protagonist of 1997 Final Fantasy 7, video game hall of fame, a mercenary who joins eco terrorist organisation to stop a world controlling mega corporation. Main antagonist is Sephiroth.

Cloud Strife

Fiction kingdom of Legend of Zelda

Hyrule

Who is primary antagonist of Legend of Zelda franchise

Ganon

Fictional artefact and icon of Legend of Zelda series, gives holder godlike power.

Triforce

Quote from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link from 1987 where villager introduces themselves with obviously wrong name.

I am Error

Main form of transportation for Link in Legend of Zelda games

Epona the Horse

1998 Legend of Zelda game

Ocarina of Time

2000 Legend of Zelda game

Majora’s Mask

2002 Legend of Zelda game

The Wind Waker

2006 Legend of Zelda game

Twilight Princess

2011 Legend of Zelda game

Skyward Sword

2017 Legend of Zelda game

Breath of the Wild

2023 Legend of Zelda game

Tears of the Kingdom

1998 military sci fi real time strategy game by Blizzard. 25th century Koprulu Sector, Terrans are humans exiled from earth, Zerg are race of insectoid aliens and Protoss are humanoids with advanced tech and psionic abilities.

StarCraft

Developed by Konami released in 1998, arcade game judges accuracy of dancing on time and accuracy from Perfect, Good, Great, Boo, Miss.

Dance Dance Revolution

Animal Crossing original out what year, meet cat called Rover who designs your character?

2001

What type of creature is Tom Nook, other wise known as raccoon dog?

Tanuki

Four sequels of animal crossing names?

2005: Wild World 2008: City Folk 2012: New Leaf 2020: New Horizons

The tile matching puzzle video game Bejeweled has how many different colour gemstones?

7 - Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple White

Term for geometric shape composed of four squares, lends name to famous 1984 video game

Tetromino

Straight, Square, L, T, Skew, are all types of what?

Tetronimo or Tetris shapes

How many free tetronimos there? How many on sides tetrominos are there?

Free: 5 One Sided: 7 (these can be rotated but not reflected) - these then get named after letter IOTJLSZ

What city is GTA III from 2001 set in?

Liberty City

Protagonist of GTA III

Claude

GTA 2 setting from 1999

Anywhere City

Grand Theft Auto in 1997 had three city settings, what?

Liberty City (NYC), San Andreas (San Francisco) and Vice City (Miami)

Playable protagonist of GTA San Andreas

Carl CJ Johnson

Grand Theft Auto IV playable protagonist

Niko Bellic

Two episodic expansion packs of 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV

The Lost and the Damned The Ballad of Gay Tony

Three playable protagonists of 2013 Grand Theft Auto V

Michael de Santa Franklin Clinton Trevor Phillips

Video game 2012 Max Payne 3 is set in which country?

Brazil

What is the artificial intelligence that accompanies Chief in 2001 video game Halo?

Cortana

First 2001 launch game of Xbox developed by Bungie, subtitle needed too. Set in 26th Century.

Halo: Combat Evolved

Halo set in which century?

26th Century

Halo sequel released in 2021 as sixth mainline entry in series following Halo 5: Guardians

Halo Infinite

World of Warcraft takes place within which world?

Azeroth

November 2022 released expansion pack for World of Warcraft

Dragonflight

Warcraft first video game in 1994 subtitled what? They are the two playable roles.

Orcs and Humans

II: Tides of Darkness III: Reign of Chaos Both sequels of what video game?

Warcraft

Who created Minecraft

Markus “Notch” Persson

Modes in Minecraft five options

Survival, Hardcore, Creative, Adventure, Spectator.

Which 1992 film by John Woo stars Chow Yun-fat as Inspector “Tequila” Yuen? John Woo’s last HK film before Hollywood.

Hard Boiled

Tommy Carberry rode which horse to 1975 Grand National victory?

L’Escargot

Air filled skull cavity from Latin for pocket/curve/fold.

Sinus

Neoclassicism style originated in which century when artists began to imitate Greek and Roman antiquity in reaction to excessive style of Baroque and Rococo?

18th century

Who directed 1932 film The Mummy?

Karl Freund

Who played Dracula in 1931 Tod Browning directed Dracula?

Bela Lugosi

Who plays Henry Frankenstein in 1931 Frankenstein film?

Colin Clive

Born William Pratt in 1887 Dulwich Surrey, who plays The Mummy (1932), the monster of Frankenstein (1931), and voiced Grinch in 1966 animated tv special winning a Grammy?

Boris Karloff

Whcih film director directed Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Show Boat (1936)? Born 1889 in Dudley, Worcestershire .

James Whale

The 1937 film The Road Back was a sequel of which 1930 film?

All Quiet on the Western Front

Who recorded “Ha! Ha! Said the clown” in 1967

ManFred Mann

Vengaboys two #1s?

Boom, boom, boom, boom! We’re going to Ibiza!

Debut novel Lessons in Chemistry is by which American author

Bonnie Garmus

The Swedish sportsman Gert Fredriksson competed in four Summer Olympics winning six golds out of eight medals in which sport?

Canoeing

Only tropical rain forest managed by the Us forest service?

El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico

Quinault Rain forest is in which US state?

Washington - part of Olympic national park

Who painted his half brother Henry Pelham as the model in the painting A Boy With a Flying Squirrel?

John Singleton Copley

Born 1738 Boston, painted Watson and the Shark 1778, The Death of the Earl of Chatham 1781, The Death of Major Peirson 1783?

John Singleton Copley

Jean Paul Gautier has collaborated with which French footballer ok three sets of sunglasses?

Karim Benzema

Tupac favourite sunglasses were 56-6106 sunglasses by which fashion house?

Jean Paul Gaultier

Who composed Carnaval, Kinderszenen and Waldszenen?

Robert Schumann

Schumann’s Kinderszenen meant scenes from childhood, what does Waldszenen mean?

Forest Scenes

Which amendment repealed the ban on alcohol called prohibition?

21st Amendment got rid of prohibition

Which amendment introduced prohibition?

18th Amendment introduced prohibition

Which amendment limits terms of President to two?

22nd amendments put in two term limit

Which amendment prohibits the denial of a vote based on sex in effect recognising women right to vote?

19th prohibition introduced womens right to vote!

The 20th amendment moved the beginning and end of terms of President, Vice President and members of Congress to January from which month it had been previously?

March

Which amendment prohibits denying or abridging a citizens right to vote on account of race or skin colour?

15th amendment ratified in 1870

Landmark civil rights case in which Supreme Court rules fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same sex couples by clauses in 14th amendment?

Obergefell v Hodges

Landmark decision of US Supreme Court that held Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent enslaved or free thus they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the constitution conferred upon American citizens.

Dred Scott v Sandford

Which amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime?

13th amendment abolished slavery

What was the latest amendment made to US constitution? It first submitted in 1789 but not completed until 1992 making it a period of 202 years. It prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of Congress from taking place until after next election.

27th Amendment

Which year was the 26th amendment ratified which reduced voting age to 18?

1971 (first election in 1972)

South African swimmer who won the 2020 gold for 200m breaststroke and silver for 100m

Tatjana Schoenmaker

Japanese for grilled bird, which Japanese meal of skewered chicken?

Yakitori

Who says in what book: I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship?

Amy March in Little Women 1868

Actress born in Ireland 1911, played Jane in Tarzan films opposite Weissmuller? Mother to Mia Farrow.

Maureen O’Sullivan

Which American two time Olympic swimmer and film actor portrayed the top three syndicated comic strip heroes of 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers?

Buster Crabbe

Which sci fi adventure hero was created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1929?

Buck Rogers

In the original Buck Rogers comic book strip it said he was from which century?

25th Century

Flash Gordon was originally created and drawn by which artist in 1934 for King Features Syndicate?

Alex Raymond

Stan Lee was the writer for a lot of Marvel but who was the artist behind Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Thor, Xmen, Iron Man?

Jack Kirby

Who was the French naval officer in charge of French and Spanish fleets at Battle of Trafalgar?

Pierre Villeneuve

Nelson at Trafalgar was on Victory, what was Cuthbert Collingwood on?

Hms Royal Sovereign

At the 1797 Battle of Cape St Vincent, Horatio Nelson was Commodore on which Ship?

HMS Captain

Who became Commander in Chief at Battle of Trafalgar on the death of Horatio Nelson in 1805?

Cuthbert Collingwood

Lord Nelson, Dukedom was called what?

Duke of Bronte

Lord Nelson died which year which battle

1805 battle of Trafalgar

George Stubbs 1770 painting ____ Frightened by a _____

Horse by lion

Scottish Fold is a type of what?

Cat

Card game: easy to pick up and impossible to put down?

Uno

Who played Hercules Poirot in three adaptations made by Twickenham in 1930s: Alibi, Black Coffee and Lord Edgware Dies?

Austin Trevor

Chicken dish named after county which uses cider?

Somerset Chicken

French term for silver-gilt or silver which has been gilded with gold.

Vermeil

Oasis first top 40 hit in 1994

Supersonic

Oasis first top 10 song in 1994

Live Forever

Oasis first #1, occurred in 1995

Some Might Say

Oasis and Blur songs which had the battle of britpop in 1995

Blur’s Country House beat Oasis’s “roll with it”

Author of San Francisco set “Tales of the City” 2019 miniseries.

Armistead Maupin

Born 1948 in Łódź Poland, fantasy writer and trained economist.

Andrzej Sapkowski

Title character of The Witcher novels by Sapkowski?

Geralt of Rivia

Group of islands in Indian Ocean consisting of islands of Mauritius and department of Reunion. Named after Portuguese navigator first visited in 1512.

Mascarene Islands

Protagonist of comic fantasy history mystery novels by British author Jasper Fforde? She first introduced in Fforde’s first published novel The Eyre Affair in 2001.

Thursday Next

Lake Tahoe between which two states

California and Nevada

Island with name meaning “island” in the Nile River in central Cairo.

Gezira Island

Born 1714 in Upper Palatinate: Iphigenie en Tauride (1779), left Paris at poor reception of Echo et Narcisse (1779). Most famous “Orfeo ed Euridice”.

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Vandal Kingdom established by which King of Vandals and Alans 428-477? Most remembered for Sack of Rome 445 and persecution of nicene Christian’s in favour of Arian Christianity.

Gaiseric

451 battle between coalition of Roman and Visigoths against the Huns commanded by Attila

Battle of Catalaunian Plains

Visigoth King who fought and died at the Battle of Catalaunian Plains/Troyes/Chalons in 451?

Theodoric I

Which First King of Visigoths from 395 to 410, responsible for the Sack of Rome in 410?

Alaric I

Which Italian king did Theodoric the Great beat in 489 becoming new ruler lf Italy from 493-526?

Odoacer

Mausoleum of Theodoric containing body of King of Italy, Ostrogoths, Visigoths is found in which Italian city

Ravenna

378 battle between Roman Emperor Valens and Gothic rebels led by Fritigern. Modern day Edirne in Turkey.

Battle of Adrianople (Hadrianopolis)

Lincolnshire sausages are most commonly flavoured with which herb

Sage

Newmarket sausages are geographically protected and come in two types with family butchers names, which?

Powters and Musks

Polish for dog

Pies

2022 coming of age drama by Spielberg based on his adolescence and first years as a filmmaker, fictional Sammy.

The Fabelmans

Who plays lead character Sammy Fabelman in Spielberg’s 2022 film The Fabelmans?

Gabriel LaBelle

Who played Alex Rieger on Taxi (1978-83), John Lacey on Dear John, Alan Eppes on Numb3rs. Ordinary People, Independence Day, Uncut Gems, The Fabelmans. Is an O away from EGOT.

Judd Hirsch

2022 psychological drama directed by Todd Field and Cate Blanchett playing the title renowned composer.

Tar

2022 film directed by Damien Chazelle chronicling rise and fall of multiple characters during Hollywood transition from silent to sound films.

Babylon

Everything everywhere all at once directors

The Daniels: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

2022 film Blonde was based on 2000 book by who?

Joyce Carol Oates

Marilyn Monroe born name

Norma Jane Mortenson

Australian film director and screenwriter, directed Chopper 2000, Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007, Killing Them Softly 2012 and Blonde 2022

Andrew Dominik

Voice of Pinocchio in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio 2022

Gregory Mann

Who voices Benito Mussolini in 2022 Pinocchio, also voices SpongeBob?

Tom Kenny

H Jon Benjamin voices which two famous cartoon men

Sterling Archer and Bob Belcher

2018 musical Ain’t Too Proud was a jukebox musical of which bands music

The Temptations

British actor and director who played Finlay Newton in Casualty. Plays include Elmina’s Kitchen in 2005. Current artistic director of Young Vic. Wrote One Love: The Bob Marley Musical.

Kwame Kwei-Armah

In the 2022 play The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten, who played Andy Warhol in original West End?

Paul Bettany

In the 2022 play The Collaboration by Anthony McCarten, who played Jean Michel Basquiat in original West End?

Jeremy Pope

Which writer has written biopics The Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour, Bohemian Rhapsody and The Two Popes? Nominated for Oscar’s for Theory of Everything and Two Popes.

Anthony McCarten

Who directed 2022 film The Inspection starring Jeremy Pope?

Elegance Bratton

American actor played Ernest P Worrell in TV and film, Jed Clampett in film of Beverly Hillbillies and Slinky Dog in Toy story first two. Died 50 years old in 2000.

Jim Varney

Who plays title roles of Jonathan and Jennifer Hart in Hart to Hart?

Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers

Saw 2017 and 2021 films with one word titles

Jigsaw Spiral

Who played Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett in Hawaii 5-0?

Jack Lord

Who was Detective Captain Stephen "Steve" McGarrett’s sidekick and partner in Hawaii 5-0

Danny "Danno" Williams

Which character would regularly say “Book em Danno” in Hawaii 5-0

Stephen "Steve" McGarrett

Manager of Morocco at World Cup 2022

Walid Regragui

What type of fat is the fat between your cheekbones and jaw bones that help make up the shape of your face

Buccal Fat

FK RFS are football team from what country?

Latvia - Rigas Futbola Skola

Debut film was Jane Austen in Manhattan, in 1981 Stripes, played Rachael in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049. Chani in original Dune.

Sean Young

Blade Runner (1982) set in which year

2019

Silkeborg IF football team from which country?

Denmark

Region of France third largest in Metropolitan France and second most populous after Ile-de-France. Prefecture is Lyon. Other cities Grenoble, Saint Etienne, Clermont-Ferrand.

Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Northernmost region of France, merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy in 2014. Prefecture is Lille. Others include Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing and Dunkirk.

Hauts-de-France

Region of France with prefecture Marseille. Previously PACA, now adopted Region Sud as a brand name. Major cities include Nice, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence.

Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur

French region in northeastern France superseded three former regions of Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine in 2016. Sits atop three water basins (Seine, Meuse and Rhine). Prefecture is Strasbourg and others include Reims, Metz (confluence of Moselle and Seille), Mulhouse, Nancy (capital of Duchy of Lorraine).

Grand Est

Singer of “One of Us”, if god was one of us song

Joan Osborne

Musical act Karen DiConcetto and _____ Cruz. Schools Out, UGLY, Ooh stick you.

Daphne and Celeste

Played Lance Corporal Jones and sang “Grandad” #1 on 51st birthday in 1971.

Clive Dunn

Summer Son band, lead singer Sharleen Eugene Spiteri

Texas

Agnolo di Cosimo artist from Florence mannerist and named after relatively dark skin or reddish hair

Bronzino

1545 allegorical painting by Bronzino held in National gallery. Four terms in title.

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

The Monty Python foot comes from which painting by who

Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

Who is married from Kevin Bacon since 1988

Kyra Sedgwick

non-fiction books: The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. He has also written a Black Panther series and a Captain America series for Marvel Comics. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Who composed music to Silent Night

Franz Xavier Gruber

Kumpupintil Lake is new name for which endorheic salt lake located in the Little Sandy Desert in Western Australia?

Lake Disappointment

Cold soup from Granada and Malaga, made from bread, crushed almonds, garlic, water, olive oil.

Ajoblanco

FK Spartaks, a Latvian football team play at which city?

Jurmala

1800-23 pops, captured by Napoleon after papal bull excommunication Quum Memoranda, remained until 1814 allowed to go back to rome.

Pius VII

Pope 1775-1799 fought Napoleon and taken prisoner and off to France he went. Died after 18 months in Valence.

Pius VI

1949 James Cagney film directed by Raoul Walsh. Based on story by Virginia Kellogg. Cagney plays Arthur “Cody” Jarrett.

White Heat

Longest river on Cuba and in Caribbean

Cauto

47km river that acts as water supply for Havana. Final stretch runs through Havana.

Almendares River

River runs through heart of Madrid and source of fresh water

Manzanares River

River goes through Seville and Cordoba

Guadalquivir

Second largest city in Ecuador known as gateway to Galápagos Islands.

Guayaquil

River flowing through Valencia

Turia

River through Toledo and Aranjuez

Tagus

River flow through Valladolid, Tordesillas, Porto

Douro

Which river flows through Zaragoza and is second longest in Spain

Ebro

River flows through Toulouse, Bordeaux and parts of Spain.

Garonne

Burke Shelley was the lead vocalist and bassist of which rock band?

Budgie

Keith McCurdy is a famous tattoo artist known by which nickname?

Bang Bang

Which German battleship called The Beast by Churchill was destroyed by Operation Catechism on 12 November 1944 near the Norwegian city of Tromso?Brits had no casualties.

Tirpitz

Which ship’s wreck found in 1989 by Robert Ballard?

Bismarck

Sink the Bismarck! Was a 1960 war film based on 1959 book The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by which author?

CS Forester

Name of cat also known as Oscar who survived three ship sinking during ww2

Unsinkable Sam

Unsinkable Sam the cat who survived three ships suffered sinking of which three ships?

Bismarck Cossack Ark Royal

British Masters International One Loft Race takes place in which sport

Pigeon Racing

Casca says what of a Seneca speech in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar?

It was greek to me

Which brand sells the Dionysus shoulder bag?

Gucci

iTaukei are the major indigenous people on which island group?

Fiji (its alternative name for Fijians)

Lebanese business tycoon who was PM of Lebanon from 1992-98 and 2000-04. Credited with constructing the Taif Agreement that ended the 15 year Lebanese Civil War. Assassinated in 2005 by Hezbollah suicide truck bomb in Beirut.

Rafic Hariri

PM of Lebanon 2009-11 and 2016-20. Born in Riyadh. Son of assassinated father. Strongest figurehead of the March 14 Alliance named after date of Cedar Revolution.

Saad Hariri

Jessica Ennis-Hill was world champion in heptathlon how many times

Three

Tenth album by Madness, album cover by Peter blake. Lots of yes words.

Oui, oui, si, si, ja, ja, Da, Da

Villajoyosa in Spain known for what foodstuff

Chocolate

Whose first solo album was “She’s the Boss” in 1985?

Mick Jagger

Dodo Latin name

Raphus Cucullatus

First book about HP Lovecraft: first novel Whatever, Atomised, Platform, The Art of Struggle. 2010 published The Map and the Territory which won the Prix Goncourt. 2015 book Submission controversy due to depiction of Islam. 2022 book Aneantir.

Michel Houellebecq

Main character of The Stranger (L’etranger) set in Algeria

Meursault

Whcih author born 1913 in present day Drean (Mondovi) in Algeria?

Albert Camus

Born 1859 Mulhouse, French artillery officer whose trial in 1894 for treason was very polarising and has gone down in history.

Alfred Dreyfus

De facto ruler of Francia from 718 to 741. Son of Pepin of Herstal. Name comes from hammer.

Charles Martel

732 Battle when Umayyad invasion of Gaul. Frankish forces won led by Charles Martel over forces led by Al-Ghafiqi, governor of Al-Andalus.

Battle of Tours (known in Arabic as Battle of tiles of Martyrs)

Charles Martel two sons he split kingdom into. One became first king of Carolingian dynasty.

Carloman and Pepin the Short (751-768 father of Charlemagne)

Born 1758 in Arras, elected as public accuser in 1791, brought about fall of monarch on 10 August 1792 and creation of National Convention. People turned against him. Died in July 1894 in event preceding the Thermidorian Reaction.

