Mastermind GK Set B Flashcards
1
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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 and 1512?
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Michelangelo (Buinarroti)
2
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The city of Sunderland lies at the mouth of which river?
A
Wear
3
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What is the name of the opera in which the character Canio, dressed as a clown, sings “Vesti la giubba”?
A
Pagliacci
4
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Where, on the human body, are the so-called Mount of Apollo, Mount of the Moon and the Girdle of Venus?
A
Palm of the hand
5
Q
Who played Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland?
A
Forest Whittaker
6
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In Norse mythology, what is the name of the swelling place of the gods?
A
Asgard
7
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What word, indicating that a reference will be found in several places through a text, is derived from the Latin for “scattered”
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Passim
8
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Common and Darwin are the two species of which ostrich-like birds native to South America?
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Rhea
9
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Who wrote the novels Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender, which were republished as the Sword of Honour trilogy in 1965?
A
Evelyn Waugh
10
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The period of industrial unrest at the end of the 1970s that led to the fall of the Callaghan government is known by what name, borrowed from a Shakespeare play?
A
Winter of Discontent
11
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Closely related the the nasturtium, what peppery plant grows submerged in water in fast-flowing streams? Its sharply flavoured leaves are often used in green salads or as a garnish
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Watercress
12
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Which element, a vital component of the common match, was originally discovered in, and distilled from, urine
A
Phosphorus
13
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Which famous 1818 novel contains the words “I beheld the wretch - the miserable monster whom I had created”?
A
Frankenstein
14
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In which country is Cape Nord-kinn, the northernmost point of mainland Europe?
A
Norway
15
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According to the Noel Coward song, who “go out in the midday sun”?
A
Mad dogs and Englishmen
16
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The Popes Callistus III and Alexander VI were members of which notorious family?
A
The Borgias
17
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In which sport is the rank of Yokozuna the highest attainable title?
A
Sumo
18
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The Saguaro, which gives its name to a National Park in Arizona, can reach a heigh of about fifteen metres and live for around 200 years, is a giant species of which plant?
A
Cactus
19
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In Arthur Miller’s play Death Of A Salesman, what is the full name on the salesman?
A
Willy Loman
20
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Which famous street in New York is named after an embankment built by Dutch settlers in about 1653 to repel attacking forces?
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Wall Street
21
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Which fashion designer launched the príÈt-íæ-porter Rive Gauche range in 1966
A
Yves Saint Laurent
22
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The name of which Scottish festival comes from the old Norman French for “a gift at the New Year”?
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Hogmanay
23
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Who was the manager of The Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967?
A
Brian Epstein
24
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What name is given to the incident in Manchester in 1819 when local magistrates ordered troops to clear a peaceful meeting about Parliamentary reform, resulting in eleven deaths and hundreds of injuries?
A
Peterloo Massacre
25
Which classic Ealing comedy features Kate Johnson as the elderly landlady Mrs Wilberforce?
The Ladykillers
26
The ruins of which Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131, lie of the banks of the River Wye between Monmouth and Chepstow?
Tintern
27
Who wrote his only novel, Rasselas, during the evenings of a single week in 1759, to pay for his mother's funeral expenses?
Samuel Johnson
28
What name is given to the traditional British system of weights, based on the grain and the pennyweight, and used to weigh precious metals?
Troy weight
29
What is the premier French Order of Distinction, founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802?
Legion D'Honneur
30
Which American chat show host was born in a London underground station in 1944?
Jerry Springer
31
The notorious naval mutiny against Captain Bligh took place on which ship in 1789?
The Bounty
32
The adjective "vulpine" refers to which mammal?
Fox
33
Whose works include The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Laurence Sterne
34
Antananarivo is the largest city and capital of which island republic off the coast of Africa?
Madagascar
35
Which conductor founded both the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestras?
Thomas Beecham
36
Which term for the band of colour formed when a beam of light is split into its constituent wavelengths was coined by Isaac Newton in 1672?
Spectrum
37
Angus Deayton was the original host of which topical satirical quiz show, first broadcast in 1990?
Have I Got News For You
38
Most English translations of the Bible (including the Authorised Version) begin with which three words?
In The Beginning
39
Which architect's work includes the rebuilding of the Brighton Pavilion in the oriental style?
John Nash
40
In which battle of 480BC sis Leonidas, King of Sparta, and a small force unsuccessfully defend a pass against a much larger Persian army?
Thermopylae
41
Founded in 1858, Blackheath, who play at the Rectory Field, claim to be the oldest continuously existing English club in which sport?
Rugby Union
42
What is the name of the chalk headland, situated near Eastbourne, which is one of the highest cliffs on the South Coast of England?
Beachy Head
43
The 1966 film Walk, Don't Run, was the last screen appearance of which debonair, British born film actor?
Cary Grant
44
In anatomy, what name for the soft lower part of the outer ear can also be applied to divisions of the lungs and brain?
Lobes
45
Who wrote the plays Dirty Linen and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead?
Tom Stoppard
46
What name is given to the male reproductive part of a plant where pollen is produced, consisting of the anther and the filament?
Stamen
47
What seventeenth century invention is called a tire-bouchon in France, a Kurkentrekker in the Netherlands and a Cavatappi in Italy?
Corkscrew
48
Who was the leader of the Liberal party from 1976 until 1988, when it merged with the SDP to become the Liberal Democrats?
David Steel
49
Graham Nash left which group in 1968 to join David Crosby and Stephen Stills?
The Hollies
50
An "unkindness" or "conspiracy" is the collective noun or which members of the crow family?
Raven
51
Who is the commanding officer of the Nautilus in Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea?
Captain Nemo
52
Taken from the Old Norse for "third part", what is the name of the administrative divisions into which the old county of Yorkshire was divided?
Ridings
53
Dr Evil is the arch enemy of which spoof film hero?
Austin Powers
54
What name and surname are shared by the father and son who both served as British Prime Minister during the eighteenth and nineteenth century?
William Pitt
55
Which alternative name is commonly used for Leonardo da Vinci's famous pen and ink drawing of a naked man with arms outstretched, also known as "The Proportions Of The Human Figure"?
Vitruvian Man
56
The Taj Mahal is in which Indian city?
Agra
57
The works of which Nobel Prize winning author include One Hundred Days of Solitude and a fictional account of the last days of Simon Bolivar called The General In His Labyrinth?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
58
Which is the name of the train service that links London to Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel?
Eurostar
59
Who wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Oliver!
Lionel Bart
60
The word for which financial arrangement comes from the Old French words for "death" and "pledge"?
