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The Boys of 86 are nickname for which football teams 1985-86 team, got third in first division highest ever, team started Tony Cottee and Alvin Martin, Phil Parkes. Managed by John Lyall.
West Ham
Nickname of group of five Dutch footballers of Surinamese descent who played for Ajax and Netherlands during the 1996 euros: Winston Bogarde, Edgar David’s, Patrick kluivert, Clarence seedorf, Michael reiziger.
De kabel (the cable)
Which country did Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf born in ?
Paramaribo, Suriname
Only player to have won the Champions League with three clubs: Ajax 1995, Madrid 1998 and AC Milan 2003/2007
Clarence Seedorf
Nickname with literary origins given to Hibernian’s forward line of Gordon smith, Bobby Johnstone, lawrie reilly, Eddie turnbull and Willie ormond. Stand at Easter road named after them.
The famous five
Hibernian stadium in Edinburg called what
Easter Road
Scottish football club play at Tannadice Park nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines. Supporters known as the Arabs.
Dundee United
Geographically closest Derby in Britain
Then England
Dundee United vs Dundee FC
Nottingham Forest vs Notts County
Scottish football team nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues play at Dens Park.
Dundee FC
Hearts of Midlothian city and stadium and nickname
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh, the Jam Tarts
Aberdeen stadium name
Pittodrie Stadium
Vegetable nickname of Edinburg team Hibernian which is rhyming slang for Hibs
Cabbage (cabbage and ribs)
Kilmarnock stadium in East Ayrshire
Rugby Park
Livingston founded as Ferranti Thistle in 1943 play games at which stadium in West Lothian
Almondvale Stadium
Nickname the Steelmen and play in North Lanarkshire at Fir Park, what team? Winners of Scottish cup in 1991.
Motherwell
Ross County play at Victoria Park in which town in Highland. Nicknamed the Staggies.
Dingwall
St Johnstone, play at McDiarmid Park in which Scottish city?
Perth is the home to which stadium of St Johnstone?
Which Scottish premier league nicknamed the buddies team play in Paisley, Renfrewshire?
St Mirren play in which Scottish town?
Tv show written and directed by Nida Manzoor following eponymous British punk rock band that consists of Muslim women.
We are Lady Parts
Who played Ms Marvel
Iman Vellani
Netflix tv series inspired by a character created by Maurice Leblanc in early 1900s and actor who plays title role
Lupin (Omar Sy plays Assane Diop based on Arsene Lupin)
Largest river on Isle of Wight
Medina
Scottish football team called whay stadium Somerset Park have what nickname from a line in Robert Burns Tam O Shanter.
Ayr United - Honest Men
Cove Rangers plays in Cove Bay; Aberdeen with their stadium what named after a local ish famous building?
Balmoral Stadium
Scottish team based in glasgow with nickname Maryhill Magyars and stadium Firhill Stadium
Partick Thistle
Raith Rovers based in which Scottish city in Fife?
Kirkcaldy
Hosted at the New York Comic Con since 2017 whcih comic book prize named after the writer-artist Kurtzman was founded by Gary Groth in 1988?
Harvey Awards
Trophy for the mens singles at French Open tennis
Coupe des Mousquetaires
Trophy for the womens singles at French open
Coupe Suzanne Lenglen
Trophy to mens doubles at French open tennis
Coupe Jacques Brugnon
Trophy to womens doubles at French open tennis
Coupe Simone Mathieu
Trophy to French open mixed doubles winners
Coupe Marcel Bernard
Nadal won French Open in 2022. How many is that in total?
22 total - 14th French Open
Norwegian tennis player got to final of French Open and Us open in 2022
Casper Ruud
Spanish tennis player winner US Open 2022 and QF of French open
Carlos Alcaraz
Soviet/American economist won Nobel in 1973 and four of his doctoral students have won the prize (Samuelson 1970, Robert Solow 1973, Smith 2002, Schelling 2005). Known for research on input-output analysis
Wassily Leontief
Swedish author for Pippi Longstocking, The Brothers Lionheart, Emil of Lonneberga, Karlsson on the Roof and Six bullerby children.
Astrid Lindgren
Formerly Lester B Pearson Award, award given to NHL most outstanding player in regular season as judged by players.
Ted Lindsay Award - Hart award is mvp but by professional writers association
1848 born in Gorbals, Glasgow, founder of tea company and lost 5 straight americas cup matches in boats called Shamrock. Trophy and Cup by his name contested in Italy before 1930.
Thomas Lipton
Russian polymath who discovered atmosphere of Venus and law of conservation of masses in chemical reactions. Founder of modern geology. Domodedovo airport officially named after him.
Mikhail Lomonosov
Name of the cup awarded by the Gaelic Athletic Association to the team that wins All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Liam MacCarthy Cup
Cup awarded by Gaelic Athletic Association to the team that wins All Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Sam Maguire Cup
Name of trophy for All Ireland Senior Ladies Football championship
Brendan Martin Cup
Gaelic football number of players on a team
15
Gaelic football how many points for ball into goal
3
Gaelic football how many points for ball through posts above the goal and crossbar
1 point
Name for the ball used in hurling
Sliotar
Italian physicist worked on neutrino masses and disappeared in 1938 mysteriously on ship. Wave equation named after him and fermions that are its own antiparticle named after him also.
Ettore Majorana
Fermion named after which scientist are fermions which is different from its anti particule
Dirac fermion - this is majority of fermions
National personification ofnfrance state during the Revolution
Marianne
2024 Olympics mascot planned
Phryge (Phrygian Cap)
Bing Dwen Dwen mascot of 2022 Winter Olympics was what animal?
Panda
Name of the robot mascot for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Miraitowa
2018 Pyeongchang mascot Soohorang and 1988 Seoul mascot Hodori both what time of animal
Tiger
2012 London mascot was named after which Shropshire town which help precursor to Olympics in 1800s
Much Wenlock
Name of the official mascot for Rio 2016 named after Bossa Nova composer but also current Brazilian footballer
Vinicius
Legendary figure similar to Father Christmas with roots in Slavic mythology.
Ded Moroz
2014 Sochi mascots were whcih three animals
Polar Bear, Snow Leopard, Hare
Quatchi and Miga were what creatures 2010 Vancouver
Sasquatch and Sea Bear (part Orca and part kermode bear)
2002 Salt Lake City mascots Powder, Copper, Coal which creatures
Snowshoe Hare
Coyote
American black bear
2004 Athens mascots names
Athena and Phevos
2000 Sydney mascots and names
Olly the Kookaburra
Syd the Platypus
Millie the Echidna
Genus Dacelo are whcih kind of Australian birds in kingfisher family
Kookaburra
Sole living taxon of the Ornithorhynchidae family
Platypus
Tachyglossidae also known as spiny anteaters
Echidnas
Hakon and Kristin were mascots of which Winter Olympics
1994 Lillehammer
First computer generated mascot was which name in Atlanta 1996
Izzy
Cobi was the mascot of 1992 Barcelona and what type of dog!
Catalan sheepdog
1992 albertville Olympics mascot - man star
Magique
Hidy and Howdy were which creatures when mascots of Calgary 1988
Polar Bears
1984 Olympic mascots summer and winter
Winter - Sarajevo - Vucko the Wolf
Summer - LA - Sam the Eagle
1980 Moscow Olympics mascot
Misha the Bear
1980 Lake Placid mascot named after the Adirondack mountain range
Roni the Raccoon
Mascot of Montreal 1976, name comes from Algonquin for beaver
Amik
1976 Innsbruck mascot name for snowman
Schneemann
1972 Munich Waldi the mascot was which type of dog
Dachshund
1932 LA “official mascot” for Olympics was which type of dog Smoky born in Olympic village before Olympics
Scottish Terrier
First Olympic mascot born in 1968 called Schuss and a little man on skis. Which Olympics was this!
Grenoble 1968
Sondre Norheim Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing. He is called the father of what type of skiing?
Telemark
Type of skiing named after Norwegian region is where only front of foot is bound, free heel.
Telemark skiing
In Super-G racing discipline of skiing what does the G stand for?
Giant as it’s super giant slalom
Football team named after explorer based in Rio de Janeiro
Vasco de Gama
Name of Chilean football club named after Mapuche cacique (chief), won Copa Libertadores in 1991.
Colo Colo
Paraguayian sports club in Asuncion which has won three Copa Libertadores
Club Olimpia
Colombian team won Copa Libertadores twice 1989 and 2016
Atletico Nacional
Which Porto Alegre football team has won Copa Libertadores three times: 1983, 1995 and 2017?
Gremio
Which rionde Janeiro football team has won Copa Libertadores three times 1981, 2019 and 2022
Flamengo
From Italian for sand dune what is a landform that develops over time between two formerly separated islands due to specific conditions
Tombolo
From Saxon term meaning landing place what’s name of the shingle beach in Hastings that’s been beaching boats for more than thousand years, home to europes largest fleet of beach launched fishing boats.
The Stade
Rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from shore interrupting river flow and limitations movement of sediment. Word comes from Latin for snout.
Groyne
Ash Latin name
Fraxinus Excelsior is Latin name for what tree
Weeping Willow Latin name
Salix Babylonica Latin name for which tree
Acer Pseudoplatanus is what tree
Sycamore Latin name is?
Horse Chestnut Latin name
Aesculus Hippocatanum
Alnus Glutinosa is what tree
Common alder Latin name
Betula Pendula
Silver Birch
Betula Pubescens
Downy Birch
Carpinus Betulus
Hornbeam
Castanea Sativa
Sweet chestnut
Fagus Sylvatica
Beech
Juglans Regia
Walnut
Malus sylvestris
Crab Apple
Populus Tremula
Aspen
Prunus Avium
Wild Cherry
Quercus Petraea
Sessile Oak
English Oak
Quercus Robur
Populus
Poplar
Salix Caprea
Goat Willow
Sorbus Aria
Whitebeam
Sorbus Aucuparia
Rowan
Quercus Ilex
Evergreen Oak/Holly Oak
Tilia tree type
Lime
La Donna e Mobile opera and year
Rigoletto 1851
Name of tenor aria from Puccini’s La Boheme sung by Rodolfo to Mimi when first meet
Che gelida manina
Thomas Vinterberg 2018 thriller about true story doomed Russian submarine
Kursk
Which actor played Edward II in Derek Jarman film, One Night in Istanbul, Kursk, Uncharted
Steven Waddington
Which queen of England did tilda swinton play in a 1991 Derek jarman film
Isabella of France (she Wolf)
1993 experimental film by Derek Jarman called Wittgenstein had original screenplay by which English literary theorist, critic and public intellectual?