Maximilian Robespierre

Name references item of clothing, common people of lower classes in late 18th century France. Opposing aristocrats. Used in derogatory sense by Murnan in 1791 to describe an army of this type.

Sans-culottes

Two rivers flowing through Lyon

Saone and Rhone

The Loire empties into the Atlantic Ocean at which port?

Saint-Nazaire

Name given to Europe’s biggest purpose built business district found in Paris?

La Defense

Green skinned grape from burgundy region of France the second most commonly used variety of white wine grape

Chardonnay

Wines from this region have preferred blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% Merlot?

Bordeaux

Region of France with prefecture Dijon. Other settlements: Besancon, Belfort, Auxerre, Macon, Nevers.

Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

Westernmost region of France, prefecture is Rennes. One of two regions which does not contain any landlocked departments along with Corsica. Anthem of this region sang same tune as national anthem as wales and Cornwall: Bro Gozh Ma Zadou. Other towns: Brest, Quimper, Lorient, Vannes.

Brittany

English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. Dutch form of this is Delftware, all others is this term.

Faience

Western region of France with prefecture Nantes, Angers, Saint-Nazaire, Le Mans other settlements.

Pays de la Loire

Region of France containing Paris

Ile-de-France

Six islands overseas region of France: islands Basse-Terre (also capital), Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade and two unhabited Iles des Saintes.

Guadeloupe

Most populous city of Guadeloupe (not capital Basse Terre).

Les Abymes

Largest national park of France and of EU covering 41% of French Guiana.

Guiana Amazonian Park

French overseas department and region consists of Grande-Terre and Petite-Terre in Mozambique Channel.

Mayotte

Mayotte’s capital and largest city?

Mamoudzou

1993 film by Jon Amie starring Richard Gere and Jodie Foster adapted by account of French peasant Martin Guerre.

Sommersby

White supremacist terrorist organisation operated in southern states during late 19th century founded by Alcibiades DeBlanc in 1867.

Knights of the White Camelia

Named after clothes and colour, white supremacist paramilitary groups active in late 19th century in reconstruction era of USA.

Red Shirts

Condition similar to yips that affects dart players

Dartitis

Gymnastic term similar to Yips affecting Simone Biles at Olympics

Twisties

Who said “I loved deadlines, I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by”?

Douglas Adams

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough” said by who?

Mae West

Head of New Zealand Rugby Union team from 2012-19 winning the 2015 World Cup. High Chief of Vaiala (Samoa).

Sir Steve Hansen

New Zealand rugby Union head coach between 2004 and 2011, nicknamed Ted and won Rugby World Cup in 2011

Sir Graham Henry

South Africa Rugby Union head coach from 2004-07 winning the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations.

Jake White

Head coach of South Africa rugby Union team from 2018-19 winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Rassie Erasmus (born Johan)

“Third world” coined by which French demographer in 1952?

Alfred Sauvy

Capitalist world was first world, third world was everybody else but who was second world?

Eastern Bloc or Communist States

George Manuel, Canadian aboriginal leader, coined which term to describe nations who live within or across state boundaries like native Americans.

Fourth World

Hugh Dennis comedy partner met at Footlights while at Cambridge Uni.

Steve Punt

Earl of Ypres, commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force for the first year and a half of WW1. Replaced by Haig due to blame for battle results including Battle of Loos.

John French

Commander of British Expeditionary Force on Western front from late 1915 until end of war, in charge for Somme, Arras, 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele 1917).

Douglas Haig

Eden Project North will be based where?

Morecambe, Lancashire

What has a pintle, knuckles and two leaves?

Hinge

Name for striking a ball so that it hits in any order the other cue ball and the red ball on the same shot. Scores two points.

Cannon

Who plays the cook in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover in 1989 film?

Richard Bohringer

Who plays the thief in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover in 1989 film?

Michael Gambon

Who plays the cook in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover in 1989 film?

Richard Bohringer

Who plays the lover in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover in 1989 film?

Alan Howard

John Ford 1620s play, about Giovanni brother to sister Annabella.

Tis Pity She’s a whore

Parts of whcih book are: Recalled to Life, The Golden Thread and The Track of a Storm?

A Tale or Two Cities

Nicknames of whcih sports team include Bombers, Pinstripers and the Evil Empire?

New York Yankees

Official name for the insignia of the Church of Satan the pentagram looking thing

Sigil of Baphomet

Hedgehog Latin name

Erinaceus europaeus

Hindu goddess of time and death. Tongue and lips of Rolling Stones created in 1971 inspired by stuck out tongue of this goddess.

Kali

The Rolling Stones tongues and lip logo was created by which British art designer

John Pasche

Name of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell’s design team coined by Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. Designed “A Saucerful of Secrets” for them. Famously did The Dark Side of the Moon.

Hipgnosis

Who co-founder of Hipgnosis worked solo from 1983 doing albums for Robert Plant, Kajagoogoo and Big Country. Also Muse’s Black Holes and Revelations.

Storm Thorgerson

Lion monument created by Bertel Thorvaldsen was by which Swiss city?

Lion of Lucerne

Danish sculptor did the Tomb monument of Pius VII the only work by a non catholic in St Peters Basilica

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Original virgin records logo created by who? Famous for album covers by Yes; Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans.

Roger Dean

Lead singer Bernie Shaw, guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon and Dave Rimmer bassist.

Uriah Heep

Graphic designer 1957-2019, record label 4AD close relationship. Produced artwork for every Pixies album during his lifetime: come on pilgrim, surfer Rosa, doolittle, bossanova.

Vaughan Oliver

Graphic designer born 1955 cofounder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. First album cover very famous Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. Did Peter Gabriel’s 1986 album So. Designed 2010 England football team home shirt. 2018 redesigned Burberry’s logo.

Peter Saville

Debut album by Joy Division released in 1979. Famous artwork cover by Peter Saville.

Unknown Pleasures

American artist known for 1960s psychedelic rock concert poster and album designers including Grateful Dead logo.

Stanley “Mouse” Miller

1913-1992, American artist best known for illustrations on jazz record albums. Did Time Magazine covers too. bird and diz. Loads of iconic ones.

David Stone Martin

What Swiss artist best known for airbrushed images that blend humans with machines. Won Oscar for visual design of Ridley Scott’s Alien and created Alien design. Albums: Brain Salad Surgery by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, KooKoo by Deborah Harry.

HR Giger

HP Lovecraft initials

Howard Phillips

Main graphic arts designer for Frank Zappa and/or The Mothers of Invention. Did Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart. Debut album of Tom Waits: Closing Time, then The Heart of Saturday Night, Nighthawks At The Diner.

Cal Schenkel

Don Van Vliet performed under whcih stage name using a rotating ensemble backup called The Magic Band.

Captain Beefheart

Cover of Band Aid’s Do They Know Its Christmas, 2006 album Stop the Clocks (Oasis greatest hits), painting The First Real Target 1961 at Tate. Did Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover work.

Peter Blake

American art director known for designing The Barbara Streisand Album in 1963, Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits in 1967, Underground by Thelonius Monk in 1969, Chicago X in 1976 (8th album), Love Notes by Ramsey Lewis in 1977.

John Berg

Who created Fritz the Cat and Mr Natural, comic Zap Comix, illustrated biography of Kafka: Introducing Kafka.

Robert Crumb

Obey Giant sticker, Mozilla former logo, Obama Hope poster.

Shepard Fairey

Swiss typeface designer best known for Neue Haas Grotesk typeface in 1957, renamed Helvetica in 1960.

Max Miedinger

Who designed the Nike Swoosh?

Carolyn Davidson

American graphic designer known for book covers most famously Jurassic Park

Chip Kidd

American graphic designer and Oscar winner, best known for film posters and title sequences: The Man With The Golden Arm by Otto Preminger. Film posters: Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, Schindlers List. Hanna-Barbera swirling star logo, designed United Airlines logo, Continental Airlines logo, logo Bell System.

Saul Bass

Director of taboo films such as The Man With The Golden Arm, Anatomy of a Murder, Advise & Consent, Laura and Fallen Angel. Bonjour Tristesse; Saint Joan, Porgy and Bess, Carmen Jones.

Otto Preminger

I Love NY, Brooklyn Brewery Logo, DC Comics Logo.

Milton Glaser

Supermodel born 1942 High Wycombe, icon of Swinging London. Helped launch miniskirt. Romance with Terence Stamp, married Michael Cox in 1979. Played by Karen Gillan in We’ll Take Manhattan in 2012.

Jean Shrimpton

Father of Graphic Design. Born 1914; logos of IBM, UPS, Enron, Westinghouse, ABC and NeXT.

Paul Rand

Yuri Gagarin’s first words upon taking off Vostok 1 at Baikonur cosmodrome

Poyekhali / let’s go!

Vostok 1 took off from what Kazakhstan cosmodrome?

Baikonur

Who sang “Fight Song” in 2015? Albums: Wildfire, Waves.

Rachel Platten

Song written by Goffin and King and performed by Monkees as theme song for 1968 film Head.

Porpoise Song

Who sang The Boll Weevil Song? Other hits like It’s Just a Matter of Time, Endlessly.

Brook Benton

One of largest land animals of all time named after country it was found in. Led by palaeontologist Jose Bonaparte.

Argentinosaurus

What do they call wooden clogs in Dutch?

Klomp (plural klompen)

Google engineer who made free fall jump in 2014 breaking Felix Baumgartner world record.

Alan Eustace

American video game developer founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984: Crash Bandicoot (1996), Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (2001), Uncharted (2007-) and The Last of Us (2013-).

Naughty Dog

2022 comedy film directed by Tom Gormican stars Nicolas Cage as fictionalised version of himself.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Capital of Marche region

Ancona

Capital of Abruzzo

L’Aquila is capital of which Italian region

Capital of Apulia

Bari is the capital of which Italian region

Capital of Basilicata in Italy

Potenza is capital of which Italian region

Which italian region is the toe of Italy?

Calabria

Capital of Calabria in Italy

Catanzaro is the capital of which region?

Naples is capital of which Italian region?

Campania

Bologna is the capital of which Italian region?

Emilia-Romagna

Trieste is the capital of which Italian region?

Friuli-Venezia-Guilia capital?

Genoa capital of which region?

Liguria

Molise region of Italy’s capital

Campobasso is the capital of which Italian region

Turin is capital of which region?

Piedmont

Trento capital of which region?

Trentino-South Tyrol

Umbria capital?

Perugia is capital of which Italian region?

Venice is capital of which Italian region?

Veneto

Most populous Italian region

Lombardy

Least populous region of Italy

Aosta Valley

Largest area region of Italy

Sicily

Least in area region of Italy

Aosta Valley

After sicily, what is the largest inland region of Italy?

Piedmont

Lake Eyre officially known as what now?

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Kati-Thanda-Lake Eyre is a lake in which state and 700km north of its capital?

South Australia - north of Adelaide

Third largest city in Zambia is size and population

Ndola

Second largest city of Zambia

Kitwe

What did Messi get draped with before picking up the World Cup?

bisht

Emir of Qatar since 2013

Tamim Al Thani

Official language of Goa is which K

Konkani

New weight class in boxing used by WBC named after 6 year old American who saved his sister from a stray dog in 2020. The weight is placed between heavyweight and cruiserweight.

Bridgerweight

Which Colombian boxer has been the first inaugural WBC Bridgerweight champion since 2021?

Oscar Rivas

The southernmost point of Asia is which Indonesian island?

Pamana Island

Study found that what five letter word statistically best wordle word to start with? The word means a light round helmet extending over back of neck replacing the bassinet in 15th century.

Salet

What now defunct helicopter manufacturer was centre of political scandal in mid 1980s that led to Michael Heseltine’s resignation from cabinet?

Westland

Second largest lake in Lake District

Ullswater

Pooley Bridge can be found at north end of what lake? Named after a bridge going over the river Eamont.

Ullswater

Who managed Brazil at 2002 World Cup?

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Who managed Italy to a World Cup in 2006?

Marcello Lippi

Named after an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, Asia Minor, what form of silica can be seen in the Book of Revelation however it is a hapax legomenon so hard to tell if same precious gem we see today.

Chalcedony

Hindu deity the 8th incarnation of Vishnu?

Krishna

First Pokémon region for Blue red yellow

Kanto

Region of Pokémon for gold silver crystal.

Johto

Region of Pokémon for third round of games Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

Hoenn

What region is the setting of fourth generation of Pokémon games: Diamond, Pearl, Platinum?

Sinnoh

Fifth generation of Pokémon games Black and White was set in Unova region, based on what metropolitan city?

New York

Sixth generation of Pokémon games for X & Y was set in Kalos region which was based on the northern half of which country? Kalos comes from beauty.

France

What is the region of seventh generation Pokémon games that is Sun, Moon. Based on Hawaii?

Alola

Setting of eighth generation of Pokémon games, Sword and Shield, is the Galar region which is based on which country?

Great Britain

The Isle of Armor expansion pack to Pokémon Sword and Shield is said to be which British island?

Isle of Man

The Crown Tundra expansion pack to Pokémon Sword and Shield is said to be which Area of GB?

Scotland

Ninth generation of Pokémon games set in Iberian inspired Paldea region, what is the name of the Pokémon games?

Scarlet and Violet

Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) was occupation protest and self declared autonomous zone in Capital Hill neighbourhood of which American city in 2020 by George Floyd protestors.

Seattle

Brentford’s football ground up to AUgust 2020, name referred to logo of fullers brewery who had owned orchard at original site of stadium. Famous for having a pub on each corner.

Griffin Park

Name of trophy awarded annually to leading goal scorer in NHL.

Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy

Which Russian ice hockey player for Washington Capitals won his ninth rocket Richard Trophy in 2019-20?

Alexander Ovechkin

Which Canadian ice hockey player born 1928 played for 25 seasons for Detroit Red Wings? Nicknamed Mr Hockey, considered most complete player ever, scored 801 goals, 1049 assists and 1850 total points all records until Wayne Gretzky came along. Won the Art Ross Trophy six times. Won Stanley Cup four times.

Gordie Howe

International rugby Union trophy awarded to winner of British & Irish Lions vs Australia test series. Named after only Australian born player who represented both the Wallabies and the Lions. He took part in Gallipoli campaign.

Tom Richards Cup

Which trophy awarded to NHL player who leads leagues in points at end of season (goals and assists)?

Art Ross Trophy

Who has won the Art Ross Trophy four times? First 2016-17, up until 2021-22. Playing for Edmonton Oilers.

Connor McDavid

First Ryder Cup occurred in which year?

1927

Who was Secretary of War from 1925-29 for President Herbert Hoover? Better known for founding a tennis competition for international mens teams founded in 1900.

Davis Cup

NBA Sportsmanship Award named after which trophy named after former Detroit pistons player who was inaugural recipient?

Joe Dumars Trophy

Winner of Daytona 500 wins which trophy?

Harley J Earl Trophy

What car is on top of the Harley J Earl Trophy given to winner of Daytona 500?

Firebird I Prototype

How many laps does the Daytona 500 run for?

200 (each lap is 2.5 miles)

Who won the Daytona 500 a record seven times?

Richard Petty

Winner of the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs win which trophy? Ak Bars Kazan have won record three times.

Gagarin Cup

Jack Gibson Cup is a trophy given to winners of National Rugby League game between which two local teams?

Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters

Player in gridiron football who is responsible for the kicking duties of Field Goals and Extra Points.

Placekicker (or Kicker)

Position in gridiron football person who receives snapped ball directly from line of scrimmage and then kicks football to opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage. Generally happens on a fourth down in American football.

Punter

Trophy given to MVP in the NHL voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association? Won record nine times by Gretzky - 8 for Edmonton Oilers and 1 for LA Kings

Hart Memorial Trophy

Annual award for MLS MVP award is named after which player in 2015?

Landon Donovan

Award given to outstanding athlete at each commonwealth games based on performance, fair play and overall contribution.

David Dixon Award

Singaporean table tennis player who won the David Dixon Award at the 2022 Birmingham commonwealth games

Feng Tianwei

2014 Glasgow Commonwealth games David Dixon Award given to which welsh gymnast who won Gold for ribbon at the games

Francesca Jones

Bar mitzvah done at what age for boys

13

Bat mitzvah done at which age for girls

12

Bulgarian actress who played Tutar Sagdiyev in 2020 sequel Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, nominated for Oscar. Role in Judd Apatow’s 2022 The Bubble, A24’s Bodies Bodies Bodies and The Honeymoon.

Maria Bakalova

Four largest cities in Bulgaria

4 Burgas 3 Varna 2 Plovdiv 1 Sofia

Production company founded by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges and named after an Italian motorway Katz was driving down. First release Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Distributed five top grossing: EEAAO 2022, Hereditary (Toni Collette), Lady Bird, Moonlight, Uncut Gems.

A24

Profilic character actor 1926-2022, starred Roger Corneal in original Oceans 11, The Manchurian Candidate, Johnny Cool and Sharky’s Machine?

Henry Silva

Member of Rat Pack born in UK and brother in law of JFK

Peter Lawford (married Patricia Kennedy)

Which Bond girl reunited with Sean Connery for the 1968 movie western Shalako?

Honor Blackman (Goldfinger)

Who was only cast member of 1968 movie Rosemary’s Baby to return for 1976 TV movie sequel Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby?

Ruth Gordon

Which author wrote Rosemary’s Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil and play Deathtrap?

Ira Levin

Which actor only appeared in five films before he died: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon and The Deer Hunter?

John Cazale

What director directed What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard?

Robert Aldrich

Scientific term for identical twins?

Monozygotic

What can be either monozygotic or dizygotic?

Twins

To the Manor Born manor name?

Grantleigh Manor

Penelope Keith’s character name in The Good Life?

Margo Leadbetter

Penelope Keith’s character name in To the Manor Born

Audrey fforbes-Hamilton

1991 film starred Helena Bonham Carter, Rupert Graves and is set on EM Forster book which took title from saying by Alexander Pope?

Where Angels Fear to Tread

According to proverb what butters no parsnips?

Fine words

Sam Curran has become the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by which team for £1.85m?

PUNJAB KINGS

In the proverb, what word follows the title of a sitcom starting in 1981?

Work (Only Fools and Horses work)

Whose wife should be above reproach? Who is she?

Caesar’s Married to Calpurnia at time of death. Others Cornelia and Pompeia.

It ain’t over until the fat lady sings is colloquialism referring to which Wagner character in Gotterdammerung.

Brunnhilde the Valkyrie

Who wrote 2021 book “Why We Kneel, How We Rise” in aftermath of murder of George Floyd? It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.

Michael Holding

Former head of Russia’s national anti-doling laboratory, winner of William Hill 2020 sports book of the year for The _______ Affair.

Grigory Rodchenkov

Phase change from gas directly to solid

Deposition or Desublimation

Phase directly solid to gas

Sublimation

What is the 4th perfect number

8128

What is the third perfect number

496

What is the fifth perfect number

33,550,336

What gemstone is “Star of Adam” found in Sri Lanka

Sapphire

African bird in passerine family used by humans to find bee hives for a long time. Family indicatoridae.

Honeyguides

Crypts of Fuchs are found in which part of eye?

Iris

Scientific name for a wishbone in birds

Furcula

Songs: Wake Up in the Sky, Everybody Looking, Mr Davis, The Appeal. Featured on Rae Sremmurd song Black Beatles.

Gucci Mane

Real name Gazzy Garcia, born Miami to Colombian parents, first song 2017 Gucci Gang diss track to Canadian airline WestJet who once kicked off flight.

Lil Pump

Florida based rapper singles “Look at Me” and “Sad!”. Albums 17, ?, Skins. Murdered in 2018 during robbery.

XXXTentacion

Born in LA to American mother and Eritrean father, 2016 album “Victory Lap” reached #2 in states, shot in 2019 by Eric Holder.

Nipsey Hussle

Puerto Rican rapper has albums YHLQMDLG, El ULTIMO Tour Del Mundo, Un Verano Sin Ti. Wrestler too and won 24/7 title with WWE.