Mortgage
61
The name of which online reference work comes from the Hawaiian for "fast" and the classical Greek for "education"?
Wikipedia
62
In geometry, what name is given to a triangle with two equal sides and angles?
Isocoles
63
Which novel by James Joyce features the characters of Leopold Bloom and his estranged wife Molly?
Ulysses
64
Montgomery is the state capital of which american state?
Alabama
65
What name is shared by Beethoven's Sixth Symphony and Vaughan-Williams' Third?
Pastoral
66
Which Roman Emperor is widely assumed to have been poisoned by his fourth wife Julia Agripinna, to ensure the succession of her son Nero?
Claudius
67
Which American cartoonist created a fictional sinister family who were named after him, and were first televised in the 1960s?
Charles Addams
68
The Siberian or Amur is a sub-species of which endangered animal?
Tiger
69
Which vegetable is the essential ingredient in a dish described as Lyonnaise?
Onions
70
Italians use the word "tedesco" for which European nationality and language?
German
71
In classical Greek architecture, there are three orders of column: Doric, Ionic and which other, the newest and most elaborate?
Corinthian
72
What is the name of the Duke of Bedford's family home, situated near Whipsnade Zoo?
Woburn Abbey
73
In the film The Great Dictator, who appeared in a dual role as a Jewish barber and as Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania?
Charlie Chaplin
74
In Norse mythology, the bridge Bifrost connected Earth with Asgard, the home of the Gods. What form did the bridge take?
A rainbow
75
On board ship, what is housed in a binnacle?
A compass
76
What word for the testing of metal to determine its ingredients or purity comes from an Old French word meaning "trial" or "attempt"?
Assay
77
According to the sonnet by Shelley, which ancient tyrant's ruined statue carries the words "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair"?
Ozymandias
78
What is the name of the early flowering deciduous shrub with yellow bell-like flowers which is a member of the olive family and is widespread in the UK?
Forsythia
79
"Lara's Theme" was part of the Oscar-winning musical score for which 1965 film?
Doctor Zhivago
80
Which Falls on the Argentine-Brazilian border are four times wider than Niagara and consist of a series of around 275 cataracts?
Iguazu Falls
81
The works of which Surrealist artist, who died in August 1967, feature recurring symbols such as the "female torso", "the bowler hat" and "the castle and the rock"?
Rene Magritte
82
Which is the larger of the two bones in the lower leg, also known as the shinbone?
Tibia
83
In 1992, the Summer Olympic Games were held in which Spanish city?
Barcelona
84
Which Caribbean island, along with Puerto Rico, gained independence from Spain as a result of the 1898 Spanish-American War?
Cuba
85
Who wrote Love On The Dole, a 1933 novel about working-class poverty?
Walter Greenwood
86
In 1981, who became the first socialist President of France since the founding of the Fifth Republic in 1958?
Francois Mitterand
87
With which protest song did Bob Dylan first enter the UK Singles Chart in March 1965?
The Times They Are A-Changin'
88
What determines the number of men and women who receive money from the monarch, and also the amount they are given?
The monarch's age
89
What was the name of the puppet made by Gepetto who was eventually granted his wish to be a "real boy"?
Pinocchio
90
The Kama Sutra was originally written in which ancient language?
Sanskrit
91
What name is traditionally given to the black pirate flag showing a skull and crossbones?
Jolly Roger
92
Jethou, Lihou and Brecqhou are smaller members of which island group?
Channel Islands
93
What is the title of the play by Arthur Miller, set around the Salem witch trials of 1692?
The Crucible
94
Which rare, bearlike mammal has an enlarged wrist bone that functions rather like a thumb, enabling it to handle food?
Giant Panda
95
Which cult film of 1969 stars Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as a pair of motorcycling dropouts?
Easy Rider
96
Which Dutch artist painted The Garden of Earthly Delights in the early sixteenth century?
Hieronymus Bosch
97
What name is given to any of the group of twenty organic molecules that are the basic building blocks of proteins?
Amino Acids
98
Which disgraced politician was the Secretary of State for War from 1960 to 1963?
John Profumo
99
In English verse, what name is given to a pause in the middle of a metrical line?
Ceasura
100
Which British fighter unified the WBA, WBC and IBF World Heavyweight titles when he beat Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas in November 1999?
Lennox Lewis
101
What is the name of the large marshy island in the delta of the River Rhone, famed for its bulls and wild birds?
Camargue
102
Emerson, Lake and Palme's only British hit single was composed by Aaron Copland. What is its title?
Fanfare for the Common Man
103
In the mythology of Ancient Egypt, Thoth was the Patron of Scribes and a god of which celestial body?
The Moon
104
What Italian dessert is made by whisking egg yolks, wine and sugar together over a gentle heat?
Zabaglione
105
In anatomy, what name is given to the fibrous sac surrounding the heart?
Pericardium
106
Which opera by Puccini is set in the days of the Californian Gold Rush?
La Fanciulla Del West
107
Which book of the Bible gets its English name because it starts with a census of the "children of Israel"?
Numbers
108
Frederick William Lanchester, who built one of the first motor cars in Britain, patented what type of brake now standard on motor cars?
Disc brake
109
Who founded the American Institute of Public Opinion in 1935 and developed the polls for testing opinion that still bear his name?
George Gallup
110
What word for a nickname comes from an early French word for "a playful tap under the chin"?
Sobriquet
111
What well-known revolutionary socialist hymn was the National Anthem of the Soviet Union from 1917 until 1944?
The Internationale
112
Whom did Henry VIII appoint as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533 following the death of William Warham?
Thomas Cranmer
113
Who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Mrs Robinson in the 1967 film The Graduate?
Anne Bancroft
114
What name was adopted by the former British colony of the Gold Coast when it gained independence in 1957?
Ghana
115
Who wrote the poem, one of his Sonnets ddicated to Liberty", that opens, "Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour!"?
William Wordsworth
116
What general name is given to any tree that produces its seeds in cones?
Conifer
117
The archtitect Sir Frederick Gibberd, best known for the "Crown of Thorns" design of Liverpool's Catholic cathedral, was responsible for planning which New Town in Essex?
Harlow
118
In 1925, the teacher John T Scopes was put on trial in Tennessee for teaching what?
Evolution
119
In The Magic Roundabout, what type of creature was Brian?
Snail
120
In Ancient Greece, what general name was given to the Chief Magistrate in many city-states?
Eponymous Archon
121
According to legend, which eleventh century king of England ordered the waves to recede, whole on Bosham beach in West Sussex, to demonstrate the limit of his powers?