Terry Eagleton
Who wrote lyrics to west side story
Stephen Sondheim
Larix Decidua
European Larch
Picea Abies
Norway Spruce
Picea Sitchensis
Sitka Spruce
American city formlerly known as New Archangel when under Russia rule 1799-1867
Sitka
Second most populous city in Alaska named after Indiana senator at time but later Vice President 1905-09 under Teddy Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Pinus Sylvestris
Scots Pine
What is Yew Latin name
Taxus Baccata
Capreolus capreolus species of deer in Uk
Roe Deer
Red Deer Latin name
Cervus Elaphus
Sika Deer Latin name Uk
Cervus Nippon
Dama dama Latin name for
Fallow Deer
Hydropotes inermis mammal of UK
Water Deer
Latin name for wild boar
Sus scrofa
Notamacropus rufogriseus is what type of macropod wild in UK?
Red necked wallaby
Which island on Loch Lomond has a wild population of red necked wallabies as introduced by Fiona gore countess of arran in 1940s?
Inchconnachan
Old desert island disc host Kirsty Young is married to which founder of Soho House club?
Nick Jones
Castor fiber is Latin name for whcih British mammal
Eurasian beaver
Rodents are characterised by continuously growing which teeth?
Incisors
Arvicola amphibius is Latin name for which animal?
European Water Vole
Family of rodents containing true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, New World rats and mice.
Cricetidae
Microtus Arvalis what mammal?
Common vole
Apodemus Sylvaticus what Latin name
Wood mouse
Micromys minutus Latin name
Eurasian harvest mouse
House mouse Latin name
Mus musculus
Black rat Latin name
Rattus rattus
Brown rat Latin name
Rattus norvegicus
Glis glis known as
Edible Dormouse
Gray squirrel Latin name
Sciurus Carolinensis
Red squirrel Latin name
Sciurus Vulgaris
Gulo Gulo animal
Wolverine
Rangifer tarandus animal
Reindeer
Ursus arctos animal
Brown bear
Grampus Griseus animal
Risso’s Dolphin
Tursiops Truncatus animal
Bottlenose Dolphin
Mesoplodon europeaus is animal with comedians name in name
Gervais’ beaked whale (Mesoplodon is beaked whale - Sowerbys is Bidens, True’s is Mirus)
Physeter Macrocephalus animal
Sperm Whale
Kogiidae Breviceps animal
Pygmy sperm whale
Phocoena phocoena is Latin name for what
Harbour porpoise
Megaptera novaeangliae animal
Humpback Whale
Term for the largest group of baleen whales containing ten species including blue whale, name taken from Norwegian word meaning red whale.
Rorqual
Blue Whale Latin name
Balaenoptera Musculus
Balaenoptera Physalus animal, second longest species of cetacean on earth
Fin Whale
Named for the Norwegian word for pollock, Balaenoptera borealis Latin for
Sei whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata named after a Norwegian sailor
Common minke whale
Mysticeti is name for whcih parvorder of whales?
Baleen
Name of Scottish poet laureate
Makar
Who was the first Makar in 2004? He had been Glasgow Poet Laureate in 1999. Born in 1920, last survivor of canonical “Big Seven”.
Edwin Morgan
Scottish Gaelic poet born on island of Raasay between skye and mainland. He became head teacher in 1956. Compared Highland Clearances to contemporary events. Most famous poem Hallaig.
Sorley MacLean
1921 born Stromness on Orkney, 2021 centenary Orkney Museum “Beside the Ocean of Time” after his last novel. Autobiography For the Islands I Sing. Collections: Tryst on Egilsay, Foresterhill.
George Mackay Brown
The 12 apostles of Ireland so called as they were all saints of 6th century who studied under which Saint at his famous school Clonard Abbey in County Meath.
St Finnian
Orkney cathedral on Kirkwall known as what
St Magnus Cathedral
Second largest town on Orkney islands
Stromness
Glasgow cathedral named after which saint
St Mungo’s Cathedral
Edinburgh cathedral named after which saint
St Giles Cathedral
Aberdeen cathedral named after whcih saint
St Machar’s Cathedral
Name of cathedral named after saint on the Scottish island of lismore just off coast of Oban
St Moluag’s Cathedral
Saint in the name of the Scottish episcopal church in Perth
St Ninian’s Cathedral
Glasgow and Edinburgh Scottish episcopal cathedral named after which saint
Mary
Inverness and Aberdeen Scottish episcopal cathedrals named after whcih saint?
Andrew
Catholic cathedral in Oban named after whcih saint
St Columba
Catholic cathedral of Paisley is named after patron saint of Paisley whcih is who?
St Mirin
The Cornish flag is known as the flag of whcih saint
Saint Piran
Flag of Devon has the flag of which saint, patron saint of Devon
St Petroc
Which spice contains strong anaesthetic known as eugenol which is why they’re so good at fighting cavities and people chew them when tooth pain
Cloves
German student and anti nazi active within white rose non violent resistance group in nazi germany killed alongside her brother Hans
Sophie Scholl
Swedish nobleman known for murder of Elvira Madigan in murder suicide act in 1889
Sixten Sparre
Born Hedvig Jensen, circus performer best known for relationship with Sixten Sparre which ended in suicide pact. Mozart’s Piano Concert 21 come to be known as her concerto.
Elvira Madigan
Worlds largest Buddhist temple found on Central Java, Mahayana temple in magelang regency.
Borobudur Temple
Who killed himself with Mary Vetsera in January 1889 at Mayerling hunting lodge. Only song of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elizabeth.
Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria
Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria killed himself at Mayerling incident alongside whuchnbaronesss at which hunting lodge?
Mary Vetsera at Mayerling Hunting Lodge
King of Bavaria 1864-86, known as swan king, commmissioned Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace and Herrenchiensee (in Herreninsel on Chiemsee lake).
Ludwig II
“Growth of a poets mind” is subtitle to whcih famous Wordsworth poem in blank verse written in 1850
The Prelude
1955 American film about teachers in an interracial inner city school and breakout role of Sidney Poitier.
Blackboard Jungle
Which director nominated 8 Oscar’s in career: blackboard jungle, cat on a hot tin roof, Elmer gantry, in cold blood, looking for mr Goodbar.
Richard Brooks
Born 1929, nominated for BSA Oscar for Hamlet (Ophelia), Guys and Dolls (golden globes), Elmer Gantry, The Happy Ending (Oscar nominated), The Thorn Birds TV
Jean Simmons
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 book and The Ladies of Missalonghi a 1987 book by which Australian author?
Colleen McCullough
1970 Sequel to In the Heat of the Night (1967). Followed by 1971 film The Organisation.
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Ochotonidae (pikas) and Leporidae (hates and rabbits) make up which order?
Lagomorphs
Where in New Zealand 13 November 1990 in the small seaside township spree shooting by David Gray?
Aramoana Massacre / killed 13
American astronomer born 1855 talked of canals on Mars and ninth planet, founded namesake observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona which led efforts to find Pluto discovered in 1930
Percival Lowell
Fruit with name Citrullus Lanatus, botanically a pepo. Seeds found in Libya in 3500 BC. Farmers in Zentsuji region of Japan found way to make them Cubic.
Watermelon
Which colour etymology is denoting a usually Undyed and y bleached woolen fabric of this colour in French?
Beige
Which brownish-purple colour comes from French for flea?
Puce
Fruit prunus armeniaca, Armenian peach, name comes from Latin “cooked before” as they saw it as a peach ripened early, could be Latin for sunny as also ripen in this environment.
Apricot
Fruit prunus Persica, short for Persian apple. Could be french for “sin”.
Peach
Prunus persica is a peach if fuzzy skin and the non fuzzy variety is called what? Comes from mutation in the MYB25 gene making it glossy skin.
Nectarines
Fruit (cucumis melo) name comes from the Italian area which was formally a papal seat near Rome after fruit introduced from Armenia. Called rockmelon in Australia/NZ. Spanspek in SA.
Cantaloupe
Word derived from the old English term for line around house where rain would drop down from roof, representing standing under the part of house to spy on neighbours.
Eavesdrop
Term for French for “cover fire”, fire safety regulations under whcih bell ring in evening to tell people to extinguish fires and go to sleep.
Curfew
Word comes from Hindi for “pleasant” or “happy”.
Cushy - khush
Term from Latin for “smooth out, flatten or make planar”, a good method of this will make the rough points easier.
Explain
Flower name comes from opening in the day and closing at night.
Daisy / day’s eye
Fruit cross between raspberry, blackberry, dewberry and loganberry and named after Anaheim, California horticulturalist.
Boysenberry
Rubus caesius and rubus aboriginum are Eurasian and American version of which berry?
Dewberry
Rubus Idaeus which type of fruit?
Raspberry
Rubus Fruticosus European fruit Latin name for ?
Blackberry
Fruit hybrid of North American blackberry (rubus ursinus) and European raspberry (rubus idaeus). Named after a judge in Santa Cruz, CA in 1881.
Loganberry
Fruit named after Scottish river cross between European blackberry and European raspberry.
Tayberry
Small dry one seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed, the tiny bits on the sides of strawberries. From Greek “to gape”.
Achenes
Prunes are dried what?
Plums
Type of plum with name derived from capital in Middle East.
Damson
Type of plum named after a British landowner and politician who introduced cultivar from France in 1724
Greengage
Prunus Spinosa known as what? Also type of tree
Blackthorn or Sloe
Sloe flavoured liquor commonly drunk in Spain in Navarre.
Patxaran
Common wood to use walking sticks like an Irish Shillelagh
Blackthorn
Central and Eastern Europe spirit made from Damson plums
Slivovitz
What type of leaves were used by Adam and Eve in Bible?
Fig Leaves
Phoenix Dactylifera cultivated for which edible sweet fruit
Dates
Sometimes known as Feast of Tabernacles or Feast of Booths, Jewish holiday for seven days beginning on 15th day of Tishrei.
Sukkot
Commonly known as Feast of Weeks, from Hebrew from “weeks”, occurs on sixth day of Hebrew month of Sivan. Marks the wheat harvest in the land of Israel.