Bad Bunny (Benito Ocasio)

2020 album Good News, songs WAP and Savage. Recently in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Megan Thee Stallion

Houston rapper with albums Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight and Astroworld. Singles Sicko Mode, Highest in the Room, The Scott’s, Franchise.

Travis Scott

Born in Germany with first name Jermaine, was first chair violinist at high school but focused on rap career. All six albums gone number 1 in America.

J Cole

Real name Jonathan Kirk, North Carolina based rapper with 2019 album Kirk and singles Suge and Rockstar, shot man in self defence in Walmart, trouble in 2021 for homophobic comments at Miami concert.

Da Baby

Actress played Laura in Logan 2017, Lyra Belacqua in His Dark Materials.

Dafne Keen

Born in Compton as Michael Nguyen-Stevenson, with a backronym as name, famous song is Rack City, faded, Far Away, Still Got It.

Tyga (thank you god always)

Pitbull real name born Miami

Armando Perez

Soulja Boy real name

DeAndre Way

Flo Rida real name

Tramar Dillard

What hip hop group from Memphis won Oscar for its hard out there for a pimp from Hustle & Flow? Contains Juicy J.

Three 6 Mafia

Real name Dennis Coles, rapper from WTC, first album Ironman, Supreme Clientele, Fishscale. Name from 1979 kung fu film Mystery of Chessboxing.

Ghostface Killah

Atlanta rapper Lil Jon surname

Smith

Lil Kim surname

Jones

American record label founded by Lil Wayne, also had some Nicki Minaj on it, early Drake.

Young Money Entertainment

American record label founded by Ronald Slim Williams and Bryan Birdman Williams, home to Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj). Got singles One Dance, Gods Plan, Nice for What, In My Feelings.

Cash Money Records

Ja Rule name

Jeffrey Atkins

American record label founded by Chris and Irv Gotti in 1998. Flagship artist is Ja Rule. Also Ashanti, Lloyd.

Murder Inc Records

Real name Terius Gray, rapper best known for cash money records work, member of group Hot Boys. Album 400 Degreez, Tha G-Code, Project English. Song Slow Motion and Hit song “Back That Azz Up”.

Juvenile

Hip hop duo of NYC, rappers Prodigy and Havoc. Songs Shook Ones (Part II). Prodigy had sickle cell disease.

Mobb Deep

Who sang Centerfield which got celebrated at Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York?

John Fogerty

What 1908 song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer unofficial anthem of North American baseball? Sung as part of seventh inning stretch of baseball.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Rapper was 1991 defendant in court case by Gilbert O’Sullivan song Alone Again (Naturally) all about sampling songs

Biz Markie

One of first rappers who sang “The Breaks” and “Basketball”?

Kurtis Blow

Which nfl team released the Super Bowl Shuffle in 1985 before winning the real thing the same year?

Chicago Bears

Who sang “Talkin’ Baseball”?

Terry Cashman

First commonwealth games 1930 host

Hamilton, Canada

First year London hosted Commonwealth Games

1934

1938 Commonwealth Games host

Sydney

1950 commonwealth games host

Auckland NZ

1954 Commonwealth Games host

Vancouver, Canada

1958 Commonwealth Games host

Cardiff

1962 commonwealth games host

Perth Australia

1966 commonwealth games host

Kingston Jamaica

1970 commonwealth games host

Edinburgh

1974 commonwealth games host

Christchurch

1978 Commonwealth Games host

Edmonton, Canada

1982 commonwealth games host

Brisbane

1986 commonwealth games host

Edinburgh

1990 commonwealth games host

Auckland

1994 commonwealth games host

Victoria Canada

1998 commonwealth games host

Kuala Lumpur

2002 commonwealth games host

Manchester

2006 commonwealth games host

Melbourne

2010 commonwealth games host

New Delhi

2014 commonwealth games host

Glasgow

2018 commonwealth games host

Gold Coast

2026 commonwealth games host

State of Victoria - Australia

Which cities have hosted Commonwealth games twice: 1950 and 1990 one of them, 1970 and 1986 for the others?

Auckland 50/90 and EDINBURGH 1970/86

Fatalii is a type of what?

Chilli Pepper

Godello is a type of what fruit

Grape (named after town near Valencia)

Maura Labingi is the name of which literary character in their own language?

Frodo Baggins in Hobbitish

Best selling video game of all time?

Minecraft by Mojang Studios

Among best selling video games ever, what sandbox game developed by Re-Logic, first released in 2011 do you explore; craft, build, paint and combat designed by Whitney and Andrew Spinks.

Terraria

RPG in gaming stands for what?

Role Playing Game

Who won the Six Nations championship and Grand Slam in 2022?

France

Top point scorer at the 2022 Six Nations was which fly half for Harlequins

Marcus Smith

2022 Six Nations player of the tournament was which scrum half who plays for Toulouse in Top14 and captains France

Antoine Dupont

Which Irish rugby player was top point scorer at 2021 six nations and is captain of Leinster and Ireland?

Jonathan Sexton

Who was player of tournament at 2021 Six Nations? Plays for Edinburgh Rugby in United Rugby Championship and for Scotland?

Hamish Watson

2020 six nations player of the tournament who also won POT in 2022 too

Antoine Dupont

Who was Player of Tournament in 2019 Six Nations playing for champions Wales? Most capped rugby Union player ever and plays as lock for Osprey currently.

Alun Wyn Jones

Which Irish player won Player of Tournament in 2018 Six Nations when he set record for most tries in a single 6 Nations with 7 tries?

Jacob Stockdale

Who won Player of the tournament in both 2016 and 2017 six nations ?

Stuart Hogg

Which country won most Golds at 2022 Commonwealth

Australia

Most gold medals at 2022 Commonwealth games?

22 - India 26 - Canada 57 - England 67 - Australia

With pen name meaning the memoriser or the safe keeper in Persian, who was a Persian lyric poet, words used as proverbs in current day? Born Shiraz 1325. Known most for The Divan of _____.

Hafez

What is an ancient festival in Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey celebrated on the winter solstice.

Yalda

Ancient European yew found in churchyard of namesake village in Perthshire’s estimated at 5000 years old.

Fortingall Yew

What economic terms is a good for which demand increases as the price increases? typically high-quality goods that are made well, are exclusive, and are a status symbol.

Veblen Goods

Whose known for best-known book, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), They coined the concepts of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.

Thorstein Veblen

What economic term is a product that people consume more of as the price rises and vice versa—violating the basic law of demand in microeconomics? The good is so strongly an inferior good in the minds of consumers (being more in demand at lower incomes) that this contrary income effect more than offsets the substitution effect, and the net effect of the good's price rise is to increase demand for it.

Giffen Good

1970 film about motley crew of American GIs who go AWOL in order to rob a French bank located behind German lines of their Nazi gold bars.

Kelly’s Heroes

Tv show HBO Max by James Gunn based on DC character played by John Cena, spin-off of 2021 The Suicide Squad. Real name Christopher smith.

Peacemaker

Tsar of Russia 1796-1801, only son of Peter III and Catherine the Great. Assassinated by own officers.

Paul I

Tsar of Russia 1801-25, oldest son of Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg. 1805 joined Britain in the War of the Third Coalition against Napoleon lost at Austerlitz (Moravia, Czechia 1805), Friedland (Pravdinsk, on Lava River, Kaliningrad), signed Treaty of Tilsit with Napoleon. Died of Typhus in 1825.

Alexander I

Name of revolt took place in Russia 26 December 1825 during interregnum following sudden death of Alexander I.

Decembrist Revolt

Port city on Sea of Azov where Anton Chekhov born 1860 and Alexander I died in 1825.

Taganrog

Tsar of Russia 1825-55, third son of Paul I and brother of Alexander I. Failed Decembrist Revolt first thing. Led Russia into Crimean war in 1853. Married charlotte of Prussia (Alexandra Feodorovna).

Nicholas I

Tsar Russia 1855-81 until assassination by Nikolai Rysakov bomb and Ignacy Hryniewiecki bomb. Emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861. Sold Alaska to USA in 1867. Joined League of 3 Emperors with German and Austria.

Alexander II

Tsar Russia 1881-94, did some counter reforms, fought no wars so called Peacemaker. Married Dagmar of Denmark (Maria Feodorovna).

Alexander III

Tsar Nicholas II term of reign

1894-1917

What building in Yekaterinburg was Nicholas II and his family executed in July 1918?

Ipatiev House

HBO Max tv show created by David Jenkins set in gold age of piracy. Rhys Darby plays Stede Bonnet and Taika Waititi plays Blackbeard

Our Flag Means Death

HBO max sequel to Sex and the City has which name

And Just Like That…

Pink mountain lion originally from Quick Draw McGraw Show and Yogi Bear Show. Now on Jellystone! On hbo max.

Snagglepuss

Huckleberry Hound was which type of dog? Now mayor of jellystone in Jellystone!

Bluetick Coonhound

What was Spanish alter ego of quick draw McGraw who now is character in Jellystone!

El Kabong

The Banana Splits, what is Fleegle?

Beagle/Dog name

The Banana Splits Bingo was what animal?

Gorilla was called what ?

Drooper in the banana splits was what animal

Lion is the what animal

Snorky is what animal in banana splits

Elephant is what name in Bs

Three bears of Hair Bear Bunch

Hair Bear, Bubi Bear, Square Bear

Which voice actor originated voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Loopy de Loop, Quick Draw McGraw, Elroy Jetson and Hair Bear?

Daws Butler

First person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart as well as original voice of tigger, dick dastardly, gargamel, bubi bear.

Paul Winchell

Sociopathic green alien from the flint stones

Great Gazoo

Parents in the Jetsons names

George and Jane

Children in the Jetsons names

Judy and Elroy

Name of Jetson’s Great Dane in the Jetsons

Astro

Name of the Jetsons robotic maid and housekeeper

Rosie

Name of George jetson’s boss in the Jetsons

Mr Cosmo G. Spacely

American actor played Thomas Schiff in Dark Knight, Kurt in Ant-Man, Abra Kadabra in the Flash, Abner Krill/Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad, in three of Denis Villeneuve’s films.

David Dastmalchian

Chilean-French avant garde filmmaker born 1929 best known for El Topo 1970 and The Holy Mountain 1973. Cancelled attempt at making Dune. Tusk, Santa Sangre, The Rainbow Thief.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Australian slang for someone whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. There’s a river in NSW with same name.

Bogan

English actor who played Lock-Nah in Mummy Returns, Nykwana Wombosi in Bourne Identity, Killer Croc in Suicide Squad, Mr Eko in Lost, Ogunwe in His Dark Materials.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

American actress played Tatsu/Yamashiro/Katana in 2016 Suicide Squad and as Kimiko Miyashiro/The Female in The Boys. Glimmer in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power too.

Karen Fukuhara

In pantomime whose sweetheart was Columbine?

Harlequin

The Muppets: what’s miss piggy surname

Lee

Who are Bob, Kevin, Stuart and Otto?

Minions

What is a water like fluid that lies in front of the lens?

Aqueous Humour

Gel like substance that lies behind the lens and in front of the retina?

Vitreous Humour

Who wrote Coming Up For Air in 1939

George Orwell

Mrs Dalloway first name

Clarissa

Lady Chatterley real name

Constance Reid

Spondulix is 19th century slang for what

Money or Cash

Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, Panama Hattie, musicals. Songs: Anything Goes, Begin the Beguine (Jubilee), I Get A Kick Out Of You (anything goes), I’ve got you under my skin (born to dance), let’s do it lets fall in love (Paris), Tom dick or Harry (kiss me Kate), too darn hot (kiss me Kate), who wants to be a millionaire (high society), you’re the top (anything goes)

Cole Porter

Social media AMA stands for?

Ask Me Anything

Crayford and Romford are London’s last venues for which sport?

Greyhound Racing

What country been subject to us sanctions since 1962?

Cuba

City far north of Queensland is considered the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef

Cairns

Which Beatles song did The Overlanders take to number one?

Michelle

What is the Cornish fishing village which is the setting of Doc Martin? It is filmed at the real Port Isaac.

Port Wenn

Operating title of British theme parks operating in 1990s by Noel Edmonds where Noel house party tv programme based.

Crinkley Bottom

Who married marketing consultant Alex Sawyer in 2004?

Priti Patel

Which king wore two shirts on a freezing January day?

Charles I

Which monarch was buried in an almost square shaped coffin?

Queen Anne

What spirit is main constituent in a margarita?

Tequila

Who was the only tennis player to beat Martina Navratilova in singles in 1983?

Kathy Horvath

Which Hampshire village is said to be the birthplace of cricket?

Hambledon

What did Mary of Teck call a pretty kettle of fish?

Abdication Crisis

What were anti nuclear weapons demonstrations in 50/60s taking place on Easter weekend between Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in namesake Berkshire location and London. First one was 1958.

Aldermaston Marches

Series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at namesake RAF base in Berkshire. Began in 1981 after welsh group arrived protesting.

Greenham Common Womens Peace Camp

Term for a small ornamental case for holding needles, cosmetics and other articles.

Etui

Which novelist wrote lesser known “The Food of the Gods” and “In the days of the comet”?

Herbert George Wells

In Penguin books what colour was mystery and crime books?

Green

In penguin covers what colour were the covers for travel and adventure?

Cerise (pink)

In penguin covers, what colour were biographies

Dark Blue

In penguin cover colours, what colour were drama books?

Red

In penguin covers what colour were world affairs?

Grey

In penguin colours what colour were the rarer essays and belles letters?

Purple

Which town would you find The Piece Hall?

Halifax

Anne Lister, Gentleman Jack tv show, lived at which Yorkshire house?

Shibden Hall

2022 drama show starring Adrian Dunbar as retired DI who gets lured back into service to crack a murder case.

Ridley

Which comedian presents The 1% Club?

Lee Mack

Which heroine flings herself from a castle parapet after the death of her lover Cavaradossi?

Tosca

Sisyphus was a king of which place

Corinth

Which Greek figure attached to a winged fiery wheel always spinning?

Ixion

Who was God of war, storms, disorder and violence in Egyptian mythology?

Set

M11 motorway links London to what city?

Cambridge

Demi Moore real name

Demetria Guynes

Top rank in Army, Navy, RAF.

General, Admiral, Air Chief Marshall

2nd highest rank in army, navy, Air Force:

Lieutenant General, Vice Admiral, Air Marshall

Third highest rank in Army, Navy, RAF

Major General, Rear Admiral, Air Vice-Marshal

Fourth highest rank in Army, Navy, RAF

Brigadier, Commodore, Air Commodore

Fifth highest rank in Army, Navy, RAF

Colonel, Captain, Group Captain

Sixth highest rank in Army, Navy, RAF

Lieutenant Colonel, Commander, Wing Commander

Seventh highest rank in Army, Navy, RAF

Major, Lieutenant Commander, Squadron Leader

Lowest rung of Military rank army navy Air Force

Private, Able Rate, Aircraftman

Helminthophobia is a fear of what?

Parasitic worms

What type of creature is a Shubunkin?

Goldfish

Term for the servant who would opera the fan in colonial India?

Punkah Wallah

Last PM to be born in the 19th century?

Harold MacMillan Earl of Stockton

Pompidou Centre, Lloyds Centre, Millennium Dome, Senedd Building architect.

Richard Rogers

Author of Biggles

WE Johns

The History of Cardenio by Shakespeare likely based on a character from which famous 17th century novel who goes mad.

Don Quixote

Which welsh philosopher “a history of western philosophy” and “the principles of mathematics”, became peer in 1931

Bertrand Russell

Which scientist won 1923 Nobel Physics for his namesake oil drop experiment? Conducted with Harvey Fletcher experiment deduced elementary electric charge value and the amount of charge carried by a single proton (or electron in the negative)?

Robert Millikan

What was the original show from Netherlands that The Traitors was made from?

De Verraders

Which NHL team has won stanley cup most times with 24 times? Haven’t won since 1993.

Montreal Canadiens

Which teams has won NBA won most times with 17 times?

LA Lakers (Minneapolis Lakers 5) Boston Celtics

Which two teams have won most Superbowls?

New England Patriots Pittsburgh Steelers

Which team has won the most MLS Cups with five?

LA Galaxy

Which team has won most World Series with 27? Second is St Louis Cardinals with 11.

New York Yankees

Word used to describe the last community card drawn in a game of of Texas Hold Em Poker?

River

Which 2022 tv show stars Steve Carrell as a therapist held captive by serial killer played by Domhnall Gleason who wants to curb his psychopathic tendencies?

The Patient

Who founded Christian Science, born 1821 in Bow New Hampshire

Mary Baker Eddy

Who is author of Divergent series?

Veronica Roth

What are the latter two books in the Divergent trilogy?

Insurgent and Allegiant

Five factions in Divergent series?

Dauntless, Amity, Erudite, Abnegation, Candor

Who wrote the Maze Runner series?

James Dashner

Largest island of Cape Verde

Santiago

Which consumer goods company HQ in Slough was formed through merger of uk and Dutch company owns series of power brands such as Dettol, Durex, Lemsip and Gaviscon.

Reckitt

The Nativity Story is told in which two of the four gospels?

Luke and Matthew

What year were these two December number ones? Greatest Day by Take That and Run by Leona Lewis.

2008

Four main food groups according to Elf.

Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corn, Syrup

In Muppet Christmas Carol which muppet plays Tiny Tim?

Robin the Frog

In Nativity, what is name of Mr Maddens classroom assistant?

Mr Poppy

First Christmas number one in 1952

Here in my Heart - Al Martino

2014 Christmas number one by Ben Haenow?

Something I Need

When does advent begin?

Fourth Sunday before Christmas

How many Sundays are there in advent?

4

What colour is the season of advent represented by?

Purple (lent too, rest are pretty much white all the one off days)

In which decade did the first chocolate advent calendar appear?

1950s (1958)

What is the meaning of Advent?

Coming or Preparation

When does advent end?

24th December

Also known as Olibanum, second gift given to magi, aromatic resin obtained from trees of genus Boswellia?

Frankincense

Which gum resin extracted from number of small thorny tree species of genus commiphora?

Myrrh

Term for penalty in German

Elfmeter

Who beat who in only premier league game played on Christmas Eve ever - in 1995, Mcallister, yeboah, Deane scoring and cole for opposition?

Leeds beat Manchester United

Competed between two cars and run over 1/4 mile which form of motor racing uses Christmas tree lights starting system?

Drag Racing

Trained by Paul Nicholls and ridden by Ruby Walsh, which horse won King George VI on Boxing Day a record five times between 2006-2009 and 2011?

Kauto Star

Which racehorse won the Derby, Irish 2000 Guineas and Irish Derby in 1964?

Santa Claus

In what 1947 film did Edmund Gwenn win a best supporting actor Oscar for playing Kris Kringle?

Miracle on 34th Street

James Bond film features nuclear physicist Dr Christmas Jones played by Denise Richards?

The world is not enough

Piggybacking on ESA’s Mars Express, which UK space probe crash landed on Mars on Christmas Day 2003?

Beagle 2

Christopher Columbus first landed in which modern country in 1492?

Bahamas

Name of island in Bahamas that first land in the new world sighted and visited by Columbus on 12 October 1492?

Guanahani

Which Portuguese explorer was first European to reach east coast of South Africa naming it Natal in 1492 (now KwaZulu Natal)?

Vasco da Gama

Mount Cook highest point in New Zealand in Māori called what?

Aoraki

Saturnalia was Roman pagan festival celebrated in which month?

December

Roman festival of Lupercalia was celebrated in which month?

February 15

Two main ingredients for a snowball cocktail?

Advocaat and Lemonade

Juice of what fruit goes into a poinsettia cocktail?

Cranberry Juice (with Triple Sec and fizzy wine)

Saint of bricklayers and stonemasons named after Saint stoned to death by Jewish council after he condemned them for murder if the messiah?

Saint Stephen

What type of dog is a plum pudding dog or the firehouse dog?

Dalmatian

Which President on $50 bill

Ulysses S Grant / declared Christmas American holiday in 1870

Only national park of the UK (and largest) is the only place in uk with herd of free roaming reindeer?