Canute
122
Second Viscount Townsend, who directed Britain's foreign policy from 1721 to 1739, was given what nickname, because of the root vegetable he favoured in his crop rotation system?
Turnip (Townsend)
123
Who won the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children?
Salman Rushdie
124
What is the general name for an arachnid with a pair of grasping pincers and a segmented curved tail terminating in a ven0mous sting?
Scorpion
125
Who created the television series Grange Hill, Brookside and Hollyoaks?
Phil Redmond
126
The statement 'L'í©tat, c'est moi", which literally means "I am the state" is usually attributed to which French king?
Louis XIV
127
Under what surname did the Brontí‚ sisters publish a volume of poetry in 1846?
Bell
128
Which Caribbean island, a British Overseas Territory, was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, who named it after a monastery in Catalonia and the jagged mountain it stands on?
Monserrat
129
Which group's song "Flowers In The Rain" was the first to by played on BBC Radio One when it began broadcasting in 1967?
The Move
130
In Buddhism, what name, of Sanskrit origin, is given to the universal truth or law as expounded by Buddha?
Dharma
131
Which film, based on a novel by Michael Ondaatje, won nine Oscars at the 1997 ceremony, including Best Supporting Actress for Juliet Binoche?
The English Patient
132
The BCG vaccine is given to protect against which disease?
Tuberculosis
133
Which Pop artist featured in Ken Russell's Pop Goes The Easel, and produced the collage The Toyshop in 1961, using glass and cut-outs?
Peter Blake
134
By what slang name were FBI agents commonly referred to in the 1930s? It was also the title of a James Cagney film?
G Men
135
The French city of Dijon is particularly associated with which condiment?
Mustard
136
What numbers, when used in table form to simply calculations, consist of an integral part called the characteristic and a decimal part called the mantissa?
Logarithms
137
In which winter sport is a match or tournament known as a bonspiels?
Curlin
138
What river forms the boundary between Devon and Cornwall?
Tama
139
The heroine of which novel by Tolstoy commits suicide by throwing herself under a train?
Anna Karenina
140
Which flightless bird has nostrils at the tip of its bill rather than the base? It also lays a larger egg relative to its body size than any other bird?
Kiwi
141
In the Aztec empire, a bitter version of which familiar beverage was used as a drink for warriors and the social elite?
Chocolate
142
White Scottish public school did Prince Charles and his brothers attend?
Gordonstoun
143
Cape Comorin is the southernmost point of which Commonwealth country?
India
144
The climax of which Alfred Hitchcock film takes place on Mount Rushmore?
North By Northwest
145
In German mythology, who brings about the death of Siegfried after she finds that he has won her for someone else?
Brunhilde
146
In 1925, the wearing of what type of hat was prohibited in Turkey?
Fez
147
What term for a large urban area is derived from the Greek for Mother and City?
Metropolis
148
Which opera by Puccini opens on a freezing Christmas Eve in Paris, where the poet Rudolfo burns some of his manuscripts to keep warm?
La Boheme
149
What name is given to the method of sending messages using two flags, held in different positions by a signalman, to represent individual letters or numbers?
Semaphore
150
Douglas Hogg made newspaper headlines in 2009 when he was alleged to have claimed the cleaning bill for what part of his country estate on parliamentary expenses?
Moat
151
What French word is used for an additional song or piece at the end of an artist's performance?
Encore
152
In the early 1970s, which American surgeon pioneered an eponymous emergency procedure to restore breathing to a person who is choking, by means of a sequence of abdominal thrusts?
(Henry J) Heimlich
153
The Norfolk town of Cromar is particularly famed for which seafood?
Crab
154
Chami Chakrabarti was appointed Director of which human rights organisation in 2003?
Liberty
155
Which twentieth century artist had a ten year relationship with Dora Maar, who inspired his painting Weeping Woman, as well as other major works?
Picasso
156
Europe's longest river, the Volga, empties into which sea?
Caspian
157
On which instrument did Anton Karas play the theme music to The Third Man?
Zither
158
In Greek mythology, who abducted Helen of Troy?
Paris
159
In cockney rhyming slang, what is a 'butchers'
Look
160
What is the name of the Safari Park near Liverpool, situated at the ancestral home of the Earls of Derby?
Knowlsey
161
Created by John Le Carrí©, which fictional British intelligence officer's long-term adversary was the soviet spymaster Karla?
George Smiley
162
What name, from the latin for seaweed, is given to the simple plant-line organisms that typically lack stems, roots and leaves?
Algae
163
Which hit American TV comedy series starring David Hyde Piece as Niles Crane and John Mahoney as his father, who has a Jack Russell Terrier called Eddie?
Frazier
164
Which city and its surrounding area was the last English possession in France. It was taken back by the French in 1588?
Calais
165
What is the popular name for the floating capsule that is intended to make canned beer taste like draught?
Widget
166
The Pascal, which is named after French philosopher and scientist, is the international standard unit of which physical quantity?
Pressure
167
In Coleridge's poem, which bird does the Ancient Mariner kill?
Albatross
168
What was the self-appointed office of Matthew Hopkins, who came to office in 1645
Witchfinder General
169
Which comedy duo starred in the 1932 film The Music Box, about two delivery men attempting to take a piano up a flight of steps into a house?
Laurel and Hardy
170
What is the capital and cheif port of the Northern Territory of Australia?
Darwin
171
Which baseball star became Marilyn Monroe's second husband when they married in 1954?
Joe DiMaggio
172
Heath, Marsh and Dark Green are species of which butterflies, whose name comes from the Latin for "dice box" because of their spotted markings?
Fritillaries
173
In the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, which fictional doctor discovers a drug that absorbs all his evil instincts?
Jekyll
174
The Galton-Henry system that was officially introduced by Scotland Yard in 1901, is a method of classifying what?
Fingerprints
175
In Star Trek, which character was the son onf Ambassador Sarek and a human teacher named Amanda Grayson?
Spock
176
Which Hindu deity is worshipped as The Preserver, one of the three gods who oversee and maintain justice and the world order?
Vishnu
177
Which cartoon character's falsetto voice was provided by Walt Disney until 1946, when Jimmy McDonald took over the role?
Mickey Mouse
178
What is the proper name of the flag that is sometimes known the Red Duster, and which is flown by the British Merchant Fleet?
Red Ensign
179
Which Swiss ski resort was the first venue to host the Winter Olympics twice
St Moritz
180
What term for a younger man who is paid by an older woman to act as her escort was used as the title of a book by Edna Ferber published in 1923?