Shavuot
Three Pilgramage Festivals of Judaism
Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot
Passover, Weeks/Pentecost, Tabernacles
Fruit name comes from Greek for “large melon”. Competitive competition called Chunking involving chucking them as far as possible.
Pumpkin
Term for “field beet” or old “root of scarcity”. Variety of BETA vulgaris. Name from German for Chard Root
Mangelwurzel
North American name for Swede root vegetable. Form of brassica napus.
Rutabaga
Celtic festival celebrated on Isle of Man on 31st October like Halloween. Celebration of Samhain.
Hop-tu-Naa
Gaelic Festival on 1 November marking start of winter. Celebrations start 31 October.
Samhain
Also called Saint Brigid’s Day, Gaelic Festival marks beginning of spring, end of winter, 1 February.
Imbolc
Gaelic May Day Festival on 1 May.
Beltane
Gaelic Festival marking beginning of harvest season held on 1 August, corresponds to English Lammas.
Lughnasadh (Loo-ne- se)
Four Gaelic festivals starting 1 February going through the year.
1 Feb: Imbolc
1 May: Beltane
1 Aug: Lughnasadh
1 Nov: Samhain
What Christian holiday celebrated in northern hemisphere on 1 August?
Lammas
Launched in 1999, one of great observatories, the Chandra observatory observes which type of electromagnetic radiation?
X-Ray
X-ray observatory sent in space on 1999 named after which Nobel prize winning astrophysicist?
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Hubble space telescope observes which two types of radiation?
Visible light and near ultraviolet
Compton Observatory primarily observed which type of radiation until deorbited in 2000
Gamma Rays
Fermi Space telescope launched in 2008 is CERN experiment and observes which type of radiation?
Gamma Ray
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is nasa studying what energetic explosions from distance galaxies?
Gamma Ray Bursts and monitoring afterglow in X-ray
The Spitzer Space Telescope launched in 2003 and ending 2020 observes which radiation?
Infrared
Star Trek character played by Nichelle Nichols
Nyota Uhura
Which astronomer conceived ideas of telescopes operating in space, has a namesake infrared observing telescope and as a mountaineer he made first ascent of Mount Thor (Baffin Island)?
Lyman Spitzer
In 1976, Rick Sylvester performed BASE jump with Union Jack flag for The Spy who Lovrd Me, skiing down which mountain on Baffin Island?
Mount Asgard
Mount Thor and Mount Asgard on which island?
Baffin Island
Smallest and southern most province of China consisting of islands in South China Sea.
Hainan
Capital of the province of Hainan, letter out becomes a poem.
Haikou
Named after French chemist who won Nobel for creating it, name of chemical compound with general formula R-Mg-X where X is halogen and R is organic group (alkyl or aryl). Popular Reagent in organic synthesis for creating new carbon-carbon bonds.
Grignard reagent
Emerging during Tang Dynasty; type of Chinese ink brush painting uses black ink, great emphasis on virtuoso brushwork.
Ink wash painting
Japanese for “great god”, video game by Capcom shows Amaterasu taking form of a white wolf and used traditional art rendering.
Okami
English portrait specialist born in 1723 in Plympton, Plymouth.
Joshua Reynolds
British portrait and landscape painter born 1727 in Sudbury, Suffolk.
Thomas Gainsborough
Landscape painter born 1776 in East Bergholt, Suffolk.
John Constable
Painter born 1775 died 1851 in London, all initials please
Joseph Mallord William Turner
French painter born surname Gellee, famous paintings Landscape with Narcissus and Echo, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula
Claude Lorrain
Which Saint sailed with 11,000 virginal handmaidens to join husband Conan Meriadoc of Armorica. All virgins died by Huns hands in Cologne in 383.
Saint Ursula
Whcih group of islands were named after St Ursula and her 11000 handmaidens
Virgin Islands
Founder of art movement Futurism, what Italian poet in 1909? Released on front page manifesto of Le Figaro.
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Paper in France named after a character in a play by Beaumarchais (1732-99).
Le Figaro (play was Marriage of Figaro)
Pierre Beaumarchais wrote three Figaro plays: the barber of Seville, the marriage of Figaro and which third play?
The Guilty Mother
1786 Mozart did The Marriage of Figaro, 1816: Rossini did Barber of Seville. In 1966 which member of Les Six composed an opera of “The Guilty Mother”?
Darius Milhaud
Playwright Pierre Beaumarchais was librettist on which of Antonio Salieri’s opera premiered in 1787? It’s a soldier and later reworked into Italian version Axur, re d’Ormus.
Tarare
Who wrote the book The Power of the Dog in 1967?
Thomas Savage
New Zealand author born Dunedin 1924, her three volume autobiography adapted into An Angel at My Table in 1990 by Jane Campion. Books: The Carpathians, Owls do Cry.
Janet Frame
New Zealand author born 1888 in Wellington books include Garden Party, The Doll’s House, Miss Brill, Bliss.
Katherine Mansfield
Regulus regulus bird
Goldcrest
Regulus Ignicapilla bird
Firecrest
Spinus Spinus bird
Siskin
What is three letter term for aggregation of male animal gathered to engage in competitive displays and courtship rituals to entice visiting females? Comes from Swedish for “play” or less rule bound games.
Lek
Fruity name for the mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales. Acts as sound lens.
Melon
Kwa-Zulu-Natal run of which fish takes place May-July when billions of this fish spawn in cool waters of Agulhas Bank.
Sardine Run - sardinops sagax
Connochaetes genus, antelope in Bovidae family which known for migration patterns.
Wildebeest/Gnu
Optics experiment by Humphrey Lloyd in 1834 about reflected light interfering with source direction. Has impact on underwater acoustics, sonar operations and can cause marine animals to not hear ships etc.
Lloyds Mirror
What occurs during last evolutionary stage of massive Star or when white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion? Term coined by Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky in 1929.
Supernova
Last supernova to be directly observed in Milky Way was whcih supernova in 1604?
Kepler’s Supernova
1933 term coined by Fritz Zwicky when using the virial theorem to infer existence of unseen substance.
Dark matter
Scientist born 1811 in Gottingen, discovered arsenic antidote , new ways to analyse gases, invented zinc-carbon cell and in 1864 flash photography using burning magnesium.
Robert Bunsen
In 1860, Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff discovered which two elements both named after colours due to using flame spectroscopy.
Caesium and Rubidium
French astronomer Pierre Jansen and British astronomer Norman Lockyer independently discovered which element in 1868?
Helium
1916 American chemist introduced what namesake structures representing atoms and molecules with dots for electrons and lines for covalent bonds.
Lewis Structures
What foodstuff used in Kekule’s benzene formula initially?
Sausage formula
Which Irish crystallographer used x Ray crystallography to confirm benzene cyclical structure as asserted by august Kekule?
Kathleen Lonsdale
Small cake/biscuit from Italian for paste, typically from ground almonds
Macaroons
Bonxie is another name for which seabird?
Great Skua
Amália Rodrigues was the “queen” of which Iberian music style?
Fado
Which novel’s title alludes to the start of 15 August 1947?
Midnights Children
The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest group of what?
Yakuza
Which writing system was once called “letters of the birds”?
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
What is the oldest university in Belgium?
Leuven
A baby’s caul was said to protect against which fate?
Drowning
Chevalier Rebsomen was a one armed virtuoso on which instrument?
Flute
Def Leppard one armed drummer
Rick Allen
Who was an American musician who was the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986?
Cliff Burton
Which forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, prompted by concerns about the strength of the French Navy? Named after prime minister at time.
Palmerston Forts
Circular small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century? Named after a ruined tower on Corsica named after area.
Martello Towers
Which armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer?
Maunsell Forts
Written in PHP with founders, American developer Matt Mullenweg and English developer Mike Little, which content management system used by 43% of top 10 million websites as of Oct 2021?
WordPress
Israeli software company, publicly listed in the US, that provides cloud-based web development services founded by A Abrahami, N Abrahami, Giora Kaplan.
Wix
Founded by Anthony Casalena in 2004, American website building and hosting company set up from dorm room of University of Maryland?
Squarespace
Which British journalist had written The Fate of Abraham: why the West is wrong about islam, the assault on truth: Boris Johnson Donald trump and emergence of new moral barbarism, wounded tiger/white on green both about Pakistan, basil d’oliveira, dangerous delusion WhT west wrong about nuclear Iran.
Peter Oborne
2003 judicial enquiry in uk about circumstances surrounding death of Dr David Kelly.
Hutton Inquiry
British public inquiry into nation’s role in the Iraq war named after its chairman.
Chilcot Report
Name of the review done by chairman for government examining intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.
Butler Review
What year aberfan disaster
1966
Bloody Sunday Inquiry named after chairman of the inquiry in 1998
Saville Inquiry
Which inquiry appointed in July 2011 was into culture practices and ethics of British press following the news international phone hacking scandal?
Leveson Inquiry
1999 London rail crash that occurred when two trains crashed head on. 31 killed.
Ladbroke Grove rail crash.
Name of colliery in gwent, wales, in June 1960 site of underground explosion killed 45/48 miners in the mine.
Six Bells Colliery
Inquiry report written about Hillsborough disaster of 1989, 97 victims in total.
Taylor Report
Price of colour tv when first sold in 1968
£5
When was colour tv licence introduced
1968
What tv channel showed colour in uk in 1967
BBC2
First product to be advertised on colour tv in the uk?
Birds eye frozen peas
First company and product tv advertisement in 1955 with intro of ITV
Gibbs SR toothpaste
ITV first introduced on tv in uk
1955
Channel 4 date introduced
2 November 1982
S4C started broadcasting in UK on which date
1 November 1982
S4C stands for what
Sianel Pedwar Cymru
1 to 10 in welsh
Un, Dau/Dwy, Tri/Tair, Pedwar/Pedair, Pump/Pum, Chwech, Saith, Wyth, Naw, Deg
How much radio/tv licence when first issued in June 1946?
£2
Dog licence abolished in what year in Uk
1987
Window tax was first introduced by which monarch?
William III in 1696
Which monarch introduced beard tax in uk
Henry VIII 1535
Current tv licence price in 2022 will be same until 2024
£159
Book: Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story written by which singer
Bono
Pastry created and trademarked in 2013 by French pastry chef Dominique Ansel in New York soho neighbourhood.
Cronut
Deep fried pastry like a doughnut made from rectangle of dough with a cut made in the middle that allows pulled over and through itself to make twists in side of pastry.