Cairngorms

Which famous Finnish architect (1898-1976) was brought in to redesign capital of Lapland (Rovaniemi)? Meant to be a reindeers head.

Alvar Aalto

In which country would you find Gavle? Famed at Christmas time for the Gavlebocken, giant straw yuletide goat that has been set on fire 31 times since 1966.

Sweden

On 2nd January 2022 which African country’s Parliament was burned down in arson attack? Arrested was homeless man named Zandile Christmas Mafe.

South Africa

In what year did british and German troops do the Christmas truce football and songs

1914

Which treaty ended the War of 1812 (1812-1815)?

Treaty of Ghent

Designed by aviator/conman William Whitney Christmas what was name given to strut less biplane considered to be the worst plane ever built? Only two ever built and both killed pilots on maiden flights.

Christmas Bullet

Published in 1857, what song first to be played in space when on 16 December 1965 it was broadcast during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight?

Jingle Bells

Most liked TikTok video owned by

Bella Poarch

Master Blaster nickname for cricketer

Sachin Tendulkar

Dada nickname Indian cricket player

Sourav Ganguly

Indian cricketer nickname Jumbo

Anil Kumble

Name of Simon Bolivar’s horse

Palomo

Taken by Joe Rosenthal, name of the mountain which American troops lifted USA flag on in February 1945

Mount Suribachi

Modest Mussorgsky’s pictures at an exhibition was dedicated to which Architect whose series of pictures inspiration

Viktor Hartmann

On back of Pritzker: firmitas, utilitas, venustas. Inspired by which architect’s De Architectura.

Vitruvius

Which muse of Andy Warhol died at 28 years old of barbiturate overdose?

Edie Sedgwick

For Those About to Rock We Salute You album 1981 by who? Also Power Up in 2020 both #1s

Ac/dc

Which rapper visual artist and hip hop pioneer features in lyrics and video of 1981 blondie song rapture?

Fab 5 Freddy

In ancient Europe it was believed that whcih bird would cut its breast open with its beak and feed its young with its own blood if there was not enough food? Seen as passion of Jesus symbol.

Pelican

What phallic object symbolising fire from lord shiva emerged to claim superiority over Brahma and Vishnu?

Lingam

Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice got medicine Nobel 2020 for what virus?

Hepatitis C

What word means relating to an illness caused by medical examination or treatment?

Iatrogenic

Hyoid bone takes its name from the shape of which lower case letter in Greek alphabet?

Upsilon

Highest rank in sumo

Yokozuna

Who was first Mongolian to reach Yokozuna rank in sumo wrestling?

Asashōryū Akinori

Chinese five spice powder ingredients

Star Anise Cloves Chinese Cinnamon Sichuan Pepper Fennel Seeds

Real name of Pele

Edson Arantes do Nascimento

Cheeky Girls surname of Gabriela and Monica

Irimia

Fictional street that Banks family lived on in Mary Poppins book

Cherry Tree Lane

Whose fictional address was 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam?

Tony Hancock

Term for underground layer of water bearing and saturated with water permeable rock, groundwater can be extracted using water wells. Latin for “water bearing”.

Aquifer

Name of a constructed sunken ditch with a vertical barrier on one side and an uninterrupted view on the other side?

Ha-ha

Most successful British Olympian by gold medals won is which person with seven?

Sir Jason Kenny

Which two football league teams are preceded by AFC in their name?

Wimbledon and Bournemouth

Which biennial offshore yacht race starts at Cowes and is sponsored by Rolex?

Fastnet Race

Fastnet Race always start at cowes, used to finish at Plymouth until 2019 but since 2021 ends at which city?

Cherbourg

Race oldest regularly scheduled ocean race is from Newport, Rhode Island, to which caribbean island? Up there with Fastnet race and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

Newport-Bermuda Race

Which boat capsized in 1985 Fastnet race trapping Phil Holland and Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran before saved by navy.

Drum

Who was first black tennis player to win a grand slam title?

Althea Gibson (1956 French open)

Wanderers stadium is an international cricket ground in which city?

Johannesburg

Which country will host the 2023 rugby World Cup for mens rugby Union?

France

Which footballer played for Swindon and Manchester City over 500 times in the 1960s/70s? Man City won league in 1967-68, fa cup win 1969. Man City player of the year 1972 and 1973.

Mike Summerbee

Us presidential election always take place on which day of the week in November?

Tuesday

Juliet Stevenson was nominated for a bafta for her role in which 1990 film opposite Alan Rickman?

Truly Madly Deeply

Name fo chain of tea shops opened by J Lyon’s and Co in 1924 but closed in 1977

Corner Houses

Car named after Henry Ford son 1957 debut

The Edsel

Name of the super city proposed in the 1960s which encompassed Chorley, Leyland and Preston but never got off ground?

Central Lancashire New Town

Which car manufacturer produced a hill wing car in 1981 in Northern Ireland but only 3500 of 7000 units were sold leading to bankruptcy?

DeLorean

5 door hatchback produced by Austin from 1969 to 1981?

Austin Maxi

CANADIAN cosmetics manufacturer founded in Toronto in 1984 by Frank Toskan and Frank Angelo?

MAC Cosmetics (Make-Up Art Cosmetics)

Mens short close-fitting jacket made without sleeves worn over doublet?

Jerkin

Brimless boat shaped hat with a cleft down centre, typically having two ribbons hanging at the back, worn as part of highland dress. Also term for highland valley.

Glengarry

Jacket named after fact was used by this type in British navy, worked mid ships and had to work the sails.

Reefer Coats

Satirical tv program uniting longstanding satirical team of the Two Johns with a satirical impressionist Rory. 1999-2010.

Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Who played Mike Fisher the landlord in OFAH

Kenneth MacDonald

Pub in OFAH

The Nags Head

Raquel Turner in OFAH

Tessa Peake-Jones

Cassandra Trotter in OFAH

Gwyneth Strong

Mickey Pearce in OFAH

Patrick Murray

Marlene Boyce in OFAH

Sue Holderness

Denzil Tulser in OFAH

Paul Barbr

British tv presenter from Blackburn presented Big Brother’s Bit on the Side, 2021 Married at First Sight: Afters.

AJ Odudu

Inspector created by Italian writer Andrea Camilleri in first appearance The Shape of Water?

Salvo Montalbano

Mother of Greta Thunberg, represented Sweden at Eurovision 2009, opera singer.

Malena Ernman

Swedish term meaning flight shame is an anti flying social movement?

Flygskam

How many cranial nerves are there?

12 pairs of cranial nerves

Cranial nerves in order

Olfactory Optic Oculomotor Trochlear Trigeminal Abducens Facial Vestibulocochlear Glossopharyngeal Vagus Accessory Hypoglossal

First movie where Fred Astaire and ginger Rogers appear in together?

Flying Down to Rio

Largest island of the Cyclades at 166 square miles?

Naxos

Most northerly racecourse in England?

Hexham

Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher solo bands

Noel: High Flying Birds Liam: Beady Eye

How many emirates make up the UAE?

Seven

Nosocomephobia is the phobia of

Hospitals

What was the name of a planner sixth beach at D-Day landings but didnt get used due to local flooding?

Band

Prime minister of Spain since June 2018

Pedro Sanchez

Who played Eva and Che in the first run of West End show Evita?

Eva: Elaine Paige Che: David Essex

Leather clad character played by Richard Gibson in eight series of popular bbc tv sitcom between 1982 and 1992?

Herr Otto Flick

First Spaniard to win womens single title at Wimbledon in 1994?

Conchita Martinez

Spanish female tennis player won French open 1989, 1994, 1998 and US Open in 1994?

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario

Most northernmost point of the Isle of Man and the northernmost point of Wales too.

Point of Ayr

Year and place of birth of Luciano Pavarotti

1935 Modena (Emilia-Romagna)

British rock group formed in 1975 albums “Difficult to Cure”, “Down to Earth” and “Long Live Rock n Roll”? Formed by Ritchie Blackmore.

Rainbow

Parasitic skin disease caused by microscopic mites. Can be Sarcoptic (under surface) or Demodectic (in hair follicles).

Mange

Neogale Vison - American and European - in November 2020 Denmark killed 15-17 million to stop spread of Cluster 5 coronavirus.

Mink

Birthplace and year of Robert Burns

Alloway - 1759

Bruce Lee final film

Game of Death

Soil Stradivarius made in Cremona owned by who from 1950-86? American born did most performing in Britain.

Yehudi Menuhin

Soil Stradivarius made in Cremona owned by who from 1986? Israeli-American violinist.

Itzhak Perlman

Ethiopian runner who won 5k and 10k at 1980 Moscow. Nicknamed “the shifter”.

Miruts Yifter

2007 film starring Sam Riley as Ian Curtis. Directed by Anton Corbijn (2015 Life (Dennis Stock and James Dean), A Most Wanted Man, The American, Linear).

Control

Ravenglass in Cumbria and Whitby in North Yorkshire lie on different rivers of what name? Another one on Scottish border before flowing into Solway Firth.

Esk

Which group of nine replaced their Gnats with Hawks in 1979?

Red Arrows

Which song by The Doors opens and closes the film Apocalypse Now?

The End

Portrayed by Joan Sanderson, name of the hard of hearing hotel guest who disapproved of the view from her bedroom in fawlty towers?

Mrs Richards

Bulgaria vs England football match central to plot of No Hiding Place a 1973 episode of which tv programme?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Who played Bob Ferris in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Rodney Bewes

Who played Terry Collier in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

James Bolam

In Dads Army scene “don’t tell him Pike”, which welsh actor played the U Boat captain?

Philip Madoc

Who played Captain George Mainwaring in Dads Army?

Arthur Lowe

Who played Sergeant Arthur Wilson in Dads Army?

John Le Mesurier

Who played Lance Corporal Jack Jones, the local butcher, in Dads Army? Took part in Gordon relief expedition and in kitcheners campaigns in Sudan.

Clive Dunn

Who played Private James Frazer, “We’re doomed, we’re Doomed”, was at Battle of Jutland cook?

John Laurie

Which Dad’s Army character catchphrases were “They don’t like it up em” and “don’t panic, don’t panic”?

Lance Corporal Jones - Clive Dunn

Dads Army character catchphrase “do you think that’s wise sir?”

Sergeant Arthur Wilson - John Le Mesurier

Who played private Joe Walker a black market spiv in dads army, written out after actor death in 1973?

James Beck

Private Charles Godfrey played by which actor in Dads Army?

Arnold Ridley

Ian Lavender character in dads army “you stupid boy”.

Private Frank Pike

Bbc radio sitcoms sequel to dads army?

It Sticks Out Half a Mile

Frank Williams play which effete, petulant vicar in Dads Army?

Reverend Timothy Farthing

Colin Bean played which minor character in Dads Army, a sheep farmer, 76 of 80 episodes.

Private Sponge

Talfryn Thomas played which Welshman who worked for local paper in Dads Army. Replaced private Walker after James beck death.

Private Cheeseman

Geoffrey Lumsden played which pompous commanding officer of rival Eastgate Platoon and who served with Lawrence of Arabia during Great War. “You blithering idiot”

Captain Square

Surname of the cardinals in Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch.

Cardinal Ximinez - Palin Cardinal Fang - Terry Gilliam Cardinal Biggles - Terry Jones

Father Ted and Dougal song wanted to enter in eurovision contest.

My Lovely Horse

Which singer’s biggest hit was cover of Doris Day’s secret love, she was runner up in 1965 Eurovision Song Contest too with “I belong”?

Kathy Kirby

Mick Jones of the Clash or Big Audio Dynamite, is cousin of which conservative mp?

Grant Shapps

Who preached Natural Supernaturalism, called laissez Faire political economy as the dismal science. Born 1795.

Thomas Carlyle

English retail consultant and broadcaster , 30 on board of harvey Nichols. Became tv “Queen of Shops”.

Mary Portas

Surname of Mel and Kim with 1987 single Respectable. Mel died of cancer. Kim dating Craig Logan of Bros fame.

Appleby

English poet known for “Vitai Lampada” and “Drake’s Drum”.

Sir Henry Newbolt

Poet wrote “Going Going” starts “I thought it would last my time - the sense that beyond the town”

Philip Larkin

September 2022 book Act of Oblivion about 17th century America by which author?

Robert Harris

Which 2022 book begins with the discovery of the body of creator of a popular cartoon in Highgate Cemetary?

The Ink Black Heart - Robert Galbraith

Who wrote poem “Talking Turkeys”, Be nice to Yu turkeys this Christmas cos’ turkeys just wanna hav fun…

Benjamin Zephaniah

43 line poem written in 1927 by TS Eliot about nativity.

Journey of the Magi

Who wrote Brother Cadfael?

Ellis Peters - pen name of Edith Pargeter

Who created detective inspector Jack Frost who made first appearance in 1984 “Frost at Christmas”?

RD Wingfield

English writer and critic became Manchester guardian’s cricket correspondent in 1919 and chief music critic in 1927 holding both until 1940.

Neville Cardus

Christmas Eve 1968 famous picture taken by William Anders Apollo 8

Earthrise

What’s name of the kings college chapel service put on every Christmas Eve?

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Most popular Christmas pieces is known as what and from opera Lieutenant Kije by Sergei Prokofiev

Troika

Who plays Holly Martins in The Third Man? Was in three orson Welles films: 1941 citizen Kane, 1942 magnificent Ambersons, 1943 Journey into Fear.

Joseph Cotten

Who wrote The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams? Both won Pulitzers.

Booth Tarkington

Allegorical characters under Scrooge’s robes

Ignorance and Want

Official title of Clement Moore’s well known 1823 poem about Christmas

A visit from St Nicholas

DH Lawrence first novel in 1911

The White Peacock

On which Scottish island would you find the Callanish Standing Stones?

Isle of Lewis

The Kosciuszko National Park containing Mount Kosciuszko is shared between which two states?

New South Wales and Victoria

The Tiwi Islands comprising two main islands Bathurst and Melville and can be found 80km from which major city?

Darwin

Which book won the Booker of Bookers award in 1981?

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Who wrote the text for Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony?

Walt Whitman

Who are the Big Three consumer credit reporting agencies?

Experian Equifax TransUnion

Debut album 1978 of X-Ray Spex?

Germfree Adolescents

In which building does the Senate in France meet in?

Palais du Luxembourg

In which building does the National Assembly of France meet?

Palais Bourbon

a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger from the Indonesian island of Java

Kris

1973 directorial debut of Terrence Malick starring Martin Sheen and sissy Spacek going on a spree killing.

Badlands

Which Scottish footballer remembered for wonderful solo goal against Netherlands in World Cup 1978?

Archie Gemmill

British tv presenter who did A History of Scotland, Vikings and Coast and has worked for GB News since 2021.

Neil Oliver

Sharing name with historic Scottish county town, what was name of Alasdair Gray’s most famous novel?

Lanark

Who voiced Mrs Incredible in The Incredibles? In Oscar win she played a mute Scottish woman in a remote part of New Zealand.

Holly Hunter

First British footballer to win European cup with overseas team

Paul Lambert - Borussia Dortmund 1997

Four British players to win European Cup with overseas team?

Paul Lambert - BD 1997 Steve McManaman - RM 2000/02 Owen Hargreaves - BM 2001 Gareth Bale - RM 2014/16/17/18

Which Scottish player joined Barcelona 1984-88 and lost in European cup final 1986?

Steve Archibald

Losing British players in overseas teams for European cup final? 1980 1981 1986 1991

1980 Kevin Keegan Hamburg 1981 Laurie Cunningham RM 1986 Steve Archibald Barcelona 1991 Chris Waddle Marseille

Scottish broadcaster retired from LBC in august 2022, hosted Radio 4’s daily news magazine PM. Sometimes newsnight and any questions. Stood in for The Andrew Marr show following Marr stroke.

Eddie Mair

Which Scottish swimmer won four medals, record for British athlete at one Olympic Games, at Tokyo 2020, gold was 4x200m freestyle. Won five medals at Birmingham Commonwealth including golds 200m freestyle and medley.

Duncan Scott

Scotland’s first new town on 6 May 1947. Largest town in South Lanarkshire.

East Kilbride

Who played Francis Urquhart in bbc house of cards tv trilogy?

Ian Richardson

Administrative capital of Fife, has whiskey distillery. Created not for glasgow overspill but as a house of miners working at local colliery.

Glenrothes

Which Scottish American man appointed head of national coal board by thatcher? Said American women more productive than Yorkshire miners.

Ian McGregor

Large shopping centre formerly known as Almondvale can be found in which town? The football team plays at Tony Macaroni Arena nicknamed the Soaghettihad

Livingston

Who played Gwen Dawson in Downton Abbey and Ygritte in game of thrones? Married Kit Harrington in 2018

Rose Leslie

This Scottish actor played Rab C Nesbitt and The Baldy Man in tv sitcoms

Gregor Fisher

What two word name given to the reef which lies 11 miles out from Arbroath on the East Coast of Scotland ? The reef is home to oldest sea washed light house in the world built by Robert Stevenson.

Bell Rock (accept Inchcape)

Whcih steep sided Volcanic plug island in River Forth is the world largest colony of Northern Gannets with 150k birds estimated to live on island? Island looks white coz of drippings.

Bass Rock

Which lady starred in A Castle for Christmas, film Netflix set Scotland 2021? Was MJ’s date at Elizabeth Taylor wedding.

Brooke Shields

Surname of “Mellow Yellow” singer Donovan.

Leitch

Whcih former royal marine who lost two fingers and his elbow disintegrate while serving in afghan? Done strictly and bbc coverage of commonwealth games.

JJ Chalmers

Australian soap opera setting of “Prisoner”, official name in UK and USA was Prisoner: ______

Cell Block H

How many ML in imperial pint

568ml

Peer to peer social e-commerce company founded in Roncade, Italy in 2011 by Simon Beckerman.

Depop

Lithuanian online marketplace for buying, selling and exchanging new or secondhand items, mainly clothing and accessories, founded 2008?

Vinted

Band Aid was recorded on 25 November 1984 at which London studios

Sarm West Studios

Who followed Charles Hamilton and Frank Kennedy?

Rhett Butler (Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind)

Edith Holden’s Nature Notes for 1906 become a bestseller under what title?

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady

London congestion charge year introduced

2003

London ULEZ scheme introduced

2019

ULEZ fee London as of January 2023

£12.50

Current congestion. Charge at the moment as of January 2023

£15

viral 2021 TikTok challenge in which American middle or high school students posted videos of themselves stealing, vandalizing, or showing off one or more items they stole in their school, typically from a bathroom

Devious lick

What are Ghawar (Saudi Arabia); Burgan (Kuwait); Ahvaz (Iran); Grane (Norway)?

Major Oil Rigs

What links Carole Hersee; Bubbles the clown; noughts and crosses?

Test Card F

All I Want For Christmas is A Beatle

Dora Bryan

Original release of "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"

Spike Jones and his City Slickers

How to Cheat at Cooking was whose first book?

Delia Smith 1971

Which wetland lies between the Liffey and the Shannon rivers?

Bog of Allen

Father of football in Brazil, which sportsman introduced football to Brazil?

Charles Miller

Who tweets as @SecondGentleman?

Doug Emhoff

Warre, Langstroth and top-bar are designs of what animal home?

Beehive

Which energy giant has its origins as the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company?

BP

What virtue is the collective noun for vicars?

Prudence

Real tennis handicapping system; unglazed pottery; seafood soup?

Bisque

What links Adele; Jessie J; Kae Tempest; FKA twigs; Amy Winehouse?

Attended the Brit School

Small pox medical name

variola

lonrho controversial ceo born Calcutta and tried to take over Harrods

Tiny Rowland

Locomotion original singer 1962

Little Eva

Slang known by gypsies and gay community

Polari

Third man to break four minute mile

László Tábori (’55, year after original)

Jürg Marmet (’56, three years after) was third man to do what?

Summit everest

Who was third man to walk on moon?

Pete Conrad

Last country to abolish slavery which it did in 1981?

Mauritania

Who contested Kadesh, history’s biggest chariot battle in 1275Bc

Egyptians and Hittites in 1275BC

Which singer had the entire Top 10 on the US Hot 100 last year?