Gigolo
181
Which embroidered artefact begins with Edward the Confessor meeting the future King Harold II and ends with the Battle of Hastings?
The Bayeux Tapestry
182
The name of which sea comes from the Latin for "middle of the land"?
Mediterranean
183
The common or blue species of which mollusc, found growing in tight clusters on rocks, is widely harvested in Europe where it is often served with french fries?
Mussels
184
What was Margaret Thatchers first cabinet post when the Conservatives were returned to power under Edward Heath in 1970?
Education and Science
185
Bonnano Pisano was the engineer in charge of which famous building, begun around 1174?
Leaning Tower of Pisa
186
In the New Testament, what was the name of the prisoner released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus at the behest of the crowd?
Barrabus
187
The name of which sea monster from the Book of Job wa used by Thomas Hobbes for the title of his best known work, first published in 1651?
Leviathon
188
What was the last Royal House to rule an independent Scotland?
Stuart
189
On what subject did Albert Einstein publish his Special Theory in 1905 and his General Theory in 1916, concerning bodies in motion with respect to each other?
Relativity
190
The gemsbok, the scimitar-horned and the Arabian are three species of which large antelope? The latter two are endangered species?
Oryx
191
Which playwright is the subject of John Lahr's biography, Prick Up Your Ears? It was made into a 1987 film starring Gary Oldman and Alfred Molina?
Joe Orton
192
What fabulous fire-breathing monster, slain by Bellepheron, had a lion's head, a goart's body and a snake or dragon's tail?
Chimaera
193
Which 1968 film starring Jane Fonda is set in the forty-first century and features Milo O'Shea as the villain Durand Durand?
Barbarella
194
What name is shared by a river that flows through the Derbyshire Peak District and one that forms part of the English-Welsh border?
Wye
195
What sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting?
Biathlon
196
The name of which natural pigment comes from the Greek for "green leaf"?
Chlorophyll
197
The theme tunes to which long running TV programme included a version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lot Of Love", Phil Lynott's "Yellow Pearl and "The Wizard" by Paul Hardcastle?
Top Of The Pops
198
What term, the first part of which is derived from the German for "rag" or "rabble", did Karl Marx coin for the lowest stratum of the industrial working class, including tramps and criminals?
Lumpenproletariat
199
What is the destination of the annual rally for veteran cars starting in London and inaugurated to commemorate the lifting of the Red Flag Act in 1896?
Brighton
200
In mathematics, what general term is used for any two dimensional polygon with four sides?
Quadrilateral
201
Which novel by Daphne du Maurier begins "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"?
Rebecca
202
The salient around which Belgian city was the scene of three important battles in the First World War, in 1914, 1915 and 1917 respectively?
Ypres
203
Judy Garland is the mother of which Oscar winning actress?
Liza Minelli
204
On the River Thames, which birds are owned either by the Crown or by one of two City of London companies: the Dyers and the Vintners?
Swans
205
What title did JS Bach give to his set of twenty-four Preludes and Fugues for keyboard in each of the major and minor keys, and also to a second set composed later in Leipzig sometimes called the 48?
The Well Tempered Clavier
206
What dish on a Greek menu, similar to shish kebab, consists of marinated lamb chunks, generally skewered and grilled with vegetables such as onions and green peppers?
Souvlaki
207
An ampersand is a symbol used in printing to replace which three letter word?
And
208
What road in Chelsea, runningSouth West from Sloane Square, has been particularly associated with fashion since the 1960s?
King's Road
209
What word is used for a hole emitting gases or steam in a volcano or volcanic region, and is derived from the Latin for "smoke"
Fumarole
210
In 1935, which theoretical physicist devised a thought experiment about the fate of a cat in a box to highlight some of the conceptual problems posed by quantum physics?
Schrodinger
211
Which sign of the zodiac takes its name from the Latin for "fish"?
Pisces
212
What name is given to the fertile low-lying area of reclaimed land to the west and south of The Wash?
The Fens
213
Who said, in his work An Essay of Criticism, "A little learning is a dangerous thing"?
Alexander Pope
214
In which ancient Greek city-state were the state owned slaves known as helots?
Sparta
215
What martial art was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Tokyo Games of 1964?
Judo
216
The nineteenth century Russian explorer Nikolai Przewalski gives his name to the only living wild species of which animal?
Horse
217
Which famous American band leader and composer disappeared while on a flight from England to Paris in December 1944?
Glenn Miller
218
In astronomy, what name is given to either of the days of the year when the Sun's apparent path is furthest north or furthest south of the equator?
Solstice
219
Who starred as the gang boss Charlie Croker in the original 1969 version of The Italian Job?
Michael Caine
220
Which legendary giant bird that is said to carry off animals as large as elephant for food is mentioned in One Thousand And One Nights and also in The Travels of Marco Polo?
Roc
221
Pinot noir, pinot meunier and which other grape type are the only three permitted in the production of champagne?
Chardonnay
222
The Catskill, Blue Ridge and Allegheny are all part of which range of mountains in eastern North America?
Appallachians
223
In which classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury do firemen burn books instead of putting out fires?
Farenheit 451
224
The name of which garden shrub comes from the Greek for "water vessel", an allusion to the cup-like shape of its seed capsules?
Hydrangea
225
The opening of which of London's bridges in 1817 is the subject of one of the few paintings by Constable not to feature a pastoral scene?
Chelsea
226
In 1535, who completed the first translation of the Bible to be printed in English, and edited it for what became known as the Great Bible of 1539?
Miles Coverdale
227
In Monty Python's Flying Circus, what institution did Cardinal Ximinez and his sidekicks Fang and Biggles represent?
The Spanish Inquisition
228
How often does a Hebdomadal Council normally meet?
Weekly
229
In 1944, the alleged medium Helen Duncan was the last person in Britain to receive a prison sentence under which Act of 1735?
Witchcraft
230
What name is given to an alloy of mercury with one or more metals, especially one used for dental fillings?
Amalgam
231
According to Shakespeare's play, who struck the first blow when Julius Caesar was assassinated?
Casca
232
What French term is used in ballet for dancing on the tip of the toe in specially designed stiffened shoes?
En point
233
Which current British army regiment was founded as the First Regiment of Foot Guards in 1656?
Grenadiers
234
The name of which preserve comes from the Portuguese for "quince", the fruit from which it was originally made?
Marmalade
235
In the republic of Ireland, what are the Garda Siochana?