Cruller
Cream filled croissant that debuted at New York city’s Lafayette grand cafe and bakery.
The Supreme
Directed by Claude Berri and starring Gerald Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil and Yves Montand. Based on Marcel Pagnol book. Followed by Manon des Sources.
Jean de Florette
Whcih French actress won best actress Oscar for Room at the Top (1959) and married Yves Montand in 1951? Eunice Waymon took name from this actress.
Simone Signoret
In 1946, first filmmaker elected to the academie francaise, play called Marius, novel called Jean de Florette, and Manon des sources
Marcel Pagnol
Tv show spin off from greys anatomy, set at a fire station in Seattle. Onto sixth series now.
Station 19
Production company of the creator of Greys Anatomy. Done Bridgerton, Inventing Anna to name a few
Shondaland
Tv show with main character Marianne Sheehan as a police detective set in Philadelphia.
Mare of Easttown (Kate Winslet)
Form of glucose found in naturally occuring food like corn or other starch. From Latin for on the right.
Dextrose
Who founded Mastodon in 2016
Eugen Rochko
Hq of World Health Organisation is where
Geneva
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations HQ city
Rome
Qu Dongyu is Director-General of which UN backed agency with motto “fiat panis” meaning let there be bread
Food and Agriculture Organisation
IMF stands for
International Monetary Fund
IMF managing director from 2019. Ceo of world bank group from 2017-19.
Kristalina Georgiova
President of World Bank Group from 2019
David Malpass
World Bank President from 2012-19
Jim Yong Kim
World Bank President from 1968-81 also longest serving Secretary of Defence from 1961-68
Robert Strange McNamara
IMF managing director 2011-19 and now President of ECB 2019+
Christine Lagarde
IMF managing director 2007-11
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
President of ECB before Lagarde 2011-19
Mario Draghi
ECB first four presidents
Wim Duisenberg 1998-2003 Dutch
Jean-Claude Trichet 2003-11 French
Mario Draghi 2011-19 Italian
Christine Lagarde 2019+ French
Soweto is township of Johannesburg in Gauteng province, it’s a syllabic abbreviation for which three words.
South Western Townships
How many hundredweight in a ton?
20 Hundredweights in a Ton
Short Hundredweight of 100lbs used in USA.
Long hundredweight of how many pounds used in imperial system?
112lbs
Metric ton is 1000kg, how many lbs is a long ton compared to 2000lbs in a short ton.
2240lbs as used 112lb in hundredweight imperial weighting
What Surrey hill features in Jane Austen book Emma where Emma Woodhouse has a picnic there?
Box Hill
Which coastal town features in the Jane Austen novel Persuasion
Lyme Regis - Dorset
Persuasion novel main character
Anne Elliot
Northanger Abbey main character
Catherine Morland
Which 2004 book features characters Sonmi-451, Robert Frobisher, Old Georgie, Meronym, Zachry and Rufus Sixsmith?
Cloud Atlas
Genus of mosquitos derived from Greek for useless, one of best known for spreading malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum.
Anopheles
DDT stands for
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Zika virus named after forest of what country
Uganda
Which fever gets name from Swahili phrase meaning cramp like seizure?
Dengue Fever
Infection first identified in 1952 in Tanzania, term from Kimakonde language means “to become contorted”.
Chikungunya
What disease caused by trypanosoma cruzi spread by kissing bug bugs, is named after Brazilian physician after whom it is named?
Chagas Disease
Name of manifestations caused by parasites through bite of sandflies. Could be known as “Jericho buttons” back in the day. Named after a Scottish pathologist and director general of army medical services 1923-26.
Leishmaniasis
Painting by John Waterhouse inspired by John Keats 1820 poem about a bridegroom who discovers his bride is monstrous half serpent on wedding night.
Lamia
Oil paintings by John Waterhouse inspired by the first line of Robert Herrick’s poem “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
1897 oil painting by John Waterhouse depicting scenes from an 1830 Tennyson poem of woman who is praying for return of the lost love, dictator Angelo, who spurned her. “And in the liquid mirror glowed the clear perfection of her face”.
Mariana in the South
Herbie was what type of car
1963 Volkswagen Beetle
Number on side of Herbie the Beetle
53
Herbie the beetle car reg
OFP 857
5 car on wacky races driven by Penelope pit stop
Compact Pussycat
Mean Machine number driven by Dick Dastardly and Muttley
00
Slag Brothers car #01
Bouldermobile
02 The Creepy Coupe driven by which pair in wacky races
The Gruesome Twosome
Who drive #3 The Convert-a-Car in wacky races
Professor Pat Pending
Red Max drove which car #4 in wacky races
The crimson haybAler
Sergeant Blast and Private Meekley drive what car #6 in wacky races
The Army Surplus Special
Who drive #7 The Bulletproof Bomb in wacky races
The Ant Hill Mob
Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear drive which #8 car in wacky races
The Arkansas Chug-a-Bug
Peter Perfect drives which #9 car in wacky races
The Turbo Terrific
Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth drive which #10 car in Wacky Races?
The Buzzwagon
How many wheels does Lady Penelope rolls Royce have and car reg?
Six wheels: FAB 1
Cocina is Spanish for whcih room of house?
Kitchen
Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2010 born in China involved in ending communist one party rule.
Liu Xiaobo
Narragansett, Bronze and Norfolk Black all breeds of what?
Turkey
Debut album of abba in 1973
Ring Ring
Tall cylindrical military cap usually with visor often worn by drum major named after Hungarian origins
Shako
Chef hat official name
Toque
Who was the fourth Rice Krispie mascot but dropped back in the early 1950s
Pow
Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing chef toque and red neckerchief
Snap
Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing red/white sleeping cap and a white neckerchief?
Crackle
Which rice krispies mascot portrayed Wearing a drum major’s shako and wearing red?
Pop
First British pM to be born after WW2?
Tony Blair
Theme from Star Trek was composed by who? Originally aired 1966-69.
Alexander Courage
Who won French Open thrice in 1980s, Australian Open 1989 and 1990. Then US Open thrice in 80s too. Never Wimbledon.
Ivan Lendl
What vegetable used for Brazilian cake Bolo de Cenoura?
Carrot
Doris Day sings Just Blew In From the Windy City in which 1953 film musical?
Calamity Jane
Wellington Boots manufacturer founded in 1856!-: the North British Rubber Company
Hunter
Chinese Zodiac 2023 will be the what year?
Year of the Rabbit
Name given by fragrant climbing plants of genus Lonicera and actress who plays Samantha in Foyles War
Honeysuckle
Australian island colloquially known as “Quokka Island”
Rottnest Island
Which Capetian monarch was king of France at time of battle of Hastings 1066?
Philip I
Hindu mythology term for half human half snake
Naga
Bruce Springsteen 2022 album
Only the Strong Survive
Which British school has motto Stet Fortuna Domus (may the fortune of the house stand)
Harrow
WhT is motto of Eton?
Floreat Etona
8th hole of Royal Troon nicknamed what?
“the coffin” bunker is on of which golf course’s 8th hole
Royal Troon nickname for 8th hole?
Postage Stamp
1881 of Disraeli painted by which Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood painter?
John Everett Millais
Organ of body affected by dressler syndrome?
Heart / it’s inflammation of sac surround heart (pericarditis)
Which American author wrote the 2022 novel Long live the pumpkin queen as a sequel to Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas ?
Shea Earnshaw
Japanese snack takoyaki traditionally use whcih seafood
Octopus
Niger River flows through two capital cities : which two!
Niamey and Bamako
In 1984 Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman released first set of whcih novels based on a series of D&D game modules.
Dragonlance
Name of the horse Princess Anne ride at 1976 Equestrian event?
Goodwill
1999 film directed by Julie Taymor stars Anthony Hopkins as Roman general returning from 10 years at war with the goths
Titus
Which democrat won popular vote but lost election in 1876 presidential election?
Samuel Tilden
Samuel J Tilden won popular vote but lost 1876 election against which president?
Rutherford B Hayes
Lost city was discovered by Greek archaeologist Eleni Korka in 2018?
Tenea (built by Trojan prisoners of war)
Which French jewellery house was official jeweller for Napoleon?
Chaumet
Who was the founder of House of Chaumet, becoming official jeweler to Napoleon?
Marie-Etienne Nitot
Egyptian Ratscrew alternative to what four letter word name for card game similar to British beggar-my-neighbour
Slap
System of brain training popular in UK during first half of twentieth century devised by namesake memory institute. Card game where matching pairs must be selected from memory from cards laid face down.
Pelmanism
Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 1
The Vivienne
Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 2
Lawrence Cheney
Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 3
Krystal Versace
Ru Paul Drag Race UK season 4
Danny Beard
Real name Darren Watkins Jr. American YouTuber known for variety livestreamS of Fortnite or NBA 2K. Also not
Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo.
I show speed / Speed
Inspector Morse character sergeant Lewis first name
Robbie
Who played sergeant Lewis in Inspector Morse?
Kevin Whately
First Motown number one in USA
Please Mr Postman
Which term originating in 2000 with board game Carcassonne is defined in dictionary as a small figure typically in stylised human form used as playing piece?
Meeple
Lady Gertrude Stock founded which modern day charity in 1891
Dogs Trust
Which charity was named The National Canine Defence League until 2003
Dogs Trust
Which Volkswagen marquee is named after German word for trade wind?
Passat
Which Volkswagen marquee is named after larger Berber ethnic group inhibiting Sahara desert?
Tuareg
T20 World Cup 2022 hosted which country
Australia
Winner of player of series for T20 2022 Cricket World Cup? Plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles.
Sam Curran
Which Dickens novel was inspiration for Nolan film The Dark Knight Rises?
1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities
1858 Dickens was first celebrity spokesman for a medical charity potentially when raising money for whcih hospital
Great Ormond Street
Great Ormond Street founded what year
1852
Which member of The Goon Show played Mr Bumble in Oliver!
Harry Secombe
Who played Fagin in 1948 film Oliver Twist, accused of antisemitism?
Alec Guinness
Least populous country of Africa
Seychelles
Top 4 populous countries in Africa
4: DRC
3: Egypt
2: Ethiopia
1: Nigeria
After being retired in 2017, what monopoly playing piece is first to return from Spring 2023?
Thimble
Which monopoly piece introduced in 2017 is to be retired in 2023 after losing vote?