Taylor Swift

What is the largest non-football stadium in Europe?

Croke Park (Dublin)

Fentanyl; oxycodone; morphine; heroin; codeine all classed as what?

Opoids

the “unholy trinity” of British folk horror films

Witchfinder General; The Blood on Satan’s Claw; The Wicker Man

Director of British film Witchfinder General

Michael Reeves

Director of The Blood on Satan’s Claw

Piers Haggard

Director of The Wicker Man

Robin Hardy

The Curry Mile is a nickname for the part of Wilmslow Road running through the centre of which area of Manchester

Rusholme

What links Bequia; Mustique; Canouan; Mayreau; Petit St Vincent?

Islands of the Grenadines

What sea known as Tartar Sea, Lena Sea, Siberian Sea and icy sea was named in 1935 after surname of two cousins who mapped it

Laptev Sea

Also used for pointed or Gothic arch, what term is used for alternating wage crests and valleys that appear as dark and light bands of ice on glaciers?

Ogives

Lake Chad four countries

Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger

Allegory with three word title from book vi of Plato’s Republic also songs of Doors, Erasure, Robert plant, Alphaville, Doves…

Ship of Fools

Which three word English title of 2022 is given as “without filter” in French?

Triangle of Sadness

On the traitors what affiliation is the opposite of Traitor?

Faithful

Three winners of The Traitors UK 2022

Meryl, Hannah and Aaron - £101,050

Which influential New York City rock and roll impresario and DJ of 1950s 60s 70s frequently referred to as fifth beatle during early days and first to originate term

Murray Kaufman

Island Settings of series 1 and 2 of The White Lotus

Hawaii Sicily

Andy Pask most successful work Overkill is theme tune to which show

The Bill

Debut album of Rick Astley in 1987, first song is Never Gonna Give You Up

Whenever You Need Somebody

Banana Massacre occurred between December 5 and 6 of 1928

Colombia

Boeing 747 first flight

1969

Dmabusters raid by 617 Squadron was which operation

Operation Chastise

Four Pests Campaign by Mao were which four pests

Rats, flies, mosquitoes, sparrows.

Named after son of Noah’s son Ham, it existed from around 1070 BC to 550 AD, which ancient kingdom of Nubia was centred along Nile Valley in current north Sudan and South Egypt?

Kush

Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VII) was married to which king of France?

Louis XII

Piet Mondrian refused to use which colour in art saying it was untidy!

Green

1898 Morgan Robertson move about British ocean liner that sunk in North Atlantic after strike iceberg?

Futility

Only two books of Hebrew Bible that do not mention God

Song of Songs Esther

Name of sculpture and by who above south east side of Oxford street John Lewis

Barbara Hepworth’s Winged Figure

Which Vermeer painting Esta image at 250m $ and estimated at most valuable stolen object in the world?

The Concert

Vernon is surname of which title character in epistolary novella by Jane Austen, written in 1794 but not published until 1871?

Lady Susan

Who alliteratively is Florence Owens Thompson, whose birth name was Florence Leona Christie in a famous photograph?

Migrant Mother

Bahrain mma fighter who was namesake of the 2022 St Leger winning horse

Eldar Eldarov

Voice actor who voices the minions

Pierre Coffin

New Zealand anthropologist known for criticism of Margaret Mead’s wok on Samoan society?

Derek Freeman

Six letter name of largest Asian antelope, name literally mean blue cow? One of very few creature to have same chromosome count as humans.

Nilgai

7 factorial And also Plato ideal number of people in a state

5040

Houses in smurfs and super mushroom power ups in mario are which type of fungi

Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria)

How many people sit on Monetary Policy Committee of Bank of England?

9

What is second largest fish after whale shark?

Basking Shark (Cetorhinus Maximus)

Which Italian racing car driver won CART championship in 1997 and 1998, lost his legs, did loads more racing, won two golds at paralympics in hand cycling in 2016?

Alex Zanardi

Scoring system used in golf named after someone, involves scoring points based on number of strokes at each hole, so start at Par and - one for each stroke. Can pick up ball when hit zero.

Stableford Method

Nickname of poker player David Ulliott.

Devilfish

Ukrainian born British player who died 2014 of cancer, Nottingham open Womens singles trophy named after her as won three tournaments in city?

Elena Baltacha

Name either of two remaining franchises from NFLs founding in 1920 that still compete in NFL.

Chicago Bears or Arizona Cardinals

Argentine footballer Julian Alvarez, welsh darts Mark Webster and American wrestler Randy savage all have had which nickname

The Spider

South American team to make first ever appearance at rugby World Cup in France in 2023

Chile

Itv hub rebranded as what in November 2022

ITVX

Postcodes mentioned on death certificate of queen refer to Aberdeenshire and which English county where informer normally resides?

Gloucestershire

Group F in Europa League 2022-23 season group stage finishes with 8 points each 2 W, 2 D, 2 L. Who was in group in order?

Feyenoord Midtjylland Lazio Sturm Graz

Which city and hotel had cylindrical aquarium collapse in December 2022

Radisson at Berlin

Speaker of House of Representatives finally in 2023 after loads of no votes

Kevin McCarthy - California

Patty Murray senator from Washington has held which position in Us Senate since January 2023 putting her fourth in succession for president?

President Pro Tempore

Norwegian band known for what does the fox say

Ylvis

an educational video game released by Broderbund on April 23, 1985, distributed with World Almanac?

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Name of newspaper in Sacramento

Sacramento Bee

Colour and name used for police van

Black Maria

Similar to Italian cannoli, name has spirit in it uk baked casing with cream in

Brandy Snaps

Dianthus barbatus flower legend says to honour Duke of Cumberland after Battle of Culloden (1746). Old ballad “Fair Margaret and ______ ___________”

Sweet William

Tune of I Wish I was back home in Derry composed by Bobby Sands is based on that of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald a hit in 1976 for which Canadian singer

Gordon Lightfoot

Mohamed Kader goal at 2006 word cup in 2-1 loss vs South Korea remains only goal by which nation at a World Cup

Togo

Produced from vegetable starch by partial hydrolysis, which polysaccharide food additive is used to increase the mouthfeel of certain foodstuffs? In case of crisps it imparts a slightly sweetened taste to enable aDdictiveness

Maltodextrin

Which overarching religious system comprises the beliefs and traditions of its namesake people on Ghana and Ivory Coast? Subgroups include Ashanti, Fanti and Wassa.

Akan

Known in Czech as the Labe, which river flows through the German state capital of Dresden and Magdeburg as well as city state of Hamburg?

Elbe

Born British Hong Kong 1982, played Emma Woodhouse in 2009 Emma, Briony Tallis in Atonement (sister to Keira’s Cecilia Tallis), dirty dancing: Havana Nights.

Romola Garai

Born 1906 Linden, 1958 The Human Condition, 1951 The Origins of Totalitarianism.

Hannah Arendt

Reflector telescope combination of primary concave mirror and secondary convex mirror named after 1629 Catholic priest who invented it.

Cassegrain Reflector

Born 1932 St Louis, died 1975, 1961 Album The Blues and the Abstract Truth, centrepiece most famous work “Stolen Moments”.

Oliver Nelson

2013 debut novel “Ancillary Justice” about artificial consciousness and gender blindness won 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel as well as Nebula Award. Sequels were Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. Imperial Radch universe.

Ann Leckie

Born Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, born 1913, noted east Asia scholar, Norstrilla, The Rediscovery of Man, A Planet Named Shayol, Scanners Live in Vain.

Cordwainer Smith

The property possessed by planet by a round shape that is flattened at the poles.

Oblateness

Inner region of a organ or tissue especially when distinct from outer region/cortex eg kidney, adrenal gland.

Medulla

Named after mountain in New Hampshire, isolated hill of bedrock standing conspicuously above general level of the surrounding area.

Monadnock

Vouvray, Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume are appellations associated with which French wine region best known for white wines?

Loire Valley

Which French tennis male double best ever with five grand slams to name? 39 weeks at top of doubles ranking. Most famous for losing to John Isner in longest tennis match in history at Wimbledon 2010.

Nicolas Mahut

In darts, what is the highest possible odd numbered checkout?

167

What pyrotechnic colorant; burns red and most often used in flare guns has chemical formula Sr(NO3)2?

Strontium Nitrate

Which Piccadilly and district line station is geographically closest to Gunnersbury Park? It is not Gunnersbury.

Acton Town

Which Russian soldier and politician replaced Orlov as Catherine the Great’s lover and de facto Co-ruler from 1774? Famous battleship and silent film after this man.

Grigory Potemkin

What river known as Moldau in German, goes through Prague?

Vltava

Tolpuddle Martyrs county and year

Dorset 1834

Ahmed Radhi scored which country’s only World Cup goal in 1986 during Loss against Belgium.

Iraq

Also a polysaccharide thickening agent which food additive is commonly used to bind ingredients together? This sugar derives it’s two word name from the bacteria used in fermentation process needed to synthesise it.

Xanthan Gum (accept E415)

Most modern languages that bear name pidgin are in fact examples of which linguistic category meaning a former pidgin that has become a fully expressive mother tongue.

Creole

The tune of The Tri-Coloured Ribbon composed of Peadar Kearney, is based on that of which traditional English folk song a version of which was a hit for 1975 Steeleye Span?

all Around My Hat

Which horse won 2017 grand national, becoming second ever Scottish trained winner

One for Arthur

Skateboard in French

Planche a roulette

American author wrote childrens novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm?

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Which Indian state is Taj Mahal in?

Uttar Pradesh

Which Romanian high jumper set 14 world records and was first woman to jump over six feet?

Iolanda Balas

Which Scottish born governor of New South Wales is memorialised by statue in Sydney’s Hyde Park?

Lachlan Macquarie

Which king of Spain (1665-1700) was known as “the bewitched”?

Charles II

Mr MacPhisto was alter ego of which rock star

Bono

The Wolf prize an annual prize awarded to scientists and artists is presented at ceremony held in which city?

Jerusalem

In Indian cuisine what is Chingri?

Prawns

Which Us state setting for 1967 Gil cool hand Luke

Florida

Which it girl amateur detective features in Agatha Christie novel The Seven Dials Mystery and The Secret of Chimneys?

Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent

An ephyra is name given to Young of which marine invertebrate?

Jellyfish

Real name of Joseph Conrad

Jozef Korzeniowski

Member of Jackson 5 sang “let’s get serious”?

Jermaine Jackson

Which Roman emperor founded the city of antinoopolis in Egypt in 130AD

Hadrian

Which Gloucester rugby centre and fly half has the nickname 36?

Billy Twelvetrees

Illustration by Phiz “major bagstock is delighted to have that opportunity” found in which novel by Dickens Boz?

Dombey and Son

In which sport do Australia and New Zealand compete for the Constellation Cup?

Netball

Dreadnought and Parlour are types of which musical instrument?

Guitar

Meera Syal’s debut novel 1996 semi autobiographical

Anita and Me

The Kalmar Strait separates the island of Oland from mainland of which country?

Sweden

Foucault knife-edge test is used to test quality of which component in a telescope?

Concave curved mirrors

Between 1995 and 2003, Fernando Henrique Cardoso served two terms as the president of which South American country?

Brazil

Which style of woodworking joint is named after hindmost part of a bird?

Dovetail Joint

Which lung of human body has an indentation called the cardiac notch?

Left Lung

Female Dutch cyclist won the first Tour de France Femmes in 2022? Won Giro d’Italia Donne in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Annemiek van Vleuten

1992 film directed by Robert zemeckis, Meryl Streep and goldie hawn both rivals after Bruce Willis and drink magic potion

Death Becomes Her

2017 film directed by Doug Liman starring Tim cruise and Domhnall gleeson inspired by life of Barry Seal, former TWA (Trans World Airlines) who flew missions for cia and drug smuggler for Medellin cartel.

American Made

1984 movie directed by Susan Siedelman starring Madonna as title character and Rosanna Arquette as Roberta Glass.

Desperately Seeking Susan

Jeff Bridges plays title character of which John Carpenter directed 1984 film?

Starman

1987! Film stars Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall as title character. Song by starship “nothings gonna stop us now”.

Mannequin

Who plays Ted Striker in hit film Airplane!

Robert Hays

Who directed Airplane!, ghost 1990, Rat Race 2001?

Jerry zucker

Who plays Will Graham in 1986 Manhunter opposite Brian Cox’s Hannibal Lector. Also Gil Grissom in CSI (LV)

William Petersen

1956 film by John Ford with character Ethan Edwards played by John Wayne after his niece (Natalie wood)

The Searchers

Which Russian greco Roman wrestler won nine world championship and three Olympic gold medals? Nicknamed Russian King Kong, the experiment.

Aleksandr Karelin

Which Austrian physicist discovered cosmic rays during a balloon flight in 1912?

Victor Hess

Which Japanese leafy vegetable, scientific name Brassica rapa var. nipposinica, is commonly found in supermarket mixed salads?

Mizuna

Which New Zealand singer won four billboard music awards at the 2013 awards?

Lorde

Which Byzantine empress associated with quote “royal purple is the noblest shroud”?

Empress Theodora

Harry Haller is title character from which novel by Herman Hesse?

Steppenwolf

Which migrant butterfly named after a district of London between Peckham and Brixton, and is also known as mourning cloak in the US

Camberwell Beauty

Cincinnati was favourite war horse of which republic US president?

Ulysses S Grant

Which town in Fife Scotland was birthplace of economist Adam Smith and Val McDermid, home to Raith Rovers football club?

Kirkcaldy

Which Rob Reiner directed film does novelist Paul Sheldon became victim of car accident?

Misery

Jamaican dish Escovitch contains what?

Fish fried

Which character from The Fair Penitent (1703) by Nicholas Rowe is now a byword for an obsessive seducer?

Lothario

Name of Victor meldrew’s wifr in one foot in grave

Margaret

Pratt & McClain sang theme song to which sitcom?

Happy Days (set in Milwaukee)

Which Japanese motorcycle manufacturer uses a wing logo inspired by goddess Nike?

Honda

Which Japanese motorbike maker has logo stylised representation of the Japanese character meaning River?&

Kawasaki

Who played Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad and Better call Saul?

Jonathan Banks

Name of operation carried out by Indian forces in June 1984 to remove Sikh leader from golden temple (harmandir sahib)

Operation Blue Star

Middle name of Stephen K Amos?

Kehinde

Works in which art museum in Florence includes primavera, the birth of Venus, and Judith and Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi? Most visited art museum in Italy.

Uffizi

Which sportswoman who also excelled in basketball and athletics became first woman to win 1950 to win three golf majors in one year?

Babe Zaharias

Battle that Caesar beat Pompey in 48BC in Greece?

Battle of Pharsalus

Setting of Throne of Blood 1957 Kurosawa film?

Spider Web Castle

Actor best known for 16 film collaboration with Akira Kurosawa such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress (two peasants transport undercover Prince and Princess across enemy lines), Throne of Blood and Yojimbo (ronin arrives in small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy).

Toshiro Mifune

Jane Seymour plays solitaire in what film? 1973

Live and Let Die

Who plays Dr Kananga in Live and Let Die? Died Manila March 2021.

Yaphet Kotto

Which broadcaster made fame in 2022 before death from cancer, hosted podcast You, Me and the Big C alongside Lauren Mahon and Steve Bland.

Deborah James

Which gallery in Florence is home to Michelangelo’s sculpture of David?

Galleria dell’Accademia

The 1964 movie The Outrage starring Paul Newman is a remake of which 1950 Akira Kurosawa movie?

Rashomon

Name the two consecutive Whitbread Award for Poetry winning books for Ted Hughes in 1997 and 1998. One retold classical literature and one concerns Suicide of Hughes former wife Sylvia Plath.

1997: Tales of Ovid 1998: Birthday Letters

The universal house of justice, central governing body of the Baha’i faith in is which third largest city of Israel? The Shrine of the Bab is located on north slope of Mount Carmel outside this city.

Haifa

Chris and Rosie Ramsey podcast name

Shagged Married Annoyed

In molecular biology, which analytical technique uses antibodies to detect specific proteins? Common application is confirmatory test for HIV that uses reverse transcriptase to infect CD4+ T cells and macrophages. Play on words on another technique used for dna detection named after inventor.

Western Blot

Method used in molecular biology for the detection and quantification of a specific DNA sequence in dna samples named after English biologist inventor.

Southern Blot

Technique used in molecular biology research to study gene expression by detection of RNA in a sample.

Northern Blot

What common Yoruba name is surname of Miami heat basketball player with forename Bam and forename of recently retired Wycombe wanderers striker with surname Akinfenwa?

Adebayo

In 2013, what shirt hitting Asian golfer known for her putting, became the only non American woman to win three golf majors in a year, winning the ANA Inspiration, Womens PGA and US Womens Open?

Inbee Park

Paul McCartney’s 1984 #2 No More Lonely Nights was lead track to which 1984 film features a fictional day in his life?

Give my regards to Broad Street

Who in 2023 is to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand's prime minister after becoming only nominee for Labour Party leader?:

Chris HIPKINS

Who won 2011 Whitbread award for poetry with The Bees and 1993 for Mean Time?

Carol Ann Duffy

Forcing the surrender of the Arveni tribe chieftain Vercingetorix, Caesar effectively won Gallic wars with successful 52BC siege of which fortress in east central France?

Alesia

Rump Parliament name given to Parliament which remained after 1648 purge of MPs considered hostile to new model army. Which colonel led forces carried out this purge which is thus named after him?

Thomas Pride

Which online marketplace founded in Japan in 1997, is one of largest ecommerce sites in world, sponsors Barcelona and often called Amazon of Japan?

Rakuten

Which city in Iraq is pilgrimage destination of millions of Shia Muslims for the religious festival of Ashura? It is the site of the martyrdom of Muhammad’s grandson Husayn.

Karbala

Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries:

Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Iraq.

In 1961, which woman became second golfer to win three Womens majors in a year? Her 13 majors puts her second on all time list behind Patty Berg.

Mickey Wright

Unofficially made into SERGIO LEONE WESTERN a fistful of dollars was remake of which 1961 Akira Kurosawa film

Yojimbo

Protein EPO stands for what

Erythropoietin

Another use of western blots is a test for which protein, produced by kidneys that stimulates red blood cell production in bone marrow in response to hypoxia? The test for this protein is commonly used by World Anti Doping Agency

EPO

What common Yoruba name is forename to anti brexit activist Oluwole and forename of musician Fela Kuti’s grandson?

Femi

President of Nigeria 1983-85 and 2015+

Muhammadu Buhari

Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician, son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, was grandson of which politician campaigner, Womens rights activist and traditional Aristocrat born 1900 nigeria?

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti

Which feminist and activist hosts podcast Visible Women? Author of invisible women and led campaign on women on banknotes.

Caroline Criado-Perez

Western blots are used as definitive test for variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease or mad cow disease which is caused by what misfolded protein?

Prions

Which 47BC battle in Turkey did Caesar beat Pharnaces II, King of Pontus, who wanted to expand his empire? Caesar said to told senate “Veni, Vidi, Vici” after victory.

Zela

American anthropologist who studied Japanese culture in The Chrysanthemum and the Sword

Ruth Benedict

Former barracks and prison now stores Donatello’s David and Michelangelo’s Bacchus?

Bargello

Which online marketplace founded in Italy 2011 allows users to buy and sell items mostly used and vintage.

Depop

Who hosted original run of Ready Steady Cook from 1994-2000 before Ainsley? This persons father Tony was actor who appeared don’t wait up and robins nest.

Fern Britton

Robins nest 1977-81 spin off of which show

Man About the House

Names of two 17th century English pRliMents reflecting failure to transact any business. One sat two months in 1614 and one for similar time in 1625

Addled or Useless

City in Uttar Pradesh is holy site in Hinduism because it was the birthplace of Rama and the initial setting of the Ramayana? This city also site of the Babri Masjid mosque, which was demolished by Hindu activists in 1992.

Ayodhya

Who won Whitbread Award Poetry in 1987 for The Haw Lantern and the 1996 win for The Spirit Level?