Police
236
Which of Batman's enemies was played by Cesar Romero in 1966, Jack Nicholson in 1989 and Heath Ledger in 2008?
The Joker
237
The phases of the moon between Full Moon and New Moon are known as waning; what name is given to the phases between the New Moon and Full Moon?
Waxing
238
Mombasa is the principle port of which African country?
Kenya
239
The name of which precious stone comes from the Greek for "nail" or "claw"? the pink and white bands of one of its varieties are said to resemble a fingernail.
Onyx
240
At the Conservative Party's Annual Conference in 2002, who, as Chairperson, said in a speech, "You know what some people call us - the nasty party"?
Theresa May
241
In the Bible, who interpreted the Pharaoh's dreams as meaning seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine?
Joseph
242
Which London road, no renamed Milton Street, was traditionally associated with writes and journalists?
Grub St
243
The Powell Street cable car goes up and down Russian Hill in which American city?
San Francisco
244
What name is given to the mark on the floor that a player stands behind to throw his darts?
Ockhe
245
Limestone and chalk are both carbonates of which element?
Calcium
246
Which stringed instrument takes its name from the Hawaiian for "jumping flea"?
Eukelele
247
In the nineteenth century, which Empire became known as the "Sick Man of Europe"?
Ottoman
248
What English surname indicates that an ancestor was a make or seller of arrows?
Fletcher
249
On which so-called "island" in the Fens did Hereward the Wake lead resistance against the Normans from 1070 to 1071?
Ely
250
In a traditional English pack of playing cards, what does the King of Diamonds have behind his left shoulder?
Axe of Halberd
251
The works of Galen, written in the late second century, were considered the leading authority on which subject until the seventeenth century
Medicine
252
What is the name of the traditional Welsh broth normally made with lamb, bacon, leeks, potatoes and cabbage?
Cawl
253
Who sang with Queen on their 1981 UK number one hit "Under Pressure"?
David Bowie
254
What name is given to a ring shaped coral reef hich surrounds a lagoon?
Atoll
255
Which annual film and television awards are made by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?
Golden Globes
256
In ancient Roman gladiatorial contest, a trident and which other weapon was deployed by a retiarius?
A net
257
Who took the title of his 1974 novel The Dogs of War from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
Frederick Forsyth
258
What name is traditionally given to the highly corrosive mixture of concentrated hydrochloric and nitri acid which can dissolve gold?
Aqua Regia
259
The sauna comes from which language?
Finnish
260
Which BBC Economics Editor's father was one half of a double act with Donald Swann?
Stephani Flanders
261
What is the name of the government agency founded in 1791 and responsible for providing maps of Britain?
Ordnance Survey
262
In the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's, which Oscar winning song does Audrey Hepburn sing while sitting on the windowsill of her New York apartment?
Moon River
263
Bismark said that possible German involvementin which troubled region of Europe was "not worth the healthy bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier"?
The Balkans
264
Sir Kingsley Amis won the 1986 Booker Prize for which novel about a notable but obnoxious author who retires to Wales, meets up with old friends, and then drops dead?
The Old Devils
265
The Po is the longest river in which country?
Italy
266
The jazz classic "Mood Indigo" is particularly associated with whose orchestra?
Duke Ellington
267
What is the largest British freshwater crustacean? It resembles a small lobster.
Crayfish
268
What game, in which the "Collegers" play the "Oppidans", takes place on St Andrews day?
Eton Wall Game
269
In Greek mythology, who is the twin sister of Apollo, and the Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, chastity and childbirth?
Artemis
270
Which powerful hallucinogenic agent is derived from ergot, a fungus particularly affecting rye?
LSD
271
In The Importance of Being Earnest, what was Jack Worthing found in, as an infant, at the Victoria Station cloakroom?
A handbag
272
Which French engineer designed the steel framework supporting the Statue of Liberty?
Gustav Eiffel
273
Which 2006 film has the subtitle "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"?
Borat
274
The adjective "otic" refers to which part of the body?
Ears
275
Sebastian Coe and which other athlete broke the Mile World record three times in a ten dayperiod in August 1981?
Steve Ovett
276
Which administrative region of Canada, whose name means "Great River" in the indigenous languages, wasthe scene of a Gold Rush in 1896?
Yukon Territory
277
In which board game are four dice and a doubling cube used to control the movement of the counters?
Backgammon
278
What word of Greek origin is used for overconfidence taht invites disaster or ruin, and is often cited as the flaw in the characters of tragic heroes?
Hubris
279
In mathematics, the Sieve of Eratosthenes is used as a method of finding what sort of number?
Prime
280
What common salad ingredient is combined with yoghurt and garlic to make the Greek disk tzatziki?
Cucumber
281
Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III were three monarchs of which royal house, a branch of the House of Plantaganet?
York
282
Which Johnny Cash song shares its title with a name given to the active volcanoes encircling the Pacific ocean?
Ring of Fire
283
What general term, often associated with the Scottish philosopher David Hume, is used for the doctrine that all knowledge and beliefs are to be accepted only if based on personal experience?
Empiricism
284
Which plants that were famously painted by Monet belong to the genus Nymphaea?
Water lillies
285
Which Indian holy city's name mean "Pool of nectar" and was founded in the 1570s by Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru?
Amristar
286
Which science fiction series was created by Gene Roddenberry in 1960s? The first episode was called "Where No Nan Has Gone Before"
Star Trek
287
What does the word Creoso mean on a Welsh road sign?
Welcome
288
What now common metal was introduced to the public at the Paris Exposition of 1855 where it was regarded as a new precious metal?
Aluminium
289
Many characteristics of human fingerprints are shared with those of which marsupial?
Koalas
290
Which of Shakespeare's tragedies was described by the physician Thomas Bowlder as "unfortunately little suited to family reading" because if its themes of adultery and murder?
Othello
291
What name, referring to its historic location, is given to the battle of 1798 at which Napoleon's army routed an Egyptian force led by Murad Bey?
Battle of the Pyramids (Embabeh)
292
What is the surname of the brothers Auguste and Louis, who were pioneers in the film industry due to their invention of an early motion picture camera and projector?
Lumiere
293
Amman in the capital city of which Middle Eastern kingdon?
Jordan
294
What term, from the Italian for "to touch" is given to a keyboard piece intended to display the dexterity of the performer?
Toccata
295
Who finally won the Grand National at the fifteenth attempt, when he rode Don't Push It to victory in 2010?
Tony McCoy
296
In biology, what word for minute body or cell in an organism, especially a red and white blood cell, comes from the Latin for "little body"?