T Rex
Which other two pieces other than returning thimble were retired in 2017 monopoly?
Wheelbarrow and Boot
Which two other pieces were introduced same time as the future retired T. rex of monopoly playing pieces?
Rubber ducky and penguin
In 2013, which monopoly piece was introduced and which piece retired?
Cat in, iron out
Also called the Amar Opening, the Ammonia Opening is what opening move?
Knight to H3 (NH3)
Longest running single to be #1 at 9 minutes 38 seconds
Oasis’ All Around the World
Shortest uk number one song at 1 minute and 35 seconds
What do you want? By Adam Faith
Which mammal always keeps one leg on the ground even running?
Elephant
What does ASMR stand for
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response
Lowest vocal male singing voice of all types
Bass
What is higher mens voice than tenor?
Countertenor
Lowest female voice type
Contralto
Female singing voice between contralto and soprano
Mezzosoprano
Highest vocal range of all voice types
Soprano
Name given to senior diplomat in charge of diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another?
High Commissioner
What oil is essential oil obtained from leaves and stems of different species of Cymbopogon (lemongrass)?
Citronella
Are you Lonesome tonight has a spoken word bit with lyrics inspired by what Shakespeare play and speech?
As you like it: all the worlds a stage
Protagonist of Oklahoma! In love with farm girl Laurey Williams?
Curly McLain
Which actress recovered from being box office poison in 1940 with successful movie The Philadelphia Story?
Katherine Hepburn
Where was the torture chamber Room 101 assigned to Winston Smith in 1984?
Ministry of Love
Fruit dessert served “belle Helene” in syrup, vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup.
Pears (Poires Belle Helene)
Hryvnia official currency in which country since 1996?
Ukraine
Who was the bride of Charles Laughton and bride of Frankenstein?
Elsa Lanchester
Singer inducted in country hall of fame 1999 and rock and roll hall of fame 2022
Dolly Parton
Mallory, Alex, Jennifer and Andy were siblings on what 1980s sitcom?
Family Ties
Who wrote Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners!
John Bunyan
Which book stars the Bundren Clan?
As I Lay Dying by Faulkner
What family used by Faulkner in The Sound and the Fury, they make appearances in Absalom, Absalom! And “That Evening Sun”.
Compson Family
Fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner.
Yoknapatawpha County
Which movie did Bond drive a Lotus Esprit S1 capable of converting into a submarine?
The Spy Who Loved Me
LNB is governing body for what sport in France?
Basketball
German American electronic dance music duo known for “Be My Lover”, “Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola E)”, “Tonight is the Night”?
La Bouche
Vera Bradford was a world renowned classical pianist from which country?
Australia
Pringles mascot name
Mr P, Julius Pringles
Only Austrian company who is a Big Four of Piano manufacturer, since 2008 owned by Yamaha
Bosendorfer
One of big four piano manufacturers, founded in 1853 by Carl in Berlin Germany
Bechstein
German company one of big four piano manufacturers, founded in 1853 by Julius in Leipzig.
Bluthner
German American piano company founded in 1853 by Heinrich Engelhard ______g. Factory in NYC does America, factory in Hamburg does rest of world.
Steinway and Sons
Which war was predicted by HG Wells to be the war that will end war
World war one
Horseradish Latin name
Armoracia Rusticana
Name of fictional island which features in a Alistair MacLean book and sequel “Force 10 from ______”.
Navarone
Letter of green alphabet can mean a very small amount
Iota
Young pretender victorious at battle of prestonpans in 1745
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Which geography terms comes from Finnish for barren/treeless plain?
Tundra
Term for transition area between two biological communities where two communities meet and integrate.
Ecotone
What has been called the world’s largest land biome? Word comes from “land of the little sticks” in Russian, possibly of Mongolian/ Turkish origins meaning coniferous forests.
Taiga
From Latin for shore, what zone is part of sea, lake or river that is close to shore?
Littoral zone
Coming from Latin for river bank, what is the interface between land and a river, a terrestrial biome? Plants and communities that live along river margins and bank are this type of vegetation.
Riparian zone
Shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water( used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. As a biome, distinct saline woodland or shrub land habitat characterised by depositional coastal environments where fine sediments collect in areas protected from high energy wave action.
Mangrove
Actor who appeared in film versions of Rodger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! And Carousel and was opposite Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay and By the light of the silvery moon.
Gordon Macrae
Capital and largest city of Angola.
Luanda is the capital of which African country?
In which French city is there a replica statue of Michelangelo’s David standing in Prado roundaboutV
Marseille
Lizzo four albums
Lizzobangers 2013
Big Grrrl Small World 2015
Cuz I Love You 2019
Special 2022
Who played Cowley in 1977-83 tv show about fiction CI5 agency in The Professionals?
Gordon Jackson
Who played Doyle in 1977-83 tv show about fiction CI5 agency in The Professionals?
Martin Shaw
Who played Angus Hudson butler in Upstairs Downstairs, George Cowley head of CIS in The Professionals and Intelligence in The Great Escape?
Gordon Jackson
2001-07 tv show starring Martin Shaw as title character a high court judge who tries to seek real justice.
Judge John Deed
Who wrote 46 novels featuring Inspector George Gently?
Alan Hunter
Which tv show from 2007-2017 starred Martin Shaw as eponymous detective and Lee Ingleby as DS John Bacchus?
Inspector George Gently - written by Alan Hunter
Whcih premier league stadium has a Gwladys Street Stand?
Goodison Park - Everton
On which year was first COP 1 held?
1995
Where was COP 1 held in 1995?
Berlin germany
What does COP stand for in climate change meetings stand for?
Conference of the Parties
COP 26 was held where?
Glasgow
COP 27 was held where
Sharm El Sheikh
COP 28 in 2023 due to be held where?
Dubai
COPs up to Glasgow (and beyond?)
COP 23: Bonn
COP 24: Katowice
COP 25: Madrid
COP 26: GLASGOW
Cop 27: Sharm El Sheikh
Cop 28 (2023): Dubai
999 poem titled pale fire is written by which fictional poet by Nabakov?
John Shade
Who is the fictional narrator of Vladimir Nabakov’s pale fire? Foreword, commentary and index written by John Shade’s neighbour and colleague.
Charles Kinbote
Which luxury department store started as a linen shop on corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane street on London in 1831?
Harvey Nichols
In which country were Neenish Tarts created?
Australia
Whcih German city home to Zwinger Palace is capital of Saxony?
Dresden
Which trees leaves are favoured host of the Cynipid wasp?
Oak (oak gall wasps)
Which battle in 1911 was between forces of Porfirio Diaz and rebel forces of Francisco Madero (who became president of Mexico in 1911-13)?
Battle of Ciudad Juarez
Whcih Mexican revolutionary leader rose up to support Francisco Madero who fought alongside Pancho Villa at Battle of Ciudad Juarez in 1911? Issued a plan with his name in 1912 against Madero.
Pascual Orozco
Whcih Mexican revolutionary leader born Jose Doroteo arango arambula in 1878, was general in Mexican Revolution ousting Porfirio Diaz and in comes Madero before Huerta in 1913. Assassinated in 1923
Pancho Villa
American journalist who interviewed Pancho Villa and worked for Metropolitan during Mexican Revolution and World War 1 for The Masses? He was at October Revolution in Petrograd. Wrote 1919 Ten Days That Shook the World.
John Reed
American journalist one of three Americans buried at Kremlin wall necropolis.
John Reed
Who did coup against democratically elected Francisco Madero with aid of generals and US ambassador to Mexico. Nicknamed the “ten tragic days”. Taft supported but not Wilson so lost backing and out of power by 1914. Arrested and died in US custody in 1915.
Victoriano Huerta
Mexican revolutionary born 1879 and died 1919 in an ambush. Nicknamed attila of the south, El Caudillo del Sur. commanded liberation army of the south. Main leader in the Mexican state of MORELOS. Madero denounced his troops as bandits.
Emiliano zapata
November 1911 Zapata created what plan whcih called for substantial land reforms, Madero in turn sent forces to Morelos to find Zapatistas.
Plan de Ayala
What state was Emiliaino Zapata most associated with? Currently one of the 32 states of Mexico and capital is Cuernavaca. Second smallest after Tlaxcala.
Morelos
What was a major meeting during Mexican Revolution between factions of Mexican Revolution whcih had defeated Victoriano Huerta’s Federal army and forced his exile in 1914? Call for it from Venustiano Carranza. Moved to namesake city as Pancho Villa wouldn’t attend Mexico City.
Convention of Aguascalientes
Political manifesto of Governor of Coahuila, Venustiano Carranza, in response to execution of President Madero.
Plan of Guadalupe
Who became Mexican President in 1917-20 after earlier writing Plan of Guadalupe? Later ousted by Adolfo de La Huerta under the Plan of Agua Prieta.
Venustiano Carranza
After Adolfo De La Huerta took over from Venustiano Carranza, who replaced him after only six months of Presidency? Sonoran born general. He defeated Villa’s army in 1915 during civil war. Plan of Agua Prieta, took over from Carranza via De La Huerta. Assassinated in 1928.
Alvaro Obregon
Only naturally occurring chemical element to contain all five vowels?
Praseodymium
Which George Bernard Shaw play is set in parsonage of reverend morell?
Candida
Southampton won FA cup, Ed Moses won Olympic 400m hurdles and Chris hoy born?
1976
Birjand is the capital of which Iranian province?
South Khorasan
Barry Corbin played retired astronaut Maurice Minnifield in which comedy drama tv series?
Northern Exposure
The Mascara earthquake of 1994 had its epicentre in which country?
Algeria
Name of pig in dr Doolittle books by Hugh lofting?
Gub-gub
How many pieces used per player at start of a game of draughts?
12
How many squares are there on a draughts board?
64 - 24 pieces
Third highest mountain in Ecuador, south slope is highest point in world crossed by equator and only point on equator with snow cover.
Cayambe
Hudson River School artist who painted The Heart of the Andes (Chimborazo in distance), New England Scenery, Cotopaxi, Niagara, Our Banner in the Sky.
Fredric Edwin Church
Which mountaineer first climbed Cayambe, Chimborazo, Mont Blanc, Mount Whymper (in Canadian rockies), Matterhorn.
Edward Whymper
Which mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, first ascent by Christian almer, Peter bohren (both Swiss) and Irish Charles Barrington.