Seamus Heaney

In 1986, who became the third woman to claim three golf majors in year? Her nephew with same surname less successful but did win 2011 us pga for his own major.

Pat Bradley

What name given to Parliament which followed rump Parliament in 1653? Name not adjectival but derived from a surname of one of members.

Barebones Parliament (whose forename was Praise-God)

Which anthropologist known for studying Ishi, the last Yahi Indian of california? Also father of Ursula K Le Guin.

Alfred Kroeber

A test using western blot has high specificity for detecting Tularemia, or rabbit fever, disease often spread by which parasites? Also spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever and the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi.

Ticks

1985 king Lear inspired Kurosawa film starring Tatsuya Nakadai as aging warlord?

Ran

Paul McCartney #13 in 1985 for title song to which Chevy chase and Dan Ackroyd espionage comedy?

Spies Like Us

Which former Observer journalist hosts podcast How to Fail in which interviews guests about failure? Book published 2019.

Elizabeth Day

Poet win Whitbread poetry by then the Costa Award in 2017 for Inside the Wave? She was also winner of inaugural Orange Prize for Fiction for A Spell of Winter.

Helen Dunmore

1999 Fern Britton dating which chef who she married for 20 years. Shares name with England rugby captain.

Phil Vickery

Which 45BC battle in southern hispania ulterior was final battle of Caesar’s civil war against leaders of the optimates? With this military victory and deaths of Labienus and Pompey’s eldest son? Caesar able to return and rule as dictator?

Munda

Labels applied to Roman supporters of the continued authority of the senate from Latin for best ones.

Optimates

Labels applied to those romans operating before popular assemblies, generally in opposition to the senate. From Latin for “supporters of the people”.

Populares

Which covered exterior gallery located adjacent to the Uffizi, home to many sculptures including Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus with the Head of Medusa? Name of this gallery generally more used for coveted exterior gallery and that single word is sufficient.

Loggia dei Lanzi

What physical property of a material can be defined as its ability to be drawn for example into a wire?

Ductility

Which US political activist is known for his book 1965 Unsafe at any Speed about safeness of us automobiles and his frequent presidential runs?4-

Ralph nader

Which webcomic by Randall Munroe describes self as a webcomic of romance sarcasm math and language

XKCD

Name given to common Scottish boat shaped hat worn as part of civilian highland dress and a real estate development being peddled by Four estate agents in 1984 David mamet play?

Glengarry

Which baseball pitcher, nickname references a WW2 film stars Frank Sinatra in title role, holds all time strikeout record with 5714 strikeouts? Retired 1993 at age 46.

Nolan Ryan Jr (nickname The Ryan express)

Which 60s singer had number ones with YeH YeH, Get Away and The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde?

Georgie Fame

#1 album by The Courteeners in January 2023

St Jude

January 2023 #1 song by Miley Cyrus

Flowers

New Zealand PM 1997-99

Jenny Shipley

New Zealand PM 1999-2008

Helen Clark

Which Italian actress died January 2023, had one night affair in 1968 with Christian Barnaard heart transplant surgery?

Gina Lollobrigida

Founder of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology SVANTE PAABO is one of founders of what discipline that studies the past by examining preserved genomes of ancient organisms?

Paleogenetics

Who won Nobel Medicine 2022 for being founders of paleogenetics particularly for work on Neanderthal genome

Svante Paabo

ALS stands for what in terms of Lou Gehrig Disrase

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Medici, Qin, Taj Mahal, Keltis, Lord of the Rings, winner of Spiel des Jahres has designed all these board games?

Reiner Knizia

Considering as third major national card games in Italy along with Briscola and Tresette, which card game got its name from “broom” Italian due to wanting to sweep up all cards?/

Scopa

One of Italy’s three national card games along with Scopa and Briscola, which forty card trick taking game has a name derived from “three sevens” as that used to be a winning hand?

Tressette

One of three Italy’s national card games along with Scopa and Trissette, which card game is a trick taking, Ace-Ten card game.

Briscola

Known by nickname Clown Prince of Denmark and the Unmelancholy Dane, which comedian began careeer as concert pianist in Copenhagen? Developed most trademarks while hosting own show on NBC.

Victor Borge

Brendan B Brown lead singer of which band?

Wheatus

Candela is leader of Team Valor, Blanche leader of Team Mystic and Spark is leader of Team Instinct in which Niantic augmented reality mobile game

Pokémon Go

With map set on fictional chicago inspired lakeshore city, New instalment of Need for Speed in 2022 has which subtitle?

Need for Speed Unbound

What desert 15th largest in world name from Turkic for Red Sand?

Kyzylkum Desert

What desert name from Turkic for Black Sand and occupies about 70% of Turkmenistan?

Karakum Desert

Folk etymology, desert “place of no return”, situated in southwestern Xinjiang in Northwest China, bounded by Kunlun mountains to south, Pamir Mountains to west, Tian Shan range to the North and Gobi desert to the east.

Taklamakan Desert

Located within Fiordland National Park on New Zealand’s South Island, which word was once called Eighth wonder of the world by rudyard Kipling?

Milford Sound

An example of trans border type, the Azerbaijani city of Astara forms an agglomeration with which city in Gilan province of Iran?

Astara

What crusade was 1202-04 and called for by Pope Innocent III? Aim to capture Muslim controlled Jerusalem being held by saladin’s Ayyubid dynasty.

Fourth Crusade

What was first major action for fourth crusade in 1202 with a siege of the oldest continuously inhabited city of Croatia?

Siege of Zara

What was the culmination of the fourth crusade in April 1204 after which Baldwin of Flanders was crowned emperor of namesake location.

Sack of Constantinople

The first crusade 1096-99 was done after which pope convened the Council of Clermont and supported the crusade?

Urban II

Four crusader states established in holy land after first crusade.

Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Edessa Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli

Second crusade 1145-49 was started in response to fall of County of edessa in 1144 to forces of Zengi. Announced by which pope?

Eugene III

Which French king was presented on the second crusade 1145-49?

Louis VII

Which crusade was fought between 1145 and 1149?

Second crusade

Which crusade fought between 1189 and 1192?

Third crusade

Which three European monarchs led the third crusade between 1189 and 1192? France England and holy roman. Following capture of Jerusalem by Ayyubid sultan Saladin.

Richard I of England, Philip II of France and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

The result of which battle of 1187 before third crusade caused Pope Urban III to die? Fought in Israel and named for the shape of a nearby extinct volcano. Saladin’s forces whooped vast majority of crusader forces.

Battle of the Horns of Hattin

Ritual submission of holy Roman emperor Henry IV to Pope Gregory VII at namesake castle in 1077 is known as what! During the investiture controversy

Humiliation of Canossa or Road to Canossa

Which crusade is 1217-1221, campaign to re acquire Jerusalem by first conquering Egypt rules by Ayyubid sultanate led by Al-Adil the brother of Saladin? Innocent III called for it once more.

Fifth Crusade

Also known as crusade of Frederick II, what crusade was 1228-29, wanted to recapture Jerusalem. Little fighting in this one due to diplomatic manoeuvring of Frederick II.

Sixth Crusade

1248-54 which number crusade, first of two crusades led by Louis IX of France.

Seventh Crusade

In which country did Louis IX of France die in during the eighth crusade against the Hafsid dynasty in 1270? Died of dysentery.

Tunisia

1982 arcade game made by Gottlieb, isometric graphics of a pyramid with Orange title character hop on top of cube while avoiding obstacles?

Q*Bert

Frederick Barbarossa died during the third crusade drowning in which Turkish river 1190?

Saleph River (Goksu in modern times)

1982 maze arcade game by Namco have to inflate or burst enemies (Pookas, Fygars), tunnelling through dirt.

Dig Dug

Town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; famous for many polar bears in autumn, named after a British duke.

Churchill

American photographer born 1886 Lennox Massachusetts, known for portraits of black New Yorkers. Famous for Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Marcus Garvey and Countee Cullen (poet and playwright).

James Van Der Zee

American poet 1903-46, married to Yolande du Bois (only surviving child of WEB (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois. Poems: The Black Christ, Copper Sun, One Way to Heaven.

Countee Cullen

Largest island of the Dodecanese

Rhodes

Sultan of Ottoman Empire 1520-66. Son of Selim so. Fought Battle of Mohacs against Hungary 1526, Siege of Vienna 1529.

Suleiman the Magnificent

Son of Suleiman the Magnificent. Reigned 1566-74.

Selim II

Second sultan of Ottoman Empire following Osman I. 1324-62. Turkish author.

Orhan

Third Ottoman Sultan, 1362-1389 died at Battle of Kosovo in 1389 against Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic.

Murad I

Which Ottoman sultan commanded ottoman forces to cause the fall of Constantinople in May 1453 against Emperor Constantine XI Palailogos?

Mehmed II (the conqueror)

Philosophical sci fi novel by Russian authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in 1972 which was later made into 1979 Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky?

Roadside Picnic

Elric of Melnibone is fictional character in the Elric Saga created by which writer?

Michael Moorcock

Born 1970 Reno, Nevada, 2016 became first artist in residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Works: Sleep (arrangement of Robert frost Stopping by woods on a snowy evening), Water Night, Lux Aurumque, Goodnight Moon, Cloudburst, Godzilla eats Las VegasZ

Eric Whitacre

Indigenous language of Andes and Altiplano regions of Peru and Bolivia. Ends in -ara.

Aymara

English based creole used in Papua New Guinean official language

Tok Pisin

Born 1892 Rochester New York, third all time majors (11) after Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (15).

Walter Hagen

Only golfer to win all four major golf tournaments of his era (pro and amateur of both us and uk) in 1930. Played by Jim Caviezel in film “x x: Stroke of Genius”

Bobby Jones

Which golfer from Jersey won the open championship a record six times 1896-1914?

Harry Vardon

Yorkshire football manager took Huddersfield town to FA Cup and two First Divisiom titles in four years. In 1925 Arsenal went FA Cup and 2 First Division titles. Died suddenly 1934 at 55.

Herbert Chapman

Czech long distance runners won three gold medals at 1952 Olympics 5000m, 10000m and marathon (first ever). Had won 10k in 1948 London gold too.

Emil Zatopek

French First Republic dates

1792-1804

French Second Republic dates

1848-1852

French Third Republic dates

1870-1940

French Fourth Republic dates

1946-58

French Fifth Republic dates

1958-Present

Author born 1927 for 1977 Dogger (winner of Kate Greenaway Medal) and Ella’s Big Chance (2003). Won Eleanor Farjeon Award for childrens literature services.

Shirley Hughes

Name of book by Shirley Hughes and also an essay by Orwell subtitled “Socialism and the English Genius”.

The Lion and the Unicorn

What Christmas song lyrics “lullay, thou little tiny child, sleep well, lully, lullay” dating back to 16th century as part of mystery play called the Pageant of the Shearman and Tailors?

Coventry Carol

What cape is southern tip of African continent?

Cape Agulhas

Portuguese mariner and explorer in 1488 became first European navigator to round southern tip of Africa?

Bartolomeu Dias

Tip of Cape Angela in northern Tunisia which is northernmost point of African continent?

Ras ben Sakka

Easternmost point of African mainland is which promontory in Somalia’s Bari region?

Ras Hafun

Westernmost mainland point of Africa which point on Cap Vert Peninsula of Senegal?

Pointe des Almadies

African geographical centre is village of Epena in which country?

Republic of Congo

Lowest point of Africa is which place in Djibouti

Lake Assal

Born 1952, who was first non white player of post apartheid era (after Charlie llewellyn in 1912) to play for South Africa? Played for Scotland after.

Omar Henry

South African born lawyer who in South Africa took part in treason trial of Mandela and 1978 inquest into Steve Biko death, also Albert Luthuli. In UK defended P&O after 1987 Zeebrugge Ferry disaster.

Sydney Kentridge

Playwright of 1896 play Ubu Roi

Alfred Jarry

President general of African National Congress from 1952-67. Was awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for leading the non violent apartheid anti movement.

Albert Luthuli

Who was leader of African National Congress between 1967 to 1991? Johannesburg airport now named after him.

Oliver Tambo

Who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999 to become 2nd president of South Africa?

Thabo Mbeki

South African artist best known for prints, drawings and animated films especially for hand drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s? Son of judge.

William Kentridge

405BC naval battle last confrontation of Pelopommesiam War, Spartan fleet under Lysander smashed Athenian fleet.

Aegospotami

Who scored last minute winner in 1979 FA Cup final for arsenal against Manchester United!

Alan Sunderland

Which British venue holds European record for an international football match?

Hampden Park - 1937 Scotland v England 149,415

Who won 2022 The Great British Bake Off?

Dr Syabira Yusoff

Only two African cities have subway stations which are??/

Cairo and Algiers

National sport of Bangladesh, two teams of seven players, raider runs on other half to touch out as many opponents within thirty seconds.

Kabaddi

Afghanistani sport horse mounted players attempt place a goat carcass in goal.

Buzkashi

Which French city is capital of Loire department? It is also name of band whose lead singer is Sarah Cracknell.

Saint-Etienne

Which singer songwriter wrote the songs Mr Pharmicist, Totally Wired and Theme from Sparta FC?

Mark E Smith (died 2018)

Wife of Kurt Weill 1926-33, 1937-50, played Rosa Klebb in From Russia with Love 1963 and nominated for Oscar in The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone?

Lotte Lenya

Which French city is capital of Vienne department? Site of famous battle and homophone of name of actor who played Dr John Wade Prentice, unwelcome guest in 1967 film.

Poitiers

French city capital of Duchy of Lorraine until annexed by France in 1766 by Louis XV?

Nancy

Who won Booker Prize for The Finkler Question?

Howard Jacobson

Who wrote opera and libretto of “Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny”?

Kurt Weill opera Bertolt Brecht libretto

What significant event took place at Port of Tilbury on 21 June 1948?

Arrival of Empire Windrush

Which magazine first published in New York on 3 March 1923? Founded by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce.

Time

Which country gained independence from Great Britain on 4 February 1948?

Sri Lanka

India Indepedence Day and year

15 August 1947

Which country declared a republic on 29 October 1923?

Turkey

Whcih seminal album was released on 1 March 1973? First words to be heard are “I’ve been mad for fucking years - absolutely years”?

The Dark Side of the Moon

Head of WHO since 2017

TEDROS ADHANOM Ghebreyesus

Name of Netherlands parliament building in The Hague

Binnenhof

Meeting place of Jamaica Parliament in Kingston called what?

Gordon House

Parliament Building also known as Tintenpalast (Ink Palace) is seat of both houses of which countries parliament?

Namibia

Russsell Lissack is guitarist for which band

Bloc Party

Lead singer of Bloc Party

Kele Okereke

Whose primary achievement was advancement of theory he called Immaterialism? Famous quote about trees.

George Berkeley

Which West Indies cricketer born Bridgetown, Barbados, 1936, played 1954-74. Captain of WI 1965-72.

Sir Garfield Sobers

Guyanese born West Indies cricketer born 1944, captained Windies 1974 and 1985, won World Cup in 1975 and 1979. Nicknamed Super Cat and Hubert.

Sir Clive Lloyd

Australian cricketer and captain 1997-2004, captained victory in 1999 Cricket World Cup. Considered one of the most successful ever. Nickname Tugger or Ice Man.

Steve Waugh

British flat racing trainer champion 1943-2013 trainer ten times, four winners of Derby and multiple of all the other classics. Trained Frankel for 2010 and 2011 season.

Henry Cecil

Picture book written and illustrated by Kit Williams and published 1979 looking for jewelled golden hare.

Masquerade

Savoury dish with county in name with savoury option one end of crust dumping and sweet option at other end.

Bedfordshire Clanger

Located just outside the town of Sandy, The Lodge is the HQ for which organisation, founded by Emily Williamson in 1889 at her house in Fletcher moss botanical garden?

RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon stage name of far right activist

Tommy Robinson

Zoological Society of London runs which two zoos?

London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo (Bedfordshire)

England rugby Union player 31 England caps, has appeared in all Harry Potter films as hagrid stand in and stunt double.

Martin Bayfield

Subtitled “An Oxford Love story”, only novel of max Beerbohm with famous quote “death Cancels all engagements” and everyone dying coz of title character?

Zuleika Dobson

Gracie Fields song from November 1938 for film Keep Smiling. Popular houseplant in title.

The Biggest Aspidistra in the World

English translation of the motto of bond family by Ian fleming

The world is not enough

Name of the family home of Titus Groan

Gormenghast Castle

Name of the tribunal presided over by a judge advocate.

Court Martial

Boxing promoter and manager of fighters such as Frank Bruno and Chris eubank.

Frank Warren

English title of 1970 animated film based on the magic roundabout

Dougal and the Blue Cat

Name of cartoon where “I’m afraid you’ve got a bad ___, Mr Jones” and the namesake person says “part of it are excellent”. Published in Judy.

The Curate’s Egg

2021 animated film does titular family have to save the earth from a global robot uprising?

The Mitchells vs the Machines

Canadian born 1944, British former newspaper publisher and businessman. Pardoned by Donald Trump for crime on 2019. Took Baronage of Crossharbour.

Conrad Black

Chairman of bbc Husband of Baroness lady in waiting for queen who was fired for offending Ngozi Fulani (Sistah Space) in 2022?

Marmaduke Hussey

2002 film does Jack Nicholson recently widowed character take a road trip across Midwest in Winnebago? Directed by Alexander Payne.

About Schmidt

A defence contracting agreement between three countries which excluded France caused something of a fuss in late 2021?

Aukus

1st century ad British chieftain of Catuvellauni tribe who resisted conquest of Britain. Shares first name with a Dick Van Dyke character.

Caractacus

What is name of web site and fake news organisation owned by Alex Jones in 1999?

InfoWars

French singer and actor, Oscar nominations for The Love Parade and The Big Pond, songs “livin in the sunlight”, “valentine”, “louise”, “mimi”. Sang theme song to “The Aristocats”.

Maurice Chevalier

Appeared in Rebecca, All About Eve and Ivanhoe but is probably best remembered as the voice of Shear Khan in Jungle Book?

George Sanders

English actress played Ahme in Help!, Doctor in Alfie, Margaret spencer in Bedazzled.

Eleanor Bron

In Great War, what nickname given by British troops to the German 77mm artillery shell?

Whizz Bangs

Who torments other characters in Waiting for Godot has double z in name?

Pozzo (and Lucky!

What is name of curved knife used by chefs for mincing herbs and garlic?

Mezzaluna

Monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio family, also ghost story by MR James. Comes from Italian for half dye.

Mezzotint

Who directed 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front?

Lewis Milestone

Who directed the 2022 All Quiet on the Western Front?

Edward Berger

Who portrayed Zaphod Beeblebrox in radio and tv versions of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?

Mark Wing-Davey

British jazz musician chiefly saxophone was founder of the Jazz Warriors?

Courtney Pine

British daytime soap 1972-79, aiming to replicate predecessor “Emergency - Ward 10”.

General Hospital

Scottish tv soap 2002 to now in fictional district of Shieldinch

River City

Welsh longest running tv soap opera produced by bbc as since 1974, set in Cwmderi.

Pobol y Cwm

Welsh soap opera shown on S4C since 1995 claimed to be first Celtic related language soap specifically directed at a youth audience set in fictional a harbour town of Glanrafon in Anglesey.

Rownd a Rownd

Soap set in a covered market in Salford in northwest of England. Launched 1985 to celebrate Corrie 25 years. Main character superintendent Derek Owen played by David Hargreaves.

Albion Market

1962-71 tv drama series based on AJ Cronin’s 1935 novella Country Doctor, storyline centred on fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during late 1920s. Namesake junior partner played by Bill Simpson.

Dr Finlay’s Casebook

Mick Jones Ex clash which band with song E=MC2 1986

Big Audio Dynamite

Band did 1985 Thinking of You, had Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three and The Specials

The Colourfield

Band of Pat and Greg Kane sang Looking for Linda and Labour of Love?

Hue and Cry

Debut studio album of ABC?

The Lexicon of Love

The 1981 third studio album of The Human League?

Dare

In which 1949 film directed by Raoul Walsh did James Cagney say “made it Ma! Top of the world”?