Corpuscle
297
The words schlock, schmaltz and schmooze come from which language?
Yiddish
298
in physics, what name is given to the phenomenon in which waves appear to bend or spread out as they pass through a small aperture or round the edge of a barrier?
Diffraction
299
In the middle ages, which plant with a long, forked root was thought to utter a shriek when pulled from the ground?
Mandrake
300
What did General de Gaulle say was "Too serious a matter to be left to politicians"?
Politics
301
Who did nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoot while he was being transferred to Dallas County Jail on 24 November 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
302
Which city in Mali, located on the southern edge of the Sahara, was a major centre of Islamic culture from about 1400 to 1600?
Timbuktu
303
Which greek hors d'oeuvre consists of smoked fish roe mixed with olive oil, lemon and saoked breadcrumbs?
Taramasalata
304
Did was the legendary founder of which ancient Phoenician city on the Gulf of Tunis?
Carthage
305
With which 1956 play did John Osborne first achieve theatrical success
Look Back in Anger
306
Romney Marsh and Cheviot are breeds of which farm animal?
Sheep
307
Which British artists's so-called Spot paintings include Pharmacy and Valium?
Damien Hirst
308
Encephalitis is the inflammation of which organ of the body?
Brain
309
The Kemp brothers, Gary and Martin, were two of the founder members of which 1980s group?
Spandau Ballet
310
Which English city is home to the Fitzwilliam Museum?
Cambridge
311
In two films in the 1960s, which actor played Doctor Doolittle and taught elocution to Eliza Doolittle?
Rex Harrison
312
Vanilla is obtained from a climbing member of which family of plants?
Orchids
313
Which aria does Lauretta sing to her father, Gianni Schicchi, in Puccini's opera, begging to be allowed to marry Rinuccio?
O Mio Babbino Caro
314
In the Bible, what is the name of Abraham's concubine and the mother of his son Ishmael?
Hagar
315
In horseracing, which is the last and oldest of the five classics of the English season on the flat?
St Leger
316
What name is given to a pair of stars orbiting a common centre of gravity?
Binary system
317
Which American comedy series featured the shock-haired Cosmo Kramer, who lived in the same apartment block as the title character?
Seinfeld
318
The group of eight colleges and universities in the northeastern United States, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, are known collectively by what name?
Ivy League
319
By what name, meaning "little Dyer", was the sixteenth century Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti better known?
Tintoretto
320
The Great Bear Lake is within which country? the largest lying entirely within which country?
Canada
321
A woman on a pedestal, wearing classical drapery and with a torch held high in her right hand, is the trademark of which Hollywood film studio
Columbia
322
Which King of England was taken prisoner in a battle at Lincoln in 1141?
Stephen
323
The name of which alcoholic spirit comes from the Dutch for burnt wine?
Brandy
324
Which species of crab, found in the UK, uses empty shells or other hollow objects to protect and shelter its body?
Hermit
325
At which prison did Johnny Cash perfoem the concert in February 1969 that included the song A Boy Named Sue?
San Quentin
326
Tobermory is the principle town on which Hebridean island?
Mull
327
Which Swedish novelist created detective Inspector Kurt Wallander?
Henning Mankell
328
Which adopted son of Augustus became the second Roman emporer in AD 14?
Tiberius
329
Toxicophobia is the morbid fear of what?
Poisoning
330
Of which American President did the political comedian Mort Sahl supposedly say "Would you buy a second hand car from this man?"?
Richard Nixon
331
Which film about a poor Mumbai teenager who wins a fortune on a TV quiz show won the Best Film Oscar at the 2009 ceremony?
Slumdog Millionaire
332
Which animal's tree home is known as a drey?
Squirrel
333
Which artist painted The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up in 1838?
Turner
334
What city at the mouth of the River Tawe is known in Welsh as Abertawe?
Swansea
335
In which of Shakespeare's plays are the title character's last words "The rest is silence"
Hamlet
336
Who, along with her husband, opened Britain's first birth control clinic, called the Mother's Clinic in Holloway, London in 1921?
Marie Stopes
337
Which garden herb with varieties such as Lemon and Silver Queen is used with parsley and breadcrumbs to make a stuffing for veal and poultry?
Thyme
338
In 596, who was sent from the Benedictine monastery of St Andrew in Rome to England by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the country to Christianity
Augustine
339
The Great Gate of Kiev is the last part of which piano work by Mussorgsky?
Pictures At An Exhibition
340
What term is used for a fruit with a thin skin, fleshy interior and a hard, stony inner layer?
Drupe
341
In snooker, what is the value of the green ball?
3
342
Which of the Dodecanese islands is the most easterly in the Aegean Sea?
Rhodes
343
"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts, was the theme tune for which American TV Comedy series?
Friends
344
Who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 1950, when he retired because of ill health? He was noted for his "austerity" policies
Stafford Cripps
345
Which word for a gleeful laugh was invented by Lewis Carroll in 1872, apparently a combination of chuckle and snort?
Chortle
346
In classical mythology, what name was given to the food which gave the gods immortality?
Ambrosia
347
The title track of Michael Jackson's album Thriller features a rap from which horror movie star?
Vincent Price
348
In the human body, what is the medical name for the breast-bone
Sternum
349
Which director, famed for his sci-fi films, began his career as a set designer for the BBC before going on to direct episodes of programmes such as Z Cars?
Ridley Scott
350
The name of which American general became synonymous with traitor in America, after he switched sides to the British in 1779 during the War of Independence?
Benedict Arnold
351
Pak Choi is a chinese variety of what vegetable?
Cabbage
352
The Mappa Mundi, a circular map of the world drawn on vellum and dating back to the thirteenth century, is housed at which cathedral?
Hereford
353
The Bell Jar, published under the name of Victoria Lucas, was the only novel by which American female poet, who died in 1963?
Sylvia Plath
354
In Egyptian mythology, the god Thoth is usually shown with the head of which wading bird?
Ibis
355
Which British artist's 1977 painting My Parents shows his mother watching him while his father is reading?
Hockney
356
On which of the Hawaiian island is the capital Honolulu
Oahu
357
I put a spell on you was the title of the autobiography of which singer, who died in 2003?
nina Simone
358
The order Lepidoptera consists of moths, skippers and which other insect?
Butterflies
359
In physics, what term is used for the transference of heat through a fluid or gas by the actual movement of the fluid itself?
Convection
360
What did the writer Cyril Connolly say was "imprisoned in every fat man wildly signalling to be let out"?