Eiger
Name of observatory located above the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland and named after the Rocky summit it is located.
Sphinx Observatory
Highest railway station of Europe is underground railway station named after which saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps.
Jungfraujoch
Second highest peak of Ecuador, it is active volcano.
Cotopaxi
Highest mountain in ecuador, peak furthest from the earths centre.
Chimborazo
Heinrich Harrer book called The White Spider is about the first successful ascent of the infamous Nordwand (north face) of which mountain?
Eiger
Lotka-Volterra equations are pair of first order non linear differential equations used to describe which biological dynamics?
Predator-Prey
Named after a soviet mathematician born 1903; what namesake equations characterise continuous-time Markov processes? Describe how the probability that a continuous time Markov process in a certain state changes over time. Said “every mathematician believes that he is ahead of the others. The reason none state this belief in public is because they are intelligent people”.
Kolmogorov Equations
French mathematician born 1854 Nancy, formulated his namesake conjecture solved by grigori Perelman in 2002-03z
Henri Poincare
Named after Russian mathematician born 1856 best known for work on stochastic processes, what is a stochastic model describing a sequence of possible events in which probability of each event depends only on the state attained in previous event.
Markov Chain
Named after French mathematician born 1781 in Pithiviers, what elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics is a generalisation of Laplace’s equation?
Poisson’s Equation
Named after French scholar and polymath born 1749 in Normandy, which second-order partial differential equation makes the sum of unknown function equal zero useful in Physics. Uses namesake operator.
Laplace’s Equation
US Basketball star swapped for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout held in america for 12 years in December 2022.
Brittney Griner
Real name of the singing nun, who recorded and released the French language song “Dominique” that went to #1 for four weeks in 1963?
Jeannine Deckers
What species of banana native to Philippines also harvested for fibre, is perhaps also known for being alphabetically first among all fruits and plants in dictionary?
Abaca
Disease for immune system destroying melanocytes, notable Michael jackson, Winnie Harlow and edouard philippe.
Vitiligo
Who as PM of France from 2017-20 under Macron?
Edouard Philippe
French PM between 2020-2022
Jean Castex
PM of France since May 2022. She is member of Macron’s Renaissance.
Elisabeth Borne
Elisabeth Borne is the first female PM of France since which PM from 1991-92?
Edith Cresson
Tomihiro Nishikado drew inspiration from Star Wars, novel War of the Worlds and shooting games like Breakout and Gun Fight to develop which 1978 arcade game?
Space Invaders
Paul Giamatti won Emmy for playing which President in HBO series?
John Adams
Who is the founder of Huawei Technologies?
Ren Zhengfei
Name of Ren Zhengfei’s daughter, the chief financial official of Huawei who has been held in Canada from 2018-September 2021
Meng Wanzhou
American tv quiz show hosted by Chuck Woolery for one season in 1999, accused of being like Who Wants to be a Miklionaire?
Greed
Smilidon Floridius is which extinct species?
Sabre toothed tiger
1997 which nhl team had a sabre toothed tiger be it’s logo after skeleton found beneath the UBS Tower?
Nashville Predators
The First American Cave is an archaeological and palentological site found in the downtown of which US city? Named after the national bank building under which it was found. Sabre toothed tiger found inspiring local nhl team name and mascot Gnash.
Nashville
Which weapon came into wider circulation in 1695 after mention by character in William Congreve’s play Love for Love?
Cat o’nine tails
Named after Louis Bosc, which type of fruit is “Bosc” is known for warm cinnamon colour and used in art.
Pear
Who was in Never Let Me GO, Oblivion, Birdman, Death of Stalin, amsterdam. Played Margaret thatcher in The Long Walk to Finchley.
Andrea Riseborough
1984 musical comedy film starring Stallone and Dolly Parton (called Jake) based on 1975 song written by Larry Weiss.
Rhinestone
Kianoush Rostami, Sohrab Moradi, Saeid Mohammedpour and Navab Nassirshalal are Olympic medal winners for Iran in which sport?
Weightlifting
Popular Christmas Carol by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 based on Ukrainian folk song Shchedryk. Used in Home Alone.
Carol of the Bells
In music what term is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch. From Italian for obstinate.
Ostinato
Ninth month of Islamic calendar in which the Quran believed to be revealed to Muhammad.
Ramadan
My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph Pistone was adapted into which 1997 film?
Donnie Brasco
Term for a story, dialogue, question or statement which is used in Zen practice to provoke the great doubt and to practice or test a students progress in Zen.
Koan
Who made the VHS?
JVC (Victor Company of Japan)
What date and year was Battle of Waterloo
18 June 1815
Wide outermost layer of a stars atmosphere?
Corona
What type of horse used in Budweiser adverts for over 80 years?
Clydesdales
Who invented Lego in 1932?
Ole Kirk Christiansen
Jarlsberg is from which country?
Norway
Highest civilian award given by India created in 1954?
Bharat Ratna
Tommy Dorsey played which instrument? Theme song “I’m getting sentimental over you”. Known as “sentimental gentleman of swing”. Younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey.
Trombone
Who play clarinet in the Grammy hall of fame songs “Singin’ the Blues” 1927 and “Georgia on my Mind” 1930? Also standards I’m Glad There Is You and It’s the Dreamer in Me”. Clarinetist and Saxaphonist.
Jimmy Dorsey
Plural of genus
Genera
Term for any atom that has a net electrical charge?
Ion
Atom or molecule with a negative electrical charge?
Anion
An atom or molecule with a positive electrical charge?
Cation
What is the movement of an aeroplane from left to right?
Yaw
What is the movement of an aeroplane from up and down?
Pitch
What is the movement of an aeroplane rotation about an axis running from nose to tail?
Roll
What part of an airplane usually at rear of aircraft controls the aircraft’s pitch (up or down rotation)?
Elevators
What on the vertical tail of an airplane produces yaw (left to right movement)?
Rudder
What part of an aircraft, flaps on wings that move in opposing directions produces roll )rotation through nose to tail)?
Ailerons
President of Cuba since 2019 and First Secretary of Communist Party of Cuba from 2021 succeeding Castros.
Miguel Diaz-Canel
What member of E Street Band played Silvio Dante in the Sopranos and Frank Tagliano in Lilyhammer?
Steven Van Zandt
Name of tv show starring Steven van zandt about a gangster Frank Tagliano trying to start a new life in isolated place in Norway.
Lilyhammer
What word is used for dried jalapeños when they left on bush until lost the moisture?
Chipotle
Splitting of mature plant structure along a built in line of weakness to release its contents, common with fruits anthers and sporangia. If complete detachment of part, these structures are said to be what?
Dehiscent
Structures that do not open along a built up line to release seeds are called what? They rely on decay or predation to release the contents. For example drupes such as peach, coffee, jujube etc.
Indehiscent
Fruit of Annona Muricata, a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree. Has an aroma similar to pineapple, flavour is combination of strawberries and apple with sour citrus flavour notes contrasting with an underlying thick creamy texture like banana. Sometimes promoted as an alternative cancer treatment.
Soursop
Common name for a fruit and for the tree that bears it, Annona Reticulata. Flavour is sweet akin to taste of the foodstuff it is named after.
Custard Apple
Fruit (artocarpus altilis) specifies of flowering tree in mulberry and jackfruit family. In Hawaii, myth says it originated from sacrifice of war god Ku. Bligh was off on Bounty to collect this fruit.
Breadfruit
Who had mutiny on the bounty in 1789? All reached Timor alive. Appointed Governor of NSW in Australia in 1806.
Captain William Bligh
Dobby and treadle are types of what machine?
Loom
Rene Magritte painting The Therapist is of a man sat down dressed but with what as a body and head?
Birdcage
Rene Magritte painting Man in a Bowler Hat has what over the man’s face?
White Dove
What colour man’s tie in Rene Magritte’s 1964 painting The Son of Man?
Red
What year was Rene Magritte born in Lessines, Belgium?
1898
What year and location Frans Hals born?!Paintings Malle Babbe, Laughing Cavalier, Shrovetide Revellers, The Lute Player, The Gypsy Girl, The Merry Drinker.
1582 Antwerp
1569 Brussels, painted The Hunters in the Snow, Netherlandish Proverbs, The Harvesters, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, The Tower of Babel, Childrens Games.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Latin term saying “thus always to tyrants”. Tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. John Wilkes Booth said it after shooting Abraham Lincoln.
Sic semper tyrannis
Who wrote 1966 Against Interpretation, 1968 Styles of Radical Will, 1977 On Photography.
Susan Sontag
Alfred Dreyfus, Susan Sontag, Charles Baudelaire, Serge Gainsbourg, Marguerite Duras (pot and saucer of planted pens), Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre all buried at which cemetery?
Montparnasse Cemetery
Allegorical poem by Shakespeare in 1601 as supplemental to Loves Martyr by Robert Chester. Funeral for two dead birds to which some invited but some not.
The Phoenix and the Turtle
On the album London Calling by the clash what colour is the word “London”?
Pink
On the album “London Calling” by The Clash what colour is the word calling?
Green
The front of London Calling by The Clash features which bassist for The Clash smashing his Fender Precision Bass?
Paul Simonon
What does the acronym TED stand for?
Technology, Entertainment, Design
Anglican communion: what type of bishop is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop? Catholic Church: this bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese.
Suffragan Bishop
Term for Chinese torture and execution used in China known as death by a thousand cuts
Lingchi
Highest rank of Sumo
Yokozuna
Auricular relating to whcih organ
Ear
CBD abbreviation for what
Cannabidiol
In December 2022, which original drummer for 1970s punks The Stranglers, died aged 84?
Jet Black
Mary II died at which age in 1694?
32
Where was Mary II born in 1662? She married William III in the same palace.
St James’s Palace
Which King of England born in The Hague in 1650?
William III
What was the name of William III mother? Daughter of Charles I of England who married William II of Orange.
Mary
Anne married which King
George of Denmark
George I born name
George Louis
George II born name
George Augustus
George III full name
George William Frederick
George IV full name
George Augustus Frederick
Which king of England was son of Ernest Augustus of Brunswick-Luneberg and Sophia of the Palatinate?
George I
Who did George I marry?
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
George I died in 1727 in which city in the German state of Lower Saxony?
Osnabruck
Which king of England born in the Leineschloss in Hanover?
George I
What former summer residence of the House of Hanover in namesake district of Hanover was George II born in?