White Heat

Which land mammal has the longest tongue?

Giant anteater

Which dog lives with Chilli, Bandit and Bingo

Bluey

Which island, 40km off Venezuela, has capital Willemstad?

Curacao

Capital of Bonaire

Kralendijk

Aruba capital

Oranjestad

Curacao capital

Willemstad

Glen Canyon Dam in Utah and Arizona forms which lake?

Lake Powell

Hoover Dam forms which lake of Nevada and Arizona?

Lake Mead

Kraft renamed to what in 2012

Mondelez

Which British mountain climber led 1975 ascent of south west face and became first Briton on its summit?

Chris Bonington

Oldham born composer of Belshazzar’s Feast

William Walton (known with the Sitwell siblings and known for Facade, Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre)

Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster from 1976-99

Basil Hume

American double murderer executed in 1977 executed by firing squad in Utah

Gary Gilmore

G - Tributary of the River Mersey

Goyt

Forged Roman imperial decree by which namesake Roman emperor supposedly transferred authority over rome and Roman Empire to the pope Sylvester I

The Donation of Constantine

“Youth is wasted on the young” coined by who?

George Bernard Shaw

What was name of 1990s real estate scandal involving both Hillary and Bill Clinton?

Whitewater Scandal

What was the name of 19th century irish secret society famously accused of murder and kidnapping in the Pennsylvanian coal fields in 1870s?

Molly Maguires

Which New Zealand born athlete won mens 1500m gold at the 1976 Olympics?

Sir John Walker

Who won darts world championship twice first in 1982 and again in 1989?

Jocky Wilson

US soap opera, spin off of Dallas, tan from 1979 to 1993 and featured Gary Ewing and his family ?

Knots Landing

Which former Labour Party leader wrote books Guilty Men, The Pen and the Sword and biographies of Jonathan Swift and Aneurin Bevan?

Michael Foot

Irish broadcasting legend Gay Byrne presented which chat show for 37 years from its inception in 1962?

The Late, Late Show

Major Frank Burns played by Larry Linville was character in the early series of which US tv show?

MASH

Second line of which burns poem reads: “that’s newly sprung in June”?

A Red, Red Rose (O my luve’s like a red red rose -….)

Which song by Robert burns is the party song of the SNP?

Scots Wha Hae

Due to switching, who is only Mp to be cabinet minister in all Thatcher, Major and Blair governments?

Lord Howarth

In which city is the Essendon Australian Rules Football Club based?

Melbourne

Which fish traditionally used to prepare the Japanese dish tekkadon?

Tuna

Quinsy infection of which organs?

Tonsils

Oh Hell No is the subtitle of the third installment of which fish-themed comedy horror film franchise?

Sharknado

Series of volcanic eruptions in LA unleash a swarm of gigantic arachnids in 2015 sci fi film in Sharknado universe.

Lavalantula

Debussy only opera

Pelleas et Melisande

Sauvage is by which perfume house

Dior

Black Opium by which perfume house?

Yves Saint Laurent

Music group shares name with which perfume by Guerlain

Shalimar

Flowerbomb by which perfume house

Viktor & Rolf

Dutch luxury fashion house founded in 1993 by men surnames Horsting and Snoeren. Female: Flowerbomb and Bonbon. Male: Antidote and Spicebomb.

Viktor & Rolf

Guerlain first bronzing powder released in 1984

Terracotta

Guilty by which perfume house

Gucci

Black Orchid by which perfume house founded 2005?

Tom Ford

Which multinational cosmetics company founded by namesake creator (born England 1963) in 1993 and owned since 1999 by Estée Lauder?

Jo Malone

Euphoria by which perfume house?

Calvin Klein

Swedish perfume house name from portmanteau founded by Ben Gorham in 2006. Gypsy Water, Mojave Ghost, Oud Immortel.

Byredo (By Redolence)

J’Adore perfume house

Christian Dior

La Vie est Belle perfume house, advertised by Julie Roberts

Lancome

Venezuelan-American fashion designer known for dressing First Ladies (Onassis, Laura Bush, Mich Obama, Melania Trump). 2016 released “Good Girl” in namesake perfume house with Karlie Kloss face.

Carolina Herrera

Which Dior perfume comes with a bow tie on?

Miss Dior

Perfume “Daisy” launched in 2007 by which perfume house

Marc Jacobs

Filipino-British singer songwriter born Beatrice Laus debut album Fake It Flowers 2020 and Beatopia 2022.

Beabadoobee

Four Elena Ferrante Neopolitan novels

1) My Brilliant Friend 2) The Story of a New Name 3) Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 4) The Story of the Lost Child

American fashion designer creative director of Louis Vuitton from 1997-2014

Marc Jacobs

Si perfume house founded 1975

Giorgio Armani

American manufacturer of skincare founded 1968 by Evelyn Lauder (daughter in law of Estée Lauder). Perfume includes Aromatics Elixir. 2020 Emilia Clarke first global ambassador.

Clinique

Santal 33 perfume house founded 2005 by Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot, owned by Estée Lauder. Others include Another 13, Baie 19, Rose 31, Tonka 25, loads.

Le Labo

Angel (1992) and Alien (2005) perfume house founded , died Jan 2022 (did Demi Moore indecent proposal dress).

Thierry Mugler (first name actually Manfred)

Lady Million and 1 Million perfume house by Spanish founder. His mother was chief seamstress at Cristobal Balenciaga’s first couture house in Basque Country. Said to have been prostitute in time of Louis XV and to have known Jesus, murdered a pharoah.

Paco Rabanne

Comme Des Garçons and DOVER street market founder.

Rei Kawakubo

Belgian fashion designer and eponymous brand, born 1958 Antwerp. Dressed Cate Blanchett 2008 Oscar’s. Acquired by Spanish fashion firm Puig in 2018.

Dries van Noten

British perfume house founded in 1860s by Cornish barber who became court barber and perfumer to queen Victoria. Blenheim Bouquet, Hammam Bouquet first couple perfumes.

Penhaligon’s

British entrepreneur and make up artist, namesake beauty company born 1973, London. Through covid did “Beauty Happy Hour” livestreams. Got Hot Lips lipsticks.

Charlotte Tilbury

Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer born 1954.

Mario Testino

Russian supermodel, actress and UN goodwill ambassador, nicknamed supernova. Medusa in Clash of the Titans. Founder of Naked Heart Foundation. Married to Antoine Arnault (heir to Arnault fortune).

Natalia Vodianova

Italian fashion designer born1940 Florence, known for exotic prints and sand blasted look for jeans. Namesake fashion house.

Roberto Cavalli

Italian born French fashion designer known for avant garde style and space age designs. Born 1922-2020. Bubble dress in 1954. Brand went down toilet when licensed extensively onto key chains etc.

Pierre Cardin

Brand of alcoholic beverages produced in France since 2003, portmanteau of French for peak and rock due to region where mauzac grapes are grown. Grape derived vodka.

Ciroc

Dolce & Gabbana founded 1985 in Legnano. First names of businessman.

Domenico (Dolce) and Stefano (Gabbana)

1885 born Metzingen designed SA,SS and Wehrmacht uniforms.

Hugo Boss

Original paramilitary wing of Nazi party, both initialism and out full

SA - Sturmabteilung

Major paramilitary organisation under adolf Hitler under Nazi germany, acronym and full

SS - Schutzstaffel

Born Karl Anderson Jr. 1959, first womens ready to wear designer for French house Celine from 1997-2003. Namesake company after.

Michael Kors

Lawrence Stroll is Canadian billionaire owner of which F1 team? His son Lance drives for this team.

Aston Martin F1

Celebration of girls 15th birthday in Mexico and Hispanic settings

Quinceanera

Born with surname Lifshitz, fashion designer, kitted out Annie Hall actors in his garments. His son married to granddaughter of George HW Bush. Got loads of fantastic cars.

Ralph Lauren

June 2022 which make up company filed for bankruptcy. Founded NYC 1932 by brothers Charles and Joseph.

Revlon (by Revson brothers)

1930-2016, French fashion designer created the poor boy sweater and dubbed “Queen of Knits”?

Sonia Rykiel

Born 1932 in Lombardy town Voghera, with the surname Garavani. Which mononymously known fashion designer was famous for designing lots of Jackie Onassis stuff?

Valentino

Which celebrity behind perfume “Wonderstruck”?

Taylor Swift

Nicole Kidman has advertised which exact perfume known for Marilyn Monroe quote?

Chanel No 5

Emily Blunt advertised which YSL perfume?

Black Opium

Penelope Cruz advertised the Tresor perfume for which fashion house?

Lancome

Charlize Theron advertised which exact perfume for Dior?

J’Adore

Kristen Stewart advertised the perfume Florabotanica for which fashion house?

Balenciaga

Scarlett Johansson advertised the perfume Rose The One for which perfume house?

Dolce and Gabbana

Famous perfume 1994 advert with Calvin Klein and Young Kate Moss.

CK One

212 VIP Black by which perfume fashion house?

Carolina Herrera

Luna perfume by Which perfume house?

Nina Ricci

Agua Fresca de Rosas Blancas by which perfume house founded by Spanish fashion designer who studied philosophy and art at university?

Adolfo Dominguez

Pure XS perfume by which fashion house?

Paco Rabanne

2013 Giorgio Armani perfume add for Si is which Oscar winning actress?,

Cate Blanchett

2013: “street of dreams” directed by Martin Scorsese with Scarlett Johansson and Matthew mcconaughey was advertising which perfume?

The One by D&G

Liz Hurley wore a dress by which designer to four weddings premiere, safety pins.

Versace

Jennifer Lopez dress to Grammy 2000 is green and by which designer

Versace

January 2019 which company took control of Gianni Versace, Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo.

Capri Holdings Ltd

Which fashion company has opened hotels in Gold Coast (2000), Dubai (2015) and Macau?

Versace

Fashion photographer partnership one Turkish (Alas) and one welsh (Piggott). Influenced by Guy Bourdin.

Mert and Marcus

French luxury fashion brand founded by Hubert in 1952. 2017-20 artistic director was Clare Waight Keller (Markle wedding dress). Famous for dressing Audrey Hepburn.

Givenchy

2021 which K-pop band become global ambassadors for Givenchy. Four members Karina, Giselle, winter and Ningning. Debuted with “black mamba”.

Aespa

Fashion designer known for his “New Look”, born 1905 Granville, died 52 in Tuscany, Italy. Father was a French resistance fighter during war. Employed by Robert Piguet who helped train him. In Mrs ‘Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico she goes to Paris to buy a this designer dress.

Christian Dior

Swiss born French based fashion designer known for training Christian Dior and Hubert de Givenchy.

Robert Piguet

French fashion designer born 1914 who founded post war namesake fashion house. Created outfits for 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and outfits for Queen SiriKit of Thailand. Namedropped in Peter Sarstedt Where do you go to (my lovely)?

Balmain

Peter Sarstedt Where do you go to (my lovely)? You dance like “______”, which French ballet dancer who appeared in Anything Goes with Bing Crosby.

Zizi Jeanmaire

In November 2022, which fashion house criticised for Instagram posts featuring children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage and BDSM gear.

Balenciaga

Georgian fashion designer, creative designer at Balenciaga since 2015

Demna (Gvasalia)

November 2012-15 creative designer at Balenciaga was which American in their 20s?

Alexander Wang

Italian fashion house founded in 1884 founded by silversmith Sotirios Boulgaris in region of Epirus, Greece. Name came from Classical Latin alphabet small ring of founder surname.

Bulgari

Term from Middle French for head for gemstone that shaped and polished as opposed to faceted. Result usually convex (rounded) obverse with flat reverse.

Cabochon

French-Belgian fashion designer who has been womens creative designer at Louis Vuitton since 2013. Balenciaga 1997-2013 before replacing Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton.

Nicolas Ghesquiere

Perfume house does Phantom and Invictus Victory?

Paco Rabanne

Perfume house has Eros and Dylan Blue

Versace

Italian luxury fashion house founded 1983 by Franco _______ in Milan. Did Roy Liechtenstein art piece in suit, founder died 1994 from AIDS. 2013+ creative director has been Jeremy Scott. Pill themed merchandise was controversial. Namechecked by Biggie in Hypnotize.

Moschino

Italian luxury fashion firm founded Rome 1925 by Adele and Eduardo _____. Now owned by LVMH. 1997 Baguette Bag. Maison designed clothes for Once Upon a Time in America, Evita, The Royal Tenenbaums.

Fendi

Kim Kardashian clothing brand founded 2019 focus on body positivity. Changed from Kimono due to controversy.

Skims

Big four cognac houses

Hennessy - 1765 - Irish founder black gauntlet holding a halberd logo Courvoisier - 1835 - Josephine bottle named after Nap’s wife - logo silhouette of Napoleon himself Martell - 1715 - swift logo Remy Martin - 1724 - centaur logo

Four winners of Ru Paul Drag Race UK

The Vivienne Lawrence Chaney Krystal Versace Danny Beard

At 2012 Tony Awards, who beat James Earl Jones, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frank Langella and John Lithgow to win best actor?

James Corden (One Man, Two Guvnors)

Actor in Homeland and Divorce. Playwright for August: Osage County for which he won Tony and Pulitzer for Drama. Won best actor Tony for who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?5

Tracy Letts

a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement

EPOCH Times

From Spanish for raft, Ochroma Pyramidale is which fast growing tree native to Americas.

Balsa

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872) synmphojy 3 has what nickname a

Pastoral Symphony

Everything we do is driven by you by which car company

Ford

The lion goes from strength to strength what car company

Peugeot

Which organ of human body would you find Betz cells?

Brain

With name meaning cloud or halo which type of clouds are primarily responsible for rain and snow?

Nimbostratus

Who was first Motown female solo pop artist to top the Us singles chart

Mary Wells: My Guy

Who was first British athlete to run the 200m in less than 20 seconds?

John Regis

1990 sequel to 1974 film Chinatown?

The Two Jakes

In the film Marlowe starring James Garner, which screen legend played the hired muscle of the main villain?

Bruce Lee

In the film which Jane Fonda won her best actress Oscar, what was name of detective played by Donald Sutherland?

John Klute

What was the term used for slaves in Sparta?

Helots

Who did adolf hitler succeed as head of state in Germany?

Paul von Hindenburg

What was first food eaten by Dorothy after landing in the land of the munchkins?

Apples

Name of which type of jacket first appeared in print in 1952 reporting on the vivid coloured jackets worn by Cambridge rowing club?

Blazer

Which jacket was developed from the B5 flight jacket?

Bomber Jacket

Which type of jacket takes its name from one word by character in Peyton Place?

Harrington Jacket

Native or inhabitant of Vancouver name

Vancouverite

Which jockey with over 8000 wins in his career won his fourth and last Kentucky derby aged 54?

Bill Shoemaker

Who is the butler to Sir Henry who is BIL to escaped murderer in the Sherlock Holmes “The Hound of the Baskervilles”?

Mr Barrymore

According to the Celtic mythology who built the giants causeway?

Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool)

What is correct term for a litter of young piglets?

Farrow

What is correct name for young hedgehog?

Hoglet

Name of sequel to oscar winning film “in the heat of the night”

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

In which foreign capital did 2022 Tour de France start?

Copenhagen

What are the two winning numbers in craps?

7 or 11

Losing rolls in craps

2, 3 or 12

What number on back of shirt did both maradona and pele both say was lucky?

10

Who is only footballer to score 4 goals in a European cup final?

Ferenc Puskas

Which policeman has been played on tv by Michael gambon and rowan Atkinson?

Georges Simenon’s Jules Maigret

David Rintoul and Bill Simpson played the same Scotsman in two different series of which stories?

Dr Finlay’s Casebook

Rachel Shelton and Carol Drinkwater have both played the wife of the central character in two series of which stories?

All Creatures Great and Small

Third Yamato class battleship after Yamato and Musashi, sunk by torpedos of US submarine Archerfish.

Shinano

River Tigris flows through which three countries

Turkey, Iraq and Iran

The river Axe rises which British tourist attraction where it is estimated people have lived for 50,000 years?

Wookey Hole (Somerset)

Which novel by Hemingway features running of the bulls at Pamplona?

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway first novella about pump factory in USA

The Torrents of Spring

1950 Hemingway novel derived from last words of Thomas Stonewall Jackson.

Across the River and into the Trees

1937 Hemingway book about Harry Morgan a fishing boat captain out of key west Florida?

To Have and Have Not

1940 Hemingway book about Robert Jordan a young American volunteer attached to republican guerilla unit during Spanish civil war.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

After their single “Baby Now That I’ve Found You”, reached #1 in USA and #11 in UK which follow up single reached #2 and #3 in uk and USA respectively.

Build Me Up Buttercup

Which character famous for her tea service with hand painted blue periwinkles?

Hyacinth Bucket

The noble Lady Emile Charlotte de Bathe made a career on the stage in the nineteenth century using which name?

Lillie Langtry (mistress of Edward VII)

Alternative name for Iva Toguri d’Aquino born 1916

Tokyo Rose (on the zero hour radio show)

Which female dance group was founded in Paris in 1930s and have been appearing at the Le Lido club de Paris for over seventy years?

The Bluebell Girls

Who played Ena Sharples on Coronation Street?

Violet Carson

Which racing team founded by Colin Chapman?

Lotus Card

Which racing team founded by Colin Chapman?

Lotus Cars

Which racing team founded by Colin Chapman?

Lotus Cars

Which racing team founded by Colin Chapman?

Lotus Cars

Last four winners of UK triple crown (2000 Guineas, The Derby, St Leger)

1917: Gay Crusader 1918: Gainsborough 1935: Bahram 1970: Nijinsky

Two women to have been presidents of India one 2007-12, one since 2022

1) Pratibha Patel 2) Droupadi Murmu

Born in Cameroon, who was the first winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race in USA in 2008

BeBe Zahara Benet

Located in County Kerry and created when Muckross Estate donated it in 1932, what was the first national park in Ireland?

Killarney National Park

Most recent national park added in Ireland was which County Mayo site in 1998, one of largest peatland in Europe?

Wild Nephin

One of six national parks in Ireland is which county Clare site, karst landscape. The smallest of the six.

The Burren

Second largest national park in Ireland contains Lough Veagh and in County Donegal.

Glenveagh

One of six Irish national parks is whcih County Galway site

Connemara National Park

English songwriter and producer Thomas Hull better known by what stage name. Co-wrote “Shake it Out” on Florence and machine. Co-wrote and produced “Harry’s House” with Harry Styles. Coproduction Miley Cyrus #1 “Flowers”.

Kid Harpoon

Fourth solo album of Bad Bunny 2022 first Spanish nominated for best album at Grammy’s.

Un Verano Sin Ti

2021 album by Coldplay with space theme on album cover. Produced by Max Martin.

Music of the Spheres

Thomas Pentz DJ name

Diplo

Colson Baker stage name nominated for Grammy for Mainstream Sellout album

Machine Gun Kelly

Jack Harlow 2022 album Grammy nominated, song featuring Drake “Churchill Downs”

Come Home the Kids Miss You

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu stage name, 2022 album Love, Damini.

Burna Boy

Who won Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at Grammys 2023 for The Poet Who Sat by the Door? Featured on Kanye song “Never Let Me Down”.

J Ivy

Who was nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at Grammys 2023 for “hiding in plain view”, known more for role as Theodore Huxtable on The Cosby Show got him nomination for Emmy?

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

American film composer known for Succession, films Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk?

Nicholas Britell

American film composer first female to score a Disney animated film with Encanto for which she won Grammy in 2023?

Germaine Franco

Nominated for Call of Duty: Vanguard for first video game Grammy, composer also did God of War and RAGNAROK. Also The Rings of Power.

Bear McCreary

American record producer lead singer of Bleachers and drummer of pop band Fun, worked on 1989 and Folklore and St Vincent albums. Also The 1975.

Jack Antonoff

Makes of the tanks being talked about sent to Ukraine by US, germany and Uk

US M1 Abrams Germany Leopard 2 UK Challenger 2

Which plane of motion splits Divides the body into right and left sides

Sagittal Plane

Which plane of motion Divides the body into top and bottom sections

Transverse Plane

Actor played Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter, Harry Beltik in The Queens Gambit, grandfather was Patrick Troughton (second doctor).