A thin man
361
According to an obituary supposedly publish in The Times, Monique Delacroix was the mother of which fictional secret agent?
James Bond
362
The American capital, Washington DC, stands on which river that rises in the Allegheny Mountains and eventually flows into Chesapeake Bay?
The Potomac
363
Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Yousuf Karsh are famous names in what artistic field?
Photography
364
Which class of creatures that begin life in water breathing through gills, but usually live as adults on land using lungs, has a name that comes from the Greek for "double life"?
Amphibians
365
What famous gin-based cocktail is said to have been invented in the Long Bar of Raffles Hotel in 1915?
Singapore Sling
366
In 1948, the Atlee government abolished the twelve seats in the Commons allocated to which institutions?
Universities
367
In Holst's The Planets, which planet was the Bringer of War?
Mars
368
Which metallic element is commonly used with nickel in batteries and in control rods for nuclear reactors?
Cadmium
369
In film set jargon, what name is given to the assistant or apprentice to the gaffer or key grip?
Best boy
370
In 1866, there was a famous race between clipper ships to be the first home with what cargo from China?
Tea
371
Muhammed Ali's first professional fight outside America took place at Wenbley in June 1963, when he was still known as Cassius Clay. Which British fighter was his opponent?
Henry Cooper
372
What to the suffixes 'chester, 'cester or 'caster in British place names indicate?
Roman military camp
373
Whose first book, A Bear Called Paddington, was published in 1958?
Michael Bond
374
Which wild flower takes its name from the French for lion's teeth, because its pointed leaves resemble them?
Dandelion
375
Peter Sellars, Leo McKern and Lionel Jeffries were all offered which TV role ultimately taken by Warren Mitchell?
Alf Garnet
376
What name, now used for a fanatic, originally meant a member of a Jewish sect uncompromising in opposition to the polytheism of Ancient Rome?
Zealot
377
"It's still the same old story, a fight for love and glory" is a line from which classic song?
As Time Goes By
378
In which constellation is Rigel the brightest star and Betelgeuse the second brightest?
Orion
379
the surrealist poet Andtre Breton referred to which painter as "Avida Dollars", an anagram of his name what referred to his perceived greed for money and fame?
Salvadore Dali
380
What word, originally used for an inhabitant of an ancient Greek town on the Italian mainland, has come to mean anyone who is devoted to luxury
Sybarite
381
What is the traditional symbol of pawnbrokers?
Three balls
382
What volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra erupted in 1883? The effects were felt for thousands of miles around.
Krakatoa
383
In the 1960s, which building on Broadway was an important centre of popular music songwriting, with offices for artists like Carole King, Gerry Goffin and Neil Sedaka?
Brill Building
384
What to people suffering from trichotillomania have a compulsion to pull out?
Their hair
385
In the The Third Man, Harry Lime says that all that Switzerland has managed to produce after 500 years of democracy is ... what?
The cuckoo clock
386
What is the usual translation of the Russian word "tovarishch"?
Comrade
387
In furniture construction, for what to the initals MDF stand for?
Medium Density Fibreboard
388
What character from Greek mythology was "Bound" according to the title of a play by Aeschylus and "Unbound" according to a poem by Shelley?
Prometheus
389
In Italian cuisine, which pasta has a name meaning "feathers" or "quills"?
Penne
390
Which Kentish town is the home of the proverbial angry letter writer who signs himself "Disgusted"?
Tunbridge Wells
391
What battle is depicted on the final surviving section of the Bayeax tapestry?
Hastings
392
Whose first novel was Decline and Fall in 1928?
Evelyn Waugh
393
Bank, Field and Water are three species found in Britain of which small rodent?
Vole
394
What is the longest river entirely in England?
Thames
395
Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger were all nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscars for their roles in which classic 1954 film?
On The Waterfront
396
Which people, whose civilisation reached its height in the sixth century BC inhabited the part of Italy between the Tiber and the Arno?
Etruscans
397
Carl Andre's Equivalent series of sculptures are all made up of a rectangular arrangement of 120 ... what? The last sculpture, Equivalent Eight, was purchased by the Tate Gallery in 1972.
Bricks
398
What name is given to the Assembly of the Holy Roman Empire that outlawed Martin Luther following his excommunication in 1521?
Diet of Worms
399
A type of bass tube with circular coiling is named after which American composer who developed it in the 1890s?
Sousa
400
What is the name of the hormone that regulates the level of glucose in the blood?
Insulin
401
Which Michelin three starred chef is noted for his snail porridge?
Heston Blumenthal
402
The principle of Ahimsa, common to both Buddhism and Jainism, has what meaning?
Non-violence
403
Who was appointed as England Test and One Day cricket caption in August 2008, but held the post for less than five months?
Kevin Pietersen
404
By area, what is the smallest state in mainland Australia?
Victoria
405
Which TV presenter began his career as the reporter Mike Channel on Radio Active and later on KYTV?
Angus Deayton
406
In a plant, what is the name of the single main root from which lateral roots develop?
Tap root
407
What left-handed ex-paratrooper usually played a right handed guitar upside down?
Jimi Hendrix
408
In computing, what term is used for the form of logic which is based on a notion of degrees of truth rather than something being either wholly true or wholley fals?
Fuzzy logic
409
Who directed the controversial 1988 film The Last Temptation of Christ?
Martin Scorcese
410
On 1 December 1955, who was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. The resulting boycott by passengers ended with the city's busses being desegregated.
Rosa Parks
411
The blue pigment ultramarine was originally obtained from which semi-precious stone?
Lapis lazuli
412
What was the name of the series of American space stations, the first of which was launched in 1973?
Skylab
413
Which Scottish philosopher published his first major work, A Treatise Of Human Nature, in 1739?
David Hume
414
Which French word is used to describe wine brought to room temperature?
Chambrí©
415
Which term for a measure of length equal to 600 feet in Ancient Rome or Greece is now applied to many sporting venues?
Stadium
416
Love Changes Everything which was a hit for Michael Ball, is the opening number from which Lloyd-Webber musical?
Aspects of Love
417
Which city is shown as the centre of the world on the medieval Mappa Mundi housed in Hereford Cathedral?
Jerusalem
418
How old did you have to be to qualify for the receipt of an old age pension when they were first introduced in the UK in 1909?
70
419
In Cockney rhyming slang, what is a tea leaf?
Thief
420
Which Home Secretary created the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829?
Robert Peel
421
Who presented the BBC TV series Life On Earth, about the origins of living species?