Herrenhausen Palace
Who did George II marry?
Caroline of Ansbach
George III was born in which townhouse Westminster location?
Norfolk House
Who was parents of George III?
Prince Frederick and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
Relationship between George II and George III
Grandson
George III married who?
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Who was the first monarch to die at Windsor castle?
George III
First king to use windsor castle as a residence
Henry I
George IV wife
Caroline of Brunswick
Latin name Ophrys Apifera what is county flower of Bedfordshire?
Bee Orchid
County flower of Berkshire, scientific name Leucojum Aestivum
Summer snowflake
County flower of Cheshire, Cardamine Pratensis.
Cuckooflower
Erica vagans is which county flower of Cornwall?
Cornish Heath
Also known as Bog star, parnassia palustris is scientific name for which county flower of Cumbria
Grass-of-Parnassus
County flower of Derbyshire, polemonium caeruleum.
Jacobs-Ladder
County flower of Devon, Primula Vulgaris is the scientific name for which flower?
Primrose
Erica ciliaris is county flower of dorset, what plant?
Dorset Heath
Essex county flower, papaver rhoeas.
Common Poppy
Name of 2022 film with Clooney and Julie Roberts, head to Bali to stop daughter marrying a seaweed farmer.
Ticket to Paradise
Who directed Mamma Mia! here we go again (2018) and 2022 Ticket to Paradise. Married to Thandiwe Newton.
Ol Parker
Who gained recognition as guitarist of The Internet, debut solo album Apollo XXI. Featured on vampire weekend song Sunflower. Second album Gemini Rights (2022). Single: Bad Habit, US number one.
Steve Lacy
LA alt rock band, Dylan Minette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston. 2017 viral song Pleaser. Debut album Nothing Happens in 2019 with song Are You Bored Yet?. Second album 2022 Tell Me That It’s Over.
Wallows
1975 film Jeanne Dielman 23 Quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was directed by who? It won Sight and Sound poll in 2022.
Chantal Akerman
Name of monthly magazine published by British Film Institute. Conducts once a decade poll of greatest films of all time. 2022 winner Jeanne Dielman ____ by Chantal Akerman
Sight and Sound
Oxford’s 2022 word of the year means “behaviour which is self indulgent, lazy, selfish and greedy”.
Goblin Mode
Which group bought two pieces of land in Saxony upon which they were going to create own self administered state in 2022?
Konigreich Deutschland
Who was head of a right wing movement to overthrow German government in 2022? Royal title.
Prince Heinrich XIII
Thylacine better known as what extinct mammal
Tasmanian Tiger
Last thylacine or Tasmanian tiger died where in what year?
Hobart Zoo in Tasmania in 1936
A full length of what 100 million year old marine reptile found in Australia for first time in 2022
Plesiosaur
First appearing in Triassic period; which marine reptile takes name from “near approach lizard”
Plesiosaur
Last collectible coin to be minted with the queens portrait will have which fictional thing on its reverse?
Hogwarts Express 50p
American singer referred to as Queen of Christian Pop, “father’s eyes”, “el shaddai”, “angels”. Albums Unguarded and Lead Me On. First number one song with Peter Cetera “the next time I fall”.
Amy Grant
Who was lead singer and bassist of Chicago from 1967-85? Solo hit “Glory of Love” and “the next time I fall” number ones. Glory of Love is theme song with Karate Kid Part II nominated of Oscar.
Peter Cetera
What two words are after Chicago in 1969 debut album of Chicago?
Chicago Transit Authority
Cuban born American composer won 2021 Pulitzer for Music for Stride (orchestral composition). 2022, awarded Kennedy Center Honor.
Tania Leon
Founded in 1926, artist community on 400 acre estate in Saratoga springs in New York. “Nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment”. Purchased by the Trask’s.
Yaddo
Creator of TV shows Bored to Death and Blunt Talk. Novels include The Extra Man and You Were Never Rrally Here.
Jonathan Ames
Kennedy Centre Honours are given to those in performing arts for lifetime of culture achievement given in namesake opera house in which city?
Washington DC
Jazz saxophonist member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet and cofounder jazz fusion band Weather Report.
Wayne Shorter
Irish musician drummer of U2
Larry Mullen Jr
Bass guitarist for U2
Adam Clayton
U2’s The Edge real name
David Evans
April 2022, Jon Batiste Album won Album of the Year at Grammys?
We Are
2019 Grammy Album of the Year is which album by country singer Kacey Musgrave?
Golden Hour
Who coined the term psychodrama
Dr Jacob Moreno
The hit show The Traitors is hosted by which host
Claudia Winkelman
The Traitors is set at which Highlands castle?
Ardross Castle
Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars are both by which Irish playwright
Sean O Casey
Hitchcock 1936 film Sabotage is loosely based on which 1907 novel
Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent
the 1936 novel The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White was adapted into which 1938 Hitchcock film?
The Lady Vanishes
Three of Daphne du Maurier works to be adapted by Hitchcock
Jamaica Inn 1939
Rebecca 1940
The Birds 1963
Wife of Hitchcock name
Alma Reville
Meet Me in St Louis 1944 film based on 1942 novel by which author? This author also helped write screenplay of Shadow of a Doubt.
Sally Benson
Three Putlizer Prizes the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth. Also wrote screenplay to Hitchcok’s shadow of a doubt.
Thornton Wilder
Hitchcock 1944 film Lifeboat based on story by whcih American artist
John Steinbeck
Since 2012 of Microsoft range of touch screen laptops?
Surface
Connects Melbourne NRL, Manchester Ice Hockey, South West England cricket team and Wales women cricket team.
Storm
In “I get a kick out of you”, Sinatra sings that he gets no kick at all from which two rhyming substances?
Champagne and cocaine
Which performing reptile originally lived at The House on East 88th Street?
Lyle the Crocodile
How many ways are there said to be to get out in cricket?
10
No batsman has ever been dismissed in test cricket by hitting the ball twice or timed out. England’s Len Hutton at the Oval in 1951 is only test batsman to be given out by which method?
Obstructing the Field
Nuchal rigidity means stiffness of what
Neck
Footballer is English player who has scored most goals in premier league without earning senior cap for his country?
Kevin Campbell
Which brand name, “first branded fabric in the world”, was registered as trademark in 1896 and named after the A5012 near Matlock in Derbyshire?
Viyella (road is Via Gellia)
Dusty Springfield only uk number 1 - 1966?
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
Hey Duggee narrated by who?
Alexander Armstrong
What name of activity club headed by dog Duggee?
The Squirrel Club
Hey Duggee name of purple octopus
Betty
Hey Duggee name of brown mouse
Norrie
Hey Duggee name of grey hippo
Roly
Clumsy blue rhino on Hey Duggee
Tag
Tall easy going green crocodile in Hey Duggee
Happy
Which English king created Order of the Garter at 1348?
Edward III
You can’t make bricks without ______ proverb
Straw
Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist
Bill Watterson
Lead singer and bassist of rock band Cream
Jack Bruce
Cofounder of NME and father of modern top 40 charts
Percy Dickins
Major figure in early modernist poetry movement, which American poet wrote the 1934 injunction “Make It New”?
Ezra Pound
The Smurfs creator in 1958
Pierre Culliford (Peyo)
Stan Lee credited which 1930s pulp magazine character as being the forerunner to modern superheroes? Created by Henry W Ralsron and mainly written by Lester Dent.
Doc Savage
Restaurant terminology, what menu is multi course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed total price.
Table d’hotes
Opened by a Swiss hotelier in 1906, which hotel in Piccadilly became first to receive a royal warrant from prince of wales for its banquet and catering services in 2002?
The Ritz
What treaty of 1905 bought end to Union of which two countries ?
Karlstad Treaty - Sweden and Norway
Castlebay, with a name pertaining to the impressive Kisimul Castle located nearby, is the largest village on which Scottish island?
Barra
Which English peninsula is bound by English channel to south and east and by marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north?
Isle of Purbeck
In September 1913, which Frenchman became the first person to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean!m?
Roland Garros
Roland Garros, French aviator, was born in Saint Denis on which French overseas department? Died 1918 one month before 30th birthday. Killed by Herman Habich.
Reunion
In 1974 French government organised a referendum with Comoros archipelago in regards to self determination, which part voted to stay with France?
Mayotte
Born in 1905 in South Carolina which American crime boss in Harlem, NYC, played by Clarence Williams in American Gangster and Forest Whittaker in 2019 Godfather of Harlem?
Bumpy Johnson
US President 1841-45 support of confederacy meant only president whose death was not officially mourned in Washington DC?
John Tyler
Daughter of Amram and Jochebed, who was older sister of Moses and Aaron?
Miriam
Mark Gonzales born 1968 nicknamed Gonz, is regarded as godfather of modern street _______?
Skateboarding
Bill Hoskyns represented Great Britain in five Olympics games in which sport? Two silvers, one 1960 and one 1964.
Fencing
Largest uninhabited island in the world?
Devon Island
Which island is the second largest uninhabited island in the world? Located in Antarctica, named after a Russian tsar?
Alexander Island
Will smith and Margot Robbie came together to star in which con man movie in 2015?
Focus
Alan “Nasty” Nash was 17 time world champion in whcih specific type of wrestling?
Toe Wrestling
Square emblem commonly used by native people of Andes, 7x7 patchwork in seven colours organised diagonally. 2009 constitution of Bolivia made this dual flag of Bolivia.
Wiphala
Chairman of Conservative Party 1922 committee between 2001 and 2010? Shares name with comedian.
Michael Spicer
What year was 1922 Committee founded?
1923
Which canadian filmmaker debut feature Black List (1995), The Young Victoria (2009 - Claire Foy), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Wild (2014). HBO Big Little Liars 2017 and Sharp Objects 2018. Died heart attack 58.
Jean-Marc Vallee
2018 Sharp Objects on HBO based on which author’s 2006 debut novel?
Gillian Flynn
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC name before independence from France in 1960?
Ubangi-Shari
Animal completes the name of the 1994 book by Stanford University biologist Robert M. Sapolsky: Why ______ don’t get ulcers?
Zebras
What nickname given to US First Lady Lucy Webb Hayes due to her strong support for the temperance movement?
Lemonade Lucy
The Kippax was a stand at which now demolished stadium up north
Maine Road
Which racket sport was invented in 1965 as a childrens backyard game on Bainbridge Island, Washington, Usa. Now official sport of Washington.