Harry Melling

Who played Edgar Allen Poe in 2022 movie The Pale Blue Eye?

Harry Melling

Who played Dre in Straight Outta Compton and Macduff in The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)?

Corey Hawkins

Who played Arabella Figg in Harry Potter series, Eedy Karn in Andor, Three Witches in Tragedy of Macbeth? Real name Aikaterini Hadjipateras.

Kathryn Hunter

Two Laurence Olivier for Miss Trunchball in Matilda, Ruper Murdoch in Ink, on tv okayed Jonathan Steange in Susannash Clarke adaptation, Simon foster in Doctor Foster and Adam Dalgliesh in Dalgliesh. Tony Blair in s5 and s6 of The Crown.

Bertie Carvel

Bertie Carvel was first actor to play two different characters in The Crown?

Robin Day and Tony Blair

The band “Danny Wilson” had two uk singles to reach top 40? Mary’s Prayer was first what was their second track?

The Second Summer of Love

Word from Hindi and Urdu for “solid”

Pukka

What type of food is a swallow found in West African cuisine? Karim Adeyemi of Borussia Dortmund says he’s fast as full of this foodstuff.

Fufu

Which American chain of pharmacies brought the British retailer boots in 2014?

Walgreens

What is name of Roman fort on hadrians wall known for tablets discovered there in 1973 which were once considered the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain?

Vindolanda

Old Roman name for vienna

Vindobona

Who was Danish scientist who introduced pH scale?

Soren Sorensen

For most of run 1987-93 the Saturday morning childrens magazine show Going Live was hosted by Sarah Greene with which male tv presenter previously known for being first cbbc host in the “broom Cupboard”?

Philip Schofield

Which British computer game designer was cocreator of the video games Populous, Theme Park, Black & White and Fable?

Peter Molyneux

Supposedly starring Daniel Baldwin after Ben Kingsley turned down role, the fictional slasher movie Cleaver features in Which hbo drama series where it is passion project of the character Christoper Moltisanti?

The Sopranos

Both with names beginning with V, name either of the two brothers of Odin in Norse mythology?

Vili or Ve

Which American astrophysicist gives name to theoretical syndrome where collisions between space junk cause runaway cascade of debris that renders all space activity impossible?

Donald J Kessler

Which type of hat is named after a town in German state of Hesse, where originated as hunting headgear, but was popularised for semi-formal use in the late 19th century by future king Edward VII?

Homburg

Performing on 1969 album I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama, the Kozmic Blues Band we’re a backing group for which singer, who later replaced them with the Full Tilt Boogie Band?

Janis Joplin

Which artist who adopted the style and subject matter of the pre-raphaelite brotherhood but was never a member of it, painted The Lady of Shallott in 1888, a representation of ending of Alfred Lord Tennyson poem?

John William Waterhouse

Which now defunct company known for their smartwatches raised a then record sum on kickstarter jn 2012, followed their first model with Steel and Time versions before folding in 2016 with their intellectual property now being owned by Fitbit?

Pebble

What common name is given to vigorous, fragrant climbing plant of the genus Lonicera, sometimes known as woodbine?

Honeysuckle

For most of its run 1982-87, the Saturday morning childrens magazine show Saturday Superstore was hosted by Sarah Greene with which male presenter and DJ, previously also known for Pop quiz tv show?

Mike Read

Which British computer game designer, also known by pseudonym Yak, founded the software house Llamasoft in 1982 and created the games Gridrunner, Attack of the Mutant Camels and Tempest 2000?

Jeff Minter

Which excavated and preserved Roman Palace near Chichester is largest Roman residence north of the alps and is famed for mosaics and reconstructed gardens?

Fishbourne

The British physicist James Chadwick was awarded the Nobel prize for discovery in 1932 of which subatomic particle?

Neutron

Walgreens are second largest pharmacy in US behind which other company?

CVS

Which company founded in 2014 runs a massively multiplayer online cycling program where users compete interactively? During lockdown in 2020, they hosted a virtual Tour de France and have been sponsors of the real world Womens Tour de France since 2022?

Zwift

Who cofounded Peloton in 2012 giving the original idea to his other founders?

John Foley

The petiolaris species is a vigorous white climbing variety of which late summer flowering plant genus known for its large flower heads, whose colour can vary from pink to blue depending on acidity of the soil?

Hydrangea

In June 2021, who became the first Spanish golfer to win the mens US Open championship and is current world number one ranked player?

Jon Rahm

The Kozmic Blues Band were formed after Janis Joplin left which other group in 1968?

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Which artist associated with but not officially part of the PRB painted The Last of England in 1855, depicting two emigrants leaving England to start new life in Australia with their baby?

Ford Maddox Brown

In December 2022, which leader of Fine Gael returned to the role of Irish Taoiseach?

Leo Varadkar

Both with names beginning with B, name either of parents of the brothers Odin, Vili and Ve in Norse mythology?

Borr or Bestla

Which Russian astrophysicist gives his name to a scale measuring the technological advancement of hypothetical cosmic civilisations? In this scale type 1 civilisations can harness the total energy of their planet, type II the energy of their star, and type III that of their galaxy.

Nikolai Kardashey

Which type of hat named for title of 1882 play by French dramatist Victorien Sardou was popularised from 1920s by future king Edward VIII?

Fedora

Which hymn begins with its three word title followed by the words “fast falls the eventide”?

Abide With Me

What K is the German word, meaning “the turn”, used by commentators to refer to the change, or turn, in the works of Martin Heidegger part way through his career?

Kehre

Which word, in common usage, a synonym for ethanol, particularly in the context of drinks? In chemistry, it refers to a broader group of related compounds, of which ethanol is just one example.

Alcohol

What nationality is the nickname of Tchaikovsky’s third symphony?

Polish

Which Cockney rhyming slang term for “hair” is derived from famous fair once held in a market town formerly in Hertfordshire and is now part of London?

Barnet

Who plays title character of Ridley, itv series about a retired police detective in Lancashire who is haunted by the death of his wife and daughter in a house fire?

Adrian Dunbar

Lords Cricket Ground is in which district of London that lends its three word name to a station on Jubilee line? This district once northern part of the metropolitan borough of marylebone.

St Johns Wood

Ypres battles took place in what country?

Belgium

Found in national portrait gallery, portrait of lady Dorothy and sir Thomas Browne is by which artist, the first British woman known to have practiced painting professionally? Her married surname rhymes with northern city.

Joan Carlile

What two word term popularly describes the hypothesis that during a severe glaciation occuring over 650 million years ago during the Cryogenian period, the surface of this planet became almost entirely frozen?

Snowball Earth

Which Briton win the US masters his only major victory in 1991?

Ian Woosnam

Named after original greek city on the site, the Parth-eno-pean Republic was established in 1799 in which Italian city, after Ferdinand IV had fled the French revolutionary army? The king was restored six months later by Horatio Nelson.

Naples

Which freemium instant messaging service founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, and widely criticised for its limited content moderation, received large influx of users when Parler was deplatformed in January 2021?

Telegram

A particular issue in times of rapid inflation, the administrative and other costs incurred by business as a result of having to change its prices are described in economics by which four letter word?

Menu

2019 film Pain and Glory by which film director, first independent film was 1987 Law of Desire, then 1988 Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

Pedro Almodovar

Almost sharing his surname with South Yorkshire town, which Labour politician is current metro mayor of liverpool city region?

Steve Rotheram

Who was second mayor of liverpool since 2021? Replaced her Joe namesake.

Joanne Anderson

Which actor was third doctor in Doctor Who and played Worzel Gummidge?

Jon Pertwee

National portrait gallery displays six portraits including one of Charles II, by which artist, considered first British woman to have been able to make a living and support her family by professional painting?

Mary Beale

Derived from the name of Chalfont St Giles, “chalfonts” is Cockney rhyming slang for which painful condition?

Piles/Haemorrhoids

Who plays title character in Grace, an itv series about a detective superintendent in Brighton, who is haunted by the unexplained disappearance of his wife several years previously?

John Simm

In her 1983 number one hit I’ve Never Been to Me, Charlene commits geographical solecism when she sings, as well as Nice, she’s been to the Isle of Which European country which has a substantial mainland component as well as numerous islands?

Greece

In economics, what two word phrase describes the cost in time and effort incurred by people due to need to minimise cash holdings in times of high inflation? Archetypical example is need for frequent trips to draw money from bank and spend it.

Shoe Leather costs

Esther Summerson novel

Bleak House

What word, describes a bodily feature, precedes wolf in the name of the largest member of the dog family indigenous to South America?

Maned Wolf

Named after fourth century bishop; the golden ambrosian republic was established in 1447 in which Italian city after its Visconti duke had died without a male heir? It was overthrown in 1450 by Francesco Sforza.

Milan

In Dorothy L Sayers ninth lord wimsey novel The Nine Tailors who or what are the nine tailors?

Church Bells

What word beginning with M is a medical term for urination?

Micturition

According to rather twee instruction that might be given to a young child in the evening, which English county is located “up the wooden hill”?

Bedfordshire

In 2008, whcih Mp for Meriden and chair of Conservative party was charged with misusing expense funds by paying nanny? Despite this controversy she went onto serve as sec state for environment food and rural affairs 2010-12?

Caroline Spelman

Marija Serifovic won Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 with her song Molitva, what country did she represent?

Serbia

What eight letter word beginning with p are preservatives used in cosmetics

Parabens

What was the title of Celine Sciamma’s 2019 historical drama film about the love affair between painter and noblewoman?

Portrait of a lady on fire

Songs include “you don’t own me”, “it’s judys turn to cry”, “it’s my party”? Also composed song for 1980 Fame with brother michael.

Lesley Gore

Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, she wears a blonde wig to mimic look of what French actor and sex symbol, who starred in 1956 film “and for created woman”?

Brigette Bardot

Which American YouTube personality hosts the podcast Anything Goes? She also hosted Vogue magazines red carpet coverage at 2022 Met Gala.

Emma Chamberlain

Which Tony nominated playwright has written works Eclipsed and In the Continuum? Perhaps better known for Okoye in Black Panther films and Michonne in The Walking Dead?

Danai Gurira

Who became first woman to enter football hall of fame? She played for Preston’s Dick Kerr Ladies team during ww1, before women were barred from playing in FA grounds in early 1920s.

Lily Parr

Ospyenko is location in what European country? Named after Polina Ospienko who set record for long distance flight in 1938.

Ukraine

Type of contraceptive device known as A coil? Full term

Intrauterine Device

Which chef the host of Great British Menu operates the Caribbean restaurant Wadadli?

Andi Oliver

Samoan born New Zealand chef, owner of Mere and was sous chef at Le Gavroche

Monica Galetti

Name of robbery occurred at the Heathrow International Trading Estate, London, United Kingdom, on 26 November 1983 and was one of the largest robberies in British history.

Brink's-Mat

Name of Scottish professional triathlete, triathlon coach, screenwriter and film producer who won BAFTA for best adapted screenplay for All Quiet on the Western Front along with Swiss Edward Berger?

Lesley Paterson

Name of three star Michelin restaurant in Bray and which French chef? Fat Duck with Heston Blumenthal also in Bray.

The Waterside Inn by Alain Roux

Which Mayfair restaurant is three star Michelin owned by Mourad Mazouz and head chef Pierre Gagnaire?

Sketch

Which female French chef operating out of a hotel got third Michelin star in 2021?

Helene Darroze at the Connaught

Northern Irish female chef and her restaurant which has had three Michelin stars since 2021 previous chef patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay from 2012-16?

Core by Clare Smyth

Three star Michelin restaurant since 2022, opened in 2002, run by whcih head chef and his partner Penny Tapsell?

L’Enclume by Simon Rogan

Taylor Wimpey CEO since February 2022, first female ceo of a house building company of UK?

Jennie Daly

Which First Lady of USA founded namesake drug and alcohol rehab clinic after her own struggles with alcohol and tranquilliser abuse?

Betty Ford

In Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills, wore dress similar to one worn by which Italian actor and sex symbol, who starred in 1964 film Marriage Italian Style and the 1995 film Grumpier Old Men?

Sophia Loren

Filipino American TikTok known for singles Inferno, Villain and Build a Bitch?

Bella Poarch

In 1835, royal astronomical society admitted which woman, one of two first, wrote books Mechanism of the Heavens and On the Connection of the Physical Sciences?

Mary Somerville

What does HUAC stand for from the early 1960s?

House Un-American Committee

The substance that makes shampoo foam is SLS which stands for what three word term? This surfactant is associated with squeaky clean feeling.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

In 2021 census, over 5% of population of what South London borough identified as gay or lesbian? Represented in Parliament by Flo Eshalomi and site of Archbishop of Canterbury’s London residence.

Lambeth

Which 2014 Australian horror film directed by Jennifer Kent now a cult classic and resulted in character from pop up book being hailed as lgbt+ icon?

The Babadook

In 2011, which former Labour Home Secretary and MP for Redditch was found to have misused a home release scheme for prisoners? She had them paint her house.

Jacqui Smith

Loreen won Eurovision Song Contest in 2012 with song Euphoria for which country?

Sweden

Patricia Highsmith wrote The Price of Salt which was made into what 2015 film starring Cate Blanchett?

Carol

Combined oral contraceptive pill contains which two hormones?

Progestin and Oestrogen

Amanda Blanc is CEO of which British insurance company?

Aviva

Mariembourg is a town in which European country? Named after 16th century Mary of Hungary.

Belgium

Which Olivier nominated playwright has written the works ENRON and A Very Expensive Poison? Perhaps better known for collaborations with Billie piper.

Lucy Prebble

Blue plaque in East Sheen honours which tennis player who won 5 Olympics medals in tennis at Antwerp and Paris games of 1920s? She also won Wimbledon in 1924 and 1926.

Kathleen “Kitty” Godfree

Cecilia Vicuna is a Chilean artist whose work is currently on display at the Tate’s Turbine Hall. It consists of large knotted rope structures, traditionally used as a storytelling device. What are these rope structures called?

Quipu

Young of a porcupine is called what

Porcupette

What is the name of the sample test named after Austrian born American researcher for hardness of wood? Hardest is Australian Buloke and softest is Balsa.

Janka Test

Launched on April 12 1981 what was the name of the first space shuttle launched by NASA. Sadly on its 28th flight it broke up on re entry on 1st February 2003.

Columbia

Sports science, VO2 max stands for?

Volume Oxygen 2

On the 12th January 2023, The Green Comet - Comet C/2022 E3 reached its closest approach to the Sun at 1.11AU. What point given of an orbit where a celestial body is closest to sun?

Perihelion

What particle was first antimatter particle to be discovered by Carl David Anderson in 1932 observed in cosmic rays passing through bubble chamber?

Positron

Used as cladding in uranium fuel rods for some nuclear power stations. what are the two main metals combined to make alloy magnox?

Aluminium and Magnesium

Which critically endangered living fossil is believed to be largest amphibian in the world up to 1.8m?

Chinese Giant Salamander

From Greek for “pan pipes”, name of specialised vocal organ found in birds, located in their trachea? Birds do have a larynx but they do not use this to sing.

Syrinx

What is scientific name for voice box?

Larynx

The Sun has a mass of roughly 2000 Quettagrams. What power of 10 does the prefix Quetta denote?

10^30

Running from upper thigh to the foot what is longest vein in human body?

Great Saphenous Vein

Produced in gastrointestinal tract and mainly the stomach, what hormone increases urges to eat and is known as hunger hormone?

Ghrelin

What hormone does your adipose tissue release that helps your body maintain your normal weight on a long term basis? It makes you feel full (opposite of ghrelin).

Leptin

The first marketing slogan for which soft drink was “just for the taste of it”?

Diet Coke

What roofed structure, often containing a window, projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof?

Dormer

Characters on which tv sitcom worked at the Winfred-Louder Department Store?

The Drew Carey Show

Which singer songwriter music was featured in Broadway jukebox musical A Beautiful Noise?

Neil Diamond

American comic created by cartoonist Chic Young with the Bumstead family included title character husband Dagwood?

Blondie

What was name of Bumsteads’ family dog in the comic strip Blondie? Best friends with Blondie’s husband Dagwood.

Daisy

What novel by Barbara Kingsolver reimagines the Charles dickens novel David Copperfield set in southern Appalachia?

Demon Copperhead

What nickname was shared by author Elmore Leonard, football player Earl Clark and US President Ronald Reagan?

Dutch

American novelist who wrote Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Swag, Mr Majestyk, Rum Punch (adapted as Jackie Brown). 3.10 to Yuma and The Tall T also made into films, tv series Justified.

Elmore Leonard

According to Plutarch, what Athenian orator overcame a stutter by learning to speak with pebbles in his mouth?

Demosthenes

In which city did Handel’s messiah first performed in 1742?

Dublin

Which specific term is used for taking down the body of Christ from the cross?

Deposition

What girl groups 1964 recording of Chapel of Love was debut released of Red Bird records?

The Dixie Cups

Fetch-22, Grime and Punishment, Mothering Heights, are books in which childrens literature series by Dav Pilkey?

Dog Man

Korean cuisine what type of food is Mandu?

Dumplings

What is nickname of athletic teams from Wake Forest University?

Demon Deacons

What chief librarian at Columbia University invented a library classification system named after him?

Melvil Dewey

What notation was introduced by Donald Knuth in 1976 and named after the punctuation marks used?

Knuth’s Up Arrow Notation 2^4 = 2 power of 4 2^^4 = 2^2^2^2

According to Knuth’s up arrow notation what is 2^^3?

2^(2^2)=2^4=16

2013 story from Swaziland said witches are banned from flying above what height?

150 metres

Prime Minisiter in UK from 1905-08

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

What battle took place in 9AD between romans led by Varus and Germans led by Arminius?

Battle of Teutoberg Forest

Propane chemical formula

C3H8

Solinus Duke of Ephesus and Egeon are some of the main characters in which Shakespearean play?

Comedy of Errors

Who won 1935 Nobel for physics for discovery of neutron?

James Chadwick

Which architect designed the Gateway Arch in St Louis?

Eero Saarinen

In golf how many under par is an albatross?

Double Eagle (3 under par)

Pearl Harbor exact date and day of week

Sunday 7th December 1941

Exact day of week and date of D Day landings in Normandy?

Tuesday 6th June 1944

What is name of ancient Egyptian goddess of love, beauty and fertility?

Isis

What was first smartphone sold in 1994 and announced by IBM in 1992?

Simon

What is the sacred text of Zoroastrianism?

Avesta

In Gordon Ramsey’s Fox “Next Level Chef” is set on how many levels of kitchens?

Three

What piece of sporting equipment consists of a Point, Barrel, Shaft and Flight?

Dart

Who played Grandad OFAH

Lennard Pearce

Who was known as The Polish Prince as a teen idol and cover song Blue Velvet was 1963 #1 US and 1990 #2 in 1990?

Bobby Vinton

Canadian singer songwriter known for “Black Velvet”?

Alannah Myles

Who released albums Duck Rock 1983, Fans 1984, Swamp Thing 1985, Waltz Darling 1989, Round the Outside! round the Outside!, Paris 1994? Song I like you in velvet.

Malcolm McLaren

From French for package, a Ballotine is what part of chicken used for food?

Leg

What year was Dunkirk evacuation

1940

In a song by Connie Francis, what cosmetic product “told a tale on you”?

Lipstick

Which English actor, destined by The Guardian as the east ends answer to George Clooney, was the voice for Mr Beaver in Narnia films?

Ray Winstone

Which Italian town on Ligurian coast holds music festival every February?

Sanremo

Which football club plays sporting Lisbon in Lisbon derby?

Benfica

Which peanuts character is known for his skill at playing the piano?

Schroeder

Which yellowy-orange stone fruit is also known as Armenian plum?

Apricot

Who played Mike Ross in Suits?

Patrick Adams

Who played Harvey Specter in Suits?

Gabriel Macht

Who plays Queen Charlotte in normal Bridgerton?

Golda Rosheuval

Who plays Queen Charlotte young in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story new prequel?

India Amarteifio