David Attenborough
422
Which historic east coast Scottish county is traditionally prefaced by the title "the Kingdom of"?
Fife
423
Which Wagner opera is based on the legend of the Knight of the Swan?
Lohengrin
424
The fungus Malassezia Globosa is thought to cause which common medical condition of the scalp?
Dandruff (Scurf)
425
Which Italian word, meaning "fresh", is given to a mural painting technique using water-based paint on lime plaster?
Fresco
426
Which explorer, along with the crew of his ship, landed on Elephant Island in the South Shetlands in 1916, after they had been trapped in Antarctic pack ice for around ten months?
Shackleton
427
The tulip-shaped glass known is the Copita is traditionally used for serving which fortified wine?
Sherry
428
In Greek mythology, who was the goddess of retribution or vengeance, especially upon those who roused the indignation of the gods?
Nemesis
429
Which Booker Prize winning author wrote the novel On Chesil Beach, which was published in 2007?
Ian McEwan
430
Dendrochronology is the technique of dating artefacts and events by using what?
Tree rings
431
In the original 1969 film of The Italian Job, in which city does the classic car chase take place?
Turin
432
In 1965, who became the first leader of the Conservative party to be chosen by a ballot of his fellow MPs?
Edward Heath
433
In which seven-a-side team sport do players' positions include Goal Keeper, Wing Attach and Goal Shooter?
Netball
434
What name that literally means "my master" but is usually translated as "teacher", is given to the spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation or community?
Rabbi
435
Which musical by Lerner and Loewe was an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion?
My Fair Lady
436
Which Swedish word, meaning "representative" is used for an official who investigates complaints against public bodies?
Ombudsman
437
Which spice was known in the Middle Ages as Indian Saffron, because of its colour?
Turmeric
438
Which town that was the site of a battle in the Wars Of The Roses, lies at the confluence of the Rivers Avon and Severn?
Tewksebury
439
In which Scott Fitzgerald novel does the title character fall in love with a married socialite Daisy Buchanan, the cousin of the narrator Nick Carraway?
The Great Gatsby
440
Greenfly and Blackfly are two members of which family of soft-bodied insects that feed on plant sap?
Aphids
441
Which architectural feature can be dog-leg, straight, open wall or circular?
Staircase
442
Which shipping forecast area, in the North Sea, is directly north of German Bight?
Fisher
443
In the 1984 film Splash, what does Daryl Hannah's character Madison become again if she gets her legs wet?
Mermaid
444
What name is usually given to the process of coating iron or steel with zinc to protect it against corrosion?
Galvanising
445
Whose biggest hit in Britain was "Wonderful World" which reached Number Two in the charts when it was re-issued in 1986, more than twenty-one years after his death?
Sam Cooke
446
Which early Greek mathematician is best known for his thirteen-volume work Elements, on geometry and related subjects?
Euclid
447
What is the surname of the footballing brothers who played for England in the 1966 World Cup Final?
Charlton
448
What is the meaning of the nautical term "avast"?
Stop
449
Opened in 1837, which was London's first mail-line railway terminus?
Euston
450
Which television programme habitually ended with the co-stars saying "So it's goodnight from me ... and it's goodnight from him"?
The Two Ronnies
451
Soldiers of the United Nations peacekeeping forces wear berets of what colour?
Blue
452
The award winning Swiss Re building in the City of London, designed by Norman Foster, is commonly known by what name?
Gherkin
453
Which legendary Irish hero is said to have built the Giant's Causeway and lived in a cave on the island of Staffa?
Finn Mac Cool or Fingal
454
In the SI system of units, which prefix is used to denote on thousand millionth of one unit?
nano
455
Which actor plays Withnail's Uncle Monty in the cult 1987 film Withnail and I?
Richard Griffiths
456
Which city lies on the River Usk. a few miles above its entry into the Severn estuary?
Newport
457
Which author based his stories about the spy Ashenden on his experiences in the British Secret Service during the First World War?
Somerset Maughan
458
The dried leaves of which plant that is the only member of the genus Lawsonia produce a red-orange dye that has been used since ancient times for body art and hair dye?
Henna
459
At the Grammys in 2012, which British singer won all six awards for which she was nominated?
Adele
460
Which country's "perpetual neutrality" was recognised at the Congress of Vienna in 1815?
Switzerland
461
Which word for merry comes from the belief that those born under the sign of Jupiter are of a cheerful disposition?
Jovial
462
Which famous actress stood as the Worker's Revolutionary Party candidate for Manchester Moss Side at the 1979 General Election?
Vanessa Redgrave
463
Orange pekoe, Lapsang Souchong and Oolong are all varieties of what?
Tea
464
Which Spanish monk, whose name became a byword for a sadistic interrogator, instituted the Inquisition in 1478, and was the first holder of the post of Grand Inquisitor?
Torquemada
465
Which Scottish golfer won the European Order of Merit a record eight times between 1993 and 2005?
Colin Montgomery
466
In which country are the Spanish enclaves of Ceunta and Melilla?
Morocco
467
Which quiz show was the first programme to be transmitted by Channel 4, when the channel began broadcasting in November 1982?
Countdown
468
What name was given to the cliff face at the southern end of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, from which traitors were flung to their deaths?
Tarpeian Rock
469
Which song, written by Irving Berlin, first appeared in the 1942 film Holiday Inn and went on to become one of the best selling singles of all time?
White Christmas
470
What is the medical name for a continuous ringing or buzzing in the ears?
Tinnitus
471
Who painted the famous picture of the Marquess of Rockingham's racehorse, Whistlejacket, in around 1762?
Stubbs
472
Which term, meaning a strict disciplinarian, is taken from the name of Louis XIVs Inspector General of Infantry, who devised a rigorous system of drills?
Martinet
473
Which metal was produced in India and China from about the thirteenth century? The first smelting works in Europe didn't appear until about 1740 in Bristol?
Steel
474
What is the name of the British equivalent of the German savoury dish Bludwurst?
Black Pudding
475
Roseate, Sooty and Arctic are among the species of which sea bird?
Tern
476
Which conductor, composer and pianist was the first American to conduct at La Scala, Milan in 1953?
Leonard Bernstein
477
Which city is the capital of the American state of Georgia?
Atlanta
478
Which American player won the first of her six Wimbledon Women's Singles titles in 1966?
Bille Jean King
479
Which insects of the order "Isoptera" that dwell in large colonies are sometimes called white ants, because of their similarity in lifestyle to ants, to which they are actually unrelated?
Termites
480
Which anti-war novel begins, "In was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him"?
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