Pickleball
Who plays Sgt Wells in Dog Soldiers, 1997 sci-fi film Event Horizon, Inspector LeStrade in CBS’s elementary and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox’s Gotham. Narrator of Masterchef: The Professionals and Zero Hour.
Sean Pertwee
Who play role of antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dads Army?
Bill Pertwee
Maria Santiago married which singer in 1958?
Buddy Holly
Big Bopper real name, songs “Chantilly Lace” and “White Lightning”? Killed in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959.
Jiles Perry Richardson
Pilot of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big BOPPER flight?
Roger Peterson
Chinese tea from Fuzhou district with name meaning Pinewood Small Sort
Lapsang Souchong
Which song was recorded by Lynn Anderson in 1970? Original by Billy Joe Royal. Later by kd lang in 1985.
Rose Garden
John Major played by which actor in series 5 of the Crown!
Jonny Lee Miller
Actor played Qyburn in Games of Thrones, Thomas More in Wolf Hall, Harold MacMillan in The Crown, Clement Attlee in A United Kingdom and Chief Superintendent Bright in Endeavour
Anton Lesser
Actor is Mr Knightley in Emma, Thomas More in The Tudors and Anthony Eden in The Crown.
Jeremy Northam
Actor who played Edward Heath in The Crown?
Michael Maloney
Which actor played lead role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies which he won BAFTA Best Actor, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A, Gordon Shakespeare in Nativity. Harold Wilson in The Crown.
Jason Watkins
British crime drama McDonald & Dodds is set in which city?
Bath
Who plays DCI Lauren McDonald in McDonald & Dodds?
Tala Gouveia
Who played DS Dodds in McDonald & Dodds?
Jason Watkins
What word can be a car model made by Reliant or a style of shoe heel?
Kitten
How many legal deliveries are bowled in a T20 cricket match?
240
Name is shared by Richie Cunningham’s Dad in happy days, duck in Guardians of Galaxy, and an ex astronaut in Big Bang Theory?
Howard
Web browser logo is compass pointing northeast
Safari
On the safari logo what way is the compass pointing
North East
Italian city was ruled by Sforza family between 1450-1512
Milan
Second largest city in Tunisia
Sfax
Who won best director Oscar in 1974 for The Sting
George Roy Hill
How many points in rook worth in game of chess?
5
Knight or Bishop is worth how many points in Chess
Three
Queen is worth how many points in Chess?
9
What is only piece in chess not to have a point value?
King
Between 1936-40, which African leader lived at Fairfield house in bath, and regular at Tropicana swimming pool in Weston-super-mare?
Haile Selassie
How many gods lived on Mount Olympus
12
BRAT diet for when nauseous or diarrhoea?
Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast
FODMAP diet stands for what?
Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols
Paleo diet short for
Palaeolithic - fruit, veg, meat, fish, eggs.
Keto diet short for
Ketogenic
Acromial relates to whcih part of human body
Shoulder
Also called javelina or skunk pig, pig like hoofed mammal of family Tayassuidae in Americas.
Peccary
Romanian artistic gymnast won four gold medals at the 1984 Olympics?
Ecaterina Szabo
In Moroccan cooking, what is Warqa?
Pastry (sometimes called brick pastry)
Which Archbishop of Canterbury presided over the coronations of William IV and Queen Victoria?
William Howley
Name of the first VHS was which South Korean film
The Young Teacher
Which movie in 2006 was the last film to be released on VHS?
A History of Violence
The last major movie released on Betamax was which film in 1996
Mission Impossible
First two movies sold on DVD in 1997
Mars Attacks and Twister
Which film starring Robert de Niro based on the book The Executioners by John D MacDonald?
Cape Fear
Which Canadian psychologist and author of The Organisation of Behaviour lends their name to a form of learning used in AI software?
Donald Hebb
Which city is the United Bank of Africa HQ
Lagos
City of United Bank for Africa HQ
Lagos
Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler were members of which 1980s mod/punk rock band?
The Jam
Mod when used in musical genre is short for what longer word
Modernist
Which Spanish fast fashion retailer founded in 1994 uses a treble clef as its logo?
Stradivarius
Messier 45 asterism
Seven Sisters
1730 born Badonviller published astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters known as namesake Objects.
Charles Messier
Agreement between Greece and north Macedonia led to resolution about matters name, treaty named after lake which has shorelines in both and Albania.
Prespa Agreement
Two sausages in uk have protected geographically status, one is Cumberland sausages, what others?
Newmarket Sausage
Jill Valentine recurring character though which series of survival horror video game?
Resident Evil
Livonian War 1558-83 fought between which two countries
Russia and Sweden (also Lithuania-Poland)
Livonia is present day which two countries
Estonia and Latvia
Sweden and Russia signed which treaty in 1583 to stop Livonian War for while
Treaty of Plussa
Jack Carver was main protagonist in first of what series of video games?!ubisoft made these series which don’t share shared narrative but all place player in wilderness where have to fight despots.
Far Cry
Black Pudding from which Scottish town holds geographically protected status? Third largest island town in Scotland after Lerwick in Shetland and Kirkwall in Orkney.
Stornoway
Largest settlement on Shetland Islands
Lerwick
Statue of which footballer can be found in courtyard of Northampton guild hall? THird person of mixed heritage to play in top division of football league and was killed in action on the 25th March 1918.
Walter Tull
Jade and Johnny Cage from which computer game? Developed by Midway Games in 1992.
Mortal Kombat
1328 England parliament ratified which treaty which recognised Scotland as an independent kingdom?
Treaty of Northampton
Which town may you visit Delapre Abbey, a very large public park called “The Racecourse” or a large carlsberg brewery?
Northampton
Kate Moss half sister who announced she would sell nude photos via OnlyFans on 2021?
Lottie
Who founded Only Fans in November 2016?
Tim Stokely
The largest war memorial in the world in Victoria state?
Great Ocean Road
Only town or city in UK to hold geographically protected status for gin produced there?
Plymouth
Model wife of tv presenter Joel Dommett?
Hannah Cooper
565AD, Saint Catherine’s monastery part of Eastern Orthodox Church, is regarded as oldest continually inhabited Christian monastery in world. What country?
Egypt
Roger Federer is Swiss and what other nationality due to nationality of his mother?
South African
Authors work inspired Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six.
Tom Clancy
Treaties of 1212 and 1217 were named after which borough of London? Latter peace treaty signed by Louis of France ending First Barons War.
Lambeth
EU demand war crimes investigation after mass grave found 75 miles southeast of Kharkiv at which Ukrainian city?
Izium
Organisation established by the Marrakesh Agreement of 1994?
WTO
Name of James Bond father? Also Ms Davis son in Toy Story?
Andrew
Meghan Markle first husband name
Trevor Engelson
Which man who played Russ Nightlife in Toast of Tinseltown was domestic partner of actress Natasha Lyonne between 2014 and 2022?
Fred Armisen
Who presented Moneybags on channel 4? Married to Cathy Tyson in 1980s.
Craig Charles
Who played Simone, an elegant prostitute, in 1986 Mona Lisa? BAFTA supporting actress winner for tv film Help in 2021.
Cathy Tyson
1985 book by anthropologist Wade Davis and Wes Craven 1988 horror film about Haitian voodoo zombies.
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Which 1901 treaty between USA and UK was legal preliminary to Panama Canal?
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
Since 1997 the logo of which car manufacturer has consisted of a set of V shaped wings within an oval?
Mazda
Name of Happy Days fonzie’s father name character? Same as first name of Michael Corleone’s father in the Godfather.
Vito
Ancient Roman satirist coined the phrase “a rare bird, as a black swan”?
Juvenal
Israeli PM at the time of 1978 Camp David Accords
Menachem Begin
Only fresh meat pork product in the UK which holds geographical status comes from which breed of pig? This breed name contains an English county.
Gloucestershire Old Spot
Most common dismissal in test cricket
Caught
Type of creature is Daisy, Gene Wilder’s affections in 1972 Woody Allen movie Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask
Sheep
LA dodgers originally in Brooklyn and named after residents skill at avoiding whcih public transport?
Trolley buses - Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
which weekly magazine launched in UK in 1988 as local edition of family run Spanish magazine founded in Barcelona in 1944?
Hello
Which expression refers to portions of a legal case that are held not in open court but in private before a judge?
In camera
Magazine founded in 1843 to muster support for repeal of which system of import tariffs in UK?
The Corn Laws
Which triannual magazine has the largest print magazine circulation in Britain?
National Trust magazine
Only capital city to stand on Rhine river? Flows into North Sea in the Netherlands.
Vaduz
UK number one single was written by Nobel winner, gave name to film starring denzel Washington and is frequently heard at premiership rugby grounds?
The Mighty Quinn
What does Op Ed stand for?
Opposite Editorial
India’s is longest; San Marino’s is oldest in writing still active, Monaco’s shortest, according to 2008 study life expectancy of 19 years. UK’s doesn’t exist. What?
Written Constitutions
National Lottery went from 49 balls to 59 balls in what year and 16 to 18 year old minimum in what year
2015: changed to 59 balls
2021: 18 new minimum
Which motorcycle manufacturer has logo design made up from three interlocking tuning forks?
Yamaha
Proclaimers two brother names
Craig and Charlie Reid
Largest castle in Wales
Caerphilly
Heavy duty band clamp known as Marman clamp was produced by which actor and engineer?
Herbert “Zeppo” Marx
Zeppo Marx real first name
Herbert
Barbara Blakeley was married to who second and who third?
Zeppo Marx and Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra four wives
Nancy Barbato
Ava Gardner
Mia Farrow
Barbara Marx
Chico Marx first name real
Leonard
Harpo Marx real first name
Adolph
Adolph Marx later known as Harpo marx changed his name to whcih A
Arthur
Groucho Marx first real name
Julius
Gummo Marx real first name
Milton
Eden Hartford known for being whose wife 1954-1969
Groucho Marx
2017 video game set in fantasy setting, game after transistor. Rites takes place on a field with two columns of flame at opposite ends and the three exiles facing off against three opponents on a top-down perspective.
Pyre
The collection of statistical models and their associated estimation procedures known as ANOVA stands for what?
Analysis of Variance
Girl with a watering can a painting in 1876 by which impressionist born 1841
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, accepted by General Assembly in 1948. Its an international document that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
